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In the garden, the two
Princesses are walking when Bill and Ted peek around the corner to see
them. The Princesses are surprised and pleased to see them.
"How?s it goin?, ladies?" Bill and Ted ask. "You?re
the ones we saw in front of the castle," the dark-haired Princess named
Joanna says. "I am Ted of San Dimas," Ted presents himself,
"and, uh . . . I bring to you a message of love." The girls
giggle. "From who?" Joanna asks. "From . . . from
myself," Ted explains. "And what is this message you speak
of?" Joanna asks, stepping forward. Ted is caught off guard.
"Lyrics, dude," Bill coaxes, "Recite ?em some
lyrics." Ted prepares himself and begins to recite. "Oh,
you beautiful babes from England, for whom we have traveled through time.
Will you go to the prom with us in San Dimas? We will have a most
triumphant time!" The Princesses are pleased. An older man?s
voice suddenly rings out, calling, "Joanna? Elizabeth!"
Joanna warns it?s their father and the girls hurry Bill & Ted inside
the castle.
The Princesses lead Bill &
Ted to through bed chambers. "What does your father want?" Bill
asks Elizabeth. "We?re to be married to two horrible old men
today," Elizabeth explains. "No way!" Ted cries.
"Will you help us escape?" Joanna asks. "Of course,
babes!" Bill and Ted assure them, then they open the doors to reveal the
King and the two horrible old men, as well as two guards. "How?s it
goin?, royal ugly dudes?" Bill asks. Seeing their stoic faces, Bill
tries to introduce himself by saying, "I am the Earl of
Preston." "And I am the Duke of Ted!" Ted adds. The
King is not impressed and steps between them, deciding what to do.
"Put them in the iron maiden," he orders. "Iron
Maiden? Excellent!" Bill and Ted exclaims happily, sharing an air
guitar. "Execute them!" the King decides instead.
"Bogus!" Bill and Ted gasp. As they are dragged from the room by
the guards, Ted promises the Princesses they?ll save them, but the girls don?t
look too confident.
In the courtyard, Bill and Ted
are kneeling down in front of two execution blocks, where the executioners have
just taken a practice swing with their axes. The timid serf they spoke to
in the woods is riding on a cart which is carrying their phone booth shouting,
"Witches! Anarchists! I saw them! They fell from the
sky! Anarchists! They fell out of the sky! They had fire in
their eyes and they had horns!" Horns sound from above and the King
looks down from his balcony vantage point. The Princesses and ugly suitors
are with him. The King stands, looking down at the pathetic-looking
prisoners. "Off with their heads!" he orders, much to the
Princess?s dismay. Two guards pull on ropes which are strung behind Bill
and Ted?s necks and force their heads down onto the blocks.
"Bill," Ted says. "What?" Bill asks. "I
believe our adventure through time has taken a most serious turn," Ted
notes. They cringe as the executioners bring down the axes. Only
they cut through the ropes hold Bill & Ted instead! The executioners
help Bill and Ted to their feet and reveal themselves as Billy the Kid and
Socrates.
All four run to the wagon
holding the phone booth and jump aboard as the King barks at his guards to take
chase and the Princesses cheer them on. Billy takes the reins and steers
the horse-drawn cart through the castle grounds as the guards take chase on
horseback. There is chaos as the wagon startles peasants and livestock
alike. They topple food stands and send people scattering. They
drive the cart out of the castle grounds and the guards are slowed up a bit by
some wooden scaffolding the wagon pulls down by accident. Billy drives the
cart into the woods and stops. They quickly jump into the phone booth and
Bill frantically dials as the guards approach. "Dial fast,
dude!" Ted urges. Bill listens with frustration as a voice message
over the receiver states, "I?m sorry, the number you have dialed is not
in service at this time. Please check your directory and dial again.
Party on, dude." Bill starts to dial again as the guards quickly
approach. "Bill . . . !" Ted says worriedly. "Okay, I
got one! Let?s go!" Bill calls. They jump into the booth
which starts to spark just as the guards reach them. They scream as one
guard swings a mace over his head and then swings it at them, catching the
antenna on top of the booth as it drops into the Circuit of Time.
After traveling a ways in the
Circuits, the booth drops down into the domed booth we saw at the beginning of
the film. The three important people are still hovering in the room and
watch the booth descend. Bill and Ted step out of the booth and look
around in amazement. Bill urges Billy and Socrates to stay in the
booth. "Where are we, dude?" Ted asks. "I dunno,"
Bill admits, "But they sure do play excellent music!" "Most
outstanding," Ted agrees. They venture forth and soon see the three
people above them. Billy and Socrates watch from the booth. The
Three Most Important People remove their sunglasses. "It?s
you!" the middle Important Person observes. "Yah, it?s
us!" Ted confirms, then he leans to Bill and asks, "Who are
we?" Bill shrugs. The Three Most Important People perform slow
and reverent air guitar. Bill and Ted shrug and then return the
gesture. As they watch, numerous people start entering the dome and stand
in front of them. Together they all perform the same air guitar
gesture. Bill and Ted watch, not sure how to react.
The middle Most Important
Person motions to Bill and Ted. "Bill, I think they want us to say
something," Ted notes. "What should I say?" Bill
asks. "Make somethin? up," Ted suggests. Bill thinks a
moment, then strikes a pose and offers, "Be excellent to each
other." This pleases the people. Ted shrugs, then strikes a
pose and adds, "Party on, dudes!" This makes everyone laugh with
appreciation. The Important People bow slightly to Bill and Ted, who bow
back. "Well, we gotta get back to our report," Bill says.
"Yah," Ted adds, "We?d take you with us but it?s a history
report, not a future report." Bill and Ted head back to the booth,
Bill offering, "Later!" "Later!" everyone
replies. "Let?s get back and do our report," Ted
suggests. "Good idea," Bill says. They step into the booth
and close the door. The Three Most Important People don their sunglasses
as the booth starts to spark, but the outside two remove theirs and look worried
when they see the antenna on top of the booth is damaged. The booth drops
down into the Circuits. "Dude, where?re we goin??" Ted
asks. "I dunno," Bill replies, "I think the booth?s
broke. We gotta keep going to San Dimas until we get back and get
Napoleon."
In San
Dimas, Deacon has taken
Napoleon out on a double-date with identical twins to Zyggie?s Ice Cream
Parlor. Sirens are blaring as two waiters approach their table and one
sets down a humongous dish of ice cream. "Behold!" he says,
"The Zyggie Pig. The single greatest ice cream spectacle known to
man." He ties a bib around Napoleon?s neck. "Eat the
pig! Eat the pig! Zyggie zyggie zyggie zyg!" they taunt
him. Napoleon look confused. "It?s ice cream," Deacon
explains, "You eat it." Napoleon tries a fingerful and asks,
"La glace?" "Whatever," Deacon sighs, "Just eat
it." After some time they have eaten the entire thing. Napoleon
pushes his spoon over his date?s to get the last drop, then belches
loudly. The waiters come out again and one proclaims, "All
behold! He ate the pig thus proving that he?s a . . . "
"Zyggie piggy, Zyggie piggy, Zyggie piggy!" They pin a Zyggie
Piggy badge to his chest next to his medals and make pig snorting sounds before
taking the empty bowl away. Napoleon then uses his finger to eat some of
the melted ice cream from the table, much to the disgust of the kids.
Meanwhile, Bill, Ted, Billy
the Kid and Socrates are still traveling through time. They see something
looming ahead that looks like a big loop in the tube. "What?s
that?" Ted asks. "I don?t know," Bill replies. They
hit the loop and fly up and around it, turning upside down. Everyone
screams as they make the wild turn, then at the end they all cheer, realizing it
had been fun. We see an older European city and the caption "Vienna,
Austria - 1901" is shown on the screen. A man in a suit who is
smoking a cigar steps out of a building in time to see the phone booth land in
front of him. "Where did we land now?" Ted asks. Bill
looks through the glass and sees the man. "Dude, it?s Sigmund Frood,"
he points out. Bill asks how much time they have left and Ted checks his
watch and assures him they have tons. "Why?" "Extra
credit, dude," Bill explains. They step out of the booth.
"How?s it goin?, Frood dude?" Ted greets him. Freud says
something in Austrian which is translated as "This must be a
dream." Billy the Kid lassoes Sigmund Freud and pulls him, protesting
in English, into the booth. They climb inside and are off again.
Next we see an ornate drawing
room in which a man is performing at the piano to a group of high society
people. The caption reads "Kassel, Germany - 1810." As the
man plays he doesn?t hear the phone booth land somewhere off screen.
Much to the surprise of the people sitting around, Bill, Ted and Billy the Kid
come in and lift Beethoven from his stool and carry him to the booth as he
complains in German. The booth takes off again. Next we see a lone
soldier approaching an altar and the caption reads "Orleans, France -
1429." The soldier kneels down, removing their sword to hold before
them and setting their helmet on the ground. Pulling off their hood, we
see it is a young woman. She starts to pray in French when there is a
sudden flash of light and loud sound and the booth lands on the altar in front
of her. She is shocked when the door opens and Bill and Ted are standing
inside. Ted reaches out to her and she reaches up and takes his hand,
stepping into the booth. "Welcome aboard, Miss Joan of Arc," Ted
offers, as they close the door, "My name is Ted and this is
Bill." The booth takes off again.
Next we see the inside of a
large tent where a harem is attending to a Mongolian warlord. The caption
reads, "Outer Mongolia - 1209." The warrior attacks some food a
woman brings to him, then attacks the woman with the same enthusiasm. The
booth lands loudly by them, distracting their attention. Ted?s hand
appears in the frame holding out a Twinkie. "Wanna Twinkie, Genghis
Khan?" Ted asks, "Say please!" Genghis Khan picks up his
club and starts for the booth. "Come on, guys! Jump him!"
Ted calls and off screen they wrestle Genghis Khan into the booth and take off
again. Finally we see the inside of an office and the caption, "The
White House - 1863." There is a knock at the door and a voice calls,
"Candygram!" Abraham Lincoln is sitting at his desk and gets up,
putting on his stovepipe hat, and goes to answer the door.
"Yes? What can . . . ?" Genghis Khan grabs Lincoln and
pulls him out the door and into the booth. Bill closes the door behind
them and around the door?s frame we can see the light of the booth as it takes
off again.
Continue to
part five . . .
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