Buttercup (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies 3, see Buttercup.

Buttercup
Buttercup butters butter onto attacking zombies, stunning them with butter. Butter!
Statistics
Sun Cost	25
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	900 damage
Damage	100 damage
Stun	8 seconds
Family	Contain-mint
Plant Food effect	Throws butter immediately in front of her, dealing damage and stunning zombies for a long duration.
Special	Creates buttering butter splats
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	25
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	35 damage
Attack Rate	5 seconds
Range	2 Tiles to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Special
Tags	Control
Plant features	Orange plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(doesn't trigger Buttercup's attack)
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
Buttercup's sweet as can be, but she packs a wallop! "I'm not cheap," she says, referring to her flat 25 sun cost. "I'm reasonable."

“	Plant Buttercup to butter attacking zombies.	”
—Penny

Buttercup is a stunning wall plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.5.1 update for the Buttercup Brawl Arena season. She throws butter at any zombie that attacks her, which stuns them and leaves a butter puddle on the tile (lasting for 120 seconds). Zombies that touch the buttered tile will be damaged and buttered, but the butter puddle will also be destroyed.

In the Chinese version, Buttercup throws her butter once zombies enter her 2 tile range. This means she can perma-stall any singular zombie by herself as long as the zombie isn't resistant or immune to the butter's stun.

Origins

She is based on the plant of the same name from Plants vs. Zombies 3, who in turn is based on various flowers in the genus Ranunculus.

Her ability to leave butter puddles is based on her Plants vs. Zombies 3 appearance's Plant Food ability Drizzled Butter where she pushes back all nearby zombies in a small area while leaving a trail of buttered tiles in front of her, which can stun zombies who step in them.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Buttercup
	SUN COST 25 RECHARGE 10 TOUGHNESS 900 DAMAGE 100 Stun Stun Contain-mint Plant Food: Throws butter immediately in front of her, dealing damage and stunning zombies for a long duration. Buttercup butters butter onto attacking zombies, stunning them with butter. Butter! Buttercup's sweet as can be, but she packs a wallop! "I'm not cheap," she says, referring to her flat 25 sun cost. "I'm reasonable."

甩出一块黄油砸在僵尸身上使它定身，并在地上留下一滩黄油 范围：面前一格 特点：甩出一块黄油砸在僵尸身上使它定身，并在地上留下一滩黄油 植物特征：黄色植物 黄油毛茛每天都在等一个童话故事里的白马王子出现，但考虑到相性相合的问题，这个王子可能是面包树乔装打扮的。 In English: Throws butter at zombies to stun them and leaves a splat of butter on the ground Range: 1 tile ahead Special: throws butter at zombies to stun them and leaves a splat of butter on the ground Plant features: yellow plant Every day Buttercup waits for her fairytale Prince Charming, but if we assume they would be a perfect match, that prince would probably just be a breadfruit dressed as one.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Buttercup will throw butter immediately in front of her, dealing 150 damage to zombies, stunning them with butter for 12 seconds, and leaving butter puddles that last for 150 seconds.

Contain-mint effect

When boosted by Contain-mint, Buttercup will deal an additional 600 damage with her normal attack, an additional 700 damage with her Plant Food attack, her butter stun duration is increased to 20 seconds, and her Plant Food butter stun duration is increased to 25 seconds.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage*		Butter Stun Duration*
							Normal	Plant Food	Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	25	10 seconds	5 seconds	900 damage	100 damage	150 damage	8 seconds	12 seconds
2	50			9 seconds		1050 damage	150 damage	200 damage	9 seconds	13 seconds
3	100			8 seconds		1200 damage	200 damage	250 damage	10 seconds	14 seconds
4	200					1350 damage	250 damage	300 damage
5	300			7 seconds		1500 damage	300 damage	350 damage	11 seconds
6	400					1650 damage	350 damage	400 damage		15 seconds
7	500					1800 damage	400 damage	450 damage	12 seconds
8	600			6 seconds		1950 damage	450 damage	500 damage		16 seconds
9	800					2100 damage	500 damage	550 damage	13 seconds	17 seconds
10	1,000			5 seconds		2500 damage	600 damage	700 damage	15 seconds	18 seconds

*Applies to both initial attacks and the butter puddle.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Slightly Melted 稍稍融化	Creates a larger chunk of butter, increases the thickness of the butter pit when dropped, and disappears when 2 zombies step on it. 制造出更大块的黄油，掉落时黄油坑的厚度增加，2个僵尸踩到后消失。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Buttercup gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Even More Melted 多多融化	Creates larger chunks of butter, the thickness of the butter pit increases when the butter drops, and disappears when 3 zombies step on it. 制造出更大块的黄油，黄油掉落时黄油坑的厚度增加，3个僵尸踩到后消失。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Buttercup gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Buttercup may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Buttercup gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Quality Assurance 品质保证	Throw an additional 3 Butter projectiles, prioritizing the leftmost zombie within the right 3x3 area. 攻击时必定额外扔出3个9号黄油，优先攻击右侧3x3范围内最左的僵尸。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Buttercup gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Although Buttercup is a Wall plant, unlike most of her fellow Wall plants, she is not recommended to be used as a direct defense from the zombie horde, as she has rather low health. Instead, her rather quick recharge and low sun cost allows her to stall zombies effectively, giving you time to focus on other rows and reinforce defenses in them. Buttercup can also work as a cheap blocker to some other threats such as the Fisherman Zombie or Barrel Roller Zombie, as she is not exactly a plant that you would want to prioritize defending. She also deals a few damage, so she can somewhat be used to finish off zombies.

Buttercup's Plant Food effect throws up to 25 slices of butter (increase by one for valid zombie each in her area) in the three rows in front, above, and below her, and the butter stun duration/damage is longer/higher than normal; use it if there are many dangerous zombies (such as Zombie Bulls and All-Star Zombies) and critters (such as Zombie Chickens, Ice Weasels and Zombie Parrots). The more she is planted behind, the more butter she will throw during the Plant Food effect, but considering that she was generally planted in the front row as a defensive control plant, her Plant Food effect can't play its biggest role. In comparison with Kernel-pult's and Headbutter Lettuce's Plant Food effect, Buttercup's may be worse at first glance as it only affects three rows, but the butter Buttercup throws has the advantages of higher damage, leaving butter puddles and longer stun duration.

Buttercup and Aloe can be a very effective combo for maximum stalling. Aloe heals Buttercup as she gets bitten by the zombies, stunning the zombies, giving Buttercup time to heal, and also solving the problem of long healing intervals of Aloe. Buttercup is also more effective with weed plants, especially Iceweed. If Iceweed is planted before Buttercup, the chilled zombies will deal less damage to her while she will throw butter normally. This will also help the weed plant attack buttered zombies without stopping. As shown in Buttercup's Epic Quest, she can be used well with Shrinking Violet. This is because shrunken zombies will take more damage from Buttercup while they deal less damage to her. But it is worth noting that the zombies that are already buttered will not be shrunken, so it is advised to shrink the zombies in advance before Buttercups attack.

It is not recommended to use Buttercup in front of those who will not eat plants (such as Gargantuars), as she can only attack one time or she won't attack at all. Planting vine plants or Pumpkin on top of Buttercup is also unreasonable, because she must take damage from some kinds of zombies to release her ability. Unlike Kernel-pult, using her with the Primal Peashooter is feasible, as though Buttercup can easily miss her shots, the butter she lobs is guaranteed to damage and stun attacking zombies.

Instant-kill/Crushing/Special Zombies that trigger Buttercups	Instant-kill/Crushing/Special Zombies that do not trigger Buttercups
Gargantuars, Barrel Roller Zombies, Pianist Zombies, Excavator Zombies, All-Star Zombies, Surfer Zombies, Jurassic Rockpunchers, Glitter Zombies, Zombie Kings, Punk Zombies/Mecha-Football Zombies/Fisherman Zombies (but does not trigger her if she is flicked off the lawn), Rodeo Legend Zombies, Explorer Zombies, Torchlight Zombies, Catapult Zombies, Zombonis, Zombie Bobsled Teams	All Zomboss, Parasol Zombies, Gargantuar Primes (laser), Hair Metal Gargantuars (shockwave), MC Zom-B (spins microphone), Turquoise Skull Zombies, MC Zom-B, Octo Zombies, Wizard Zombies, Cardio Zombies, Z-Mech, #caketank, Firebreather Zombies

It is a bad idea to use Buttercup in Pirate Seas and Big Wave Beach, as she will not leave the butter puddles in the water, making her only exert partial damage and control effect. It is noteworthy that the butter puddles will be removed if another grid item is spawned on the same tile. This makes a medium threat to Buttercups. In terms of plants, there are also grid items that cover her butter puddles, so you should carefully consider how to cooperate Buttercups with them.

Zombie Grid Item that can cover butter puddles	Plant Grid Item that can cover butter puddles
Tombstones from Tomb Raiser Zombie, Frozen blocks from Hunter Zombie, Tents from Imp Porter, Scorched tile from Jurassic Rockpuncher, Surfboards from Surfer Zombie, Octopi from Octo Zombie, Slippery ice from Zombonis	lava puddles from Lava Guavas and Meteor Flowers, oil from Olive Pits, sap from Sap-flings, green wisps from Jack O' Lantern's PF effect, Bombegranate seeds, Power Tiles (including those created by Tile Turnips), Gold Tiles created by Gold Leaf, Iceblock from Ice Bloom, Tentacle from Sundew Tangler

When boosted by Contain-mint, Buttercup gains a great damage increase, which lets her kill a Conehead Zombie in one shot even at level 1. Furthermore, those who can't be killed by her will be stunned for 20 seconds with her butter, the time is enough for you to plant two Buttercups or one Wall plant. If using Plant Food during the time, the butter's stun effect will be even longer than normal, with sufficient control time and lots of damage.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Buttercup
Simplified Chinese	黃油毛茛
French	Bouton d'or
German	Butterblume
Italian	Margherina
Brazilian Portuguese	Douradinha	Diminutive for the Portuguese word dourada
Russian	Лютик
Spanish	Ranúnculo

Related achievement

	Pat the Birdy Put butter on a Seagull Zombie

Trivia

• She is one of the few plants to break the fourth wall based on her almanac description.
• She is the first plant to debut in Plants vs. Zombies 3 before Plants vs. Zombies 2, the second being Nightcap.
• Buttercup is one of the nine plants that have a food-related costume, the others being Spring Bean (if you count the coconuts), Citron, Hot Potato, Guacodile, Gold Leaf, Fire Peashooter, Snapdragon, and Cold Snapdragon.
• Buttercup is the third plant that butters zombies, the first being Kernel-pult and the second being Headbutter Lettuce.
• Not counting Magnet-shroom's ability to decapitate Punk Zombies, a level 5+ Stunion and a level 6+ Grave Buster, Buttercup is one of three plants in the Contain-mint family that actually deal damage, the others being Draftodil and Dazey Chain. In the Contain-mint family, Buttercup is the only Retaliation plant and her damage is the highest.
• Buttercup's animations are noticeably smooth compared to every other plant in the game.
  • Every plant released after Buttercup shares this trait.
• Buttercup is the fourth plant that has her idling animation similar to the watered or ready to level up animation, the first being Hocus Crocus, the second being Pea Vine, and the third being Blockoli.
• Her butter puddles appear to be a recolored version of Sap-fling's sap puddle.
• Unlike her appearance in Plants vs Zombies 3, she butters zombies upon taking about 180-190 damage from zombies instead of just one bite (100 damage). Also, she can't butter zombies that both attacks from a distance and deals actual damage, but is able to lob her butter upon death. Their Plant Food effects are also different.

Specific to Chinese version (China only)

• Despite Buttercup not throwing butter when she's damaged in this version, her ability to throw butter when a zombie crushes her (or otherwise removes her from the lawn) is retained.

See also

• Wall-nut
• Kernel-pult

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