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The first film features Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted "Theodore" Logan ([[Keanu Reeves]]) as two air-headed rocker kids from San Dimas, California. They're so focused on their wannabe rock band Wyld Stallyns (and so dumb) that they're in danger of failing History class and being held back. To make matters worse, Ted's authoritarian police chief father says that if that happens, Ted will be shipped off to a military academy in Alaska, breaking up the band.
Things look bleak for the two until they meet Rufus ([[George Carlin]]), a time traveler from a utopian future built upon the teachings of Wyld Stallyns. Rufus offers them the use of his time machine -- [[It's Been Done|disguised as an]] [[Doctor Who
The movie ended up being an unexpected comedy classic, credited with launching Keanu Reeves' career (a more snarky troper might contend that the dopey Ted is his best role ever). Because of this, as well as the contrast between this and Reeves' later roles, ''Bill and Ted'' is frequently used to mock other movies: ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]'' is quite comedic when you redub Neo with dialogue that sounds like [[Totally Radical|Ted]].
It is also noteworthy for being one of the few [[Buddy Picture|buddy comedies]] where the friends don't [[Plot
=== ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' (1991) ===
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* [[Garage Band]]: Wyld Stallyns.
* [[Garfunkel]]: Alex Winter, though this is largely because he retired from acting in 1993 to begin a directing career.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Despite being uncomplicated slackers, Bill and Ted have a natural instinct for mastering the [[Retroactive Preparation|causal]] and [[Tricked
** Try reading that in their voices. IT FITS.
* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: Wyld Stallyns are the [[Myspeld Rokband]] variety.
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* [[Rule of Funny]]: Much of the films.
* [[San Dimas Time]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Shout
** Arguably the first film did this with the absurd number of people they cram into the thing, subtly drawing attention to the fact that it is most assuredly ''not'' [[Bigger On the Inside]].
* [[Shallow Female Love Interest]]: The princesses again.
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** Lampshaded by Rufus - Who pulls off a stunning solo and then assures us in a fourth-wall breaking moment that ''they '''do''' get better'' as Bill and Ted make horrific noise whilst their new girlfriends from the past awkwardly test their own instruments.
* [[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
* [[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...
* [[Man Hug]]: See [[Gay Moment]], above.
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{{quote| '''Bill:''' ''[[It's Personal|You killed Ted, you medieval DICKWEED!!]]''}}
* [[Aristocrats Are Evil|Royal Ugly Dudes Are Bogus]]
* [[Shout
** Bill and Ted dress up in knightly armor and swordfight to mock [[Star Wars|lightsaber noises]].
{{quote| '''Ted:''' I'm Darth Ted!<br />
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** Though at the concert at the end of the film, Ted says it can mean anything.
* [[God]]: Appears as a bright light in a roughly anthropoid shape who says very little.
* [[God Test]]: Double subverted; when the heroes' [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] arrive, Ted is suspicious, but Bill convinces him to trust them. Then Ted trusts his robot counterpart after it passes a [[How Many Fingers?]] test.
* [[Graceful Loser]]: Evil Bill and Evil Ted of all people, when the Good Robot Usses charge them in the climactic concert.
{{quote| '''Evil Bill:''' "Evil Ted, looks like we've met our match."<br />
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'''Dead Bill:''' "Are you a tank?"<br />
'''Dead Ted:''' "''Whoa!'' Yeah!" }}
* [[If You Die, I Call Your Stuff]]
{{quote| '''Dead Bill:''' "Ted."<br />
'''Dead Ted:''' "Yeah?"<br />
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* [[Overly Long Scream]]: Bill and Ted fall down a pit to hell, screaming the whole way, but the pit is so deep that they eventually get tired of repeatedly screaming and start playing 20 questions.
* [[Our Founder]]: Bill and Ted, in The Future.
* [[Out
* [[Perfect Pacifist People]]: Bill and Ted's future society appears to be one of these.
* [[Pokémon
* [[The Power of Rock]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]], as the effects of Wyld Stallyns' music are shown via a newspaper montage at the end of the film (set to [[KISS (Music)|KISS]]'s "God Gave Rock 'n Roll To You"):
{{quote| Wyld Stallyns Tour Midwest; Crop Growth Up 30%<br />
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Wyld Stallyns to Play Mars - "Station!" }}
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Missy was married to Bill's Dad in the first film, but has left him and married Ted's Dad by the sequel. She also flirts with Col. Oates, and the end credits reveal that she has left Ted's Dad for De Nomolos.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Robotic Reveal]]: Bill punching his robotic evil twin.
{{quote| "Oww! You're totally metal, dude!"}}
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** Plausible explanation: Bill and Ted take the booth sixteen months into the future, get out, and allow Future Bill & Ted (who have been in intense training ever since the concert) to get in and take the same booth back to the Battle of the Bands, while Bill and Ted wait in the future. Once their set is over, Future Bill & Ted get back in the booth, go back to their own time, and let Bill and Ted have the booth back, whereupon Bill and Ted travel back to their present San Dimas and begin sixteen months of intense training.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: De Nomolos is this for writer Ed Solomon.
* [[Shout
* [[Something That Begins With Boring]]
* [[Sore Loser]]: The Grim Reaper when he initially loses. It take several losses to the boys for him to finally give into their demands.
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* [[Uranus Is Showing]]: Bill and Ted pull this when complimenting ''God''.
* [[Visual Pun]]: Bill and Ted echo back "Catch ya later, Bill and Ted!" to the Evil Robot Usses... and a few seconds later, do in fact catch the robots' flying heads.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Averted in the comic and novel adaptation. Rather than the [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] battle with DeNomolos, the boys simply find the [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]] in Evil Robot B&T's heads and [[Hey, Catch!|throw them to DeNomolos]], killing him.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: The final confrontation between Bill and Ted and DeNomolos.
* [[You Already Changed the Past]]: The entire climax is Bill, Ted, and De Nomolos performing dueling versions of this. {{spoiler|Except that, as Bill points out, only the winner can change history, so all the things the villain thought he planted were just decoys B&T placed to lull him into a false sense of security}}.
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