| Bill S. Preston | |
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EpicLLOYD as Bill S. Preston | |
| Character information | |
| Full name | William S. Preston, Esquire |
| Nickname(s) | Bill Bill S. Preston, Esquire |
| First appearance | February 17, 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure |
| Physical description | |
| Hair | Blond |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Based on | |
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| Rap battle information | |
| Appeared in | Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted |
| Vs | Lewis & Clark |
| Release date | May 25, 2015 |
| Official vote(s) | TBD |
| Location(s) | TBA |
Bill S. Preston appeared in Lewis and Clark vs Bill and Ted alongside Ted "Theodore" Logan as a part of Bill & Ted against Lewis & Clark. He was portrayed by EpicLLOYD.
Information on the rapper
William "Bill" S. Preston, Esq. is a high-school student and native of San Dimas, California. He is one of the two central characters in the short-lived Bill & Ted film franchise. He was portrayed by American actor Alex Winter.
Born into a wealthy but eccentric family, Bill enjoys spending time with best friend and bandmate, Ted Logan, at the expense of his studies. Both he and Ted are doing poorly in History class, to the point that at the beginning of the first movie they were in danger of flunking the class if they did not pass their final history report. He also has a slight Oedipus complex, feeling conflicting sexual feelings towards his recent step-mother, something Ted brings up often.
Unbeknownst to him and Ted, Rufus, an observer from the future San Dimas, perceives a serious threat to the culture of his era, as the small garage band holds a godlike status in his time. Due to them nearly flunking History, the two must make a presentation and get a passing grade in order to stay together and therefore continue their band, so Rufus lends them his phone-booth time-machine, similar in appearance to the TARDIS in the Doctor Who franchise.
The pair make a wild run across history in search of help for their presentation, bringing Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Socrates, Sigmund Freud, Beethoven, Genghis Khan, Joan of Arc, and Abe Lincoln to the present to give their report in a "show-and-tell" format.
Lyrics
[Note: The following are Bill's solo lines only.]
Verse 1:
That's my stepmom, Ted! Let's keep it excellent between us,
And show these boy scouts how it goes in San Dimas!
And if those native dudes knew
They would've stopped you in Dakota!
Why don't you go back to exploring
Verse 2:
Man, they totally burned us.
What do we do?
From some Paul Bunyan dudes in potato sack shoes.
We traveled four dimensions,
You totally kill yourself, dude.
And we claim this battle for-
Trivia
- He is the eighth rapper to have a variation of William as his name, after Bill O'Reilly, Billy Mays, William Shakespeare, Bill Gates, Bill Nye, William Wallace, and William Clark.
- He is the only one out of those mentioned to be fictional.
- He is the fourth/fifth fictional rapper commonly associated with time-travel, the first three being Captain Kirk, The Doctor, Doc Brown and alongside Ted "Theodore" Logan.