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Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis & ButtHead

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Kristin Smith

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Back in the 1990s, Beavis and Butt-Head ruled the teenage space of I don’t care about anything and that’s how I like it–much to the frustration of some parents. The original MTV show began back in 1993, with the “disclaimer” that both of these teenage characters were crude, completely idiotic, sexist and a whole slew of other appalling qualities. 

But they made people laugh which was, apparently, all that mattered. 

The original series lasted for seven seasons, ending in 1997. It came back to life again in 2011 for a short stint, and then 11 years later for a feature film, June 2022’s Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

That’s a long time for anyone to stay a teenager–much less characters who need to so obviously grow up. Many perhaps thought–or at least hoped–that their era had, finally, come and gone. 

But they would be unfortunately mistaken. 

They’re Baaaaaack

Rising from the grave, Beavis and Butt-Head has been rebranded as Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, a nod to the show’s creator and the man who voices nearly every character. It can be found for viewing on Paramount+ as a TV-14 series. 

So, what’s different? Well, not much. The boys are still as dumb as ever and they prefer to spend all 20 minutes of an episode watching TikTok and YouTube videos, lighting things on fire, trying to “score” with girls while having no understanding of basic human interaction and capitalizing on the idea that being an idiot is inarguably hilarious. 

If you secretly hoped that these two would have matured or grown up as the years have passed, they haven’t. In fact, the second half of the first episode features a ball of fire trying to coach Beavis on how to prepare himself for his last years of high school–the only years that matter. But even fire can’t sway this pyromaniac and he extinguishes said fire before he’s able to be brainwashed into doing anything productive. 

Combine that lack of productivity with profane language, crude jokes, sexual innuendo and general idiocy and you’ve got yourself an aptly titled series.

Episode Reviews

Aug. 4, 2022–S1, Ep1 “Escape Room/The Special One”

Beavis and Butt-Head accidentally get trapped in a bathroom that they believe to be an escape room; Beavis talks to a ball of fire that tries to get him to perform good deeds. 

Butt-Head slaps Beavis across the face for being “stupid.” Both Beavis and Butt-Head joke about how they’ll never go to college; later they watch a Tik-Tok video of how to make tattoo ink while in prison. Beavis remembers a time when he put an explosive in a mailbox and set it on fire; he talks about how a fire killed a young boy’s parents. 

Beavis believes two girls have just asked him and Butt-Head to join them in a sexual tryst. They’re then obsessed with the idea that they will “score,” obviously having little-to-no idea what they’re talking about. Both Beavis and Butt-Head shove tampons down a toilet and make a suggestive joke about “spanking” someone’s mother. 

Words like “kicka–,” “dumba–,” “d–mit,” “butthole,” “h—” and a–” are each used numerous times. A crude phrase on a bathroom uses a crude word for testicles.

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Kristin Smith

Kristin Smith joined the Plugged In team in 2017. Formerly a Spanish and English teacher, Kristin loves reading literature and eating authentic Mexican tacos. She and her husband, Eddy, love raising their children Judah and Selah. Kristin also has a deep affection for coffee, music, her dog (Cali) and cat (Aslan).

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