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|image=[[Image:Nsmb2bulletbill.png|200px]]<br>A '''Bullet Bill''' from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''.

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' ([[2013]])

|sub_species=[[Banzai Bill]]<br>[[Biting Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Bombshell Bill]]<br>[[Bouncing Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Bullet Biff]]<br>[[Glad Torpedo Ted]]<br>[[King Bill]]<br>[[Mad Banzai Bill]]<br>[[Mad Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Missile Banzai Bill]]<br>[[Missile Bill]]<br>[[Pidgit Bill]]<br>[[Sniper Bill]]<br>[[Tail Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Targeting Ted]]<br>[[Torpedo Ted]]

|notable=[[Big Bullet Bill]]<br>[[Bullet Bill (Mario Party Advance)|Bullet Bill]]

Bullet Bills once again make an appearance when [[Dinosaur Land]] is under the tyranny of [[Bowser]]. Though their appearances are scarce, their behavior changes slightly, as some levels feature areas where multiple Bullet Bills fly diagonally from four corners, and sometimes vertically shot bills appear, too. They are shot from Bill Blasters, or, in some levels, they are shot from random locations off-screen. ''Super Mario World'' also features the debuts of other subspecies of Bullet Bills such as [[Torpedo Ted]], which are Bullet Bills that are launched from [[Skull Box]]es underwater. The larger [[Banzai Bill]]s also appear for the first time. Additionally, when the [[Special World]] is completed, all of the horizontally fired Bullet Bills turn into [[Pidgit Bill]]s.

Bullet Bills have been confirmed to return for ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. Similar to the Tail Bullet Bills in ''Super Mario 3D Land'', a type of cat Bullet Bills based on the [[Cat Mario]] transformation are also confirmed to be appearing. They feature black and white cat ears and a tail, as well as being colored black on top and white on the bottom. These Bullet Bills appear to chase after Mario, similar to a Missile Bill.

In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', [[Snifit]]s and [[Big Bertha (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)|Big Bertha]]s use Bullet Bills as a way to attack. This game also introduces [[Magnum]]s, an alternate variety of Bullet Bills. [[Smithy]] uses Magnums as a way to attack. Magnums can defeat Mario or one of his partners with one hit.

A [[Bullet Bill (Mario Party Advance)|Bullet Bill]] appears in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'' as a track and field athlete at the [[Mushroom Stadium]]. The Bullet Bill's quest involves challenging him to a race. When the player defeats him, Bullet Bill gives them the [[Gaddget]] [[Mini Soccer]].

In the games ''[[Mario Kart DS]]'', ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', the player can collect Bullet Bills as [[item]]s. After activating the Bullet Bill, the player's entire kart will transform into a giant Bullet Bill, which will automatically rocket down the track on auto-pilot at very high speeds. The Bullet Bill is totally invincible, which allows the player to knock over any items, any course obstacles and any other drivers in the player's way, similarly to the [[Chain Chomp]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. Damaged players by the Bullet Bill will also lose items in their possession. It will only last for a limited time, which increases the farther behind the player is in the race, and can only be received by the racers in 6th-8th place in ''Mario Kart DS'' and ''Mario Kart 7'', and 8th-12th place in ''Mario Kart Wii''.

[[Bowser Jr.]]'s [[kart]] in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' takes the form of a Bullet Bill and is called the [[Bullet Blaster]]. There is also a bike for small-sized characters in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' called the [[Bullet Bike]], which also resembles a Bullet Bill.

==Names in Other Languages==

|SpaM=Literal translation of "Bullet Bill"<br />Bullet Koopa