Name: Zomboni

Debut: Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies is such a silly game. Silly is baked into its very code. And I love that! You know me! I live under rotting wood, eating silly and breaking it down into nutrient-rich soil! But I think Zomboni has the honor of being the silliest thing in this already-silly game!

There is no way Zomboni would exist if it weren't for the wordplay. So thank goodness for the wordplay! A zombie, on a Zamboni. Though, we are informed that it is actually "more closely related to a space ogre than a Zombie". What impeccable word choice! So it's not even actually a space ogre. Just some weird guy creature. Awesome

Zomboni drives an ice resurfacing machine, and I have no idea what the general public's knowledge level of these things is. Does the average person know the exist? I knew, but I played and hated playing hockey as a child so I got to watch the ice being resurfaced, which was the best part. Some guy who may or may not be tangentially related to space ogres will drive this machine around the ice rink, cutting down the surface and laying down fresh ice to make a nice and smooth surface, I think. Now, I may be using the generic term for this product, but commonly, there is one brand name that is used commonly, like Band-Aid or Q-Tip or Velcro, and for that we can thank...

Name: Frank J. Zamboni

Debut: Utah

Frank J. Zamboni! Hooray! What do you have to say, Frank?

Wow. So true, Frank. I'm sure this message is reaching its intended audience in this post. Anyway, ol' Ice Tank Frank made such an iconic machine that it is THE ice resurfacing machine in the public consciousness, and there is even a trademark for its iconic shape! That seems unnecessary but ok. Now, when the ghost of the Zamberino was scrying the mortal realm for references to his work in media, he came across parody in a funny video game, and OBVIOUSLY something had to be done about that!

And from then on, Zomboni's description was updated to reflect that it is NOT to be confused with a Zamboni® brand ice resurfacing machine, you silly billy, why would you think that? And they also plugged the Zamboni website in-game, so that the audience of, I must emphasize, a silly video game, would be more likely to buy an entire ice resurfacing machine, or at least its related merchandise. I really would think this would all be fine under parody law, but maybe it has to do with the shape trademark. Whatever. To the Zamboni company's credit, they have some incredible merchandise.

What a powerful item. With this, the course of a baby's life can be changed forever...

Zomboni with an O, I mean with two Os, approaches while creating a trail of freshly laid ice that cannot be planted on. The brand-ambiguous ice resurfacing machine is quite tough, but instant-kill plants are effective, as are Spikeweeds and Spikerocks, which will instantly pop its tires!

Zomboni is a considerable threat, instantly flattening any plant it reaches before its destruction, though the player should be pretty well-equipped to combat it, and the ice is laid on the right side of the screen, rather than the precious left side. Pretty manageable! But Zomboni is only the beginning, and as much delight and intrigue as I have gleaned from Zomboni's existence, it's what FOLLOWS Zomboni that is, in fact, my favorite zombie(s) in the game.

If Zomboni is allowed to create an ice trail, it will be used by Zombie Bobsled Team! Yeah, Frank got a whole "name/debut" section and these guys just get a bolded name in a sentence. You never know what I'm gonna do next! Hee hee!

Zombie Bobsled Team is exactly what it sounds like! A team of zombies, in a bobsled! So that's four zombies, with a defensive vehicle that has to be destroyed before they can be harmed! Zomboni was already over-the-top silly, and then Zombie Bobsled Team goes even higher over that top. And it's a Big Top, where they keep all the clowns. There is not much else I can say about Zombie Bobsled Team, but it really speaks for itself!

For some reason there exists official art of "Mullet Zombie", the Zomboni driver without his vehicle and hat. And for an even somer reason, they put it on the box art for the DS version! PvZ1 is simply very strange when it comes to official key art. Messed up.

He just wants to seem human

burns me alive when i see ppl hating Bayo 3 because of the Bayo/Luka ship. kinda tells me either ur 15 and didn’t play 1, or ur just deliberately ignoring bisexuals exist :/

“she had more dynamic with Jeanne” yh and she also had a lot of moments with Luka, fym!!! so irritating >:(

editing to say: Yes mfs are arguing about it, you not seeing it is probably a god-send. No, I don’t ship BayoLuka but it’s still decent enough, even if Luka doesn’t have as much characterization as the others.

This was supposed to vent my frustrations with people believing Bayo was a confirmed lesbian and believing they were somehow robbed of that with Bayo 3’s canon of BayoLuka, when at most she’d be bi given her flirts with Luka and let’s be honest, when would Nintendo ever greenlight a lesbian character?

Pls stop being obtuse, im so tired of y’all patting each other on the back saying “ooh Luka doesn’t have charm, dadada” like. I’m AWARE, we played the same mf game >:/

May I see what Roomate looks like without his mask?

Of course!!

Roomate is… a Cryptid! What type? Not really known, he doesn’t exactly fit into any area. The first “sighting” of him was over a mutilated corpse at a empty campsite in 1980. And yeah, sometimes tentacles slide from his eyes. Think Bella the dog from (tiktok) .

((And since you asked I finally get to show my explanation for his name. Story-time!))

(TW AND CW!! Gore, murder, and spooky stuff!)

Charles sighed. The dean said that his new flatmate was..odd. A type of cryptid hunter or whatever. Now Charles never did belive in that stuff , but to each their own. This day was very chilly for some reason as he walked to the campus house, trying to open the door with a key. It, to his dismay, didn’t work. “Damn..” Charles scowled, and instead knocked on the door. He had noticed a car half parked in the driveway, so at least the flatmate was home to open the door. As the doorknob turned, Charles was hit with the smell of what he thought was deer blood. Great, a hunter, Charles internally grumbled. He grabbed his bags and tried to peak inside, and was met with a lanky figure half in the doorway and half hidden in the shadows. “Hey, you my new Roomate?” Charles asked, scanning the floor. The person simply made a noise of acknowledgment, and stepped to the side. Charles wasn’t one known to look at faces or keep eye contact, so he shuffled inside. “It smells rank in here dude! What have you-“ Charles stopped short, only halfway across the living room. The half eaten corpse of a man with a cryptid T-shirt was laying on the floor, eyes wide in fear and organs splayed out like a Gutted pig. His Roomate. Charles slowly looked behind him and realized, the person..or thing behind him had no eyes. It’s jaw clicked to the side and they grinned inhumanly, like it was trying to learn how to be human. “What..what the hell are you?!” Charles screamed, stumbling back. He fell on his back, scooting himself further, further away. The entity simply smiled. “I am Roomate.”

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Tonight at 8. A college campus is still on the look out for two missing students, and the rampant kidnapping of peoples small pets. If you have any information about Charles Smith or David Lee, please contact the [Redacted] police station.

..and that’s the end! Hope yer question was answered!

It’s officially fall time. 🎃🍁

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My birthday is tomorrow (yay 28) and I'm trying to curl my hair which idk if it's going to go as planned but at least I look cute in the cap and rollers.

ADHD pro tip: Use psychological warfare on yourself.

For example, in order to do long tasks, like folding laundry, I put on the Mario Hat:

The main feature of the Mario hat is that my headset does not fit over it, so when The Bees™ try to put me back in front of the screen, the headset issue forces me to remember why I put the Mario hat on, and back to the task I go

As a bonus, the Mario hat is also a very clear indicator to my housemates that business is getting done, and they have learned not to distract me when I'm wearing the "goofy-ass cosplay hat"

It's not stupid if it works.

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Name: Boxy

Debut: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

Ever heard of "box"? "Box" is a container that we can put various things in. In our world, they do not bite us. Thank goodness! Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, however, decided to ask the terrifying question... what if a box COULD bite us...?

I am glad they asked this question, because Boxy is such a wacky creature! A living present, which grants the rare and beloved Magic ability. Presents and magic aren't THAT closely associated, but it still fits very well, I think. A pretty box containing something mysterious, given to You, for free? That is magical!

While not the most STRIKING part of the design, the most FASCINATING part of Boxy's anatomy is its tail. Or should I say its stem? If I had to give a present creature a tail, I would probably make that tail a ribbon, maybe a string ending in a little balloon, but this is an unmistakable PLANT feature! Is Boxy some kind of fruit? A CARNIVOROUS fruit? Maybe it was grown into a cubic shape like those funny watermelons for aesthetic purposes, and is now seeking revenge? One of its attacks is to spit smaller presents. Could these be its seeds?

Nope! That is not a plant embryo, that is a Waddle Dee! What a lovely present! Boxy's gifts contain all manner of things, which I guess ties into the Randomness aspect of the Magic ability. I hope one of the presents contains WAFFLEZ!!!1! lol

Maybe it's not a fruit, but Boxy still does seem to be a carnivorous plant, which is SUCH a delightful thing for a fangly cube to be. Maybe it uses its presents to tempt prey, like a real carnivorous plant's sweet-smelling nectar! Maybe that's the reason for the big ribbon on top, too! Or maybe she just wears it to be pretty. It's working!

Whatever kind of creature Boxy is, it is one whose goofy face gives it a whole lot of character! Just look at its expressions after crashing into a wall. This thing is ridiculous! Boxy, I could watch you crash into a wall and injure yourself all day. That's a compliment!

I couldn’t help myself and made an Amazing Digital Circus character who is a knight in wooden armor that thinks he’s in an RPG

i found my old copy of Sonic Riders and since I’m down memory lane anyways, I’d like to put out that Jet has the energy of early 2000s weebcore. he seems like the type of person to have S3RL’s “Pika Girl” as background noise for whatever. probably has a printed photo of the tiny Miku with a leek

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

THEY'A TRIMMED THE HERBS!

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I'm ignoring the part of the internet who is going "Oh no" at this.

BUT OMG BOWSER YOU HOPELESS ROMANTIC. YOU LOVE PEACH NO MATTER WHAT SHE TURNS INTO BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Bowser really is the type to love you if you became a worm lol