Too Big To Fail is the eleventh episode of Season 11 and the 280th episode overall of Beavis and Butt-Head.
Synopsis[]
Old Butt-Head tries to avoid eviction by getting as fat as possible.
Plot[]
Returning to the complex from a beer run, old Beavis and Butt-Head meet their landlord and the sheriff who are sticking an eviction notice to their door. The landlord warns Butt-Head she will kick them out if he fails to pay the rent within the next 30 days. Quips the sheriff, himself a portly gentleman, "Yeah! If his ass even fits out the door!"
This gives Butt-Head the idea that instead of working to pay the rent, he should try getting so fat that he indeed does not fit out the door any more. "Then we could stay here forever!"
The two are next seen in the apartment amongst large stacks of junk food that they proceed to stuff down Butt-Head's mouth in an extended 29-day fattening montage while Beavis is denied any food, lest Butt-Head fail to get obese enough to reach their heroic goal. After all, every bite of food going into Beavis would mean one less ounce of fat jamming Butt-Head in the doorway.
On the 29th day, Beavis begs a morbidly obese Butt-Head to let him finally have some food as well since he has been living off mere crumbs picked off the disgusting apartment floor. Butt-Head cruelly denies him again before retiring to the bedroom on his rascal, but while he sleeps, Beavis succumbs to the temptation of the nachos stacked and ready for Butt-Head's breakfast.
The next day, with all the food gone thanks to Beavis' backstabbing, Butt-Head is still not quite fat enough to block the door when the landlord and sheriff pull up. As a last resort, Beavis remembers the discounted case of cheap beer they bought a month ago. With his help. Butt-Head shotguns all the beer cans until the very last second, which finally bloats him up so much that the sheriff actually fails to get him out of the door even with the help of his deputy. However, their triumph is short-lived. Soon, the sound of a large buzzsaw is heard when the sheriff and his deputy cut a hole into the back of the apartment and evict fat Butt-Head with the help of a crane.
Characters[]
- Old Beavis
- Old Butt-Head
- Landlady
- Sheriff
Swipe Right with David Van Driessen[]
In the latest segment about the dating adventures of Highland's most eligible vegan bachelor, Van Driessen and his date are seen in a booth in a vegan restaurant, eating their joyless tofu dishes. The lady excuses herself to the bathroom but is next seen in the background walking to her parked car and driving off.
- David Van Driessen
- Van Driessen's Date
Videos[]
- YouTube: Tipsy Bartender - "Bathtub Jungle Juice"
- Swipe Right with David Van Driessen
Gallery[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- Butt-Head previously gained weight deliberately with Beavis in Season 8's "Supersize Me".
- This is the first time that Butt-Head (or rather another version of him) is shown crying.
- This is the first episode to feature the "Swipe Right with David Van Driessen" segment, which focuses on the love life of Van Driessen. This makes Van Driessen the second recurring character to have his own spin-off segment, after Tom Anderson with his segment "Tom Anderson's War Stories".
- This is also technically the first time Van Driessen appears in an Old Beavis and Butt-Head episode.
- Van Driessen’s rainbow hang glider from “Life Savers” makes a re-appearance in the background of this segment.
- When Butt-Head starts his reverse diet, he says, "It's Hero Time!", which is likely a reference to a catchphrase from the Ben 10 franchise.
Sources[]
Episode List
Shorts · Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 · Season 6 · Season 7 · Season 8 · Season 9 · Season 10 · Season 11
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 · Be All You Can Be · Friday Night
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 · 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 · 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 · Vidiots · 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 · The Ciabatta Zone · Warehouse · Abduction · Sleepover
Season 11: Braces · Heart Attack · Plumber's Helpers · A.I. · Scent of a Dumbass · New Couch · Nuts · Bike · Life Savers · Tattoo · Too Big To Fail · Metal Detector · Depositors · Nacho Shake · Ear · Dearly Departed · The Mission · Beavis H. · Work from Home · Bed and Breakfast · Million Dollar Reward · Get Well Soon · Oldholio · The Discoverers