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'''Bullet Bills''' are anthropomorphic, bullet-like projectiles with arms and common enemies in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]. They are horizontally shot out of [[Bill Blaster]]s, coupled with a firing sound effect to indicate their presence, and fly in a straight line, going through walls. Some Bullet Bills additionally approach from off-screen without the presence of a Bill Blaster, though a firing sound effect is still heard. Bullet Bills are immune to fireballs; in most games, Bullet Bills can be defeated by jumping on them. Ever since ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', some Bullet Bills have the ability to home in on Mario as a missile, similarly to [[Bull's-Eye Bill]]s. In some series, mostly the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], Bullet Bills have been portrayed as items, either as projectiles themselves or are used to take advantage of their speed by either riding on them or transforming into one. While they have been primarily portrayed as obstacles, some games depict them as individual characters.

==History==

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In ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Bullet Bills can now appear at the new base of Whomp's Fortress, directly opposite of where Mario starts. They also appear in [[Dire, Dire Docks]], where they are seen at the submarine dock until the completion of [[Bowser in the Fire Sea]]. They can now be defeated by a well-timed kick or a [[Super Mushroom|Mushroom]], which sends them spinning backwards to eventually explode. They have also been redesigned to a standardized appearance, featuring arms and no visible mouth. Aside from the arms being colored gray instead of white, this design would become their typical design in following games.

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====''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''====

[[File:CartoonBill.jpg|thumb|Three Bullet Bills from ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' episode "[[Robo Koopa (episode)|Robo Koopa]]"]]

Bullet Bills make only one appearance in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'', in the series finale of the show, "[[Robo Koopa (episode)|Robo Koopa]]", although Bullet Bill-like projectiles with faces are fired by a Snifit in the earlier episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]". They have gray bodies with peach-colored arms and toothy grins.

[[File:Yoshis Story Bullet Bill.png|thumb|120px|A Bullet Bill in ''Yoshi's Story'']]

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A Bullet Bill appears in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' as a track and field athlete at the [[Mushroom Stadium]]. The Bullet Bill's quest involves challenging him to a race. He is also a huge fan of the [[Kamek Krew]], owning all of their albums and even letting them perform at his stadium.

Bullet Bills have appeared in various games of the [[Mario & Sonic (series)|''Mario & Sonic'' series]]. In the [[Nintendo DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'', Bullet Bills are enemies in [[Airship (minigame)|Airship]]. In the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'', Bullet Bills make their first appearance in an Olympic event, [[Dream Snowball Fight]], where they periodically appear in the area and knock down characters when they hit them, but can be turned around by hitting them with snowballs. In the Story Mode of the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', Bowser Jr. uses a Bullet Bill to travel between areas, and there is an obtainable [[List of badges in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|badge]] of a Bullet Bill from the badge machine. In ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games]]'', Bullet Bills are featured prominently in the [[Bullet Bill Sledge Race]] event, where each sled is pulled by a pair of harnessed Bullet Bills. In the Nintendo 3DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'', Bullet Bills appear in [[Boxing Plus]], as an item that can deplete the opponent's Guard Gauge, as well as [[Rhythmic Gymnastics Plus]], where they occasionally fire from offscreen to show upcoming buttons for the player to input.

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