We see the logo of a Circle K convenience store.  Bill is sitting on the curb outside the store, eating while studying.  Ted approaches him from the parking lot, repeating the number 1275 to himself.  He sits down next to Bill and says, "Okay, the lady in that car over there said that Marco Polo was in the year 1275."  "It?s not just a water sport, I knew it!" Bill says.  A woman crosses the parking lot to go into the store.  Ted checks Bill?s book quickly and asks her, "Excuse me?  When did the Mongols rule China?"  "I don?t know, I just work here," the woman answers and goes inside.  Ted shrugs and asks Bill if he wants to try to Quickie Mart instead.  Bill agrees and they gather their things to leave.  Above them the clouds in the sky begin to part in one area.  It grows slightly windy and there is a rumbling sound.  Bill and Ted stop, looking around, then look up at the sky.  Streaks of electricity cross the open hole in the clouds.  "Whoa!" Ted exclaims as he and Bill continue to look up in wonder.  A moment later a phone booth drops out of the sky and lands in the Circle K parking lot in front of them.  "Not bad!" Bill and Ted state in awe.

The man from the future exits the booth.  "Greetings, my excellent friends," he says to Bill & Ted.  Bill and Ted eye the man strangely, but Ted ventures to ask, "Do you know when the Mongols ruled China?"  The man removes his sunglasses and suggests perhaps they could ask them.  Bill and Ted exchange a strange look.  "Bill S. Preston, Esq. . . . and Ted ?Theodore? Logan," the man says, stepping closer, "Gentlemen . . . I?m here to help you with your history report."  "What?" Ted asks in shock.  "How?" Bill ventures.  At that moment a second phone booth drops down from the sky with several voices emanating from it.  "Bill?" Ted says.  "What?" Bill asks.  "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K," Ted states.  The door of the second booth opens and out step . . . Bill and Ted!  The new Bill and Ted approach the startled original Bill and Ted and inform them that they?re about to have a most excellent adventure through history.  "Who are you guys?" the original Bill asks.  "We?re you, dude!" the new Ted explains.  Original Ted can?t accept this, saying, "No way.  No . . . way!"  "Yes way, Ted!" new Ted insists.

"Look, we know how you feel," new Bill says, "We didn?t believe it either when we were you and we us said what we us are saying right now."  "Okay, wait," original Ted stops them, "If you guys are really us . . . what number are we thinking of?"  The new Bill and Ted share a knowing look and reply, "69, dudes!"  The original Bill and Ted gasp, "Whoa!" and then all four share a spirited air guitar riff.  The new Bill and Ted say they must get back to the report, then new Ted addresses the man happily as Rufus and new Bill urges the original Bill and Ted to listen to Rufus, that he knows what he?s talking about.  "Oh, and Ted . . . give my love to the princesses," new Ted says.  "Who?" original Ted asks.  "You?ll see!" new Ted smiles.  The new Bill and Ted head back to their booth and Rufus steps back to talk to them for a moment.  At one point new Ted calls over to original Ted, saying, "Ted!  Don?t forget to wind your watch!"  The new Bill and Ted thank Rufus and return to the booth, calling, "Catch you later, Bill and Ted!" to their counterparts, who wave.  The second booth disappears into the ground.

Rufus turns to Bill and Ted and motions for them to enter his phone booth.  Ted holds up a finger for Rufus to wait a moment and turns to Bill.  "Dude . . . you sure we should be doing this?"  "Ted . . . you and I have witnessed many things but nothing as bodacious as what just happened," Bill points out, "Besides, we told ourselves to listen to this guy."  "What if we were lying?" Ted asks.  "Why would we lie to ourselves?" Bill asks.  Ted nods and he and Bill go to join Rufus who has already lifted the receiver off the phone.  Ted asks Rufus how he?s going to help them.  "Yah, are you gonna call someone and get the answers?" Bill asks.  Rufus promises they?re going to do a lot more than that.  As Rufus dials the phone, Bill and Ted step inside the booth and Ted shuts the door.  "Brace yourselves, amigos," Rufus urges as he presses the final two buttons and hangs up.  The booth begins to glow.  "Gentlemen," Rufus states, donning his sunglasses, "We?re history."  The booth suddenly drops down into the ground and Bill and Ted shout, "Whoooaaa!"

The booth is now traveling in a strange world made up of countless tubes which seem to snake their way through eternity.  They are traveling within one of these tubes.  "Rufus . . . where are we, dude?" Ted asks.  "These are the Circuits of History, gentlemen," Rufus explains, "They?ll take us to any point in time we wish."  "How?" Bill asks.  "Modern technology, William," Rufus offers as explanation.  "Whoa!" Bill and Ted gasp.  The booth exits the tube and lands next to a stone farmhouse.  Bill tells Rufus the trip was most unprecedented and Ted asks where they are.  Rufus removes his glasses and motions to a spot in the distance.  "Austria. 1805," Rufus answers, "The French have just invaded."  Bill and Ted see a full battle taking place not far from them.  "Bill, check it out!" Ted gasps, "We?re in the middle of a war, dude!"  They watch the battle for a moment, then turn their attention to the French Army camp close by.  A short man in a general?s uniform exits his tent to survey the scene, eyeing Bill and Ted curiously.  This is obviously Napoleon Bonaparte.

"Amigos . . . time to depart," Rufus tells them.  They re-enter the booth and just before they leave Bill and Ted wave to Napoleon, who is eyeing them through a spyglass.  "How?s it goin?, dude?" Bill and Ted call.  Napoleon orders his men to "Blow them up," then orders the others around him to "Move it!"  Everyone around Napoleon hurries off to carry out their orders.  Suddenly an explosion right behind Napoleon sends him flying toward the phone booth, which is disappearing into the ground.  He gets caught up in the electrical stream and pulled down into the Circuit of History behind the booth, traveling along with it.  The booth drops down in front of a suburban home with a police car parked in the driveway.  Ted leaps out of the booth excitedly and asks, "Now where are we, dude?"  In disappointment he realizes, "Oh . . . it?s my house."  Neither Bill or Ted see Napoleon?s legs dangling down from a tree behind them.  Bill asks Rufus if they can go anywhere they want at any time.  "Gentlemen, you can do anything you want as long as you remember this . . . no matter what happens you must get to that report.  Got it?" Bill and Ted nod.

Rufus shows them a book called the Circuits of Time directory and explains that it will give them the number of any time they want to go.  He also explains how the time in San Dimas, shown on Ted?s watch, is always right.  "All right.  Time for me to go," Rufus says.  "What do you mean, Rufus?" Bill asks.  "Yah . . . aren?t ya comin? with us?" Ted asks.  "Gentlemen . . . you?re on your own," Rufus states.  He dons his glasses and steps back into the booth, which disappears in a flash of sparks.  Seconds later the booth reappears in the same spot from above, this time without Rufus inside.  "Ted," Bill sighs.  "What?"  "This has been a most unusual day."  Suddenly Napoleon falls out of the tree and lands on the lawn behind them.  They look down at the prone figure.  "Ted . . . it?s Napoleon," Bill realizes.  "Who?" Ted asks.  "The short dead dude from our history review," Bill explains.  Bill gets an idea and tells Ted to help him carry Napoleon inside the house.  "I think I figured out a way to pass our report," Bill says.  "How?"  "Well, we got one historical figure here.  Maybe we can go back and get some more."  "Yah!" Ted agrees.

Inside Ted?s bedroom, Ted?s little brother Deacon is sitting and listening to Bill and Ted with only passing interest.  "Deacon, you have to watch this guy," Ted urges, "His name is Napoleon.  He is a very famous French dude."  "We have decided to collect other important figures from history for an oral report we are doing," Bill adds, "While we are gone you are not to let him out of your sight."  "Here is some money," Ted says, handing Deacon some bills, "Take him to the movies or something."  Napoleon starts to wake up, so Bill, Ted and Deacon lean over to look at him.  Napoleon is quite shocked when he opens his eyes to see these three boys in this strange place.  Bill promises they will take him back to France after he tells them what he thinks of San Dimas.  "This is Ted?s little brother, Deacon," Bill explains, "He?ll take care of ya."  Napoleon closes his eyes again.  "Ready, Ted?"  "Ready, Bill!"  "Let?s go back into history," Bill says.  They share an air guitar and run out of the room, leaving Napoleon in Deacon?s care.

When Bill and Ted reach the living room, Ted?s Dad, Captain Logan, is waiting for them.  "I want to speak with you, son," he says, then impatiently adds, "Alone, please, Bill?"  Bill heads for the front door as Captain Logan orders Ted to sit down.  The lecture begins as Bill steps outside worriedly.  "You lose my keys, you fail history . . . spend all your time with your loser friend planning a band that will never happen!  Now you?re not to leave this house again ?til tomorrow morning."  The phone on the table rings and Captain Logan walks over to pick it up to hear a voice asking, "Captain Logan?  This is Deputy Van Halen down at the station."  "Deputy Van Halen?" Captain Logan asks dubiously.   Hearing this, Ted looks out the window and sees Bill has called the house phone from the phone booth.  "I?m new, dude . . . sir," Bill continues in a fake deep voice, "Look, we found your keys and if you want ?em, better come and get ?em."  Bill hangs up and Captain Logan tells Ted that when he gets back from the station he wants Ted packed and ready to go.  Ted nods.

As soon as his father has left the room, Ted hurries outside and tells Bill the bad news.  "We are in serious trouble!  My dad already signed me up!  My plane leaves tomorrow night!"  "That?s only if we fail, dude," Bill points out.  They eye the phone booth, then each other, smiling, "No way!"  Inside the booth, Bill is thumbing through the Circuits of Time directory, as Ted names off some of the historical figures on their list, pronouncing things wrong, such a "Sigmund Frood" and "Beeth-oven."  "Is there one for western movement in America in the nineteenth century?" Bill asks.  Ted checks the list, then confirms, "Yah!"  "Well then," Bill says, picking up the receiver, "Let?s reach out and touch someone."  Ted closes the door and Bill dials.  The antenna pops up on the top of the booth, sparks fly and the booth drops down into the Circuits just as Ted?s dad walks out of the house. All Captain Logan sees are a few remaining sparks outlining where the booth had been sitting.  He shakes his head and heads to his patrol car.

Continue to part three . . .