History Film / BillAndTedFaceTheMusic

** Bill and Ted run into themselves in trying to get the song to change the world, but each time their futures seems worst then the last. [[spoiler: The first time they're playing an open mic night that hardly anyone is listening too and have become GrumpyOldMen who tell the two their wives have left them. The second they seem to have bounced back and become rich and famous to have their own mansion. They give the duo the song... except it's not their mansion, it [[Music/DaveGrohl Dave Grohl's]] and they try to pawn one of his song off as their own and have even become more surly then before, Ted having become an alcoholic and Bill trying to hold them up. They leave just as the cops (lead by Ted's father), show up. Going forward, the two see their future selves in the aforementioned prison scene, having served time for the break-in. Thankfully the final stop has the two meet thermoses as old men who are older and wiser, who explain their the timelimes work on multi-verse theory, so their future isn't set in stone. Not surprisingly it's this rendition that gives them the song they need.]]

* ToHellAndBack: [[spoiler: Kelly's mother aka The Great Leader sends a robot to stop Bill and Ted due to them illegally using the old phone booth to time travel. But he accidentally vaporizes Ted's father, their daughters and the musicians they recruit. Thus forcing Bill and Ted to detour to go save them from Hell (which looks much more different than depicted in ''Bogus Journey''), reconciling with Death, whom they had a falling out with between movies, along the way.]]

** Bill and Ted run into themselves in trying to get the song to change the world, but each time their futures seems worst then the last. [[spoiler: The first time they're playing an open mic night that hardly anyone is listening too and have become GrumpyOldMen. The second they seem to have bounced back and become rich and famous to have their mansion. They give the duo the song... except it's not their mansion, it [[Music/DaveGrohl Dave Grohl's]] and they try to pawn one of his song off as their own. They leave just as the cop (lead by Ted's father), show up. Going forward, the two see their future selves in the aforementioned prison scene, having served time for the break in. Thankfully the final stop has the two meet themsevles as old men who are older and wiser, who explain their the timelimes work on multi-verse theory, so their future isn't set in stone. Not surprisingly it's this rendition that gives them the song they need.]]

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: The old versions of Bill and Ted decide to rock out on their guitars for old time sake, though naturally get winded afterward. Serves as a BookEnd as well as the first movie likewise ended on this note. At the least this time they can play.]]

* ToHellAndBack: [[spoiler: Kelly's mother sends a robot to stop Bill and Ted due to them illegally using the old phone booth to time travel. But he accidentally vaporizes Ted's father, their daughters and the musicians they recruit. Thus forcing Bill and Ted to detour to go save them from Hell (which looks much more different then depicted in ''Bogus Journey''), reconciling with Death, whom they had a falling out with between movies, along the way.]]

* ExactWords: The prophecy states that a song by Preston-Logan will unite the world. [[spoiler:Turns out that the song is actually by Billie and Thea, Bill and Ted's daughters, while the "Great Ones", Bill and Ted, bring it all together and perform the EpicRocking that saves all of reality.]]

** Bill and Ted run into themselves in trying to get the song to change the world, but each time their futures seems worst then the last. [[spoiler: The first time they're playing an open mic night that hardly anyone is listening too and have become GrumpyOldMen. The second they seem to have bounced back and become rich and famous to give the duo the song... except it's not their mansion, it Music/DaveGrohl and they try to pawn one of his song off on hm. They leave just as the cops, lead by Ted's father), show up. Going forward, the two see their future selves in the aforementioned prison scene, having severed time for the break in. Thankfully the final stop has the two meet themsevles as old men who are older and wisser who explain their the timelimes work on multi-verse theory, so their future isn't set in stone. Not surprisingly it's this rendition that gives them the song they need.]]

* ToHellAndBack: [[spoiler: Kelly's mother sends a robot to stop Bill and Ted due to them illeaglly using the old phone booth to time travel. But he accidently vaporisies Ted's father, their daughters and the musicans they recruit. Thus forcing Bill and Ted to detour to go save them from Hell (which looks much more different then depicted in ''Bogus Journey''), reconciling with Death, whom they had a falling out with between movies, along the way.]]

** [[spoiler: The ones in the prison are one who claim they were from the future living in luxury from their musice career only to find out the house they were in was ''broken into and someone else's''. ''This'' is what lands those Bill and Ted's in prison as a result whom the current pair run into later. They likewise run into their 50 year old selves who're divorced from their wives and just GrumpyOldMen, making the pair realize they need to treat their wives better.]]

* AsHimself: Music/KidCudi appears in the movie playing himself.

* NoSwastikas: The ''UsefulNotes/TheHindenburg'' appears in the background, but swastikas on the tail are just white circles.

* CassandraTruth: Ted's father did not believe the two when they told of their adventures in time travel, meeting Death, and visiting Heaven and Hell, calling them delusional.

* OverlyLongTitle: At Missy and Deacons wedding, Bill and Ted try to perform the first three movements of "That Which Binds Us Through Time: The Chemical, Physical, and Biological Nature of Love and the Exploration of the Meaning of Meaning -- Part 1".

* RealityEnsues: Unlike Bill and Ted's time-traveling companions, Creator/JimiHendrix comes from a time where people are much less inclined to accept something as fantastical as time travel. Thus, he blows off Billie and Thea when they first come to recruit him.

%%* PrisonsAreGymnasiums: Bill and Ted's future selves are built like tanks.

* ExactWords: The prophecy states that a song by Preston-Logan will unite the world. [[Spoiler:Turns out that the song is actually by Billie and Thea, Bill and Ted's daughters, while the "Great Ones", Bill and Ted, bring it all together and perform the EpicRocking that saves all of reality.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At the urging of their wives, Bill and Ted go to couples therapy...as a foursome.

'''Ted:''' It's a little on the dark side, but, you know...that's cool.
* GrandFinale: As confirmed by the writers and the creators of the Bill and Ted series,this is the final entry of the franchise.

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:the song they must write which that saves the world, and is retrieved from the elder Bill & Ted on a USB stick]].

'''Bill:''' Definitely. I mean, we're a couple of couples, right?\\

The film was released in select theaters and on digital platforms on August 28th, 2020. Here are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE59OY4KGJg the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gPGeAYo3yU official trailers]], dudes.

-->'''The Bill in prison:''' How'd you like our song?\\
%%'''Ted:''' It's a little on the dark side, but, you know...that's cool.

%%* ActorAllusion: There will be a messenger from the future called Kelly. She's named after the daughter of Creator/GeorgeCarlin who played Rufus in the first two movies.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The phone booth Rufus presented Bill and Ted in the first film has been turned into a monument in the future. Bill and Ted steal it travel through time and obtain the song that will unite all of time and reality from themselves in the future.

'''Therapist:''' ''(FacePalm)''

*** LogoJoke: The trailer begins with the logo for Orion Pictures, which bankrolled the first two films but had long gone bankrupt.

''Bill & Ted Face the Music'' is a SciFi comedy starring Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter. It is the long-awaited third film in the ''Franchise/BillAndTed'' franchise, coming ''29'' years after ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney''.

%%* BadFuture: Bill and Ted come across versions of themselves that are muscled crooks in prison.
%%-->'''The Bill in prison:''' How'd you like our song?\\
%%'''Ted:''' It's a little on the dark side, but, you know...that's cool.

* FutureLoser: By the time of this film, Bill and Ted are barely eking out an existence as musicians.

%%* LogoJoke: The trailer begins with the logo for Orion Pictures, which bankrolled the first two films but had long gone bankrupt.

%%* SanDimasTime: As expected from the trope naming series, it's in the very premise of the movie. Bill and Ted are told they have to write their world-changing song in the next [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall 78 minutes]] or the future their music inspires will never come to pass.

* SpinOffspring: Aside from the duo themselves, the duo's daughters Billie and Thea also get involved.

* TitleDrop: The song that saves the world is called Face the Music.

%%* TitleDrop
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: The crux of the movie is that Bill and Ted were once epic rockers playing to huge crowds, but now they're middle-aged losers nowhere near that popular or famous.

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: The crŭ of the movie is that Bill and Ted were once epic rockers playing to huge crowds, but now they're middle-aged losers nowhere near that popular or famous.

* GrandFinale :As confirmed by the writers and the creators of the bill and ted series,this is the final entry of the franchise

* GenerationXerox: Billie and Thea end up going on their own time-traveling adventures that involves picking up historical figures.

* TattooedCrook: Bill and Ted briefly meet versions of themselves in prison, who are muscle-bound and covered in tattoos that say things like "Excellent" and "Heinous."