Buckle up Buttercup is a sarcastic expression, denoting that one should get ready for some upcoming unpleasant or extreme action.
It is a bit of a sarcastic portmanteau between the "buckle up" phrase used to get people to use seat belts and "pucker up buttercup" meaning to prepare for a kiss. The sarcasm reverses the positive connotations.
A cat that is soft, fatty, and malleable, like butter. Buttercats are often very friendly, and sometimes extremely shy at first. Buttercats often have folds of loose skin around their belly.
Look at this cat sprawled out in my lap; hes so soft and pudgy, what a buttercat.