Tail Bullet Bill

Tail Bullet Bill
A Tail Bullet Bill in Super Mario 3D Land
First appearance	Super Mario 3D Land (2011)
Variant of	Bullet Bill
Comparable Cat Bullet Bill

Tail Bullet Bills are a species of Bullet Bill with striped tails that appear in Super Mario 3D Land.

As with most Bullet Bills, they are fired from Bill Blasters, and fly in the direction they are fired from; unlike normal Bullet Bills, they will briefly slow and do a spin attack with their tails after traveling some distance. After defeating a Tail Bullet Bill, Mario sometimes can obtain a Super Leaf (Statue Leaves in Special World levels).

Official profiles

Super Mario 3D Land

• North American Website Bio: "Some Bullet Bills managed to grab a Super Leaf to gain the powers of the Tanooki tail. After launching out of a cannon, they can surprise nearby adventurers by swinging their tails at will."
• European Website Bio: "These Bullet Bills have grown tails, and can use them to launch a spinning attack on Mario!"

Gallery

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  A Tail Bullet Bill with Boom Boom and Pom Pom on their airship in Super Mario 3D Land

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	しっぽキラー[?] Shippo Kirā	Tail Killer
Chinese (simplified)	尾巴弹头杀手 Wěibā Dàntóushāshǒu	Tail Bullet Bill
Chinese (traditional)	尾巴炮彈刺客 Wěibā Pàodàn cìkè	Tail Bullet Bill
Dutch	Tail Bullet Bill[?]	-
German	Tanuki-Kugelwilli[?]	Tanuki Kugelwilli (German name for Bullet Bill)
Italian	Pallottolo Bill Giracoda[?]	Tail-turn Bullet Bill
Portuguese	Bill Bala Cauda[?]	Tail Bullet Bill
Russian	Хвостатый билл-пуля[?] Khvostatyy bill-pulya	Tail Bullet Bill
Spanish	Bill Bala Tanuki[?]	Tanooki Bullet Bill