History WesternAnimation / BeavisAndButthead

->''"In time ''[[BeavisAndButthead 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."''

->''"In time ''BeavisAndButthead'' will become defined as a very, very significant part of American culture. It's brilliant. I've got all the tapes."''

* GrowingTheBeard: In the early episodes, the duo didn't go through the range of jokes as later seasons, and most of the time they were just playing pranks or causing all around mischief. When the show started to get popular (and when MTV got scared that kids may be imitating the duo's destructive behavior), their personalities changed into the way most people recognize them now by. Of course, this made everything a hell of a lot funnier.
** Which is funny, because their earlier music video reviews were very little except jabs or praise for the band/artist. Their later reviews had a more intellectual insight, implying that the characters are savants.

* {{Flanderization}}: In the early episodes, the duo weren't totally dumb, and most of the time they were just playing pranks or causing all around mischief. When the show started to get popular (and when MTV got scared that kids may be imitating the duo's destructive behavior), their personalities changed into the way most people recognize them now by. Of course, [[YourMileageMayVary some fans thought that the change]] [[GrowingTheBeard made the show better.]]
** Which is funny, because their earlier music video reviews were very little except jabs or praise for the band/artist. Their later reviews had a more intellectual insight, implying that the characters are savants.

* TalkingToHimself: Mike Judge does the voices of Beavis and Butthead, as well as a good portion of the reoccurring characters.

** Butt-head once got stuck after crawling inside a pipe. After taking the entire episode to get him unstuck (eventually having to resort to a rescue crew), Beavis ''went and got himself stuck in same pipe''.

** Also on nearly every Music/{{Pantera}} and {{GWAR}} video they see.
* BitingTheHandHumor: The new season's episodes involve riffing on other MTV shows, including JerseyShore, Teen Mom, TrueLife, and 16 And Pregnant. It's rather hilarious when you consider MTV [[NetworkDecay rarely shows music these days.]]

** Better yet, in Mr. Van Driessen'svery first appearance on the show, he actually ''gets killed'' by a monster truck. And then he's still alive and well throughout the rest of the series.

* TalkingToHimself: Mike Judge is most of the male cast.

** With the return of the series, Mike Judge will also be poking fun at YouTube Videos and other MTV shows like Jersey Shore. Their first vic I mean choice since their return: The Situation and Snooki.

->''"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 [[MikeJudge this Texas guy whom we hardly even know]]. Beavis and Butt-Head are [[RalphWiggum dumb]], [[HehHehYouSaidX crude]], [[VillainProtagonist thoughtless]], [[{{Gonk}} ugly]], [[CasanovaWannabe sexist]], [[TooDumbToLive self-destructive]] [[IdiotHero 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 [[RuleOfFunny make us laugh]]. To put it another way: DontTryThisAtHome."''

* ContentWarnings: 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 Butthead." Later episodes had the warning that serves as the page quote (only it went like this):

* CoolTeacher: Mr. Van Driessen defies the principal for his students' sake, protects them with BerserkButton 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 Butthead.

*** In the pilot, Butthead was trying to get footage of TheHead, but he got kicked out.

** Beavis and Butthead 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.

** Also Butthead at times, usually if Beavis is being stupider than usual.
--> '''Beavis''': Hey, Butthead, do you know I'm from Compton?
--> '''Butthead''': Dammit, Beavis, shut up. You're not from Compton.
--> '''Beavis''': No, wait, Butthead, I'm serious. I was kickin' it on the streets. It was hard times. I used to drink Gin and Juice. It was cool.
--> '''Butthead''': Beavis...you're a white wussy from right here.
--> '''Beavis''': No way, Butthead, you don't know, you weren't around then. Yeah, me and Snoop used to go to the Compton swap meet together.
--> '''Butthead''': Beavis, you used to go to the flea market with your mom.

--> '''Butthead''': Beavis...

--> '''Butthead''': ...shut up.

--> '''Butthead''': Beavis, shut up. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech 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]].

* DudeLooksLikeALady: One RunningGag has Beavis and Butthead constantly refer to long-haired men in music videos as "chicks". Sometimes they go as far as hitting on them.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The earlier episodes of ''BeavisAndButthead'' are a completely different show from the later episodes most viewers are familiar with. Rather than focusing on the consequences of the duo's [[IdiotPlot stupidity]] in the usual mundane style of Mike Judge, the antics of the two are told in a wackier, more [[MindScrew surreal]] tone, with RefugeInAudacity being more commonplace. In addition, the animation's even cruder than it already was in the later seasons, Butthead's voice is different, and there are stronger indications of TotallyRadical (i.e. metal guitar riffs).

* HypocriticalHumor: In the titlar student film in "Generation in Crisis", Beavis asks if he could say "nads". The filmmaker, Ken Alder, tells him, "There's no censorship of any kind, this is an independant documentary film... with a generous grant from the ESCO Corporation." Beavis and Butthead then discuss censorship, and Beavis says something that gets censored anyway, complete with a CensorBox over his mouth.

* MoralGuardians: InUniverse example: Stewart's mother is revealed to be one in the episode where Stewart gets a satellite dish, much to Beavis and Butthead's frustration.

* RealMenWearPink: Utterly averted in ''Crying'' where Butthead constantly mocks Bevis for crying while watching The Bachelor (the result of finding an onion in his chili dog while watching the show).

* TakeThat: To anyone who stands still long enough, but one memorable example was when Beavis and Butthead went to a poetry reading, and Beavis ended up drinking some incredibly powerful cappuccino, triggering his Cornholio persona. The beret-wearing poetry snobs, of course, thought his insane ranting was ''genius''. They stayed for ''hours'' listening to his "I am Cornholio, I need TP for my bunghole" glossolalia. He started to tire as the caffeine wore off, and the crowd started to leave... so of course the guy Beavis was sitting with dosed him with another almost-lethal cappuccino.

** Arguably, Beavis and Butthead could be considered this InUniverse.

** Butthead once got stuck after crawling inside a pipe. After taking the entire episode to get him unstuck (eventually having to resort to a rescue crew), Beavis ''went and got himself stuck in same pipe''.

-->'''Mike Judge:''' [http://www.avclub.com/articles/mike-judge,64071/ I was trying so hard to not have catchphrases. How could “This sucks” be a catchphrase?]]

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