Buttercups are several species of the genus Ranunculus.

Buttercup may also refer to:

Characters Buttercup (Toy Story), a character in Toy Story 3 Princess Buttercup, a character in the novel The Princess Bride and film based on it Buttercup Utonium, a character in The Powerpuff Girls Buttercup (Kaoru Matsubara), a character in Powerpuff Girls Z Little Buttercup (Mrs. Cripps), a character in the musical H.M.S. Pinafore Buttercup, a diabetic horse in the film Half Baked

Places Buttercup, Belize, a village in the Belize District Buttercup Mountain, a mountain in Idaho

Vehicles Wittman Buttercup, a homebuilt aircraft HMS Buttercup (K193), a Flower-class corvette launched in 1941

Art, entertainment, and media "Buttercup", a song by YouTuber and musician Jack Stauber Buttercup (TV series), a Filipino television series Buttercup (fairy tale), a Norwegian fairy tale

Other plants Buttercups, the common name for Verticordia aurea Buttercup tree, the common name for Cochlospermum religiosum Bermuda buttercup, the common name for Oxalis pes-caprae

People with the given name Buttercup Dickerson (1858–1920), 19th-century Major League Baseball outfielder

See also Buttercup Festival, a webcomic by David Troupes Buttercup squash, a variety of the winter squash species Cucurbita maxima HMS Buttercup, a list of vessels built for the Royal Navy Little Buttercup or Santa Fe No. 5, an 0-4-0 steam locomotive Sicilian Buttercup chicken, a breed of chicken Peanut butter cup, a chocolate candy "Build Me Up Buttercup", 1968 single by The Foundations