It's a Miserable Life is the eighth episode in Season 6, the 148th episode overall, and the fourth holiday special of Beavis and Butt-Head. It aired as the second episode of A Beavis and Butt-head Christmas.
Plot[]
The episode starts as prayers are heard from Mrs. Stevenson, Tom Anderson, Principal McVicker, David Van Driessen, and Mr. Stevenson all wishing to God that Beavis and Butt-Head would stop causing trouble to their lives (some going as far as wishing them dead). While watching TV, the duo are visited by their guardian angel, Charlie. Charlie then shows Butt-head how much everyone's lives would be better if he never existed.
It immediately stops raining and Butt-Head is as dry as a bone. Anderson has a nice yard and Christmas lights because Butt-head never messed it up. He is taken to Burger World where it has customers. Butt-head finds this life stupid, but Charlie points out that it was his doing. The reason Burger World wasn't doing so well was because he was responsible in repelling them from returning with his antics and his boss never had the heart to fire him throughout that time.
Charlie then takes Butt-Head to Highland High School, where it's been renovated and more students attend. He notices McVicker still has his hair and is nowhere near stressed out. Charlie points out that both Beavis and Butt-Head were directly responsible for stressing him out over the years. He then notices Daria whom is much happier, has a normal teenage life and has a boyfriend in Hiro. When Butt-Head asks about it, Charlie explains that he was responsible for making her cynical and miserly by being around her. As a result, Daria lost faith in humanity and is unhappy. Butt-Head asks where Beavis is because he wants to know.
Charlie then takes him to the homeless shelter where he sees Stewart has self-esteem and is wearing a "Poison" T-shirt. Stewart's best friend is... of all people, none other than Beavis, who is wearing not his trademark "Metallica" T-shirt, but Stewart's signature "Winger" shirt. Butt-Head insults Beavis about how much of a loser he is without recognizing him. He doesn't know what a bunghole is either, and when Butt-head tells him he is one (and calls him "bunghole"), Stewart tells Butt-head that a word can't define itself and calls the latter a "Cro-Magnon" (Beavis agrees). Butt-head attempts to drag Beavis out with him, but is stopped by some homeless people, who say Beavis is a "good kid", and Butt-head is thrown out. Charlie then explains that Stewart had no confidence and self-esteem in himself because Butt-Head ruined it for him by being a bully to him.
At the bridge, Charlie points out that Beavis' life was much better without him around because he wasn't there to ruin his life by being a jerk to him. He asks Butt-Head to do the right thing and commit suicide because everyone's miserable lives were attributed to him. He ignores Charlie and asks to "be born again". Butt-Head mentions that despite every mean thing he's done to Beavis, he stills values him as a friend. It starts to rain hard again. Then he is on the bridge again and sees Beavis, who says the word "bunghole". Butt-head is surprised, to which Beavis responds, "You're a bunghole, bunghole!" (He is also wearing his Metallica shirt again). The episode ends with Charlie falling off the bridge again while trying to get them to consider suicide. Beavis and Butt-Head just watch and laugh again, with Butt-Head telling Beavis that while life sucks, it would "suck worse" without them.
Characters[]
- Beavis
- Butt-Head
- Charlie
- David Van Driessen
- Tom Anderson
- Marcy Anderson
- Maxi-Mart Owner
- Principal McVicker
- Daria Morgendorffer
- Martin
- Stewart Stevenson
- Mrs. Stevenson (voice)
- Mr. Stevenson (voice)
- Homeless Man
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The episode's plot and title is a parody of the classic Christmas movie It's a Wonderful Life.
- At one point, Butt-Head calls Charlie "Charlie Angel".
Sources[]
Episode List
Shorts · Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 · Season 6 · Season 7 · Season 8 · Season 9 · Season 10
Shorts: Frog Baseball · Peace, Love and Understanding
Season 1: Door-to-Door · Give Blood · Balloon
Season 2: Scientific Stuff · Good Credit · Burger World · Baby Makes Uh, Three · Beware of the Butt · At the Sideshow · Customers Suck · Sick · Home Improvement · Way Down Mexico Way · At the Movies · No Laughing · The Butt-Head Experience · Lawn & Garden · Stewart's House · For Better or Verse · Bedpans & Broomsticks · Babes R Us · Yogurt's Cool · Heroes · Sign Here · Washing the Dog · Friday Night · Be All You Can Be
Season 3: Comedians · Carwash · Couch-Fishing · Incognito · Kidnapped · Naked Colony · Tornado · Cleaning House · Scratch 'N' Win · Scared Straight · Eating Contest · Sporting Goods · Sperm Bank · Buff 'N' Stuff · Citizen Butt-Head · Politically Correct · Ball Breakers · Meet God · Meet God · True Crime · The Trial · The Crush · Plate Frisbee · Canoe · Young, Gifted, & Crude · Foreign Exchange · A Very Special Christmas with Beavis and Butt-Head · Closing Time · Most Wanted
Season 4: Wall of Youth · Cow Tipping · Trouble Urinating · Rabies Scare · They're Coming to Take Me Away, Huh Huh · Jump! · Pumping Iron · Let's Clean it Up · 1-900-BEAVIS · Water Safety · Blackout! · Late Night with Butt-Head · The Final Judgement of Beavis · Pool Toys · Madame Blavatsky · Beavis and Butt-Head's Island · Figure Drawing · Date Bait · Butt is it Art? · Right On · Manners Suck · The Pipe of Doom · Safe Driving · Mr Anderson's Balls · Patients Patients · Teen Talk · Crisis Line · Vs. the Vending Machine · Generation in Crisis · Radio Sweethearts · The Great Cornholio · Liar! Liar!
Season 5: Held Back · Killing Time · Beard Boys · Choke · Safe House · Hard Sell · Walkathon · Temporary Insanity · Dude, a Reward · Walking Erect · Career Day · Plastic Surgin' · Take a Number · Beaverly Buttbillies · Tainted Meat · Stewart Moves Away · Top O' The Mountain · Party · Wet Behind the Rears · Bad Dog · Lightning Strikes · Dream On · Candy Sale · Animation Sucks · What's the Deal · The History of Women · To the Rescue · I Dream of Beavis · Pregnant Pause · Here Comes the Bride's Butt · Screamers · Beavis, Can You Spare a Dime? · Skin Trade · Oil Change · Buttniks · Bang the Drum Slowly Dumbass · Another Friday Night · Tired · Close Encounters · Womyn · Vidiots · Premature Evacuation · Whiplash · Spare Me · Patsies · Murder Site · Spanish Fly · Sexual Harassment · Bus Trip · Green Thumbs · Steamroller
Season 6: Bungholio: Lord of the Harvest · The Mystery of Morning Wood · US History · Feel a Cop · Date Watchers · Blood Pressure · Huh-Huh-Humbug · It's a Miserable Life · Babysitting · Stewart is Missing · Gang of Two · Sprout · Prank Call · No Service · Yard Sale · P.T.A. · Substitute · Shopping List · Buy Beer
Season 7: Butt, Butt, Hike · Vaya Con Cornholio · Evolution Sucks · Ding-Dong-Ditch · Just for Girls · A Very Special Episode · Dumbasses Anonymous · Underwear · Head Lice · Cyber-Butt · Nose Bleed · Citizens Arrest · Pierced · A Great Day · On Strike · Follow Me · Nothing Happening · Take a Lap · Shortcuts · Bride of Butt-Head · Special Delivery · Woodshop · T.V. Violence · Canned · Garage Band · Impotence · The Miracle That is Beavis · Shopping Cart · Inventors · Die Fly, Die! · Drinking Butt-ies · Work is Death · Breakdown · Graduation Day · The Future of Beavis and Butt-Head · Speech Therapy · Leave It to Beavis · Butt Flambe · Our Founding Losers · Beavis and Butt-Head Do Thanksgiving · Beavis and Butt-Head Are Dead
Season 8: Werewolves of Highland · Crying · Daughter's Hand · Tech Support · Holy Cornholio · Drones · Supersize Me · Bathroom Break · The Rat · Spill · Doomsday · Dumb Design · Copy Machine · Holding · Used Car · Bounty Hunters · Time Machine · Massage · School Test · Snitchers · Whorehouse · Going Down
Season 9: Escape Room · The Special One · Boxed In · Beekeepers · Roof · River · The New Enemy · The Doppelgänger · Nice Butt-Head · Home Aide · Virtual Stupidity · Locked Out · Kidney · The Good Deed · Two Stupid Men · Freaky Friday · Weird Girl · Time Travelers · Spiritual Journey · Refuse Service · Downward Dumbass · The Most Dangerous Game · Bone Hunters
Season 10: Meditation Sucks · Polling Place · Old Man Beavis · Hunting Trip · Pardon Our Dust · Pranks · Hellhole · Take a Bow · Tobacco Farmers · Married · Sad Boys · Are You There God? It's Me, Beavis · The Day Butt-Head Went Too Far · Spring Break · The Warrior · Vasectomies · Stolen Valor · Breeding Frenzy · Hoarders · Needle Dicks · Abduction · Sleepover
Season 11: TBA