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{{Character
| individual name       = {{BASEPAGENAME}}
| aliases               = 
| franchise             = [[Scream]]
| image                 = [[File:Billy Loomis.jpg|center|225px]]
| notability            = {{sc}}
| type                  = {{Serial killer}}
| gender                = {{Male char}}
| base of operations    = [[Woodsboro]], [[California]]
| known relatives       = [[Hank Loomis]] (father)<br>[[Mrs. Loomis]] (mother; deceased)<br>[[Samantha Carpenter]] (daughter)
| status                = {{Dead}}
| born                  = 
| died                  = [[1996]]
| 1st appearance        = ''[[Scream]]''
| final appearance      = ''[[Scream]]'' (physical)<br>''[[Scream VI]]'' (hallucinations)
| actor                 = [[Skeet Ulrich]]
}}

'''Billy Loomis''' is a fictional [[Student|student]], [[Serial killer|serial killer]], and a character in the ''[[Scream franchise|Scream]]'' franchise. He was introduced in the [[1996]] film ''[[Scream]]'' and was played by actor [[Skeet Ulrich]]. Ulrich later reprised his role in the sequels ''[[Scream (2022)|Scream]]'' [[Scream (2022)|(2022)]] and ''[[Scream VI]]'' appearing as a recurring hallucination to his daughter [[Samantha Carpenter]] trying to convince her to take on his murderous ways.

== Biography ==
Billy is the boyfriend of [[Sidney Prescott]] and also serves as the main antagonist of the film, revealed to be one of two [[Ghostface]] killers (along with his friend [[Stu Macher]]) in the film's climax. 

Prior to the events of the film, he was shown video footage of [[Maureen Prescott]] and [[Hank Loomis]]' affair by Maureen's son [[Roman Bridger]] and convinced to murder Maureen as she was the reason Billy's parent split up (while also satisfying his own revenge after Maureen shut him out of her life). Roman advised Billy to get an accomplice to throw under the bus if things went wrong and to frame Maureen's lover, [[Cotton Weary]], for the murders.  

Presumably during his relationship with Sidney and prior to/during the Woodsboro murders, slept with a student named Christina Carpenter and fathered a child named [[Samantha Carpenter]] unbeknownst to him. Samantha, after finding out later from her mother's diaries that Billy was her father, began being plagued by hallucinations of Billy attempt to urge her into continuing the murderous ways of her father and grandmother.

Billy reappears to Samantha during her relocation to New York when the group discovers the shrine dedicated to previous Ghostfaces that all the old masks were stolen from, urging her to trust nobody and to continue her murderous ways. During the film's climax, Samantha wields Billy's old knife which is used by [[Tara Carpenter]] to severely wound [[Ethan Landry]] in the mouth and later dons Billy's old Ghostface costume to attack [[Wayne Bailey]] before killing him for harming her and her family after feigning mercy. During the film's ending, Samantha clutches onto Billy's old mask before discarding it into the street to follow Tara into the city.

== Notes & Trivia ==
*Billy shares his surname with two characters named [[Sam Loomis (Psycho)|Sam Loomis]], one from the ''[[Psycho (1960)|Psycho]]'' film series and [[Sam Loomis (Halloween)|one]] from the ''[[Halloween]]'' film series.
**Billy's daughter Samantha (who goes by the short name Sam) is also a reference to these characters.
*Billy (as Ghostface) is a playable, DLC character in the 2023 fighting game ''Mortal Kombat 1'' where he is seen unmasked during fatalities.

== Body count ==
{| class="grey" border=1
|- style="background:#CCCCCC"
!width="150"|Character
!width="125"|Killer
!width="325"|Description
|-
| [[Maureen Prescott]] || Billy Loomis/[[Stu Macher]]|| Raped and stabbed to death (prior to film)
|-
| [[Casey Becker]]|| Billy Loomis and/or Stu Macher|| Stabbed and gutted.
|-
| [[Arthur Himbry]] || Billy Loomis|| Stabbed to death.
|-
| [[Tatum Riley]] || Billy Loomis|| Head crushed by garage door beam.
|}

== Appearances ==
* [[Scream]] 
* [[Scream V|Scream 5]] (hallucinations)
* [[Scream VI]] (hallucinations)

== See also ==
{{Scream SA}}

== External Links ==
* {{imdb|character/ch0002757/}}
* [http://scream.wikia.com/wiki/Billy_Loomis Billy Loomis at the Scream Wiki]

== References ==
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