History Film / BillAndTedsBogusJourney

** When this film airs on television, a commercial break is often placed in the middle of this scene, which probably makes the whole gag funnier.

* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Station.

* EvilMentor: Subverted with De Nomolos: although the viewers are meant to ''think'' he was this to Rufus for most of the film, as Rufus calls him "my old teacher" in the opening scene and the villain responds by calling him "my favorite pupil", Rufus later explains at the ''end'' of the film that De Nomolos was actually his old gym teacher.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: At the end of the film, De Nomolos' first name is revealed as "Chuck".

* FashionVictimVillain: In Rufus's time, oversized boots made of floppy polyethylene foam are apparently standard men's footwear. When [=DeNomolos=] sends his {{Mooks}} to seize control of a room, ActionMovie-style, they're dressed entirely in paramilitary black outfits, ''including the big floppy foam boots''.

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* DeathRidesASkateboard: Death, while first humiliated by Bill and Ted via Wedgie and then by repeated loses to them at various board games, becomes more emotionally invested in Bill and Ted's quest over time, his role as ally cemented when he melvins the film's antagonist and becomes a permanent member of ''Wild Stallions''.

->''STATION!''

* GodTest: Double subverted; when the heroes' {{Evil Twin}}s arrive, Ted is suspicious, but Bill convinces him to trust them. Then Ted trusts his robot counterpart after it passes a HowManyFingers test.

* [[spoiler:KilledByTheAdaptation: De Nomolos is simply hauled to jail at the end of the movie version, but what happens to him at the end of the comic book adaptation is ''much'' worse. Not only doesn't he survive (the two protagonists use the heads of the robot imposters like bombs) but his own IronicHell is to spend it with the two robots, who are just as annoying—to him—as the originals.]]

With a minimum amount of effort, the robots succeed in killing off the two titular protagonists. However, their spirits refuse to go quietly into the good night and face off against the Grim Reaper (William Sadler). While the evil robots make time with the guys' princess babes, the ghosts of Bill and Ted need to find a way to resurrect themselves, defeat the evil robot "us-ess" and stop Chuck De Nomolos. To do so, they must go through Heaven and Hell (literally, plus KirksRock) to face their personal demons and gather allies to their cause.

** Also, when the "evil robot us's" kill the real ones:

* CoversAlwaysLie: Parodied when they complained that rock albums inaccurately portrayed hell.

** In a less literal sense, their Battle of the Bands entry also counts. They had the most insane intro in the history of rock music, with robots and time travel, and their band has aliens, robot backup dancers, and ''Death himself''. Which was ''everyone'', as it had been specifically stated that Wyld Stallyns would be the last to perform that night. One could assume that the other bands would go on to either be BlessedWithSuck or CursedWithAwesome depending on how they looked at it, as they would forevermore be known as "the opening acts of the greatest band in the world".

* DrillSergeantNasty: Colonel Oats, the head and namesake of Oats Military Academy where Ted's dad is threatening to send him in the first movie. He's only mentioned in the first film, we first meet him in the sequel at a party and [[FauxAffablyEvil he's still offering a place for Ted at the academy]]. However, when the duo goes to hell, the first punishment they go through is being at military school where he's this trope in full force and demands that they "get down and [[UpToEleven give me infinity]]". Then again, they are in ''HELL...''

* EvilMentor: Subverted with De Nomolos, although the viewers are meant to ''think'' he was this to Rufus for most of the film, as Rufus calls him "my old teacher" in the opening scene and the villain responds by calling him "my favorite pupil". As Rufus later explains at the ''end'' of the film, however, De Nomolos was actually his old gym teacher.

-->"No-nosed salamanders!"
* FluffyCloudHeaven: Well, more "Plastic Fluorescent-Backlit Clouds" Heaven, which the duo describe as "Most atypical".

* FutureMeScaresMe: Sort of; the duo quickly become afraid of what they ''think'' are their future selves, before it's revealed that they're actually evil robot doubles.

** When this film airs on television, a commercial break is often placed in the middle of this scene, which in some ways, makes the whole gag funnier.

* ItsBeenDone: The plot is a blend of ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' and, of all things, ''Film/KISSMeetsThePhantomOfThePark'' - which featured Kiss battling Evil Robot Kiss. Seriously.

** The Evil Robots' groping of the heroes' (rather chaste) princess girlfriends also counts in various ways
* [[spoiler:KilledByTheAdaptation: De Nomolos is simply hauled to jail at the end of the movie version, but what happens to him at the end of the comic book adaptation is ''much'' worse. Not only doesn't he survive (the two protagonists use the heads of the robot imposters like bombs) but his own IronicHell is to spend it with the two robots, who are just as annoying - to him - as the originals.]]
* KirksRock: Lampshaded: Just before the boys meet the Evil Robots, they're watching that particular episode of ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' on TV. When the Robots drag the boys up to the rock to kill them, we even get a recreation of the dramatic zoom out from ''Trek''.

* LosingYourHead: The Evil Us's version of basketball.

-->"Oww! You're totally metal, dude!"

* SdrawkcabName: Chuck De Nomolos is this for writer Ed Solomon.

* {{Squick}}: An in-universe example; Death gets jealous of all the praise Station is getting and starts fishing for compliments. When Ted says he has "an excellently huge Martian butt", Death asks "What about my butt? Reaping burns a lot of calories, you know." Bill and Ted visibly shudder at this.
* StableTimeLoop: Chuck De Nomolos is [[NiceJobFixingItVillain basically responsible]] for Wyld Stallyns' world fame, broadcasting their Battle of the Band appearance to the world by accident in his attempt to TakeOverTheWorld. Also used tactically in the fight.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Despite his ButtMonkey status, Death finds himself enjoying the company of Bill and Ted and being part of the band. Given that much of his grim nature appears to cover up severe insecurity and loneliness Bill and Ted are probably the first friends he'd ever had.

* ItsBeenDone: The plot is a blend of ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' and, of all things, ''Music/{{KISS}} Meets the Phantom of the Park'' - which featured Kiss battling Evil Robot Kiss. Seriously.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Despite his ButtMonkey status, Death finds himself enjoying the company of Bill and Ted and being part of the band.

* CreationSequence: Station assembling the Good Robot Usses in the back of a moving van.

* ChessWithDeath: Parodied.

* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse[=/=]HumansAreSpecial: Mocked when Bill and Ted ask God for help in protecting their girlfriends, and are sent to meet the smartest man in the universe... who turns out to be two squat, large-nosed Martians. [[spoiler: Or one big one, depending....]]

* FluffyCloudHeaven: Well, more "Plastic Fluorescent-Backlit Clouds" Heaven.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: At the Builder's Emporium, Death tells a smoker "See you real soon". After he passes by, you can see the smoker do a DoubleTake and quickly stub out his cigarette.
** HilariousInHindsight when you find out the smoker was played by the film's director Peter Hewitt. See CreatorCameo.

* GroinAttack: Variant: Bill and Ted use a Melvin, a front-side wedgie, on TheGrimReaper.

* ConfusingMultipleNegatives
-->'''Bill:''' That was non-non-non-NON-heinous! [[note]]i.e. it was heinous[[/note]]

* Creator/FrankWelker: Voices the Stations/Station and the Easter Bunny.

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