Held Back

Season 5, Episode 1, Aired
EDIT

Episode Summary

After failing math in Mr. Buzzcut's class, the boys get sent back to the 8th grade, but they don't do so well there either, and keep getting sent back -- all the way to kindergarten. ''''videos:''Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"''Violent Femmes - "Breakin' Up"''The Dylans - "Grudge"moreless
9.3
out of 10
EPISODE RATING: Superb
55 votes
  • Your Rating: 10
    "Perfect"
  • Your Rating: 9.5
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 9
    "Superb"
  • Your Rating: 8.5
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 8
    "Great"
  • Your Rating: 7.5
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 7
    "Good"
  • Your Rating: 6.5
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 6
    "Fair"
  • Your Rating: 5.5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 5
    "Mediocre"
  • Your Rating: 4.5
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 4
    "Poor"
  • Your Rating: 3.5
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 3
    "Bad"
  • Your Rating: 2.5
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 2
    "Terrible"
  • Your Rating: 1.5
    "Abysmal"
  • Your Rating: 1
    "Abysmal"
Rate It

Cast & Crew

See All EDIT

Fan Episode Reviews (4)

See All

  • Fantastic premiere

    10
    "Perfect"
    By jmbsonic555, Oct 29, 2011 Report Abuse
    The boys get sent back by one grade because they are too dumb and they continue to act stupid and they get sent back to all the way to kindergarten and when it was juice and cookies time Butthead spitted the cookies out of his mouth then Beavis spitted a lot and the kids did it too so The prinicpal returned the boys back to the High School.
    This is one of the funniest episodes ever without a doubt, it has my respect of giving it a 10 out of 10
    A+moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Beavis & Butt-head get held back in school.

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By CyberCartoon, Jun 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    After Beavis & Butt-head have a hard time solving a math problem, Buzzcut and Principal McVicker decide to send them both a grade back. But then eventually the two were having problems being held back in various grades they were held back to kindergarten. While in kindergarten, the teacher passes out juice and cookies the two of them spit them out and ask her if they have nachos and she said no and she doesn't like spitting. But Beavis spits a lot and encourages the kindergarteners. So the teacher asked the principal of the elementary school told him to get rid of the boys. So the principal putted them back into high school and they don't want them again. This episode was very well written, has a load of humor and it's an episode that never bores me.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0

  • Beavis and Butthead just keep being sent back a grade...

    9.8
    "Superb"
    By hsimpson44, Apr 27, 2010 Report Abuse
    In class Beavis and Butthead dont know any answers to questions and and sent to the principals office. The principal send them back a grade, which is the eighth grade. They are sent to Middle School and all the teachers in the High School couldn't be happier. In eighth grade, they are still having trouble and are sent back to seventh grade. They are sent back to sixth grade, then fifth grade, fourth grade, and then the third grade. In third grade, they dont even know the answer to 5 + 4. Beavis thanks it's W and Butthead thanks it is 2 squared. Then they wind up in second grade, then first grade, and finally Kindergarten. Butthead gets angry at numbers and they get to colour. Then they get juice and cookies. Finally, they start a riot with all the kids so they are sent back to the ninth grade, even though their principal doesn't want them back.moreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    1 0

  • this thing was funny

    9.8
    "Superb"
    By [author missing], Oct 04, 2005 Report Abuse
    Beavis and Butthead are in class they are asked a question and clearely awnser it wrong and so they go
    back to grade 8 and then they get held back again and again and again and again untill they turn up in kindergarten where they get sent to the princibal\'s ofice because they were so dumb so the pricibal pretend\'s there smart to mr. mcvicker and they end up back in the 9th grademoreless

    DO YOU AGREE?

    0 0
    Edit Delete
 

Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions

See All

  • Trivia

    ADD TRIVIA
    • When Beavis and Butt-head are being pushed back and forth by the two principles, Butt-head is initially on the left and Beavis on the right, when it shows them finaly entering the school, they appear the other way around. Edit

  • Notes

    ADD NOTES
    • This episode had a scene where Butthead wanted to look at naked chicks, but MTV cut it out for unknown reasons. Edit
    • Included, without videos, in disc 2 of the 2005 "Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1". Billed as a "Director's Cut", it is missing the lines "This desk is giving me a stiffy" and "I don't even have room for a stiffy." Edit
    • Included, without videos, in the 1997 VHS "Innocence Lost"; also in Time-Life's 2002 DVD "Innocence Lost/Chicks N' Stuff". Edit

  • Quotes

    ADD QUOTES
    • Beavis: (During Soundgarden music video) Ahhhh!! Now that was scary man! Butt-head: Yah! That scared the bejesus out of me! Edit
    • Butt-head: (Watching Breaking UP video): I don't see what the big deal is about breaking up. I just like say, 'Hey baby, get lost. You know, we can like still do it and stuff, but, uh, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. Edit
    • Butt-head (To Elementary Principal): Why don't you like put us in a higher grade, you know, where the chicks have big thingies. Edit

  • Allusions

    ADD ALLUSIONS
    • Butt-head: Uh, 90210?
      Butt-head is refering to the zip code in [show]Beverly Hills 90210[/show]. Edit

Show Forums

See All
Last Activity
Replies

Watch Beavis and Butt-Head Full Episodes

See All

Related Shows

Season 5 Episodes

See All
Ep 50
Steamroller
Ep 49
Green Thumbs
Ep 48
Bus Trip
Ep 47
Sexual Harrassment
Ep 46
Spanish Fly
Ep 45
Murder Site
Ep 44
Patsies
Ep 43
Spare Me
Ep 42
Whiplash
Ep 41
Premature Evacuation
Ep 40
Womyn
Ep 39
Close Encounters
Ep 38
Tired
Ep 37
Another Friday Night
Ep 36
Bang The Drum Slowly, Dumbass
Ep 35
Buttniks
Ep 34
Oil Change
Ep 33
Skin Trade
Ep 32
Beavis, Can You Spare A Dime?
Ep 31
Screamers
Ep 30
Here Comes The Bride's Butt
Ep 29
Pregnant Pause
Ep 28
I Dream Of Beavis
Ep 27
To The Rescue
Ep 26
The History Of Women
Ep 25
What's The Deal?
Ep 24
Animation Sucks
Ep 23
Candy Sale
Ep 22
Dream On
Ep 21
Lightning Strikes
Ep 20
Bad Dog
Ep 19
Wet Behind The Rears
Ep 18
Party
Ep 18
Party, What's the Deal
Ep 17
Top O' The Mountain
Ep 16
Stewart Moves Away
Ep 15
Tainted Meat
Ep 14
Beaverly Buttbillies
Ep 13
Take A Number
Ep 12
Plastic Surgin'
Ep 11
Career Day
Ep 10
Walking Erect
Ep 9
Dude, A Reward
Ep 8
Temporary Insanity
Ep 7
Walkathon
Ep 7
Walkathon, Temporary Insanity
Ep 6
Hard Sell
Ep 5
Safe House
Ep 4
Choke
Ep 3
Beard Boys
Ep 2
Killing Time
Ep 1
Held Back

Contributors

Become a contributor
More
Less

TV Listings

Full Listings
BROWSE | Shows | Videos | News | Listings | Forums | People | Photos | TV.com Blog

CBS Entertainment | About TV.com | About CBS Interactive | Jobs | Advertise

© 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Ad Choice | Terms of Use