Black Pepper

Black Pepper is the fourth plant obtained after beating the 17th day of Astronomical Moon in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a single use pepper that causes zombies that bite it stop eating plants for a while. However, it will eat snow-based plants such as Snow Pea and Winter Melon to make itself eat again. Getting chilled or frozen by Iceberg Lettuce, Hurrikale or the freezing winds in Frostbite Caves will also do the aforementioned.

Etymology
Black Pepper is based-on the plant of the same name, a flowering vine in the Piperaceae family. The black peppers are produced from unripe drupes of the pepper plant.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 75

AREA: Single

RECHARGE: Sluggish

When zombies eat Black Peppers, their mouths will spice up, and will avoid eating any plants except cold ones.

Special:  stops zombies from eating plants, Exception to snow ones temporarily

Black Pepper is that type of guy who will spice things up in your life. Dude was once in a rapping contest and there he was, spitting out fire! Literally, fire. The whole place burned down actually. He's now banned all the upcoming ones. Too bad...

Plant Food upgrade
Black Pepper turns reddish and a little steam comes out of his head when fed with Plant Food, and any zombie which eats it burns and will light up a fire on a tile that will torch other zombies similiarly to Lava Guava for 4 seconds.

Strategies
Black Pepper serves as a plant saver when zombies eat it, and will let plants destroy them without getting any plant eaten. However, this can also let the zombie go through defenses without wasting time, so it is recommended to use it wisely, as there are faster zombies you have to deal with in other worlds. Zombies which do not eat are immune to Black Pepper, meaning Gargantuars, Explorer Zombies with their torch lit,  Wizard Zombies  and  Jetpack Zombies are impossible to spice up.

Using it's Plant Food ability will also be able to help destroy zombies as well, especially if placed symetrically on 5 columns with  Tile Turnips placed under, as it will create a temporary fire barrier.

Keep in mind that later levels in  Enless Zones will slowly render Black Pepper useless, due to the large hordes of zombies, and the few zombies walking bypast plants.

Do not play a level with ice plants, as affected zombies will eat them and let themselves eat once more.

Trivia

 * This and  Pepper-pult are the only peppers in the game not to be an insta-kill.


 * Like  Hypno-shroom, i t can affect machines despite the fact that they don't get affected like  Chili Bean.


 * It is the only pepper plant in the game to be a peppercorn.