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=== The following most triumphant tropes appear in multiple ''Bill and Ted'' works: ===
* [[Air Guitar]]: '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx8FanC70S4 Every ten seconds]''' whenever Bill and Ted think of something EXCELLENT!
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** It was also "most tranquil."
** And you'll never guess where it got the "[[Days of Our Lives|like sands from the hour glass]]" expression.
* [[Artistic License History]]:
** Bill claims they went back to the year 1269 to pick up Genghis Khan, though Khan's death occured in 1227; possibly another "69 joke".
** Overlapping with [[Common Knowledge]], it is widely agreed upon that iron maidens were never truly used as torture or execution devices in the Middle Ages, possibly not even existing until the 1900s.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: When Bill and Ted are to be executed for trying to rescue the princesses, who better than Billy the Kid and Socrates to bust them out, [[Dressing as the Enemy|disguised as the executioners]].
* [[Big Fun]]: Socrates is portrayed as such.
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* [[Eternal English]]: Averted with Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Socrates, Napoleon, and Genghis Kahn being unable to speak a word of English.
** Invoked when they visit England 1501 and meet the Royal Princess Babes, however. While both sets of characters technically spoke English, you have sixteenth century Britons speaking to modern American valley-guys. While a handful of references and words were misunderstood on either side, in reality, they would sound like they were speaking in a bizarre Stage Irish accent -- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWe1b9mjjkM see Shakespeare in original pronunciation.]
** Also, Joan of Arc's lines are in standard modern French, when she actually spoke the Limousin dialect of middle French which is somewhat different.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Everything's Better With Royal English Babes]]:
{{quote|'''Bill:''' "We gotta go. It's a history report, not a babe report."
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** Of course, there's also the booth itself. Not exactly something that could fit nine (and later ''ten'') people easily (although Ted did say they were "running out of room" when there were only nine). They eventually tilt the booth onto its back and travel through time standing up through the open door in order to fit everyone comfortably.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Billy The Kid. When he first meets Bill and Ted, he saw them as suckers that would help him cheat at poker. Upon Bill and Ted bailing him out of a deadly bar fight, he not only says he owes them his life, but seems to like the two in general. He also gets along well with Socrates and at one point they rescue Bill and Ted from execution. He is later shown to have tremendous stage presence when introducing the two in the history report.
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Including [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Ludwig Van Beethoven]], Billy the Kid, [[Genghis Khan]], [[Joan of Arc]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], Sigmund Freud, [[Socrates]]...
* [[Hollywood History]]: Consciously and unashamedly.
* [[How We Got Here]]: The most epic example. The beginning of the adventure has Bill and Ted meeting their future selves who offer them advice and wish them luck. Near the end of their adventure they end up doing the exact same thing, only this time we see what Rufus needed to talk to them about.
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* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Billy the Kid, who later returns the favor.
* [[It's Been Done]]: Amusingly [[Double Subverted]] in the film's production. The time machine was originally going to be a 1969 Chevrolet van, but when they realized the similarities to [[Back to The Future|another science fiction film]], they decided to change it... to a [[Doctor Who|phone booth]].
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: A [[Running Gag]], the two protagonists calling Socrates "So-crates".
* [[A Little Something We Call "Rock and Roll"]]
* [[Logic Bomb]]: Wyld Stallyns won't be a good band until they have Eddie Van Halen, and they won't have Eddie Van Halen until they have a triumphant music video, and they won't have a triumphant music video until they have good instruments, and they won't have good instruments until they know how to play, and they won't know how to play until they have Eddie Van Halen...
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