Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 science fiction action comedy film, of which elements are included in How It Should Have Ended.

Overview
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 science fiction action comedy film directed by Stephen Herek and written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon. It stars Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves, and George Carlin. The plot follows teenage slackers Bill S. Preston (Winter) and Ted Logan (Reeves), who travel through time to assemble historical figures for their high school history presentation. The film received generally positive reviews and was commercially successful. It is now considered a cult classic. A sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, was released in 1991.

Synopsis
Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus, a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus's time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important historical figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

Reception
The film has a 78% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and a weighted score of 44/100 on Metacritic. It grossed $40.4 million domestically on a budget of about $10 million. Opinions from reviewers were initially mixed; some disliked the humor and pacing, while others praised its "dumb" humor and satire. As time went on, however, it became a cult classic and gained a large following. In 2010, the city of San Dimas celebrated 50 years of incorporation. The celebration's slogan was San Dimas, 1960–2010 – An Excellent Adventure.

Appearances
The following material from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure appears in HISHE videos.

Trivia

 * Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is the first franchise to have elements included in an episode of HISHE but not have an episode based directly on the film itself.