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* TheWikiRule: [[https://billandted.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_and_Ted_Wiki Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Wiki]].
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** SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample (partly)
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**''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' was originally going to have a random medieval guy called John The Serf played by James Bowbitch tag along with the historical characters. He was cut from the movie but was still listed in the credits.
** In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', the Evil Bill and Ted say "Good luck getting to the concert!" to the originals; while it comes off as petty mockery, in the original script they actually followed up on it by siccing real-world versions of Bill and Ted's {{Ironic Hell}}s (the Easter Bunny, Bill's grandmother, and Colonel Oates) on the boys to try and stop them. This scene still occurs in the novelization and the comic book adaptation of the film.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Rufus is implied to have died at some point between "Bogus Journey" and "Face the Music", due to George Carlin passing away in 2008.

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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Rufus is implied to have died at some point between "Bogus Journey" ''Bogus Journey'' and "Face ''Face the Music", Music'', due to George Carlin Creator/GeorgeCarlin passing away in 2008.



* IAmNotSpock: Averted with Keanu Reeves, played straight with Creator/AlexWinter.

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* IAmNotSpock: Averted with Keanu Reeves, played straight Creator/KeanuReeves, PlayedStraight with Creator/AlexWinter.
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* FakeAmerican: Bill and Ted are technically All-American dudes, but neither actor is American-born. Keanu Reeves is Lebanese-American and Alex Winter is British-American.

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* FakeAmerican: Bill and Ted are technically All-American dudes, but neither actor is American-born. Keanu Reeves is Lebanese-American a Canadian of mixed race[[note]]his mother is English and his father is an American of Native Hawaiian, Chinese, English, Irish and Portuguese descent[[/note]] and Alex Winter is British-American.
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* TheCharacterDiedWithHim: Rufus is implied to have died at some point between "Bogus Journey" and "Face the Music", due to George Carlin passing away in 2008.
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* ThePeteBest: There was originally a third guy called Bob in the original ''Bill, Ted and Bob'' improv sketch, but the comedian who played him lost interest.
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** Insofar as a gimmick can be recycled without any actual parts being recycled, the Kenner figures' "squeeze the legs to activate features" gimmick was clearly copied from Kenner's earlier ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Super Powers]] [[Creator/DCComics Collection]]'' line.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and went through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now in production for real]], although a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, Reeves and Winter announced that film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and went through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now was finally in production for real]], although pre-production]], and filming got underway a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, year later after Reeves and Winter announced that was able to clear his schedule. The film is scheduled to arrive in theaters finally arrived via video-on-demand on August 21, 2020.28, 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled an initial planned theatrical release.
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* FakeAmerican: Bill and Ted are technically All-American dudes, but neither actor is American-born. Keanu Reeves is Lebanese-American and Alex Winter is British-American.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/AlexWinter and Creator/KeanuReeves auditioned for each-other's roles.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/AlexWinter and Creator/KeanuReeves auditioned for each-other's roles. According to Winter, Reeves was initially disappointed to not have won the part he auditioned for until Winter reminded him that the parts are essentially identical.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://billandted.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Most_Triumphant_Wiki Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Wiki]].

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* TheWikiRule: [[http://billandted.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_%26_Ted%27s_Most_Triumphant_Wiki [[https://billandted.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_and_Ted_Wiki Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Wiki]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: The princesses are played by different actresses in the sequel.

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* TheOtherDarrin: The princesses are played by different actresses in the sequel.all three movies.
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* PropRecycling: A planned, but unreleased taking band car toy from the Creator/{{Kenner}} toyline was actually a repainted [[Series/KnightRider KITT]]!
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/GeorgeCarlin, who played Rufus, passed away in 2008. So far, there's no word how the third Bill and Ted movie would address this.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and gone through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now in production for real]], although a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, Reeves and Winter announced that film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/AlexWinter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and gone went through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now in production for real]], although a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, Reeves and Winter announced that film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Alex Winter and Creator/KeanuReeves auditioned for each-other's roles.

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* CastTheRunnerUp: Alex Winter Creator/AlexWinter and Creator/KeanuReeves auditioned for each-other's roles.



* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Alex Winter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and gone through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now in production for real]], although a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, Reeves and Winter announced that film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.

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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/KeanuReeves and Alex Winter Creator/AlexWinter spent years saying that they were eager and willing to make a third film. A screenplay was completed and gone through several rounds of rewrites, and there was a production company willing to front at least part of the budget. Unfortunately, none of these were with the company that owns the actual rights to the franchise and everything kept hitting a roadblock over who pays for what and gets how much of the resulting pie. Fortunately, it was announced on May 8, 2018 that [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cannes-keanu-reeves-alex-winter-reteaming-bill-ted-3-1107419 the third film is now in production for real]], although a release date wasn't announced at the time. [[https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/03/bill-ted-3-release-date/ On March 20, 2019]], the day that production had begun, Reeves and Winter announced that film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 21, 2020.
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* SequelGap: A 29 year gulf between ''Bogus Journey'' and ''Face the Music''.

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* SequelGap: A 29 year gulf between ''Bogus Journey'' and ''Face the Music''. Reflected in-universe with the characters being in their fifties during the film.
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* SequelGap: A 29 year gulf between ''Bogus Journey'' and ''Face the Music''.
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* CastTheRunnerUp: Alex Winter and Creator/KeanuReeves auditioned for each-other's roles.
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* IAmNotSpock: Averted with Keanu Reeves, played straight with Alex Winter.

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* IAmNotSpock: Averted with Keanu Reeves, played straight with Alex Winter.Creator/AlexWinter.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Creator/GeorgeCarlin, who played Rufus, passed away in 2008. So far, there's no word how the third Bill and Ted movie would address this.

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