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* BigEater: Both of them can actually pig out whenever they want to. In one of the 2011 revival episodes, they tried to gain weight so they can get famous like Morgan Spurlock of ''Film/SuperSizeMe''. Of course, being [[TheDitz how the two are]], they gained weight without knowing the documentary's actual purpose.
-->'''Butt-Head:''' We ate a lot of Burger World food, and now we're fat.
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* StupidEvil: They range from feelings of :"whatever" to hate for virtually everything that has nothing to do with junk food, sex, mayhem, or the music they like, including air.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Both, more so Butt-Head, are prone to verbally attacking that which they do not find cool (at least if it bothers them) or someone who does something they (often through misunderstanding) find unwise. They never really help anything if it doesn't benefit with their selfish needs. In one of the rare moments that they actually do work or help, they ended up making things worse. And the rarer times they actually do wind up doing some good, more often than not, it's a [[SpringtimeForHitler misfire]] of them ''trying to make things worse for amusement''.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Both, more so Butt-Head, are prone to verbally attacking that which they do not find cool (at least if it bothers them) or someone who does something they (often through misunderstanding) find unwise. They never really help anything if it doesn't benefit with their selfish needs. In one of the rare moments that they actually do work or help, they ended up making things worse. And the rarer times they actually do did wind up doing some good, more often than not, it's a [[SpringtimeForHitler misfire]] of them ''trying to make things worse for amusement''.amusement''.


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* LoserProtagonist: They are moronic, perverted, obnoxious losers whose goals for sex and fortune will always end in vain due to their own stupidity.


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* StrawLoser: They are so stupid and pathetic that they make ''any'' other loser or lowlife look ''brilliant'' by comparison.

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* FatAndSkinny: Downplayed. While the two are both skinny, Butt-head looks slightly stockier and more hunchbacked compared to Beavis. Played straight in some episodes of the second revival, as in his adulthood, Old Butt-head is ''much'' fatter than Old Beavis.

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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Their [[QuestForSex attempts to "score"]] will always end in vain due to their stupidity and obnoxiousness.
* FatAndSkinny: Downplayed. While the two are both skinny, Butt-head Butt-Head looks slightly stockier and more hunchbacked compared to Beavis. Played straight in some episodes of the second revival, as in his adulthood, Old Butt-head Butt-Head is ''much'' fatter than Old Beavis.



* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Both, more so Butt-head, are prone to verbally attacking that which they do not find cool (at least if it bothers them) or someone who does something they (often through misunderstanding) find unwise. They never really help anything if it doesn't benefit with their selfish needs. In one of the rare moments that they actually do work or help, they ended up making things worse. And the rarer times they actually do wind up doing some good, more often than not, it's a [[SpringtimeForHitler misfire]] of them ''trying to make things worse for amusement''..
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Particularly in later seasons, they ''will'' eventually get some form of comeuppance for their thoughtless antics.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Both, more so Butt-head, Butt-Head, are prone to verbally attacking that which they do not find cool (at least if it bothers them) or someone who does something they (often through misunderstanding) find unwise. They never really help anything if it doesn't benefit with their selfish needs. In one of the rare moments that they actually do work or help, they ended up making things worse. And the rarer times they actually do wind up doing some good, more often than not, it's a [[SpringtimeForHitler misfire]] of them ''trying to make things worse for amusement''..
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Particularly in later seasons, they ''will'' eventually get some form of comeuppance for their thoughtless antics.
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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Virtually every conversation they have with anyone other than each other amounts to this. They have absolutely no interest in what others have to tell them, nor do they have the attention spans needed to process it. In most cases, they'll either ignore what the other person is saying [[HehHehYouSaidX outside of any words or phrases that could be interpreted as innuendo]], or completely misconstrue what is being said to be relevant to whatever their own current goal is (which is usually [[QuestForSex scoring]]).

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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Virtually every conversation they have with anyone other than each other amounts to this. They have absolutely no interest in what others have to tell say to them, nor do they have the attention spans needed to process it. In most cases, they'll either ignore what the other person is saying [[HehHehYouSaidX outside of any words or phrases that could be interpreted as innuendo]], innuendo]] or completely misconstrue what is being said to be relevant to whatever their own current goal is (which is usually [[QuestForSex scoring]]).


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* QuestForSex: They always do whatever they can to "score". Of course, because of their stupidity and social ineptitude, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption they never succeed]].
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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist, as revealed in the episode "Refuse Service" during a music video segment.

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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist, as revealed in the episode "Refuse Service" during a music video segment.commentary.
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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist in the episode "Refuse Service".

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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist psychologist, as revealed in the episode "Refuse Service".Service" during a music video segment.
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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist in the episode "Nice Butt-Head".

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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist in the episode "Nice Butt-Head"."Refuse Service".
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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst out of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist in the episode "Nice Butt-Head".

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* TheSociopath: They are usually completely unempathetic towards others and always laugh at, ignore, or encourage someone who is going through horrible troubles. Butt-Head is the worst out of the duo and is even diagnosed as a sociopath by a school psychologist in the episode "Nice Butt-Head".
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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either by touching random things that just so happen to bring good luck or by [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America'' are the epitomes of this trope.

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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either by touching random things that just so happen to bring good luck or by [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America'' America]]'' are the epitomes of this trope.
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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either by touching random things that just so happen to bring good luck or by [[Springtime downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America'' are the epitomes of this trope.

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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either by touching random things that just so happen to bring good luck or by [[Springtime [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America'' are the epitomes of this trope.
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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune through either touching random things that just so happens to bring good luck or [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America]]'' are the epitomes of this trope.

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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune through either by touching random things that just so happens happen to bring good luck or [[SpringtimeForHitler by [[Springtime downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America]]'' America'' are the epitomes of this trope.
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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either through touching random things that just so happens to bring good luck or [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America]]'' are the epitomes of this trope.

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* AccidentalHero: Most of the time, they unintentionally bring good fortune either through either touching random things that just so happens to bring good luck or [[SpringtimeForHitler downright failing]] to ''inflict bad fortune upon others''. "A Very Special Episode", "Spill", and ''[[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica Do America]]'' are the epitomes of this trope.
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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa (''Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity'')

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->'''Voiced in Japanese by:''' Creator/HisaoEgawa Atsushi Tamura (''Beavis and Butt-head in Virtual Stupidity'')
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->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorres

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->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/LauraTorresCreator/PatriciaAcevedo
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* RatedMForManly: Being a buff marine certainly makes him this. Also partakes in MachoMasochism when telling Butt-head to [[GroinAttack kick him in the jimmy]].
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* InsufferableImbecile: They infamously defined this trope for the '90s with the eponymous slacker metalhead duo who cared for little except for music videos and chicks. Beavis is the somewhat nicer, but also less smart and assertive of the duo, albeit not quite enough to avoid this trope.

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* InsufferableImbecile: They infamously defined this trope for the '90s with the eponymous slacker metalhead duo duo, who cared for little except for music videos and chicks. Beavis is the somewhat nicer, nicer but also less smart and assertive of the duo, albeit not quite enough to avoid this trope.
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* HatesEveryoneEqually: He doesn't appear to like anyone. He openly hates Beavis and Butt-Head, scoffs at the idea at going to a school dance, and scornfully refers to Glennis as a "weird girl" even though they both share a FriendlessBackground.
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* AlternateSelf: The smartest versions of Beavis and Butt-Head.

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* AlternateSelf: The smartest versions of Beavis and Butt-Head.Butt-Head, relatively speaking. They're highly intelligent on a cosmic scale but still somewhat lacking in common sense and competency similar to their main counterparts.
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* PutOnABus: It is mentioned in the revival that she moved away, as per the first episode of her own series (Beavis thought she had committed suicide).

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* PutOnABus: It is mentioned in the 2011 revival that she moved away, as per the first episode of her own series (Beavis thought she had committed suicide).
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* LaserGuidedKarma: He goes out of his way to be insulting to the duo and in "Sleepover" even invites them over to make him watch him play video games rather than share the controller. From there on, his parents invite the pair to stay the night much to Cody's chagrin, the duo proceed to embarrass Cody in front of his parents who think Beavis and Butt-head are a positive influence on him, and they both walk away with his video game console after Beavis transforms into Cornholio.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: He goes out of his way to be insulting to the duo and in "Sleepover" even invites them over to make him them watch him play video games rather than share the controller.controller, for seemingly no other reason than to rudely rub it in their faces. From there on, his parents invite the pair to stay the night much to Cody's chagrin, the duo proceed to embarrass Cody in front of his parents who think Beavis and Butt-head are a positive influence on him, and they both walk away with his video game console after Beavis transforms into Cornholio.
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* MythologyGag: Starting in the 2022 revival, he gets many jokes referencing King of the Hill, the show he helped inspire.

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* JerkassBall: Under pain of death, they try to abduct Tom Anderson in order to anally probe him as part of a scientific experiment. To their credit, they do knock him out and intend to wipe his mind after the fact.

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* JerkassBall: Under pain of death, they try to abduct Tom Anderson in order to anally probe him as part of a scientific experiment. To their credit, they do knock him out are polite to him, and intend to wipe his mind after the fact.



* TheWatcher: Their primary form of entertainment is to observe different versions of themselves across the multiverse, with the version of Beavis and Butt-Head who grew to middle age being their favorite. If an existential threat looms, however, they're willing to step in and take more direct action in things, as was the case in ''Do the Universe''.

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* TheWatcher: They were entrusted by the Supreme Leaders to observe other universes. Smart Beavis fell in love with Serena by observing her through the portals.
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Their primary form of entertainment is to observe different versions of themselves across the multiverse, with the version of Beavis and Butt-Head who grew to middle age being their favorite. If an existential threat looms, however, they're willing to step in and take more direct action in things, as was the case in ''Do the Universe''.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Receives several in the 2022 revival:
** In the universe of Old Beavis and Butt-Head, he and his fellow veterans beat the crap out of the duo for flying the Vietcong flag, and hang them from the flagpole by their underwear.
** In "The New Enemy" he sprays the duo with mace when they come towards him.
** Finally, in "Abduction" he gets away scot free, while Smart Beavis gets anally probed.






* BizarreAlienBiology: Implied in "Abduction." Smart Beavis needs to be reminded how many anuses a human has, and their probing device has a dial that goes up to two.



* JerkassBall: Under pain of death, they try to abduct Tom Anderson in order to anally probe him as part of a scientific experiment. To their credit, they do knock him out and intend to wipe his mind after the fact.



** Outright shown in "Abduction" where they're such losers, that the Supreme Leaders want them killed because they spent two whole years observing Old Beavis and Butt-Head, rather than performing experiments or viewing other universes.

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** Outright shown in "Abduction" where they're such losers, that the Supreme Leaders want them killed because they spent two whole years observing Old Beavis and Butt-Head, Butt-Head. and running up an expense account, rather than performing experiments or viewing other universes. universes.
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* MrFixit: For all his foibles, Anderson is a very focused and skilled handyman. He was even able to fix a malfunctioning anal-probing device on an interdimensional spaceship that by all accounts was more technologically advanced than ''anything else'' on Earth.
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* FatBastard: Downplayed, although he can be pretty rude to people.

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* FatBastard: Downplayed, although he can be pretty rude to people.people, particularly Beavis and Butt-head.



* {{Jerkass}}: He's shown to be rude and condescending to the duo even though Beavis and Butt-head haven't gone out of their way to harass him in any particular way and in "Sleepover", he invites the duo over to make them ''watch'' him play video games rather than allow them to play. In that episode, it's also shown Beavis and Butt-head don't like Cody anymore than Cody likes them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He goes out of his way to be insulting to the duo and in "Sleepover" even invites them over to make him watch him play video games rather than share the controller. From there on, his parents invite the pair to stay the night much to Cody's chagrin, the duo proceed to embarrass Cody in front of his parents who think Beavis and Butt-head are a positive influence on him, and they both walk away with his video game console after Beavis transforms into Cornholio.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His interactions with Beavis and Butt-Head are very similar to that of Daria in the original series, while he is overweight and socially awkward like Stewart (though unlike Stewart he despises the boys)

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His interactions with Beavis and Butt-Head are very similar to that of Daria in the original series, while he is overweight and socially awkward like Stewart (though unlike Stewart he despises the boys)boys), with Cody's parents also being shown to interact with the duo like the Stevensons once did. And before "Sleepover" when he was still a minor character, Cody had traits reminiscent of Dean, a more minor B&B character from the original run, who was another chubby student who occasionally stopped to make casual conversation with the duo.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Will get a spotlight episode in the season 10 finale "Sleepover."

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Will get He gets a spotlight episode in the season 10 finale "Sleepover."



* HiddenDepths: "Sleepover" implies he has few, if any friends, and whatever friends he does make, his family often scare away with their clingy behavior.



* ADayInTheLimelight: Get their own episode and intro with "Abduction."



* NormalFishInATinyPond: When they appear in Beavis and Butt-head's universe, they're intelligent on a cosmic scale compared to the duo and everyone else. But by the standards of their own universe, they're not quite the brighest bulbs and have several moments that show they're not truly as smart as they seem, whether it's not being able to pilot their ship properly or being fooled into purchasing beachfront property on the moon by a scammer called "Melody 1998".

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* NormalFishInATinyPond: When they appear in Beavis and Butt-head's universe, they're intelligent on a cosmic scale compared to the duo and everyone else. But by the standards of their own universe, they're not quite the brighest brightest bulbs and have several moments that show they're not truly as smart as they seem, whether it's not being able to pilot their ship properly or being fooled into purchasing beachfront property on the moon by a scammer called "Melody 1998".1998".
** Outright shown in "Abduction" where they're such losers, that the Supreme Leaders want them killed because they spent two whole years observing Old Beavis and Butt-Head, rather than performing experiments or viewing other universes.



* SpockSpeak: Instead of laughing or giggling, their VerbalTic is to comment on the situation at hand with words, like "quite homorous" or "very droll".

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* SpockSpeak: Instead Rarely uses contractions, and instead of laughing or giggling, their VerbalTic is to comment on the situation at hand with words, like "quite homorous" or "very droll".
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: His interactions with Beavis and Butt-Head are very similar to that of Daria in the original series.

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* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Despite being put on a bus in the revival, an alternate universe alien version of Daria appears in "Abduction."]]



** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: An alternate universe alien version of Daria appears in "Abduction."]]



* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Despite not otherwise appearing in the 22 revival, an alternate universe alien version of Buzzcut appears in "Abduction."]]



** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: An alternate universe alien version of Buzzcut appears in "Abduction."]]



* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Despite not otherwise appearing in the 2022 revival, an alternate universe alien version of McVicker appears in "Abduction."]]



** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: An alternate universe alien version of McVicker appears in "Abduction."]]



* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Despite otherwise being absent in the 2022 revival, an alternate universe alien version of Todd appears in "Abduction."]]



** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: An alternate universe alien version of Todd appears in "Abduction."]]
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* SoapboxSadie: In "Pranks", he admonishes the duo for trying to {{TP}} a house while there's a supply chain crisis going on, and tells them to watch the news.

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* FatBastard: Downplayed, although he can be pretty rude to people.
* SoapboxSadie: In "Pranks", he admonishes the duo for trying to {{TP}} TP a house while there's a supply chain crisis going on, and tells them to watch the news.

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