One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go

"One Sweet & Sour Chinese Adventure—To Go" is the first episode of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures season one. It aired on September 15, 1990 on CBS. It was written by John Ludin and John Loy.

After breaking Missy Mom's priceless Chinese vase, Bill and Ted go back in time to ancient China to get a new one, where they got arrested for illegally parking their booth. As punishment, they are forced to build the Great Wall of China, and then after their release, they get tricked into working as shipmates for "Mr. O'Polo," otherwise known as Marco Polo.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Missy Preston
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Preston
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bill S. Preston, Esquire
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Alex Winter
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ted "Theodore" Logan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Keanu Reeves
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rufus
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| George Carlin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Delivery boy
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old man
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Lao
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Detective Logan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Guard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kitten Kaboodles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bouncer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Confucius
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kublai Khan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marco Polo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hamilton Camp
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kidnapper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shark
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marco Polo's boss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spaghetti
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Confucius
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kublai Khan
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marco Polo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Hamilton Camp
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Kidnapper
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Shark
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marco Polo's boss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spaghetti
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marco Polo's boss
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spaghetti
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Spaghetti
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Wyld Stallions

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * California
 * San Dimas
 * Preston residence
 * Kozy Korner
 * Tony's
 * Florida (mentioned)
 * EPCOT Center (mentioned)
 * Australia (mentioned)
 * China
 * The 1000 Vases
 * Great Wall of China
 * Oodles of Noodles
 * Kublai Khan's palace
 * Italy
 * Venice

Objects

 * Time machine phone booth
 * Circuits of Time Directory
 * Fortune cookies

Vehicles

 * Marco Polo's ship

Music
The theme song was performed by Randy Peterson and Kevin Quinn. The music was composed by Chuck Leob for Score Productions. Bodie Chandler was the director of music production.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 15, 1990 on CBS

Behind the scenes

 * Presumably because of legal issues, the Circle K, which is where Bill & Ted first met Rufus in Bill Ted's Excellent Adventure, is now the Kozy Korner.
 * The EPCOT Center, now known as simply Epcot, is a Disney theme park.
 * Bill and Ted mention the TV series The Love Boat.
 * Dr. Lao's The 1000 Vases shop is a reference to the film 7 Faces of Dr. Lao.

Errors

 * Bill and Ted are somehow able to hold their breaths and then be able to talk clearly without opening their mouths.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * August 13, 2013: TGG Direct releases Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures on DVD (Walmart exclusive).
 * October 1, 2013: TGG Direct releases Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures on DVD.