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“	Place almost any land tower on water with the Pontoon! Deploy the Pontoon on water, then place your land tower on top.	”
	^{~ BTD5 and BTD6 description}

The Pontoon is a deployable object that makes an appearance in Bloons TD 5 and Bloons TD 6. It is depicted as a few wooden logs floating on an inner tube. When placed in the water, land towers can be placed atop the Pontoon. Although it has a pop count, the Pontoon has no attacks. The Portable Lake is the opposite of the Pontoon, allowing water towers to be placed on land.

In Bloons TD 5, the Pontoon is a Special Agent that was released on May 17, 2012. It costs 40, making it one of the cheapest Special Agents, alongside the Monkey Farmer and Portable Lake.

In Bloons TD 6, the Pontoon is available as a Power and costs 50. Unlike in BTD5, Farms can be placed on Pontoons because it barely fits on top. It cannot be placed on Portable Lakes due to its diagonal footprint length being greater than the diameter of the Portable Lake's circular footprint. In this game, selling a Pontoon or Portable Lake will also sell the towers on top of them. An "Iceberg Pontoon" skin was released in the 22.0, and costs 35.

Pro[]

The Pontoon Pro gives towers a range boost. Players need 50 Pontoons to unlock it, which costs 2,000. 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.

In BTD5 Mobile, a Banana Farm can not fit on a pontoon, due to its large footprint.
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.
- In BTD6, it will not collapse a Sun Temple, True Sun God, and even Vengeful True Sun God, meaning that the aforementioned towers can be built on it without any problems.

Screenshot 20190204-221959 — A Vengeful True Sun God 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.

It is possible to place a Pontoon on a Portable Lake in BTD5, but this is worthless and wastes 80/40 if you bought it with Monkey Money.
- When placing a Pontoon Pro on a Portable Lake or Portable Lake Pro, it can become pretty useful.

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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.|BTD5 and BTD6 description}}
 {{Infobox special agent
 |image = <Tabber>
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 BTD6=[[File:PontoonPortrait.png]]
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+BTD5=[[File:Pontoon icon.png]]
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-|Cost = 40
+|Cost = 40 (BTD5)<br />50 (BTD6)
 |Pro = [[Pontoon Pro]]
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+The '''Pontoon''' is a deployable object that makes an appearance in [[Bloons TD 5]] and [[Bloons TD 6]]. It is depicted as a few wooden logs floating on an inner tube. When placed in the water, land towers can be placed atop the Pontoon. Although it has a pop count, the Pontoon has no attacks. The [[Portable Lake]] is the opposite of the Pontoon, allowing water towers to be placed on land.
-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.
+In Bloons TD 5, the Pontoon is a [[Special Agent]] that was released on May 17, 2012. It costs {{Monkey Money}}40, making it one of the cheapest Special Agents, alongside the [[Monkey Farmer]] and Portable Lake.
+In Bloons TD 6, the Pontoon is available as a [[Power]] and costs {{Monkey Money BTD6}}50. Unlike in BTD5, Farms ''can'' be placed on Pontoons because it barely fits on top. It cannot be placed on [[Portable Lake]]s due to its diagonal [[footprint]] length being greater than the diameter of the Portable Lake's circular footprint. In this game, selling a Pontoon or Portable Lake will also sell the towers on top of them. An "Iceberg Pontoon" skin was released in the 22.0, and costs {{Trophies}}35.
 ==Pro==
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 Pontoon mob.png|Mobile Pontoon
 Pontoon single.png|Pontoon in Agents menu
+Pontoon.svg|Pontoon as seen in BMC Flash in-game files
+PontoonIcebergPortrait.png|Iceberg Pontoon in BTD6
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
 [[File:Pontoon.png|thumb|You can't sell the pontoon until you sell the towers on top of it first.]]
 * 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 {{Monkey Money}}40.
-*This is one of the few [[Special Agent]]s that never attacks.
 *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.
-**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.
+**In BTD6, it will not collapse a [[Sun Temple]], [[True Sun God]], and even [[Vengeful True Sun God]], meaning that the aforementioned towers can be built on it without any problems.
-[[File:Screenshot 20190204-221959.png|thumb|An Avatar of the Vengeful Monkey on top of a Pontoon.]]
+[[File:Screenshot 20190204-221959.png|thumb|A Vengeful True Sun God 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 seven tracks ([[Archipelago]], [[Dockside]], and [[Ice Flow]], as well as [[Challenger Deep]], [[Flooded Lane]], [[Water Hazard]], and [[Benguela]] in Mobile) but others would debate that Portable Lakes are only for the use of [[Monkey Buccaneers]] and/or [[Monkey Sub]], making them virtually useless.
+*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.
 [[File:Pontoon.jpg|thumb]]
-*It is possible to place a Pontoon on a [[Portable Lake]] but this is worthless and wastes {{Monkey Money}}80.
+*It is possible to place a Pontoon on a [[Portable Lake]] in BTD5, but this is worthless and wastes {{Monkey Money}}80/40 if you bought it with Monkey Money.
-**When placing a Pontoon Pro on a [[Portable Lake]] or [[Portable Lake Pro]] though, it becomes pretty useful.
+**When placing a Pontoon Pro on a [[Portable Lake]] or [[Portable Lake Pro]], it can become 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.
 {{Special Agents}}