Bombshell Bill

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Bombshell Bill
PMTTYD Bombshell Bill Sprite.png
First appearance Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Variant of Bullet Bill
Relatives
Comparable

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

History[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Paper Mario enemy
Bombshell Bill
Battle idle animation of a Bombshell Bill from Paper Mario 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[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Bombshell Bill
PMTTYD Bombshell Bill Sprite.png 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[edit]

Language Name Meaning
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
Portuguese Bombshell Bill
 
Spanish Bill Bomba
From "Bill Bala" (Spanish name for "Bullet Bill") and "bomba" (bomb)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Paper Mario: From Japanese to English. The Mushroom Kingdom. Retrieved on November 30, 2011.