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Template:Enemy Bullet Bills are recurring enemies in the Mario series. They are black, bullet-like enemies, commonly depicted as either having small arms or fanged grins adorning their faces, rarely having both. Bullet Bills are fired by cannons known as Bill Blasters, although some games have them fired by other sources such as Snifits and generic cannons, while some games simply have them coming out of nowhere. Subspecies of Bullet Bills include Banzai Bills and Cat Bullet Bills.
Description
Bullet Bills commonly appear as obstacles in games, attacking by either flying forward after being shot or actively seeking out a target, either smashing into a them and continuing on their way or exploding on contact, as most recent games portray them as doing. Spin-off games, such installments of the Mario Party series and Mario Kart DS feature Bullet Bills as items which can be used plow into and injure opponent characters. Perhaps due to the name and nature of the enemy, Bullet Bills only appear in two episodes of DIC Entertainment's Super Mario cartoons, but are featured with much more prominence in literature such as comics and books. The live-action Super Mario Bros. movie feature miniaturized Bullet Bills, though not named as such, as the power source of the "Thwomp Stomper" boots; a neon sign advertising a bar named "Bullet Bills" can also be seen throughout the film.
Banzai Bill
Banzai Bills are a common and much larger subspecies of Bullet Bills. They are found in Super Mario World, Super Mario Galaxy, and the New Super Mario Bros. series They only fly straight and are much slower. They are also the only bullet bills with mouths. They also appear in Super Smash Bros. Melee in the adventure mode and Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a trophy and enemies in the Subspace Emissary.
Mario Kart series
Since Mario Kart DS, the player can collect Bullet Bills as items from item boxes. Upon using the item, the user will transform into a near (if not completely) invincible Bullet Bill and rocket down the track on Auto-Pilot for a few seconds, knocking over any enemies and players in the way and stripping players of their items, similar to the Chain Chomp from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. The Bullet Bill can only be received by the drivers on sixth to eight place (sixth to twelfth in the case of Mario Kart Wii). However, this item can sometimes be a curse. When on the trickier, narrower courses, these can sometimes lead racers up to a sharp turn or obstacle on the track and then end, possibly causing the kart to fall off the track and lose some of the spots gained using that item but the perks overshadow the cons of using it. Players can avoid this item if they are far ahead of the person using it, invincible, or out of the flight path. This is also one of four items which can be used to dodge a Blue Shell (the others being a Mushroom, a Starman, and Mario Kart Wii's Mega Mushroom).
Bullet Bills also appear as obstacles on the Airship Fortress track, which appear in Mario Kart DS and reappears as a Retro Course in Mario Kart 7.
Mario Party series
Item appearances
- Bullet Candy - Mario Party 8 - The Bullet Candy is a rare type of candy found only on the Mario Party 8 board, Bowser's Warped Orbit. When triggered, the player transforms into a Bullet Bill, allowing them to roll three dice blocks. Any opponent caught within the player's path will lose one star.
- Bullet Bill Capsule - Mario Party 5 -
Board appearances
Mini-game appearances
- Gun the Runner - Mario Party 8 - A large Bullet Bill helicopter carries the players to the scaffolding where the Mini-game takes place.
- Sick and Twisted - Mario Party 8 - Bullet Bills appear in this racing Mini-game to attack players who are trying to cross the platforms.
Yoshi's Island apperances
In Yoshi's Island, Bullet Bills make several appearances. The most common Bullet Bill is green, shooting in a straightforward manner. Yellow Bullet Bills can bounce off of walls, while Red Bullet Bills will track Yoshi and continuously follow him.
Super Mario Sunshine
Bullet Bills are uncommon enemies that appear in Super Mario Sunshine. They are usually seen being fired from certain enemies such as a Monty Mole cannon, Mecha Bowser, and Bowser Jr.'s small boat. Bullet Bills follow after Mario until they collide with him or explode themselves. There are also pink Bullet Bills that does more damage to Mario but release a lot of coins. These Bullet Bills are helpful for the 100 Coin Shine Sprite mission such as Pinna Park. These bullet bills also have a mouth shaped into a smile.
Trivia
- Due to their firing method and relatively large size, Bullet Bills are more closely related to cannon balls than actual bullets.
- Using real-life physics, Bullet Bills would not actually cause much harm to a person due to their relatively slow movement velocity.
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Characters | Protagonists | Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Rosalina • Bowser • Luma • Polari • Toad Brigade (Banktoad · Blue Toad · Mailtoad · Toad Brigade Captain · Yellow Toad) |
Antagonists | Bowser • Bowser Jr. | |
Supporting | Coach • Cosmic Luigi • Cosmic Mario • Guppy • Lumacomète • Lumalee • Penguru • Queen Bee • Ray • Spooky Speedster | |
Species | Species | Big Green Caterpillar • Board • Butterfly • Cataquack • Gearmo • Honeybee • Hungry Luma • Luma • Ocean Small Turtle • Penguin • Star Bunny • Toad |
Enemies | Enemies | Amp • Astro Goomba • Ball Beamer • Banzai Bill • Bat • Big Amp • Bolt Beam • Bonefin • Black Hole • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bomb Boo • Boo • Brrr Bit • Burn Bit • Bullet Bill • Burner • Cataquack • Cheep Cheep • Chomp Pup • Chomp • Clam • Cluckboom • Crab • Dry Bones • Electricity Shooter • Electrogoomba • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Flipbug • Goomba • Grand Goomba • Gringill • Ground Urchin • Ice Bat • Jammyfish • Jump Guarder • Koopa Troopa • Lava Bouncer • Lava Plume • Li'l Springy • Magikoopa • Mandibug • Mecha Bowser • Mini Topman • Mobile Sentry Beam • Monty • Octopus • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Pokey Head • Ring Beam • Pink Electrogoomba • Preying Mantas • Prickly Plant • Puffer Fish • Pumpkinhead Goomba • Purple Piranha Plant • Red Pokey • Ring Beamer • Sentry Beam • Sliding Stone • Spangler • Spiky Topman • Spoing • Spring Robot • Spring Topman • Starbag • Swoopin' Poink • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Tox Box • Tweester • Undergrunt • Urchin • Water Shooter • Wiggler |
Obstacles | Obstacles | Banzai Bill Cannon • Bill Blaster • Black Hole • Boulder • Bramble • Burner • Cannon • Cannonball • Dark Matter • Electric rail • Eye Beamer • Fire Arm • Fire Shooter • Fireball • Floating Mine • Giant Prickly Plant • Gravity field • Honey • Icy Water • Lava • Lava Plume • Meteor • Mud • Poisoned Water • Prickly Plant • Quicksand • Skull Box • Spike • Steam Jet • Water Shooter • Whirlpool |
Bosses | Bosses | Dino Piranha • King Kaliente • Mandibug Stack • Bugaboom • Megaleg • Kamella • Tarantox • Topmaniac • Bouldergeist • Major Burrows • Baron Brrr • Undergrunt Gunner • Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Kingfin • Fiery Dino Piranha • Bowser Jr. • Bowser |
Galaxies | Gate | Gateway Galaxy • Boo's Boneyard Galaxy |
Terrace | Good Egg Galaxy • Honeyhive Galaxy • Loopdeeloop Galaxy • Flipswitch Galaxy • Sweet Sweet Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | |
Fountain | Space Junk Galaxy • Battlerock Galaxy • Rolling Green Galaxy • Hurry-Scurry Galaxy • Sling Pod Galaxy • Bowser's Star Reactor | |
Kitchen | Beach Bowl Galaxy • Ghostly Galaxy • Bubble Breeze Galaxy • Buoy Base Galaxy • Drip Drop Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | |
Bedroom | Gusty Garden Galaxy • Freezeflame Galaxy • Dusty Dune Galaxy • Honeyclimb Galaxy • Bigmouth Galaxy • Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | |
Engine Room | Gold Leaf Galaxy • Sea Slide Galaxy • Toy Time Galaxy • Bonefin Galaxy • Sand Spiral Galaxy • Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | |
Garden | Deep Dark Galaxy • Dreadnought Galaxy • Melty Molten Galaxy • Matter Splatter Galaxy • Snow Cap Galaxy | |
Comet Observatory | Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | |
Planet of Trials | Rolling Gizmo Galaxy • Bubble Blast Galaxy • Loopdeeswoop Galaxy • Grand Finale Galaxy | |
Items | Items | 1-Up Mushroom • ? Coin • Bee Mushroom • Boo Mushroom • Coin • Fire Flower • Grand Star • Green Power Star • Ice Flower • Life Mushroom • Note • Power Star • Purple Coin • Rainbow Star • Red Power Star • Red Star • Silver Star • Spring Mushroom • Star Bit • Star Chip |
Objects | Objects | ? Block • Airship • Arrow Sign • Arrow Switch • Assembly Block • Banandelion • Beacon • Blue switch • Bob-omb Dispenser • Bolt (object) • Bolt (platform) • Bowser Statue • Brick Block • Bubble • Bubbler • Cannon • Cloud • Coconut • Coin Block • Conveyor Belt • Crate • Empty Block • Flip Tile • Flipswitch Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower (platform) • Flowerbed • Gold Shell • Gold Treasure Box • Gravity spotlight • Green Shell • Ground-Pound Switch • Honey wall • Honeycomb • Item Crystal • Key Door • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Lever Switch • Lift • Matter • Nail • Ocean Small Turtle • Pole • Portrait • Pull Star • Ring (Rolling Ball) • Ring (underwater) • Rock spire • Rolling Ball • Semisolid Platform • Shock Wave Generator • Shrinking platform • Sliding block • Sling Pod • Sling Star • Snowman • Springboard • Sproutle Vine • Stalagmite • Star Piece Cluster • Starshroom • Stone block • Stone circle • Stone Wheel • Stretch Plant • Swing • Tiny lamp • Torch • Tornado • Trash • Treasure chest • UFO • Valve • Vine • Warp Pad • Warp Pipe • Watermelon • Water spout |
Moves | Moves | Backward Somersault • Co-Star Super Jump • Crawl • Crouch • Dash • Double kick • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Long Jump • Jump • Side Somersault • Star Spin • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump |
Missions | Gateway Galaxy | Grand Star Rescue • Gateway's Purple Coins |
Boo's Boneyard Galaxy | Racing the Spooky Speedster | |
Good Egg Galaxy | Dino Piranha • A Snack of Cosmic Proportions • King Kaliente's Battle Fleet • Dino Piranha Speed Run* • Purple Coin Omelet* • Luigi on the Roof | |
Honeyhive Galaxy | Bee Mario/Luigi Takes Flight • Trouble on the Tower • Big Bad Bugaboom • Honeyhive Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • The Honeyhive's Purple Coins* • Luigi in the Honeyhive Kingdom | |
Loopdeeloop Galaxy | Surfing 101 | |
Flipswitch Galaxy | Painting the Planet Yellow | |
Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor | Megaleg's Moon | |
Sweet Sweet Galaxy | Rocky Road | |
Space Junk Galaxy | Pull Star Path • Kamella's Airship Attack • Tarantox's Tangled Web • Pull Star Path Speed Run* • Purple Coin Spacewalk* • Yoshi's Unexpected Appearance | |
Rolling Green Galaxy | Rolling in the Clouds | |
Battlerock Galaxy | Battlerock Barrage • Breaking into the Battlerock • Topmaniac and the Topman Tribe • Topmaniac's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Battlerock* • Battlerock's Garbage Dump • Luigi under the Saucer | |
Hurry-Scurry Galaxy | Shrinking Satellite | |
Bowser's Star Reactor | The Fiery Stronghold | |
Sling Pod Galaxy | A Very Sticky Situation | |
Beach Bowl Galaxy | Sunken Treasure • Passing the Swim Test • The Secret Undersea Cavern • Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone* • Beachcombing for Purple Coins* • Wall Jumping up Waterfalls | |
Bubble Breeze Galaxy | Through the Poison Swamp | |
Ghostly Galaxy | Luigi and the Haunted Mansion • A Very Spooky Sprint • Beware of Bouldergeist • Bouldergeist's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins in the Bone Pen* • Matter Splatter Mansion | |
Buoy Base Galaxy | The Floating Fortress • The Secret of Buoy Base | |
Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada | Sinking the Airships | |
Drip Drop Galaxy | Giant Eel Outbreak | |
Gusty Garden Galaxy | Bunnies in the Wind • The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows • Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble • Major Burrows's Daredevil Run* • Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube* • The Golden Chomp | |
Freezeflame Galaxy | The Frozen Peak of Baron Brrr • Freezeflame's Blistering Core • Hot and Cold Collide • Frosty Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* •Purple Coins on the Summit* • Conquering the Summit | |
Dusty Dune Galaxy | Soaring on the Desert Winds • Blasting through the Sand • Sunbaked Sand Castle • Sandblast Speed Run* • Purple Coins in the Desert* • Bullet Bill on Your Back • Treasure of the Pyramid | |
Honeyclimb Galaxy | Scaling the Sticky Wall | |
Bowser's Dark Matter Plant | Darkness on the Horizon | |
Bigmouth Galaxy | Bigmouth's Gold Bait | |
Gold Leaf Galaxy | Star Bunnies on the Hunt • Cataquack to the Skies • When It Rains, It Pours • Cosmic Mario/Luigi Forest Race* • Purple Coins in the Woods* • The Bell on the Big Tree | |
Sea Slide Galaxy | Going after Guppy • Faster Than a Speeding Penguin • The Silver Stars of Sea Slide • Underwater Cosmic Mario/Luigi Race* • Purple Coins by the Seaside* • Hurry, He's Hungry | |
Toy Time Galaxy | Heavy Metal Mecha-Bowser • Mario/Luigi Meets Mario • Bouncing Down Cake Lane • Fast Foes of Toy Time* • Luigi's Purple Coins* • The Flipswitch Chain | |
Bonefin Galaxy | Kingfin's Fearsome Waters | |
Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor | King Kaliente's Spicy Return | |
Sand Spiral Galaxy | Choosing a Favorite Snack | |
Deep Dark Galaxy | The Underground Ghost Ship • Bubble Blastoff • Guppy and the Underground Lake • Ghost Ship Daredevil Run* • Plunder the Purple Coins* • Boo in a Box | |
Dreadnought Galaxy | Infiltrating the Dreadnought • Dreadnought's Colossal Cannons • Revenge of the Topman Tribe • Topman Tribe Speed Run* • Battlestation's Purple Coins* • Dreadnought's Garbage Dump | |
Matter Splatter Galaxy | Watch Your Step | |
Melty Molten Galaxy | The Sinking Lava Spire • Through the Meteor Storm • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Spire Daredevil Run* • Red-Hot Purple Coins* • Burning Tide | |
Snow Cap Galaxy | Star Bunnies in the Snow | |
Rolling Gizmo Galaxy | Gizmos, Gears, and Gadgets | |
Loopdeeswoop Galaxy | The Galaxy's Greatest Wave | |
Bubble Blast Galaxy | The Electric Labyrinth | |
Grand Finale Galaxy | The Star Festival | |
Bowser's Galaxy Reactor | The Fate of the Universe | |
Mini-games | Mini-games | Bob-omb Blasting • Bubble Blowing • Ray surfing • Star Ball Rolling |
Other | Other | Comet Observatory • Starbit Festival • Star Pointer • Super Mario 3D All-Stars |
Missions marked with an asterisk (*) are only available while a Prankster Comet is in orbit. |