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[[Image:SMW Banzai Bill.PNG|thumb|A '''Banzai Bill''' from ''[[Super Mario World]]'']]
'''Banzai Bills''' are an extremely large variety of [[Bullet Bill]]s that first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. These huge bullets are black-colored and have shark-like smiles. In the game, Banzai Bills are fired from somewhere off-screen and travel slowly towards [[Mario]]. Although they seem impossible to defeat, Banzai Bills are not very strong. In fact, they can be destroyed by simply [[jump]]ing on top of them (just like regular Bullet Bills). [[Fireball]]s are ineffective against Banzai Bills.

[[Image:MagnumBill.jpg|thumb|left|A Magnum Bill from the ''Super Mario World'' animated series.]] 

A Banzai Bill makes a minor appearance in the [[Super Mario World (TV series)|''Super Mario World'']] cartoon episode "[[Mama Luigi]]"; however, they were renamed '''Magnum Bills''' for the show. In the episode, [[Mario]], after narrowly dodging an attack by a [[Magikoopa|Koopa Wizard]], accidentally leaps into the path of a Magnum Bill. Luckily, Mario manages to avoid being hit by this Magnum Bill, which simply flies off into the distance.

[[Image:Hit_by_Bill.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mario]] getting hit by a '''Banzai Bill''']]
Banzai Bills are a major threat in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', where they appeared in the [[Princess Peach's Castle]] stage, randomly entering the battle, they would collide into the castle. Once burrowed into the wall, a Banzai Bill will detonate, causing massive damage to anyone caught in its explosion. The explosion will also press any buttons in range, activating platforms and [[! Block]]s. Also in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', a Banzai Bill (as it looks like in ''Super Mario World'') appears in the background of the [[Yoshi's Island]] stage.

Banzai Bills make a cameo in ''[[Mario Strikers Charged Football]]'', in the [[Sand Tomb]] field. In this game, they only appear painted in one of the pillars in the background. Here, they are painted the same way they appear in ''Super Mario World''.

[[Image:NSMBanzai.PNG|thumb|left|Banzai Bill in ''New Super Mario Bros.'']]
Banzai Bills reappear in the ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' These Banzai Bills look like their ''Super Mario World'' counterparts, except that their color has been changed from black to purple, and they have red shadow under their eyes to make them look more intimidating. In this game Banzai Bills are fired from huge [[Banzai Bill Blaster]]s (unlike ''Super Mario World'', where they are fired from an unknown source). Additionally, these Banzai Bills travel very slowly, twirling in the air. Again, a simple jump is enough to defeat these massive enemies.

Banzai Bills reappear in the game ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', which also introduced a red, more dangerous variant of Banzai Bills known as [[Mad Banzai Bill]]s. 

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' they appear in the game's last level, [[Bowser's Galaxy Reactor]]. They do not home in on Mario's position like Bullet Bills, but are difficult to avoid because of their speed and size.

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==''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' Trophy==	
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''Bullet Bills are shot out of cannons and fly on straight paths. In great numbers, they're a nightmare; while Mario can stop most with a single jump, the giant one, Banzai Bill is much tougher to avoid. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, only Banzai Bills can be seen. They burrow into Princess Peach's Castle and detonate with immense power.

==Trivia==
*In the ''Super Mario World'' cartoon, Banzai Bills were renamed Magnum Bills, which is a possible combination of the names Bullet Bill and '''Magnum Killer''', which is the Japanese name of Banzai Bills.
*Even though ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' recognizes that there are only Banzai Bills in the game, the trophy is labeled as "Bullet Bill".
*Enemies named Banzai Bills appeared in the game ''[[Hotel Mario]]''. However, these bullets were not giant, and behaved just like Bullet Bills, instead of the Banzai Bills from other games.
*In "Kirby Super Star Ultra", the boss Kabula (a giant airship with an evil smile painting on the hull) will something fire a range 3-4 giant missiles w/ evil smiles at once when her health is half-gone. These bullets look a lot like Banzai Bills.

==Names in Other Languages==
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|Ger=Riesen-Kugel-Willi<ref>[[Club Nintendo]] 4/1992, p. 8</ref>
|GerM="Giant Bullet Bill" (literally "Giant Bullet Willi", ''Willi'' being the German equivalent of the name Bill)
}}

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