Regular characters: Bill, Ted, Rufus, Missy-Mom, Mr. Preston
Historical figures: Kublai Khan, Marco Polo (whom B&T call Mr.
O'Polo)
Time periods:
Peking, China -1295 A.D. Saturday Afternoon
Middle of the China Sea - 1295 A.D. - Monday Morning
Venice, Italy - 1295 A.D. - Tuesday Afternoon
Notable events:
Bill & Ted build Great Wall (in a couple of days, but it falls down)
Helped invent Chinese take-out
Helped Marco Polo introduce spaghetti to Italy
Costumes:
Chinese prisoner outfits
Bill & Ted definitions:
Fortune cookies - "Delectable taste treats complete with words of wisdom"
Plot:
Bill & Ted are rehearsing in Bill's garage when their loud
music knocks Missy's "brand-new antique" Chinese vase off its
shelf. Desperate to replace the broken vase before Missy gets
home, the dudes travel back to Ancient China in search of an
authentic substitute. Once in China they are arrested for causing
a mess in a vase store (called 1000 Vases of Dr. Lao - a joke
relating to the cult movie classic The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao) and are
sentenced to building the Great Wall of China (a couple of days
work - which falls down as soon as they are released). Unaware
that their phone booth, which was parked in a tow away zone, has
been taken to Kublai Khan's palace, the dudes stop at Oodles of
Noodles for some lunch. Rufus slips them a note via fortune cookie
to let them know about their booth, and they have to explain the
concept of Chinese take-out to the waitress named Kitten Kaboodles,
who offers them a free vase which is exactly like Missy's. On
their way to the palace they are shanghaied and taken aboard Marco
Polo's ship, which is for the best because Kublai Khan had given
Marco Polo the phone booth (claiming it would take four photos for
a dollar except it was broken) as a going away gift. Bill & Ted
find themselves put to work swabbing the deck and later painting
the ship. Not appreciating the wild paint job the dudes do on his
ship, he makes them walk the plank (and a shark ends up eating
their vase), but through a wild series of mishaps they all end up
taking the booth back to Italy when the ship sinks. In Italy,
Marco Polo reports back to his boss, who is angry when he finds out
Marco Polo forgot the rice. Bill and Ted offer the man their take
out noodles instead, which he likes so much he decides to rename
them (his dog Spaghetti eventually providing the inspiration). Marco Polo sees Bill and Ted off, both of whom are disappointed
they didn't get a vase, until Marco offers them one of the free
vases he got from the same Chinese restaurant. Upon returning
home, the dudes accidentally break the new vase and have to confess
to Missy they broke her vase. Missy then confesses her vase was a
freebie given out by the new Chinese restaurant in town, Oodles of
Noodles.
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First aired: 9/15/90