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Revision as of 09:25, 20 November 2003 by SchmuckyTheCat (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Beavis and Butthead is an animated comedy show that aired on US TV station MTV from 1993 to 1997. It was created by Mike Judge, who later went on to write and produce the TV series King of the Hill and the live action movie Office Space.
Beavis and Butthead started life as an animated short created by Judge for the Spike and Mike Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. This short, named "Frog Baseball", was aired on MTV's independent animation showcase Liquid Television, which was presumably the catalyst for MTV becoming interested in pursuing a television series featuring the characters.
An episode of the show typically consists of Beavis and Butthead making juvenile commentary while watching music videos. Between the videos, stories are advanced involving the duo's adventures in troublemaking both at home and at school. Targets for their carnal humour include authority, high school life and even themselves. Beavis and Butthead's characteristic features are that they are obsessed with sex and somewhat mentally challenged. Butthead is apparently marginally more intelligent than Beavis.
Early episodes gave the duo a juvenile obsession with fire and dangerous, risky behavior. The show was blamed for numerous child deaths as the result of fire and dangerous stunts , and the references were excised from further broadcastings. MTV also responded by broacasting the program after 11:00 PM, and adding a disclaimer reminding parents that the show was not for children.
A full length animated movie, Beavis and Butthead Do America, was released in 1996.
Beavis and Butthead along with other (arguably) mainstream cartoons such as Ren and Stimpy and the The Simpsons pushed the boundaries of cartoons away from clean material for small children only. While some might say they were crude, it offered succinct social commentary and a disturbingly accurate portrayal of life in America for many. Some critics note that the show is actually a satire on MTV itself. Beavis and Butthead, they argue, are prime examples of latchkey kids who have been turned into idiots by staying home and doing nothing but watching music videos all day. Because they are raised entirely by MTV, they are unable to adapt to social life at all, and (especially) they are unable to meet girls (or, as the duo states, "score with a chick"). Beavis and Butthead's parents are never seen, except for a small part during the movie, where Beavis and Butthead run into two older look-alikes who then tell of how they met prostitutes at Beavis and Butthead's hometown, leading watchers to believe that they are, in fact, Beavis and Butthead's biological fathers.
Along with the usual merchandising, a comic was released and several video games. A spinoff show based on their maligned classmate Daria Morgendorfer, Daria was also created. The show's success also inspired MTV to launch a similar animated series entitled The Brothers Grunt, which placed an even greater emphasis on sophomoric toilet humor. This show was swiftly cancelled in the wake of poor ratings.
Episode List
Note: In some of the early seasons, there were 2 episodes per 30 minutes.
Pilot Episode
- Frog Baseball - shown on MTV's Liquid Television
Season 1
- Blood Drive
- Door To Door
- Sign Here
- Balloon
Season 2
- Customers Suck
- Heroes
- Home Improvement
- Stewart's House
- Yogurt's Cool
- Babes R Us
- Friday Night
- Scientific Stuff
- At The Sideshow
- Be All You Can Be
- Washing The Dog
- Lawn & Garden
- Burger World
- Bedpans & Broomsticks
- Good Credit
- Way Down Mexico Way
- For Better Or Verse
- Beware Of The Butt
- At The Movies
- Sick
- No Laughing
- Baby Makes Uh, Three
- The Butt-head Experience
Season 3
- Comedians
- Carwash
- Couch-Fishing
- Kidnapped
- Naked Colony
- Tornado
- Incognito
- Cleaning House
- Scratch 'N' Win
- Scared Straight
- Sperm Bank
- Citizen Butt-head
- True Crime
- The Trial
- Ball Breakers
- Buff 'N' Stuff
- Canoe
- The Crush
- Eating Contest
- Foreign Exchange
- Meet God
- Young, Gifted & Crude
- Plate Frisbee
- Politically Correct
- Sporting Goods
- Closing Time
- A Very Special Christmas With Beavis and Butt-head
- Most Wanted
Season 4
- Wall Of Youth
- Cow Tipping
- Trouble Urinating
- Rabies Scare
- They're Coming To Take Me Away, Huh Huh
- Jump!
- Pumping Iron
- Let's Clean It Up
- 1-900-BEAVIS
- Water Safety
- Blackout!
- Late Night With Butt-head
- The Final Judgment Of Beavis
- Pool Toys
- Madame Blavatsky
- Beavis and Butt-head's Island
- Figure Drawing
- Date Bait
- Butt Is It Art?
- Right On
- Manners Suck
- The Pipe Of Doom
- Safe Driving
- Mr. Anderson's Balls
- Patients Patients
- Teen Talk
- Crisis Line
- Vs. The Vending Machine
- Generation In Crisis
- Radio Sweethearts
- The Great Cornholio
- Liar! Liar!
Season 5
- Held Back
- Killing Time
- Beard Boys
- Choke
- Safe House
- Hard Sell
- Walkathon
- Temporary Insanity
- Dude, A Reward
- Walking Erect
- Career Day
- Plastic Surgin'
- Take A Number
- Beaverly Buttbillies
- Tainted Meat
- Stewart Moves Away
- Top O' The Mountain
- Party
- Wet Behind The Rears
- Bad Dog
- Lightning Strikes
- Dream On
- Candy Sale
- Animation Sucks
- What's The Deal?
- The History Of Women
- To The Rescue
- I Dream Of Beavis
- Pregnant Pause
- Here Comes The Bride's Butt
- Screamers
- Beavis, Can You Spare A Dime?
- Skin Trade
- Oil Change
- Buttniks
- Bang The Drum Slowly Dumbass
- Another Friday Night
- Tired
- Close Encounters
- Womyn
- Premature Evacuation
- Whiplash
- Spare Me
- Patsies
- Murder Site
- Spanish Fly
- Sexual Harassment
- Bus Trip
- Green Thumbs
- Steamroller
Season 6
- Bungholio - Lord Of The Harvest
- The Mystery Of Morning Wood
- U.S. History
- Feel A Cop
- Date Watchers
- Blood Pressure
- Christmas Special
Season 7
- Babysitting
- Vidiots
- Stewart Is Missing
- Gang Of Two
- Sprout
- Prank Call
- No Service
- Yard Sale
- PTA
- Substitute
- Shopping List
- Buy Beer
Season 8
- Butt, Butt, Hike!
- Vaya Con Cornholio
- Evolution Sucks
- Ding Dong Ditch
- Just For Girls
- A Very Special Episode
- Dumbasses Anonymous
- Underware
- Head Lice
- Cyber-Butt
- Nose Bleed
- Citizens Arrest
- Pierced
- A Great Day
- On Strike
- Follow Me
- Nothing Happening
- Take A Lap
- Shortcuts
- The Bride Of Butt-head
- Special Delivery
- Woodshop
- TV Violence
- Canned
- Garage Band
- Impotence
- The Miracle That Is Beavis
- Shopping Cart
- Inventors
- Die Fly, Die!
- Drinking Butt-ies
- Work Is Death
- Breakdown
- Graduation Day
- The Future Of Beavis and Butt-head
- Speech Therapy
- Leave It To Beavis
- Butt Flambe
- Our Founding Losers
- Beavis and Butt-head Are Dead
Movie - Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996)