The clip comes from Beavis and Butt-Head, the MTV animated series created by Mike Judge that premiered in 1993. Beavis is obsessed with heavy metal, and his mangled singalong of Breaking the Law, the 1980 Judas Priest track from British Steel, became one of his signature bits. Fans ripped the moment for soundboards and early meme videos, where the chant alone signals mischief without needing context. It stays popular because Beavis, metal fandom and dumb rule breaking are instantly understood in one short loop.