Excellent became the signature catchphrase of Bill S. Preston and Ted Logan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, released in 1989. Played by Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves, the two aspiring musicians use the word for almost any good news, often with an air guitar gesture. The line carried into the sequels Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill and Ted Face the Music, and into wider pop culture as shorthand for enthusiastic approval. This louder edit preserves that original delivery while raising the level for modern meme and reaction use.