What character runs the shop in the original game?

What character runs the shop in the original game? Crazy Dave runs it. His store is called Crazy Dave’s Twiddydinkies, and it becomes an important source of upgrades and gardening items during the adventure.

Crazy Dave is introduced early as the player’s eccentric neighbor and guide. He explains the basic mechanics of planting defenses, collecting sun, and surviving waves of zombies. After many levels, he gives the player new plants, making him part tutorial character and part story companion.

Once his shop becomes available, Crazy Dave sells additional seed packets and useful improvements. His character is deliberately strange: he wears a cooking pot on his head and speaks in rambling, comic phrases, but he is also closely tied to the game’s progression and world-building.

A common mix-up is Dr. Zomboss, who leads the zombie invasion and serves as the main villain. Queen, Yeti, and other unusual characters appear in the broader franchise, but they do not run the original game’s shop. Crazy Dave also returns in later Plants vs. Zombies titles, although the exact shop systems differ.