Jab’s Builds! (Nightmare Creatures/Circus! Lawnmower Man! Metroid!)
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Dragon Fist
DRAGON FIST (Iron Fist Clone)
Created By: John Ostrander & Pascual Ferry
First Appearance: Heroes For Hire #11 (June 1998)
Role: Mirror Image Villain
Group Affiliations: Strike Force One
PL 9 (105)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 12 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Acrobatics 8 (+14)
Athletics 10 (+13)
Deception 3 (+3)
Close Combat (Unarmed) 2 (+14)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 5 (+5)
Advantages:
Accurate Attack, Agile Feint, All-Out Attack, Chokehold, Defensive Attack, Diehard, Extraordinary Effort, Fast Grab, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Defense, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative 2, Improved Smash, Improved Trip, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 4, Seize Initiative, Takedown 2, Uncanny Dodge
Powers:
"Absorb the Iron Fist" Strength-Damage +6 (Extras: Penetrating 8) (Flaws: Tiring, Source- Weaken) (Inaccurate -3) [2]
Weaken Chi Powers 8 (Extras: Perception-Ranged +2) (Flaws: Limited to Shou-Lao's -2) [8]
"Supreme Physical Specimen"
Leaping 1 (15 feet) [1]
Speed 1 (4 mph) [1]
"Martial Artist" Strength-Damage +1 [1]
Offense:
Unarmed +14 (+4 Damage, DC 20)
Iron Fist Punch +8 (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +14
Defenses:
Dodge +13 (DC 23), Parry +14 (DC 24), Toughness +4, Fortitude +7, Will +4
Complications:
Responsibility (The Master of the World's Will)
Total: Abilities: 54 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 25 / Powers: 13 / Defenses: 16 (105)
-The first Strike Force One clone seen is Dragon Fist, the clone of Iron Fist. Sadly, that rad name is wasted on this guy. He easily stymies Danny in their solo fight, countering martial arts with his own, and even proves capable of absorbing the power of the Iron Fist into himself, allowing him to use it. During the fight in the next issue, Danny's years of experience and training paid off, and he defeated his clone solo. This means he's PL 9 (a close equivalent of a late '90s Iron Fist, who was PL 10 or so) and with a Limited Weaken that can take away Chi Powers (likely only Danny's, but still).
Re: Jab’s Builds! (Battle Arena Toshinden 3-4! Strike Force One!)
I think this happened when Herc was on the outs with Olympus, so mmmmmaybe not?
"I'm sorry. I love you. I'm not sorry I love you."
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She-Cat
uhhh... the far upper right, there.
SHE-CAT (White Tiger Clone)
Created By: John Ostrander & Pascual Ferry
First Appearance: Heroes For Hire #12 (July 1998)
Role: Mirror Image Villain
Group Affiliations: Strike Force One
PL 8 (108)
STRENGTH 7 STAMINA 7 AGILITY 5
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Acrobatics 6 (+11)
Athletics 4 (+11)
Expertise (Survival) 6 (+6)
Intimidation 7 (+7)
Perception 7 (+7)
Stealth 2 (+7)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Chokehold, Fast Grab, Fearless, Great Endurance, Improved Critical (Natural Weapons), Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Prone Fighting, Startle, Tracking
Powers:
"Animal Senses" Senses 5 (Low-Light Vision, Acute & Extended Scent, Extended & Ultra-Hearing) [5]
Speed 4 (32 mph) [4]
"Cold-Based Hunter" Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Cold) [2]
"Cat Agility" Leaping 1 [1]
"Claws" Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Split) [2]
Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+7 Damage, DC 22)
Claws +8 (+8 Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +9
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +7, Fortitude +7, Will +4
Complications:
Responsibility (The Master of the World's Will)
Total: Abilities: 58 / Skills: 32--16 / Advantages: 11 / Powers: 14 / Defenses: 9 (108)
-She-Cat is a large, muscular, male-looking female cat-person, cloned from White Tiger II (who in Heroes For Hire was then an uplifted tiger created by the High Evolutionary). She did a lot of growling and posturing, but White Tiger defeated her off-panel.
Re: Jab’s Builds! (Battle Arena Toshinden 3-4! Strike Force One!)
Heck even then id argue they would still do so in a only i get to torment him this way or a we may hate him but hes still of olympus mess with at your own peril
Dr. Silverback has wryly observed that this is like trying to teach lolcats about Shakespeare
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Stinger (Ant-Man Clone)
STINGER III (Ant-Man Clone)
Created By: John Ostrander & Pascual Ferry
First Appearance: Heroes For Hire #12 (July 1998)
Role: Mirror Image Villain
Group Affiliations: Strike Force One
-Stinger is a clone of Ant-Man, seen flying on the back of a mechanical ant sporting tiny laser beams. The tiny enemy is barely-seen in the fight, as Scott Lang feels that taking out a clone of himself is like "committing suicide" and refuses to engage. Stinger ends up being knocked off the ant by Hercules's super-breath, and is not seen for the rest of time.
-There are actually FOUR Marvel characters named Stinger, all obscure. The first is a member of the Alliance of Evil who was mostly discarded in the 1990s and sometimes appears as a punk-dressing kid doing the "nervous young mutant who doesn't know what she wants to do" thing, the second was a member of Genetix- a forgotten Marvel UK team wearing belts over her nude body, and the "third" was the MC2 version of Cassie Lang, who led the Avengers- Cassie has since taken that name in modern continuity, dropping the dumb "Stature" name.
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Knight Errant
KNIGHT ERRANT (Black Knight Clone)
Created By: John Ostrander & Pascual Ferry
First Appearance: Heroes For Hire #12 (July 1998)
Role: Mirror Image Villain
Group Affiliations: Strike Force One
PL 8 (85)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 9 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0
Skills:
Acrobatics 3 (+6)
Athletics 3 (+6)
Expertise (Criminal) 4 (+4)
Intimidation 5 (+5)
Perception 5 (+5)
Vehicles 8 (+8)
Advantages:
All-Out Attack, Close Attack 1, Equipment 4 (Flying Glider, Armor +3), Improved Critical (Swords), Improved Initiative, Improved Smash, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 8
Powers:
"Flaming Sword" (Flaws: Easily Removable) [3]
Strenght-Damage +3 (Extras: Penetrating 2) (5 points)
Offense:
Unarmed +9 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Flaming Sword +10 (+6 Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +7
Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness +4 (+7 Armor), Fortitude +6, Will +4
Complications:
Responsibility (The Master of the World's Will)
Total: Abilities: 38 / Skills: 28--14 / Advantages: 18 / Powers: 3 / Defenses: 12 (85)
-Knight Errant is a clone of Dane "Black Knight" Whitman, and engages him in the air using a rocket-propelled glider while Dane flies Strider, his winged horse. Dane is offended at his opponent's lack of chivalry, as Knight Errant tries to strike his mount from the air- Dane has Strider fly back to Avalon (the source of his powers at this time) and drops onto KE's glider from behind- the glider is unable to handle both of their weights and slowly descends to the ground, where they fight in personal combat- Dane quickly proves the superior knight. That's a pretty great name for an evil knight character, though.
-Knight Errant is a counterpart of Dane's, but replaces his Magical Weapons with a flaming sword. He's only PL 8 overall.
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Beavis & Butt-Head
"The very smart and the very stupid are both big fans of Beavis & Butt-Head, but for different reasons."
-Patrick Stewart
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD:
-This was pretty easily my favourite show when I was the same age as the characters- having heard about it and first and then finally started watching it, I was enamored of it. I mean, the physical humor, the swear words, the hilarious dialogue... it was the perfect thing for a Post-Pubescent teenage male. Beavis & Butt-Head was the first post-Simpsons cartoon to REALLY have an impact on people outside of its general fanbase, and rapidly became publically-notorious for providing kids with bad role models, and was hit with countless demands for censorship. It's a bit hard to imagine in a world where Drawn Together came out and was openly racist (stereotyping nearly every group imaginable- just watch the episode about Asians driving), and Family Guy was bloodier and even more vulgar than Beavis and Butt-Head was while drawing not even half the controversy... but in 1993, this was incredibly shocking stuff.
This show is the brainchild of Mike Judge, an animation aficionado who produced a grotesque little short called Frog Baseball, featuring two assholish, brutal teens who literally smash up frogs with baseball bats to their own amusement. MTV, wanting some new, shocking programming, snapped it up and got Judge to create a whole cast of characters (most of whom were voiced by himself). Judge and his Producers, to their credit, did not merely rest on their laurels of cheap physical humor, and ended up going on various tangents that really defined the show. In effect, the show was about moronic slacker teens who watched too much TV... and the target audience was often moronic slacker teens who watched too much TV.
The show was a series of crudely-animated shorts (which later shifted to a more King of the Hill-type simplistic, limited style that was more reserved than it looked), punctuated by clips of the two watching music videos on various channels. Generally, their antics were simple- the boys were SO STUPID that nearly any adventure was possible. They mostly just sat around and watched TV all day, and learned everything from that- They would see something on TV and try to imitate it (a parody of the way parents hated on their own show), go out to "score", try to watch some popular movie or act, try to commit violence, hang out at a loser friend's house, and more. They'd try to make some money by doing work for their next-door neighbor Tom Anderson, and generally destroy his yard, home or dog in the process (at one point, they filled an entire swimming pool with cement, and at another, they knocked a tree onto his house). They'd try to sell roadkill to a fur shop, make fun of people while running a Kids Help Phone line, and pierce their own ears because they couldn't get parental signatures for it (and then were horrified to discover what having your ear pierced on that side meant in the early '90s).
It's actually rather impressive just HOW STUPID these kids were- it takes real intelligence to make someone this incredibly dumb, as Simpsons writers would prove as well. They were so stupid that they couldn't even read properly (they read "Horse Farm: Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted" as "Whores & Prostitutes"), didn't know the meaning of common words ("You know- your FUTURE?" "OH!... What's that?" "Uhhhh.... I dunno."), and generally put themselves at risk doing the stupidest things. Some of the comments they make on people are inadvertently fairly clever, and provide a commentary about the pop culture crap that people are subjected to (like when they point out that the Radio DJ interviewing them is clearly older than he sounds, and the DJ shows that he doesn't want the listening audience to know this).
A personal favourite is the time Beavis got a horrible nosebleed- Butt-Head of course had a ton of natural home remedies known to everyone... unfortunately, said remedies were all actually cures for THE HICCUPS, which led to a horrible mess when a bloody-nosed Beavis BREATHED REPEATEDLY INTO A PAPER BAG (which immediately got disgustingly-soaked, and bloodied him even more!), and then stood on his head while drinking a cup of water THROUGH HIS BLOODY NOSE. It just gets funnier with each stupid remedy (TYING HIS TOOTH TO A DOORKNOB!?!?), especially as Beavis spends the entire time whimpering and going "ohhhhh noooooo... still bleeding...". Or the time Butt-Head began choking on a potato chip, requiring the Heimlich Maneuver. Unfortunately, Beavis could not remember how to do it, but remembered that a local restaurant had instructions on the wall. His idea? To ABANDON A SUFFOCATING BUTT-HEAD, and take a leisurely stroll to the restaurant (complete with random stops and side-quests), culminating with him forgetting what he was doing and simply walking back home- he ultimately saved Butt-Head by stepping on his stomach accidentally, but then found the coughed-up chip and ate it himself, leaving us back at where we started.
Heh-heh... or when Beavis knocked himself unconscious trying to imitate Robocop's "Crash through the wall" trick, and Butt-Head assumed him dead, then casually decided "time to bury you, Beavis", while Beavis ascended to Heaven to talk to St. Peter ("Saint WHO--?? Huh-huh..."), who proceeded to list off all of Beavis' sins ("and on the fourteenth day of your thirteenth year, you touched yourself in an impure manner AGAIN, using an action figure" "You saw THAT?" "We see EVERYTHING." "NO WAY! I like, had the covers over me, hmm-hmm-heh..."). Or the boys drinking non-alcoholic beer ("Check it out... we're WASTED... uhhhh-huh-huh-huh"), and taking a sobriety test from a suspicious cop (saying the Alphabet backwards is more difficult when you don't know it forwards).
A Crowning Moment of Dumb may have been the time they tried counterfeiting. First off, Butt-Head is dumb enough to think that a photocopier and scissors are going to suit their purposes. Said photocopies are in BLACK AND WHITE. Then Beavis starts photocopying COINS. Butt-Head: "Maybe THIS will change your mind..." *slides black & white copy of a $10 bill across the table* Beavis: "Hmm-hmm- YEAHHH" *slides a couple photocopies of coins along with it*
The VOICE ACTING was wonderful as well- Judge has this deep voice that is easily-capable of playing various characters, and as others have pointed out, he has the unique ability to make EVERY LINE sound hilarious, just by diction and timing. When Butt-Head says "I need ____, and make it snappy!" it comes off WAY better when you hear it that if you'd ever read it, making him seem like a combination of bossy, impatient and pitiful. Judge's talent for this only got better with time, as Hank in King of the Hill could bring down the househ just with the way he said certain things.
Despite Judge never wanting there to be catchphrases ("How could 'This Sucks' be a catchphrase?"), the show immediately became known for countless phrases like "This Sucks!", "YES!", "Hey how's it goin'?", "Dumbass", "Dill-weed", "Bunghole", "Fart-knocker", and especially the trademark laughing. And of course The Great Cornholio was a catchphrase factory on his own. Many episodes were heavily-censored later on (any reference to fire from Beavis, for example), often leaving even THE MASTER TAPES unusable, making this one of those shows that's very incomplete on DVD- it doesn't help that Judge is apparently ashamed of some of them, and refused to air them on DVD either. Some dialogue was even cut out of many episodes for the final DVD cuts- some of which is innocuous and pointless, but others are quite funny (like when they phoned the Sex Chat line, and the big fat woman with the sexy voice resulted in Butt-Head turning to his friend and say, "Hey, Beavis! I think I just INOCULATED.").
The show proved to be a MASSIVE success, instantly becoming a craze (and more popular the more parents and censors freaked out over it- a friend of mine sought the show out simply because one of his teachers sat down the whole class to explain how horrible the show was for people to watch)- people protested and sued MTV (Beavis' pyromania was blamed on some kid burning down his trailer), the ratings were a smash, they became instantly-recognizable to people, and they even got a FEATURE FILM RELEASE that did enormously-well in theatres (the movie contains my single-favourite joke in any form of media). The fad didn't quite last, as the show started fading from public consciousness and was cancelled before it could falter too badly (Judge was starting King of the Hill anyways, and had said his piece with Beavis & Butt-Head)- I find the last episodes as good as the first ones (if not better). There was even a handful of Video Games, the Genesis version of which is actually quite an inventive little "Search & Find" game, featuring the show's trademark gritty look (and a quest for GWAR tickets that can be helped by flushing some dynamite down the toilet).
Despite a successful spin-off with Daria, the show all but became forgotten once the new generation of adult-themed cartoons came about- Family Guy and South Park have gone on to become much more famous and long-lasting. But to me the show still has an impressive legacy- Matt Stone & Trey Parker consider Judge a good friend and mentor, especially when he confided in them on the tricks about sudden fame and exposure when their South Park hit big.
Probably the culmination of the series was the huge hit Beavis & Butt-Head Do America in 1996- a story that features the pair buffoon their way across America unintentionally aiding a pair of master criminals and being chased down by the United States government. Judge felt the series had largely peaked by this point, and ended the show in 1997, switching to King of the Hill (a more uplifting, but still very satirical, show).
The 1990s:
-The show is a great snapshot of the early 1990s- the Music Videos depict the best and worst of the era, ripping on bad Hair Metal (an old MTV standby that was destroyed by Grunge), college rock ("Oh, NO.... COLLEGE rock."), stupid videos, and more. And this was the era in which the Video was HUGE, made moreso by all the hot new Indie acts (like Beck) producing the most insane, drugged-out, weird stuff imaginable (the video for Black Hole Sun is pretty iconic to the era). It was an era in which just about ANYTHING could be produced- executives were so clueless about Nirvana and Grunge that they basically threw money at ANY act featuring young people- in what OTHER era could you find acts like Beck or The Butthole Surfers becoming semi-mainstream successes? Plus it's fascinating to see just how CRUDE everything is- the animation itself was bargain-basement for the first few seasons, and gives it a much more anarchic edge than you'd see in later, more adult cartoons.
The culture of the time is reflected in the use of Teen Metalheads (is that still a thing? I'm old now, and see most kids listening to dubstep on their Tiks and/or Toks while they continuously refuse to get off of my lawn), all the cut-off sleeves and t-shirts, the general disrepair of the 1980s bust-period being showcased with still-decrepit buildings, and the rise of Cable TV and multiple channels, complete with bizarre Local Stations and ads for silly local businesses.
'90s Cynicism:
-I can't say enough how HORRIBLE this world was, rooted in Mike Judge's cynicism- their town of Highland, based off of Judge's youth in New Mexico, was this grizzled, run-down hell-hole featuring dilapidated buildings, fat ugly women, skanky trailer trash, hillbillies and mindless thugs. The TV airwaves were filled with awful, mindless programming (of course based off of real-world stuff) and featured blithering idiots doing Conservative Talk Shows in a Rush Limbaugh sort of way (and a Christian minister type who is clearly immoral and corrupt), while a namby-pamby useless Liberal teacher would try in vain to teach a classroom full of disinterested, lazy students (classroom scenes would feature people doing their nails, listening to music and looking at centrefolds while Beavis & Butt-Head sat in the back, unable to learn ANYTHING). The movie theatre was a mess, they worked in Burger World doing horrible McJobs in third-world conditions, and more. Hell, in the very last episode, they are thought DEAD, and the result becomes near-unanimously a celebrated throughout Highland! One episode, a parody of It's A Wonderful Life, even features an Angel trying to convince Butt-Head TO COMMIT SUICIDE, showing him how much better the world would be if he was dead!
It was so horrific that they never even bothered to show Beavis & Butt-Head's home life- their mothers never appeared (though both were mentioned off-handedly to be sluts, particularly Beavis's), and their fathers only appeared in the film as blithering idiot hillbilly roadies (who bragged about "banging some sluts in Highland"). It's never even known in whose home they're living in, as this house with cracked wallpaper, cockroaches and omnipresent mess was basically their token hang-out. They'd come and go as they pleased, with no parental figures ever spotted.
In many cases, this was one of the first times we actually saw THIS kind of teenager on television: The disaffected, TV-addicted, slovenly idiot who hurt things for entertainment. It reflected our own culture right BACK at us, and made a lot of people uncomfortable. If anything, this show is even MORE cynical than any other cartoon, even the later, more "adult" ones- even South Park has characters learning lessons and looking on the positive side of things. In Beavis and Butt-Head, any lessons will go clear over the kids' heads.
The Music Videos:
-These ended up becoming hugely popular and iconic, as the boys would rip on videos that "sucked", while praising anything by Metallica or AC/DC (or any Heavy Metal, really) that was awesome. This allowed for some social satire at the expense of pop culture, as they didn't just go for the MTV "Company Line"- they TORE STUFF TO PIECES if they hated it, often using much smarter humor than they do in the regular shorts. They got so popular that some musicians would openly bitch about it, thus getting made fun of MORE (the lead singer of Winger was known to gripe about MTV "turning their backs" on the Hair Metal that "made" the station in the 1980s when B&B made fun of his band, and so the creators taunted him by giving Stuart, the biggest loser on Earth, a "Winger" t-shirt).
A friend, who actually HATES the show and dismisses it as simplistic, stupid humor, actually COULD NOT STOP LAUGHING to MC 900 Ft Jesus' video where Beavis JUST imitates the bassline for the ENTIRE VIDEO, enraging Butt-Head, who frequently demands he stop (often striking Beavis repeatedly)- it's one of those gags that just gets funnier as it goes on, just MINUTES of Beavis imitating the song. There's an epic piss take of Yanni's Reflections of Passion that consists of Butt-Head taunting Beavis by turning up the volume, insisting Beavis actually ENJOYS Yanni, that Yanni is actually Beavis' father ("Hey Beavis- you know this guy's your dad?" *dramatic music* "AAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"), and more ("Check it out- she's leaving him 'cuz he SUCKS"). During one video, Beavis is so enamored of the image of a man aflame that he is unable to speak for several minutes. In another, Beavis almost passes out, then awakens to suddenly deliver this GREAT rapid-fire diatribe about why the band KoRn sucks and is "highly-derivative" of other acts, and how they band can improve... only for Butt-Head to slap him back to his regular stupid self.
In some videos, they headbang along and scream "YES!" like a pair of Teen Metalheads- in others, they are horrified and change the channel without speaking a word (their raw, silent DISGUST at Blame It On The Rain was legendary). One video sucked so bad that Beavis started VOMITING in horror. One time, Beavis actually told Butt-Head to quit ripping on some bad Hair Metal act because "I feel kinda SORRY for these guys...".
The best one: Their riffing on Yanni.
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The Revivals
(The duo watching Teen Mom on MTV)
Butt-Head: "This chick is a HORRIBLE actor!"
Beavis: "Mm-hm- yeah! Yeah, really!"
(later on)
Butt-Head: "UHHHH... Uh, wait a minute... I think this is REAL."
Beavis: "Uh, ohh... ohhhhhhh, yeah! Yeah! She's not a bad actor then! (sadly) Just a bad PERSON..."
THE COMEBACKS:
-The show had a brief comeback a few years ago, as the creators realized that the world needed the duo to provide a sikening mirror image at it AGAIN- they replaced the Music Videos (which have since famously fallen off of MTV and become largely irrelevant, especially compared to the 1990s) with YouTube and MTV Programming commentaries, which was not a good fit. Them aimlessly ripping on The Jersey Shore's cast for stupidity isn't quite as clever as the way they'd make fun of music videos. Though it DID give us the great riff on the Teen Mom show above. Some of the episodes definitely hold up with the classics, like when they attempt to become werewolves to catch up with the Twilight craze making undead cool (they even mistake Bella for a zombie "because she's always just staring forward, with her mouth sort of open..."), letting a crazy homeless person bite them. Later, while dying of various diseases, they just weakly talk about how cool it is, and how they can feel themselves changing- "Hehhmm-heh! This is gonna be cool- A-WOOOOOO *COUGH COUGH* HMM-HMMM HEH!"
Alas, the ratings weren't that great, and the show's once-shocking sense of humor is now pretty passe in a world of violent murders and rapes going on in other cartoons. There was still some of the old energy in the show, but the fanbase really wasn't there.
Another revival has started in 2022 and still continues- bringing back music videos and even adding YouTube videos, this has led to some hilarious jokes and realizations- like BEAVIS LOVING K-POP!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkGrPk ... el=JAYKOOL
Beavis initially declares his love for the video, immediately drawing disgust from Butt-Head, and Beavis starts to deny it ("What did you just say?" "Don't lie to me, Beavis- I heard you loud and clear- you distinctly said THIS KICKS ASS"). He's further horrified to learn that Beavis is extremely aware of the band ("You know who REALLY sucks is J-Rock- he doesn't have a positive attitude like SUGA" "You know their NAMES?"). Then Butt-Head leaves over it, Beavis sitting there by himself... until he starts to shimmy his shoulders to the beat, and Butt-Head walks in to find Beavis booty-shaking to the video and humping the couch- "You know Beavis, it's not that I'm mad I'm just disappointed JESUS CHRIST, BEAVIS!"
Beavis also reveals a deep knowledge of lizards, much to Butt-Head's annoyance. A recurring theme seems to be Beavis increasingly standing up for himself, something the fans find inspiring in the comments.
The Characters:
Beavis: A psychopathic pyromaniac who is easily-led and generally unpredictable, if a bit of a follower. The stupider of the pair (if that is possible), and gets the most famous antics done (like when he takes too much caffeine).
Butt-Head: A nasty, scheming type who generally comes up with the pair's plans. Gets most of the great lines.
Todd: The town bully, a white-trash loser who victimizes the kids, even while they look up to him for his violent tendencies and bad-ass persona.
Mr. Anderson: Their dull-witted, elderly neighbor, who is frequently victimized by the kids as they do poor jobs with chores. Voiced by Judge in imitation of an old, nasty neighbor on his childhood paper route, and later mimicked exactly for Hank Hill.
Daria: A smart-alecky girl in their class, and one of the few intelligent students. Seems to tolerate the boys better than anybody else, if only so that she can insult them more.
Mr. Van Driessen: A wussy hippie teacher, generally incapable of bestowing discipline on the kids.
Coach Buzzcut: A loud, macho teacher. Spends most of his time screaming at the boys.
Principal McVicker: A nervous, twitchy Principal on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and the main voice of authority in the school.
Stewart: A huge weenie and a losery kid, Stuart idolizes Beavis & Butt-Head as two older kids, and they take great efforts to torture and humiliate him as a result, even while they take advantage of his family's hospitality.
Butt-Head: "This chick is a HORRIBLE actor!"
Beavis: "Mm-hm- yeah! Yeah, really!"
(later on)
Butt-Head: "UHHHH... Uh, wait a minute... I think this is REAL."
Beavis: "Uh, ohh... ohhhhhhh, yeah! Yeah! She's not a bad actor then! (sadly) Just a bad PERSON..."
THE COMEBACKS:
-The show had a brief comeback a few years ago, as the creators realized that the world needed the duo to provide a sikening mirror image at it AGAIN- they replaced the Music Videos (which have since famously fallen off of MTV and become largely irrelevant, especially compared to the 1990s) with YouTube and MTV Programming commentaries, which was not a good fit. Them aimlessly ripping on The Jersey Shore's cast for stupidity isn't quite as clever as the way they'd make fun of music videos. Though it DID give us the great riff on the Teen Mom show above. Some of the episodes definitely hold up with the classics, like when they attempt to become werewolves to catch up with the Twilight craze making undead cool (they even mistake Bella for a zombie "because she's always just staring forward, with her mouth sort of open..."), letting a crazy homeless person bite them. Later, while dying of various diseases, they just weakly talk about how cool it is, and how they can feel themselves changing- "Hehhmm-heh! This is gonna be cool- A-WOOOOOO *COUGH COUGH* HMM-HMMM HEH!"
Alas, the ratings weren't that great, and the show's once-shocking sense of humor is now pretty passe in a world of violent murders and rapes going on in other cartoons. There was still some of the old energy in the show, but the fanbase really wasn't there.
Another revival has started in 2022 and still continues- bringing back music videos and even adding YouTube videos, this has led to some hilarious jokes and realizations- like BEAVIS LOVING K-POP!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXkGrPk ... el=JAYKOOL
Beavis initially declares his love for the video, immediately drawing disgust from Butt-Head, and Beavis starts to deny it ("What did you just say?" "Don't lie to me, Beavis- I heard you loud and clear- you distinctly said THIS KICKS ASS"). He's further horrified to learn that Beavis is extremely aware of the band ("You know who REALLY sucks is J-Rock- he doesn't have a positive attitude like SUGA" "You know their NAMES?"). Then Butt-Head leaves over it, Beavis sitting there by himself... until he starts to shimmy his shoulders to the beat, and Butt-Head walks in to find Beavis booty-shaking to the video and humping the couch- "You know Beavis, it's not that I'm mad I'm just disappointed JESUS CHRIST, BEAVIS!"
Beavis also reveals a deep knowledge of lizards, much to Butt-Head's annoyance. A recurring theme seems to be Beavis increasingly standing up for himself, something the fans find inspiring in the comments.
The Characters:
Beavis: A psychopathic pyromaniac who is easily-led and generally unpredictable, if a bit of a follower. The stupider of the pair (if that is possible), and gets the most famous antics done (like when he takes too much caffeine).
Butt-Head: A nasty, scheming type who generally comes up with the pair's plans. Gets most of the great lines.
Todd: The town bully, a white-trash loser who victimizes the kids, even while they look up to him for his violent tendencies and bad-ass persona.
Mr. Anderson: Their dull-witted, elderly neighbor, who is frequently victimized by the kids as they do poor jobs with chores. Voiced by Judge in imitation of an old, nasty neighbor on his childhood paper route, and later mimicked exactly for Hank Hill.
Daria: A smart-alecky girl in their class, and one of the few intelligent students. Seems to tolerate the boys better than anybody else, if only so that she can insult them more.
Mr. Van Driessen: A wussy hippie teacher, generally incapable of bestowing discipline on the kids.
Coach Buzzcut: A loud, macho teacher. Spends most of his time screaming at the boys.
Principal McVicker: A nervous, twitchy Principal on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and the main voice of authority in the school.
Stewart: A huge weenie and a losery kid, Stuart idolizes Beavis & Butt-Head as two older kids, and they take great efforts to torture and humiliate him as a result, even while they take advantage of his family's hospitality.
Re: She-Cat
As much as I liked certain aspects of this book (Dane getting his full on Avalon/Paladin/Pendragon upgrade, Heroes For Hire being a full on team with heroes to meet specific job requirements), you can copy and paste "_______ happens off-panel" a LOT during the books run. Ostrander had some kind of weird pacing issues where things just seemed to move super fast, like he had more story than he knew how to cram into his allotted page count, so he cut corners by having things be very rushed, happen off panel or suffer from heavy exposition. In concept it was a great book, but in execution it was kind of a mess, which is a shame.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 5:39 am -She-Cat is a large, muscular, male-looking female cat-person, cloned from White Tiger II (who in Heroes For Hire was then an uplifted tiger created by the High Evolutionary). She did a lot of growling and posturing, but White Tiger defeated her off-panel.
Again, Heroes for Hire as a full on, 6+ member team is a fun concept, one that lends itself to a larger squad where the team members are carefully selected for each job or mission. Even things like She-Hulk being the team's lawyer allowed Heroes for Hire to take on LEGAL cases as well as having Jen around for muscle. Likewise, the Black Knight being elevated to the Paladin of the Pendragon Spirit was the most powerful, competent and important the character has ever been, which is why it's annoying that everyone keeps 'back to basics'-ing him to wielding a sword he got rid of specifically because it was more trouble than it was worth. To say nothing of how modern books treat Dane as a joke instead of a modern day science knight.
This version of Heroes for Hire honestly could have worked great as a way to keep circulating and using lesser known heroes and try to give them some exposure. So yeah, it's kind of a shame the concept didn't survive the 90s comic implosion. Ostrander probably needed a co-writer to do the heavy lifting while he'd help plot things out, because he had a lot of solid concepts that sadly went nowhere.
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Re: Beavis & Butt-Head
... hey, Jab, how long has it been since someone accused you of being utterly barking mad? I wouldn't want to reiterate if it's only been a short while.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 12:36 am
"The very smart and the very stupid are both big fans of Beavis & Butt-Head, but for different reasons."
-Patrick Stewart
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD:
"I'm sorry. I love you. I'm not sorry I love you."
Re: She-Cat
I could definitely see the Heroes for Hire working with oracle and the BOP on a regular basis in a mixed universe. theres some great story potential thereAres wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 3:49 amAs much as I liked certain aspects of this book (Dane getting his full on Avalon/Paladin/Pendragon upgrade, Heroes For Hire being a full on team with heroes to meet specific job requirements), you can copy and paste "_______ happens off-panel" a LOT during the books run. Ostrander had some kind of weird pacing issues where things just seemed to move super fast, like he had more story than he knew how to cram into his allotted page count, so he cut corners by having things be very rushed, happen off panel or suffer from heavy exposition. In concept it was a great book, but in execution it was kind of a mess, which is a shame.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 5:39 am -She-Cat is a large, muscular, male-looking female cat-person, cloned from White Tiger II (who in Heroes For Hire was then an uplifted tiger created by the High Evolutionary). She did a lot of growling and posturing, but White Tiger defeated her off-panel.
Again, Heroes for Hire as a full on, 6+ member team is a fun concept, one that lends itself to a larger squad where the team members are carefully selected for each job or mission. Even things like She-Hulk being the team's lawyer allowed Heroes for Hire to take on LEGAL cases as well as having Jen around for muscle. Likewise, the Black Knight being elevated to the Paladin of the Pendragon Spirit was the most powerful, competent and important the character has ever been, which is why it's annoying that everyone keeps 'back to basics'-ing him to wielding a sword he got rid of specifically because it was more trouble than it was worth. To say nothing of how modern books treat Dane as a joke instead of a modern day science knight.
This version of Heroes for Hire honestly could have worked great as a way to keep circulating and using lesser known heroes and try to give them some exposure. So yeah, it's kind of a shame the concept didn't survive the 90s comic implosion. Ostrander probably needed a co-writer to do the heavy lifting while he'd help plot things out, because he had a lot of solid concepts that sadly went nowhere.
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Beavis
BEAVIS (after making himself all dizzy): "I think there is a problem with this video in that it is highly derivative of others within the genre. While viewed on its own merits, it does have a decent groove. However, what it has in groove, it lacks in originality. One can't help but be reminded of such bands as Pearl Jam, White Zombie, Suicidal Tendencies and other bands that bear the mantle of so-called Alternative Rock. One is even reminded of Laurie Anderson when she wore curlers. This video speaks less to the heart and more to the sphincter. In closing, I think Korn would do well to learn from-"(Butt-Head slaps him to bring him back.)"
BEAVIS
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: The Dumbass, Pyro Psycho, The Exciteable One
PL 0 (-4)
STRENGTH -2 STAMINA -1 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -3 AWARENESS -2 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Deception 3 (+1)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 5 (+2)
Expertise (Lizards) 10 (+7)
Perception 2 (+0)
Advantages:
"Kick to the Crotch" Improved Critical (Unarmed)
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (-2 Damage, DC 13)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +1 (DC 11), Parry +1 (DC 11), Toughness -1, Fortitude +0, Will -2
Complications:
Relationship (Butt-Head)- Beavis' only friend is Butt-Head, a verbally and physically-abusive egomaniac who only barely tolerates Beavis. Beavis is easily-led and influenced, but is prone to freaking out at Butt-Head's insults.
Responsibility (Stupid)- The boys once got stranded on a deserted island in the fountain AT THE MALL. Both have touched a spinning blade just for the hell of it. They once forgot how to urinate because they were concentrating too hard on remembering how to do it. Beavis once thought he was pregnant, but he just needed to take a really big dump.
Disabled (Illiterate)- Beavis cannot read at all, and often doesn't understand the meaning of simple words like "fortune" or "future".
Reputation ("You were CRYING")- Beavis once shed a tear while eating onions, which Butt-Head saw as Beavis' reaction to a sad show on TV. "Huh-huh... you're MOVED."
Addiction ("FIRE! FIRE!!... FIRE!")
Responsibility (Polite)- Beavis is oddly polite for someone so stupid and rotten- he introduces himself with "Hey how's it goin'?", and often takes great interest with what other people are saying ("Really?- Well I'll be damned!"), even if he doesn't understand it.
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Reputation (Mom is a Slut)- "She's not a whore- she's a SLUT! She doesn't charge for it!"
Addiction (TV)- Both boys spend pretty much all their free time watching TV. Beavis goes into withdrawal after ONE DAY without it in the movie.
Obsession (Heavy Metal)- The only stuff the boys REALLY like is heavy metal, but will settle for gangsta rap and grunge music. They are frequently seen headbanging to anything loud, or just doing it while making "metal sounds" and quoting stuff like Guns 'N' Roses. They don't even like JOURNEY.
Obsession (Potty Humor)- Beavis is absurdly-amused by dirty things like poop ("heh-heh-hmm-- POOP!"), pee, masturbation, blood, dead animals, and anything else disgusting. Both will get distracted by words they perceive as dirty, like "wood", and will pick something dirty out of even innocent phrases ("-entertain us", "HUH-HUH, you said 'anus'").
Obsession (Chicks & Scoring)- The boys are obsessed with "scoring" and the concept of getting chicks- it's the only thing that can drive them from TV. Butt-Head is usually the ringleader ("Hey, BABEH! Huh-huh..."), but Beavis gets himself worked up into a tizzy as well, often freaking out over his inability to get some.
Accident- Beavis is highly injury-prone, both because of Butt-Head's abuse, and because of his own stupidity. He once sliced his finger off because he DELIBERATELY touched a table saw, and spent the next several minutes alternating between laughing in excitement and screaming in pain.
Involuntary Transformation (The Great Cornholio)- With too much sugar or caffeine, Beavis will uncontrollably turn into a psychotic, nonsense-spouting child demanding T.P.
Addiction (Touching Himself in an Impure Manner)- Beavis is worse for "spanking the monkey" than even Butt-Head is. It even keeps him out of heaven.
Responsibility (Lizards, K-Pop)- Beavis is secretly a huge fan of both.
Total: Abilities: -16 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 1 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 1 (-4)
-Beavis is actually THE STUPIDER of the two, and generally got the most attention from fans- his dynamic, exciteable personality gives off a lot of energy, giving him many of the funniest quotes in the series. His multiple transformations into The Great Cornholio became another big running gag. Since I was capable of imitating Beavis pretty much EXACTLY when I started watching the show, I thought he was an awesome character, and had great fun mimicking his weird behaviors. He's hilarious- prone to politeness in casual conversation, but also possessing a great temper. He's easily-led by Butt-Head, but can still freak out if insulted one too many times (resulting in a swift kick to Butt-Head's 'nads). He desperately wants to score (and even gets some attention from odd women), but is too insanely stupid and antisocial to properly seduce a woman.
-Beavis' obsession with fire was censored early on after a kid burned down his family's trailer, in a move parents' groups blamed on the show, but he was still frequently seen as obsessed with it (his famous "FIRE! FIRE!!!" chant would often get joked about with other things, like when he called out "FLYERS!! FLYERSSSS!"; and he was often seen staring at it, utterly transfixed. One time, he saw a guy running around all aflame in a music video, and was rapturous about it). He was hilariously gullible, often believing the stupidest things possible, and was probably more stupid than any other character on TV (I mean, Coach & Woody were dumb, but neither of them would have touched an active table saw just because). This is a guy who, when observing Butt-Head choking to death, decided to WALK TO A RESTAURANT to find the sign on how to do the Heimlich Manuever. Or when he went to a Nude Drawing Course, saw a chick ready to disrobe, and then when she did, jumped up and shouted "WOAH YOU CAN SEE HER BOOBS!". Writing dumb characters is not considered to be overly-difficult in comedy (the only thing easier is writing fat characters), but there's a real art in just HOW DUMB somebody can become. Much like how on The Simpsons they wouldn't just tell REGULAR "Old People" jokes about Mr. Burns- they'd go all the way and crack wise about his old-timey auto-buggy and talk about Prussia and stuff- the gag is now HOW OLD HE IS.
-Beavis is based off of a classmate of Judge's who was in fact rather intelligent, but was prone to giggling to himself while working hard (HUH-HUH, "hard"...) on an assignment. Presumably this kid grew up to be something other than somebody who spent his time either watching TV or working at Burger World, scratching his 'nads with a spatula.
-Curiously, one aspect of the show was that Beavis seemed sort of police and good-natured compared to Butt-Head, who was manipulative and physically and verbally abusive to his only friend. Female viewers actually took a liking to Beavis, finding him cute, and in the It's a Wonderful Life parody, an Angel shows Butt-Head how much better the world would be if he committed suicide. There, Beavis has befriended Stewart and the two are seen working in a soup kitchen for the homeless- when Butt-Head angrily decides to pull Beavis away from this lame activity, the hobos start to defend him, screaming "He's a good kid!". The implication is that if Beavis had found another friend, he'd have ended up a far different, and better, person. In the 2022 revival of the series, Beavis has shown some further hidden depths, like a deep love and understanding of both K-Pop and lizards, annoying Butt-Head with his series of facts about both of them ("You know who sucks is J-ROCK- he doesn't have a positive attitude, like SUGA!" "... you know their NAMES?"). Beavis has even started standing up for himself, to the delight of the fans.
-If any characters ever deserved to go into the negative points, it's these two- Beavis & Butt-Head are so stupid that they can't even READ, and are so weak that it took TWO of them to pull a weight bar off of Beavis' chest. A weight bar with NO WEIGHTS ON IT. If a Bystander costs 0 points, then somebody who's worse than a Bystander in every possible way is even cheaper.
"I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!!! You have T.P. for my bunghole?"
THE GREAT CORNHOLIO
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: Running Gag
PL 0 (2)
STRENGTH -2 STAMINA -1 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -3 AWARENESS -2 PRESENCE 2
Skills:
Expertise (Pop Culture) 5 (+2)
Expertise (Beat Poetry) 6 (+8)
Perception 2 (+0)
Persuasion 3 (+5)
Advantages:
"Kick to the Crotch" Improved Critical (Unarmed)
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (-2 Damage, DC 13)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +1 (DC 11), Parry +1 (DC 11), Toughness -1, Fortitude +0, Will -2
Complications:
Obsession (T.P. For His Bunghole)- The Great Cornholio demands excessive amounts of toilet paper for his bunghole, though he admits occasionally that he does not possess one.
Power Loss (Cornholio Attributes)- Beavis needs caffeine and/or sugar to maintain this personality- he will soon tire out and settle down.
Total: Abilities: -8 / Skills: 16--8 / Advantages: 1 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 1 (2)
-The Cornholio gags aren't quite as funny now as they were when I was younger- it's a bit broad and prone to repetition, especially as he's undergone the transformation in about four episodes and the movie, but it drew a ton of attention and became an oft-quoted gag back in the '90s. The site of Beavis stalking around with his shirt pulled up on top of his head, making absurd demands and speaking gibberish, is straight-up physical humor, but drew a lot of great reactions, like when he nearly set off a nuclear war in the movie (sneaking into the Oval Office and using the Big Red Phone and ranting to a General), or conversed with some high-powered diplomats. One time, he got deported, and another, he became the leader of a cult- therefore, in this form he is a bit more charismatic.
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Butt-Head
(the boys have put a dollar in for a bag of pork rinds, but the bag only falls forward and doesn't release)
"uhhh... hey, Beavis, I just realized something- If someone tries to buy a bag of pork rinds, they'll get OUR bag, PLUS another one! But if WE put in another dollar, we'll get, like, TWO for the price of ONE!"
BUTT-HEAD
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: The "Smart One", Manipulator, Pervert
PL 0 (2)
STRENGTH -2 STAMINA -1 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -2 AWARENESS -2 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Deception 3 (+1)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 5 (+3)
Perception 2 (+0)
Advantages:
None
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (-2 Damage, DC 13)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +1 (DC 11), Parry +1 (DC 11), Toughness -1, Fortitude +0, Will -2
Complications:
Relationship (Beavis)- Butt-Head barely tolerates his only friend, and frequently belittles and strikes him. He consideres Beavis a "dumbass", and is rarely concerned for his friend's safety, often joking while Beavis is grievously wounded.
Responsibility (Stupid)- The boys once got stranded on a deserted island in the fountain AT THE MALL. Both have touched a spinning blade just for the hell of it. They once forgot how to urinate because they were concentrating too hard on remembering how to do it.
Disabled (Illiterate)- Butt-Head is almost as illiterate as Beavis, and usually only gets the words wrong ("Horse Farm- Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted" turned into "Whores & Prostitutes").
Responsibility (Over-Confident)- Butt-Head, despite his stupidity, retains 100% confidence in everything he does, assuming that he is a huge bad-ass ("I'll kick your ass!"), even to people twice his size. He also constantly assumes that chicks are into him.
Responsibility (Ruining the World)- When shown a world in which he never existed, Butt-Head finds a happy Tom Anderson, Daria dating a boy (never having had someone ruin her image of men), and Beavis and Stewart being best friends and working in a soup kitchen.
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Addiction (TV)- Both boys spend pretty much all their free time watching TV.
Obsession (Heavy Metal)- The only stuff the boys REALLY like is heavy metal, but will settle for gangsta rap and grunge music. They are frequently seen headbanging to anything loud, or just doing it while making "metal sounds" and quoting stuff like Guns 'N' Roses. They don't even like JOURNEY.
Obsession (Potty Humor)- Butt-Head will always pick something dirty out of even innocent phrases ("I DO shine my pants!" "HUH-HUH- you said 'douche'.").
Obsession (Chicks & Scoring)- The boys are obsessed with "scoring" and the concept of getting chicks- it's the only thing that can drive them from TV. Butt-Head is usually the ringleader ("Hey, BABEH! Huh-huh...").
Accident- Butt-Head doesn't get hurt as often as Beavis does, but his smart mouth often earns him an ass-kicking.
Total: Abilities: -14 / Skills: 10--5 / Advantages: 0 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 1 (-8)
-Butt-Head is a slightly more well-rounded character than the insane & stupid Beavis- he's ALSO dumb (just not quite as much), but he's also a raging egotist and the leader of their little duo, often starting many of their adventures with some idea he got (puncuated by a tiny, barely-lit light bulb above his head). He was a great source of Mike Judge's natural ability at taking regular dialogue and making it the most hilarious thing you've ever heard- nearly everything out of Butt-Head's mouth is funny, for reasons I can't quite explain properly- it's just the inflection and weird emphasis making it hilarious. Not many people could get a laugh just out of saying "DUMBass!" or "-and make it snappy!", but Judge can with this voice (only a bit different from his normal speaking voice, aside from the laughter). It's so good that he basically uses the same tone for the hilarious Dooley side-character on King of the Hill (*walks back in after being reported missing for a day* "I'm BACK."). Just... this weird kind of uber-confidence with the emphasis on certain words, combined with the general sense that he has no idea what he's talking about.
-While Beavis is anarchic and strange, Butt-Head is the more naturally cruel of the duo, often bullying Beavis into going along with whatever he wants. He frequently berates Beavis and even slaps and kicks him to force him along, and shames him for any breach of what he views as manliness (when he spots Beavis sniffling for unrelated reasons during a sad moment in a TV show, Butt-Head shames him until literally their dying days "You were CRYING, huh-huh"). When they watch music videos, Butt-Head often makes the more coherent points and is actually a bit insightful, if by accident. During their frequent arguments on the couch, Butt-Head usually starts their fights, either insulting Beavis or doing their Stock Animation of "repeatedly slaps Beavis back and forth", but Beavis usually gets him back with a vicious kick to the 'nads (with a crudely animated Butt-Head holding them and his face growing larger with agony).
-It's flat-out stated in the It's a Wonderful Life parody that Butt-Head is the true reason everyone's lives are hell. Various people pray to God to "KILL them!" (even VAN DRIESSEN, who admits that while he doesn't care for violence, "What if they BREED?"), and God instructs one of his angels to help the matter. The angel appears before Butt-Head and BEGS HIM TO KILL HIMSELF, taking him through an alternate world in which everyone is happy: Principal McVicker has a healthy heart and no stress. Stewart and Beavis are seen helping out at a homeless shelter on Christmas "Stewart has SELF ESTEEM now; you weren't there to destroy it", and a helpful Beavis is defended by homeless people as "He's a good kid!". Even Daria has a boyfriend, as Butt-Head wasn't there to ruin her opinion of all males! Sadly, Butt-Head fails to comprehend the nature of this lesson and chooses to remain alive, thus dooming the lives of everyone around him to misery.
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Beavis & Butt-Head (The Game)
BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD:
Game Type: Side-Scrolling Platformer/Adventure Game
Release Date: 1994
Developer: Radical Entertainment
-This odd little game was actually the source of a TREMENDOUS amount of fun between my best friend Jordan & I in Middle School. Like most Licensed Games, it was a bit clunky, but the sense of humor was there, many parts of the game homage the episodes (at one point, you're chased by the fat-assed woman the boys observe doing the horizontal mambo in the back of a van), and some of the tricks are quite ingenious.
The Genesis game is an Adventure Game featuring the boys searching around Highland's various locales (the hospital, the High School, the movie theater) for the scraps of their tickets to see GWAR, the greatest rock band in all the universe. The boys are obsessive about the tickets, and end up gathering the scraps to see the show. Despite this game being over twenty years old, I STILL remember some of the methods to gain ticket pieces: in one bit, you throw a bit of dynamite down the toilet at the movie theater, which blows up the concession stand, revealing a piece. In another, you're at Burger World and you feed a customer a dead rat, causing him to vomit up a piece. Another one is accomplished via Couch Fishing (named for an episode where they snag an old lady with a box of prunes, and blame the whole thing on Stewart, who is beaten by the police). And not only do you get to see GWAR in the ending, but there's a SECRET ending, one which allows the boys to pull a "Maxwell Goof" and join the band for the final number!
Though I loved all of the tricks and the "Adventure" aspect, the action sequences (usually between major set-pieces) are ugly as hell. You fight off Todd and various other cast members of the show, using Beavis's belches and Butt-head's farts as offensive weapons (though you're best off using found weapons, like the dart gun). These segments are awfully-designed and hard to control, making them more of a nuisance than fun. I feel that the game's negative reviews largely stem from this issue, and it's hard to get past the weaknesses of the actual game engine, no matter how clever the rest of the game could be. It didn't helpt that the graphics were awful (but show-accurate, MUCH more than any other licensed games. But this is more due to the deliberately-awful animation of the original series as opposed to any talent on behalf of the game developers).
As Beavis and Butt-head was ENORMOUSLY popular back in the day, there were a lot of games featuring them coming out at the same time. Oddly enough however, they were mostly by different people. This Genesis version was by Radical Entertainment, while the SNES game was a traditional Side-Scroller by Realtime Associates. A different company even handled the Game Gear version! And four years later, there was a GAME BOY game (featuring the boys trying to get into Todd's "gang").
The builds here are basically my original pair from when I statted the characters from the show, plus the stuff the Video Game leaves in- the Dart Gun and Belches & Farts. Beavis's Belch actually unbalances him favorably compared to Butt-head, as he can attack enemies he's facing. Butt-head, on the other hand, is forced to face AWAY from his enemies to use the farts. This actually made my friend Jordan force me to play Butt-head (even though Butt-head was HIS favorite, and Beavis mine), since it was HIS Genesis upon which we were playing the games! He just didn't want to play the worse guy!
BEAVIS
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: The Dumbass, Pyro Psycho, The Exciteable One
PL 5 (22)
STRENGTH -2 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -3 AWARENESS -2 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Close Combat (Belch) 4 (+5)
Deception 3 (+1)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 5 (+2)
Perception 2 (+0)
Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Dart Gun- Blast 3- Multiattack), "Kick to the Crotch" Improved Critical (Unarmed), Ranged Attack 6
Powers:
"Belch" Damage 4 (Feats: Reach 2) [6]
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (-2 Damage, DC 13)
Belch +5 (+4 Ranged Damage, DC 19)
Dart Gun +6 (+3 Ranged Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +2, Fortitude +2, Will -2
Complications:
Relationship (Butt-Head)- Beavis' only friend is Butt-Head, a verbally and physically-abusive egomaniac who only barely tolerates Beavis. Beavis is easily-led and influenced, but is prone to freaking out at Butt-Head's insults.
Responsibility (Stupid)- The boys once got stranded on a deserted island in the fountain AT THE MALL. Both have touched a spinning blade just for the hell of it. They once forgot how to urinate because they were concentrating too hard on remembering how to do it. Beavis once thought he was pregnant, but he just needed to take a really big dump.
Disabled (Illiterate)- Beavis cannot read at all, and often doesn't understand the meaning of simple words like "fortune" or "future".
Reputation ("You were CRYING")- Beavis once shed a tear while eating onions, which Butt-Head saw as Beavis' reaction to a sad show on TV. "Huh-huh... you're MOVED."
Addiction ("FIRE! FIRE!!... FIRE!")
Responsibility (Polite)- Beavis is oddly polite for someone so stupid and rotten- he introduces himself with "Hey how's it goin'?", and often takes great interest with what other people are saying ("Really?- Well I'll be damned!"), even if he doesn't understand it.
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Reputation (Mom is a Slut)- "She's not a whore- she's a SLUT! She doesn't charge for it!"
Addiction (TV)- Both boys spend pretty much all their free time watching TV. Beavis goes into withdrawal after ONE DAY without it in the movie.
Obsession (Heavy Metal)- The only stuff the boys REALLY like is heavy metal, but will settle for gangsta rap and grunge music. They are frequently seen headbanging to anything loud, or just doing it while making "metal sounds" and quoting stuff like Guns 'N' Roses. They don't even like JOURNEY.
Obsession (Potty Humor)- Beavis is absurdly-amused by dirty things like poop ("heh-heh-hmm-- POOP!"), pee, masturbation, blood, dead animals, and anything else disgusting. Both will get distracted by words they perceive as dirty, like "wood", and will pick something dirty out of even innocent phrases ("-entertain us", "HUH-HUH, you said 'anus'").
Obsession (Chicks & Scoring)- The boys are obsessed with "scoring" and the concept of getting chicks- it's the only thing that can drive them from TV. Butt-Head is usually the ringleader ("Hey, BABEH! Huh-huh..."), but Beavis gets himself worked up into a tizzy as well, often freaking out over his inability to get some.
Accident- Beavis is highly injury-prone, both because of Butt-Head's abuse, and because of his own stupidity. He once sliced his finger off because he DELIBERATELY touched a table saw, and spent the next several minutes alternating between laughing in excitement and screaming in pain.
Involuntary Transformation (The Great Cornholio)- With too much sugar or caffeine, Beavis will uncontrollably turn into a psychotic, nonsense-spouting child demanding T.P.
Addiction (Touching Himself in an Impure Manner)- Beavis is worse for "spanking the monkey" than even Beavis is.
Total: Abilities: -10 / Skills: 14--7 / Advantages: 9 / Powers: 6 / Defenses: 10 (22)
-Beavis is oddly a MUCH better character than Butt-Head in the video game- his belching faces front, like basically every other attack in gaming history, so he's fairly straightforward. Just an idiot.
BUTT-HEAD
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: The "Smart One", Manipulator, Pervert
PL 5 (22)
STRENGTH -2 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 1
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE -2 AWARENESS -2 PRESENCE -2
Skills:
Close Combat (Fart) 4 (+5)
Deception 3 (+1)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 5 (+3)
Perception 2 (+0)
Advantages:
Equipment 2 (Dart Gun- Blast 3, Multiattack), Ranged Attack 6
Powers:
"Fart" Damage 4 (Feats: Reach 2) (Quirks: Must Be Facing Away From Target) [5]
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (-2 Damage, DC 13)
Fart +5 (+4 Ranged Damage, DC 19)
Dart Gun +6 (+3 Ranged Damage, DC 18)
Initiative +1
Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +2, Fortitude +2, Will -2
Complications:
Relationship (Beavis)- Butt-Head barely tolerates his only friend, and frequently belittles and strikes him. He consideres Beavis a "dumbass", and is rarely concerned for his friend's safety, often joking while Beavis is grievously wounded.
Responsibility (Stupid)- The boys once got stranded on a deserted island in the fountain AT THE MALL. Both have touched a spinning blade just for the hell of it. They once forgot how to urinate because they were concentrating too hard on remembering how to do it.
Disabled (Illiterate)- Butt-Head is almost as illiterate as Beavis, and usually only gets the words wrong ("Horse Farm- Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted" turned into "Whores & Prostitutes").
Responsibility (Over-Confident)- Butt-Head, despite his stupidity, retains 100% confidence in everything he does, assuming that he is a huge bad-ass ("I'll kick your ass!"), even to people twice his size. He also constantly assumes that chicks are into him.
Responsibility (Ruining the World)- When shown a world in which he never existed, Butt-Head finds a happy Tom Anderson, Daria dating a boy (never having had someone ruin her image of men), and Beavis and Stewart being best friends and working in a soup kitchen.
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Addiction (TV)- Both boys spend pretty much all their free time watching TV.
Obsession (Heavy Metal)- The only stuff the boys REALLY like is heavy metal, but will settle for gangsta rap and grunge music. They are frequently seen headbanging to anything loud, or just doing it while making "metal sounds" and quoting stuff like Guns 'N' Roses. They don't even like JOURNEY.
Obsession (Potty Humor)- Butt-Head will always pick something dirty out of even innocent phrases ("I DO shine my pants!" "HUH-HUH- you said 'douche'.").
Obsession (Chicks & Scoring)- The boys are obsessed with "scoring" and the concept of getting chicks- it's the only thing that can drive them from TV. Butt-Head is usually the ringleader ("Hey, BABEH! Huh-huh...").
Accident- Butt-Head doesn't get hurt as often as Beavis does, but his smart mouth often earns him an ass-kicking.
Total: Abilities: -8 / Skills: 14--7 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 5 / Defenses: 10 (22)
-Butt-Head is EXTREMELY poor to play as in the video game, as his "Fart" attack requires him to FACE THE OTHER WAY from his opponents, which is incredibly awkward and difficult to do in practice. He thus has to run from most foes, wait for them to draw in close, then unleash the attack. Then TURN AROUND if he wants to use any weapons. Naturally, when my friend Jordan and I played, he made me play Butt-Head .
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Tom Anderson
"You're old, but you probably won't die for another year or something."
-Butt-Head, demonstrating how to say something nice to somebody
TOM ANDERSON
Played By: Mike Judge
Role: Old-School Hick, Dumb Old Man, Butt-Monkey
PL 2 (2)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA -1 AGILITY -2
FIGHTING 1 DEXTERITY 0
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE -1
Skills:
Expertise (Soldier) 4 (+4)
Advantages:
None
Offense:
Unarmed +1 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Initiative -2
Defenses:
Dodge +0 (DC 10), Parry +1 (DC 11), Toughness +0, Fortitude -1, Will +1
Complications:
Accident (Fate Hates Him)- As if having neighbors like Beavis & Butt-Head wasn't bad enough, Tom continually suffers in his old age, often due to their antics (they have destroyed his house at least once). During Beavis & Butt-Head Do America, he and his wife are pulled aside and given full body-cavity searches SEVERAL TIMES, and in another episode, they sell all of his belongings (including a Purple Heart medal from Korea) at a yard sale because he promised them a cut of the profits.
Relationship (Marcie- Wife)- Tom is openly still in love with his wife.
Disabled (Bad Eyesight)- Tom can never recognize "Buffcoat and Beaver" as the two boys who frequently destroy his home.
Total: Abilities: -4 / Skills: 4--2 / Advantages: 0 / Powers: 0 / Defenses: 4 (2)
-Tom Anderson is based off of a "five or six people I knew who talked like that" in Mike Judge's past ("I feel like nearly every authority figure I had spoke with a Texas accent..."), but one specific guy on his childhood paper route stood out- an old man who WOULD NOT accept that Judge was his paperboy, and droned on in his Texan accent about how he didn't recognize him. Judge used that cluelessness with good effect to play one of the duo's most-regular victims, Mr. Anderson. Frequently, he would hire them to do a small chore, only to come back to find the boys had sawed down one of the trees on his property (and dropping it onto his home), or when they accidentally filled an entire pre-dug swimming hole with water and cement mix, creating a massive block in Tom's backyard. In Beavis & Butt-Head Do America, Tom and his wife are frequently met with struggle due to his relationship with the boys- he almost suspects them as the two boys "Who were HWACKIN' OFF in mah tool shed..." but is convinced otherwise. When he points them out to government agents, he and his wife are submitted to frequent body cavity searches ("Good, and DEEP! Don't stop till you reach the backs of their teeth!") as they somehow cross paths with the boys frequently on their road trip.
-Judge would later use his "Tom Anderson Voice" to tremendous success in King of the Hill, taking Tom's "Old School Personality" ("Ya shouldn't SHOW a man how to do something- you TELL him how to do it, and let him surprise you with the results!") to an even MORE hilarious extreme with Hank Hill. The voice is pretty much identical (but a bit slower with Tom, and with less inflection or emotion). Tom at one point speaks about how wonderful butane is- this would be turned into Hank's love of propane- Judge seemed to love the absurdity of it.