Bullet Bill
First Appearance:
Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1985)
Latest Appearance:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, 2009)
A sentient projectile with a malevolent grin (and alternately depicted with or without little arms at its sides), Bullet Bill has menaced Mario in nearly all of the plucky plumber's adventures. Fired from cannons, Bullet Bills zip single-mindedly through the air on a straight trajectory for enemies of King Bowser.
Bullet Bill appears as an item in
Mario Kart DS and
Mario Kart Wii. If a player gains a Bullet Bill from an Item Box, the player can then transform temporarily into a Bullet Bill and blaze forward at increased speed, smashing straight through anybody who gets in their way.
Alternate versions of Bullet Bill include the gargantuan Banzai Bill, the heat-seeking Missile Bill, and the underwater Torpedo Ted.