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== Naming Source ==
Do someone has a source about their name and the one from Super Mario Galaxy (Ted Blasters)? I check in Super Mario World game credit and I don't see their name (only Torpedo Ted). --{{User:LudwigVon/sig}}  10:35, 28 July 2015 (EDT)
:The Prima guide actually refers to them as "torpedo tubes" (granted, it also mistakenly calls them Bullet Bills instead of Torpedo Teds). [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 01:22, 13 December 2017 (EST)

==Super Mario-Kun==
[https://orig13.deviantart.net/2411/f/2017/161/5/e/hands_by_doctormoodb-dbc78gf.jpg Apparently, ''Super Mario-Kun'' had a skit involving the hands from these]. Can anyone who can read Japanese tell me if there's anything resembling a potential official name in there? [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 19:21, 24 April 2018 (EDT)

:Top-left speech bubble, Yoshi refers to them as 「手っちゃん」 (''Tecchan''), which seems to come from 手 (''te''), meaning "hand", and ちゃん (''chan''), an affectionate honorific. {{User:Mario jc/sig}} 23:21, 24 April 2018 (EDT)
::Suppose we could split that from Torpedo Tube, since they're pretty clearly different things.... [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick|Doc von Schmeltwick]] ([[User talk:Doc von Schmeltwick|talk]]) 23:42, 24 April 2018 (EDT)
:::That seems to be Yoshi's nickname for the hand as ''Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.'' has another name among ''Super Mario World'' objects (61): 「トーピード発射台」 (''Tōpīdo Hasshadai'') "Torpedo Launcher" [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 10:02, 25 April 2018 (EDT)

== English name ==
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Hmmm... I think Super Mario Encyclopedia was released a bit earlier, since some Mario Land enemies turn out that their English name is their Japanese name, but it wouldn't be the case for this. What's the English name? --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 11:31, 16 October 2018 (EDT)
:The English name is Launch Pad, Yoshi. And on a related side note, there is a Bowser Minion that is calling out to Super Mario Wiki to upgrade its artwork:https://www.mariowiki.com/File:SpiketopNSMBW.png;)--[[User:Hamshamcart|Hamshamcart]] ([[User talk:Hamshamcart|talk]]) 17:47, 24 October 2018 (EDT)
::It is "Launch Pad" in the ''Super Mario World'' section (page 69) and "Torpedo Ted Launch Pad" in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section (page 217). Either way, we are currently deciding what to do about the information presented in Dark Horse's ''Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia''. [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 17:52, 24 October 2018 (EDT)
::Per proposal, should we move to Torpedo Hasshadai? --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 05:17, 1 November 2018 (EDT)
:::I've found a usable name for Torpedo Hasshadai in the ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' files: <tt>torpedo.szs/torpedo.bfres/Models/torpedobase</tt>. This also includes Search Torpedo Hasshadai, as the black texture is <tt>torpedo.szs/torpedo.bfres/Textures/torpedo_base.0</tt> and the red texture is <tt>torpedo.szs/torpedo.bfres/Textures/torpedo_base.1</tt>. Should we rename to "Torpedo Base" and "Torpedo Base (red)" (or "Torpedo Base (Targeting Ted)")? [[User:LinkTheLefty|LinkTheLefty]] ([[User talk:LinkTheLefty|talk]]) 09:14, July 10, 2019 (EDT)
::::I'd support that. {{User:Niiue/sig}} 09:31, July 10, 2019 (EDT)
:::::I think that's too generic in my tastes. --{{User:FanOfYoshi/sig}} 09:48, July 10, 2019 (EDT)
::::::Doesn't seem any more generic to me than "Bill Blaster". I support the move. --{{User:Waluigi Time/sig}} 11:27, July 10, 2019 (EDT)