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“ "You're lucky I'm on your side," says Doom-shroom. "I could destroy everything you hold dear. It wouldn't be hard." ” —Doom-shroom's Plants vs. Zombies almanac description

For other uses, see Doom-shroom (disambiguation).

Doom-shroom is a recurring character within in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. Doom-shroom is a mushroom plant who often serves as an explosive plant, dealing heavy damage to all zombies within its range.

As of Plants vs. Zombies 3, Doom-shroom has appeared in six games.

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Origins

Appearance-wise in both shape and color, Doom-shroom resembles the black velvet bolete (Tylopilus alboater), a bolete fungus in the Boletaceae family.

The doom in its name refers to its evil look, and how it 'dooms' the zombies, by exploding and defeating a lot in a large radius. The word "DOOM!" also appears when it explodes. The shroom in its name refers to how it is a mushroom. It may also reference a mushroom cloud. This type of cloud also is formed from any large enough explosion, but it is commonly associated with atomic bomb detonations, another reference to its power and very large range.

Doom-shroom's first appearance was in the original Plants vs. Zombies game, as well as most Chinese spin-off games based on it as the last plant unlocked during the Night area.

It explodes when planted, dealing an immense amount of damage in massive 7x5 area around itself. After exploding it leaves a tile sized crater where it is planted, rendering the tile unable to be planted on for three minutes.

Being a mushroom, it falls asleep during the day, being unable to explode until woken up by Coffee Bean.

In the third person games, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, and Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, Doom-shroom appears as a Spawnable Potted plant.

It retains its role as an explosive plant, dealing a large amount of damage to nearby targets, but unlike its previous appearance, it can explode multiple times, needing to hide and recharge after each explosion and leaving itself vulnerable to attack.

In Battle for Neighborville, it has a planting cooldown of 5 minutes, being unable to be planted again until the cooldown timer is depleted.

In the Garden Warfare games, it has two exclusive variants, with one appearing for each game. These variants are identical in function and merely serve as event specific re-skins. The original Garden Warfare has Cariboom, a Doom-shroom adorned with reindeer antlers and a bright red nose, it is tied to the recurring Feastivus event. Garden Warfare 2 features Perfume Shroom, a Doom-shroom covered in makeup and lipstick, it has a unique attack named "Perfume" but this attack functions identically to the standard Doom-shroom's attack. Perfume Shroom can be bought from Rux's Bazaar for a price of 25,000 coins for 10 uses.

Main article: Doom line

Doom-shroom also appeared in the Chinese-exclusive turn-based game Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, here it was the second plant in the Doom line, evolving from Irascible Mushroom and evolving into Doomsday Bomb Mushroom. It attacked zombies by firing high damage lasers.

Their active ability was Nuclear Doom, where they rushed to the first enemy in their lane and exploded in a 3x3 area while their passive ability was Revenge, where they gained extra attack when another plant is destroyed for 2 turns (the effect can't stack but can be extended).

Their soulmates were members of the Cactus line for a boost to their critical hit chance, and members of the Tail line or members of the Chrysanthemum line and Magnet lines combined for a damage boost.

Doom-Shroom also makes an appearance in the turn-based mobile card game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes as a Premium Super-rare Plant for the Guardian class.

It costs 5 to play, and its ability allows it to explode when played, destroying all plants and zombies on the field with 4 or more.

Gallery

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