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Excellent!
— Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure • 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
"Excellent!" is the duo's entire philosophy: no problem so tangled that it can't be met with a grin and an air guitar. It is how they greet everything, from Napoleon to the future, and it set the tone for a film whose real message comes later as "Be excellent to each other." The word and the riff are inseparable; fans can't say one without miming the other.
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In context
Spoilers for Bill & Ted's Excellent AdventureShow the scene
It's early morning in Bill's garage in San Dimas, and Bill and Ted are planning the future of their band, Wyld Stallyns. They'll never be any good without Eddie Van Halen, and they can't get Eddie Van Halen without a triumphant video, which needs decent instruments, which needs them to learn to play. Stuck in that loop, they pause, think, cry "Excellent!" and fire off an air-guitar riff. Then the cuckoo clock strikes eight: their history report, the one they must pass to stay together, is still waiting.
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