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{{Quote|Place almost any land tower on water with the Pontoon! Deploy the Pontoon on water, then place your land tower on top.|Official BTD5 and BTD6 Description}}
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{{Quote|Place almost any land tower on water with the Pontoon! Deploy the Pontoon on water, then place your land tower on top.|Official BTD5 Description}}
 
 
{{Infobox special agent
 
{{Infobox special agent
|image = File:Pontoon.jpg
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|image = <Tabber>
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BTD5=[[File:Pontoon icon.png]]
|imagewidth = 125px
 
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|caption = The Pontoon
 
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BTD6=[[File:PontoonPortrait.png]]
|Cost = $40
 
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</Tabber>
 
|Cost = 40
 
|Pro = [[Pontoon Pro]]
 
|Pro = [[Pontoon Pro]]
 
|imagewidth = 125px
 
|caption = The Pontoon icon
 
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The '''Pontoon''' is a [[Special Agent]] that was released on May 17, 2012. It allows all land towers to be placed on water and costs $40 [[Monkey Money]].
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The '''Pontoon''' is a [[Special Agent]] that was released on May 17, 2012 on Bloons TD 5, and also appears in Bloons TD 6. It allows all land towers to be placed on water and costs {{Monkey Money}}40. It costs {{Monkey Money BTD6}}50 in BTD6.
   
 
==Pro==
 
==Pro==
The [[Pontoon Pro]] gives towers a range boost. You need 50 Pontoons to unlock it, which costs $2,000 [[Monkey Money]].
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The [[Pontoon Pro]] gives towers a range boost. Players need 50 Pontoons to unlock it, which costs {{Monkey Money}}2,000. This is only available on BTD5 Flash and BTD5 Mobile/Steam/Console.
   
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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pontoonflash.png|Pontoon
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Pontoon mob.png|Mobile Pontoon
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Pontoon single.png|Pontoon in Agents menu
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</gallery>
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
[[File:Pontoon.png|thumb|You can't sell the pontoon until you sell the towers on top of it first.]]
 
[[File:Pontoon.png|thumb|You can't sell the pontoon until you sell the towers on top of it first.]]
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* In BTD5 Mobile, a Banana Farm can not fit on a pontoon, due to its large footprint.
*This is one of the cheapest [[Special Agent]]s (the others being [[Portable Lake]] and [[Monkey Farmer]]) costing $40 [[Monkey Money]].
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*This is one of the cheapest [[Special Agent]]s (the others being [[Portable Lake]] and [[Monkey Farmer]]) costing {{Monkey Money}}40.
 
*This is one of the few [[Special Agent]]s that never attacks.
 
*This is one of the few [[Special Agent]]s that never attacks.
*Pontoon is not sacrificed by the [[Temple of the Monkey God]].
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*The Pontoon is not sacrificed by the [[Temple of the Monkey God]]. It will also collapse and destroy itself if a TotMG is built on to of it, also collapsing the Temple as well.
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**In BTD6, it will not collapse a [[Sun Temple]], [[True Sun God]], and even [[Avatar of the Vengeful Monkey]], meaning that the aforementioned towers can be built on it without any problems.
*The Pontoon is basically useless on all tracks except [[Archipelago]] and [[Dockside]].
 
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[[File:Screenshot 20190204-221959.png|thumb|An Avatar of the Vengeful Monkey on top of a Pontoon.]]
*Some say that the [[Portable Lake]] is better because the [[Portable Lake]] is helpful on many tracks while the [[Pontoon]] is helpful on two tracks but others would debate that Portable Lakes are only for the use of Monkey Bucaneers alone making them virtually useless.
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*Some say that the [[Portable Lake]] is better because the Portable Lake is helpful on many tracks with more land while the Pontoon is only helpful on tracks filled with water like [[Archipelago]] or [[Spice Islands]], but others would debate that Portable Lakes are only for the use of [[Monkey Buccaneers]] and/or [[Monkey Sub]], making them virtually useless.
*It is possible to place a Pontoon on a [[Portable Lake]] but this is worthless and wastes $80 [[Monkey Money]]                     
 
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[[File:Pontoon.jpg|thumb]]
*The art of the Pontoon has an inflatable tube underneath the Pontoon (probably because the Pontoon doesn't have enough buoyancy on it's own to carry towers
 
 
*It is possible to place a Pontoon on a [[Portable Lake]] but this is worthless and wastes {{Monkey Money}}80/40 if you spent it on Monkey Money.
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**When placing a Pontoon Pro on a [[Portable Lake]] or [[Portable Lake Pro]] though, it becomes pretty useful.
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**The player cannot place a Pontoon on a Portable Lake in BTD6.
 
*The art of the Pontoon has an inflatable tube underneath the Pontoon (probably because the Pontoon doesn't have enough buoyancy on its own to carry towers).
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*Strangely, the Pontoon has a pop count, even though it cannot attack.
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*In BTD6, selling a Pontoon or Portable Lake will also sell the towers on top of them.
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[[Category:Special Agents]]
 
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[[Category:Bloons TD 5 Deluxe]]
 
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Revision as of 15:37, 8 May 2020

Place almost any land tower on water with the Pontoon! Deploy the Pontoon on water, then place your land tower on top.
~ Official BTD5 and BTD6 Description


The Pontoon is a Special Agent that was released on May 17, 2012 on Bloons TD 5, and also appears in Bloons TD 6. It allows all land towers to be placed on water and costs Monkey Dollar40. It costs BloonjaminsIcon50 in BTD6.

Pro

The Pontoon Pro gives towers a range boost. Players need 50 Pontoons to unlock it, which costs Monkey Dollar2,000. This is only available on BTD5 Flash and BTD5 Mobile/Steam/Console.

Gallery

Trivia

Pontoon

You can't sell the pontoon until you sell the towers on top of it first.

Screenshot 20190204-221959

An Avatar of the Vengeful Monkey on top of a Pontoon.

  • Some say that the Portable Lake is better because the Portable Lake is helpful on many tracks with more land while the Pontoon is only helpful on tracks filled with water like Archipelago or Spice Islands, but others would debate that Portable Lakes are only for the use of Monkey Buccaneers and/or Monkey Sub, making them virtually useless.
Pontoon
  • It is possible to place a Pontoon on a Portable Lake but this is worthless and wastes Monkey Dollar80/40 if you spent it on Monkey Money.
    • When placing a Pontoon Pro on a Portable Lake or Portable Lake Pro though, it becomes pretty useful.
    • The player cannot place a Pontoon on a Portable Lake in BTD6.
  • The art of the Pontoon has an inflatable tube underneath the Pontoon (probably because the Pontoon doesn't have enough buoyancy on its own to carry towers).
  • Strangely, the Pontoon has a pop count, even though it cannot attack.
  • In BTD6, selling a Pontoon or Portable Lake will also sell the towers on top of them.