Midnight Lycopene

Midnight Lycopene is the first stage in Neo-Necropolis. This stage is a remake of Lycopene Sunset.

Stage Information
Energy:	170
Enemy Base's Health:	800,000 HP
Enemies:	- Snache (4,000%) - Those Guys (4,000%) - Metal Doge (Metal) (300%) - Super Metal Hippoe (Metal) (300%) - UltraBaaBaa (Alien) (200%) - Star Peng (Alien) (400%) - General GreGory (Alien) (400%) - Le'Solar (Alien) (400%)
Treasure:	- Cat CPU +1 (1%, unlimited)
Energy:	170
Enemy Base's Health:	800,000 HP
Enemies:	- Snache (6,000%) - Those Guys (6,000%) - Metal Doge (Metal) (450%) - Super Metal Hippoe (Metal) (450%) - UltraBaaBaa (Alien) (300%) - Star Peng (Alien) (600%) - General GreGory (Alien) (600%) - Le'Solar (Alien) (600%)
Treasure:	- Cat CPU +1 (1%, unlimited)
Misc. Information
XP earned:	3,230 XP
Stage Width:	4,800
Max number of Enemies:	8
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	Late-night Lycopene
Script:	リコピンの夜更け
Romaji:	Rikopin no Yofuke
Location Information
Max ♛ Difficulty	2♛
Sub-chapter:	Neo-Necropolis
Difficulty:	Merciless
Prev. Stage:	N/A
Next Stage:	Metroasis

Battleground

• 10 Metal Doges spawn after 0 seconds^0f, delay 12~30 seconds^360f~900f.
• Infinite Snaches spawn after 0 seconds^0f, delay 6~20 seconds^180f~600f.
• Infinite Those Guys spawn after 0 seconds^0f, delay 6~20 seconds^180f~600f.
• Infinite Those Guys spawn after 0 seconds^0f, delay 6~20 seconds^180f~600f.
• 8 UltraBaaBaas spawn after 40 seconds^1,200f, delay 12~30 seconds^360f~900f.
• 3 Le'Solars spawn after 53.33 seconds^1,600f, delay 40~66.67 seconds^{1,200f~2,000f}.
• 1 Super Metal Hippoe spawns after 40 seconds^1,200f.
• 3 General GreGories spawn after 40 seconds^1,200f, delay 24~36 seconds^720f~1,080f.
• 5 Star Pengs spawn after 40 seconds^1,200f, delay 18~24 seconds^540f~720f.
• When the base reaches 90% HP:
  • 1 Le'Solar spawns after 0 seconds^0f.

Strategy

The battle plays out as you might expect. Catornado and Waitress Cat serve as decent critical hitters, Loincloth Cat, Kitty of Liberty, and surprisingly, Major Leaguer Cat are decent barrier breakers, tanks or Catellites serve as meatshields, and a Legend Cat can be used to take down the Le'Solars. If you've done chapter 3 of CotC, then you can probably just get away with spamming Can-Cans because PONOS did not seem to think about how CotC invalidates the starred Aliens difficulty.

Trivia

• Lycopene is the chemical in tomatoes that makes them red. Thus, Lycopene Sunset might refer to a reddish-colored sunset, and Midnight Lycopene might refer to a later point in time. Alternatively, there is a darker-colored tomato called a Midnight Tomato, but this doesn't appear to be the best explanation.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s13006-01.html