Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Beavis and Butt-Head Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Held Back
Oct 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.
Killing Time
Oct 31, 1994
Beavis and Butt-head try to figure out things to do during a two hour period when there is nothing on TV.
Beard Boys
Nov 1, 1994
The boys decide they need beards to score, so they cut their hair and glue it to their faces.
Choke
Nov 2, 1994
While eating some chicken nuggets, Butt-head starts to choke. Beavis, remembering the ""Him-lick Manure"" poster at Burger World, heads there but gets distracted along the way.
Safe House
Nov 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.
Hard Sell
Nov 4, 1994
The boys get jobs as telemarketers; Beavis becomes the top salesman, and Butt-head can't figure out what to do.
Walkathon
Dec 10, 1994
Beavis and Butt-head pledge money to Daria for a walkathon, then have to walk off the money when they can't pay.
Temporary Insanity
Dec 10, 1994
The boys ditch school and work as temps at a real estate agency (and break stuff).
Dude, A Reward
Dec 10, 1994
When Beavis finds a camera, the boys photograph their butts and their ""captains,"" and return the camera for a reward.
Walking Erect
Dec 13, 1994
The boys go to the zoo to check out the animals' weiners (and grab snakes).
Career Day
Dec 16, 1994
The boys become security guards at the mall for Mr. Van Driesen's career day.
Plastic Surgin'
Dec 19, 1994
Beavis and Butt-head go to a plastic surgeon to get wiener implants.
Take A Number
Dec 22, 1994
Beavis and Butt-head go to the ""Creatures of Rock"" concert and spend the whole time waiting in line for the toilet.
Beaverly Buttbillies
Dec 26, 1994
After watching ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" on TV, Beavis and Butt-head decide to dig for oil but break a sewage line instead.
Tainted Meat
Dec 29, 1994
Beavis develops an infection and transfers it to the customers at Burger World through tainted hamburgers.
Stewart Moves Away
Jan 5, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head learn how to be movers and break stuff from two guys who rob the Stevensons.
Top o' the Mountain
Jan 25, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to the hair salon to see the stylist's boobs...and maybe get their hair cut.
Party
Jan 29, 1995
When the boys decide to throw a party so they can 'cop a feel,' it is almost ruined when Stewart and his friends show up, but then Todd arrives and trashes the house.
Wet Behind The Rears
Jan 29, 1995
Buzzcut orders the boys to take a shower after gym class, when suddenly the fire alarm goes off and they are forced to exit the building clad in only their skivvies.
Bad Dog
Feb 9, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to the animal shelter to get a dog, and find one that really likes Beavis.
Lightning Strikes
Feb 16, 1995
Imitating a PBS documentary about Ben Franklin, Beavis and Butt-head get struck by lightning, and attract the interest of ""Betsy Wiener"" from ""Decency In Media.""
Dream On
Feb 23, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head can't seem to get up and off the couch, but this time it's because they keep drifting in and out of dreamland.
Candy Sale
Apr 8, 1995
The boys are supposed to sell candy for school, but end up only selling it to each other -- with the same two dollars.
Animation Sucks
Apr 8, 1995
Mr. Van Driessen teaches the class about animation; Beavis and Butt-head draw hundreds of ""dead people"" for their project, but can't understand why the finished film shows only t
What's the Deal?
Jun 5, 1995
Beavis & Butt-head sit in on Mr. Anderson's poker game and try to collect all the cards.
The History of Women
Jun 5, 1995
The school librarian helps Beavis & Butt-head do research for a report on the woman they admire most... they admire her butt.
To the Rescue
Jun 6, 1995
The boys are featured on a ""Rescue 911"" show after they help rescue the pilot of a crashed plane.
I Dream of Beavis
Jun 7, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head try wishing on a bottle hoping their is a genie inside... but the bottle they wish upon only has a dead mouse in it.
Pregnant Pause
Jun 8, 1995
Hilarity ensues as some major intestinal cramps convince Beavis that he might be pregnant.
Here Comes the Bride's Butt
Jun 9, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to a wedding in hopes that they can make out with the bride.
Screamers
Jul 10, 1995
After watching a horror movie, Beavis and Butt-head run around the neighborhood trying to scare people by screaming at them.
Beavis, Can You Spare a Dime?
Jul 10, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head get lessons from a panhandler on how to get cash on the streets.
Skin Trade
Jul 11, 1995
Beavis & Butt-head find a dead squirrel and try to sell its fur.
Oil Change
Jul 12, 1995
Beavis & Butt-head have to change the oil in the fryer; luckily, there's a gas station next door with plenty of oil...
Buttniks
Jul 13, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head visit a coffee house; Beavis downs gallons of cappuccino and takes the stage as Cornholio.
Bang the Drum Slowly, Dumbass
Aug 7, 1995
Lost in the woods, the boys hear a drumbeat and happen upon Van Driessen and his men's group -- having a monthly drum-banging session to let off steam as they ""wrestle with their
Another Friday Night
Aug 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 came
Tired
Aug 8, 1995
The two boys cause huge chaos around Highland playing with a big tire they find at a garage.
Close Encounters
Aug 9, 1995
McVicker sends Beavis and Butt-head to a group therapy session where they terrorize fellow patients.
Womyn
Aug 10, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to a women's rights meeting and try to hit on some militant feminists.
Premature Evacuation
Sep 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.
Whiplash
Sep 11, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head plan to fake getting injured so they can get insurance money; real injuries follow.
Spare Me
Sep 12, 1995
Two babes want the boys to change their flat tire, Butt-head learns what not to do with a tire-iron.
Patsies
Sep 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 Bu
Murder Site
Sep 14, 1995
The boys go investigate a crime scene, Beavis gets arrested after nearly killing Butt-head.
Spanish Fly
Oct 9, 1995
Beavis and Butt-head put some spanish fly in a milk carton at school. Instead of the chick they were hoping for, the spiked milk is drunk by a jock Beavis later has to wrestle in g
Sexual Harrassment
Oct 5, 1995
The boys want to sue a chick in class for sexual harassment because she's constantly giving them ""wood.""
Bus Trip
Oct 10, 1995
A bus trip to the mountains ends in disaster for Mr. Van Driessen.
Green Thumbs
Oct 11, 1995
The boys photocopy a dollar bill and try to use the copies to buy stuff.
Steamroller
Oct 12, 1995
The boys steal Mr. Anderson's steamroller, with predictable results.