Bullet Bills Are Terrifying
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2022
- A Bullet Bill with a sniper rifle. A Bullet Bill with a mouth. A Bullet Bill with a vengeance. There are many kinds of Bullet Bills and they all terrify me.
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THE BULLET BILLS ARE COMING FOR ME
Okay now I trust that you can do this but I won’t stop being worried
I'm about to blow your mind: Luna moths don't have a mouth after transforming from its caterpillar state, meaning it entirely subsists on the nutrients it had stored from that form. It could be that bullet bills are the same, not having a digestive system (Or waste) at all.
Bullet Bills are just missiles with extra features to be E for Everyone, change my mind
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plz talk about the painfull tube disine from mario strikers: battle league's armor.
like...
that tubes is basicaly sucking their blood to transform it into energy😞
The Bullet Bill Sniper is legitimately one of the best ideas for a mario enemy they've ever had.
sniper bill my beloved
And he's using a Super Scope to boot
@@DaviddeBergerac Holy crap I haven't realized the Bullet Bill Sniper did, I thought it was a generic sniper for the longest time.
Then again, it didn't help that the Bullet Bill was holding it like an actual sniper. Must be a modified version of the Super Scope.
I didn't even know that was a thing, I never saw it when I played superstar saga. Thats awesome.
A missile that shoots missile
Usually you don't see that outside of danmaku games XD
Imagine calling a Bullet Bill "Rocket Man" as a kid... Yeah, couldn't be me.
More like "Fruit Loops"
@@cris3760 Bazinga
I didn't know Elton John was in a Mario game
@@cjnewman7550 yeah I know right? He's really not the man they think he is at home! Oh no, no no.
me and my sister called them “canons”, not the blasters, but the bills themselves were the “canons”
Words can't express my shock that somebody acknowledged the existence of Sniper Bill and how rad he was.
I just noticed that the rifle he uses is the same item you can use in Smash Ultimate.
Actually, the idea of a sentient bullet knowing how to use a gun is pretty terrifying.
@@mexicanweeb245 It's the Super Scope, a real life accessory to the SNES
Superstar Saga is perfectly rated.
@@jamesb1994 except when you Finnish it, there is nothing fun to do…
The real question is: How do those blasters hold so many Bills?
I imagine it in similar vain to how the animation for how portal Turret holds so many bullets.
It's just one Bullet Bill respawning constantly
well... when mommy and daddy love each other very mu...
I assume the blaster isnt holding them, it is creating them. The bill is just part of the blaster, sorta like a detachable pair of eyes that can travel far and absorb information as well as serving as a long range weapon.
Maybe the Bill blaster has an internal magazine, like a real gun, and maybe that's why the blaster can be so tall
Imagine being born in the Mushroom Kingdom-a land with all sorts of wondrous creatures-but you are literally just the ammunition. 💀
The world of Mario seems so happy and fun until you realize the agony, existential terror and moral depravity constantly experienced by its occupants
To answer the Mario Kart question, I always just assumed that the character and vehicle end up being absorbed by the Bullet Bill, so they are literally inside of it. So then when it blinks out of existence, the character and vehicle are now brought back out.
That is literally the opposite of a bullet, I love it! :D
Rocket Rick
Zike asking the real questions over here. Here's another: Why and when did Nintendo decide the sound effects made by Whomps and Thwomps were interchangeable?
Mario Party 1 I believe, dunno why.
They're similar enemies that are probably related to one-another.
My headcannon is that bullet bills are just manufactured ammo given the smallest bit of sentience via Koopa magic. It'd explain how some of them can home in on Mario and their use of powerups and external weaponry.
My head'cannon' is that bob-ombs, thwomps, mechakoopas, and all of their variants are mechanical.
I go with that for Bob-Ombs too. They're mass produced but. Somehow just kinda are alive.
@@InkyLilly Paper Mario Origami King explained that, at least for that universe: Most Bob-Ombs know they're going to die but will do so willingly for their King Bowser.
@@notto5937 Thwomps are canonically magic rocks that come from a volcano.
@@thelad5 oh yeah that makes sense,,,
I forgot how wild Superstar Saga enemies were. Designers just said, "Guns hold bullets, but what if a bullet held a gun?" Outstanding move.
"I have yet to meet someone who can outsmart bullet"
Why does he have fingerless gloves on? for what purpose?
@@GalaxyStandard77 To keep his hands warm so he can keep them steady
I always saw the Mario Kart Bullet Bills as something you and the kart get enclosed in, like it’s a bullet-shaped shell that propells you forward.
no idea why I thought of it that way, but eh.
That's what I thought too.
…Y-yeah, I just assume that their fully mechanical: like Bob-ombs.
The biology question is better given to Chain Chomps instead. Those are known to be kept as pets, yet none in-universe question how they exactly live.
P.S. While the Sniper Bill is a Bullet Bill “variant” that uses its arms, the only time the classic Bullet Bill used its arms (from what I can remember) was in the ending of Mario Super Sluggers. The scene shows a Bullet Bill that has been fired by Wario and Waluigi is ricocheted back from Bowser’s swing. Then it *grabs* the two crooks before sending them off into the sky and explode.
Mechanical? Sure! Sentient? YES.
chain chomps are explained to be created in mario galaxy 2 at least
Bob-ombs cant be fully mechanical, paper Mario tells us they are in fact living things with sentient thoughts. They eat, sleep, reproduce, and can even explode at will, without killing themselves (unless you need a super massive explosion rip bobby)
@@mlpfanboy1701 Just what I was about to say.
@@mlpfanboy1701 oh! Paper Mario spoilers? that’s… cool I guess
Imagine waking up one morning. You yawn, get up and get ready for the day. You’ve had a nice warm breakfast and are excited about what the day may hold for you! Only for there to be a Bullet Bill standing next to your destroyed mailbox with a chipped crowbar
1:42 those bullet bill are not Banzai Bill, are canonically called "King Bill" which raises even more questions.
Why are kings? Do bullet bills live in a kingdom? Those 2 bill king are from different kingdoms or rule the same one? Are they shot or or just fly freely in the sky? In case they are shot, how? Are giant cannons of their size?
At least the existence of King Bill gives us an idea of Bullet Bill society.
Bullet Bills are like Bob-Ombs, their government is a monarchy
Could this be why they're so eager to fight for *King* Bowser?
it could also be said that "King" could stand for king size which is used in some snacks or fast food places as the maximum size for a type of food, but thats the more boring option
It's like how the largest nuclear weapon is called the Tsar Bomba.
I believe Bullet Bills have similar lives to Bob-ombs... but much less so, lol.
Bullet Bills are created to be a weapon. Unlike most Bob-Ombs, I'm guessing they die when they explode.
We do know that Bullet Bills can stop, and judging on Sniper Bills, I'm guessing they can stop on their own. As we see in Bowser's Inside Story, Bowser obtains an old Banzai Bill from a Wiggler. The Banzai Bill landed in the forest some time before and Wiggler had been keeping it ever since. We also see a Bullet Bill land on the ground in the Bloopers of Mario Power Tennis.
We also see Bullet Bills in storage in Bowser's Castle in The Origami King. So I guess if a Bullet Bill wanted to go against its purpose, it could just leave and have a life of its own. Do you think there's a bullet bill out there just traveling the world on his own adventures?
Edit: Also, I wonder who loads the Bullet Bills into the launchers?
There has to be some other adventurer out there. After all, we go across perfectly habitable lands every New Super Mario, so someone has to be defending the settlements in those lands, just no one with Mario’s capabilities.
What if the blasters are just the females of the bullet bill race after after being impregnated by a male(banzai), they launch their male babies at high speed
@@AdamTheGameBoy No.
@@AdamTheGameBoy bullet bussy 😏
@@galvsparks6295 bro I need an adult going online, man-
*I REQUIRE A PARENTAL.*
WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS..
WHY?!
*N O.*
considering that games that actually characterize bob-ombs just have them be not exploded after exploding ( except when they stay exploded after exploding, which is usually when you fight them ), i imagine bullet bills just kinda end up off-screen after being stomped or blowing up and just fly back to their blaster for a snooze
either that, or it's the blaster itself that holds all the personality and stuff and the bills are just like, its avatars of death and gunpowder or whatever
not in the paper mario universe :(
@@maxilz9447 actually origami king is the only paper Mario with bobbombs that even brings that idea up. Its the exception.
I actually thought the same thing as that last part. Im convinced the blasters are the sentient one and the bills are just extensions of the blasters.
"Avatars of death and gunpowder" is the most insane phrase I've ever read.
That last theory is what I was trying to get at a long time ago, but I never quite figured it out
What about king bills??? Their eyes follow you which means they SEE you, so do they have a working nervous system?? Do enemies like bullet bills and thwomps have internal organs??? Are they organic or autonomous??? Are they sentient??? Its questions like these that keep me up at night. And dont even get me started on the tox box from mario galaxy…
I love Bob-Ombs, Bullet Bills and Chain Chomps so much.
My metallic and ambiguously artificial children 🖤
Normally, someone would respond with stuff like "Dude, it's a just a video game! It's all fictious!" If people actually thought like this, we wouldn't have videos like these! These are hilarious! Keep up the great work, Zike! XD
Thank you for keeping the fun alive haha
Bullet Bills are immune to fireballs; in most games, Bullet Bills can be defeated by jumping on them. Ever since Super Mario 64, some Bullet Bills have the ability to home in on Mario as a missile, similar to Bull's-Eye Bills.
I think you mean super Mario bros 3 & world
@@JulianCaesaro I don't think that SMB3 and SMW had homing Bullet Bills. Super Mario World _did_ have Banzai Bills, but they're not homing
@@JulianCaesaro the ones from mario 3/world are the bull-s eye bills that op mentioned at the end of their comment. In the 3d games, the default bullet bills just somehow know how to home in on you without any upgrades
The “sentient metals” as I call them, the Bob-omb, Bullet Bill and Chain Chomp, are some of my favorite enemies in the franchise. Bob-ombs because they are iconic and look awesome, Bullet Bill because Bullet Bill, and Chain Chomp because imagine what a giant, sentient metal ball with teeth would be capable of in real life
Bully gang
This has such a calm chaotic energy. I am both comforted and overwhelmed. Help me.
I always assumed that the Bullet Bill power-up in Mario Kart is more of a temporary costume. Like you're INSIDE of the Bullet Bill, and the Bill is like a "shell".
I always interpreted bullet bills like lead cased jellyfish, where the launchers act like polyps to shoot out bullets and the bullet bill power up like coral being a hollow shell for the Mario cast to ride in
I’ve always found it strange that there have been almost no Bullet Bills that are treated like sentient beings, despite their anthropomorphic designs. You see Bob-ombs, Goombas, Boos, and Koopa Paratroopas intermingling with each other whenever you see a crowd of Bowser’s minions, and the RPG Mario games have a wealth of enemy types that are anthropomorphized into NPCs or partners, but Bullet Bills are only ever present as obstacles rather than citizens.
I’m not really sure why it’s the case. You could argue it’s because Bullet Bills are always moving, which would make them very difficult to put in a crowd or talk to as an NPC, but that could be solved by just slightly bending the rules and letting Bullet Bills pause in mid-air like every other flying enemy. There’s also the argument that they can’t be sentient because they come out of cannons, but that doesn’t make sense either considering Bob-ombs have been projectiles from cannons as well.
Unfortunately, it seems that it’s too late to add Bullet Bills as recurring characters rather than objects with arms and faces, as they’ve been treated like the latter for 35 years now. You know you have it rough when the only time you get any character representation is in Mario Party Advance lmao
“Guys we need ideas for enemys in the new Mario game.”
“Oh, how about a bullet that has a gun! B-because bullets go in guns but now the bullet has the gun.”
“That’s GENUS TONY! You are getting a promotion!”
“(Happy tony noises)”
If only we had a bullet bill partner in paper Mario to fully establish them as characters and maybe work out... Well anything about them.
Still, the concept of a bullet bill holding a super scope as a sniper rifle and then launch itself into mario after aiming with it and shooting a smaller one is amusing to me.
In willing to assume they are living things simply because they react when taking damage in paper Mario and appear to have a tear drop under their eye. Crazy stuff
I'm immediately reminded of the Bullet Bill game trilogy. I really should go back to the third game at least, it had a sick level editor along with having more playable characters than the second game.
Has it even been established that Bullet Bills are sentient? Most Mario enemies have appeared in spinoffs as playable characters, or have been depicted in Paper Mario games as being able to talk and converse. I don't believe Bullet Bills ever have, which now that I think about it makes them very unique in the Mario universe.
They are in the Mario & Sonic series, although I don't know how _cannon_ you wanna take that ;)
Apparently, they has. A comment below stated in Mario Party Advance, and if you search for mario party advance bullet bill you can find a talking, sentient bullet bill.
I forgot the Bullet Bill Sniper existed and now I can’t stop laughing at how hilariously brilliant that enemy design is
They aren't so scary, here's my simple 1-step plan!
Step 1
And there you go! Bonked off of the stage.
Alright, that was actually pretty clever. Nice lol
do you think guns in the mario universe just shoot out bullet bills
Bullet Bills appear to be actual totems, akin to any other power ups. Pseudo living creatures, like mushrooms, fire flowers, or any other power up. Little more than carnivorous plants. They move, but only to seek out a way to propagate. Note any time we see bullet bills as dangerous, they're being launched at great speed. Theoretically, that's what causes the homing effect. Like how mushrooms will move around. The power ups seek to be used.
Perhaps power ups, like plants, seek to use being like Mario as a way to propagate, spreading influence, like energy, when Mario loses them.
Or, maybe they're just silly bullets with eyes on them.
Hearing you laugh as you're trying to finish your sentence really makes my day.
Personally, I find the power-ups more terrifying. They have faces and some even move. Are they alive? Do they want Mario to use them? Do they die when he does? Why are there so few examples of enemies using them (Like when a Koopa Troopa in Super Paper Mario uses a star)? Where did they come from (I think think in the first game they were transformed Toads, like the brick blocks or Goombas)?
sniper bills are a terrifying consideration. yeah, they have arms and hands, but i've never seen them USED before.
if they can hold a gun like that, what other horrors can they preform? spreading misinformation on the internet?
a new paper mario game with a bullet bill partner would be cool
a new paper mario game with partners would be cool
a new paper mario game would be cool
He’d be named Bill
A new -mario- paper game would be cool
@@user-jk2bj5gr5e gah damn we gonna have to wait a long ass time for that
King Bills stare at you whenever they’re on screen which makes them the most terrifying for me.
fun fact: the sniper rifle the bullet bill is shooting at you with is actually a snes accessory similar to the nes zapper and is used to play yoshis safari
I've always subscribed to the video game logic that stomping on someone and killing them isn't actual death, because they just fall down or puff away in smoke. Just like mario they just kinda go back to where they were. if anything getting launched out of a cannon over and over is a day job or a hobby or something
If it didn't kill you, I think I'd enjoy being launched out of a cannon like that too.
This is probably the explanation that makes the most sense.
"It ain't much but it's hones..." *bullet bill becomes too quiet to hear as it flies off into the distance*
one thing thing to note is how those mouths are clearly molded into their shell and arent actual mouths
i feel the same about bob omb. can extinguish their life on a whim, just to explode for a chance to murder whoever their aiming for in most games.
These videos have been my 2am highlight all week. Loving this year's June Zoom! Keep up the amazing work!!
One of the variations you showed early on wasn't actually a bullet bill, but rather a torpedo ted. That's what the aquatic variation is called.
Probable cousins
Close enough ;)
There part of the same family and all the things that apply to bills apply to teds as well.
I used to think that turning into a bullet bill in Mario Kart was just a machine replica of the Bullet Bill, used as a power up which makes your kart turn into a bullet bill, while you sit inside the machine/kart
There's that one Bullet Bill that wants to be an athlete in Mario Party Advance. Dunno exactly what his day to day is like, but his existence implies that Bullet Bills are full fledged members of society.
In the Superstar Saga remake for the 3DS, Sniper Bills sprout legs and walk back to their starting position after making contact with Mario or Luigi. Considering the fact that they look like regular Bullet Bills in the remake, this raises some serious questions about the anatomy of Bills.
Most bullet bill blasters are attached to a wall or have some sort of support, wich probably means that they don't *hold* Bullet Bills, instead it's more likely that Bullet Bills are delivered to them in real time trough a series of underground tunnels, or, since this is the Mario universe, that they are a pipe variant, wich are known to be able to sometimes teleport things from one end to the other, as seen in the pipes present in Bowser's stomach in Bowser's inside story
This means that they could be used as methods of transportation by other characters, if it weren't for the continuous stream of bullets coming out of them, actually if you think about it it's possible that this pipe design is *intentional* as it prevents Bowser's other minions to confuse them with normal transport pipes
I can't believe you didn't mention the fact that the Sniper Bills have legs! If you jump on them with a counter they just walk back to their position, which makes them even weirder.
Zoom: "Have you ever thought about how bullet bills take a number 2?"
Me: "No
...
continue"
Really glad I was subscribed for this
I’m absolutely loving these frequent uploads SO much
I appreciate that this video asks a lot of questions. A lot of important questions I've never heard been asked.
I have hypothesized that the bill blaster is the sentient part and the bills themselves are just extensions of the blaster, they use there bills as long distance hands to get things and nourish themselves from far away feasting on exploded meat, as well as a detatchable head they use to servey the area.
This video was absolutely enriching, thank you 😍😍
Heck yeah another ZoomZike video
I always just assumed it was a bullet with engravings/paint/attachments for scare factor, like how pilots would paint their airplanes with teeth and eyes and such.
I like Bullet Bills, Banzai Bills, and Torpedo Teds. But I do admit they are a bit unsetting and quite a difficult enemy. The Mario Movie was probably the most intimidating use of one, with the "Bomber" Banzai Bill being honestly quite terrifying.
I've never thought too deeply about this one, but if I had to make up an explanation for it all on the fly, I'd propose that Bullet Bills are actually kamikaze planes being piloted by miniaturized enemies inside them, likely some Bob-omb variant since they generally explode. The tanuki and cat variants have simply customized their rides. Totally.
The virgin Bullet Bill
-always angry
-small
-no mouth lmao
The chad Torpedo Ted
-always happy with a big smile
-big
-mouth (I remind you, smiling)
This raises pretty good questions. Giving me questions on bob-ombs and how they work anatomically as well.
More videos like the last two plz. I love these videos on hyper specific nintendo topics
Maybe the Bullet Bill Blasters are like beehives, with an unseen queen commanding an army of Bullet Bills ready to protect her with their lives.
Thanks for bringing Sniper Bills to my attention. That's hilarious!
I think I'm now gonna remember this video every time I see a Bullet Bill from now on and I don't know whether this is a good or a bad thing.
Bullet Bills don’t need to use the bathroom, they’re clearly robotic/non-organic enemies. And the mouths on Bonzai Bills are just painted on, they’re like those old war blimps with the shark faces painted on.
This is why I love June Zoom
You see Mr. Zoom, maybe those eyes and arms are just aesthetic and they are actually just (heat seeking) missiles. No brain or pooper needed.
This video is so unhinged I love it.
Thanks for coming to my Bill Talk.
the June Zoom is the highlight of my year
I love how you start cracking up when shitting was brought up
A wise man once said "Jorgen is not made of metal, but he might have an extension cord up his butt. I don't usually check back there."
This might be similar to how Bullet Bill can interact with power-ups and the player. It could be a tube with a plethora of unseen functions within.
This is the perfect video for me to find after midnight
Not to mention the fact every one of them are named bill
Out of all the names to give these rocket things
Bill would be the last choice
Except their underwater counterparts: the Torpedo Teds.
Bullet Williams
Man, I want to hear more about this. I want to go down this rabbit hole with you, because now you've got me interested! What the hell is a bullet bill?!
2:37 The zoom-in is just beautiful.
ZoomZike: This edible ain't shi...
all this video did was convince me that the sniper bill is objectively the coolest mario enemy
Today Zike asks the big questions. Like "Do bullet bills have cloacas?"
Bowser's Inside Story would imply that the Bills aren't sentient, but it's so inconsistent throughout the series, I don't think it matters. The Paper Mario ones react like they're sentient, the Sniper Bill clearly does, too, but then you've got the one from BIS, which just seems to be an object.
"it is using its own kind as ammunition to fill you with."
Clearly the shock and awe of someone who has never played enter the gungeon
Theirs is a life of short-lived violence, a culture of instinct and self-sacrifice. Death is rest to them, birth their call to war.
Oh and also they also have cute little arms to play the marimba or something, I think.
The thumbnail had me only now realize that Sniper Bills use a Super Scope, which is super neato and something I never really thought about as a youngin'
...although granted I kinda forgor about Sniper Bills until I saw the thumbnail, so there's that
Oh, also,
"The Banzai Bills, don't even get me started!"
Footage: Has no Banzai Bills, but instead King Bills
Although I'm surprised you didn't go on a proper tangent on those guys, even if only brief, like if King Bills can be considered as nukes
Do you think the Bills just live in the canons, or are they like... born from it?
Like they get fired out and they're like "I AM ALIVE NOW AND I'M GOING TO MAKE THAT EVERYONE'S PROBLEM"
If Bullet Bills are actually sentient they're most likely like adult moths as in they don't have mouths nor much of anything else since they won't live for long anyway, or they could be kind of automatons like those wind up Koopa robots that Bowser likes to toss around
I think part of the answer to your Mario Kart question lies in the fact that items often don't work the same way they do in the main Mario games. For example, items like the star and mega mushroom and lightning apply their effects to both you and your kart.
My personal headcanon (at least for Mario Kart 8) is that using the Bullet Bill instantaneously teleports you and your kart away from the racetrack and teleports a Bullet Bill in your place, with the reverse happening once it ends. During that time, since MK8 races are broadcast in universe like sporting events, your character could be watching the race from afar to know exactly where they'll be once they're brought back.
Finally, someone is asking the important questions.
You think bullet bills are terrifying?
What about Piranha plants? I heard they can grow on METAL AND ICE!!! Which for the record is *PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for plants!*
Not to mention their entire bodies are mouths, they SLEEP, and they don't even appear on a board that has grass in Mario party 6.
I've always understood Bullet Bills and Bob-Ombs to be machines, though Bob-Ombs demonstrate some sort of artificial intelligence, Bullet Bills are rarely ever treated as NPCs. They're fired infinitely out of canons, their arms never move from their sides, their movement is predictable, and their eyes and mouths always seem painted on.
I'm sure there are RPGs and such that contradict this, but those already stretch the Canon (no pun intended) in different ways.
Actually, I believe that none of the Mario RPGs portray Bullet Bills as having artificial intelligence or as NPCs.
Who made bullet bills?
@@ckinggaming5bucketmadness766 I would assume Bowser's forces manufacture them as weapons, the same they do for Canonballs, Hammers, and the like. Maybe they're manufactured by Rocky Wrenches or something.
@@aurafox1 sounds expensive, does bowser have a canon amount of moneys
Well... they are robots. Putting it simple. The only Bullet Bill with... dialogue (if I'm not mistaken) is in Mario Party Advance where he runs a stadium and is a fan of music. The end.
The June Zoom never misses.
It gets even weirder when you remember in Mario Party Advance, there is a Bullet Bill character with an actual personality.
0:25 "Figure out it's *aim*"
You.
To be fair, a bullet with a gun is absolutely terrifying, so the sniper bill fulfills his purpose.
The sniper bill looks like something out of a flash game
I see. This is what June Zoom renders unto the world. Noted.
Just imagine a cannon firing a Sniper Bill. Now that'd be the most terrifying thing ever.
- Bills aren't organisms, they are frigging bullets, they don't poop.
- In Mario Kart I'd imagine it's the character and the car getting into a rocket-powered bullet-shaped thing to propel forward, instead of transforming into a bullet.
How dare you imply bullets can't defecate