Good Credit

Good Credit is the 2nd episode of Season 2 of Beavis and Butt-Head. It is the 7th overall episode.

Plot[]

Beavis and Butt-Head are watching The Brady Bunch, singing their own rude lyrics of the theme song. Then Beavis shows Butt-Head Tom Anderson's credit card which he stole the day before. He wants to burn it but Butt-head explains they can use it to buy stuff.

At the mall, Beavis and Butt-head fill their shopping cart with dangerous and/or idiotic items they don't need and/or should hot have, ranging from a chain saw and gas can to a stuffed deer's head, then decide to go buy some animals. They go to the pet shop and buy two expensive parrots, dogs, and cats. They also ask the manager for dead animals, and he remembers two chinchillas that "didn't quite make it through shipping." Beavis and Butt-Head now have two parrots, a cockatoo, three dogs, two cats, a lizard, and a snake, costing a total of $6,275.

Meanwhile, Tom Anderson and his wife Marcie are trying to attend a veteran's convention at a hotel. When checking in, Anderson gets mad that he can't find his credit card. After some searching, Marcie reminds him he used his card to get into the tool shed when "those boys" locked him out. Her husband now throws a fit and the receptionist asks them to leave.

The duo have not even arrived back home yet but two of the dogs keep humping Butt-Head's legs, the third dog starts killing the cockatoo and Beavis has taught the parrots to say "That was cool!" Flipping through the channels on their couch again, Beavis suggest they take all the pets to Anderson's house. They decide to keep the parrots though who strangely look just like them closely resemble them and talk the exact same way. Beavis offers his parrot an Alka-Seltzer.

Characters[]

Beavis
Butt-Head
Tom Anderson (debut in broadcast order)
Marcie Anderson (debut, spelled Marcy)
Hotel Employee (single appearance)
Beavis and Butt-Head Parrots (single appearances)

Music Videos[]

Version A[]

Loverboy - "Working for the Weekend"
The Bangles - "Manic Monday"
Ramones - "Pet Sematary"
John (Cougar) Mellencamp - "Pop Singer"
Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage"

Version B[]

Jane's Addiction – "Been Caught Stealing"
Ramones - "Pet Sematary"
John (Cougar) Mellencamp - "Pop Singer"
Soundgarden - "Rusty Cage"
- Version B was most commonly aired with "At the Movies".

Gallery[]

Censorship[]

The scene on the sofa in the beginning was chopped down; Beavis suggesting that they set fire to the card was cut, as well as him getting singed and Butt-Head calling him a chode-smoker.
Multiple scenes of Beavis trying to burn the parrot's perch with his lighter were cut, though one managed to make it past the censors during the scene where the pet shop worker is bringing the dog on screen.
Multiple fire references were removed during the music video segments as well.

Transcript[]

Good Credit/Transcript

Trivia[]

This episode is included in the VHS and DVD releases of There Goes the Neighborhood.
This was the first appearance of Tom Anderson in broadcast order. In production order, however, his first appearance was in the next episode, "Burger World", and he appeared in "Lawn & Garden" which was produced 3 episodes before this one.
This episode marks the debut of Marcie Anderson, Tom's wife. In this episode, however, her name is spelled as "Marcy".
A close-up of Tom's credit card reveals an embossed hologram of a bird, which appears to flap its wings as Beavis rotates the card.
The character on TV saying the line "No little girl of mine is giving no hundred dollars to no communist government, and that's that" is a parody of Archie Bunker from the TV series All in the Family.
The blonde woman on TV in Act III is a parody of actress Sally Struthers, who was known for her "feed the children" infomercials.
The marquee sign at the entrance of the hotel where Tom is attending a reunion says "Welcome Tulsa Odd Fellows", suggesting that he is a member of the Odd Fellows.
In the TV version, the parrots in Act III sing "Smoke on the Water". On the There Goes the Neighborhood VHS, this was edited to something unrecognizable, presumably for licensing reasons.
Although the duo agreed that they would keep the parrots, they were never seen again. It can be assumed that they either flew away, got stolen, or the duo got tired of them and got rid of them. Or they died from illness or injury brought on by neglect.
Tom does a cartoonish wild take with his head exploding when he realizes that his card was actually stolen. This is the only episode where such a thing happens.

Goofs[]

When the boys arrive at the pet store and decide to buy animals, Beavis' shorts and right arm are absurdly long. The shopping cart, which a moment earlier could be seen through, is now solid, opaque, and the same color as the background.
Butt-Head briefly has a GWAR T-shirt. This occurs in the scene in the pet store when they are walking the animals up to the cash register to pay. This T-shirt appears only in this episode.

Production Music[]

The Brady Bunch Theme Song (Beavis and Butt-Head watch and mock this)
Green Bluegrass - Lloyd Green, Glen Sutton ("That's the good thing about them possum innards.")
Countryville - Glen Sutton, Norris Wilson (Tom Anderson)
Heart and Soul 2 - Jonathan Butler (Holiday Inn front desk; "Where the hell's my credit card!?"; Anderson still looking for his credit card)
Butterfly Sanctuary - Brian Bennett ("You can feed and clothe and educate an entire family.")