Bill Blaster

Bill Blasters, originally named Turtle Cannons, are obstacles first appearing in Super Mario Bros..
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===Behavior===
A Bill Blaster shoots a Bullet Bill every few seconds. However, standing next to a Bill Blaster causes it to stop firing any Bullet Bills, similarly to how Piranha Plants do not emerge from a Pipe if Mario is standing next to one. In some games such as Super Mario World and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Bullet Bills are not seen being shot out of any Bill Blaster. In both the New Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Galaxy sub-series, Mario can see Bullet Bills and Banzai Bills being launched away.
There are also bigger Bill Blasters that launch Banzai Bills, named Banzai Bill Cannons. 
==In ==
=== Super Mario Bros. ===
Here, they are named Turtle Cannons. Turtle Cannons first appear in World 5-1, and would go on to also appear in World 5-2, World 7-1, World 8-2, and World 8-3. Turtle Cannons are located in areas that are quite difficult to navigate through. Turtle Cannons can be seen placed on the ground or above the player, which could result in the player getting hit if they jump. If the player is directly above a Turtle Cannon or completely within a sprite box beside one, it does not shoot out a Bullet Bill.
=== Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels===
Turtle Cannons make a reappearance, but are now located in harder-to-reach areas. They are sometimes found in underwater levels, although these ones do not fire any Bullet Bills. In the original Family Computer Disk System release, these Bill Blasters are green due to having the same palette as the scenery.
===Super Mario Bros. 3===
Turtle Cannons make a reappearance, retaining the same role from previous Super Mario games. They are commonly found on airships and even the tanks within Dark Land. Turtle Cannons are first found in World 1-Airship.
===Super Mario World===
Turtle Cannons appear in two levels, Sunken Ghost Ship and Outrageous. Bill Blasters also received a variation named Skull Box, which launches Torpedo Teds.
===Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins===
Turtle Cannons can be seen in some levels of Mario Zone. Aside from having a similar box-shaped appearance to a Skull Box, Turtle Cannons are otherwise the same as before.
===Super Mario 64===
Only one Turtle Cannon is found on the top of the tower in Whomp's Fortress after the player defeats the Whomp King. It is larger and drastically different than before, now resembling a simple gray box with a hole for launching Bullet Bills rather than an actual cannon. This is the only game in which Mario can force a Turtle Cannon to fire; it will do so if he Ground Pounds onto it.
===Super Mario 64 DS===
Bill Blasters retain their role from Super Mario 64, but a few more have been added, including another Bill Blaster in Whomp's Fortress, and in Dire, Dire Docks prior to clearing Bowser in the Fire Sea. A Bullet Bill can no longer be forced out of a Bill Blaster from being Ground Pounded, and a character can destroy a Bill Blaster while under the effects of a mushroom.
===New Super Mario Bros.===
Bill Blasters retain the same role as in previous 2D Super Mario series installments. It is possible for Mega Mario to destroy a Bill Blaster by touching it.
The game introduces the Bill Blaster Turret variation, which is taller than a Bill Blaster, and its sides are capable of rotating. Banzai Bill Cannons, which launch Banzai Bills, also make their debut, and prior to their appearance here, Banzai Bills were only launched from offscreen.
===Super Mario Galaxy===
As usual, Bill Blasters launch out Bullet Bills, but they now appear more closely to a regular cannon and lack a skull icon. They are mounted onto the surface of planets, integrated into the walls of terrain, and attached to the sides of airships. A Bill Blaster does not launch more than one Bullet Bill at a time. Some Bill Blasters can be destroyed by having Mario guide the Bullet Bill back into it, but some other Bill Blasters are too far into their base to be reached.
Bill Blasters appear in several galaxies, including Good Egg Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Robot Reactor, Battlerock Galaxy, Buoy Base Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada, Bowser Jr.'s Lava Reactor, Dreadnought Galaxy, Melty Molten Galaxy, Bowser's Galaxy Reactor, and Bubble Blast Galaxy. Bill Blasters often appear on planets or other areas featuring certain items and objects trapped in cages, where Mario has lure a Bullet Bill from the Bill Blaster to break open the cage, revealing its contents. Several Bill Blasters are built into the body of Megaleg.
===New Super Mario Bros. Wii===
Bill Blasters make a returning appearance, retaining their behavior from New Super Mario Bros.. Aside from them, Bill Blaster Turrets and Banzai Bill Cannons also make a reappearance.
===Super Mario Galaxy 2===
Bill Blasters make a reappearance, acting identically as in Super Mario Galaxy.
===Super Mario 3D Land===
Bill Blasters return as obstacles, serving the same role as before, and they are designed after regular cannons, similarly to Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2.
===New Super Mario Bros. 2===
Bill Blasters make a reappearance, retaining their usual role. Like many enemies, Bill Blasters are also affected by the Gold Ring, and while the Gold Ring is active, all Bill Blasters turn into Gold Bill Blasters, which shoot out Gold Bullet Bills.
===New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe===
Bill Blasters act the same as in previous 2D Super Mario installments, the New Super Mario Bros. titles in particular.
===Super Mario 3D World / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury===
They are found in various courses, acting similarly as in earlier 3D Super Mario installments, but certain ones also fire out Cat Bullet Bills. Unlike other 3D Super Mario games, Bill Blasters depict their skull symbol.
===Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2===
Bill Blasters are placeable objects that can fire out Bullet Bills.
===Super Mario Odyssey===
Bill Blasters appear in a few kingdoms, firing out Bullet Bills as they usually do, but the ones in Metro Kingdom and Sand Kingdom can launch out Bullet Bills that wear a visor. Bill Blasters retaining their design from Super Mario 3D World, although 2D sections reuse the Bill Blaster sprite from Super Mario Bros..
==In Mario's Time Machine (Nintendo Entertainment System)==
Two Turtle Cannons can be seen on Ferdinand Magellan's ship in 1520. However, neither of them shoot Bullet Bills, and are only used as decoration.
==In ==
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====Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island====
While Turtle Cannons are green, like the Bullet Bills themselves, they act mostly the same as in the 2D Super Mario games. Before firing a Bullet Bill, a Turtle Cannon slightly expands to indicate that it will shoot out a Bullet Bill before returning to normal size. A Turtle Cannon can be frozen from the effects of a blue watermelon. While a Bill Blaster is frozen, it can be shattered upon contact.
====Yoshi's Island DS====
Bill Blasters return as obstacles, retaining their behavior from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, although Bill Blasters, like with Bullet Bills, are colored black to match their usual appearance.
Bill Blasters appear in seven levels: The Goonie Coast Isn't Clear!, Welcome to Yoshi Tower!, Bessie Bass's Battleship, Return of the Moving Chomp Rock!, Island of Peril, Let There Be Light!, and Superhard Acrobatics!.
====Yoshi's New Island====
Bill Blasters retain the same role as in earlier Yoshi's Island games, although some only have a cannon in one side. Bill Blasters also retain their skull emblem seen in many of their other appearances.
===Yoshi's Story===
Bill Blasters retain their usual role, although some of them fire Bullet Bills upward. Bill Blasters have a different appearance than usual, and sport two yellow wheels.
===Yoshi's Woolly World / Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World===
Bill Blasters retain their role as obstacles. If Yoshi throws a Yarn Ball at a Bill Blaster, it gets tied up and deactivates temporarily. The boss Knot-Wing the Koopa has a Bill Blaster on his shell from which he launches Bullet Bills and Bull's-Eye Bills in his boss fight.
==In ==
=== Paper Mario ===
Bill Blasters are mainly fought in Koopa Bros. Fortress after the Koopa Bros. activate them onto Mario and his friends. Mario and co. should avoid the incoming Bullet Bills and attack the Bill Blasters. In battle, the Bill Blasters mainly attack by launching one or two Bullet Bills at a time. It is wise to use Bombette's Bomb attack to deal more damage to them.
===Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door===
Bill Blasters are seen in the Pirate's Grotto. They act very much the same as they did in the previous game. The Bill Blasters have high defense and are impervious to fire so the best way to take them out is with Piercing Blow or Admiral Bobbery's Bomb technique.
===Super Paper Mario===
Bill Blasters only appear in Chapter 3-1, in which they guard Bowser's Castle. Unlike other appearances, these Bill Blasters only shoot Bullet Bills out to the left. If Chapter 3-1 is revisited later on, Bill Blasters can be destroyed from Bowser's Fire Breath. A Catch Card can also defeat a Bill Blaster.
===Paper Mario: Sticker Star===
Only two Bill Blasters appear in Bowser Jr.'s Flotilla, although only as obstacles on the field. The game's data reveals that Bill Blasters were planned as enemies that could be fought in battle before later being removed.
===Paper Mario: Color Splash===
A Bill Blaster appears in a secret underground area of the Super Mario Bros. 3-themed level in the Green Energy Plant. To match the aesthetic, the Bill Blaster is depicted in its sprite-based Super Mario Bros. 3 appearance, including the Bullet Bills launched from it.
==In ==
===Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga / Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions===
Bill Blasters are enemies found on the Beanbean Kingdom side of Stardust Fields. Although they are not present outside of battle, they accompany Fighter Flies. Bill Blasters attack by shooting Bullet Bills that can be dodged or counterattacked. It attacks directional to the brother that it is facing. Bill Blasters deal regular damage on Mario and Luigi's jump, hammer and hand techniques. They can be healed with Mario's fire techniques and Luigi's thunder techniques. After battle, it may drop a Mushroom.
===Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time===
Both Boom Guys and Elite Boom Guys each carry a Bill Blaster on their head, but Bill Blasters are not featured as standalone enemies.
==In Mario Party Advance==
Bill Blasters appear in the minigame Bill Bounce, in which they shoot out Bullet Bills for the character to jump on.
==In Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker==
Bill Blasters appear as obstacles, retaining their role from Super Mario 3D World. Regular Bullet Bills are launched from the Bill Blasters, while Bull's-Eye Bills are launched from the red Bull's-Eye Blasters.
==Crossover appearances==
===Animal Crossing series===
A Bill Blaster appears as a furniture item part of the Mario Theme in all of the furniture item's appearances. In Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Animal Crossing: City Folk, the furniture item is generically named Cannon, but Animal Crossing: New Leaf properly names it "Bill Blaster." In the first three games, the "Cannon," like the other furniture items, can be sold for 256 bells, while in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, it can be sold for 210 bells like the other Mario Theme items.
In Doubutsu no Mori+, Bill Blasters indirectly appear as a part of the Super Mario Bros. furniture item, which features as fully playable port of the game itself.
===Itadaki Street DS===
The cannon spaces on Mario-themed boards each feature a Bill Blaster.
===Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS===
A Bill Blaster is an enemy in Smash Run. Aside from launching Bullet Bills, a Bill Blaster may sometimes launch a different type of enemy, such as Shy Guys. There is also a collectible trophy of a Bill Blaster.
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