History Trivia / BeavisAndButtHead

* ExiledFromContinuity: Judge is not allowed to use Daria anymore since the show was resurrected, as MTV has stated that they want to keep the character freed up so as to possibly revive her show down the line. During a music video, it is explained that she moved (though Beavis thought she committed suicide), as per the canon of ''Daria''. However, Daria does end up making a cameo in ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHeadDoTheUniverse''.

* {{Uncanceled}}: New episodes debuted in October 2011, but disappeared as soon as they premiered.
** In July 2020, it was announced that the series will receive two new seasons on Creator/ComedyCentral (later moved to Creator/ParamountPlus).

** Averted as of 2022, as it was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/south-park-beavis-and-butt-head-moving-to-paramount-1235094214/ announced]] that, in addition to the new episodes moving to Paramount+, the service would stream the entire library, over 200 episodes, newly remastered. Most fans interpreted this as them releasing the episodes all at once... until Paramount+ [[https://twitter.com/askparamount/status/1540044126808428546 reiterated]] that they were only releasing them one at a time throughout 2022. Only 35 episodes (22 from season 7) from the first 8 seasons are on the service as of November 2022.

* CreatorBacklash: Much like how [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Trey and Matt]] feel about the early seasons of their show, Judge hates most of the very early episodes of the show due to the very choppy animation and obvious humor compared to later seasons. He also hates some of the episodes that incorporate fantastical elements into them. Because of this, a great deal of the show has not been released on DVD.

* MissingEpisode: Many. Possibly the rarest is "Comedians", since it features Beavis juggling flaming newspapers and burning down a comedy club. It aired a month before the infamous mobile home fire for which the show was blamed.
** "Comedians" was re-aired a few times in a dramatically edited version that has the fire just happen without Beavis's intervention. Far less common were the very early episodes like "Bedpans and Broomsticks" and especially the infamous "Frog Baseball".

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Canada's MTV quickly replaced the revived series with ''Series/JerseyShore'' reruns, occasionally airing the episodes at ridiculous hours of the night.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://beavisandbutthead.wikia.com/wiki/Beavis_and_Butt-head_Wiki Beavis and Butt-Head Wiki]].

* RoleReprise: In the 2022 revival episode "Abducted", Daria (or at least her Smart counterpart) is again voiced by Tracy Grandstaff.

** Tracy Grandstaff voices both Daria and Cassandra.

* OldShame: Much like how [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Trey and Matt]] feel about the early seasons of their show, Judge hates most of the very early episodes of the show due to the very choppy animation and obvious humor compared to later seasons. He also hates some of the episodes that incorporate fantastical elements into them. Because of this, a great deal of the show has not been released on DVD.
** He seems to have some regret over the 2011 revival, [[https://www.salon.com/2019/03/09/hbo-wants-more-seasons-of-silicon-valley-but-mike-judge-might-be-ready-to-end-it_partner/ lamenting how he wished he aged them instead of having them still be teens]].
** In one interview, he said he disliked the episode "Eating Contest" so much that a couple years later he personally asked MTV not to air it in reruns anymore.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, Judge didn't really want to voice Beavis, since all he really had for Beavis was the laugh. Beavis wound up being one of his favorite voices to do on the show.
** If ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' had not been a ratings and critical success from episode one, Glenn Eichler has stated that [=MTV=] would have most likely have forced him to incorporate Beavis and Butt-Head into the show to boost ratings.
** Tom Anderson was originally going to have a spin-off series on FOX, but legal issues kept Judge from using the character outside of MTV and Viacom, which is why Judge recreated Tom Anderson as Hank Hill for ''King of the Hill''. Anderson was also going to be Hank's ShellShockedVeteran father, but, once again, legal issues kept Judge from using the character outside of MTV and Viacom, which is why Cotton Hill was created.
** The relaunched series was initially going to have Beavis and Butt-Head as adults. For some reason, it was decided to keep them as teenagers when it finally went into production. After Judge decided to keep them as teenagers, they were originally going to have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen for a decade, then brought back and made to see]] [[TechnologyMarchesOn how life has changed since the 1990s]]. He would sort of revisit this concept with the 2022 revival, which seems to have quietly retconned out the 2011 revival as a result.
** Judge wanted to bring back Daria in the 2011 revival, but had no plans to incorporate how her character had developed on her own show, even to the point of creating an entirely new family for her (ignoring Jake, Helen, and Quinn). MTV refused to allow this, citing that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Judge had ceded all rights to the character of Daria when he agreed to her spinoff in the '90s, in exchange for them leaving Beavis and Butt-Head out of it.]] Daria ''did'' cameo in the PilotMovie for the 2022 revival, however.
** Creator/{{Atari}} had plans to make an Arcade Beat Em Up based on the show, which even made it to the play testing stage. However, it tested very poorly and Atari quietly cancelled it. About 10 prototypes were known to exist.
** The episode ''Scratch N Win'' was originally going to end with Beavis and Butt-head crashing their riding mower, causing it to set on fire. Proof of the lost ending's existence is shown in some merchandise detailed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAPcLpaRDZk in this video]]. It can be assumed the reason this ending was cut since the episode first aired [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents not long after the infamous fire controversy]].
** The 2022 episode "The Special One" was originally meant to be a musical.

** Butt-Head's voice was based on a bully Judge had in elementary school who'd always just bluntly state how he was going to bully him (that same bully would also serve as the basis for [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Stuart Dooley]]).

* AcclaimedFlop: Apparently the 2011 reboot ''was'' popular with everyone... except teenage girls, which they were trying to market to at the time.

* In Japan, the series itself and it's movie were broadcast with subtitles rather than a full on dub, however strangely, the game ''Virtual Stupidity'' was actually dubbed, with the titular characters being voiced by popular Japanese comedy duo, London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō.

* NoDubForYou: Unlike with the original series, the revival wasn't dubbed in any foreign country when it was broadcast, being only subbed, with Germany, Italy and Spain being the only exceptions, as dubbing there is mandatory by law in the latter's case.
** In Japan, the series itself and it's movie were broadcast with subtitles rather than a full on dub, however strangely, the game ''Virtual Stupidity'' was actually dubbed, with the titular characters being voiced by popular Japanese comedy duo, London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō.

** Other episodes were banned (some of which did return from being banned with content cuts made) for instances of Beavis saying "Fire! Fire!" or flicking a lighter ("Stewart's House", "Kidnapped"), animal cruelty ("Frog Baseball", "Washing the Dog"), inhalant and drug abuse ("Home Improvement", "Way Down Mexico Way") or anything that might be [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents considered poor taste in the aftermath of Columbine and September 11th]] ("Heroes", "Incognito"). Many of these have aired on Viacom-owned networks overseas unedited, and some are commercially available on [=DVD=] sets.

* NoDubForYou: Unlike with the original series, the revival wasn't dubbed in any foreign country when it was broadcasted, being only subbed, with Germany, Italy and Spain being the only exceptions, as dubbing there is mandatory by law in the latter's case.

* ApprovalOfGod: Plenty of people have found the duo mocking them during the music videos [[ActuallyPrettyFunny to be an honor.]] Sam Harris loved the commentary on his "Over the Rainbow" video. The cast of ''Series/JerseyShore'' also considered their "appearance" on the show to be great fun. Steve Grimmett of Grim Reaper personally told Mike Judge that he ''agreed'' with the duo's negative remarks about his band's video for "See You In Hell."

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The music video segments slowly devolved from actual riffing and commentary to stream-of-consciousness ramblings due to the sheer volume of videos Judge was forced to watch and ad lib over (at least five per-recording session), causing him to run out of material extremely fast.

* BreakthroughHit: While he'd had some success in the festival circuit and with the ''Milton'' shorts on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', it was this show that put Judge's name on the map, beginning an extremely prolific career in animation, television and film.

* ExiledFromContinuity: Judge is not allowed to use Daria anymore since the show was resurrected, as MTV has stated that they want to keep the character freed up so as to possibly revive her show down the line. During a music video, it is explained that she moved (though Beavis thought she committed suicide), as per the canon of ''Daria''. However, Daria does end up making a cameo in ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoTheUniverse''.

--->'''Beavis''': Whoa, that's a bigass skull, Beavis--I mean, Butt-Head.

* CrossdressingVoices: Judge voices Marcy Anderson (averted in the movie, where she's voiced by Lisa Kathleen Collins) and the school nurse.

* NoDubForYou: Unlike with the original series, the revival wasn't dubbed in any foreign country when it was broadcasted, being only subbed, with Germany and Spain being the only exceptions, as dubbing there is mandatory by law in the latter's case.

* NoDubForYou: Unlike with the original series, the revival wasn't dubbed in any foreign country when it was broadcasted, being only suubbed, with Germany and Spain being the only exceptions, as dubbing there is mandatory by law in the latter's case.

* NoDubForYou: Unlike with the original series, the revival wasn't dubbed in any foreign country when it was broadcasted, being Spain the only exception, as dubbing there is mandatory by law.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub of ''Virtual Stupidity'', the main characters are voiced by comedy duo, London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō.