Bill Preston (Alex Winter) and Ted Logan (Keanu Reeves) are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam. With the help of Rufus (George Carlin) an ultra-cool messenger in a time traveling phone booth, the triumphant twosome bag a bevy of historical heavyweights like the Bodacious Philosopher Socrates, OneVery Excellent Barbarian Genghis Khan, the Short Dead Dude Napoleon and Noah's Wife Joan of Arc to stage the most hysterical high school project ever. History's about to be rewritten by two guys who can't even spell.