Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Whether you think Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe is worth your time, at least Mike Judge stays true to the characters he created.

The pleasures of Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe are purely nostalgic. Beavis and Butt-Head the television show has always commented on changing societal norms and the movie is no different, but at least it does point out that the characters that seem to have all these cultural forces rally around them are idiots and not symbols. I imagine Judge may have found pressure in making Beavis and Butt-Head more modern in scope, but that would go against what the show was about in the first place. And so that brings us to Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, where our two heroes enter space, time travel, alternate universes, all in search of finally scoring. Whether they’re laughing at two seagulls having sex on a beach, or playing “frog baseball,” or sitting around watching television and eating nachos, Beavis and Butt-Head have come to represent the simple joys and foibles of being a horny kid in an overstimulating world. Since Beavis and Butt-Head premiered on MTV back in the 1990s, we’ve gotten all kinds of irreverent animated shows over all kinds of networks.

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They spend hours pushing the tube into the metallic orifice, to the point of the astronauts mistaking them for savants and taking them in space as a PR grab (two at-risk youths saved by NASA!). They agree to go only because an astronaut, Serena Ryan (voiced by Andrea Savage) asks them if they want to “do” it (it being docking with Mir). That misreading causes the pair to wreck the shuttle and be kicked out into space by Serena where they come upon a black hole that sends them into the future, into 2022. In the early going, we get Judge’s familiar, but endearing potty humor: Beavis and Butt-Head arrive at the Johnson Space Center, and the latter immediately quips, “Heh, heh. Instead of sentencing them to prison, however, the lenient judge (voiced by Chi McBride) sends them to eight weeks of NASA space camp in the hopes of saving these delinquents by unlocking their hidden “potential.” In a bid for the award, Butt-Head uses the Power Kick 3000 to kick Beavis in the crotch as an experiment of his fortitude. But never has the kindred spirits shared by these duos been more felt than in creator-director Mike Judge’s time-travel movie “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.”

Even though you can guess what these two characters will say as they're sucked into a black hole, their cosmic adventure still delivers new laughs.

Maybe that’s why this film, a zippy academia-tweaking scene notwithstanding, is less expansive in its sociological purview than the 1996 movie “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.” The spectacle of Beavis and Butt-Head coming to grips with today’s technology is funnier than bits in other movies where seniors try to do same. The mission fails spectacularly, and Beavis and Butt-Head are sucked into a black hole (you can imagine their reaction to this prospect), then dropped into Texas circa 2022.

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Paramount+ offers a free 7-day trial to new subscribers. In celebration of the film’s release, Paramount will also be streaming more than 200 remastered episodes of the original hit MTV series. Their new film, “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe,” is now available exclusively for streaming on Paramount+.

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The film doesn't try to change them for the times, but shows that what worked in the '90s (mostly) still works today. Throughout, Beavis and Butt-Head are true to themselves, making fun of everything around them because they're too stupid to know any better but always getting the last laugh. That sucks!

Beavis & Butt-Head Do the Universe features the voices of Mike Judge, Gary Cole, Chris Diamantopoulos, Nat Faxon, Brian Huskey, Chi McBride, Tig Notaro, Stephen ...

Paramount+ subscriptions start at just $4.99 a month (or $49.99 a year) after the free trial ends. The streaming platform also offers student discounts, and if you’re an Amazon Prime member you can stream Paramount+ through Prime Video (7-day free trial included). “Mike Judge has reimagined this dynamic duo in a way that is sure to have both old fans and new ones alike laughing out loud – and we couldn’t be more excited to bring them back into our rapidly expanding arsenal of hit adult animation.” The epic adventure finds the two traveling through space and time. Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe is streaming exclusively on Paramount+. If you’re not a member, sign up today and enjoy a weeklong free trial to instantly stream animated comedy and other programs on the platform. All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors.