Beavis mistakes a rabies bite for puberty.
Tropes:
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Coach Buzzcut no longer works at Highland High, with a black, fatter and much calmer gym teacher appearing in his place at the duo's gym class. This implies that Buzzcut finally got fired for his misconduct towards his students or he retired over the 24 year Time Skip set by Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.
- Comically Missing the Point: Beavis talks to who he believes to be God himself, though he's really just a hallucination. He even tells Beavis that he's not real and is a hallucination from the rabies, which Beavis completely ignores.
- The Dog Bites Back: Pun not intended, but Beavis ends up biting and scratching the crap out of Butt-Head when his rabies gets worse.
- Framing Device: Beavis praying to God about wanting answers for his recent changes... which are really just rabies.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Butt-Head stops trying to fight Beavis when he realizes just how rabid Beavis has become after he gets scratched up and injured.
- Nice Guy: Unlike Buzzcut, the new gym teacher is much more gentle, and shows genuine concern for the rabid Beavis instead of yelling at him.
- Not So Stoic: Butt-Head looks genuinely terrified when Beavis attacks him.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Thanks to his rabies, Beavis stops acting submissive to Butt-Head and attacks him with animalistic fury at the slightest provocation. It's enough to make the normally unflappable Butt-Head scared enough to decide to book it rather than keep on fighting.
- Recycled Premise: To the episode, "Rabies Scare", pretty much answering what would happen if Beavis really was sick.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: When Beavis attacks Butt-Head like a feral animal, the latter decides not to stick around and flees the house, telling Beavis he'll kick his ass later, before running off screaming.
- Uncertain Doom: The episode ends with Beavis succumbing to his rabies and pouncing on poor old Anderson, and it's never explained how Beavis got better (or if Tom did end up shooting him, since he called out to Marcie to get his gun).
- The Un-Reveal: Van Driessen mentions being a late bloomer, but before he can say what age he started going through puberty, he is interrupted by the skunk being tossed at the window.
- Whole-Plot Reference: To Judy Blume's "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.."
