Wait What?

Item Icon
Pickup Quote	"I can't believe it's not butter bean!"
Entity ID	5.100.484
Recharge Time	10 seconds
Item Pool	Treasure Room Treasure Room
Quality	1
Item Tags
Collection Grid	(page 4, column 19, row 6) (page 4, column 20, row 6)

Wait What? is an activated item added in The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †.

Effects

• Upon use, Isaac farts, knocking back enemies and their shots. It also sends out a circular rock wave around him that deal 10 damage per tick to nearby enemies and break obstacles.
• Shots deflected by Wait What? farts deal 6 damage if they would've hurt Isaac for half a heart, and 7 for a full heart.

Notes

• This item is identical to Butter Bean in appearance.
• Butter Bean has a 10% chance to turn into this item upon pickup.
• Each run has a 5% chance of replacing Butter Bean with Wait What? in item pools. Both items generally do not exist during the same run.
• This item is useful for opening Secret Rooms, Super Secret Rooms, Bedrooms and the path to Mines. In Bedrooms, it can also open up the passage under the carpet.
  • To break open a secret room, the wall must be hit with one of the rock waves, not the gas cloud, so Isaac needs to stand a few steps away from the wall.
• The earthquake can open Bomb Chests.
• The earthquake can destroy Shopkeepers.
• The earthquake can be used to blow up the Donation Machine or activate/blow up a Shop Restock Machine.

Synergies

• Bird's Eye: Shoots a flame behind Isaac upon each use of Wait What. Despite Car Battery not duplicating Wait What's shockwave, the flame shot is duplicated.
• Book of Virtues: Spawns white glowing wisps on the middle ring that don't shoot. The wisps invoke the effect of Wait What? when destroyed and do not persist between rooms.
• Ghost Pepper: Shoots a flame behind Isaac upon each use of Wait What. Despite Car Battery not duplicating Wait What's shockwave, the flame shot is duplicated.

Interactions

• Car Battery: No effect.

Trivia

• The item description is a reference to a brand of margarine named "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!".
• Unlike Butter Bean, this item has no unlock condition, meaning it's possible for the player to find it right away, making the joke and reference slightly confusing.
  • Wait What? no longer shows up naturally in any item pools, however it has a chance to replace Butter Bean in any run.
• The sprite of this item is exactly identical to Butter Bean, making them the two only items strictly identic of the game.

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