Ep 15. Tainted Meat
- December 29, 1994
- 11 min
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7.9 (137)
Beavis and Butt-Head season 5 episode 15, titled "Tainted Meat," follows the titular characters as they stumble upon a stash of free meat while walking around town. Excited at the prospect of free food, the duo bring the meat back to their dingy apartment to cook up a feast.
As they begin to cook, the meat starts to smell strange, but the boys brush it off and continue preparing it. Unsurprisingly, once they start eating, they quickly realize that the meat is rotten and they become violently ill.
With the boys bedridden, their neighbor, Tom Anderson, takes pity on them and offers to bring them soup and medicine. However, Beavis and Butt-Head become convinced that Tom is trying to poison them and refuse to accept his help.
As their illness persists, the duo becomes increasingly delirious and begins to hallucinate. They imagine themselves as superheroes, battling a giant piece of meat and saving the world from tainted food.
Throughout the episode, Beavis and Butt-Head's ridiculous antics are juxtaposed with brief interludes of music videos, which they watch and comment on with their trademark wit and sarcasm.
Ultimately, "Tainted Meat" serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of eating anything that seems too good to be true, as well as a hilarious example of Beavis and Butt-Head's absurd humor at its finest.