Blastpear

Blastpear is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 as well as an unlockable plant in an upcoming Plants vs. Zombies game. He is a large pear with a small cannon leaning out of his mouth to shoot large pears forward. He will shoot these pears at a slow and steady rate, but these pears perform good damage to whoever they hit. These pears will become 3% less powerful each space they progress to hit a zombie. When he is about to be eaten, he will perform a kamikaze move where he releases a pear in each of the four cardinal directions.

Origin
Image ~ Blastpear is a pun between "pear" and "blaster". The blaster end of the spectrum is inspired by blasters from Splatoon, which deal heavy damage, but shoot slowly. Thus this leads to his slow firing rate with his heavy damaging pears.

Appearance
Blastpear is a simple looking pear with a couple of red spots. His wackiest attribute is his cannon that sticks from where his mouth should be. This cannon isn't very big, but it's enough to shoot his large pears.

Strategies
Blastpear is best used as the only offensive attacking plant in the lane, as he is all that is needed, and sun is best saved for creating defenses in the further lanes, so Blastpears can be protected. In easier levels, all that may be needed is sun-producing plants and a line of Blastpears.

Blastpears can be used well with Enchant-mint plants that are single use only, such as Hypno-Shroom, but having other plants of the Enchant-mint family, such as Intensive Carrot and Caulipower can quickly become costly and can ruin your chances at winning the level. Blastpear is a very independent plant who can only be used in certain situations.

Trivia

 * Blastpear's original concept featured his projectile pears exploding upon first impact, whether it be a zombie, plant, zombie projectile, or anything else that will invade the lawn. This concept was quickly scrapped, at least for it's appearance in Plants vs. Zombies 2, as that extra ability made him several times harder to use, as well as not fitting well with the mechanics of the game.
 * He will perform his kamikaze move when he has 2 nps remaining, so if he gets squished in one hit, he will not be able to perform his kamikaze move.
 * Blastpear's concept was created shortly before the announcement of Imp Pear, and so the concept of a pear had not been used previously.