A Special Lookout

A Strange Lookout is the first quest given to the player by Dave-bot 3000. When the player completes the quest, they are awarded 5000 coins.

Mission description
"The fish bowl has been taken away by the Zombies. Locate and take it home."

Overview
On the player's very first mission, Dave-bot 3000 instructs the character to seek out the map in the Suburban Battlefield. After it is found, the player has to locate the fish bowl and bring it back to the plant base, defeating occasional spawning zombies on the way. Once the player arrives at the base, the quest is completed and the rewards are given to the player.

Guide
Grumpy Stumpy can be found in the Zompark, to the right of the zombie base when looking from the plant base. As he is always indicated by a large arrow labeled "OBJECTIVE", it should not be too difficult to find him. On the way there, there will be a few Browncoat Zombies and Conehead Zombies. Vanquish them quickly and proceed to Grumpy.

Once Grumpy is found, the player will then have to escort him back to the plant base. Numerous waves of zombies will spawn, with just Spawnables at the beginning, then adding Foot Soldiers, Princess Morbuckses and Imps. Grumpy has quite a lot of health but is not the best at handling the groups of enemies, so assist him in vanquishing them.

When the player arrives at the plaza with the globe (opposite the Town Hall), Giga Gargantuar and several reinforcements including at least All-Star and Foot Soldier will spawn. The player has to defeat Giga Gargantuar to proceed onwards. Vanquishing the reinforcements should be of top priority, as once they are eliminated, Grumpy Stumpy and the player should be able to beat Giga Gargantuar. Grumpy will then walk out to the central area of the Backyard Battleground. From there, the screen goes black and the player is teleported back to the plant base, and after a short dialogue with Grumpy, the quest is completed.

Plant choice
As the escorting of Grumpy is the more significant part of the mission, plants that can vanquish zombies quickly or Sunflowers are recommended, the former to quickly eliminate the hordes and the latter to heal Grumpy.

Plants that can vanquish quickly include Kernel Corns, Peashooters, Buttercups and Cacti. The former two should be considered due to the Butter Barrage and Chili Bean Bomb respectively, which can quickly take care of the small groups of zombies as well as the Shuck Shot and Pea Gatling, which can deal heavy damage to Giga Gargantuar.

Chompers are not recommended for this mission as the instant kill Chomp can be more of a hindrance than a help when there are groups of zombies, as well as the melee range being less than ideal when fighting Giga Gargantuar.