I’m so happy I’m not the only one who sees Beavis and Butthead as tragic/complex characters. Idk though, I still see Beavis as being the morally good one of the two. He’s more mentally unstable for sure, always being more fascinated by fire and violence rather than wanting to score (which I loved how you connected their want to score to the fact that they’ve been SAed). I always notice Beavis saying “thank you” and “sorry” more than Butthead. He seems to genuinely connect with people more than Butthead. Both of them are not horrible people, they’re both heavily misguided and honestly abandoned by their parents and society, only being helped very little by their teacher and Daria. But I feel like Beavis would be better off without Butthead, which is a well known fact. But I like how you bring up if he would be happier, which I personally never really though about. All in all, both of them are not evil nor are they angels, and who is honestly? I love how such a simple show can lead to these deep conversations
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! It's so nice to have genuine conversations about the characters 💖 I think Beavis definitely has an obsession with scoring. For example, in Do America, he goes on a long rant about not scoring, where as Butthead seems to have forgotten they were trying to score entirely. I think Butthead's interest in sex is mostly performative. Beavis also *does* get a kick out of bullying and being cruel to Stewart. But both of them also connect with people on a more human level. The kids in Babysitters for example. I always loved how they genuinely get along with them.
I definitely believe Beavis is nicer than Butt Head, but at the same time before the reboots Butt Head sometimes didn’t mean to be as mean to Beavis as he was although sometimes he knew exactly what he was doing. But I think some fans made Butt Head out to be even worse than he actually was. Butt Head seemed to get too much hate.
@Thekingofplaylists I think, his mom's at work. Remember they dont have dads, so their mom are out on the job, and we only see a 10 min clip of their day where they hangout. And this show is about these two boys, so it wouldn't be good, writing-wise to show their parents. So writers just didnt write anything for their parents.
@Thekingofplaylists the reboot takes place after the new movie so I honestly think they live alone with the deep state secretly funding their lives in return for Beavis and Butt-Head staying quiet about the events of the movies... events they probably already completely forgot to be perfectly honest
It's important to remember that Beavis and Butthead were raised on 80s and 90s television and movies. They view pain, suffering, and death as this cool, abstract thing most likely due to action movies where death is glamorous or honorable.
Not just that. People forget that, as a 80s-early 2010s kid, violent content wasn't as omnipresent as it is nowadays. Like, nowadays, you have TikTok, RUclips/Elsagate, and countless shitty adult shows which only "joke" is "haha sex and violence, aren't we edgy?" To the point it's not only exhausting and "normal", but also silly in comparison to all the horrid news around the world you can learn. As a kid, violence and sex on TV was relatively "new". Kinda "there" but always with a wall inbetween -aka the 18+ section in the video store, covered with a curtain. So it became more fascinating. Like it wasn't really "real". B& B see it kinda like that. They have "normal violence" (actually being in pain -> pain sucks) and "cool violence" (being hit by Todd, seeing overdramatic injuries ->pain rules)
They are supposed to be a couple of dumb fools who watched TOO much television instead of reading and learning about the World. They series wasn't created to celebrate their characters, rather it was to point out how stupid people like that are. Why do people even have to ask themselves about that ?
Something to note. Besides Todd, the only other character they seem to have any positive feelings towards is Daria. Sure there are certainly episodes where they insult or even outright fuck with the other, but she's one of the few people to actively go out of her way to acknowledge and even hang out with them. They don't even hit on her which is really uncharacteristic since it's implied that Butthead finds her attractive. The three of them seem to tolerate each other pretty well. Maybe something to do with the fact that they're all outsiders in their environment.
@@milch-mochi1770If you ask me, it seems one indication is that in most episodes Butthead prefers calling Daria… well, Daria, and then there’s Beavis. Not saying much, and besides we know how Butthead can be, but that’s just my two cents
@@milch-mochi1770in the episode where President Clinton visits their school, Daria asks him if he’s just lying about all his promises as president. After her question, it pans over to Butt-Head where he says, “Daria’s cool.” I always kinda thought he liked her because of that. Since when does Butt-Head have anything nice to say about anyone but Todd? And sometimes Beavis lol.
B and B relation to Daria is interesting. As you mention, they are both outsiders, so they probably have unconscious compassion for each other in spite she is supersmart and they are the opposite. Butthead said "Daria is cool" after she asked Clinton a critical question. Probably because the critical question mirrors Buttheads rebellious nature against authority.
I remember an interview with Mike Judge when the 2011 series came out, he said “it was important to me that no one had learned anything.” I think that sums up the psychology pretty succinctly.
I've seen B&B as a sort of representation of the emptiness of adolescence. Their peers, role models, &c treat them like crap or ignore them at best. They're products of their environment. Honestly, it's pretty sad when you stop and think about it instead of taking it at face value
I think one of my favourite episodes in the latest reboot is where Butthead grievously injures Beavis' nads to the point where he's hospitalized, and he has a genuine moment where he seems to realize the gravity of the situation and prays for Beavis to get better (in his own Buttheady way, of course). At the end of the episode when Beavis survives, Butthead tells him it would've sucked if he had killed him, and then we learn that apparently if Beavis had died from the injuries, Butthead *also* would've died from grief. It was weirdly genuinely touching and really puts how much they mean to each other into perspective
I personally am not a fan of that episode because Butthead did that. It seemed a little out of character for me. Hell, I've been iffy about this reboot in general. To me, Beavis and Butthead are supposed to be non-complex, simple, stupid characters without ANY dive into why they are the way they are. It's basically like ruining the magic trick, or letting Charlie Brown kick the ball, or revealing Pearl's real parents from Spongebob Squarepants.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm a voice actor on the revival series, I play their new manager and their classmate Cody. They're WAAAAY more three dimensional than they're given credit for and it's great that more people are catching on to that.
Something of note regarding Cornholio. I would argue he largely doesn't remember going into that mode at least some of the time. In Do The Universe he remarks that he doesn't remember the portion of the movie they spent in prison which he largely spent in Cornholio mode, in Do America that instance you showed of him breaking character was actually the pills starting to wear off for him to snap out of it, as he immediately says "What's going on? What is this?" as if he as no idea how he got there, which similarly happens in the Halloween special once he wakes up in the barn on the hook having returned to normal, although that specific instance has the added context of him having slept it off, presumably because the farmer knocked him out with his shovel, so he would be confused about where he is regardless.
While both boys are clearly living out their 'ids', I would argue that, in Jung's terminology, Butthead's main connection is to the personal unconscious, while Beavis' has a deeper connection to the collective unconscious. Butthead's name points to a merging of the animal and the human, meaning that he is earthy and lacking any larger concerns. He simply wallows in waste and find it hilarious. Beavis' on the other hand, means 'fair' or 'lovely', and he is the fairer of the two. While Butthead's ego is dominating and conservative, Beavis is often more open-minded, for example, he really takes to acupuncture, enjoys music Butthead hates, and, of course, becomes a shaman called 'cornholio' Societies around the world have had wise men and women who ingest mind-altering substances in the hope of entering the spiritual world and finding wisdom there that they can bring back to benefit their tribe. Beavis is not aware of this, but is rather an open channel that the collective unconscious can flow through. When Beavis ingests a large amount of sugar and caffeine, this powerful unconscious force possesses him, and he expressed its message in with the language and concepts he has, which is what any shaman does. His world is childish and toilet-oriented, so that's the message that comes out. If you strip away the words, he has become a powerful spirit, the embodiment of the digestive system, his expression changes, his shirt becomes a head covering (indication of holiness or power in many cultures) and his arms form rigid right angles. He relates phrases heard from religious figures through history "The streets will run with the blood of the non-believers!" he demands respect "Are you threatening me?" and he speaks in koan-like riddled "You can take me, but you cannot take my bunghole, for I have no bunghole" He claims to be on a mission for his people, to get 'TP for my bunghole" To go further out on a limb, he is looking for a way to clean the natural waste of life. Here it's shit, but what is sin, but a kind of disgusting, natural, part of life that we try to 'clean up' Beavis, while in his non-mystical state, loves poop just as much as Butthead, but Beavis, when he becomes a mystical channeler, has a more cosmic and even redemptive perspective, where there is a further stage to reality: wiping.
I agree with a lot of this, but Butthead wasn't against acupuncture because he's less open minded, but because he's afraid of needles. I think fear informs a lot of Butthead's character, including his unwillingness to like anything "uncool".
In reference to the potential SA, I don’t remember which episode it is, but there definitely was an part where they were watching a music video and Beavis alludes to a male teacher or neighbor or some adult male having had extremely inappropriate and very secret touching with him in his recent past, and Butthead just turns and looks at him with silence while Beavis just keeps watching the tv like nothing with his little grin, and it cuts back to the video. It was a super dark moment that caught me by surprise.
Wild theory, I always assumed "Buttknocker" was something Beavis interpreted as a derogatory way of calling someone gay, which, as is seen a few times in both the original and 2011 revival, the boys weren't above being repulsed by the mere implication of anything even remotely homosexual (With Do America being a rare exception to the rule when Beavis has a brief moment of considering having sex with Muddy on the grounds that Dallas would pay them 20k for it, "Maybe if we close our eyes and pretend he's a chick...")
Beavis is very sexually frustrated. Butt-Head is too but unlike Beavis, you never see him getting salty about it. Butt-head's fantasies all boil down to "hot chick wants to score with me" and literally nothing else. Beavis on the other hand, explores so many other possibilities in his mind. He clearly uses this as a sort of coping mechanism for his low self-esteem. Him lashing out when Butt-Head calls him "butt knocker" is a projection of his insecurities. He felt ashamed of broadening his desires and was in an extreme state of denial during the first run of the show. He seems to've become substantially more at peace with it in recent episodes but this is all so mind-blowing when you realize he's had more female attraction than Butt-Head
@@tyminor9366personally, I don’t think he took it as a accusation of being gay since he and Butthead don’t seem TOO repulsed by gay people and are both too stupid to understand that/why a man or woman would have the desire to be with someone of the Same sex
To be honest? MTV would probably let Mike Judge get away with using actual swearing if it was one of those channels, but it's not, so instead of "BUTT-F***ER" or "C**KSUCKER" he just used very mid-mild language that revolved around slang for what sex crazed teenagers are supposed to be vulgarly saying. From what I see as a fan of most of Mike Judges' adult cartoon and live action stuff? I think the "real Beavis and Butthead" was supposed to be some kid like "Stewart" hanging out with ARTSY FARTSY girls like Daria Morgandorfer "*who flips out on him just for talking to some small mountain town dork*" that watched Music Television that seemed more like Sick Sad World stuff to some Peanuts Cartoon Parody looking fan. Oh, and that Todd ADULT guy was supposed to be his DAD. KEY WORDS: "SUPPOSED TO". Because that's HOW REAL EDGY IMMATURE KIDS ACT instead of acting like a bunch of little dorky asshat PANDERING trucker looking kids from some small mountain town....
These are such great points! I think the reason for Butthead being thought of as more antagonistic isn't really the physical abuse, since yeah you're right Beavis can similarly dish it out, it's more the emotional abuse, the put downs and the ways he convinces him he's nothing without him. And the impact we see on Beavis as a result. There seems to be much more of a conniving nature to it. That theme has definitely amped up in the latest installments, and overall Beavis tends to be put in a more sympathetic light, since he tends to have more inner conflict and empathy despite also being shitty lol. Great video!!
Thank you so much for the comment! I would agree with what you said about the newer seasons. Especially since there are a few episodes that seem to fundamentally misunderstand Butthead's character. But overall, I can't agree with your analysis of him entirely. The recent episode Take a Bow shows that Butthead does love and care for Beavis a lot. I think the assertion that Butthead is emotionally abusive is a bit much. They both insult each other all the time. Butthead is also put into the position of a caretaker towards Beavis, which is shown consistently. Tainted Meat is one episode I watched recently which is a good example of this. But Butthead is just as emotionally immature as Beavis is. It seems like people give Beavis a pass, while holding Butthead to a much higher standard. They treat each other fairly equally, and although the last two seasons have shown Butthead as slightly more aggressive than he was before, it seems like they are ramping that back down recently. I would always hold the original show in higher regard anyways. But yeah, I don't agree that Butthead is emotionally abusive or that Beavis should be seen as more empathetic. I think Butthead has been shown to have inner conflict as well in recent episodes.
@@SerenaGx Most of Buttheads gaslighting definitely comes more from being an idiot than malicious intent (Though we’ve seen he’s not above doing the latter)
I was amazed at one statistic you tossed out: You say that Cornholio appears in only four episodes of the original series? I’ve heard Mike Judge say that Cornholio was originally supposed to be a one-off appearance, but he was such an instant hit that he was written in as a recurring character 😅! Something else you mentioned in-passing: Cornholio is actually a rather complex character (at least for the B&B Universe). He’s got elements of a Latin American Revolutionary (think Ché Guevara), a James Bond villain (power-mad control-freak), a certain plaintive child-like quality (on rare occasions), and a paranoid fascist dictator (“Are you threatening ME?” 😎). When I (fail to) grow up, I want to be The Great Cornholio 😎👍!
Really awesome video! To add on to Butthead caring about Beavis in his own special way, another example is found in the second movie; when they're reunited after breaking up, Butthead goes out of his way to encourage and compliment Beavis for thinking of solutions and doing things on his own, which is something he rarely does. And the scene in the car says enough on its own. It really sets in stone the idea that Butthead is a caretaker for Beavis, he doesn't mock him for not being able to read and does it for him without issue, and he shows genuine concern whenever Beavis brings up dark memories he doesn't fully understand.
This episode might have come out after you made this video, but there was a recent episode called Take a Bow where Butthead realized he might've gone too far when Beavis is hospitalized and he prays for Beavis to get better and then later goes so far as to tell Beavis that he's glad he didn't accidentally kill him
There was a theory floating around some time ago that B & B were sufferers of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, due to the large heads with very little going on in them.
Woah! Who says they should write Butt-Head out of the show? The show needs them playing off of each other. What's funny is I think the "Take a Bow" episode came out just after this video was filmed and it really does answer the question if Butt-Head cares about Beavis pretty definitively when he's remorseful over putting Beavis in the hospital.
You make a good point about the It’s A Wonderful Life episode. Beavis is not necessarily happy without Butthead. Beavis is just seen doing more kind deeds being he follows Stewart as his authoritative leader. Since he follows Stewart that means he is contributing to society such as helping feed homeless and such. However, even if Butthead is in in the picture, he still has his mother who would be the same person, and he would still grow up with the same abusive nature. Even steward in the life without Butthead still verbally talks down to Beavis, which shows that he likes someone who talks down to him or is abusive in someway and still doesn’t comprehend the problems with these behaviors. Even as you pointed out in that episode, it seemed like Beavis was happier when Budd had showed up and started talking to him the way he did meaning he still would want Butthead in his life or that type of character to hang out with. I would say overall that episode shows that Bevis would be seen as kinder person because he doesn’t have a Butthead the following around, but that doesn’t prove he would be a happier person. Remember he is still the same person just Butthead isn’t in the picture. Glad you brought that up in the video.
I think one important aspect of how Beavis and Butthead view death when eachothers lives are in danger is that they only see it as an obstacle to their short goal theyre currently after. They insult and hit the other whilw theyre dying because its ruining their chances of scoring, or attaining their current goal. Much like how you mentioned they dont plan ahead
I can't stop watching this over and over.. it really brings some life into these two fictional characters and make you like them even when they are getting into mischief willingly and sometimes even unwillingly. I did read on the fandom website that Daria seems to be one of the few people that at least acknowledge their existence. She may have embarrassed then on occasion and Butt-Head may like her. She is genuienly attractive despite the whole "nerdy" look going on. It's really interesting to read and listen to this kind of stuff to me.
A lot of the episodes coming out rn are confirming your theories ! I didn't expect you to go into their encounters with se*ual abuse and how the ripples of that experience manifest, but with it being mentioned even in newer episodes it's just become a glaring characteristic of theirs. It's hard to say why it's in there in the first place, considering it's as you said rather sad than darkly comedic.
@@cggc5871the boys have been sexually assaulted or have mentioned being assaulted in various episodes, like the very first episode of the original show (not counting frog baseball)
I'm not really a fan of that, to be honest. Not because of how it would make it "sad," but I don't really like the idea of Beavis and Butthead being complex characters because it kinda ruins the show in a way. While yes, the boys do have separate characters, what made them funny was that they were pretty much just the same and weren't complex in any way. All of this added complexity feels like a symptom of the modern day where EVERYTHING in fiction has to be complex with complex characters and realistic motivations, but not everything has to be that way and Beavis and Butthead kinda represented that simplicity that was so common back in the 90s. We should also remember that Mike Judge HATES the first seasons, so any character stuff observed in those seasons probably should forgotten, and based on how he kinda "retconned" the information involving what house the boys live in, it's obvious all this stuff about their characters isn't meant to be taken in consideration and is probably just as interchangeable as the wind. I just hate the idea of Beavis and Butthead being tragic and complex characters because it feels so antithetical to what they are supposed to be.
@@william3100 idk if i can say that it flat out misses the mark concerning this. I think they can exist as silly characters while also exuding airs of Some reality. I think there are moments where you're meant to genuinely feel bad for them and if they were strictly one dimensional it would be hard to make those moments work. Also if you took their troubled teen aspect away and made them live in a comfortable home or whatever you wouldn't really root for them as much, then they'd just come off like abusive assholes. Which they kind of are, but mostly it's evident that they just don't know anything else and they do whatever it takes to be entertained even at the cost of their own health and such risky behavior isn't really a characteristic of somebody who'd live life comfortably. TLDR I think they have those troubled teen(later adult) aspects about them just by process of elimination
@lucylisy I didn't say they should live comfortably, just don't make them trouble teens, in which, that was never a true aspect about them outside of people who THINK they are troubled, but the joke always was that they weren't, just stupid and nothing more. Also, I disagree that making them one dimensional would make them boring. They were practically one dimensional(or static characters as it's called)for a long time until the second movie when they tried to make you feel bad for them, which was a decision I wasn't a fan of. You can make a "one-dimensional" character fun to watch if you execute it right. You just have to keep the comedy, or whatever the characters have, fresh and interesting, and that was done with how the boys interact with the world and other people. Besides them being stupid, the main humor behind Beavis and Butthead was how people react to them and how they react to the world with their stupid, one-dimensional minds. How they care for each other and what their childhood was like was never something that was supposed to be important or really anything. You could say they never had a childhood or parents and are just weird beings that always existed and always lived in a random, broken-down house, and they would still work. Even if you can grab some "deep character stuff" from them, the show always conveyed those snipets of their past and how it shaped them as not important by how that stuff is barely discussed or even out right retconned like the whole Butthead's or Beavis's house thing. In fact, thinking they are troubled literally goes against what the show wants you to think about them. In many episodes, some people assume the boys are troubled and have issues, but they are constantly shown being proven wrong or portrayed as stupid themselves. In reality, Beavis and Butthead don't have issues. They are not troubled and most definitely not tragic and complex. They are just delinquent morons. They could do or do without one another, but they stick together because of either boredom, got no one else to do "cool stuff" with, or just because they don't know enough about anything else, that stuff doesn't truly matter, what matters is how these idiotic kids react the world and how the world reacts to them. They're kinda like a mindless force of nature that way and a hilarious one at that.
I love Beavis and Butt-Head. I was waaaay too young when I started watching it, but I have a ton of nostalgic memories surrounding a few of the classic episodes. They're so surreal, in a way. The new episodes are fun, they've made me laugh pretty hard, but I don't think any of them capture this strange, almost manic dreamlike feeling that the original run often had.
I've always assumed the house was beavis's house, especially if you go back and look at the back of the experience CD. If I remember right, the room is obviously beavis's room I've always thought that they heavily rely and can't really function without each other, just as you pointed out. If they're by themselves, they're either bored or sad, but when they're around each other they're a lot happier and more active, kind of like they're both part of the other's personality
i think there's a music video segment where beavis is talking about the plumbing in his house and how they store poop in little jars down in the basement, which butthead is shocked by. so i always just kinda figured the place they hung out was butthead's.
I've waited decades for this. It would seem that Beavis and Butthead are a sort of essentialization of "Young Male Syndrome," albeit with any vestige of adult human social cognition removed, and perhaps a significant amount of psychopathy. ADDIT: Wow, it had never occurred to me that a thorough analysis of all the content would reveal quite so much darkness in the IP. It seems that Beavis and Butthead was actually a dystopian social commentary all along and many of us just failed to connect the dots.
I wonder if Beavis’ aversion to being touched and disgust towards “Nice Butt-Head” is another result of him being SAd multiple times. Like he has learned not to trust men who are too “nice” to him? A stretch maybe but a theory I had.
I just realised what SAd means. Jesus Christ you people have to ruin everything. FFS. Was going through the comments to work out if this video was gonna become a toxic racist woke nonsense and I guess it is from this idiocy.
The show is a perfect representation of that generation. Every generational character archetype is represented in that show. Everyone from the two main characters to Todd, to Mr Anderson. They all say, do and react exactly how any typical character of that generation would. Everyone knew someone who fit these archetypes. I think that’s one of the main reasons the show is so relatable.
I’ve often felt like the main theme of the show was the blind leading the blind. Whether it’s Butt-Head being a false authority on life and Beavis believing every word. Or even the teachers who think they understand what Beavis and Butt-Head want and/or need. The only character who ever seems like she’s on the ball is Daria, and of course this means she has no business in Highland and therefore must spin-off into her own show.
I realize now that I watch Beavis and Butt-Head because I envy them. They don't have to think, and i wish I could not have to think and still live to see tomorrow. I guess I wish i was a cartoon.
I really enjoy seeing people actually thinking critically about this show, as it's actually an incredibly deep and layered satire. I always found it bizarre that even trying to say this tends to get me dirty "are you serious" looks from most people, even though this is the same guy that wrote Office Space, Idiocracy and King Of The Hill in which very layered social and behavioral study satire is often at the forefront of every comedic line in it, showing that Mike Judge has a very nuanced and realistic understanding of how the human mind works and rationalizes their surroundings and environment for the sake of psychologically driven satirical writing in a very underrated sense. Hell, I have a specific nostalgic connection to this show mainly because these two idiots ironically are what helped me graduate high school. As one of my very last major assignments in high school was a final term paper on a subject of my choosing that was to make up a large percentage of my then grade. Especially since I took the "hard mode" option and chose to write my essay (and this was during the tail end of the 90's themselves in which I wrote this) about the satirical, educational and moral value of Beavis and Butt-Head to be presented to a teacher that had a very strong hatred and dislike of the show (they were someone swept up in the fervor and then moral outrage and controversies of the show as irredeemable trash) in a specific bet that my final would make them re-evaulate the show as having social merit as peice of culturally important media. So I poured everything I had into writing an impassioned essay defending the show from every aspect, while comparing it's significance to modern American culture, and not only did I turn that teacher who hated the show into a fan that agreed to watch it, but later even thanked me for proving them wrong about it and making it one of their favorite animated shows. My final grade ended up being a high one and I got good marks for my essay all around. So from one over-thinker of Beavis and Butt-Head to another, I must say that you have a generally great take on most of the material. The only minor point of contention I even really have would be including anything from the comics. As they are about as non-canon and as distant from the tone and writing of the show itself as one can get without being actual unsanctioned fanfics. The comics share absolutely no writing staff between it and the show and was really not much more than a low quality Marvel tie-in book from a group of Marvel Comics editors and writers that had their own wildly different and interpretive view of the show that more closely resembled Mad Magazine comics than Mike Judge's work. Tellingly, these debuted alongside two other contractually obligated Viacom animated properties in comic form such as Marvel's very short lived Rocko's Modern Life comics and the equally tonally dissonant and bafflingly out of character Marvel Comics Ren and Stimpy issues which changed the writing from the comics away from the visual Spumco style of the series's writing and storytelling to becoming more in line with cheap, tone-deaf Hanna Barbera cartoon writing from the 1970's. However, generally speaking, I value your opinions and I think you have a VERY good take on the general series source material that sounds, for the most part, perfectly right to me, but personally I wouldn't have included any input from those comics. On the plus side, it's not like you took much from them for the video at that, anyway, so fair enough.
I read an interview on Cracked recently that stated there were writers from the show on the comics, mainly the later ones. And unlike some people, I quite enjoyed the comic books. I really liked how they utilized minor and one off characters. Otherwise, I agree with your comment. And thank you so much! It's too bad you still don't have that essay. It would probably make a great video essay.
Hard mode…hehe…The series came out my senior year in high school and I was hooked immediately. I think what the critics didn’t like about the series was part knee jerk…this is trash tv!…and the fact that these two demonstrate the worst and dumbest aspects of kids. Kids on TV are often idealized versions and never are seen doing anything too bad. When they are it’s like…oh they found out sniffing glue was wrong and changed their ways…This isn’t Beavis and butthead. They don’t learn. They don’t grow. People complained that they were bad role models, so much so that they had to eventually put out a disclaimer. As you stated, it’s satire. We’re watching to see how these two in their limited range react to everyday life situations and sometimes topics of conversation like white privilege. We also watch to laugh. God forbid right? It’s humor first interspersed with social commentary.
might be commenting too late but i think in the newest season, the revival. The episode where Beavis has a sunburn and hires a 'hit' on Butthead and then immediately feels guilty and calls it off is one of the first times he's shown to understand death as being 'messed up'. I watched the show in reverse, Newest to oldest and Beavis's empathy and morality is definitely played up more in it. I was shocked how mean he was in the original show because of it.
Happy to see you again! Last beavis and Butthead releated thing i watched was the movie (Beavis and Butthead Do america) back in the early 2000s. Think i need to rewatch it now 😅
I am getting very into Beavis and Butthead and quite liked this video! I was halfway expecting societal commentary like "Most people are Beavis and Butthead" and that how most boomers who hated Beavis and Butthead (or the Simpsons) were in fact projecting. I think B&B can be seen as mockery and entertainment, but most importantly, an insight into human nature. I believe Beavis and Butthead are a more blatant and obvious form of what most people actually are on the inside (shortsighted, selfish, blame shifting), and the only reason they get away with their idiocy is that society is both extremely lenient and only slightly less incompetent than B&B.
I'm so glad someone else also went down the rabbit hole of watching all of beavis and butthead in this day and age. Someone GETS it !!!!!!!!!!! This video rocks thank you for making it !!!!!!!
I think Nice Butthead was a sorta cartoonish exaggeration of the difference people have on mood stabilizers. But let's take it that it was all the pills. Aggression can make you irritable, shoet temper but also short attention span and impulsive. Maybe Butthead was experiencing the ability to think more than a single step ahead for the first time, to consider consequences. "If I spend a little effort in school, then it gets my teachers off my back. If I eat a banana instead of junk food I feel a bit better. If I listen to people they won't get mad and reprimand me". They do get punished, yelled at, humiliated and even physically attacked by adults when they are their normal brainless selves, so maybe just being a little calmer and able to think a bit really opened his eyes to consequences of actions for first time
I really feel sorry for Beavis and Butthead, because these are teenagers who never had a normal childhood. When you are a child, family plays an important role in your socialization and intellectual development. The relationship between parents and a child directly affects the mental development of children, the development of their emotional sphere. Beavis and Butthead live in poverty, and their mothers are constantly away from home. They spent their whole lives in front of the TV because they had nothing and no one else. Therefore, it is only natural that they are so stupid and have poor social skills. These are children abandoned by their own family. Their mothers apparently did not think about what would grow out of them, and did not provide them with the necessary development. Beavis and Butthead were literally raised not by their parents, but by the TV. And given the fact that they watched completely unfiltered content from an early age, it is clear that they saw violence and sex too early, which also most likely had a very negative impact on them
Nice to see a new video by you, Serena, every new video of you is great and interesting in a different way. Great analysis on B&B, I totally agree with most things you said. The special charm and subversive wit of B&B is that while they are certainly extremely dumb and primitive, they are still not just the average flat, stereotypical dumb characters, but their characters and their relationship with each other are indeed much more nuanced and have much more depth. And yes, I agree, while they are often very mean and violent towards each other, you can still tell that they're still good friends that on the inside still care for each other. In that sense, they are kind of a 21st century version of Laurel and Hardy, whose special charm also rose fron the fact that while they were sometimes very mean towards each other, there was always an underlying affection, which made them so sympathetic and relatable and also set them apart from other comedic duos whose relationship was much more defined by hostility.
Great video love the in depth analysis of these characters and would love further videos on Beavjs and Butthead. As for Beavis mom in the Do the Universe movie it's implied Shirley Beavis did mourn the death of her sun and did care for him so there's that
Oh hell yeah, I only found your channel a couple weeks ago and I thought I was late to the party, glad to see a new video! I was talking with a friend recently about B&B and it got wayyyyy too in depth, I'm curious to see how your take compares, this is a franchise I hadn't ever thought critically about because I basically grew up like "haha bunghole funny"
My favs are when they try to become vampires and werewolves and when they volunteer to scrub birds affected by an oil spill the teacher advertises as "filthy chicks"
I’ve never put this much thought into the show but this was great. Me and my brother would always look forward to watching the show on MTV before going to bed for school. Great work Serena.
If you want to truly understand the psychology of beavis and butt-head I cannot recommend enough to get uncomfortably high and attempt the point and click adventure "Do-U" After about 40 minutes, I came to truly understand the neuropathy of beavis and butt-head, how they really are both sides of one horribly troubled mind, and how painfully difficult it is for them to successfully complete a single task, often only progressing through life by pure accident. For what it was it really was something, feels more like performance art than game at times, as a fan I loved it as much as I was irritated by it. They really are a single celled organism. Truly one of the games of all time, definitely worth playing just for completionist sake.
I don’t feel like anybody has really talked or went in depth about their backgrounds And to actually brake down their traits Mostly throwing different diagnosis on them whiles not understanding that it’s not so black and white. I do think that there is more to uncover like maybe it would be fun if someone compared them to the (sometimes ) overly optimistic and welcoming world around them that they usually take for granted or use for personal gain. Or beavis obsession whit fire? I think this video holds up a lot sense the newer seasons
You missed a big piece of the puzzle- during one of the music video/youtube clip segments in the new Paramount series Butthead mentions that the guidance counselor thinks he might be a sociopath.
Damn! You must be a super fan! I haven’t been able to see the comic books yet, or any other extras, but I’ve been doing Beavis & Butthead impressions since the early 90’s, & it still cracks people up to this day, which goes to show that they’re still entertaining! Cool video!
I love Beavis and Butthead. To me it always seemed like a sibling relationship. Butthead was the older brother and always acted like the "leader/smart one". I have seen this dynamic many times with young boys that didn't have much of a strong familial structure. Kind of left to learn the world without any real guidance. Specially being the older brother in a somewhat similar situation, a lot of this reminds me of my childhood with my brothers. We would fight with each other(physically) more then we would fight with anyone else. Or maybe it's that we all grew up watching this show and so it just kind of molded itself or us molded ourselves to it. Either way, great video. Awesome to get an indepth look and to really try to dig up the underlying character models and meanings behind two of my favorite characters. Keep up the great work.
Wonderful and comprehensive breakdown. I will say as almost every 2nd joke in the entire series is about getting a chance to finally "score", I was expecting a bit more on why this became their joint raison d'être. Also see "Beavis and Butthead Characters: Good to Evil"
I always said they wasn't as dumb as people thought.....And I also realized that it's actually friendships just like this.. I strongly believe they were inbreeds
Them being related? In the "Beavis and Butthead Do America" movie ,the motorcycle drifter who seems to be Butthead's father said he scored with both chicks ,and not the other one.
I think the latest reboot should just be the grown up Beavis and Butthead vs teen ones, They leave so much out: How did they finally get a car? It was said they were supposed to be parents, I only saw 1 episode of that and it was a dream vs the reality of it.
Excellent presentation! Yes, there are people in the world who appreciate a scholarly approach to the two most decidedly *un*-scholarly characters ever😅! I have found that (usually) the brighter a person is, the more they appreciate B&B 😎. Go figure 🤪! My explanation for this is that B&B are what “normal” high-school kids always look and act like, to me. I believe that I WAS Beavis before the boys even existed 😂 - I was in highschool in the late ’70s in Oklahoma 🤪! I secretly wanted to be Butthead, though 😎. Ahhh … The Great Cornholio 😎👺🤪! On my better days, I had enough general mania about me that I could have passed for Cornholio, again before The Great One even existed 😂! Here’s another aspect of Cornholio as he relates to Beavis’ regular personality that’s worth mentioning - when he metamorphoses into The GC, the illiterate Beavis is suddenly able to speak perfect conversational Spanish, and even in his general mania has a lot more on the ball than the boys could ever dream about 😅, and Cornholio is seemingly self-aware in ways that Beavis never could hope to achieve 😎 (Cornholio breaks character fairly frequently). I loved Cornholio’s scenes in Do America where he wanders into the Oval Office and starts issuing “orders” to NORAD and foreign leaders: “You will co-operate with my Bunghole 😎👺🤪!” That’s Foreign Relations in a nutshell 🤣!
The reason there is confusion about whose house it is can be explained if both of their houses look exactly alike, same kind of rundown house with a worn-out couch and junk-filled room with a TV. Seems plausible 😀
I think the explanation of Beavis merely repeating phrases to explain his Cornholio persona ignores some aspects of it such as him saying the streets will flow with the blood of the unbelievers. This implies that Cornholio is some sort of a religious figure like a God, priest or God King which are all typical aspects of figures from South America where Cornholio is supposedly from.
Very well done. I’ve considered the idea that Beavis and Butthead were born as crack babies or with fetal alcohol syndrome, due to their behaviors and also noting that they are physically deformed compared to every other character in the show (Over-sized heads and small bodies)
You're definitely an authority on these 2 characters. You really didn't say much about them goofy off in class and basically being illiterate. Why would any teacher seat these 2 clowns next to each other? How could you get into HS and not be able to read on a 1st grade level? You didn't mention Tom Anderson and Principal McVicker at all. Mr. Anderson seems to want to be a father figure to them, but his attempts go unnoticed by Beavis and Butt-head. They destroy his kindness by destroying, selling, damaging, throwing away, or stealing his property. The poor guy keeps allowing these 2 back into his life, thinking he can be a very needed father figure to them (l think he feels guilty because he never gave his son enough attention). While McVicker just wants these 2 out of his school and life. Two very important people. One wanting to help them and the other who don't care a thing about them.
they have enough work put in that you could create ANY DIALOGUE OR NARRATIVE FOR ANY PERSONALITY TYPE IN THE BOOKS. PICK ONE AND ENJOY THE ROAD TO YOUR CONCLUSIONS
4:22 A recent episode, "Pardon Our Dust" explains this fully with them losing their apartment due to an inviction and the land being taken over by another group under their nose.
Currently in College for animation and my professor of my 2d animation class had worked on the show as a storyboard revisionist as well as designed some of the characters, some being the janitor and Harry buddisker. His name is Willy Hartland in case if you wanted to check his stuff out, he's a really cool guy
I’m so happy I’m not the only one who sees Beavis and Butthead as tragic/complex characters. Idk though, I still see Beavis as being the morally good one of the two. He’s more mentally unstable for sure, always being more fascinated by fire and violence rather than wanting to score (which I loved how you connected their want to score to the fact that they’ve been SAed). I always notice Beavis saying “thank you” and “sorry” more than Butthead. He seems to genuinely connect with people more than Butthead. Both of them are not horrible people, they’re both heavily misguided and honestly abandoned by their parents and society, only being helped very little by their teacher and Daria. But I feel like Beavis would be better off without Butthead, which is a well known fact. But I like how you bring up if he would be happier, which I personally never really though about. All in all, both of them are not evil nor are they angels, and who is honestly? I love how such a simple show can lead to these deep conversations
Thank you for the thoughtful comment! It's so nice to have genuine conversations about the characters 💖
I think Beavis definitely has an obsession with scoring. For example, in Do America, he goes on a long rant about not scoring, where as Butthead seems to have forgotten they were trying to score entirely. I think Butthead's interest in sex is mostly performative. Beavis also *does* get a kick out of bullying and being cruel to Stewart. But both of them also connect with people on a more human level. The kids in Babysitters for example. I always loved how they genuinely get along with them.
@@SerenaGxyou said score he-heh-he-heh
Exactly.
I definitely believe Beavis is nicer than Butt Head, but at the same time before the reboots Butt Head sometimes didn’t mean to be as mean to Beavis as he was although sometimes he knew exactly what he was doing. But I think some fans made Butt Head out to be even worse than he actually was. Butt Head seemed to get too much hate.
Beavis being a good dude without butthead is canon btw
This chicks smart or something
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Smart..hehe
Like a nerd, but cool...
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Yeah, she’s cool huhuhuhu
Now that I think about, nobody pointed out that Beavis and Butt-Head's parents are the worst when it comes to "Worst Parents in Animated Shows"
@Thekingofplaylists I think, his mom's at work. Remember they dont have dads, so their mom are out on the job, and we only see a 10 min clip of their day where they hangout. And this show is about these two boys, so it wouldn't be good, writing-wise to show their parents. So writers just didnt write anything for their parents.
@Thekingofplaylists the reboot takes place after the new movie so I honestly think they live alone with the deep state secretly funding their lives in return for Beavis and Butt-Head staying quiet about the events of the movies... events they probably already completely forgot to be perfectly honest
It's important to remember that Beavis and Butthead were raised on 80s and 90s television and movies. They view pain, suffering, and death as this cool, abstract thing most likely due to action movies where death is glamorous or honorable.
Not just that. People forget that, as a 80s-early 2010s kid, violent content wasn't as omnipresent as it is nowadays. Like, nowadays, you have TikTok, RUclips/Elsagate, and countless shitty adult shows which only "joke" is "haha sex and violence, aren't we edgy?" To the point it's not only exhausting and "normal", but also silly in comparison to all the horrid news around the world you can learn.
As a kid, violence and sex on TV was relatively "new". Kinda "there" but always with a wall inbetween -aka the 18+ section in the video store, covered with a curtain. So it became more fascinating. Like it wasn't really "real". B& B see it kinda like that. They have "normal violence" (actually being in pain -> pain sucks) and "cool violence" (being hit by Todd, seeing overdramatic injuries ->pain rules)
They are supposed to be a couple of dumb fools who watched TOO much television instead of reading and learning about the World. They series wasn't created to celebrate their characters, rather it was to point out how stupid people like that are. Why do people even have to ask themselves about that ?
Something to note. Besides Todd, the only other character they seem to have any positive feelings towards is Daria. Sure there are certainly episodes where they insult or even outright fuck with the other, but she's one of the few people to actively go out of her way to acknowledge and even hang out with them. They don't even hit on her which is really uncharacteristic since it's implied that Butthead finds her attractive. The three of them seem to tolerate each other pretty well. Maybe something to do with the fact that they're all outsiders in their environment.
When was it implieded that he finds her attractiv?
@@milch-mochi1770If you ask me, it seems one indication is that in most episodes Butthead prefers calling Daria… well, Daria, and then there’s Beavis.
Not saying much, and besides we know how Butthead can be, but that’s just my two cents
@@milch-mochi1770in the episode where President Clinton visits their school, Daria asks him if he’s just lying about all his promises as president. After her question, it pans over to Butt-Head where he says, “Daria’s cool.” I always kinda thought he liked her because of that. Since when does Butt-Head have anything nice to say about anyone but Todd? And sometimes Beavis lol.
@@nintendoll182 oh damn good point
B and B relation to Daria is interesting. As you mention, they are both outsiders, so they probably have unconscious compassion for each other in spite she is supersmart and they are the opposite.
Butthead said "Daria is cool" after she asked Clinton a critical question. Probably because the critical question mirrors Buttheads rebellious nature against authority.
I remember an interview with Mike Judge when the 2011 series came out, he said “it was important to me that no one had learned anything.” I think that sums up the psychology pretty succinctly.
I've seen B&B as a sort of representation of the emptiness of adolescence. Their peers, role models, &c treat them like crap or ignore them at best. They're products of their environment. Honestly, it's pretty sad when you stop and think about it instead of taking it at face value
They’re essentially parodying MTV’s audience, so I’d say you’re on the money!
I think one of my favourite episodes in the latest reboot is where Butthead grievously injures Beavis' nads to the point where he's hospitalized, and he has a genuine moment where he seems to realize the gravity of the situation and prays for Beavis to get better (in his own Buttheady way, of course). At the end of the episode when Beavis survives, Butthead tells him it would've sucked if he had killed him, and then we learn that apparently if Beavis had died from the injuries, Butthead *also* would've died from grief. It was weirdly genuinely touching and really puts how much they mean to each other into perspective
I personally am not a fan of that episode because Butthead did that. It seemed a little out of character for me. Hell, I've been iffy about this reboot in general. To me, Beavis and Butthead are supposed to be non-complex, simple, stupid characters without ANY dive into why they are the way they are. It's basically like ruining the magic trick, or letting Charlie Brown kick the ball, or revealing Pearl's real parents from Spongebob Squarepants.
That was a very long comment, take a bow
@@vengeful_bonnie_333 I wrote much longer comments in this comment section, and others.
Poor Beavis almost had a girlfriend but was too dumb to realize she was into him...
I was going to like this comment but it’s already on 69 huh huh huh 😎
I hope we see more of her.
Why is it his responsibility to read her mind? She should just communicate 😂
It just annoys me how people assign men all the responsibility for initiating interactions with women when men take much greater risks by doing so.
@peopleofearth6250 And this expectation is a big reason why the issues underlying #MeToo will always be a problem!
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm a voice actor on the revival series, I play their new manager and their classmate Cody. They're WAAAAY more three dimensional than they're given credit for and it's great that more people are catching on to that.
Something of note regarding Cornholio. I would argue he largely doesn't remember going into that mode at least some of the time. In Do The Universe he remarks that he doesn't remember the portion of the movie they spent in prison which he largely spent in Cornholio mode, in Do America that instance you showed of him breaking character was actually the pills starting to wear off for him to snap out of it, as he immediately says "What's going on? What is this?" as if he as no idea how he got there, which similarly happens in the Halloween special once he wakes up in the barn on the hook having returned to normal, although that specific instance has the added context of him having slept it off, presumably because the farmer knocked him out with his shovel, so he would be confused about where he is regardless.
Dissociative state.
While both boys are clearly living out their 'ids', I would argue that, in Jung's terminology, Butthead's main connection is to the personal unconscious, while Beavis' has a deeper connection to the collective unconscious. Butthead's name points to a merging of the animal and the human, meaning that he is earthy and lacking any larger concerns. He simply wallows in waste and find it hilarious. Beavis' on the other hand, means 'fair' or 'lovely', and he is the fairer of the two. While Butthead's ego is dominating and conservative, Beavis is often more open-minded, for example, he really takes to acupuncture, enjoys music Butthead hates, and, of course, becomes a shaman called 'cornholio' Societies around the world have had wise men and women who ingest mind-altering substances in the hope of entering the spiritual world and finding wisdom there that they can bring back to benefit their tribe. Beavis is not aware of this, but is rather an open channel that the collective unconscious can flow through. When Beavis ingests a large amount of sugar and caffeine, this powerful unconscious force possesses him, and he expressed its message in with the language and concepts he has, which is what any shaman does. His world is childish and toilet-oriented, so that's the message that comes out. If you strip away the words, he has become a powerful spirit, the embodiment of the digestive system, his expression changes, his shirt becomes a head covering (indication of holiness or power in many cultures) and his arms form rigid right angles. He relates phrases heard from religious figures through history "The streets will run with the blood of the non-believers!" he demands respect "Are you threatening me?" and he speaks in koan-like riddled "You can take me, but you cannot take my bunghole, for I have no bunghole" He claims to be on a mission for his people, to get 'TP for my bunghole" To go further out on a limb, he is looking for a way to clean the natural waste of life. Here it's shit, but what is sin, but a kind of disgusting, natural, part of life that we try to 'clean up' Beavis, while in his non-mystical state, loves poop just as much as Butthead, but Beavis, when he becomes a mystical channeler, has a more cosmic and even redemptive perspective, where there is a further stage to reality: wiping.
I agree with a lot of this, but Butthead wasn't against acupuncture because he's less open minded, but because he's afraid of needles. I think fear informs a lot of Butthead's character, including his unwillingness to like anything "uncool".
interesting theory but this has to be a record for the amount of sharks jumped in one RUclips comment
You could take the "I learned everything from my dad" as a sarcastic joke that Beavis jumped on when he said "Me too"
In reference to the potential SA, I don’t remember which episode it is, but there definitely was an part where they were watching a music video and Beavis alludes to a male teacher or neighbor or some adult male having had extremely inappropriate and very secret touching with him in his recent past, and Butthead just turns and looks at him with silence while Beavis just keeps watching the tv like nothing with his little grin, and it cuts back to the video. It was a super dark moment that caught me by surprise.
you write that potential essay
It was from the 2011 1st reboot, it was the episode when they snuck into a military base and controlled a drone
Was another one during the lil nas x video where the satanic leader guy knocked him out and it is implied there was some SA.
I have a theory that Beavis is secretly intelligent, but chooses to be an idiot out of some kind of weird masochism.
its possible any intelligence he had shown wasn't praised or encouraged
Funny. That's what I thought about Butthead.
@@gr8gmr slightly similar to this theory that butthead is a rich kid that hangs out with Beavis because he's poor/funny tbh
Wild theory, I always assumed "Buttknocker" was something Beavis interpreted as a derogatory way of calling someone gay, which, as is seen a few times in both the original and 2011 revival, the boys weren't above being repulsed by the mere implication of anything even remotely homosexual (With Do America being a rare exception to the rule when Beavis has a brief moment of considering having sex with Muddy on the grounds that Dallas would pay them 20k for it, "Maybe if we close our eyes and pretend he's a chick...")
Beavis is very sexually frustrated. Butt-Head is too but unlike Beavis, you never see him getting salty about it.
Butt-head's fantasies all boil down to "hot chick wants to score with me" and literally nothing else. Beavis on the other hand, explores so many other possibilities in his mind. He clearly uses this as a sort of coping mechanism for his low self-esteem.
Him lashing out when Butt-Head calls him "butt knocker" is a projection of his insecurities. He felt ashamed of broadening his desires and was in an extreme state of denial during the first run of the show. He seems to've become substantially more at peace with it in recent episodes but this is all so mind-blowing when you realize he's had more female attraction than Butt-Head
@@tyminor9366personally, I don’t think he took it as a accusation of being gay since he and Butthead don’t seem TOO repulsed by gay people and are both too stupid to understand that/why a man or woman would have the desire to be with someone of the Same sex
Personally I think it angered Beavis due to past traumas since it’s shown a few times that he slightly understands what’s happened to him
To be honest? MTV would probably let Mike Judge get away with using actual swearing if it was one of those channels, but it's not, so instead of "BUTT-F***ER" or "C**KSUCKER" he just used very mid-mild language that revolved around slang for what sex crazed teenagers are supposed to be vulgarly saying. From what I see as a fan of most of Mike Judges' adult cartoon and live action stuff? I think the "real Beavis and Butthead" was supposed to be some kid like "Stewart" hanging out with ARTSY FARTSY girls like Daria Morgandorfer "*who flips out on him just for talking to some small mountain town dork*" that watched Music Television that seemed more like Sick Sad World stuff to some Peanuts Cartoon Parody looking fan. Oh, and that Todd ADULT guy was supposed to be his DAD. KEY WORDS: "SUPPOSED TO". Because that's HOW REAL EDGY IMMATURE KIDS ACT instead of acting like a bunch of little dorky asshat PANDERING trucker looking kids from some small mountain town....
I always figured that's part of it.
These are such great points! I think the reason for Butthead being thought of as more antagonistic isn't really the physical abuse, since yeah you're right Beavis can similarly dish it out, it's more the emotional abuse, the put downs and the ways he convinces him he's nothing without him. And the impact we see on Beavis as a result. There seems to be much more of a conniving nature to it. That theme has definitely amped up in the latest installments, and overall Beavis tends to be put in a more sympathetic light, since he tends to have more inner conflict and empathy despite also being shitty lol.
Great video!!
Thank you so much for the comment! I would agree with what you said about the newer seasons. Especially since there are a few episodes that seem to fundamentally misunderstand Butthead's character. But overall, I can't agree with your analysis of him entirely. The recent episode Take a Bow shows that Butthead does love and care for Beavis a lot. I think the assertion that Butthead is emotionally abusive is a bit much. They both insult each other all the time. Butthead is also put into the position of a caretaker towards Beavis, which is shown consistently. Tainted Meat is one episode I watched recently which is a good example of this. But Butthead is just as emotionally immature as Beavis is. It seems like people give Beavis a pass, while holding Butthead to a much higher standard. They treat each other fairly equally, and although the last two seasons have shown Butthead as slightly more aggressive than he was before, it seems like they are ramping that back down recently. I would always hold the original show in higher regard anyways. But yeah, I don't agree that Butthead is emotionally abusive or that Beavis should be seen as more empathetic. I think Butthead has been shown to have inner conflict as well in recent episodes.
@@SerenaGx Most of Buttheads gaslighting definitely comes more from being an idiot than malicious intent (Though we’ve seen he’s not above doing the latter)
I was amazed at one statistic you tossed out: You say that Cornholio appears in only four episodes of the original series? I’ve heard Mike Judge say that Cornholio was originally supposed to be a one-off appearance, but he was such an instant hit that he was written in as a recurring character 😅!
Something else you mentioned in-passing: Cornholio is actually a rather complex character (at least for the B&B Universe). He’s got elements of a Latin American Revolutionary (think Ché Guevara), a James Bond villain (power-mad control-freak), a certain plaintive child-like quality (on rare occasions), and a paranoid fascist dictator (“Are you threatening ME?” 😎).
When I (fail to) grow up, I want to be The Great Cornholio 😎👍!
Really awesome video! To add on to Butthead caring about Beavis in his own special way, another example is found in the second movie; when they're reunited after breaking up, Butthead goes out of his way to encourage and compliment Beavis for thinking of solutions and doing things on his own, which is something he rarely does. And the scene in the car says enough on its own. It really sets in stone the idea that Butthead is a caretaker for Beavis, he doesn't mock him for not being able to read and does it for him without issue, and he shows genuine concern whenever Beavis brings up dark memories he doesn't fully understand.
This episode might have come out after you made this video, but there was a recent episode called Take a Bow where Butthead realized he might've gone too far when Beavis is hospitalized and he prays for Beavis to get better and then later goes so far as to tell Beavis that he's glad he didn't accidentally kill him
Yes, this came out just before the new season aired. I loved that episode!
@@SerenaGxI have a stupid question. Who is more likely to SCORE? BEAVUS or BUTT-HEAD?
Thank You
There was a theory floating around some time ago that B & B were sufferers of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, due to the large heads with very little going on in them.
i think you have small heads if you have fetal alcohol syndrome
Woah! Who says they should write Butt-Head out of the show? The show needs them playing off of each other. What's funny is I think the "Take a Bow" episode came out just after this video was filmed and it really does answer the question if Butt-Head cares about Beavis pretty definitively when he's remorseful over putting Beavis in the hospital.
You make a good point about the It’s A Wonderful Life episode. Beavis is not necessarily happy without Butthead. Beavis is just seen doing more kind deeds being he follows Stewart as his authoritative leader. Since he follows Stewart that means he is contributing to society such as helping feed homeless and such. However, even if Butthead is in in the picture, he still has his mother who would be the same person, and he would still grow up with the same abusive nature. Even steward in the life without Butthead still verbally talks down to Beavis, which shows that he likes someone who talks down to him or is abusive in someway and still doesn’t comprehend the problems with these behaviors. Even as you pointed out in that episode, it seemed like Beavis was happier when Budd had showed up and started talking to him the way he did meaning he still would want Butthead in his life or that type of character to hang out with. I would say overall that episode shows that Bevis would be seen as kinder person because he doesn’t have a Butthead the following around, but that doesn’t prove he would be a happier person. Remember he is still the same person just Butthead isn’t in the picture. Glad you brought that up in the video.
Beavis and Butt-Head aren't sociopaths, they're just to stupid to understand what empathy is.
I think one important aspect of how Beavis and Butthead view death when eachothers lives are in danger is that they only see it as an obstacle to their short goal theyre currently after. They insult and hit the other whilw theyre dying because its ruining their chances of scoring, or attaining their current goal. Much like how you mentioned they dont plan ahead
I can't stop watching this over and over.. it really brings some life into these two fictional characters and make you like them even when they are getting into mischief willingly and sometimes even unwillingly. I did read on the fandom website that Daria seems to be one of the few people that at least acknowledge their existence. She may have embarrassed then on occasion and Butt-Head may like her. She is genuienly attractive despite the whole "nerdy" look going on. It's really interesting to read and listen to this kind of stuff to me.
She returned when we needed her most🙏
“Take a Bow” shows that Butthead does care about Beavis at times
Beavis and Butthead are canonically married
(Awesome video btw)
On the friendship. The reboot confirmed their friendship to the point they accidentally married each other 😂
Accidentally though
A lot of the episodes coming out rn are confirming your theories ! I didn't expect you to go into their encounters with se*ual abuse and how the ripples of that experience manifest, but with it being mentioned even in newer episodes it's just become a glaring characteristic of theirs. It's hard to say why it's in there in the first place, considering it's as you said rather sad than darkly comedic.
Wdym what has happened
@@cggc5871the boys have been sexually assaulted or have mentioned being assaulted in various episodes, like the very first episode of the original show (not counting frog baseball)
I'm not really a fan of that, to be honest. Not because of how it would make it "sad," but I don't really like the idea of Beavis and Butthead being complex characters because it kinda ruins the show in a way.
While yes, the boys do have separate characters, what made them funny was that they were pretty much just the same and weren't complex in any way. All of this added complexity feels like a symptom of the modern day where EVERYTHING in fiction has to be complex with complex characters and realistic motivations, but not everything has to be that way and Beavis and Butthead kinda represented that simplicity that was so common back in the 90s.
We should also remember that Mike Judge HATES the first seasons, so any character stuff observed in those seasons probably should forgotten, and based on how he kinda "retconned" the information involving what house the boys live in, it's obvious all this stuff about their characters isn't meant to be taken in consideration and is probably just as interchangeable as the wind. I just hate the idea of Beavis and Butthead being tragic and complex characters because it feels so antithetical to what they are supposed to be.
@@william3100 idk if i can say that it flat out misses the mark concerning this. I think they can exist as silly characters while also exuding airs of Some reality. I think there are moments where you're meant to genuinely feel bad for them and if they were strictly one dimensional it would be hard to make those moments work. Also if you took their troubled teen aspect away and made them live in a comfortable home or whatever you wouldn't really root for them as much, then they'd just come off like abusive assholes. Which they kind of are, but mostly it's evident that they just don't know anything else and they do whatever it takes to be entertained even at the cost of their own health and such risky behavior isn't really a characteristic of somebody who'd live life comfortably. TLDR I think they have those troubled teen(later adult) aspects about them just by process of elimination
@lucylisy I didn't say they should live comfortably, just don't make them trouble teens, in which, that was never a true aspect about them outside of people who THINK they are troubled, but the joke always was that they weren't, just stupid and nothing more. Also, I disagree that making them one dimensional would make them boring.
They were practically one dimensional(or static characters as it's called)for a long time until the second movie when they tried to make you feel bad for them, which was a decision I wasn't a fan of. You can make a "one-dimensional" character fun to watch if you execute it right. You just have to keep the comedy, or whatever the characters have, fresh and interesting, and that was done with how the boys interact with the world and other people.
Besides them being stupid, the main humor behind Beavis and Butthead was how people react to them and how they react to the world with their stupid, one-dimensional minds. How they care for each other and what their childhood was like was never something that was supposed to be important or really anything. You could say they never had a childhood or parents and are just weird beings that always existed and always lived in a random, broken-down house, and they would still work.
Even if you can grab some "deep character stuff" from them, the show always conveyed those snipets of their past and how it shaped them as not important by how that stuff is barely discussed or even out right retconned like the whole Butthead's or Beavis's house thing. In fact, thinking they are troubled literally goes against what the show wants you to think about them.
In many episodes, some people assume the boys are troubled and have issues, but they are constantly shown being proven wrong or portrayed as stupid themselves. In reality, Beavis and Butthead don't have issues. They are not troubled and most definitely not tragic and complex. They are just delinquent morons.
They could do or do without one another, but they stick together because of either boredom, got no one else to do "cool stuff" with, or just because they don't know enough about anything else, that stuff doesn't truly matter, what matters is how these idiotic kids react the world and how the world reacts to them. They're kinda like a mindless force of nature that way and a hilarious one at that.
I love Beavis and Butt-Head. I was waaaay too young when I started watching it, but I have a ton of nostalgic memories surrounding a few of the classic episodes. They're so surreal, in a way. The new episodes are fun, they've made me laugh pretty hard, but I don't think any of them capture this strange, almost manic dreamlike feeling that the original run often had.
I've always assumed the house was beavis's house, especially if you go back and look at the back of the experience CD. If I remember right, the room is obviously beavis's room
I've always thought that they heavily rely and can't really function without each other, just as you pointed out. If they're by themselves, they're either bored or sad, but when they're around each other they're a lot happier and more active, kind of like they're both part of the other's personality
i think there's a music video segment where beavis is talking about the plumbing in his house and how they store poop in little jars down in the basement, which butthead is shocked by. so i always just kinda figured the place they hung out was butthead's.
I've waited decades for this.
It would seem that Beavis and Butthead are a sort of essentialization of "Young Male Syndrome," albeit with any vestige of adult human social cognition removed, and perhaps a significant amount of psychopathy.
ADDIT: Wow, it had never occurred to me that a thorough analysis of all the content would reveal quite so much darkness in the IP. It seems that Beavis and Butthead was actually a dystopian social commentary all along and many of us just failed to connect the dots.
I'd expect nothing less of Mike Judge
BINGO! 😊
I wonder if Beavis’ aversion to being touched and disgust towards “Nice Butt-Head” is another result of him being SAd multiple times. Like he has learned not to trust men who are too “nice” to him? A stretch maybe but a theory I had.
I just realised what SAd means. Jesus Christ you people have to ruin everything. FFS. Was going through the comments to work out if this video was gonna become a toxic racist woke nonsense and I guess it is from this idiocy.
I don't think there is any narrative need to add this.
Screaming in pain/being amused by my injury is pretty much my natural state of being.
The show is a perfect representation of that generation. Every generational character archetype is represented in that show. Everyone from the two main characters to Todd, to Mr Anderson. They all say, do and react exactly how any typical character of that generation would. Everyone knew someone who fit these archetypes. I think that’s one of the main reasons the show is so relatable.
I’ve often felt like the main theme of the show was the blind leading the blind. Whether it’s Butt-Head being a false authority on life and Beavis believing every word. Or even the teachers who think they understand what Beavis and Butt-Head want and/or need. The only character who ever seems like she’s on the ball is Daria, and of course this means she has no business in Highland and therefore must spin-off into her own show.
I realize now that I watch Beavis and Butt-Head because I envy them. They don't have to think, and i wish I could not have to think and still live to see tomorrow. I guess I wish i was a cartoon.
I really enjoy seeing people actually thinking critically about this show, as it's actually an incredibly deep and layered satire. I always found it bizarre that even trying to say this tends to get me dirty "are you serious" looks from most people, even though this is the same guy that wrote Office Space, Idiocracy and King Of The Hill in which very layered social and behavioral study satire is often at the forefront of every comedic line in it, showing that Mike Judge has a very nuanced and realistic understanding of how the human mind works and rationalizes their surroundings and environment for the sake of psychologically driven satirical writing in a very underrated sense.
Hell, I have a specific nostalgic connection to this show mainly because these two idiots ironically are what helped me graduate high school. As one of my very last major assignments in high school was a final term paper on a subject of my choosing that was to make up a large percentage of my then grade. Especially since I took the "hard mode" option and chose to write my essay (and this was during the tail end of the 90's themselves in which I wrote this) about the satirical, educational and moral value of Beavis and Butt-Head to be presented to a teacher that had a very strong hatred and dislike of the show (they were someone swept up in the fervor and then moral outrage and controversies of the show as irredeemable trash) in a specific bet that my final would make them re-evaulate the show as having social merit as peice of culturally important media.
So I poured everything I had into writing an impassioned essay defending the show from every aspect, while comparing it's significance to modern American culture, and not only did I turn that teacher who hated the show into a fan that agreed to watch it, but later even thanked me for proving them wrong about it and making it one of their favorite animated shows. My final grade ended up being a high one and I got good marks for my essay all around. So from one over-thinker of Beavis and Butt-Head to another, I must say that you have a generally great take on most of the material. The only minor point of contention I even really have would be including anything from the comics. As they are about as non-canon and as distant from the tone and writing of the show itself as one can get without being actual unsanctioned fanfics.
The comics share absolutely no writing staff between it and the show and was really not much more than a low quality Marvel tie-in book from a group of Marvel Comics editors and writers that had their own wildly different and interpretive view of the show that more closely resembled Mad Magazine comics than Mike Judge's work. Tellingly, these debuted alongside two other contractually obligated Viacom animated properties in comic form such as Marvel's very short lived Rocko's Modern Life comics and the equally tonally dissonant and bafflingly out of character Marvel Comics Ren and Stimpy issues which changed the writing from the comics away from the visual Spumco style of the series's writing and storytelling to becoming more in line with cheap, tone-deaf Hanna Barbera cartoon writing from the 1970's.
However, generally speaking, I value your opinions and I think you have a VERY good take on the general series source material that sounds, for the most part, perfectly right to me, but personally I wouldn't have included any input from those comics. On the plus side, it's not like you took much from them for the video at that, anyway, so fair enough.
I read an interview on Cracked recently that stated there were writers from the show on the comics, mainly the later ones. And unlike some people, I quite enjoyed the comic books. I really liked how they utilized minor and one off characters.
Otherwise, I agree with your comment. And thank you so much! It's too bad you still don't have that essay. It would probably make a great video essay.
Hard mode…hehe…The series came out my senior year in high school and I was hooked immediately. I think what the critics didn’t like about the series was part knee jerk…this is trash tv!…and the fact that these two demonstrate the worst and dumbest aspects of kids. Kids on TV are often idealized versions and never are seen doing anything too bad. When they are it’s like…oh they found out sniffing glue was wrong and changed their ways…This isn’t Beavis and butthead. They don’t learn. They don’t grow.
People complained that they were bad role models, so much so that they had to eventually put out a disclaimer. As you stated, it’s satire. We’re watching to see how these two in their limited range react to everyday life situations and sometimes topics of conversation like white privilege. We also watch to laugh. God forbid right? It’s humor first interspersed with social commentary.
might be commenting too late but i think in the newest season, the revival. The episode where Beavis has a sunburn and hires a 'hit' on Butthead and then immediately feels guilty and calls it off is one of the first times he's shown to understand death as being 'messed up'. I watched the show in reverse, Newest to oldest and Beavis's empathy and morality is definitely played up more in it. I was shocked how mean he was in the original show because of it.
Happy to see you again! Last beavis and Butthead releated thing i watched was the movie (Beavis and Butthead Do america) back in the early 2000s. Think i need to rewatch it now 😅
I have to confess I was like Steward as a kid haha
I am getting very into Beavis and Butthead and quite liked this video! I was halfway expecting societal commentary like "Most people are Beavis and Butthead" and that how most boomers who hated Beavis and Butthead (or the Simpsons) were in fact projecting. I think B&B can be seen as mockery and entertainment, but most importantly, an insight into human nature. I believe Beavis and Butthead are a more blatant and obvious form of what most people actually are on the inside (shortsighted, selfish, blame shifting), and the only reason they get away with their idiocy is that society is both extremely lenient and only slightly less incompetent than B&B.
Excellent. You have explained this far better than I ever could and I have a masters in psychology.
I'm so glad someone else also went down the rabbit hole of watching all of beavis and butthead in this day and age. Someone GETS it !!!!!!!!!!! This video rocks thank you for making it !!!!!!!
I think Nice Butthead was a sorta cartoonish exaggeration of the difference people have on mood stabilizers. But let's take it that it was all the pills.
Aggression can make you irritable, shoet temper but also short attention span and impulsive. Maybe Butthead was experiencing the ability to think more than a single step ahead for the first time, to consider consequences.
"If I spend a little effort in school, then it gets my teachers off my back. If I eat a banana instead of junk food I feel a bit better. If I listen to people they won't get mad and reprimand me".
They do get punished, yelled at, humiliated and even physically attacked by adults when they are their normal brainless selves, so maybe just being a little calmer and able to think a bit really opened his eyes to consequences of actions for first time
Maybe the greatest tragedy of the Beavis and Butthead saga is how little they appreciate the kindness and accepting care of David Van Driessen.
shut up Mike Judge.
I really feel sorry for Beavis and Butthead, because these are teenagers who never had a normal childhood. When you are a child, family plays an important role in your socialization and intellectual development. The relationship between parents and a child directly affects the mental development of children, the development of their emotional sphere. Beavis and Butthead live in poverty, and their mothers are constantly away from home. They spent their whole lives in front of the TV because they had nothing and no one else. Therefore, it is only natural that they are so stupid and have poor social skills. These are children abandoned by their own family. Their mothers apparently did not think about what would grow out of them, and did not provide them with the necessary development. Beavis and Butthead were literally raised not by their parents, but by the TV. And given the fact that they watched completely unfiltered content from an early age, it is clear that they saw violence and sex too early, which also most likely had a very negative impact on them
This is fantastic. Videos like this are what make me love this platform. Thank you for putting it together!
Its funny how beavis and butt head friendship vaguely remember me of my friendship with my bro, kinda the same way
The saddest part about one of them passing away is that the other would be too dumb to know they should be sad
I've had Beavis and Butthead as a special interest of mine for 4 years. This video is fucking perfect I LOVE OVERANALYING GOOFY MEDIA RAAHHHH
Me too! I also got into Beavis and butthead 4 years ago.
Nice to see a new video by you, Serena, every new video of you is great and interesting in a different way. Great analysis on B&B, I totally agree with most things you said. The special charm and subversive wit of B&B is that while they are certainly extremely dumb and primitive, they are still not just the average flat, stereotypical dumb characters, but their characters and their relationship with each other are indeed much more nuanced and have much more depth. And yes, I agree, while they are often very mean and violent towards each other, you can still tell that they're still good friends that on the inside still care for each other. In that sense, they are kind of a 21st century version of Laurel and Hardy, whose special charm also rose fron the fact that while they were sometimes very mean towards each other, there was always an underlying affection, which made them so sympathetic and relatable and also set them apart from other comedic duos whose relationship was much more defined by hostility.
Great video love the in depth analysis of these characters and would love further videos on Beavjs and Butthead. As for Beavis mom in the Do the Universe movie it's implied Shirley Beavis did mourn the death of her sun and did care for him so there's that
The thing about Beavis and butt-head is they never come back when we want them. They come back when we need them.
This just came on auto play but omg i respect the dedication so much lol
Oh hell yeah, I only found your channel a couple weeks ago and I thought I was late to the party, glad to see a new video!
I was talking with a friend recently about B&B and it got wayyyyy too in depth, I'm curious to see how your take compares, this is a franchise I hadn't ever thought critically about because I basically grew up like "haha bunghole funny"
Beavis' IQ 65 and Buttheads 74
Although this show is soooo funny I can't help getting an underlying theme of sadness from it when I watch it
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Especially glad you addressed "buttknocker".
I love when the algorithm recommends good videos like this. That's an instant subscribe from me.
#TeamBeavis. His insanity and underdog status make his jokes more complex, funnier, and more relatable.
'check it out beavis! this chick is obsssssesssd wit us.'
My favs are when they try to become vampires and werewolves and when they volunteer to scrub birds affected by an oil spill the teacher advertises as "filthy chicks"
I’ve never put this much thought into the show but this was great. Me and my brother would always look forward to watching the show on MTV before going to bed for school. Great work Serena.
If you want to truly understand the psychology of beavis and butt-head I cannot recommend enough to get uncomfortably high and attempt the point and click adventure "Do-U"
After about 40 minutes, I came to truly understand the neuropathy of beavis and butt-head, how they really are both sides of one horribly troubled mind, and how painfully difficult it is for them to successfully complete a single task, often only progressing through life by pure accident. For what it was it really was something, feels more like performance art than game at times, as a fan I loved it as much as I was irritated by it. They really are a single celled organism.
Truly one of the games of all time, definitely worth playing just for completionist sake.
I love your analysis!
I don’t feel like anybody has really talked or went in depth about their backgrounds
And to actually brake down their traits
Mostly throwing different diagnosis on them whiles not understanding that it’s not so black and white.
I do think that there is more to uncover like maybe it would be fun if someone compared them to the (sometimes ) overly optimistic and welcoming world around them that they usually take for granted or use for personal gain. Or beavis obsession whit fire? I think this video holds up a lot sense the newer seasons
Thanks for making this! It’s hard to find such in-depth analysis on these two fartknockers!
first vid of yours ive seen. great video! even better made with the sega genesis soundtrack! love it!
Beavis and Butt-Head should learn now to be nice and care for each other and everyone else.
You missed a big piece of the puzzle- during one of the music video/youtube clip segments in the new Paramount series Butthead mentions that the guidance counselor thinks he might be a sociopath.
This is a very interesting analysis and shows how there is more behind the show than one would first think.
I never would've thought those two would be capable of having such an insightful video made about them, Have a sub!
Damn! You must be a super fan! I haven’t been able to see the comic books yet, or any other extras, but I’ve been doing Beavis & Butthead impressions since the early 90’s, & it still cracks people up to this day, which goes to show that they’re still entertaining! Cool video!
I love Beavis and Butthead. To me it always seemed like a sibling relationship. Butthead was the older brother and always acted like the "leader/smart one". I have seen this dynamic many times with young boys that didn't have much of a strong familial structure. Kind of left to learn the world without any real guidance. Specially being the older brother in a somewhat similar situation, a lot of this reminds me of my childhood with my brothers. We would fight with each other(physically) more then we would fight with anyone else. Or maybe it's that we all grew up watching this show and so it just kind of molded itself or us molded ourselves to it. Either way, great video. Awesome to get an indepth look and to really try to dig up the underlying character models and meanings behind two of my favorite characters. Keep up the great work.
Wonderful and comprehensive breakdown. I will say as almost every 2nd joke in the entire series is about getting a chance to finally "score", I was expecting a bit more on why this became their joint raison d'être. Also see "Beavis and Butthead Characters: Good to Evil"
I always said they wasn't as dumb as people thought.....And I also realized that it's actually friendships just like this..
I strongly believe they were inbreeds
But I HATE it when they're not dumb. Them being dumb is what makes them so good.
Them being related? In the "Beavis and Butthead Do America" movie ,the motorcycle drifter who seems to be Butthead's father said he scored with both chicks ,and not the other one.
I think the latest reboot should just be the grown up Beavis and Butthead vs teen ones, They leave so much out: How did they finally get a car? It was said they were supposed to be parents, I only saw 1 episode of that and it was a dream vs the reality of it.
I love Beavis and Butt-Head! Such an amazing duo)
Excellent presentation! Yes, there are people in the world who appreciate a scholarly approach to the two most decidedly *un*-scholarly characters ever😅!
I have found that (usually) the brighter a person is, the more they appreciate B&B 😎. Go figure 🤪! My explanation for this is that B&B are what “normal” high-school kids always look and act like, to me.
I believe that I WAS Beavis before the boys even existed 😂 - I was in highschool in the late ’70s in Oklahoma 🤪! I secretly wanted to be Butthead, though 😎.
Ahhh … The Great Cornholio 😎👺🤪! On my better days, I had enough general mania about me that I could have passed for Cornholio, again before The Great One even existed 😂!
Here’s another aspect of Cornholio as he relates to Beavis’ regular personality that’s worth mentioning - when he metamorphoses into The GC, the illiterate Beavis is suddenly able to speak perfect conversational Spanish, and even in his general mania has a lot more on the ball than the boys could ever dream about 😅, and Cornholio is seemingly self-aware in ways that Beavis never could hope to achieve 😎 (Cornholio breaks character fairly frequently).
I loved Cornholio’s scenes in Do America where he wanders into the Oval Office and starts issuing “orders” to NORAD and foreign leaders: “You will co-operate with my Bunghole 😎👺🤪!” That’s Foreign Relations in a nutshell 🤣!
The reason there is confusion about whose house it is can be explained if both of their houses look exactly alike, same kind of rundown house with a worn-out couch and junk-filled room with a TV. Seems plausible 😀
Dude! I love your style you are awesome, haha.
thank you!
This was a good video. I'd love to see some more psychology videos. What shows and stuff would you consider making another psych video on?
This video was ridiculously good and informative
I think the explanation of Beavis merely repeating phrases to explain his Cornholio persona ignores some aspects of it such as him saying the streets will flow with the blood of the unbelievers. This implies that Cornholio is some sort of a religious figure like a God, priest or God King which are all typical aspects of figures from South America where Cornholio is supposedly from.
do you think the giggling is code for them being stoned
Very well done. I’ve considered the idea that Beavis and Butthead were born as crack babies or with fetal alcohol syndrome, due to their behaviors and also noting that they are physically deformed compared to every other character in the show (Over-sized heads and small bodies)
You're definitely an authority on these 2 characters. You really didn't say much about them goofy off in class and basically being illiterate. Why would any teacher seat these 2 clowns next to each other? How could you get into HS and not be able to read on a 1st grade level? You didn't mention Tom Anderson and Principal McVicker at all. Mr. Anderson seems to want to be a father figure to them, but his attempts go unnoticed by Beavis and Butt-head. They destroy his kindness by destroying, selling, damaging, throwing away, or stealing his property. The poor guy keeps allowing these 2 back into his life, thinking he can be a very needed father figure to them (l think he feels guilty because he never gave his son enough attention). While McVicker just wants these 2 out of his school and life. Two very important people. One wanting to help them and the other who don't care a thing about them.
they have enough work put in that you could create ANY DIALOGUE OR NARRATIVE FOR ANY PERSONALITY TYPE IN THE BOOKS. PICK ONE AND ENJOY THE ROAD TO YOUR CONCLUSIONS
Butthead is the leader. I have to say Beavis and Butthead are like a simplified version of the 3 stooges.
Id say Beavis is implied to be pretty nice and agreeable at times.
4:22 A recent episode, "Pardon Our Dust" explains this fully with them losing their apartment due to an inviction and the land being taken over by another group under their nose.
-Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
-Pesticide.
-Human symptoms can include vomiting, tremors or shakiness, and seizures.
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Currently in College for animation and my professor of my 2d animation class had worked on the show as a storyboard revisionist as well as designed some of the characters, some being the janitor and Harry buddisker. His name is Willy Hartland in case if you wanted to check his stuff out, he's a really cool guy
Just your descriptions of their incidents cracks me up!😆😂🤣
I hope the new episodes delve a little dark like the old series before the reboot
I was watching the original series on paramount streaming but they don’t have all the episodes. Some episodes are missing in just about every season