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==Related media== {{more citations needed|section|date=January 2024}} ===Merchandise=== MTV marketed the program with a surplus of merchandise, with items as varied as clothing, hats, and [[aftershave]].<ref name="Stern"/> Judge found it difficult to extend his sensibility to the consumer products that bore his name; he noted that he had no involvement in the show's video games.<ref name="Strauss 1994 f837"/> From 1994 to 1996, [[Marvel Comics]] published a monthly ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' comic under the [[Marvel Absurd]] imprint by a variety of writers, but with each issue drawn by artist [[Rick Parker (artist)|Rick Parker]]. It was also reprinted by Marvel UK, which created new editorial material.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beavis and Butthead Central |url=https://www.hotextra.com/bandbcollectiblescomics.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029233814/http://hotextra.com/bandbcollectiblescomics.html |archive-date=October 29, 2011 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |publisher=Hotextra.com}}</ref> ===''Daria''=== {{Main|Daria}} A spin-off based on classmate Daria Morgendorffer premiered in 1997. Mike Judge was not involved at all except to give permission for use of the character (created by [[Glenn Eichler]] and designed by Bill Peckmann).<ref>{{cite news|title= Brainy 'Beavis' Pal 'Daria' Spins Off|newspaper= Los Angeles Times|date= March 3, 1997|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-03-ca-34294-story.html|access-date= November 20, 2010|first= Howard|last= Rosenberg|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120715015913/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-03/entertainment/ca-34294_1_daria-morgendorffer|archive-date= July 15, 2012|url-status= live}}</ref> The only reference to the original show is Daria's mentioning that Lawndale cannot be a second Highland "unless there's uranium in the drinking water here too". ===Video games=== * ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head (video game)|MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head]]'', a set of games released by [[Viacom New Media]] for the [[Game Gear]], [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] in 1994. All three games featured music composed by [[Gwar]]. * ''Talking MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: This Game Rules!!!'', a handheld LCD video game released by [[Tiger Electronics]] in 1994. * ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity]]'', a [[graphic adventure game]] released for [[Windows 95]] in 1995. A [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] port was released exclusively in Japan in 1998 featuring dubbed voice acting by [[Atsushi Tamura]] and [[Ryō Tamura (London Boots)|Ryō Tamura]] from [[Owarai]] duo [[London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō]]. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head in Calling All Dorks'', a collection of desktop themes for Windows 95 released in 1995 by Viacom New Media. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head in Wiener Takes All'', a ''Beavis and Butt-Head''-themed trivia game by Viacom New Media. Released as a [[Microsoft Windows|PC]]/[[Macintosh]]-compatible CD-ROM in 1996. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head in Little Thingies'', a mini-game collection released for Windows 95 in 1996 featuring four mini-games from the previously released ''Virtual Stupidity'' and three new ones. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', a coin-operated video game developed by [[Atari Games]] for a [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]]-based hardware. The game underwent location testing 1996, but was unreleased due to poor reception. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head in Screen Wreckers'', a collection of screensavers released for Windows 95 in 1997. * ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head: Bunghole in One]]'', a ''Beavis and Butt-Head''-themed golf video game released for Windows 95 by [[GT Interactive]] in 1998. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', an overhead action game released by GT Interactive for the [[Game Boy]] in 1998. * ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do Hollywood'' (originally ''Beavis and Butt-Head: Get Big in Hollywood''), an unreleased 3D action game that was being produced by GT Interactive. It was announced for the PlayStation in 1998. * ''[[Beavis and Butt-Head Do U.]]'', a graphic adventure game released by GT Interactive for Windows 95 in 1999. ===Books=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Kristofor |editor-first=Dave |editor-last=Stern |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Travel Log |year=1997 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-01533-8}} * {{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Kristofor |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Big Book of Important Stuff to Make Life Cool |year=1997 |publisher=Boston America Corp |isbn=1-889647-15-2}} * {{Cite book |last=Doyle |first=Larry |author-link=Larry Doyle (writer) |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last=Eichler |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: This Sucks, Change It! |year=1995 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books, Melcher Media |isbn=0-671-53633-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/thissuckschangei00judg}} * {{Cite book |last=Doyle |first=Larry |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last=Eichler |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Huh Huh For Hollywood |year=1996 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-00655-X}} * {{Cite book |last1=Grabianski |first1=Greg |first2=Aimee |last2=Keillor |editor-first=Kristofor |editor-last=Brown |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: The Butt-Files |year=1997 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-01426-9}} * {{Cite book |author=Johnson, Sam |author-link=Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil |first2=Chris |last2=Marcil |author2-link=Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last=Eichler |editor-link=Glenn Eichler |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: This Book Sucks |year=1993 |publisher=MTV Books, Callaway, [[Pocket Books]] |isbn=0-671-89034-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/thisbooksucks00john}} * {{Cite book |author=Johnson, Sam |first2=Chris |last2=Marcil |first3=Guy |last3=Maxtone-Graham |first4=Kristofor |last4=Brown |first5=David |last5=Felton |first6=Glenn |last6=Eichler |first7=Mike |last7=Judge |author7-link=Mike Judge |editor-first=Glenn |editor-last=Eichler |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Ensucklopedia |year=1994 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-52149-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/mtvsbeavisbutthe00mike}} * {{Cite book |last1=Judge |first1=Mike |author-link=Mike Judge |first2=Joe |last2=Stillman |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head Do America: The Official Script Book |year=1997 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-00658-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/beavisbuttheaddo00judg}} * {{Cite book |last1=Rheingold |first1=Andy |first2=Scott |last2=Sonneborn |editor-first=Kristofor |editor-last=Brown |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Chicken Soup for the Butt |year=1998 |publisher=MTV Books, Pocket Books |isbn=0-671-02598-8}} * {{Cite book |editor-first=Kristofor |editor-last=Brown |title=MTV'S Beavis and Butt-Head: Doodle (doodie) Book |year=1996 |publisher=Boston America Corp |isbn=1-889647-00-4}} * {{Cite book |title=MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: 3-D Poster Book |year=1997 |publisher=Boston America Corp}} * {{Cite book |title=MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Doodle (doodie) Book #2 |year=1997 |publisher=Boston America Corp |isbn=1-889647-28-4}} * {{Cite book |title=MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: Sticky Things |year=1997 |publisher=Boston America Corp |isbn=1-889647-16-0}} * {{Cite book |title=Reading Sucks: The Collected Works of Beavis and Butt-Head |year=2005 |publisher=MTV |isbn=978-1-4165-2436-6}} (''NOTE: This book is a bundle of four previous books 'Ensucklopedia,' 'Huh Huh for Hollywood,' 'The Butt-Files,' and 'Chicken Soup for the Butt' which are no longer in print separately''). {{refend}} ===Music=== An album inspired by the series, ''[[The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience]]'', was released on [[Geffen Records]]. The label's namesake, David Geffen, came up with the concept for the album. He was sold on the show's success upon its debut, and contacted MTV to make a deal to co-finance the album and later film.<ref name="Eller 1997 h079"/> The album features many [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] bands such as [[Megadeth]], [[Primus (band)|Primus]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] and [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]. Moreover, Beavis and Butt-Head do a duet with [[Cher]] on "[[I Got You Babe]]"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hochman |first1=Steve |title=Cher Gets Cheeky With Beavis and Butt-head |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-14-ca-56606-story.html |access-date=December 29, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 14, 1993}}</ref> and a track by themselves called "Come to Butt-Head". The track with Cher also resulted in a music video directed by [[Tamra Davis]] and Yvette Kaplan. It sold over two million copies worldwide.<ref name="Eller 1997 h079">{{cite web | last=Eller | first=Claudia | title=The Geffen Camp Heh-Hehs All the Way to the Bank | website=Los Angeles Times | date=January 17, 1997 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-01-17-fi-19392-story.html | access-date=April 15, 2024}}</ref> In 2015, the pair were featured in commissioned [[hip hop skit|skits]] on the album ''[[Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven]]'' by [[Kid Cudi]].<ref name="kidcudi">{{cite web | last=Mench | first=Chris | title=Review: Kid Cudi's 'Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven' Is Not As Terrible As Everyone Thinks It Is | website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] | date=December 7, 2015 | url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/chris-mench/review-kid-cudi-speedin-bullet-2-heaven | access-date=December 23, 2024}}</ref> ====Chart success==== [[File:Beavis_and_Butt-head_UK_single_release.jpg|thumb|right|Beavis and Butt-Head duet with Cher UK single which includes a ''Beavis and Butt-Head Experience'' sticker to promote the release]] The Beavis and Butt-Head duet with [[Cher]] on "[[I Got You Babe]]" was released as a single in the UK, Australia, Europe and the US,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis And Butt-Head – I Got You Babe – All releases |url=https://www.discogs.com/Cher-With-Beavis-And-Butt-Head-I-Got-You-Babe/master/69263 |website=Discogs |year=1993 |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> the UK CD had a special limited edition sticker to promote ''[[The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience]]'' available with the release.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis And Butt-Head – I Got You Babe |url=https://www.discogs.com/Cher-With-Beavis-And-Butt-Head-I-Got-You-Babe/release/1569612 |website=Discogs |year=1993 |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> On January 15, 1994, the song charted at number 35 in the UK charts<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis & Butt-Head |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29720/cher-with-beavis-and-butt-head/ |website=Official Charts |date=January 15, 1994 |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> and stayed on the charts for 4 weeks. On December 4, 1993, the song charted on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100|''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart]] in the US peaking at number 8.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Cher Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cher/chart-history/hbu/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> The single also charted at number 69 in Australia,<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref> 19 in Belgium,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/187f2/Cher-with-Beavis-And-Butt-Head-I-Got-You-Babe |website=Ultratop Vlaanderen – De enige echte officiële hitparade |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> 18 in Denmark,<ref name="americanradiohistory1994">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-29.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150228003829/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-29.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 28, 2015|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> 69 on the European Hot 100,<ref name="americanradiohistory1994"/> 9 on the Netherlands Dutch Top 40,<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 40 – week 4 (22 januari 1994) |url=https://www.top40.nl/top40/1994/week-4 |website=Top 40}}</ref> 10 on the Netherlands top 100<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=Dutch ~Charts |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> and number 40 in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cher With Beavis and Butt-Head – I Got You Babe (Song) |url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cher+with+Beavis+and+Butt-head&titel=I+Got+You+Babe&cat=s |website=swedishcharts.com |access-date=May 31, 2021}}</ref> ===Slot game=== In 2019, [[Gauselmann]] Group's UK-based games studio Blueprint Gaming launched the Beavis and Butt-Head online slot game.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecasinowizard.com/news/mtvs-beavis-and-butt-head-make-their-casino-game-debut/|title=MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head Make their Casino Game Debut|website=The Casino Wizard|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605083238/https://thecasinowizard.com/news/mtvs-beavis-and-butt-head-make-their-casino-game-debut/|archive-date=June 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The game features moments and scenes from the TV show and film. The branded game was among the 10 most exposed slot games in UK online casinos days after its release in late May 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://betlancer.com/beavis-and-butt-head-slot/ |title=Beavis & Butt-Head slot |publisher=betlancer.com |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184703/https://betlancer.com/beavis-and-butt-head-slot/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{clear}}
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