What's up guys. This is the iceberg for Beavis and Butt-head. It starts at the top with more
commonplace information and as we procceed further down the chart, we'll go over more
obscure information and lesser known hypothetical theories. So let's get into it.
Starting with the base level, the creator, Mike Judge. He started as a physics student,
then an engineer, then moved on to starting a band in Texas, and eventually becoming the
creator of several beloved shows. He also voices Beavis and Butt-head himself along
with several other characters from the show. Mike judge was also known for having co created
a number of other shows,most notably: King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Office space,
Idiocracy among others. It's also interesting to note that he taught himself how to animate
early on. Judge has admitted that Beavis was the first
to be created and is his favorite of the two. Butt-head was inspired by someone he went
to high school with who would wear a kick me sign on his back, inviting anybody else
to kick his butt. He also took on the moniker Iron Butt in the process.
This was the short film that featured the very first appearance of beavis and butthead.
It premiered in The Sick and Twisted Festival of animation. It was actually the fourth short
film with these characters Judge had made. Though this wasn't the very FIRST creation
using beavis and butt-head, it did get MTV's attention and was the catalyst for its explosive
growth. It's obvious that these characters have little
to no parental supervision. We see their fathers in Beavis and Butt-head do america, stating
that their moms were both 'sluts'. This has led many theories to conclude that the mothers
are actually prostitutes that don't want their kids to know. And when Judge was asked this
question, he replied "They're in the same place charlie brown's parents are"
Not surprisingly, several video games were based on this IP. There were at least 4 of
them created with a number of unofficial games created by fans.
Mike Judge has stated that within the 199 initial episodes created, he would occasionally
get writers block. When this would happen, he would use howard stern as his inspiration.
The radio host's spontaenous nature would give Judge the fuel necessary to improvise
much of the golden content that he was able to produce.
The character of Boomhaeur from King of the Hill was actually actually an impression of
somebody that had called into complain about Beavis and Butt-head.
This is in reference to the alarming number of people claiming their children committed
irresponsible acts directly in response to the show's involvement. This encouraged MTV
to move back the airing time from evening to late evening.
Much of the style and comedy of Beavis and Butt-head was inspired from the Nutty Professor
mixed Cheech and chong. Judge has stated that these were two of the most influential in
his preferred style of comedy. In one of the south Park movies, Bigger Longer
and Uncut, Kenny removed his hood and spoke to the rest of the cast. He was voiced by
Beavis and Butt-head creator, Mike Judge. Beavis and Butt-head appeared as guests on
a number of the late shows of David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live as their animated selves.
They also appeared on episodes of Robot Chicken and Space Ghost Coast to Coast on Adult Swim
as well as Celebrity Deathmatch on MTV. They also had a very brief cameo in Austin Powers,
the international man of mystery. The movie Air Heads Had a call in during a
radio show that featured Mike Judge voicing out the iconic duo.
During the 1997 MTV movie awards, the movie beavis and butthead do america was nominated
for the best on screeen duo award. The pair's simple phrase of 'heh heh' was
voted in the top 100 greatest TV show catch phrases in 2006.
On TV guide's top 60 greatest cartoons of all time, Beavis and Butthead was voted as
#15. A theory for how the two characters stay alive
through countless accidents and mishaps is that their lightweight, stringy, and constantly
fidgety bodies give them the ability to survive what others wouldn't. Having such little mass,
they wouldn't feel the impact of the blows that they receive, light punching a feather
in mid air. With their natural ability to be relaxed, not understanding the danger they're
in, they won't tense up in preparation for a damaging blow. And staying loose and relaxed
is one of the best ways to help absorb the impact of a fall.
This is the segment on MTV that occupied the first appearances of Beavis and Butt-head.
It's well loved reception encouraged them to create the very first episode of Beavis
and Butt head in March of 1993. Mike Judge wrote and recorded the opening
theme song himself. He apparently meant to have someone else record it, but it just never
happened. Judge has stated himself that he doesn't mind
the vulgarity of the show as long as its witty and humorous. But there are several lines
throughout the series that were vulgar just for the sake of being vulgar and there are
several lines that he truly regrets implmenting into the show.
Beavis and Butt-head were featured on an issue of Rolling Stone magazine and it ended up
becoming the highest selling issue of the year.
In 1993, a US senator was speaking on violence inspired by TV. He called the pair Buffcoat
and Beaver as a genuine mistake. This comedian made an appearance on the show
as a salesman known as Gus Baker. In one of the movie's deleted scenes, Beavis
actually used the Declaration of independence as toilet paper. We can only imagine why this
didn't appear in the movie itself. There were several cases of schools throughout
southern dakota that outlawed clothes featuring the iconic duo.
The dorky character in the show, stewart would wear a winger shirt based on the band. The
leader of the band actually stated that the show single-handedly killed the band's career.
However he and Mike Judge have since settled any differences they once had and are now
on good terms with one another. Unlike the negative impact of the show on
Winger, another performer on the show, a rapper named T-baby, actually received a notable
growth. Beavis and Butt-head had their own marvel
comic series. Though I think it's unlikely we'll see them appear under that brand these
days. Due to an incident with a fire year old setting
fire to their house, the show was banned from mentioning or including any scenes with fire
or reference to it. The series originally ended in 1997 because
Mike Judge was struggling to come up with new content. But was revived for a short time
in 2011. The renewed series had its previously enforced fire ban lifted. However the series
seemed outdated in the modern era and it was cancelled again after the season ended.
When Beavis abuses substances he will go into this state where he's absorbed entirely by
another entity or character known as cornholio. This theory states that this is actually a
possession that overtakes him completely. The theory continues to state that Cornholio's
fascination with his 'bunghole' derives from the entity's lack of familiarity with having
one. So when the entity known as cornholio discovers that this being it's possessing
has a bodily function it's familiar with, it becomes fascinated by it. This is also
backed up by Beavis admitting that He hears voices in his head throughout the series.
Butt-Head is apparently unaware of his gums showing throughout the show. He even denied
it when beavis called him out on it one day and then convinced Beavis it was not true.
In early episodes of Beavis and Butthead, Beavis can be seen wearing a slayer shirt
instead of his usual Metallica shirt. The official beavis and butt-head merchandising
did not include the band logos and instead only featured blank shirts. This was done
for licensing and copyright issues. This entertainer wanted to be featured on
the show but one of the songwriters for the song he was wanting to included refused to
allow the song to be aired. At one point, Mike Judge said he had considered
a live action version of the show. He also mentioned that Johnny Depp had volunteered
to play Beavis. During one of his movies with Marlin Brando, the two would imitate Beavis
and Butt-head together. One year, the iconic pair were featured in
a mostly live action thanksgiving special featuring Kurt Loder
In July of 2020, it was announced that Beavis and Butthead have received a 2 year order
for the show to be renewed. This time around, the characters will be introduced into the
modern world of social media and the introduction of Gen z.
The show had major difficulties in syndication through other networks as many of the episodes
featured music videos that were exclusive to the MTV network.
This is what South Park Creator, Trey Park and Matt Stone, felt like Beavis and Butthead
was as a genre. While the mainstream was all about folk and other popular show tunes, the
blues was invented to appeal to a different audience.
Though we're not given any confirmation of this, we all understand that the two main
characters are off mentally. One of the primary theories for this is that the two were born
with this condition that is caused from exposure to alcohol during the mother's pregnancy.
According to wikipedia, people with this condition often have a thin upper lip, small eye openings,
and a range of learning difficulties. These two definitely seem possess these traits.
So this would explain their slow mental capabilities as well as their skull deformation, which
is notably different than other characters in the show.
It's never revealed the character's true relationship but we are given insight that they've been
together since the earliest stages of their lives. And according to Butt-Head's father...
he was the only one to 'score' with the two women but obviously Beavis and his father
share similarities. One prevailing theory is that the two are actually cousins from
two permiscuous sisters that support their children from afar.
Mike Judge created multiple pilot episodes of the show. The second was called Peace,
Love, and Understanding. In the episode, the two are at a monster truck show and one of
the trucks accidentally lets loose the God of odor and excrement, Sterquilius, who aniihilates
the entire stadium. The theory states that this was actually the final episode chronologically.
Judge has gone on the record to say that he actually despises this episode. And this seems
like an appropriate way for Beavis and Butt-head to go so perhaps this is the case.
Tom Anderson from Beavis and Butt-head has very obvious similarities with Hank Hill.
Even their expressions, mannerisms and relentless enthusiasm for propane and propane accessories
match. But they're not QUITE the same. A predominant theory is that Tom Anderson is actually Hank
Hill's father. This coincides with another theory that Cotton from King of the Hill is
not actually Hank's father. This outlandish theory states that after WW2,
governments coordinated to create a new type of human that was being introduced into the
public. However, along with these experiments came a limiting of human functions, bringing
them down to the basic primal instincts for food, water, and sex. I don't think that this
one holds much water but it's fun to consider nonetheless
Daria is a character within Beavis and Butt-head realm. But a common theory states that Daria
created this work of fiction that's known as Beavis and Butt-head. The theory goes on
to say that Daria met Hank Hill at an early age who would later serve as inspirationo
for Tom Anderson. Beavis and Butt-head were based on two best friends in high school that
she had met. This would explain why Daria's character in the show had a heavy interest
in the boys, much moreso than other chracters. She's also shown as more patient and sympathetic
in Beavis and Butt-head than she's shown on her own show. She could just be portraying
herself in a more positive light. This one actually seems possible to me.
This theory states that Butt-Head is actually from a wealthy family and is simply hanging
out with Beavis for entertainment. Butt-head is almost always the dominant one in the friendship
and it would make sense that he's using Beavis since he's so easily manipulated. And they
never seem to have any trouble affording burger world whenever they wanted. The theory goes
on to say that Butt-Head has a family job waiting for him whenever he's ready to move