Bombshell Bill
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| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) | ||
| Latest appearance | Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024) | ||
| Variant of | Bullet Bill | ||
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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 | |||||||||
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| Bombshell Bill | |||||||||
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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
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Bombshell Bill | ||||||||
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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! | |||||||
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | スーパーキラー[1] Sūpā Kirā |
Super Bullet Bill | |
| Chinese | 炸弹头杀手[?] Zhàdàntóu Shāshǒu |
Bomb Head Killer | |
| French | Bombill[?] | Pun on bombe ("bomb") and "Bullet Bill" | |
| German | Raketen Willi[?] | Rocket Bill | |
| Italian | Pallottolo Gold[?] | Bullet Gold | |
| 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.
References
- ^ Paper Mario: From Japanese to English. The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
