Beavis and Butt-Head: Difference between revisions

Also spurring objections were the boys' constant use of fireworks to blow things up, along with their tendency to amuse themselves with physical violence and animal cruelty, most notably the infamous pilot episode "Frog Baseball".

 

 

A later Mike Judge creation, ''[[King of the Hill]]'', would [[Retool]] Tom Anderson into the lead character of Hank Hill.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: The character of Muddy in the movie is frequently seen chugging off of a bottle of whiskey. He even does this while driving.

* [[Alternate Universe]]: "It's A Miserable Life" showed Beavis as he would have been without Butt-Head's influence. He ended up as a nice guy, who was even helping Stuart feed the homeless on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately by the end, he seemed to be [[Status Quo Is God|rather taken with the phrase "bunghole"...]]

* [[Anti Role Model]]

* [[Art Evolution]]: The animation was pretty crude in the earlier episodes, but by mid season 2 it got better.

* [[Catchphrase Spouting Duo]]

* [[Caught With Your Pants Down]]: In ''Beavis and Butt-head Do America'', Beavis (in his Cornholio persona) sees Mr. Anderson's camper, pulls out a picture of the woman he was sent to "do" and then goes into the camper. Later, Mr. Anderson is curious to find out why his camper is rocking, and investigates. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Chaotic Stupid]]: All they care about is food, girls, heavy metal, and whatever captures their interest at the moment, most notably, [[Pyromaniac|any sort of carnage]], to which effect they were too amused by the wreckage of an airplane crash to help the victims. They're too lazy and stupid to care about anything else, like work or their education. Sometimes their actions may cause harm to someone unintentionally. This is very clear in the movie, as there is a terrorist threat to Washington D.C. involving a biological weapon, all they understand about it is that they can "score with a chick".

* [[Chronically Crashed Car]]: Tom Anderson's Camper in the movie.

** During the "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" video in "Drones":

{{quote| '''Beavis:''' I know Daria killed herself, I remember that.<br />

'''Beavis:''' Oh, really? Wow! That's kinda surprising. }}

* [[Cool Teacher]]: Mr. Van Driessen defies the principal for his students' sake, protects them with [[Berserk Button]] ferocity and happily works with them during his off-hours to encourage their interests. Most of the class seems to begrudgingly respect him for it, but his efforts are completely wasted on Beavis and Butt-head.

'''Butt-head''': ...shut up.<br />

'''Beavis''': Yep. Got out of a Compton swap meet with Snoop. Used to kick it with Dre.<br />

'''Beavis''': Um, oh yeah. }}

* [[Dirty Harriet]]: She's a [[Fair Cop]] posing as a prostitute in "Feel a Cop".

* [[Every Episode Ending]]: Beavis and Butt-Head try to think of something cool, and say "Let'th go do thomething cool."

* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]

* [[Fake Out Fade Out]]: Beavis and Butt-Head's reaction to this occurring twice in the Godley & Creme music video "Cry" is priceless.

* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Literally happens to Butt-Head in [[The Movie]] (the cockpit of an airplane while it was plummeting), leading to this exchange:

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In "Animation Sucks", Mr. Van Driessen shows the class an animated film he created about green and purple characters who didn't like each other because they were different colors.

* [[Far Side Island]]: In "Beavis and Butt-Head's Island", the two get stranded on an island in a fountain ''at the mall''. They remain there for days, complete with tattered clothes.

* [[Foot Focus]]: Although there isn't really any in the show itself, there was one music video by The Go-Gos on the show that had some close-ups of the girls' feet causing Beavis to admit that he likes women with nice feet. Butt-Head, however, didn't seem very interested.

* [[Franchise Zombie]]: Subjective from a [[Word of God]] standpoint; Judge has pretty much stated that the last couple of seasons were forced upon him by [[MTV]], who wanted to keep the cash-cow show going. Not that it kept the episodes from still being pretty damn funny in their own right.

** To elaborate, this was ''after'' Beavis' catchphrase was [[Bowdlerise|Bowdlerised]] (to "fryer, fryer") because of the episode of [[Truth in Television|actual]] pyromania it was falsely accused of in [[Real Life]].

* [[The Ghost]]: It is implied that the duo live with their mothers who are said to be prostitutes. They sometimes talk about them and call to them (mostly in the music video segments) but we never see them.

* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Agent Lemming insists that Federal Agents never end a sentence with a proposition. It's [[Actually Pretty Funny]].

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Beavis in his Cornholio Persona.

* [[Groin Attack]]: These two practically brought it to an ''art form''.

* [[Gross Out Show]]

* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest".

* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Beavis. Don't touch me, asswipe!

* [[Homage]]: The short segment "Cinema Classics" is clearly a homage to ''[[Siskel and Ebert (TV)|At the Movies]]'' right down to the clothes Beavis and Butt-Head wear.

* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: The titular characters pretty much latch onto all the worst people. Similarly, some people (especially in the movie) can't see the bad in them.

* [[Human Mail]]: The pair attempts to mail themselves in one episode.

** Also done in a video Beavis and Butt-Head watched: "If I Only Had a Brain" by MC 900 Foot Jesus.

{{quote| '''Beavis''': So, um, are you gonna change the channel, Butt-Head?<br />

'''Butt-Head''': Why bother? All we seem to get on this TV are bad videos. }}

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Than other adult animated series, like [[South Park]] or [[Family Guy]]. The show itself is full of jokes abuot bodily functions, sex and lots of swearing, it still looks light compared to other adult sitcoms.

* [[Limited Animation]]: In the first season.

{{quote| '''Mr. Manners:''' Listen, you little twerp. This is my job. This is how I make money. Don't screw with me.}}

* [[Only Six Faces]]: Of a different sort. The recurring characters all had unique designs, but the show had a habit of reusing the same model for different characters. One guy shows up as a bank manager, a health inspector and a grade school teacher, in seperate episodes, all with different names. Harry Sachz from "Prank Call" is shot dead in two different episodes, and given a different name in the second. The serial killer "Cuyler" from "Most Wanted" later shows up as a mall security guard.

{{quote| '''Lady:''' ''Oh, hello, there. Are you two heading for Las Vegas?'' <br />

'''Beavis:''' ''Yeah. Heh heh. We're gonna score! Heh heh. ''<br />

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Despite being a [[Sadist Teacher]], Buzzcut is EXTREMELY protective of his students.

** As is normally docile [[Hippie Teacher]] Mr. Van Driesen.

* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]: In "Huh-Huh-Humbug", Beavis watches a porn parody of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' called ''Ebenezer Screw'', featuring "Bob Scratchit" and "Tiny Johnson".

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The boys' mothers are never seen; Butt-Head constantly insinuates that Beavis' mother is a "slut". Beavis himself seems to confirm this when he tells Butt-Head "My mom's a slut, not a whore. She doesn't charge money." [[The Movie]] reveals that their fathers are former heavy-metal roadies turned biker/drifters.

* [[The Precious Precious Car]]: In "Car Wash", the boys get to wash their neighbor's car while the owner goes out for a jog. They decide to take it for a joyride. Guess what happens.

* [[Prepositions Are Not to End Sentences With]]: In the movie.

* [[Pyromaniac]]: Beavis was this until [[Moral Guardians]] thought kids would imitate the behavior.

** He still was, he just didn't vocalize it. In "Way Down Mexico Way" he heavily emphasizes the first syllable in "''fire''works". At another point they see a music video which is slow-motion of a man casually jogging down the street while totally ablaze; while Beavis never used his former catch phrase, he apparently entered a state of nirvana and calmly and quietly threatened grievous bodily harm when Butt-Head said he was going to change the channel.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Utterly averted in ''Crying'' where Butt-head constantly mocks Bevis for crying while watching The Bachelor (the result of finding an onion in his chili dog while watching the show).

{{quote| ''"Huh huh. You were touched."''}}

* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]

* [[Revival]]: Now they make fun of [[Reality Show|Reality Shows]].

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: During "Massage" the boys are left with two choices. Either give a massage to a disgusting old man, or get arrested for disrupting the massage guys business. They(Very reluctantly) choose the old man.

* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Buzzcut, although he is still very protective of his students.

** The end of "The Great Cornholio", where he leaves wandering the hallways with [[No Ending]].

* [[Spanner in The Works]]: Beavis and Butt-Head foil a terrorist plot without realizing it in ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America''.

* [[Spit Take]]: When watching a particularly bad music video, a running gag would have Beavis spit his soda out on the side of Butt-Head's face.

** Beavis spit while drinking (non-alcoholic) beer.

** "Shut up, buttknocker!" *whack*

* [[The War On Terror]]: It sure is convenient for Highland to have a drone base.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Coach Buzzcut and Muddy Grimes (who spends half of [[The Movie]] trying to hunt down and kill the boys).

* [[Yandere]]: Beavis and Butt-Head are both this to Tod, regardless of how much of a violent [[Jerkass]] he is to them.