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''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' is a 2022 American
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film directed by John Rice and Albert Calleros and written by
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,
Lew Morton Lewis "Lew" Morton is an American television writer. He has written for several shows, including ''Saturday Night Live'' (from 1993-1995), ''NewsRadio'', ''Family Guy'' and ''Futurama''. He worked as a producer for ''Undeclared'', but never autho ...
, Guy Maxtone-Graham and
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. It is the second film based on the animated television series ''
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'' after ''
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'' (1996). The film follows teenage delinquents
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and
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, who are transported 24 years from 1998 to 2022, encounter parallel-universe versions of themselves and are hunted by the US government. The film was announced in February 2021. The production was conducted remotely via
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conferencing due to the
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. The film was released on the streaming service
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on June 23, 2022, to acclaim from critics.


Plot

In Highland,
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, in 1998,
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and
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accidentally burn down their high school
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. Believing they are
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, a judge sends them to space camp at the
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, where they become engrossed in a docking simulator. Impressed, the
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Captain Serena Ryan invites them to train as astronauts, which they mistake as an offer for
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. They undergo training and board the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' to study a
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. In space, Beavis and Butt-Head create a catastrophe. When Serena volunteers to sacrifice herself, they mistake this for another offer of sex. They put on their spacesuits, and watch Serena through a window as she prepares to change. Enraged, Serena uses the shuttle controls to fling them into space, where they are sucked into the black hole. The boys emerge in
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in 2022.
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detects their arrival and begins tracking them; Serena, now governor of Texas, vows to kill them to cover up her attempted murder. The boys meet intelligent versions of themselves from another universe, Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-Head, who explain that they have two days to enter a portal on top of
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to prevent the destruction of the
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. Beavis and Butt-Head acquire an iPhone and accidentally activate
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, which they mistake for Serena; Beavis develops feelings for her. When Siri offers to set up their
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, they believe Serena is waiting for them in Highland. After Beavis becomes trapped in a
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, he and Butt-Head are transported to a university. Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-Head urge them to enter the portal, which they have moved nearby, but instead they wander into a
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class, where the professor lectures them on
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. Taking this to mean they have the right to do whatever they want, they steal a police car and are arrested. In jail, Beavis takes pills given to him by an inmate, transforms into his hyperactive alter ego
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, and incites an uprising. Discovering that the boys seemingly died in 1998, the warden decides that they are angels and releases them. The boys arrive home, expecting to find Serena, but find it has been placed for sale. They blame each other and separate, but are quickly abducted by government officials. Serena's downtrodden lieutenant, Jim Hartson, covertly frees the boys, saying he knows what Serena did to them. Smart Beavis and Butt-Head urge them to enter the portal, but the boys ignore them. All parties arrive at Beavis and Butt-Head's house. As Serena is about to shoot them, she realizes they are not her enemies, only foolish teenagers. Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-Head urge Beavis and Butt-Head to enter the portal, but Hartson is accidentally sucked in instead, closing the rift and saving the multiverse. As Beavis attempts to express his love to Serena, Smart Beavis interrupts and offers to show her the cosmos; she leaves with him and Smart Butt-Head. In exchange for their silence, the government gives Beavis and Butt-Head their home back in its original condition. In another universe, the assembled alternative Beavises and Butt-Heads applaud Smart Beavis for becoming the first Beavis to have sex.


Voice cast

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, Principal McVicker, Tom Anderson, Stewart Stevenson, Mrs Stevenson, Coach Buzzcut and Todd Ianuzzi make
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s, most of them silent.


Production


Development

In 2008,
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stated, "I like to keep the door open on ''
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'', because it's my favorite thing that I've ever done. It's the thing I'm most proud of." However, he stated his reservations regarding the "year and a half otwo and a half years" that it would take "to do that right," saying that a revival project "comes up every three years." In 2009, while promoting his film ''
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'', Judge said he would like to see the characters on the big screen again, and that "I kind of think of them as being either 15 or in their 60s.... I wouldn't mind doing something with them as these two dirty old men sitting on the couch." In March 2018, Judge told
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that the idea of doing a second ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' movie had been brought up two months prior, saying "It's just a matter of coming up with an idea that feels like it's worth doing." In July 2019, Judge again reiterated interest in a potential movie, stating, "I've got some ideas. I think it would have to be something that makes it relevant today. I think I might've figured out a way to do that." He further stated that he would probably direct it. In February 2021, it was announced that a new ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' movie was in production for
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, with Judge on board. The news came following the announcement of a revival series the year prior, which was originally set to air on
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. Originally, Paramount executives wanted a live-action ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' movie, with Judge holding auditions over Zoom for the project before eventually talking the company into doing an animated movie instead to reestablish the characters first, with a live-action movie still a possibility. In January 2022, Judge tweeted drawings of older versions of
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and
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. A month later, the film's title was revealed as ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.''
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, who composed '' Do America'', returned to compose the score. The entire production was conducted remotely via
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conferencing due to the
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.


Animation

While the series and the first film ''Do America'' were hand-drawn animated by
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, animation services for ''Do the Universe'' were provided by
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in
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, Snipple Animation Studios in the
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, and Inspidea in
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using
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, making it the first official ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' animation to be done digitally. While some layouts were handled by Studio Moshi in
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and Ink Animation in
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.


Release

The film's trailer was released on June 2, 2022. A sneak peek debuted three days later, at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' was released on
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on June 23, 2022, and a day later on the UK version of the service. The soundtrack was released digitally on July 8, 2022, from
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.


Reception

On
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, the film has a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Andy Kelly of ''The Gamer'' complimented the movie as one of the best movies of the year and a revival done well of which he also noted "''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' is a fine return to form for these characters—and for
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, whose distinctive approach to comedy I've dearly missed". Sol Harris of ''
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'' gave the movie 4 out of 5 stars of which he wrote "''Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe'' is a completely worthy follow-up to '' Do America'' and, frankly, a frontrunner for the title of funniest movie of 2022."


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