Editing Bull's-Eye Bill

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill SMR.png|170px]]<br>In-game artwork from ''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|caption=A Bull's-Eye Bill as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]])
|variant_of=[[Bullet Bill]]
|variants=[[Bull's-Eye Banzai]]<br>[[Bull's-Eye Billet Train]]<br>[[Targeting Ted]]
|relatives=[[Bull's-Eye Blaster]]<br>[[Cat Bullet Bill]]
|comparable=[[Bull's-Eye Gnawsher]]
}}
'''Bull's-Eye Bills''', formerly known as '''Missile Bills'''<ref>{{cite|date=June 1990|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bueno, Fernando|date=November 15, 2009|title=''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-307-46592-4|page=16}}</ref> or '''Guided Missile Bills''',<ref>{{cite|quote=Red Guided Missile Bills move back and forth in search of their target.|date=Spring 1991|title=''NES Game Atlas''|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|page=36}}</ref> are heat-seeking variants of [[Bullet Bill]]s typically fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster]]s. They attack by homing in on the player. Prior to ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' introducing the current '''Search Killer''' (サーチキラー), which eventually became known in English as Bull's-Eye Bill, earlier games gave the homing abilities to normal Bullet Bills or their behavioral or color variations, as various sources treat them as.<ref name=SMCE>{{cite|quote=「おなじみの{{ruby|砲弾|ほうだん}}。{{ruby|普通|ふつう}}のキラーは、1{{ruby|方向|ほうこう}}にまっすぐ{{ruby|進|すす}}むだけ、『マリオ3』{{ruby|新登場|しんとうじょう}}の「{{ruby|往復|おうふく}}キラー」は、いったん{{ruby|発射|はっしゃ}}されると、{{ruby|左右|さゆう}}にいったりきたりを{{ruby|繰|く}}り{{ruby|返|かえ}}す。」|title=「スーパーマリオ{{ruby|全百科|オールひゃっか}}」(''Super Mario All Hyakka'', or "''Super Mario All Encyclopedia''")|page=192}}</ref><ref name=SMBHp36>{{cite|quote=「キラー砲台から発射され、まっすぐに飛んでくる。Uターンするタイプもいる。」("Fired from Killer Cannons, they fly straight ahead. There is also a U-turning type.")|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=36}}</ref><ref name=SMA3>{{cite|quote=「{{ruby|緑|みどり}}と{{ruby|赤|あか}}の{{ruby|砲台|ほうだい}}は{{ruby|固定式|こていしき}}で、{{ruby|黄色|きいろ}}の{{ruby|砲台|ほうだい}}は{{ruby|回転式|かいてんしき}}。{{ruby|赤|あか}}いキラーは ヨッシーを{{ruby|追|お}}いかけ、{{ruby|黄色|きいろ}}いキ ラーはかべに{{ruby|当|あ}}たるとはね{{ruby|返|かえ}}る。{{ruby|砲台|ほうだい}}を{{ruby|倒|たお}}すならアイス{{ruby|攻撃|こうげき}}で。」("''Green and red cannons are a fixed type, while yellow cannons are a rotatable type. Red Killers pursue Yoshi, and yellow Killers bounce off walls. The cannons can be defeated by an ice attack.''")|date=2002|title=「スーパーマリオアドバンス3任天堂公式ガイドブック」(''Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'')|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|page={{file link|Advance 3 Shogakukan P15.png|15}}}}</ref> In some games, there are also regular Bullet Bills that perform similar functions to Bull's-Eye Bills, as seen in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]'', Smash Run in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and sometimes in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''.
==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====
[[File:SMB3MissileBill.gif|frame]]
Missile Bills are introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. In this game, a Missile Bill turns around once if it misses its target, but continues going forward without turning around after missing twice. In the original version, the colors a Missile Bill flashes are dependent on the palette the player character uses, as they cycle between all four palettes currently used on their graphical layer.<ref>[https://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/23/25685.png The Spriters Resource]</ref> As such, for instance, playing as [[Frog Mario]] or any of the normal-colored versions of [[Luigi]] causes them to flash green. In the remakes, they consistently flash between black, brown, orange, and red. Missile Bills only appear in [[World 4-5 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 4-5]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW World 9-3 Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|Bill's-Eye Bills from ''New Super Mario Bros Wii'']]
Bull's-Eye Bills<ref name=portal>{{cite|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa 2024|title=New Super Mario Bros. Wii|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/en/history/new_smb_wii/index.html|publisher=Mario Portal|accessdate=18 Feb. 2025}}</ref> appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. Despite initially having the same name of the flashing Bullet Bills of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' in the [[Prima Games]] guide, their Japanese name and current name in the Mario Portal indicate that this game is the first one to use its modern iteration. They resemble normal Bullet Bills, but when one sees Mario, it will make a beeping noise and start flashing red. Here, they have a similar attack pattern to the one they had in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''; however, in this game, they can change the angle they are flying at and will not stop pursuing the player until they are defeated, or the player has gotten far enough away. They can be defeated the same way as normal Bullet Bills. They only appear in [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-3]], alongside [[Bull's-Eye Banzai|red, Mario-seeking Banzai Bills]].

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', Bull's-Eye Bills only appear during the [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] battle at [[Rock-Candy Mines]]. When Roy is jumped on at least once, he occasionally fires a Bull's-Eye Bill out of his Bullet Bill cannon. If these Bull's-Eye Bills are neither eliminated nor successful in hitting their target within a short amount of time, they eventually detonate. Starting from this game, Bull's-Eye Bills keep their red coloration instead of being normal Bullet Bills flashing red. A [[Torpedo Ted]] equivalent, the [[Targeting Ted]], homes in on Mario in a slightly different manner, but it also eventually self-destructs when it is onscreen for too long.

====''Super Mario Maker'' series====
[[File:SMM Bull's Eye Bill.png|thumb|left|200px|A Bull's-Eye Bill]]
Bull's-Eye Bills reappear in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. As they did not appear in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Mario World]]'', new sprites were created for those two game styles.

While they do operate similar to their appearances in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', the Bull's-Eye Bills in these games do not turn as sharply, and they will only chase after Mario for a limited time period, instead of relentlessly pursuing him.

In ''Super Mario Maker 2'', they are replaced by [[Cat Bullet Bill]]s in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' game style.

====''Super Mario Run''====
Bull's-Eye Bills appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]'', exclusively in [[Bullet Bill Barrage]]. Bull's-Eye Bills appear from the left of the screen, then slightly adjust up or down to position themselves behind the player. After a few seconds they will charge forward and off the right side of the screen, whether or not the player is in front of them. While [[Bullet Bill]]s can be [[Vaulting|vaulted]] over, Bull's-Eye Bills cannot.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Although no normal Bull's-Eye Bills appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', [[Bull's-Eye Billet Train]]s, a new variant consisting of multiple segments and dorsal fins, are introduced in the game. Similarly, the [[Bull's-Eye Gnawsher]] functions similarly to a Bull's-Eye Bill.

===''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''===
[[File:BitingBulletBill SMW2.png|thumb]]
Red Bullet Bills appear in ''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]'' in the final secret level, [[Endless World of Yoshis]]. They are fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island / Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|red Turtle Cannon]]s and appear to make a biting motion as they fly. Red Bullet Bills slow gradually before eventually shrinking away in light blue and vanishing with a pop. They can be defeated by simply [[stomp]]ing or [[swallow]]ing them; they look like regular Bullet Bills if spat back out, but they fly downwards. This is the first game where Red Bullet Bills can follow players at any angle, due to the ones in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' being restricted to lateral movement, though they still make abrupt u-turns after slowing down when they miss, whereas later games have them keep a smoother trajectory.

===''Mario Party 9''===
Missile Bills from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' make a comeback in ''[[Mario Party 9]]'' in the minigame, [[Billistics]], where they appear alongside Bullet Bills. In this game, Missile Bills make beeping radar noises. This is a way to tell if a Missile Bill is coming. Like in other appearances, Missile Bills will home in on the player, but when a Missile Bill misses, it will not turn around, similar to ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' when a Missile Bill misses twice.

===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
[[File:Bull's-Eye Bill CTTT.png|thumb|A Bull's-Eye Bill, as seen in ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''.]]
Bull's-Eye Bills first appear under their current name in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and reappear in its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]]. Unlike standard Bullet Bills, Bull's-Eye Bills are fired from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker|red Bill Blaster]]s. They behave like in past games and similarly to the [[Cat Bullet Bill]]s in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'', homing in on [[Captain Toad]] or [[Toadette]] and chasing them.

===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
[[File:WoollyBull's-EyeBillHQ.png|thumb|left|A Bull's-Eye Bill in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]
Bull's-Eye Bills make their non-[[reissue]] debut in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]] in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They are made out of red wool which can be turned into [[yarn ball]]s if Yoshi eats them. They are found in [[Knot-Wing the Koopa's Sky Fort]], where they are launched from [[Bull's-Eye Blaster#Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|red Bill Blaster]]s in the level itself, as well as during the boss fight with [[Knot-Wing the Koopa]], where they are launched from the boss's Bill Blaster in addition to Bullet Bills. They also appear during the [[Sky Pop Yoshi]] segment of [[Kamek's Last-Ditch Flyby]].
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===Unused appearances===
====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''====
Though they appear in the [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|Game Boy Advance version]], red Bullet Bills capable of following the player went [[list of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island pre-release and unused content|unused]] in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Run''===
*'''Notebook bio:''' "''A friend of [[Bullet Bill]], this foe will try to seek you out from behind. You can jump over it with careful timing.''"

==List of appearances==
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|-
!width=50%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release Date
!width=10%|System/Format
|-
|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|Enemy
|1988
|[[Family Computer]]/[[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
|Enemy
|1993
|[[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario sunshine]]''
|Enemy
|1994
|[[GameCube
]]
|-
|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
|Enemy
|2003
|[[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
|Enemy
|2003
|[[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
|Enemy
|2009
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]''
|Enemy
|2010
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Mario Party 9]]''
|Enemy
|2012
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|Enemy
|2012
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
|Enemy
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|Enemy
|2014
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]''
|Enemy
|2015
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker]]''
|Enemy
|2015
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]''
|Enemy
|2016
|[[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Run]]''
|Enemy
|2016
|iOS / Android
|-
|''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''
|Enemy
|2017
|[[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|-
|''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]''
|Enemy
|2018
|[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] / [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
|Enemy
|2019
|[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''
|Enemy
|2019
|[[Nintendo Switch|Switch]]
|}

==Gallery==
===Sprites===
<gallery widths="90px"heights="14px"class="graybg"style="display:inline-block">
SMB3 Missile Bill b.gif|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMB3 Missile Bill c.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMB3 Missile Bill d.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMB3 Missile Bill e.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMASMissileBill.gif|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
</gallery>
<gallery widths="90px"heights="24px"class="graybg" style="display:inline-block">
SMA3 Missile Bill.png|''[[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3]]''
</gallery>
<gallery widths="102px"heights="14px"class="graybg"style="display:inline-block">
SMA4MissileBill.gif|''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMM-SMB-MissileBill.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)
SMM-SMB3-MissileBill.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'' style)
SMM-SMW-MissileBill.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[Super Mario World]]'' style)
</gallery>
<gallery widths="102px"heights="64px"class="graybg"style="display:inline-block">
SMM-NSMBU-MissileBill.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' style)
</gallery>

===Models===
<gallery>
NSMBW Asset Model Bull's-Eye Bill.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''
NSMBU Asset Model Bull's-Eye Bill.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=サーチキラー<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=145}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=アルス(liaoallen)|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSrk4JIW47U&t=3m41s|timestamp=03:41|title=Omoide Theatre, ''Yoshi Wool World''|publisher=YouTube|language=ja|accessdate=September 2, 2017}}</ref>
|JpnR=Sāchi Kirā
|JpnM=Search Bullet Bill
|Jpn2=キラー<ref name=SMBHp36/><ref name=SMA3/>
|Jpn2R=Kirā
|Jpn2M=[[Bullet Bill#Names in other languages|Bullet Bill]]
|Jpn2N=''Super Mario Bros. 3'', ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''
|Jpn3=リターンキラー<ref>{{cite|date=November 1988|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 テクニカルマニュアル 3, supplement of ''Famicom Tsushin'' November 1988 issue|publisher=Famicom Tshusin|language=ja|page=34}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1993|title=''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook - Super Mario Collection''|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|page=216}}</ref>
|Jpn3R=Ritān Kirā
|Jpn3M=Return Bullet Bill
|Jpn3N=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|Jpn4={{ruby|往復|おうふく}}キラー<ref name=SMCE/>
|Jpn4R=Ōfuku Kirā
|Jpn4M=Roundtrip Bullet Bill
|Jpn4N=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|Chi=跟蹤炮彈刺客
|ChiR=Gēnzōng Pàodàn Cìkè
|ChiM=Tracking Bullet Bill
|Dut=Bull's-Eye Bill
|Fre=Auto Bill Balle
|FreM=Automatic Bullet Bill
|Ger=Vefolgungs-Willi
|Ger2=Treffer-Willi
|GerM=Pursuit Bill
|Ger2M=Hit Bill
|Ita=Pallottolo Segugio
|ItaM=Tracker Bullet
|ItaN=''Yoshi's Woolly World'', ''Super Mario Run'', ''Super Mario Maker 2''
|Ita2=Segugio Bill
|Ita2M=Tracker Bill
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=145}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; shared with [[Bull's-Eye Banzai]] in the ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' enemy section (possible copy-paste)
|Ita3=Pallottolo Segugio Bill
|Ita3M=Tracker Bullet Bill
|Ita3C=<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=149}}</ref>
|Ita3N=''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''; in the description of [[World 9-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|9-3]]
|Kor=추적킬러
|KorR=Chujeok Killeo
|KorM=Tracking Bullet Bill
|PorA=Busca Bill
|PorAM=Search Bill
|Rus=Билл-яблочко
|RusR=Bill-yablochko
|RusM=Bull's-Eye Bill
|SpaA=Bill buscablancos
|SpaAM=Target searcher Bill
|SpaE=Bill Bala Buscador
|SpaEM=Searcher Bullet Bill
}}

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