Taste buds were what felt taste. According to Davey, Bubble Shock! revitalised the tastes buds. However, Maria Jackson counted herself among the two percent "with the wrong taste buds". (TV: Invasion of the Bane) Mrs Wormwood believed that Bubble Shock! should have been launched in America as she felt they had more cosmopolitan taste buds. (TV: Enemy of the Bane)