This can generally be a waste if the player lost with more than $5000 cash and 100 lives or both before the player started the round they failed at. Unless the player was deep in freeplay or it was a Special Mission or Daily Challenge, it is generally a good idea to use the save/reload trick. This upgrade is useful when the player doesn't like starting over. Continues are not available in Deflation Mode or Apopalypse Mode. The icon is a head of a brutalized Mortar Tower operator.