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1!!For the animated series:
2* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: One episode has Bill saying that an orange's color is the same as its name, "just like a lemon". Lemon is indeed [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_(color) a real color.]]
3* ChannelHop: From Creator/{{CBS}} to Creator/{{Fox}} between the first and second seasons. with a studio change from Creator/HannaBarbera[[labelnote:*]]and Creator/WangFilmProductions[[/labelnote]] to Creator/DiCEntertainment.
4* ExecutiveMeddling: Cause of its second season {{Retool}}.
5* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A DVD set was released containing eight episodes from the first season and the entire second season. The remaining five missing episodes have yet to see any official reissue. However on Roku, all the episodes of the first season are free to watch.
6* TheOtherDarrin: New actors (Chris Kennedy, Evan Richards and Rick Overton) replaced the voices of Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/AlexWinter and Creator/GeorgeCarlin for the second season due to the different cast used for the similarly named live action Fox TV show.
7%%* RecycledTheSeries
8* RoleReprise:
9** Creator/AlexWinter, Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/GeorgeCarlin reprise their roles as Bill, Ted and Rufus from the movie.
10** Season 2 had them voiced by Evan Richards, Christopher Kennedy and Creator/RickOverton, who also played them in the live-action series.
11* SimilarlyNamedWorks: With the shorter-lived Fox live action series.
12* TieInCereal: ''Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures'' had their own cereal called "Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal."
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14!! For the live-action series:
15* DisownedAdaptation: Creator/AlexWinter (who played Bill in the movies) went on ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'' in 1991. When talking about the series, he responded, "It stinks, ladies and gentlemen".
16* TheOtherDarrin: New actors (Chris Kennedy, Evan Richards and Rick Overton) replaced Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/AlexWinter and Creator/GeorgeCarlin as Ted, Bill, and Rufus, respectively.
17* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The series was filmed in 1991 and intended to air on Fox's primetime lineup for the 1991-92 season, but was delayed until ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' made enough money at the box office. All seven episodes were burned off in the summer of 1992.

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