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{{quote|''"Fourscore and...[looks at his pocket watch] seven minutes ago... we, your forefathers, were brought forth upon a most [[Trope Namer|excellent adventure]] conceived by our new friends, Bill... and Ted. These two great gentlemen are dedicated to a proposition which was true in my time, just as it's true today. Be excellent to each other. And... ''party on, dudes!"''''|'''Abraham Lincoln''', '''''[[Bill and
Doing your history homework the exciting way!
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Compare to [[Wayback Trip]], where the history seems to be a little… ''off'', and the characters have to fix it. (Though there's naturally a continuum from this trope to that one; the main difference is whether or not the characters need to fix anything.)
The title is a reference to ''[[Bill and
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== The entire premise of ==
* ''[[Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure]]'': as Abe Lincoln mentions in the page quote, the duo harvest various historical figures with their time machine and bring them in for their history report.
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* In ''[[Discworld|Thief of Time]]'' Susan Sto Helit (granddaughter of {{smallcaps|[[The Grim Reaper|Death]]}}) has taken the job of a teacher. Though it is never actually shown, it becomes fairly clear that part of her history lesson involves actually visiting the event.
** Not ''literal'' homework, but in ''Guards! Guards!'' the Librarian needs to know what a certain book says. Unfortunately, the reason he needs to know is that the book has been stolen. So he walks back in time (which apparently all libraries can allow), and reads it before it is stolen.
* In an early episode of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', the rich Mr. Burns is forced to pay a huge sum of money to the city government for dumping radioactive materials. Lisa thinks the money should be given to the public school, and [[Imagine Spot|imagines a scene]] with virtual-reality helmets which show a simulation of ancient Mongolia where Genghis Khan says, "Hello, Lisa! I’m Genghis Khan. You’ll go where I go! Defile what I defile! Eat who I eat!" This scene only lasts about a minute.
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