Captain Deadbeard

"Frozen in a block of ice, Captain Deadbeard has been adrift for hundreds of years. Having just arrived on the shores of Zomburbia with his trusty Parrot Pal, he's crusty, a little musty, and ready to bring the fight to the Plants."

- Captain Deadbeard's stickerbook description.

Captain Deadbeard is one of the supporting antagonists of the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. He is an undead zombie pirate who takes parts of fighting plants.

He was voiced by, while his Parrot Pal was voiced by Asia Mattu.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare series
He first appeared in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 as one of the playable characters on the Zombies' side. His primary weapon is Scurvy Scattershot, with the second is Spyglass Shot.

His Top Zombie variant is Ol' Deadbeard. He was first appeared when the players entered his portal, he first asked the players to cure his pet shark Snaggles by contacting Dr. Daul Fin in Backyard Battleground. After meeting him, they had to defeat Champion Rose and retrieve the potion back to his ship. Finally, Dr. Daul Fin and the players had to shrink themselves to defeat all plants harming the shark.

After the shark is cured, he tasked the players to get him Vitamin C to cure his scurvy.

When the players completed the second quest, he quested the players to collect doubloons for him.

If the players completed all three quests, he let the players open another portal, or meet Dr. Fizzician in his lab.

He also returned in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville as a playable character of Defend class on the Zombies' side.

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
Captain Deadbeard returned in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes as three separate cards:
 * Barrel of Deadbeards: A Premium - Legendary Pirate Barrel Zombie of Crazy class. The card costs 2, with the maximum health is 1. When destroyed, the barrel explodes, then deals 1 damage to all plants and zombies on the field, and make a Captain Deadbeard on the same lane. Its description is: "No monkeys, just zombies".
 * Captain Deadbeard: A Token Mustache Pirate Zombie of Crazy class. The card costs 3, his maximum strength is 4 while his health is 3. When attack, Captain Deadbeard shoots his gun at a plant. His description is: "Yo ho ho! It's a pirate's unlife for him!"
 * Captain Flameface: An Event Mustache Pirate Zombie of Sneaky Class. The card costs 3, his maximum health is 4 and his strength is 2. His traits are Strikethrough (ability to attack all plants in a lane and the plant hero) and Gravestone (he hides in the gravestone until it's time for tricks). His ability is giving all pirate zombies strikethrough. Similar to Captain Deadbeard, he shoots his gun when attack. His description is: "You get your beard caught in the toaster ONE time, and it's all anyone can talk about..."

Variants

 * Captain Cannon
 * Captain Flameface
 * Captain Sharkbite
 * Captain Partyman
 * Captain Squawk

Powers and abilities

 * Gunsmanship: Despite being undead, he can use his weapons very well.
 * Barrel Blast: Captain Deadbeard hides in a barrel and triggers a fuse that makes it explode and deal damages to all plants around it.
 * Looty Booty Barrel Blast: It is similar to the Barrel Blast, only extra glitters added.
 * Canon Rodeo: He rides on a cannon which shoots six cannonballs at plants.
 * Anchor's Away: He can launch himself at a chosen direction with his anchor.

Parrot Pal
The Parrot Pal is one of Captain Deadbeard's abilities. It is a bird that flies to attack plants with its Parrot Pulse in order to assist him.

A variant of it is Future Parrot Pal, a parrot that moves slower but has more health than its predecessor.

Powers and abilities

 * Flight The Parrot can fly in different altitude, lower or higher dependent on control.
 * Eggsplosion: It can drop an egg that explodes and deals damages to plants in its radius.
 * For the Future Parrot Pal, it drops more eggs in a larger radius compared to the original.

Trivia

 * He has a resemblance to Pirate Captain Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies 2, while his parrot is a resemblance to the Zombie Parrot.
 * His name may be a parody of Blackbeard, an infamous pirate, Captain Dreadbeard, a pirate from the game World of Warcraft, or from the game Skylanders. There are similar homages in the mobile game Zombie Cafe as well as in the RPG Golden Sun.
 * His bedroom has a Rose plush, it is unknown why does he keep it, possibly due to the fact they were from the past or they were rivals.
 * It is also revealed that he was frozen in an ice block until the day he set his shores on Zomburbia.