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{{quote|''"Beavis and Butt-head are not real. They are not role models. They're not even human. They are stupid cartoon people completely made up by [[Mike Judge|this Texas guy whom we hardly even know]]. Beavis and Butt-Head are [[The Ditz|dumb]], [[Heh
|'''The original preshow [[This Is a Work of Fiction|content disclaimer(s)]]'''}}
▲{{quote|''"Beavis and Butt-head are not real. They are not role models. They're not even human. They are stupid cartoon people completely made up by [[Mike Judge|this Texas guy whom we hardly even know]]. Beavis and Butt-Head are [[The Ditz|dumb]], [[Heh, Heh, You Said "X"|crude]], [[Villain Protagonist|thoughtless]], [[Gonk|ugly]], [[Casanova Wannabe|sexist]], [[Too Dumb to Live|self-destructive]] [[Idiot Hero|fools]]. Some of the things they do would cause a real person to get hurt, expelled, arrested, and possibly deported. But for some reason, the little weinerheads [[Rule of Funny|make us laugh]]. To put it another way: [[Don't Try This At Home]]."''|'''The original preshow content disclaimer(s)'''}}
{{quote|''"In time ''Beavis and Butt-head'' will become defined as a very, very significant part of American culture. It's brilliant. I've got all the tapes."''|'''[[Patrick Stewart]]'''}}
An [[The Nineties|early 90s]] animated cartoon on [[MTV]] by [[Mike Judge]], who would go on to make ''[[King of the Hill]]'', ''[[Office Space]]'', ''[[Idiocracy]]'', and
Its stated purpose is to skewer the then-public stereotype of their viewing audience as lazy and unintelligent teenage slackers who did nothing but watch videos all day and were easily amused by bodily functions and dirty jokes.
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The most common targets of the boys' pranks were their elderly neighbor Tom Anderson, their hapless school classmate Stuart Stevenson, and most of the faculty of their high school. The character who took the worst abuse was Principal McVicker, who was driven to drink, medication, and in the finale, an apparently fatal heart attack.
The dimwitted duo were, in turn, [[
It horrified the [[Moral Guardians]] from the get-go, and a few of its more controversial aspects had to be
Also spurring objections were the boys' constant use of fireworks to blow things up, along with their tendency to amuse themselves with physical violence and animal cruelty, most notably the infamous pilot episode "Frog Baseball".
A total of 199 episodes were produced, as well as the 1996 feature-length film ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'', several computer games, comic books, and tons of associated merchandise. Additionally, supporting character Daria successfully [[Spin-Off|spun off]] into [[Daria
A later Mike Judge creation, ''[[King of the Hill]]'', would [[Retool]] Tom Anderson into the lead character of Hank Hill.
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DVD and VHS releases of the series have left out most of the [[Music Video]] segments due to rights issues, losing a lot of the series' best moments.
In late 2011, the show returned to MTV; while the format had been slightly
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* [[Abusive Parents]]: In a recent{{when}} episode, it was stated that Beavis' mother tried leaving him behind at an IKEA so she could go to Vegas with a gang of bikers.
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: The guys' reaction to a joke from a ''[[Jersey Shore]]'' clip in "Used Car".
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Butt-Head and Beavis, the latter being close to the name of the title character from a Richard Jefferies adventure novel.
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* [[Art Evolution]]: The animation was pretty crude in the earlier episodes, but by mid season 2 it got better.
** The quality of season 8's animation is [[Animation Bump|substantially bumped up]] from season 7, on par with ''[[King of the Hill]]'' in its later seasons. Unsurprisingly, [[Film Roman]], which was involved with the production of ''King of the Hill'', is animating season 8 (although it still uses [[Rough Draft Studios]] and [[Plus One Animation]]).
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: There are occasionally hints that Beavis might have genuine mental problems in additional to being really stupid. For example, in "Most Wanted" he says that he hears voices and has pyromania (which was toned down when the show came under fire for influencing dangerous activity, but brought back when the show was revived in 2011).
** At one point while taking a lie-detector test the one thing that came up as 'True' was his statement that 'I killed a bunch of people one time'.
* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: Spoofed when [[
* [[Auto Erotica]]: If the van's a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'.
* [[Balls of Steel]]: In the episode "Buff 'N Stuff", Coach Buzzcut tells Butt-Head to "Kick me in the Jimmy". The only reaction to Butt-Head doing so (twice) is his face turning red while he goes "YYYESSS!"
* [[Bathe Her and Bring Her
* [[Berserk Button]]: Beavis, upon being called a "butt-knocker".
** Mr. Buzzcut will absolutely LOSE it if you strike him, even if you're a complete and total weakling. He doesn't take kindly to someone (besides himself) hurting his students either.
** Principal McVicker has this with Beavis and Butt-Head themselves, the mere mention of the duo makes him edge closer to a nervous breakdown.
** Do NOT touch Billy Bobs scooter. It wont be pretty.
** The normally calm Mr. Van Driessen becomes very pissed if he catches someone harming one of his students, and he'll become more pissed off if you destroy his antique eight-track collection.
* [[Big Damn Movie]]: The film's bioterrorism plot.
* [[Big No]]: Beavis gives one when Butt-Head told him Yanni was his dad.
** They both have this reaction upon learning that they pierced the wrong ears... and what said piercing means.
* [[Big Yes]]: When the boys see a [[
** Also on nearly every [[
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: The new season's episodes involve riffing on other [[MTV]] shows, including ''[[Jersey Shore]]'', ''[[Teen Mom]]'', ''[[
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: The episode where Beavis saws off his finger in shop class.
** Also "Nosebleed".
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* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Butt-Head.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: [[Hilarity Ensues]] whenever Beavis and Butt-Head try to get laid.
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'''Butt-Head''': She better.
'''Beavis''': ''Cool!'' }}
* [[Cash Lure]]: The "Couch Fishing" episode.
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** Beavis' used to be "Fire! Fire! Fire!" until the trailer incident. Afterwards he made do with anything the sounded similar. "Water! Water! Water!"
** Pretty much their entire vocabulary is limited to catch phrases. Take a sip for every time Butt-Head says "Whoa," "Oh yeah," "Dumbass," "Uh, no," "Come to Butt-Head," "Uh...OK," or "This sucks," and you'll be on the floor in a few minutes.
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** Almost all of Beavis' dialogue as Cornholio. "I am Cornholio! I need TP for my bunghole!"
** And the ever popular "Are you threatening me?"
* [[Caught
▲* [[Caught With Your Pants Down]]: In ''Beavis and Butt-head Do America'', Beavis (in his Cornholio persona) sees Mr. Anderson's camper, pulls out a picture of the woman he was sent to "do" and then goes into the camper. Later, Mr. Anderson is curious to find out why his camper is rocking, and investigates. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* [[Centipede's Dilemma]]: In the "Trouble Urinating" episode, the boys become unable to urinate after thinking too hard about how they actually do it.
* [[Chaotic Stupid]]: All they care about is food, girls, heavy metal, and whatever captures their interest at the moment, most notably, [[Pyromaniac|any sort of carnage]], to which effect they were too amused by the wreckage of an airplane crash to help the victims. They're too lazy and stupid to care about anything else, like work or their education. Sometimes their actions may cause harm to someone unintentionally. This is very clear in the movie, as there is a terrorist threat to Washington D.C. involving a biological weapon, all they understand about it is that they can "score with a chick".
* [[Chronically Crashed Car]]: Tom Anderson's Camper in the movie.
* [[Church of Happyology]]: One appears in "Holy Cornholio", believing that Beavis in his Cornholio persona is their recently
* [[Clip Show]]: The final episode (of the first series).
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: This fueled both B&B and the audience watching them.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Beavis and Butt-Head, all the time. More so with Beavis.
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'''JWOWW:''' They just arrested Nicole!
'''Butt-Head:''' Uh... For what?
'''JWOWW:''' For being drunk and an idiot!
'''Beavis:''' Wait, you can get arrested for being an idiot?
'''Butt-Head:''' Yeah... You might want to lay low for a while, Beavis. }}
* [[Content Warnings]]: Even some ''within'' episodes, like in "Stewart's House" and "Way Down Mexico Way," where it had warnings like, "If you're not a cartoon character, swallowing a rubber full of drugs will kill you," or in the case of the episode where they paint Tom Anderson's house -- "Sniffing paint thinner is very dangerous. Just look at what it did to Beavis and Butt-head." Later episodes had the warning that serves as the page quote (only it went like this):
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** The first warning was:
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: Given the type of show this is, there's not a whole lot of continuity. There are occasional exceptions. The most memorable is Mr. Manners/Candy. When he first shows up, Beavis and Butt-head annoy him to the point that he attacks them, causing him to get into a fight with Mr. Van Driessen. When he shows up again he initially doesn't seem to remember them, until they piss him off again and he mentions that it took him six months to find another job. Unfortunately for him, this time he ends up picking a fight with Coach Buzzcut. It ends much worse for him.
** The two's first meeting with Todd starts with him running over their bikes in the Maxi-Mart parking lot, and then harassing them for it. In a much later episode he does the same thing, and reminds them that he told them not to leave their bikes lying around.
** Their latest meeting with Todd results in them having to testify against him in court. Todd's attorney then attempts to discredit them based on their stupidity, referencing "Frog Baseball" and "Held Back".
** During the "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" video in "Drones":
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'''Butthead:''' Uh, [[No Longer
'''Beavis:''' Oh, really? Wow! That's kinda surprising. }}
* [[Cool Teacher]]: Mr. Van Driessen defies the principal for his students' sake, protects them with [[Berserk Button]] ferocity and happily works with them during his off-hours to encourage their interests. Most of the class seems to begrudgingly respect him for it, but his efforts are completely wasted on Beavis and Butt-head.
* [[Courtroom Episode]]: "The Trial", "Snitchers".
* [[Cozy Catastrophe]]: This trope comes into play in one of the revival episodes, when the duo mistake an evacuation for the apocalypse. Rather than being horrified at the idea of being the last two people on Earth, Beavis and Butt-head seize the opportunity to loot the town and do whatever they want.
* [[Crapsack World]]: One of the more subtle jokes of the show is how, as stupid and irresponsible as Beavis and Butt-head are, the adults around them are even more irresponsible in dealing with them. Highland Texas itself appears to be a filthy, crime-ridden town populated mostly by [[Jerkass|assholes]], [[Too Dumb to Live|idi]][[Horrible Judge of Character|ots]], and [[Butt Monkey|complete pushovers]], even if one ignores the presence of the duo.
* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[
** They appeared in one episode in ''[[The Brothers Grunt]]''. Butt-Head made a [[Cameo]] in ''[[The Head]]''.
*** In the pilot, Butt-head was trying to get footage of [[The Head]], but he got kicked out.
** And those who like ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'',
** Beavis and Butt-head were originally going to cross over with Daria when Daria got her own spin-off, but the show was so successful, the B&B crossover idea was dropped.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: In the film ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'':
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'''Butt-Head:''' Huh huh, you said c--
'''Pilot:''' ''[pulls Butt-Head out]'' NOW! }}
* [[A Date
** Much of the show's humor revolves around this, including a [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]] in [[The Movie]] when [[Butt Monkey|Tom Anderson]] quite literally catches Beavis (in Cornholio mode) with his pants down in his camper.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Daria, who elevated this to a trope in its own right.
** Also Butt-head at times, usually if Beavis is being stupider than usual.
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'''Butt-head''': Dammit, Beavis, shut up. You're not from Compton.
'''Beavis''': No, wait, Butt-head, I'm serious. I was kickin' it on the streets. It was hard times. I used to drink Gin and Juice. It was cool.
'''Butt-head''': Beavis...you're a white wussy from right here.
'''Beavis''': No way, Butt-head, you don't know, you weren't around then. Yeah, me and Snoop used to go to the Compton swap meet together.
'''Butt-head''': Beavis, you used to go to the flea market with your mom.
'''Beavis''': See, I wore this shirt cuz these are my colors.
'''Butt-head''': Beavis...
'''Beavis''': [[Pretty Fly for
'''Butt-head''': ...shut up.
'''Beavis''': Yep. Got out of a Compton swap meet with Snoop. Used to kick it with Dre.
'''Butt-head''': Beavis, shut up. [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|You've never been to Compton. you're never gonna go to Compton, you're gonna be here for the rest of your life, you're stupid, you don't have any money, and you're never gonna score]].
'''Beavis''': Um, oh yeah. }}
* [[Dirty Harriet]]: She's a [[Fair Cop]] posing as a prostitute in "Feel a Cop".
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* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: One [[Running Gag]] has Beavis and Butt-head constantly refer to long-haired men in music videos as "chicks". Sometimes they go as far as hitting on them.
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: Some of their comments on the music videos they watch, as well as on life in general, actually make a lot of sense, in a weird way.
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: The earlier episodes of ''
* [[Episode Title Card]]
* [[Every Episode Ending]]: Beavis and Butt-Head try to think of something cool, and say "Let'th go do thomething cool."
* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fake-Out Fade-Out]]: Beavis and Butt-Head's reaction to this occurring twice in the Godley & Creme music video "Cry" is priceless.
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Literally happens to Butt-Head in [[The Movie]] (the cockpit of an airplane while it was plummeting), leading to this exchange:
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'''Butt-Head:''' [[Heh
'''Pilot:''' [[Curse Cut Short|NOW!!!]] ''(pulls Butt-Head out of the way)'' }}
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In "Animation Sucks", Mr. Van Driessen shows the class an animated film he created about green and purple characters who didn't like each other because they were different colors.
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* [[Foot Focus]]: Although there isn't really any in the show itself, there was one music video by The Go-Gos on the show that had some close-ups of the girls' feet causing Beavis to admit that he likes women with nice feet. Butt-Head, however, didn't seem very interested.
* [[Franchise Zombie]]: Subjective from a [[Word of God]] standpoint; Judge has pretty much stated that the last couple of seasons were forced upon him by [[MTV]], who wanted to keep the cash-cow show going. Not that it kept the episodes from still being pretty damn funny in their own right.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
* [[The Ghost]]: It is implied that the duo live with their mothers who are said to be prostitutes. They sometimes talk about them and call to them (mostly in the music video segments) but we never see them.
* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: Tom Anderson.
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* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Beavis in his Cornholio Persona.
** Oddly enough, in an earlier episode, Beavis seems incapable of learning Spanish properly.
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'''Butt-Head''': "Uh, huh-huh-huh, burrito."
'''Teacher''': "No, Butt-Head. Beavis, como es Juan?"
'''Beavis''': "Uh, Spaghetti!"
'''Teacher''': "Dammit! The only Spanish you two learned is from Taco Bell, and Beavis can't even get ''that'' right!" }}
* [[Groin Attack]]: These two practically brought it to an ''art form''.
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* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest".
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Beavis. Don't touch me, asswipe!
* [[Heh
* [[Helicopter Flyswatter]]: Parodied in the opening scenes of ''Beavis and Butthead Do America''.
* [[Helium Speech]]: In one episode, Beavis and Butt-Head buy balloons and try this on themselves. Upon hearing each other speak in high-pitched voices, the duo come to the conclusion that "WE'RE NEUTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRED!!!"
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* [[Hippie Teacher]]: Mr. Van Driesen; also a rare case of a male [[Granola Girl]].
** Also Dreama, the astronomy TA in "Let's Clean It Up".
* [[Homage]]: The short segment "Cinema Classics" is clearly a homage to ''[[Siskel and Ebert
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: The titular characters pretty much latch onto all the worst people. Similarly, some people (especially in the movie) can't see the bad in them.
* [[Hormone-Addled Teenager]]: Or, as [[Bill Clinton]] describes the boys in "Citizen Butt-Head", "hormonally challenged".
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** In "Tech Support" Butt-Head spends most of the episode trying to find a way to watch porn on a tech support company's computer.
* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: Inverted. Beavis and Butt-Head give Mr. Van Driessen a list of names for a petition he asked each student to take around the neighborhood. It's all double entendre joke names that go right over the teacher's head.
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* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Beavis in particular, but both he and Butt-Head suffer some serious physical abuse over the course of the show.
* [[Ironic Echo]]
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'''Butt-Head:''' Uh, do you use that kind of language at home? }}
* [[Is That a Threat?]]: The Great Cornholio. "ARE YOU THREATENING ME!?"
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Despite their stupid destructive antics at School, Work, Mr. Anderson's yard, and everywhere else, Beavis and Butt-Head ACTUALLY get away with it most of the time. And when they do get caught and penalized for it, they won't learn anything. Huh huh huh huh. [[Heh
** Whenever the thieves Russ and Harlan commit some art of robbery (i.e. the time they robbed the Stevenson house, breaking into Beavis and Butt-head's house and steal their TV set in the feature film, not to mention that they were also meant to be hired by Muddy to kill Dallas, and looting a office in the 2011 revival) They NEVER get caught nor receive some comeuppance.
** Todd apparently takes advantage of and beat up Beavis and Butt-head and he never receives some sort of comeuppance for it and they would get in trouble with the law in his place... unless you count what happens to Todd in "Virtual Stupidity" as canon.
** However, it was subverted in the film shorty causing havoc in church after mistaking the priest's booths for bathrooms. They [[Laser Guided Karma| get stuck by]] [[Lightning Can Do Anything| a lightning bolt]] just as they were about to board a bus full of nuns.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
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'''Butt-Head''': Why bother? All we seem to get on this TV are bad videos. }}
* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Beavis, possibly.
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* [[Limited Animation]]: In the first season.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded when watching AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" video.
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'''Beavis''': ''We'' always wear the same thing! I've been wearing this shirt for six months!
'''Butt-Head''': I've been wearing this shirt for seven months. }}
* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]]: "I'm kicking your ass, Beavis. Huh huh huh."
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* [[Made of Iron]]: Whether it's being maimed by the bouncer at a mud-wrestling club, piercing their own ears with a power drill and getting serious infections, suffering a major nosebleed, getting their faces slashed with dirty razors when they try to shave, getting hit in the crotch with a bowling ball, crashing head-first into the wall of their house, or getting sucked up into a tornado and crash-landing on the ground before being flattened by a phone booth, Beavis and Butt-Head suffered injuries that should have killed them many times over.
* [[Malaproper]]: The main characters are this all the time.
* [[Meat
* [[Media Watchdogs]]: Resulted in a tone-down of the violence and Beavis' pyromania, but it also became a source of jokes that got the point across just as well, even [[Streisand Effect|calling MORE attention to it than it would have by itself]].
* [[Missing Episode]]: Many. Possibly the rarest is the third-season opener "Comedians", since it features Beavis juggling flaming newspapers and burning down a comedy club. It aired a month before the infamous mobile home fire the show was blamed for.
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** So many examples of this trope exist that [[Mike Judge]] admits that the master tapes of many of the early episodes probably no longer exist due to the edits.
* [[Mock Cousteau]]: Heard in the beginning of "Couch Fishing" when they're flipping channels.
* [[Moral Guardians]]: [[In
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: Particularly in the movie.
** And even with Sugar and Caffeine. Do the words, "I AM CORNHOLIO!!!" mean anything to you?
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* [[Negative Continuity]]
** Better yet, in Mr. Van Driessen's very first appearance on the show, he actually ''gets killed'' by a monster truck. And then after that, he's still alive and well throughout the rest of the series.
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Whenever Beavis and Butt-Head try to read, they typically mispronounce it. When they saw a sign that read "HORSE FARM: TRESSPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED", they thought it meant "whores and prostitutes."
* [[Never My Fault]]: Whenever they both screw up something, Butt-Head always blames it on Beavis, who, being the stupidest of the two, apologizes.
* [[Never Live It Down]] ([[In-Universe]]): When he thinks he saw Beavis crying over a television show (He actually [[Onion Tears|sniffed an onion]]) Butt-Head rides him about it. For a long time. Until the day he falls over dead in an old folks home.
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* [[Nixon Mask]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]/[[Captain Ersatz]]: Gus Baker, the [[Rush Limbaugh]] parody from "Right On".
* [[Non
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
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* [[No One Should Survive That]]: The duo are constantly doing stuff that could ordinarily kill a person (which is why the show has that warning that says that "Some of the things [Beavis and Butt-Head] do would cause a person to get hurt, expelled, arrested -- possibly deported"). In one episode, Beavis and Butt-Head are swept up in a tornado, and when they are hurled out onto the ground, a phone booth falls on them with no lasting effects.
* [[Not So Different]]: A lot of the people Beavis and Butt-Head come into contact with (whether antagonistic or otherwise) tend to end up laughing the same way at some point.
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: In the final episode of the original run, Principal McVicker supposedly died from a heart attack or stroke. Now he's alive and (relatively) well.
* [[Onion Tears]]: In a post-[[Uncanceled|UnCancelation]] episode, Beavis cries from exposure to a slice of onion found in his chili dog, and Butt-Head makes fun of him for it, much to Beavis' frustration.
* [[Only
** Daria Morgendorrfer. She is one of the few people to ever put up with Beavis and Butthead, with some of her sanity still intact. They in turn have a bit of a love hate relationship for her. Teasing her over her name, but praising her when they see her do or say something they deem cool. Like when she told off Bill Clinton.
{{quote| '''Mr. Manners:''' Listen, you little twerp. This is my job. This is how I make money. Don't screw with me.}}▼
** Dallas Grimes. She's cautious, cool and calculated and has her gun ready, whenever potential assailants come calling. Which she initially mistook Beavis and Butthead. When she realized that although they were hired to do her, they misinterpreted Muddy's words as wanting them to have sex with her, [[Actually Pretty Funny|she laughs to herself]]. [[Sure, Let's Go with That|She then rolls with it]] and turns on [[The Vamp|the charm]] in an effort to smuggle the Unit to Washington D.C. by sewing it into Beavis' pants while they fight over who gets to "Do" her first.
* [[Only in It For the Money]]
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* [[Only Six Faces]]: Of a different sort. The recurring characters all had unique designs, but the show had a habit of reusing the same model for different characters. One guy shows up as a bank manager, a health inspector and a grade school teacher, in seperate episodes, all with different names. Harry Sachz from "Prank Call" is shot dead in two different episodes, and given a different name in the second. The serial killer "Cuyler" from "Most Wanted" later shows up as a mall security guard.
* [[One Dialogue, Two Conversations]]: Not exactly uncommon given their one-track mind. For example, in the [[Big Damn Movie]], Beavis has a conversation on the plane with a little old lady.
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'''Beavis:''' ''Yeah. Heh heh. We're gonna score! Heh heh. ''
'''Lady:''' ''Oh, well, I hope to score big there, myself. I'm mostly gonna be doing the slots. ''
'''Beavis:''' ''Yeah, yeah! Heh heh. I'm hoping to do some sluts, too. Do they have a lot of sluts in Las Vegas? ''
'''Lady:''' ''Oh, there are so many slots, you won't know where to begin. ''
'''Beavis:''' ''Whoa! Heh heh heh.'' }}
* [[Only One Name]]: The eponymous duo.
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* [[Parallel Porn Titles]]: In "Huh-Huh-Humbug", Beavis watches a porn parody of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' called ''Ebenezer Screw'', featuring "Bob Scratchit" and "Tiny Johnson".
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The boys' mothers are never seen; Butt-Head constantly insinuates that Beavis' mother is a "slut". Beavis himself seems to confirm this when he tells Butt-Head "My mom's a slut, not a whore. She doesn't charge money." [[The Movie]] reveals that their fathers are former heavy-metal roadies turned biker/drifters.
* [[Periphery Demographic]] ([[In-Universe]]): Many assume that the two characters only like metal videos, but sometimes other random videos will be enjoyed by them the most. They rocked out to videos by [[
** The duo also seem to enjoy [[Grunge]] quite a bit, despite the real life rivalry between Grunge fans and metalheads.
* [[Pixellation]]: Lampshaded in the True Life segment of the first Uncancellation episode where porn on a person's computer is blurred out.
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* [[Prank Call]]: It probably comes as no surprise that ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' had a prank call episode, called - of course - "Prank Call".
* [[The Precious Precious Car]]: In "Car Wash", the boys get to wash their neighbor's car while the owner goes out for a jog. They decide to take it for a joyride. Guess what happens.
* [[Prepositions Are Not to End Sentences With]]: In the movie.
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* [[Pyromaniac]]: Beavis was this until [[Moral Guardians]] thought kids would imitate the behavior.
** He still was, he just didn't vocalize it. In "Way Down Mexico Way" he heavily emphasizes the first syllable in "''fire''works". At another point they see a music video which is slow-motion of a man casually jogging down the street while totally ablaze; while Beavis never used his former catch phrase, he apparently entered a state of nirvana and calmly and quietly threatened grievous bodily harm when Butt-Head said he was going to change the channel.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male
* [[Really Gets Around]]: Based on comments made by the titular characters, it sounds like Beavis' mom is quite promiscuous.
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Utterly averted in ''Crying'' where Butt-head constantly mocks Bevis for crying while watching The Bachelor (the result of finding an onion in his chili dog while watching the show).
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The title characters.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Revival]]: Now they make fun of [[Reality Show
* [[Rule 34]]: "[[The Cinema Snob
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: During "Massage" the boys are left with two choices. Either give a massage to a disgusting old man, or get arrested for disrupting the massage guys business. They(Very reluctantly) choose the old man.
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Buzzcut, although he is still very protective of his students.
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* [[Seemingly-Profound Fool]]: About three out of every five episodes.
* [[Sexual Karma]]: Beavis and Butt-Head are constantly attempting to score with chicks. These attempts always, without exception, end in failure.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Burger World is a reference to "Big Edna's Burger World" from ''[[UHF (
** The restaurant is also based on the regional "Whataburger" chain (Judge worked at one in high school).
* [[Sick Episode]]: "Sick", in which Beavis and Butt-Head try to get prescription drugs in order to get high.
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** Also on the series itself, which would open with a "sophisticated" jazz piece.
** The end of "The Great Cornholio", where he leaves wandering the hallways with [[No Ending]].
* [[Spanner in
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spin-Off]]: ''[[
* [[Spit Take]]: When watching a particularly bad music video, a running gag would have Beavis spit his soda out on the side of Butt-Head's face.
** Beavis spit while drinking (non-alcoholic) beer.
* [[Split Personality]]: Beavis' alter ego is brought to the fore when he has too much sugar and/or caffeine.
** "I am Cornholio, I need TP for my bunghole"!
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Due to the video mocking, the show has been considered one for [[
** Subverted and subverted big time with spin-off ''[[
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** Also, this may be like ''[[The Simpsons (
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: The episode "Supersize Me" teaches us that "Teen obesity kicks ass".
* [[Sting (music)|Sting]]: Happens several times when watching the Violent Femmes video "Nightmares", whenever Butt-Head said "sucks", followed by Beavis screaming.
* [[Stock Footage]]: Over the years their music video commentaries would use animation from the earlier seasons. It got kinda weird seeing the two characters go from round and colorful to [[Art Evolution|disfigured and dark]] within a couple seconds.
* [[Stunned Silence]]: For a couple of videos (Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli), all they could do is stare in horror for several seconds before wordlessly changing the channel.
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* [[This Loser Is You]]: Pretty much the ultimate example. Beavis and Butt-Head are stereotype of metalheads, which is a majority of their fans.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Ross and Harlan, the thieves who claim themselves as movers in "Stewart Moves Away" and steal B and B's TV in the movie.
** Arguably, Beavis and Butt-head could be considered this [[In
* [[Throw the Dog
* [[Trash of the Titans]]: In some episodes, their house is littered with trash and crushed soda cans, and in others, it's relatively clean.
* [[Toilet Humor]]: Lots of it, both literally and figuratively.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Obviously they are. Subverted for Beavis in the case of an ''[[
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'''Butt-Head:''' You're a bunghole, bunghole! }}
** In a wood shop class, Beavis cut his finger off with a table saw. It wasn't by accident when he and Butt-Head decided to slice up random things from around the classroom with the saw, it was because ''he just felt like touching the saw''.
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* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Virtually every workplace related episode had the duo doing things that would under most circumstances get almost any employee fired, yet this inexplicably never happened. Then again it's just as inexplicable they were even hired in the first place...
** They're usually the only employees even shown at the place. They're probably only still employed because the manager can't find anyone else to hire willing to take their place. (Be honest, how many tropers reading this page, for example, would voluntarily sign up for a fast-food job without either their parents making them to "teach them the work ethic" or without a poor economic situation where no other jobs were available?)
* [[
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Here's a little gem from the episode "Prank Call", where they were looking through the phone book for someone to call:
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'''Beavis:''' No. Come on, Butt-head.
'''Butt-Head:''' Uh... Sac... Sachz. Harry... ''(starts laughing)'' "Hairy sack."
'''Beavis ''(also laughing)'':''' Yeah. Hairy sack.
'''Butt-Head ''(still laughing)'':''' This is gonna be ''cool.'' }}
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]
** "Shut up, buttknocker!" *whack*
* [[The War
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?|Who Names Their Kid "Butt-Head"?]]
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Coach Buzzcut and Muddy Grimes (who spends half of [[The Movie]] trying to hunt down and kill the boys).
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