Bombshell Bill

Bombshell Bill
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Bullet Bill
Relatives Bombshell Bill Blaster
Comparable Blazer Gold Bullet Bill Magnum

Bombshell Bills are golden relatives of the Bullet Bills fired by Bombshell Bill Blasters. Bombshell Bills are much stronger than Bullet Bills and are positioned so as to guard extremely important areas.

History

Paper Mario

In Paper Mario, Bombshell Bills appear in Bowser's Castle and are a dark yellow. They have low health but high attack power and are spawned once per turn by each B. Bill Blaster present. While strong, they are highly susceptible to status effects such as Dizzy and shrink, as well as moves such as Air Lift and Hurricane that can remove them from battle immediately. Like the game's normal Bullet Bills, they are instantly defeated after they attack, even if they miss or are guarded against.

Bombshell Bill's Tattle states that their explosions get bigger as their HP gets lower, which implies they do more damage the less HP they have, even though this is not the case.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bombshell Bills appear in the Palace of Shadow and are a much brighter yellow. They are still highly susceptible to being removed from battle, this time using Flurrie's Gale Force, as well as several status effects, but they now have higher defense. Superguarding can now also be used to defeat them instantly when they attack.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario

Paper Mario enemy
Bombshell Bill
		Max HP	3	Attack	6	Defense	0
		Role	Common	Type	Hover	Level	24
		Strong	None	Weak	Fire (KO), Explosion (KO)	Moves	Sacrifice Slam (6, defeats Bombshell Bill)
		Sleep?	0%, -1	Dizzy?	100%, 0	Shock?	0%, -1
		Shrink?	100%, 0	Stop?	0%, -2	Fright?	0%
		Air Lift?	100%	Hurricane?	95%	Coins	0 + 0-3
		Items	Super Shroom	Run	39	Location(s)	Bowser's Castle
Tattle	This is a Bombshell Bill. Bombshell Bills have such beautiful gold casings! Of course, if you sit and admire 'em, you'll get hit. Max HP: 3, Attack Power: 6, Defense Power: 0 Pay attention to their HP, because their explosions get bigger as their HP drops. Let's take 'em out before they get near us!

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bombshell Bill
	Max HP	3	Attack	6	Defense	2
	Location(s)	Palace of Shadow	Role	Common	Level	1
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	100%	Confuse?	40%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	0%	Soft?	95%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	90%	KO?	90%	Moves	Body Slam (6)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	N/A	Items	Dried Shroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Shroom (drop only)
Tattle Log #: 94	Log	A souped-up Bullet Bill. It'll hit you hard if you don't take it out first. Its HP is low, so do it quickly!
	Tattle	That's a Bombshell Bill. B. Bill Blasters shoot these things repeatedly. Max HP is 3, Attack is 6, and Defense is 2. Its Attack is high, but its HP is low, so take it out before it takes YOU out! Then again, if you focus on these guys, you'll never win. Smack that B. Bill Blaster!

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bombshell Bill
	Max HP	3	Attack	6	Defense	2
	Location(s)	Palace of Shadow	Role	Common	Level	1
	Sleep?	0%	Dizzy?	100%	Confuse?	40%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	0%	Soft?	95%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	0%
	Gale Force?	90%	KO?	90%	Moves	Body Slam (6)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	N/A	Items	Dried Mushroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Fright Mask (drop only), Honey Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Tasty Tonic (drop only), Volt Mushroom (drop only)
Tattle Log #: 97	Log	A souped-up Bullet Bill. It'll hit you hard if you don't take it out first. Its HP is low, so do it quickly!
	Tattle	That's a Bombshell Bill. These things are repeatedly shot out by Bombshell Bill Blasters. Max HP is 3, Attack is 6, and Defense is 2. Its Attack is high, but its HP is low, so take it out before it takes YOU out! Then again, if you focus on these guys, you'll never win. Smack that Bombshell Bill Blaster!

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	スーパーキラー Sūpā Kirā	Super Bullet Bill
Chinese (simplified)	炸弹头杀手 (Paper Mario)[?] Zhàdàntóu Shāshǒu	Bomb Bullet Bill
	超级炮弹刺客 (The Thousand-Year Door remake)[?] Chāojí Pàodàncìkè	Super Bullet Bill
Chinese (traditional)	超級炮彈刺客[?] Chāojí Pàodàncìkè	Super Bullet Bill
French	Bombill[?]	Pun on bombe ("bomb") and "Bullet Bill"
German	Raketen Willi[?]	Rocket Bill
Italian	Pallottolo Gold[?]	Bullet Gold
Korean	슈퍼킬러[?] Syupeo Killeo	Super Bullet Bill
Spanish	Bill Bomba[?]	From Bill Bala ("Bullet Bill") and bomba ("bomb")

Trivia

• Unused sprites for a similar golden Bullet Bill are present in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Its Bill Blaster would have been raised compared to its normal variant and have a longer attack charge animation.