The WORST episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head

Every episode of Beavis and Butt-Head ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Beavis and Butt-Head!

Beavis and Butt-head are high school students whose lifestyles revolve around TV, junk food (usually nachos), shopping malls, heavy metal music, and trying to "score with chicks". Each show contains short cartoons centering on the duo who live in the fictitious town of Highland, Texas. The episodes are broken up by short breaks in which Beavis and Butt-head watch and make fun of music videos.

Last Updated: 3/19/2024Network: MTVStatus: Ended
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Killing Time
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6.09
102 votes

#1 - Killing Time

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1994

Beavis and Butt-head try to figure out things to do during a two hour period when there is nothing on TV. videos: Rick Derringer with Hulk Hogan - "Real American" The Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Wrap It Up" Sam Harris - "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Napalm Death - "Plague Rages"

Writer: Joe Stillman
Tainted Meat
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6.29
93 votes

#2 - Tainted Meat

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1994

Beavis develops an infection and transfers it to the customers at Burger World through tainted hamburgers. videos: that dog. - "old timer" Revolting Cocks - "Crackin' Up" MC 900 Foot Jesus - "If I Only Had A Brain"

Writer: Joe Stillman
Safe House
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6.41
94 votes

#3 - Safe House

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1994

Todd needs a place to stay while being pursued by a rival gang, so he chooses Butt-head's house and directs the boys to 'act dumb' and keep him safe. videos: Crowbar - "Existence Is Punishment" Brian Setzer - "Rebelene" Pia Zadora - "Rock It Out"

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Prank Call
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6.66
85 votes

#4 - Prank Call

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/1996

After the new phone book is delivered, the boys decide to call someone, and start repeatedly terrorizing a guy named Harry Sachz with prank calls from the bathroom. Harry gets caller ID and traces the call to Butt-head...who gives him Stewart's address. videos: The Bucketheads - "The Bomb" Bon Jovi - "Something For the Pain" Del Amitri - "Roll To Me"

Shopping List
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6.72
25 votes

#5 - Shopping List

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1996

Mr. Anderson asks Beavis and Butt-head to go shopping for him at the drug store; they buy everything except what was on his list. videos: Paula Abdul - "Crazy Cool" Milla - "Gentleman Who Fell" Built To Spill - "In The Morning"

Writer: Bo Weinberg
Take a Lap
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6.78
83 votes

#6 - Take a Lap

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/1997

After watching infomercials, the boys go for a jog and mix a super muscle drink at Stewart's place -- destroying the house in the process. videos: Skatman John - "Skatman"

Writer: Bo Weinberg
Patsies
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6.81
52 votes

#7 - Patsies

Season 5 - Episode 44 - Aired 9/13/1995

The "Positive Acting Teens" group, led by Mr. Graham, seeks to rehabilitate some kids in detention with community service. Fat chance, since those kids happen to be Beavis and Butt-head. videos: Cinderella - "Somebody Save Me" Fatima Mansions - "The Loyaliser" Jennifer Trynin - "Happier"

Beavis and Butt-head's Island
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6.82
60 votes

#8 - Beavis and Butt-head's Island

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/28/1994

While taking change from a fountain at the mall the boys must run to a fake island in the center when the water is turned on,they remain and think of ways to get out without going into the water...which is only about a foot deep. videos: Whale - "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" The Cure - "Caterpillar" Beck - "Pay No Mind"

To the Rescue
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6.83
46 votes

#9 - To the Rescue

Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 6/6/1995

The boys are featured on a "Rescue 911" show after they help rescue the pilot of a crashed plane. videos: dEUS - "Suds And Soda" The Cramps - "Ultra Twist" Slayer - "Serenity"

Writer: Joe Stillman
Couch-Fishing
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6.85
112 votes

#10 - Couch-Fishing

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/1993

The boys reel in various things (and people) while casting from the couch, and then get Stewart in trouble with the law. videos: INXS - "Not Enough Time" Danzig - "Mother" Suicdal Tendencies - "Institutionalised" Bee Gees - "Jive Talkin'"

Nothing Happening
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6.86
142 votes

#11 - Nothing Happening

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/14/1997

After the TV goes out, the boys sleep through four disasters that ravage their town. videos: Tom Jones - "If I Only Knew"

Beaverly Buttbillies
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6.88
57 votes

#12 - Beaverly Buttbillies

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1994

After watching "The Beverly Hillbillies" on TV, Beavis and Butt-head decide to dig for oil but break a sewage line instead. videos: Dog Eat Dog - "No Front" The Bubblemen - "The Bubblemen Are Coming" Girlschool - "Play Dirty" Babes In Toyland - "Ripe"

Directors: Mike Judge
Pregnant Pause
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6.88
50 votes

#13 - Pregnant Pause

Season 5 - Episode 29 - Aired 6/8/1995

Hilarity ensues as some major intestinal cramps convince Beavis that he might be pregnant. videos: Helmet - "Wilma's Rainbow" Yanni - "Reflections of Passion" Dinosaur Jr. - "I Don't Think So"

Comedians
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6.92
171 votes

#14 - Comedians

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1993

Beavis and Butt-head decide to become stand-up comedians, perform at a comedy club, get booed and burn the place down.¹ videos: Primus - "My Name is Mud" Tiffany - "I Think We're Alone Now" Vince Neil - "Sister of Pain" Belly - "Feed The Tree" ¹This episode was last shown edited as follows: The scene where Butt-head gets the idea to become a comedian, Beavis says: "Let's go over to Stewart's house and burn something." The edited version has Butt-head interrupting Beavis after "house." The scene where Beavis is juggling flaming newspapers (which burns down the Laff Hole) is removed. The fire references have been removed from the Vince Neil video. The Belly video was added to fill the time from the edited scenes. This is the original airing of this episode..

Writer: Mike Judge
Another Friday Night
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6.92
50 votes

#15 - Another Friday Night

Season 5 - Episode 37 - Aired 8/7/1995

Beavis and Butthead kill another Friday night at the Maxi Mart. They try to service the girls by working the cash register and the manager, whose in the back room watching the camera, thinks that he's being robbed and calls the police. Videos: Janet Jackson -- "You Want This" Wax -- "California"

Writer: Joe Stillman
What's the Deal?
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6.92
52 votes

#16 - What's the Deal?

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/5/1995

Beavis & Butt-head sit in on Mr. Anderson's poker game and try to collect all the cards. videos: Exodus - "Thorn In My Side" Reverend Horton Heat - "Psychobilly Freak Out" Merciful Fate - "The Bellwitch" Poison - "I Want Action"

Writer: Bo Weinberg
Young, Gifted & Crude
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6.93
58 votes

#17 - Young, Gifted & Crude

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/25/1993

The boys accidentally score highly on an IQ test and wind up in the gifted class, where they destroy an actual gifted kid's brain. videos: Infectious Grooves - "Three Headed Mind Pollution" Ethyl Meatplow - "Devil's Johnson" Rockwell - "Somebody's Watching Me"

Womyn
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6.94
50 votes

#18 - Womyn

Season 5 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/10/1995

Beavis and Butt-head go to a women's rights meeting and try to hit on some militant feminists. videos: Madonna - "Secret" The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Come On" Catherine Wheel - "Waydown"

Writer: Etan Cohen
Premature Evacuation
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6.94
52 votes

#19 - Premature Evacuation

Season 5 - Episode 41 - Aired 9/11/1995

Highland High evacuates after receiving a bomb threat. Beavis & Butt-head stay, try to find the bomb, and cause some destruction of their own. videos: Sick Of It All - "Step Down" Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Ride" Monster Magnet - "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"

Right On
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6.94
52 votes

#20 - Right On

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/1994

Conservative talk show host Gus Baker (an animated Rush Limbaugh clone) loses his show when he makes the mistake of inviting two "fine upstanding young men as Beavis and Butt-head" to discuss music videos. videos: Jawbox - "Savory" The Clash - "Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (Live)" Herb Alpert - "North On South St."

Writer: Joe Stillman
Murder Site
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6.96
52 votes

#21 - Murder Site

Season 5 - Episode 45 - Aired 9/14/1995

The boys go investigate a crime scene, Beavis gets arrested after nearly killing Butt-head.

Beavis, Can You Spare A Dime?
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6.96
27 votes

#22 - Beavis, Can You Spare A Dime?

Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 7/10/1995

Beavis and Butt-head get lessons from a panhandler on how to get cash on the streets. videos: Letters To Cleo - "Here And Now" Cheech & Chong - "Get Out Of My Room" Pop Will Eat Itself - "Ich Bin Ein Auslander"

Held Back
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6.97
110 votes

#23 - Held Back

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1994

After failing math in Mr. Buzzcut's class, the boys get sent back to 7th grade, but they don't do so well there either, and keep getting sent back -- all the way to kindergarten. videos: Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" Violent Femmes - "Breakin' Up" The Dylans - "Grudge"

Madame Blavatsky
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6.98
58 votes

#24 - Madame Blavatsky

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/25/1994

Beavis & Butt-head visit a phony fortune teller who cons Beavis into thinking he has the gift of second sight. videos: Metallica - "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Nina Hagen - "Herman Was His Name" Donald Fagen - "Snowbound"

Butt Is It Art?
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6.98
59 votes

#25 - Butt Is It Art?

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/9/1994

The boys' class takes a field trip to an art museum. videos: Nirvana - "Heart Shaped Box" Candyland - "Bitter Moon" Matthew Sweet - "Superdeformed"