Tuxedo Jake

“	Jake is ready to put his musical talent to good use and inspire his friends to greater heights. Hopefully Lady will be impressed!	”
	~ BATTD description

“	Plays inspiring music to boost all nearby characters.	”
	~ Short description

Tuxedo Jake is a premium character in Bloons Adventure Time TD and is a purely supportive counterpart to Jake. He primarily gains income as well as supports other towers, much like the Banana Farm and Monkey Village, respectively. By default, he grants all characters and allies with a 10% (12% with level 4 and 15% with level 9) discount, similar to Supermonkey with the Heroic Aura upgrade. He costs $600 in the game. Note that for trinkets that require melee or ranged damage, he is considered neither melee or ranged. His discount also does not stack with Supermonkey's Heroic Aura.

He is unlocked with a one-off purchase of $9.99 USD or 75,000 Martian Crystals at the Martian Trader.

Description

Pros

• Boosts all nearby characters

Cons

• Initially doesn't attack

Upgrades

	Turn It Up! COST: $500
	Description: Increases the range of all nearby characters Effect: +4 range to all towers in range

	Allegro Tempo COST: $1,200
	Upgrade(s) Required: Turn It Up!
	Description: Increases the attack speed of all nearby characters Effect: +10% attack speed to all towers in range

	Full Orchestra COST: $370
	Upgrade(s) Required: Allegro Tempo
	Description: Increases the boost given by all musical instruments Effect: Increases Star Level by 3 to characters who wield an instrument (Only another Tuxedo Jake during Send In The Clones can provide himself this buff)

	Inspiring Melody COST: $3,500
	Upgrade(s) Required: Allegro Tempo
	Description: Nearby characters can pop any bloon type Effect: Gives black-popping, white-popping, purple-popping, frozen-popping, lead-popping, ghost-popping, and Camo Detection to all towers within range

	Catchy Tunes COST: $3,000
	Upgrade(s) Required: Inspiring Melody Locked by Superstar
	Description: Characters receiving boosts from Jake will give that boost to characters near them Effect: Tuxedo Jake's influence buffs (trinkets, such as Treetrunk's Apple Knife(?), Warning Horn(?)) extend to the ranges of all towers within his range, does not affect his discount. Note that this upgrade can cause immense lag the more towers are within his range.

	Rock Out! COST: $800 Requires Star Level 3+
	Description: Ability: Attack the bloons with the power of rock! Effect: Tuxedo Jake now shoots sonic waves with 2 normal damage, 0.3 attack cooldown, 6 pierce, detects camo, and ignores line of sight for 25 seconds. 90 second cooldown, attack is not considered melee or ranged

	Fame COST: $5,500 Requires Star Level 5+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Catchy Tunes Rock Out!
	Description: Characters near Jake get a speed boost while he's rocking out Effect: Towers within range get +20% speed boost, affects Catchy Tunes(?)

	Fortune COST: $7,700 Requires Star Level 7+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Rock Out! Superstar
	Description: Bloons popped by the rock out attack drop cash bundles Effect: Drops one cash bundle per red bloon fully popped worth $??? each

	Busker COST: $600
	Description: Drops cash bundles every round Effect: Drops 3 bundles of cash worth $30 each per round

	Musician COST: $1,150
	Upgrade(s) Required: Busker
	Description: Drops more cash bundles each round Effect: Drops 6 bundles of cash per round

	Royalties COST: $500
	Upgrade(s) Required: Busker
	Description: Increases the value of cash bundles Effect: Cash bundles worth $50 instead of $30

	Superstar COST: $4,800
	Upgrade(s) Required: Musician Royalties Locked by Catchy Tunes
	Description: Drops massive bundles of cash each round! Effect: Cash bundles worth $250 each

Star Boost

Tuxedo Jake will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:

• 2 stars - Base range increased by 2
• 4 stars - Base effect discount increased by 2%
• 6 stars - Base price decreased by $100
• 8 stars - Base range increased by 3
• 9 stars - Base effect discount increased by 3%
• 10 stars - Starts with Busker upgrade pre-purchased for free

Quotes

Cutscenes:

Jake and the Lady

• “Lady! Where have you been? I’ve been looking all over for you, I was so worried…”
• “Well, I can understand that.” - Jake replying to Lady Rainicorn’s statement.
• “I just feel like we haven’t had much time to hang out together lately.”
• “I want to treat you right and show you that you’re the special lady in my life.”
• “Lady Rainicorn, will you…”
• “Do me the honor of popping Bloons with me?”

Outro

• ”Haha lady, your face when I popped that stream of Rainbow Bloons!”
• “Listen, I’m sorry. I didn’t know the rest of the guys were gonna show up.”
• “Yeah I know, I just thought it would be fun to have some you and me time.”
• “Aww. Lady you’re the best! Will I ever see you back home?”

When placed:

• "Best seat in the house."
• "Ready for my leading role."
• "Table for two. Garçon."
• "Hey, ninja lady!" (when Sai is placed after Jake)
• "Alright big spender, just remember there's only one Jake the Dog." -Jake, when Jake/Tuxedo Jake is placed after the other

When selected:

• "*Clears throat elegantly*"
• "*Clears throat elegantly* La-la-la-la-la-la-laaaa!"
• "Right you are!
• "You rang?"
• "Do you mind?" (when annoyed)
• "Check please!" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:

• "Tuning up!"
• "Music to my ears!"
• "Maestro!"

When MOAB-Class Bloon appears:

• "Aww, man! They forgot to write my love note on the side."

When MOAB-Class Bloon is destroyed:

• "I dedicate this battle to Lady Rainicorn!"

When activating ability:

• "Time to hit the high note!" (Rock Out!)

When Bloons leak:

• "These bloons are cramping my style!"

Strategies

If the player aims for money, the Fortune upgrade is able to produce $250 per bloon destroyed; the sooner the upgrade is purchased, the better.

Best used at the beginning of the game while upgrading his Busker path for income. He should be placed before buying any expensive upgrades as he discounts any tower in range.

His upgrade Inspiring Melody grants the ability for towers to pop any Bloon type similarly to the Monkey Intelligence Bureau upgrade and becomes a vital part of a defense in modes that have Ghost Bloons in them and defenses that lack the ability to pop certain bloon types. Like the MIB, Inspiring Melody grants camo detection.

Tuxedo Jake is very useful within the Martian Games as he can provide extra cash with his Busker path upgrades early on in the game and discount and buff towers later in the game, and his ability with Fortune can generate lots of cash. Note that Catchy Tunes can cause immense lag the more towers are within his range, so going for his Fame upgrade should only be done if the player can manage the lag.

If considering purchasing Tuxedo Jake, whether for actual money or with Martian Crystals, and cannot purchase the entire Character Bundle, he is a great choice, although Hunter Marceline is better if seeking a DPS tower. Tuxedo Jake provides useful buffs and Lady Rainicorn from his adventure can be useful on certain maps with poor placement spots for towers, so he is great for buffing other towers. Hunter Marceline on the other hand scales well in the lategame with her rapid global range stake attacks and Soul Sucking effect, and Vampire King from her adventure is one of the best allies in the game for Martian Games. Dungeon Finn on the other hand is not nearly as gamechanging as the latter two, and his ally from his adventure, Train Boss, is considered a very weak ally because of slow attack speed, weak damage, and low utility.

Version History

Bugs

• Catchy Tunes does not affect his discount effect.
• Towers affected by Inspiring Melody will still make sounds signifying they cannot pop frozen bloons despite gaining frozen-popping power.

Gallery

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Character Profile and Levelling Up

Gameplay

Trivia

• If the player waits on the character screen, Tuxedo Jake holds a music box above his head.
• Tuxedo Jake is the only character to have 2 different voice lines when annoyed.

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