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Recap / Beavis And Butthead S 9 E 14 The Good Deed

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Beavis and Butt-Head attempt to do a good deed.


  • Accidental Misnaming: Tom Anderson still can't get the duo's names right, this time thinking they're Travis and Burt.
  • Artistic License – Chemistry: This episode depicts DDT as a green, noxious slime that's something of a Hollywood Acid. In real life, DDT is colorless, tasteless, and (while still dangerously toxic) non-corrosive.
  • Auto-Tune: Beavis possesses this talent according to the music video. Butt-Head tries and fails.
  • Balloon Belly: The two develop this after drinking all of the punch.
  • Insane Troll Logic: Beavis and Butt-Head conclude that the pesticide is Spanish fly because it has a fly painting and Spanish labels.
  • Never Learned to Read: Beavis and Butt-Head misread the pesticide label as "Spanish Fly".
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished:
    • The pair trying a good deed ends with them unwittingly poisoning themselves to death with the pesticide. Before they croak, they decide it's futile to try to do something good for other people.
    • Also applies to Tom Anderson. He tried to help the duo by giving them the DDT.
  • Nose Shove: The pair previously went to the hospital to get toy army men out of their nasal cavities.
  • A Party, Also Known as an Orgy: The pair attempt to incite an orgy by lacing the punch at the dance with what they believe to be Spanish fly. Unsurprisingly, nothing happens.
  • Poison Is Corrosive: The repellent Tom Anderson gives the boys ends up dissolving Beavis's shoe.
  • Recycled Premise: This isn't the first time these two knuckleheads have experimented with Spanish fly.
  • They Killed Kenny Again: Beavis and Butt-Head die at the end of the episode as a result of massive poisoning.
  • Your Brain Won't Be Much of a Meal: While the boys still die, the ending implies that they may have avoided severe brain damage because there wasn't enough left for the DDT to eat away.
    Doctor: [looking at the duo's MRI printouts, which have huge black spots across the tissue] It's amazing they have enough brain function to still be alive.
    Nurse: Actually, Doctor, these scans are from before they drank the DDT. These boys were here a month ago to have objects removed from their nasal cavities.

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