Beating EVERY WORLD EXPANSION in Plants Vs. Zombies 2 WITH ONLY Plants Vs. Zombies 1 Plants 

Just for the sake of clarity, here’s the pinned comment from parts 1, 2, and 3 answering any FAQs regarding the series! • Why are you using plant food if PvZ1 doesn’t have plant food? I didn’t think about this going into the challenge, but I’ll be sticking to using plant food due to how PvZ2 is designed around this mechanic. • Why won’t you use premiums from the first game in this challenge? The main reason I’m not using premiums is just to have strategies for this challenge be more accessible to everyone. *There are exceptions to this rule, I can use them in SD and LaL levels, and as Tier 2-4 plants* But I’m limiting myself as much as possible in order to make this challenge as fun and “freemium” as possible! *Also gem plants and Torchwood are exceptions to this rule.* • Can’t you use [insert plant here], they were in PvZ1 China? And what about [PvZ2 plants that function the same as a PvZ1 plant that isn’t in the game]? The way I see it, *plants such as Bonk Choy were designed as PvZ2 plants first, and were added to PvZ1 China later, so I’m not counting them as PvZ1 plants.* Iceberg Lettuce, while possibly based off of a scrapped PvZ1 plant, was also redesigned as a PvZ2 plant. As for plants like Gloom Vine, Ice Bloom, Homing Thistle, etc., I’ve allowed them for use, but through the Four Tier system. If a level is beaten using a Tier 3 plant, the level was technically completed using a PvZ2 plant that acts as a PvZ1 plant without the use of plant food. Whether you see levels beaten with Tier 3 plants as beaten with PvZ1 plants is up to interpretation, although the ultimate goal of this challenge is to beat as much as possible WITH ONLY Tier 1 plants. • Hey, did you know that you can change Peashooter back to level 1/obtain seed packet plants by editing the game’s files? I know that now, thanks to you all! However, I don’t want to edit my save files. I’ve had decent luck obtaining seed packet plants through the shop, and Peashooter hasn’t been significant enough in the run for me to want to edit the files. • I noticed you have [premium plant], aren’t they premium? Just for the sake of completion (and for the expansion levels), I’m trying to obtain as many PvZ1 premium/seediums plants as possible! Just because I have them doesn’t mean they’re “legal” for this challenge, I just want to collect them. If I ever use them, make sure to understand the context of to why I’m using them (which would be addressed or implied in the video when I used them (aka., the Four Tier system). :) I’ll update this with more questions and answers as I find more or come up with more. I appreciate any and all suggestions, but I’d rather you all have official answers before the next part!

Seriously, MAD props for beating Wild West Day 35 with only pvz1 plants and without boosted or leveled up plants. Considering how hard that level is already by default, that is an achievement that deserves respect

Forget the plant restriction, beating all the expansions with lvl 1 plants is very impressive

Ice shroom: you took everything from me Ice bloom: I don't even know who you are

34:19 “Because fuck you. Here’s Enlightenmint seeds for $49” had me rolling

13:42 I was NOT expecting that LOL

13:44 that BFDI reference nearly caught me off-guard

9:15 ALEX DONT FORGET THE OBJECTIVE

13:42 OBJECT SHOW MENTION GUYS, PILE UP! Okay but i was not expecting this reference at all, it jumspcared me 😭

I have to say, out of all your videos, this one might be the funniest. I’ve definitely noticed the increase in quality in terms of your editing. I chuckled and snickered a lot watching this, it was such a joy. The passion you poured into this one really does show, you definitely had fun making this. Great job once again Alex, I loved this video so much. Also after playing, yeah PVZ2 is really hard. Nice one pushing to beat as many levels as you could.

Fun fact: In the mobile version of PvZ1, the explode-o-nut was actually accessible for regular levels if you watch ads.

Fun fact: the first level of the MD expansion is beatable with just celery stalker. No jokes. This is why celery stalker is amazing.

I WAS NOT EXPECTING FIREY JR LMAO 13:42

THE TECHNICAL PART 4 IS FINALLY HERE, WOOOOOOOOO

Technically Explode-o-Nut is in PvZ1 in Wall-Nut Bowling and even goes by the name of Explode-o-Nut in the files and as an ad power up in the mobile version.

bfdi and battle cats references? niche fandoms are being fed well tonight

Really glad to be part of this wonderful journey back to PvZ2, and splitting up all the usable plants into tiers for these expansions was a pretty creative way of spicing things up. That being said, I can't wait to do this with only Tier 1 stuff. :3

13:41 I was not freaking expecting that

13:43 do I spy with my little an object show reference??????

13:43 WE DID IT BOYSSSS

when the osc sees anything relating to object shows: "holy crap guys its us!!! this is the best moment of my life im literally crying rn" and then when random grown adults when they see anything relating to object shows: "this is BAD, and it's for BABIES!!! GET THIS OFF OF MY SCREEN!!!"

Love the new artstyle for you, Blover and Cabbage in the thumbnail!

it is so weird seeing what horrors were beyond the first level of all the expansions, great work on soiling your plants

34:00 I just want to say that this gradient is godly smooth

The dedication to this challenge is unfathomable.

24:39 the collective cries of the PVZ community when that bullsh came out

Mega Gatling is just the Gatling Pea from PVZ1, and Explode-o-nut is technicaly in 1, and usuable in the mobile version, its just usualy exclusive to wallnut bowling.

13:42 FIREY JR JUMPSCARE

"Getting a little excited, aren't we?~" 32:25

5:50 I got an ad of Dominos here lol

New challenge rule: spend all coins on tangle kelp to prevent any accidents

Insane video, Mr. Alex! Thank you for an hour's worth of content! (And congrats on WW35) weed eater

World's only context where pvz2 scaredy shroom is useful:

22:20 right after he said “let’s saddle up for…” I got a RU-vid premium ad

God an hour of content? HELL YEAH! I loved this video, especially the end with the noise escape music 🎵. 👏👏👏👏👏

Beating WW Day 35 in general is one thing. It being possible by only using PvZ1 Plants AND without Boosts is extra satisfying, at least for the case of this challenge where Conveyor Belt levels are stupid. Excellent job, man!

13:44 Firey Jr jumpscare! What's he doing here?

13:44 LETS GO OBJECT SHOW REFERENCE ‼️‼️‼️

54:23 the revenge of the hardest expansion after you beat it such a relief that you beat it again after days

I cant tell how much i was waiting for a video from this series! ( Love the Ace Attorney OST btw )

OBJECT SHOW REFERNCE YEAAEYEYEY

i cant believe it, we found an actual use for scaredy shroom

10:34 If anyone is confused about how explodo-nut fits in, it’s from walnut bowling where you can sometimes get a red walnut that explodes

Honestly… this was definitely a surprise to see the overall percentage at the end. I wonder what worlds are beatable in PvZ2C?

I love how the mold colonies will do a little dance when you beat the levels they are in

I must give credit for this being serious challenge unlike... Basically every other challenge. Good job!

Yo thanks for the shout out man. During those months I also took a shot at the expansion but didn’t record and also leveled up my plants cuz I kinda moved on from the challenge but I do have some tips overall Wild West day 35: you can stun zomboss entirely with spikeweed plant food while you have some hypno gargs hitting zomboss The last stands in Ancient Egypt, Jurassic Marsh and modern day: I beat these just using potato mine spam and saved the rest of the sun on cherry bombs On that ancient Egypt conveyor level the game stops giving you pea pods once you start getting repeaters so I’d suggest shoveling all pea pods at that point Other than that I had a lot of fun watching this series as it got me back into this game after leaving it such a long time ago. P.S. seeing that spikerock upgrade after beating frostbite caves day 21 broke me inside lol

31:12 bro was tweaking hard

OSC Jumpscare

Massive props to this guy for clearing wild west day 35 with only pvz1 plants, I can't even beat it normally.

Quick tip: In my experience, if you have 2 plant food, you can take out a gargantuar with a threepeater and a Torchwood.

23:11 wait wait wait wait I think I have heard this song somewhere, but where... WAIT ITS THE BATTLE CATS And again in 25:23

Is that an OSC reference in my TheOriginalAlex video! But wow I love this ones editing and 1 hour is amazing

Warning: Cringe Joke Me: "Hey Alex, what's seven days called?" Alex: 22:57 Anyway, great video!! Love to see you suffer through these challenges for some reason

A perfect finale to a perfect series. Well done.

The dedication is impressive! You deserve your subs! 👍

No way he made a tier exclusively for marigold 💀

Wild West level 35 had such a cool idea, but the execution was terrible.

how about pvz 2 with only pvz 2 plants???

i think that only one bfdi reference will satisfy them but it does for me

The best series has return, grab your popcorn

Loved the World Wide Noise cameo at the end.

Fun fact!!!!!!! They somewhat recently lowered the amount of gems won by these quests from 80… to 25 :) so you could’ve recorded this later and beat Wild West day 35 for 25 whole gems!!!!!!! Popcap is so generous!!!!!!!! Also this video is really good, literally no idea how you beat Wild West day 35 without boosts or levels, AND without pvz2 plants. It took me boosting my entire zen garden and leveling up my plants… to die on phase 3 :)

Video is really amazing, and i loved seeing variations of brick head zombie

Oh oo looks like Alex attracted the attention of the bfdi community

50:51 this is probably happening because pumpkins actually has slightly bigger hitbox than most plants in the game which allows it to be planted on top of any plant

i just finished watching the pvz2 with only pvz1 plants yesterday actually, very excited for this

50:21 best music ever, better than og modern day final wave??? maybe

Hearing FE music from both awakening and fates wasn't really something I thought would happen in a pvz video but you chose the best music for it and also congrats on finishing the challenge

14:47 fire in the hole

50:50 wow looks like someone decided to be brave today😆

Part 4?? I didn't think you'd do it. Good job 👍

I never thought this would get a part 4

The king is now back!

59:50 WE GOING TO LAP 2 WITH THIS ONE🗣️🗣️🗣️

that might have been the most satisfying youtube finale ive seen

Damn, your editing style has significantly improved!

Loved the World Wide Noise ending :]

I love playing minecraft and having alex yapping about stuff in the bg

Those puff shroom hats were psyching me out for so long

BFDI reference is what I need in a day

34:28 **Y O U R E G O N N A H A V E A B A D T I M E**

13:43 WE NEED MORE. MORE BEEFY DIE ALEX

Seeing this makes me wanna try it myself but at the same time I don't think I have the ability to keep trying over and over again before I throw my phone against the wall

Arena feels like cutting stones with a knife

28:36 Nice, guess you forgot BlueStacks and APKs exist, though.

i loved the not you seamus part 😂

13:43 I don't think osc fans expected this to happen, but nice ref

1HOUR?!!?!? This is gonna be amazing

amazing video bro

Chomper really saved this run for finale lol

Nice video! Also, I have a question, have you ever heard of YFM? It's a really interesting topic to cover, especially for the theme of this channel!

As an Alex myself, I can confirm that he is the original Alex.

0:00 Coffee ? I LOVE COFFE

Quick tip for wild west day 35 use spikeweed's plant food to stun zomboss so that gargs can damage him more also if a chicken bites a hypno shroom hypno shroom doesnt actually die instead it hypnotizes the chicken without dying

This video was an experience

1 HOUR?!? AMAZING!!!!

let's go it's been so long the man, the myth, THE LEGEND IS BACK

What timing, I watched the first 3 parts about 2 weeks ago! So many of these levels look so unfun holy crap

43:55 PLEASE tell me how to find this and the Final Wave remix. Slaps so hard! What an amazing journey this has been, to have this series introduce this channel to me. One that I still keep up with to this day, seeing banger upload after banger upload. Also, oh my gosh. Rhythm Heaven and Fire Emblem music is crazy. You are a legend. (Also, also! The BFDI reference is nice since it's a childhood show of mine, but I'm only here to gush about the music choices, goddammit)