Bill and Ted (film): Difference between revisions

{{quote|''[[Badass Creed|Be excellent to each other and... Party on, dudes]]!''

|Credo of Bill and Ted, quoted even by [[Abraham Lincoln]]!}}

 

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{{quote|''EXCELLENT!''}}

It is also noteworthy for being one of the few [[Buddy Picture|buddy comedies]] where the friends don't [[Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure|get mad at one another and split up for some amount of time]]. Also for an unexpected level of internal consistency, despite the wacky attitude.

 

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{{quote|''STATION!''}}

Since 1992, the Universal Studios theme parks in Orlando and Hollywood have used Bill and Ted in their annual Halloween Horror Nights event as ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure'', parodying that year's pop culture and entertainment. The 2009 event, for example, featured Twilight, Megan Fox (well, a male impersonator), ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'', ''X-Men Origins'', ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'', and ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', among many others.

 

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{{quote|''Their most excellent adventure continues...''}}

According to Winter, the movie will evoke the spirit of the originals without succumbing to "retro cynicism", and that they've found a way to continue the story beyond the apparent [[Happily Ever After]] at the end of ''Bogus Journey''. Early information suggests that the plot will revolve around the fact that Bill and Ted haven't changed the world yet and are trying to write the song that will create Rufus' utopian future.

 

 

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=== The following most triumphant tropes appear in multiple ''Bill and Ted'' works: ===

* [[Air Guitar]]: '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx8FanC70S4 Every ten seconds]''' whenever Bill and Ted think of something EXCELLENT!

** It was also "most tranquil."

** And you'll never guess where it got the "[[Days of Our Lives|like sands from the hour glass]]" expression.

* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]:

{{quote|'''Ted''': "Now your Dad's getting it on in your own room!"

* [[Eternal English]]: Averted with Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Socrates, Napoleon, and Genghis Kahn being unable to speak a word of English.

** Invoked when they visit England 1501 and meet the Royal Princess Babes, however. While both sets of characters technically spoke English, you have sixteenth century Britons speaking to modern American valley-guys. While a handful of references and words were misunderstood on either side, in reality, they would sound like they were speaking in a bizarre Stage Irish accent -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWe1b9mjjkM see Shakespeare in original pronunciation.]

* [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Everything's Better With Royal English Babes]]:

{{quote|'''Bill:''' "We gotta go. It's a history report, not a babe report."

** Of course, there's also the booth itself. Not exactly something that could fit nine (and later ''ten'') people easily (although Ted did say they were "running out of room" when there were only nine). They eventually tilt the booth onto its back and travel through time standing up through the open door in order to fit everyone comfortably.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Billy The Kid. When he first meets Bill and Ted, he saw them as suckers that would help him cheat at poker. Upon Bill and Ted bailing him out of a deadly bar fight, he not only says he owes them his life, but seems to like the two in general. He also gets along well with Socrates and at one point they rescue Bill and Ted from execution. He is later shown to have tremendous stage presence when introducing the two in the history report.

* [[Hollywood History]]: Consciously and unashamedly.

* [[How We Got Here]]: The most epic example. The beginning of the adventure has Bill and Ted meeting their future selves who offer them advice and wish them luck. Near the end of their adventure they end up doing the exact same thing, only this time we see what Rufus needed to talk to them about.

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Billy the Kid, who later returns the favor.

* [[It's Been Done]]: Amusingly [[Double Subverted]] in the film's production. The time machine was originally going to be a 1969 Chevrolet van, but when they realized the similarities to [[Back to The Future|another science fiction film]], they decided to change it... to a [[Doctor Who|phone booth]].

* [[A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll"]]

* [[Logic Bomb]]: Wyld Stallyns won't be a good band until they have Eddie Van Halen, and they won't have Eddie Van Halen until they have a triumphant music video, and they won't have a triumphant music video until they have good instruments, and they won't have good instruments until they know how to play, and they won't know how to play until they have Eddie Van Halen...

 

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[[Category:Bill and Ted]]

[[Category:Science Fiction Films]]

[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]

[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]

[[Category:Film]]

[[Category:Independent Films]]