History YMMV / BillAndTedsBogusJourney

* VindicatedByHistory: The film got significantly worse reviews than ''Excellent Adventure'' but over time was seen as a fairly good movie and sequel in its' own right through creative uses of KirksRock and homaging such films as ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'', with the guys' interactions with Creator/WilliamSadler's Death being hilarious.

* VindicatedByHistory: The film got significantly worse reviews than ''Excellent Adventure'' but over time was seen as a fairly good movie and sequel in its' own right through creative uses of KirksRock and homaging such films as ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' especially creative, with the guys' interactions with Creator/WilliamSadler's Death being hilarious.

** The greyscale makeup on Bill and Ted when they are ghosts is evident when they're in direct light.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II" by Music/{{KISS}}, which is played by Wyld Stallyns at the climactic concert.

* CriticalResearchFailure: The picture that accompanies the "Wyld Stallyns to Play Mars" has a picture of Jupiter's moon Io.

* CrazyAwesome: The actual makeup of the band:

* BrokenBase: While the film is the worst-reviewed of the three films, a vocal minority holds it as the best of the three for expanding the premise of the original film and for its inventive quirkiness.

* ContestedSequel: The film is the worst-reviewed film of the trilogy, holding a mediocre 54% "rotten" rating compared to the 78% "fresh" rating of the original.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** How ironic that Jim Martin of Music/FaithNoMore, "founder of the Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center", ''quit'' Faith No More only two years after his appearance in ''Bogus Journey.''
** Creator/WilliamSadler plays Death in the second film and performs a HeelFaceTurn when Bill and Ted defeat him. A few years later in ''Film/DemonKnight'', he plays TheChosenOne that battles the forces of Hell to stop them from conquering the universe.
** The name of Ted's future daughter: "WesternAnimation/LittleBill".
** This won't be the last time Ted meets the [[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate Devil]].
** The two Stations merging together is uncannily like Fusion from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''.
** Little Bill and Little Ted were both portrayed by female babies. ''Face the Music'' reveals they actually are girls.

* ValuesDissonance: As with the first installment, the gay slur, "fag" is thrown around as an insult a few times.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While the first movie is a lighthearted, family-friendly TotallyRadical comedy with only one dramatic moment (when Ted appears to be killed), the sequel adds scary scenes (including the heroes being [[DraggedOffToHell banished to hell]], a nightmarish depiction of {{Hell}} and three IronicHell scenarios involving [[GrotesqueGallery a unnaturally human like Easter Bunny and a warped parody of a grandmother]]), gross-out humor, a DisneyDeath that sticks for the majority of the film done in cold blooded murder, alcohol, more profanity, and more sexual dialogue and incest references. As a result, the target audience of the sequel skews older than the first. Perhaps the filmmakers anticipated that fans of the original film would have aged two years since the previous film came out.

* ValuesDissonance: As with the first installment, the film's casual use of a gay slur as a punchline dates it. Though at least it's evil Bill and Ted saying it this time.

** Drummer and Keyboardist are [[GratuitousPrincess medieval princesses]]

** The name of Ted's future daughter? "WesternAnimation/LittleBill"

** [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Hell]] itself, which is a red tinted cavern where sinners stand on levitating rocks connected to chains leading to a draconic headed machine controlled by {{Satan}} himself, [[OurDemonsAreDijfferent who looks like a draconic humanoid]].
** Bill and Ted being sent to three potential [[IronicHell personal hells]] including the [[DrillSergeantNasty military officer that Ted would've been sent to demanding a set of exercises]], [[EvilOldFolks a twisted parody of Bill's grandmother]], and an EasterBunny [[HairRaisingHare who looks both demented in its expression]] and [[UncannyValley disturbingly human like at the same time]].

* ContestedSequel: The film was not as well received as the original, holding a 54% "rotten" rating compared to the 78% "fresh" rating of the original. However, some fans still appreciate its quirkier and more bizarre choices.

** [[FireAndBrimstoneHell Hell]] itself, which is a red tinted cavern where sinners stand on levitating rocks connected to chains leading to a draconic headed machine controlled by {{Satan}} himself, [[OurDemonsAreDifferent who looks like a draconic humanoid]].

** The name of Ted's future son? "WesternAnimation/LittleBill"

* ValuesDissonance: As with the first installment, the film's casual use of a gay slur as a punchline dates it.

* NightmareFuel: Being the [[DenserAndWackier somewhat]] DarkerAndEdgier sequel, involving the concept of being murdered and prominently featuring {{Hell}}; this was inevitable.

** The now deceased Bill and Ted [[DraggedOffToHell being banished to hell by Missy]] [[IFellForHours slowly falling for seemingly an eternity]] [[NothingIsScarier with completely blackness surrounding them]].

** Bill and Ted being sent to three potential [[IronicHell personal hells]] including the [[DrillSergeantNasty military officer that Bill would've been sent to- demanding a set of exercises]], [[EvilOldFolks a twisted parody of Bill's grandmother]], and an EasterBunny [[HairRaisingHare looks both demented in its expression]] and [[UncannyValley disturbingly human like at the same time]].

** Bill and Ted being sent to three potential [[IronicHell personal hells]] including the [[DrillSergeantNasty military officer that Bill would've been sent to- demanding a set of exercises]], [[EvilOldFolks a twisted parody of Ted's grandmother]], and an EasterBunny [[HairRaisingHare looks both demented in its expression]] and [[UncannyValley disturbingly human like at the same time]].

** Drummer and Keyboardist are [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses medieval princesses]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: While the first movie is a lighthearted, family-friendly TotallyRadical comedy with only one dramatic moment (when Bill appears to be killed), the sequel adds scary scenes (including the heroes being [[DraggedOffToHell banished to hell]], a nightmarish depiction of {{Hell}} and three IronicHell scenarios involving [[GrotesqueGallery a unnaturally human like Easter Bunny and a warped parody of a grandmother]], gross-out humor, a DisneyDeath that sticks for the majority of the film done in cold blooded murder, alcohol, more profanity, and more sexual dialogue and incest references. As a result, the target audience of the sequel skews older than the first. Perhaps the filmmakers anticipated that fans of the original film would have aged two years since the previous film came out.