Monkey Pirates

"MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this."

- Official Description

Monkey Pirates is the final upgrade of the path 2 for the Monkey Buccaneer in Bloons Tower Defense 5. It costs $3830 on Easy, $4500 on Medium and $4860 on Hard.

Trivia

 * It destroys the whole M.O.A.B. or B.F.B. instantly instead of cracking it.
 * ZOMG bloons are too heavy for the pirates to take them down.
 * Activating this ability rewards no money (according to BTD5 forum, this is a bug) as it instantly destroys the bloon (its descendants aren't actually popped)
 * If there are no MOAB-classed bloons on the screen, the grappling hook will target the strongest bloon on the screen and bring it down, even if it's just a red bloon.
 * The hook can take a B.F.B. faster than a M.O.A.B.
 * If you use the ability and sell the Monkey Pirate when the animation in not done, the grappling hook stays on the screen and the hook still take a M.O.A.B. or B.F.B.
 * There will be a The Big One explosion sound and a skull (pirate skull) when a M.O.A.B. class-bloon is completly taken-down.
 * This also happens when you sell the tower, during the animation.
 * The Monkey Buccaneer doesn't get any pops from using this ability.
 * They are really helpful on Round 5 in the Fast Upgrades Special Mission.
 * If the round is one MOAB class bloon, and the monkey pirate is used on it, you will finish right after the ability, even if the bloon hasn't been completely tooken down.