Rufus (Bill & Ted)

Rufus

Background

Rufus is a time traveler from San Dimas, California in the year 2688. He has children who are big fans of the Wyld Stallyns. Rufus knows how to play the guitar.

During the events of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) played by George Carlin

Rufus welcomes the viewer to the future of San Dimas, California in 2688, which is a utopia. He continues that 700 years ago the Great Ones ran into a problem that he had to help them out with.

The Three Most Important People in the World tell Rufus that it is time for him to help Bill S. Preston and Ted "Theodore" Logan and send him back in time in a modified telephone booth. Rufus lands in the telephone booth at the Circle K and tells Bill and Ted that he is there to help them with their history report. Another telephone booth arrives with Bill and Ted from the future. They tell current Bill and Ted to trust Rufus and to give their love to the princesses before they leave. They get into Rufus' telephone booth and he takes them to Austria in 1805. Napoleon happens to see them and orders them to be blown up, but a cannon blast hits near him and he is transported along with them when they travel in the circuits of history. Rufus takes them back to the current time and shows them the Circuits of Time Directory and then leaves in the phone booth.

Bill and Ted land back at the Circle K where they first met Rufus and gave advice to their now past selves and then travel to San Dimas in the future for their exam. Later, Bill and Ted are practicing when Ted notices that nothing has really changed in their lives. Rufus shows up with Princess Joanna and Princess Elizabeth who join the band and as Bill, Ted, Joanna and Elizabeth play, Rufus promises that in time, they do get better.