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|title=Torpedo Ted
|image=[[File:Torpedo Ted SMW.png|150px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Torpedo Ted'''.
|species_origin=[[Bullet Bill]]
|sub_species=[[Glad Torpedo Ted]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
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|affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[2007]])
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'''Torpedo Teds''' are torpedoes that move underwater. Torpedo Teds are relatives of the much more common [[Bullet Bill]]s, but the torpedoes are larger than their bullet brethren. The torpedoes are dropped by [[Skull Boxes]], just as Bullet Bills are fired from [[Bill Blaster]]s.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
[[File:TorpTed.gif|thumb|150px|left]]
Torpedo Teds first appeared in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and resided in [[Soda Lake]]. [[Mario]] and [[Yoshi]] encountered Torpedo Teds during their adventures in [[Dinosaur Land]]. Torpedo Teds moved fairly fast and could be hard to avoid due to the narrow pathways within Soda Lake. These torpedo enemies are also indestructible.

====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:Camera View Chasing.png|230px|thumb|right|[[Mario]] being chased by Torpedo Teds in [[Buoy Base Galaxy]].]]
Additionally, Torpedo Teds appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They only appear in [[Buoy Base Galaxy]] and [[Drip Drop Galaxy]]. Torpedo Teds resemble and act like the Bullet Bills featured in this game.  As such, they would home in on Mario then explode, just like a Bullet Bill. However, these Torpedo Teds make a beeping noise based on how close they are to Mario, unlike Bullet Bills.  Torpedo Teds are also fired from cannons that resemble underwater Bill Blasters. In this game, these torpedo enemies could only be defeated by [[Rainbow Mario]], or by causing them to crash into a wall, each other, or some other object.
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====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
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[[File:Torpedo Ted NSMBU.png|thumb|right|150px|Mario encounters some '''Torpedo Teds''', in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]] 
Torpedo Teds will be appearing in the upcoming game, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.<ref>http://www.palmgamer.com/fab-new-super-mario-bros-u-details-revealed/img_0190/</ref> In this game, they appear similar to those in ''Super Mario World''. The Skull Boxes will return as well.

===''Super Mario World cartoon''===
[[Image: TorpedoTedCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A '''Torpedo Ted''' from the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'']] cartoon series.]] 
A Torpedo Ted, though not specifically named as such, appeared in the final episode of the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'']] cartoon. In the episode, titled "[[Mama Luigi]]," [[Luigi]] and Yoshi, after narrowly escaping a pursuing [[Rip Van Fish]], were attacked by a Torpedo Ted. This Torpedo Ted chased after Luigi and Yoshi as the two swam to the surface; however, the torpedo missed both its targets as the duo was saved by two friendly [[Dolphin]]s.

===''Super Princess Peach''===
Torpedo Teds also reside in a few underwater areas of [[Vibe Island]] as depicted in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''.  Many are under the influence of the [[Vibe Scepter]], transforming the torpedoes into [[Glad Torpedo Ted]]s.
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==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=トーピード 
|JapR=Tōpīdo
|JapM=Torpedo
|Fra=Ted Torpille
|FraM=Literal translation
|Spa=Ted Torpedo
|SpaM=Literal translation}}

==Trivia==
*Their name, along with Bullet Bill's, may be a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]].

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