Ice Monkey (Bloons Pop!)

"Warm heart, cold hands. I'm good with that."

- Quote from Ice Monkey

Ice Monkey is a monkey that appears in Bloons Pop!. It freezes bloons every time it touches bloons. Every time it creates a freeze, it will at the same time produce 6 Ice Shards where two sides are facing the direction of where the Ice Monkey attacked from, originating from where the ice freeze is centered at, and the shards acting sort of like an built-in Tack Bloon with a freeze. As soon as the Ice Monkey falls down to the bottom of the screen or does 5 bounces it will disappear. Frozen Bloons are immobilized temporarily for up to 3 rounds but can still be damaged by any attack. It can damage Leads and deal with Regrows well but cannot affect White Bloons, Zebra Bloons, or invisible Camo Bloons. Ice Monkey is unlocked at Level 8.

Strategy
Ice Monkeys are excellent choices for deliberately stalling out certain areas of the screen. It is especially useful for clearing out screens so that the screen will lower further, or for exposing Camo Bloons for the next few shots. However, it is ineffective against White Bloons and Zebra Bloons, and it backfires against Rainbow Bloons by only damaging them without the freeze, as the resulting Zebras do not get frozen. However, if the Rainbow Bloons also have the Fortified and/or Shielded property, the Ice Monkey can freeze them by only damaging their Shielded and/or Fortified parts in one hit.

Merging two Ice Monkeys to form a Mega Ice Monkey. Mega Ice Monkey creates a much stronger freeze, with larger ice shards and a virally spreading freeze. Only one move is consumed when using a Mega Ice instead of using two moves to use two separate Ices.

Trivia

 * Ice Monkey in Bloons Pop has a more elderly appearance compared to its BTD6 counterpart.
 * If a Rainbow or higher ranked bloon pops into a Zebra or White Bloon while frozen, the frozen effect remains on the bloon as usual.