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** Billy and Joan seem to be flirting as they work (she's even wearing his hat at one point). It's funny to consider one of the craziest psychopaths in history coming on to a ''literal'' saint.

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** Billy and Joan seem to be flirting as they work (she's even wearing his hat at one point). It's funny to consider one of the craziest psychopaths in history coming on to a ''literal'' saint.saint... ''and not being immediately rejected''.


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* Napoleon's reaction at the bowling alley after he has an EpicFail of a shot: a [[ClusterFBomb Cluster M-Bomb]] temper tantrum.
** Also a FreezeFrameBonus right before that, when the camera briefly shows the scoreboard: Napoleon's group are on the tenth frame, and his total score is an abysmal '''43'''.
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--->'''Bill''': No, just got a minor Oedipal complex.\\

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--->'''Bill''': No, Nah, just got a minor Oedipal complex.\\
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** Not to mention the historical figures running amok at the mall, especially Joan of Arc's jazzercise session and Genghis Khan's sporting-goods rampage.

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** Not to mention the historical figures running amok at the mall, especially mall. Especially Joan of Arc's jazzercise session and Genghis Khan's sporting-goods rampage.

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** "You DITCHED Napoleon?!" "He was a dick!"

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** "You DITCHED Napoleon?!" Napoleon?!"
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"He was a dick!"

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-->'''Mr. Ryan:''' Well, Ted, I'm waiting!\\
'''Bill:''' He's dead?\\
'''Mr. Ryan:''' So what you're telling me, essentially, is that Napoleon was a short, dead, dude?\\

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-->'''Mr. Ryan:''' Well, Ted, Bill, I'm waiting!\\
waiting.\\
'''Bill:''' ({{Beat}}) He's dead?\\
'''Mr. Ryan:''' So Bill, what you're telling me, essentially, is that Napoleon was a short, dead, dude?\\



'''Mr. Ryan:''' Ted, who was Joan of Arc?\\
'''Ted:''' Noah's wife?\\

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'''Mr. Ryan:''' Ted, (''to Ted'') Now, who was Joan of Arc?\\
'''Ted:''' ({{Beat}}) Noah's wife?\\



'''Mr. Ryan:''' It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
** What caps it off is Ted's later question: "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, then, who]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint was]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Noah's wife]]?"

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'''Bill:''' Mr. Ryan, before you say anything, my distinguished colleague, Ted, and I wish to express to you our thanks, for all the things we have learned in your class.\\
'''Mr. Ryan:''' And ''what'' have you learned?\\
'''Bill:''' ({{Beat}}) We have, uh... we've learned that the world has a great history.\\
'''Ted:''' Yes! And that, thanks to great leaders such as... (''looks at some of the names written on Mr. Ryan's chalkboard'') Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and Socratic Method]], the world is ''full'' of history.\\
'''Mr.
Ryan:''' It seems to me the only thing you've you have learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
** What caps it off is Ted's later question: "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Well, then, who]] ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint was]]'' is]]'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Noah's wife]]?"
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* In a last-ditch effort to get caught up on their report, Bill and Ted go around asking a bunch of random strangers questions about world history while hanging out at a convenience store, at which point Rufus shows up to get the two started on their time-travelling adventure, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Rufus:''' Greetings, my excellent friends.\\
({{Beat}})\\
'''Ted:''' (''to this strange, sunglasses-wearing man who just dropped out of the sky in a phone booth'') Do you know when the Mongols ruled China?
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** Bill and Ted "rescuing" Billy the Kid, by hoping into the Time Machine.

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** Bill and Ted "rescuing" Billy the Kid, by hoping hopping into the Time Machine.

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* The movie's final line from Rufus: [[BreakingTheFourthWall "They do get better."]]


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* The movie's final line from Rufus: [[BreakingTheFourthWall "They do get better."]]

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* [[LookBehindYou "It's the Goodyear Blimp!"]] That it works on a gang of 19th-century cowpokes isn't half as funny as the fact that our heroes were expecting it to work in the first place.
* Bill and Ted bringing Beethoven with them. They come up to him while he's playing, and when he won't listen to them, they just up and carry him off the piano. He was so distracted, he was playing, well... air piano.[[note]]While it is known that Beethoven had become almost completely deaf towards his final years -- he died in 1827 -- Website/TheOtherWiki points out that he could still hear music normally by 1814, and the film states outright that B&T brought him from 1812. So this can be easily chalked up to distraction, or pure RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]
** Also, Socrates randomly bowing to the nobles before they all leave.



* There's something hilarious about Joan of Arc's casually matter-of-fact reaction to the jailbreak. She's shown quietly praying, with soft music -- and then Bill and Ted abruptly show up, and, displaying no apparent surprise, Joan glances up, sketches the sign of the cross, and offers God a quick "Merci!" in a tone of voice that would be appropriate for thanking someone who tossed her a pen or told her the date.
* "You DITCHED Napoleon?!" "He was a dick!"
* [[LookBehindYou "It's the Goodyear Blimp!"]] That it works on a gang of 19th-century cowpokes isn't half as funny as the fact that our heroes were expecting it to work in the first place.
* Napoleon being turned loose in a bowling alley and a water park. HilarityEnsues.

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** Sigmund Freud vs. the police examiner:
-->'''Interrogator:''' Look, I want to know why you claim to be Sigmund Freud.\\
'''Freud:''' Why do you claim I'm ''not'' Sigmund Freud?\\
'''Interrogator:''' ''(aggravated)'' Why do you keep asking me these questions?\\
'''Freud:''' ''(leans forward)'' Tell me about your mother.\\
''Camera shifts elsewhere.''\\
'''Freud:''' Would you like a couch to lie on?\\
'''Interrogator:''' ''(leaves in frustration)'' No, I do ''not'' want a couch to lie on!
* The movie's final line from Rufus: [[BreakingTheFourthWall "They do get better."]]
**
There's something hilarious about Joan of Arc's casually matter-of-fact reaction to the jailbreak. She's shown quietly praying, with soft music -- and then Bill and Ted abruptly show up, and, displaying no apparent surprise, Joan glances up, sketches the sign of the cross, and offers God a quick "Merci!" in a tone of voice that would be appropriate for thanking someone who tossed her a pen or told her the date.
* "You DITCHED Napoleon?!" "He was a dick!"
* [[LookBehindYou "It's the Goodyear Blimp!"]] That it works on a gang of 19th-century cowpokes isn't half as funny as the fact that our heroes were expecting it to work in the first place.
* Napoleon being turned loose in a bowling alley and a water park. HilarityEnsues.
** Napoleon wears the Ziggy Piggy Badge right next to his ''Cross and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour'' medal. He obviously thinks his ice cream eating feat deserves equal billing as his exploits as a conqueror.
** "You DITCHED Napoleon?!" "He was a dick!"



* Bill and Ted bringing Beethoven with them. They come up to him while he's playing, and when he won't listen to them, they just up and carry him off the piano. He was so distracted, he was playing, well... air piano.[[note]]While it is known that Beethoven had become almost completely deaf towards his final years -- he died in 1827 -- Website/TheOtherWiki points out that he could still hear music normally by 1814, and the film states outright that B&T brought him from 1812. So this can be easily chalked up to distraction, or pure RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]
** Also, Socrates randomly bowing to the nobles before they all leave.
* Sigmund Freud vs. the police examiner:
-->'''Interrogator:''' Look, I want to know why you claim to be Sigmund Freud.\\
'''Freud:''' Why do you claim I'm ''not'' Sigmund Freud?\\
'''Interrogator:''' ''(aggravated)'' Why do you keep asking me these questions?\\
'''Freud:''' ''(leans forward)'' Tell me about your mother.\\
''Camera shifts elsewhere.''\\
'''Freud:''' Would you like a couch to lie on?\\
'''Interrogator:''' ''(leaves in frustration)'' No, I do ''not'' want a couch to lie on!
* The movie's final line from Rufus: [[BreakingTheFourthWall "They do get better."]]



* Napoleon wears the Ziggy Piggy Badge right next to his ''Cross and Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour'' medal. He obviously thinks his ice cream eating feat deserves equal billing as his exploits as a conqueror.
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** As for poor Lincoln; he opens a door int he White House, and ends up getting abducted by Genghis Khan.

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** As for poor Lincoln; he opens a door int he in the White House, and ends up getting abducted by Genghis Khan.
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--->'''Bill:''' Hey, Genghis Khan... want a Twinkie?\\
'''Genghis''' ''(who doesn't speak English, practically dives for the twinke):'' '''RAAARRGH!'''
** Bill and Ted "rescuing" Billy the Kid.

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--->'''Bill:''' (''holds a twinkie out of the time machine, so Genghis Khan can see it'') Hey, Genghis Khan... want a Twinkie?\\
'''Genghis''' ''(who doesn't speak English, practically dives for the twinke):'' twinkie):'' '''RAAARRGH!'''
** Bill and Ted "rescuing" Billy the Kid.Kid, by hoping into the Time Machine.



** That and poor Lincoln; he opens a door, and ends up getting abducted by Genghis Khan.

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** That and As for poor Lincoln; he opens a door, door int he White House, and ends up getting abducted by Genghis Khan.



** And Billy the Kid starts shooting just for the fun of it. Quickly followed by Socrates, joyfully trying to imitate him with a little dart gun.

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** And Billy the Kid starts shooting up the shopping mall he and the others are hanging out at, just for the fun of it. Quickly followed by Socrates, joyfully trying to imitate him with a little dart gun.
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'''Genghis''' ''(who doesn't speak English):'' '''RAAARRGH!'''

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'''Genghis''' ''(who doesn't speak English):'' English, practically dives for the twinke):'' '''RAAARRGH!'''



** And Billy the Kid starts shooting just for the fun of it, followed by Socrates joyfully trying to imitate him with a little dart gun.
--->'''Billy''': Yee ha! (fires a shot into the air and runs off)\\
'''Socrates''': Yee ha! (fires a ''toy'' shot into the air and gives chase)

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** And Billy the Kid starts shooting just for the fun of it, it. Quickly followed by Socrates Socrates, joyfully trying to imitate him with a little dart gun.
--->'''Billy''': Yee ha! (fires (''fires a shot into the air and runs off)\\
off'')\\
'''Socrates''': Yee ha! (fires (''fires a ''toy'' '''toy''' shot into the air and gives chase)chase'')



--->'''Genghis and Billy''':(attempting to stand up on the ice and realizing they are surrounded by mall security) [[OhCrap Bogus!]]

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--->'''Genghis and Billy''':(attempting Billy''': (''attempting to stand up on the ice and realizing they are surrounded by mall security) security'') [[OhCrap Bogus!]]
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* Bill and Ted bringing Beethoven with them. They come up to him while he's playing, and when he won't listen to them, they just up and carry him off the piano. He was so distracted, he was playing, well... air piano.[[note]]While it is known that Beethoven had become almost completely deaf towards his final years -- he died in 1827 -- Wiki/TheOtherWiki points out that he could still hear music normally by 1814, and the film states outright that B&T brought him from 1812. So this can be easily chalked up to distraction, or pure RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]

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* Bill and Ted bringing Beethoven with them. They come up to him while he's playing, and when he won't listen to them, they just up and carry him off the piano. He was so distracted, he was playing, well... air piano.[[note]]While it is known that Beethoven had become almost completely deaf towards his final years -- he died in 1827 -- Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki points out that he could still hear music normally by 1814, and the film states outright that B&T brought him from 1812. So this can be easily chalked up to distraction, or pure RuleOfFunny.[[/note]]

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