Beavis and Butt-Head

Two dimwitted teenagers discuss TV, heavy-metal music, nachos, and trying to "score with chicks." When the duo aren't sitting on the couch, they try to pick up girls at the local convenience store, slack off at school, or wreak havoc while working at a burger joint.

Beavis and Butt-Head (1993-2011) is an American adult animated comedy series created by Mike Judge for MTV. Mike Judge also voices both title characters, two dimwitted teenagers who sprawl on a couch riffing on television, heavy-metal music videos and nachos while hunting for girls to score with. Their idle commentary is the engine of most episodes, and the chaos spills out into their attempts to chat up cashiers at the local convenience store, their neglect of school, and their disastrous shifts at a burger joint. Adam Welsh voices Stewart, the fast-food manager whose patience is their constant antagonist. The show runs eight seasons across more than two hundred short episodes of roughly eleven minutes each, so it works as a loose, episodic string of sketches rather than one continuing plot. It is set in 1990s Texas suburbia and mirrors the youth culture of its moment with deadpan, irreverent satire. Its tone is crude, gleefully stupid and sardonic, with an undercurrent of teenage boredom. Fans of South Park, Daria and King of the Hill will find the same skewering of American pop culture and adolescent idiocy here.

Audiences broadly regard the show as a positive, irreverent cult animated comedy whose sharp satire of teen slacker culture and music television holds up well.

• South Parkirreverent slacker humor, animated teen misadventure, satire of pop culture
• Dariacrude animated comedy about dim-witted protagonists, music and television satire
• King of the Hillanimated adult satire of american suburban and youth culture
• Mystery Science Theater 3000slacker comedy built on couch-bound idle commentary on media

Created by

Mike Judge

Release Date

1993-03-08

Episode runtime

11 min

Rating

7.5 / 10 (481)

What is Beavis and Butt-Head about?

Two dimwitted teenagers riff on music videos and television from the couch while chasing girls, skipping school and causing chaos at a burger joint.

What is Beavis and Butt-Head like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Beavis and Butt-Head as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.

Is Beavis and Butt-Head violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Beavis and Butt-Head as mild.

What did critics think of Beavis and Butt-Head?

Audiences broadly regard the show as a positive, irreverent cult animated comedy whose sharp satire of teen slacker culture and music television holds up well.

Which shows are like Beavis and Butt-Head?

Shows with a similar feel include South Park, Daria, King of the Hill, and Mystery Science Theater 3000.

How long is Beavis and Butt-Head?

Beavis and Butt-Head: 8 seasons, 221 episodes.

Is Beavis and Butt-Head still running?

No, Beavis and Butt-Head has ended.

Where can I watch Beavis and Butt-Head?

In United States, Beavis and Butt-Head streams on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Apple TV channel, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel.