Regular characters: Bill, Ted, Missy-Mom, Rufus, The Three Most
Important People
Guest characters: Sgt. Joe Donaldson (a la Charles Bronson)
Historical figures (& those they're based on): The Brothers Grimm
(a la the Smothers Brothers), George Washington (a la Gary Owens),
Davy Crockett (a la John Wayne), Lady Godiva (a la Marilyn Monroe)
Time periods:
Kassel, Germany - 1804
Valley Forge - 1777
Tennessee - 1810
Coventry, England - 1012
Notable events:
Take the Grimm Brothers throughout history to help
them get inspired to write their famous folk tales
Pulled off Lady Godiva's robe by accident
Plot:
Bill & Ted are getting ready to climb aboard the school bus
heading for an excellent school ski trip when Rufus drops in and
asks if they would attend Be Excellent to Each Other Day in the
future, but they decline, telling him about their ski trip. Before
they can board the bus, however, a Bookmobile with flashing lights
pulls up and they find themselves facing Sgt. Joe Donaldson of the
library police. He informs Ted that he is the library's Most
Wanted fugitive for not returning the library's copy of Little Red
Riding Hood which he checked out when he was six, and that he now
owes $35,000 in back library fines. Asking if they can at least
make one phone call, they escape to their booth and decide to find
the Grimm Brothers to obtain a copy of the book. They find the two
authorities on grammar being evicted from their home for not paying
their rent. Brother Jacob decides he might want to try his hand at
writing folk tales, while Brother Wilhelm says it's silly. Bill &
Ted realize they must stick with the brothers until they write
their stories. They help the Brothers escape from the law and take
them through time. Landing at Valley Forge, they end up getting to
ski after all, running down George Washington. The Brothers Grimm
are sent to the brig, Bill & Ted are made lieutenants, and
Washington buys a portrait which Rufus was doing of him nearby (he
buys the painting from Rufus for a dollar). Washington instructs
Bill & Ted to come up with something for his last seven soldiers to
eat, but isn't impressed with their snow cones and plain frosty slushes. The cold treats make Washington sneeze, causing an
avalanche which clears a path and allows Martha Washington to be
able to get through with some food, covered with snow (this
inspires Jacob to think up Snow White and the Seven Soldiers). Bill & Ted and the Brothers Grimm manage to escape in their booth
to Tennessee where they find themselves in a forest facing an angry
bear. In their escape they run into Davy Crockett who says he's
trying to track down their bear, which has taken off with their
phone booth. Jacob starts thinking up stories about three bears
living in a house. Rufus arrives to ask if they still want to
attend the party with him, but when the bear shows up again they
all beat a hasty retreat, only the bear and Davy Crockett manage to
go along for the ride. They all end up in the future at Be
Excellent to Each Other Day. Davy Crockett wrestles with the bear,
which the Three Most Important People find outstanding
entertainment. Bill, Ted and the Brothers Grimm go back to time traveling, and during their trip Brother Wilhelm gets so fed up
with Jacob's idea for the Bear and the Three Most Important People
he throws his brother's notes out of the booth and they have to
stop to try to find the pages. During this stop, Bill & Ted spot a
beautiful blonde riding a horse and follow her, ending up landing
on her horse. She says she is Lady Godiva and says she shouldn't
pick up hitchhikers, and since they have to go anyway they jump off
her horse, inadvertently pulling her red cape off of her. Seeing
the red cape, Jacob becomes inspired to write Little Red Riding
Hooded Cape. Returning to San Dimas, Bill & Ted are taken to the
head librarian, who is shocked when they hand her the original
manuscript, which she says will pay off all Ted's fines. The
librarian checks to see who the next Most Wanted fugitive is, and
it turns out to be Bill, so after the dudes board the schoolbus for
their ski weekend we see the Bookmobile chasing them out of town.
Bloopers:
It is inferred that the Grimm Brothers actually made up
folk tales, when in reality the stories had been handed down for
generations and they just wrote them down
When they first time travel with the Grimm Brothers, Ted
speaks with Bill's voice and Bill speaks with Ted's
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First aired: 12/22/90