Beavis is one half of Beavis and Butt-Head, the animated MTV series created by Mike Judge that first aired in 1993. The show followed two dim-witted teenagers obsessed with music videos, pranks, and trouble, and Beavis's manic laugh became one of its most recognisable trademarks. Clips of the laugh circulated for years through television reruns, compilations, and later meme edits, where it became shorthand for gleeful stupidity. It survives because it needs no context: even viewers who never watched the show recognise the sound of someone laughing at their own bad idea.