Personality
Dan Tobin of The Boston Phoenix described Beavis as "the sidekick and follower" who developed into "more of a loose cannon."
Mike Judge once said in an interview that Beavis "is a zero" when it comes to intelligence; indeed, Beavis is often oblivious to what should be obvious. Generally submissive to Butt-head and willing to tolerate a large amount of physical and verbal abuse, Beavis nonetheless has limits. In Murder Site, Beavis was driven to attack and nearly kill Butt-head, who wouldn’t cease calling him “Butt-knocker", a term which Beavis resents. Beavis also stood up to Butt-head while they were watching a Rancid video: Butt-Head kept talking about it derisively, prompting Beavis to tell Butt-Head to shut up. When Butt-head reacted with fury, ordering Beavis never again to tell him to shut up and threatening to attack him, Beavis preemptively kicked Butt-Head in the testicles, told him to shut up again, and walked out of the room to get something to eat. In another episode, while the duo were watching a Bon Jovi video, Beavis claimed to like one part of the song, causing Butt-head to slap him in disgust. After being struck a few times, Beavis kicked Butt-head in the groin and proclaimed "Bon Jovi rules!" (This particular segment is featured in Prank Call, but only the version shown during the Super Bowl special).
In spite of his overt idiocy, Beavis possesses a number of character strengths. He can be inadvertently witty and, when discussing subjects that neither he nor Butt-head understand, he is more likely to guess the actual mechanisms at work. Also, on the rare occasion that a female exhibits interest in one of the duo, it is usually Beavis (as exemplified in the episodes: Vidiots, Another Friday Night, Teen Talk, Letters to Santa Butt-head in Christmas Special) who gets the attention; this could be because of Beavis’ somewhat childlike temperament, which is less off-putting than Butt-head’s crasser, more blatantly sexual approaches. For example, when the two encounter members of the opposite sex, Butt-head will typically lead off with a smug opening line such as “Hey, baby”, which invariably flops; Beavis, on the other hand, will usually approach the woman with a less obvious “Hi!” or “Hey, how’s it going?” Easily influenced by Butt-head, however, Beavis will often imitate his buddy's cruder pickup lines. Beavis has also shown instances of insight on such topics as the true meaning of Christmas, or in his analysis of a video by Korn. However, in both instances Beavis seems to be either in a trance or possessed, and shortly afterward he displays no recollection of what he just said.
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