The Legend of Beavis

February 9, 2021 5:59 AM

The Legend of Beavis. The Legend of Zelda cartoon, but with vocals from Beavis & Butthead.
posted by robocop is bleeding (19 comments total)

They already had me...and then the postshow. *chef kiss*
posted by es_de_bah at 6:25 AM on February 9, 2021 [5 favorites]

"I'm like...busy!" was where I started cackling
posted by Ghostride The Whip at 7:26 AM on February 9, 2021

The mirror image is a great touch.
posted by nickmark at 7:29 AM on February 9, 2021 [8 favorites]

I was chuckling all along and then I lost it at "boioioioioioing". There is no reason for this to be as good and as funny as it is.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:17 AM on February 9, 2021 [11 favorites]

This was as good as the original Zelda show was clearly awful.
posted by migurski at 8:20 AM on February 9, 2021 [5 favorites]

god damn it beavis
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 9:07 AM on February 9, 2021 [2 favorites]

This rocks.
posted by Kosmob0t at 11:02 AM on February 9, 2021 [3 favorites]

This is way better than it has any right to be.
posted by Blienmeis at 11:04 AM on February 9, 2021

Seriously, this is some kind of depraved masterpiece.
posted by oulipian at 2:40 PM on February 9, 2021 [4 favorites]

It's really not that far off from Link's personality in the actual cartoon, either.
posted by Scattercat at 3:00 PM on February 9, 2021 [2 favorites]

Is it weird that I find Beavis being a competent fighter the funniest part?
posted by The Power Nap at 3:48 PM on February 9, 2021 [4 favorites]

My kid is watching the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Every episode it features scenes from the "upcoming" episode of The Legend of Zelda, but never actually gets to them of course.

Part of me wants to show this to them while claiming that it's the actual show. My wiser part prevails, but I still enjoyed this a lot.
posted by subocoyne at 4:33 PM on February 9, 2021 [6 favorites]

Now I want TP for my ocarina hole
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:45 PM on February 9, 2021 [6 favorites]

My kid is also watching that show, and is extremely excited whenever Zelda previews come on (which he calls "the cartoon in the cartoon").

I know I should not be surprised, but the Super Mario cartoon is truly shockingly bad. Like, they shot every episode in a single afternoon with no second takes.
posted by HeroZero at 4:46 PM on February 9, 2021 [1 favorite]

As someone who worked as a writer on the original show, I am awash with strange sorrow that this person put waaaay more work into this than we did in the original.
posted by The otter lady at 5:36 PM on February 9, 2021 [40 favorites]

This brought some much needed LOLs to my day. My 9 year old has been watching the Super Mario Bros Super Show recently. It's a special kind of... something.
posted by Fleebnork at 5:25 AM on February 10, 2021

SMBSS has provided many opportunities to discuss literary/film genres, ethnic stereotypes, how different cultures interpret the same source material differently (e.g. the "Bowser" of the more recent games vs the "King Koopa" of the old US adaptations), and the general landscape of children's television in the 80's. We're going to watch the live action film sometime this month, which should be interesting.
posted by subocoyne at 9:52 AM on February 10, 2021 [1 favorite]

I still really quite like the live-action SMB movie, despite the fact that it is objectively bad and completely unhinged.
posted by Scattercat at 10:25 AM on February 11, 2021

This is tremendous.
posted by cortex at 10:55 AM on February 12, 2021