Buttercupcake

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Buttercupcake is the third premium plant unlocked in The Sanctuary’s level path C (more about level paths here) in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 9C, and is also a plant in Plants vs. Zombies that can be purchased from Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies for $10,000. However, in order to unlock Buttercupcake in Crazy Dave's Twiddydinkies for purchase, at least 3 other PvZCC edition plants in the game must be unlocked and owned (more about what these plants are later). By herself, when first planted on the lawn, Buttercupcake's candle will burnout and she will explode (without dealing any direct damage), releasing butter onto all zombies in a 5×5 area. This butter acts just like Kernel-pult's, stunning the zombies, only that it lasts 1.5 times longer (7.5 seconds).
Buttercupcake can also be flavoured so that she can also release more projectiles that have different abilities alongside her base butter projectiles. In order to do this, depending on the game, you need to own certain plants:
* In PvZ:LW - You need to own other Lost World-exclusive plants (plants that are exclusive to Lost World and are not found in any of the official PvZ games). Any Lost World-exclusive plant can be used with no other restrictions.
* In PvZ - You need to own other PvZCC edition plants in the game which are ONLY based on plants that can be used in baking cakes (PvZCC edition plants are PvZ plants that originate from the PvZCC wiki).
In order to flavour Buttercupcake, first select her seed packet during seed selection, where you will be prompted a message regarding whether you want to flavour her. After you confirm that you want to choose a flavour/flavours, depending on the game, the way flavours are chosen will differ as follows:
* In PvZ:LW - The seed selection will change to black out all non-Lost World-exclusive seed packets and leave the Lost World-exclusive ones glowing. You can then select any number of the glowing seed packets to flavour Buttercupcake for this level in particular, but, however, every plant you select will increase Buttercupcake's sun cost by 50.
* In PvZ - You will be shown an interface that looks similar to the interface you are shown when you want to choose a plant to copy when you bring Imitater into a level, except the list of plants are only limited to the eligible PvZCC edition plants that can be used to flavour Buttercupcake. You can select any number of plants in the list to flavour Buttercupcake for this level in particular, but, however, every plant you select will increase Buttercupcake's sun cost by 25.
Once you've selected the plants you want to flavour Buttercupcake, Buttercupcake will then gain the ability to release projectiles when she explodes that are related to those plants you've used to flavour her for the rest of the level.
To see examples of plants that are eligible for flavouring Buttercupcake, and what projectiles they cause Buttercupcake to release upon explosion, see the respective section below on this page.
==Origins==
Buttercupcake is a portmanteau of multiple words. The 'buttercup' part refers to the type of plant Buttercupcake is, being a large genus of species of flowering plants (scientific name being Ranunculus). The 'butter cake' and 'cupcake' part refers to the type of cake that Buttercupcake represents. Butter cake is a type of cake that mainly uses butter in its baking, and cupcakes are miniature versions of cake that are wrapped in cups when served. The 'butter' part refers to Buttercupcake's base ability to stun zombies with butter when she explodes.
==Almanac entry==
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Buttercupcake
Buttercupcakes explode and butter all zombies in a large area. They can be flavoured to make the explosion do more than just buttering.
Range: All zombies in a huge area
Usage: Single-use, instant
Special: Can be flavoured with other PvZCC edition plants to release other projectiles during the explosion
"Happy belated birthday PvZCC!" Buttercupcake exclaims with joy. Don't get confused, Buttercupcake says 'belated' so that, whenever you read her almanac entry, she doesn't wish PvZCC happy birthday on the wrong date, no matter if PvZCC's previous birthday was ten seconds ago or ten months ago.
Cost: 75
Recharge: Very slow
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Buttercupcake
Sun cost: 75
Recharge: Slow
Buttercupcakes explode and butter all zombies in a large area. They can be flavoured to make the explosion do more than just buttering.
Usage: Single-use, instant
Special: Can be flavoured with other Lost World-exclusive plants to release other projectiles during the explosion
"Happy belated birthday PvZCC!" Buttercupcake exclaims with joy. Don't get confused, Buttercupcake says 'belated' so that, whenever you read her almanac entry, she doesn't wish PvZCC happy birthday on the wrong date, no matter if PvZCC's previous birthday was ten seconds ago or ten months ago.
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==Plants eligible for flavouring==
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(Credits to the respective owners of the following plants)
*Durian-pult - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Durian-pult will cause Buttercupcake to release durian seeds upon exploding. Durian seeds will be released onto all zombies in a 5×5 area, causing these zombies to gain a temporary 'rotting' status effect. This causes zombies to lose 5% of their current health every second, for 8 seconds.
*Mystery Nutz - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Mystery Nutz will cause Buttercupcake to release a single mini-Mystery Nutz upon exploding. This mini-Mystery Nutz will randomly be aimed at one zombie in a 5×5 area, instantly killing that zombie (or dealing as much damage as an instant-kill if it's a Gargantuar) and randomly dropping either a small amount of sun, money or a free seed packet (more valuable drops, however, tend to be rarer compared to Mystery Nutz's own drops).
*Bananarang - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Bananarang will cause Buttercupcake to release 8 bananas in random directions upon exploding. These bananas will damage any zombie they hit in their way for 50 DPS, and, after travelling off-lawn, they will return in the opposite direction to damage more zombies in their way before disappearing off the lawn for good.
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(Since there are too many Lost World-exclusive plants to add, only a select few will be shown here, but you are free to also add your own ideas using other Lost World-exclusive plants)
*Shockleberries - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Shockleberries will cause Buttercupcake to release multiple (inanimate) Shockleberries upon exploding, releasing them onto every zombie in a 5×5 area and giving them the same status effect that regular Shockleberries would, except it only lasts for 8 seconds.
*Karatea - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Karatea will cause Buttercupcake to release tea leaves onto every zombie in a 5×5 area upon exploding. These tea leaves do the same thing as a kick attack from Karatea but much stronger, dealing 100 DPS worth of damage and stunning the zombies for 5 seconds.
*Nuttin' to see here - Flavouring Buttercupcake with Nuttin' to see here will cause Buttercupcake to release 6 baby Nuttin's in random directions upon exploding. These baby Nuttin's act like normally by ricocheting off multiple zombies and dealing damage to them (200 DPS with each hit) before breaking.
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==Upgrades==
===Stat tiers (for PvZ:LW)===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Strength	
* Base butter attack - 0 DPS
* Attacks from flavours - -50% DPS	
* Base butter attack - 10 DPS
* Attacks from flavours - -20% DPS	
* Base butter attack - 20 DPS
* Attacks from flavours - +0% DPS	
* Base butter attack - 30 DPS
* Attacks from flavours - +20% DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Strength Token)	
* Base butter attack - 40 DPS
* Attacks from flavours - +50% DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Strength Tokens)
Sun cost	150 sun 	100 sun 	75 sun 	
50 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
25 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge	55 seconds	45 seconds	40 seconds	
35 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Recharge Token)	
25 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Recharge Tokens)
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
By herself, Buttercupcake makes a decent stalling plant, being able to butter a whole wave of zombies for a couple of seconds (unless the level where Buttercupcake is used is a Pool or Fog level in PvZ, where the lawn is six lanes wide). Compared to Ice-shroom, she does not need to use Coffee Bean (in PvZ) and require an extra 75 sun to wake during the day time, and the stunning effect lasts longer than Ice-shroom's and does not get nullified by fire damage. However, Ice-shroom's area of effect is much larger than Buttercupcake's (covering the whole lawn rather than a 5×5 area), plus, if one were to do the math, Ice-shroom's freezing and chilling effect combined compared to Buttercupcake's stunning effect has a bigger impact on the zombies' progression rate across the lawn. Taking this into consideration, Ice-shroom may, at times, be a better stalling plant compared to Buttercupcake, especially during the night when Coffee Bean does not need to be used (only in PvZ).
With the utilisation of Buttercupcake’s flavouring feature, Buttercupcake can also be used to inflict direct damage or other effects on zombies alongside her buttering ability. Since there are many possible combos of flavours that Buttercupcake can have, along with how each flavour has various different effects on Buttercupcake’s explosion, it’s hard to describe a general strategy for how to use the flavouring feature right. One thing you have to consider is the increment in sun cost the more flavours that Buttercupcake has, so unless you are able to make a reliable production of sun, it would be best to not put too many flavours on Buttercupcake. With the variety of flavours Buttercupcake can have, Buttercupcake can be used in a wide range of strategies that require the usage of specific types of effects. Additionally, you can even make a virtual tactical nuke with Buttercupcake if you combine as many flavours as possible that encourage an increase in direct damage done by the explosion’s projectiles, especially if your sun production is able to support this.
==Gallery==
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File:Buttercupcake.png|Buttercupcake (HD)
File:Buttercupcake with Durian-pult, Mystery Nutz and Bananarang flavours.png|Buttercupcake with Durian-pult, Mystery Nutz and Bananarang flavours
File:Seed packet (Buttercupcake).png|Buttercupcake's seed packet (notice how it uses the upgrade plant version of the seed packet)
File:Buttercupcake's seed packet (with flavours).png|Seed packet with Durian-pult, Mystery Nutz and Bananarang flavours
File:Buttercupcake idling.gif|Idling
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File:Buttercupcake (PvZ - LW).png|Buttercupcake (HD)
File:Buttercupcake's concept art (PvZ - LW).png|Buttercupcake's concept art by Darten
File:Buttercupcake remake.png|Remake art by Fancy
File:Costume (Buttercupcake).png|Costume
File:Buttercupcake with Shockleberry, Karatea and Nuttin' flavours.png|Buttercupcake with Shockleberry, Karatea and Nuttin' flavours
File:Seed packet (Buttercupcake) (PvZ - LW).png|Buttercupcake's seed packet
File:Buttercupcake's seed packet (with flavours) (PvZ - LW).png|Seed packet with Shockleberry, Karatea and Nuttin' flavours
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==Art credits==
*Credits to Darten for the concept PvZ:LW art.
*Credits to Rocky for the final PvZ:LW art.
==Trivia==
*This is the creator’s first page which features a PvZ1 plant.
*The PvZ:LW version of Buttercupcake was originally going to keep the same requirement in the PvZ1 version where the plants used for flavours must be based on plants used in baking cakes, but this requirement was later scrapped since not a lot of the Lost World-exclusive plants fit this criterion.
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