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dropped a tiny, four-panel comic riffing on Plants vs Zombies. It introduced a brand-new plant: PeaBlaze — a character that never appeared in the original games but promptly became the internet’s latest obsession.
Released on August 26, the strip is short and blunt; the caption reads "He got an upgrade." First panels: Peashooter watches another Peashooter kiss Sunflower, walks off sulking. Then a new, female plant sidles up: "He took your girl, what a pity." A close-in asks, "Want better?" That’s literally the whole setup, simple and grin-inducing.
In week 1 the post on X blew up — 30M+ views, ~182K likes, ~49K bookmarks (TBH, those numbers are wild). LeafPaw later confirmed the name PeaBlaze and floated the idea of continuing the story. Fan art followed fast: X, DeviantArt, etc. Some users imagined a humanoid PeaBlaze; one person confessed, "Because of PeaBlaze, I started playing pvz again."
— the folks who make PvZ collectibles — chimed in with an image of a stunned zombie, which netted thousands of likes. Fans are memeing already: "10 seasons, 3 spin-offs, and a movie," they joke (e.g., theatrical universes move fast these days).
Reactions range from earnest affection to teasing envy; some admit they’re smitten, others say they’d happily swap places with Peashooter.