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Beavis and Butt-Head at College, Explained：wild goose chase
Fresh from a porta potty, the boys find themselves on a college campus and immediately want out: 'Let's get out of here before we learn something.' Two glowing versions of themselves redirect them to a portal hidden behind the Classics building, while a campaign official decides they have to be killed.
あらすじ
The boys climb out of a portable toilet and realise they are on a college campus. Their phone gives an absurd travel time, and they agree to leave before they accidentally learn anything. Then two glowing strangers appear — versions of the boys themselves — and tell them the portal has been moved behind the Classics building. At the same time, a campaign official plans to hunt them down.
注目の表現
but much timedumbasswell hiddenwild goose chase
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このシーンの表現
wild goose chase
a pointless search
A doubter tells the governor the hunt feels like a wild goose chase, chasing something uncatchable.
Hunting for that missing sock is a wild goose chase.
このシーンの他の表現
- but much time
a pun on an insult
- dumbass
a stupid person
- well hidden
safe because ignored
- pay off
settle a debt
- incongruous
out of place
このシーンのメモ一覧
51 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
crap, useless — Crude teasing between friends; avoid it in polite settings.
Turds!idiot — Traded between friends as a jab, not in polite company.
- There it is, dumbass.a journey to a place
- Your trip to Woodson Street, Highland will take 274 hours.start moving
Let's get moving, Beavis. [snickers]switch direction
- Change course to intercept. - We won't lose them this time.or something like that
- What is this? Is this college or something?Practice linking what is into one smooth unit.
- What is this? Is this college or something?leave this place
Let's get out of here before we learn something, Butt-Head.These three words can blur into a single sound.
Let's get out of here before we learn something, Butt-Head.make a task simpler
- We have made the quest easier.back then
- Mount Everest seemed like a good idea at the time for its proximity to space, but the trip was a long-y.appear to be
- Mount Everest seemed like a good idea at the time for its proximity to space, but the trip was a long-y.nobody minds it
- It is well hidden there because no one cares about the humanities anymore.reason clause: The because-clause gives the reason why nobody ever finds it.
- It is well hidden there because no one cares about the humanities anymore.settle a debt
The clone explains students now pick majors that let them pay off their student debt.
- They want jobs that will allow them to pay off their student debt.relative clause: The that-clause narrows down exactly which jobs they want.
- They want jobs that will allow them to pay off their student debt.remark about
- Satirical comment on the times.rely on
- The lives of billions depend on it.Listen for the t dropped between haven't and but.
- Hurry, you haven't but much time.idiot (insult) — A crude, joking insult, not for strangers.
- [snickers] He said butt munch.is terrible — A casual complaint, too crude for formal writing.
Magic sucks.confident of
- Are you sure about this?slightly
Feels a little bit like a wild goose chase.one from our group
- Listen, one of our dipshit college campaign volunteers had some crazy story about how she saw two teenagers coming out of the same Porta Potty laughing at nothing, and one of them was covered in feces and nacho cheese.idiot — A harsh insult; keep it out of formal speech.
- Listen, one of our dipshit college campaign volunteers had some crazy story about how she saw two teenagers coming out of the same Porta Potty laughing at nothing, and one of them was covered in feces and nacho cheese.here is the point
The governor cuts off an anecdote with 'Here's the deal' to lay out his plan.
- Well, when I was in college, I did some pretty crazy-- - Here's the deal.conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition for his grim 'might as well'.
And if I'm gonna be accused of murder, I might as well kill those guys.use a shorter route
- Let's take a shortcut through this thing.「Beavis and Butt-Head at College」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is the film's version of a joke about education: two characters whose whole identity is avoiding thought run through a college campus. Their instinct is immediate — 'Let's get out of here before we learn something' — and it doubles as a self-aware line about what kind of movie this is. The pair's glowing doubles then deliver the plot in the flattest way possible, while the film slips in a real satirical point: the portal is safe behind the Classics building because 'no one cares about the humanities anymore,' and students only want jobs that can 'pay off their student debt.' On the other track, a campaign official reasons her way toward murder with a tidy bit of logic: if she will be accused of murder anyway, she 'might as well kill those guys.' The scene moves fast, but the satire is not incidental.
Theme
SatireThe portal hides behind the Classics building because, as one of the doubles says, no one cares about the humanities anymore.
AbsurdityThe plot is advanced by glowing doubles of the heroes and a politician who talks herself into committing murder.
このチャプターで学べること
- Wild goose chase names a search that goes nowhere.
- The clones speak like old books, the duo like the street.
- The governor's logic is absurd yet airtight to him.
- The pun turns a simple hurry line into an insult.
発音のポイント
- What is this — Practice linking what is into one smooth unit.
- get out of — These three words can blur into a single sound.
- haven't but — Listen for the t dropped between haven't and but.
Let's get out of here before we learn something, Butt-Head.Beavis's reason to leave college: the risk of learning something. It states the characters' whole anti-intellectual logic in one line.
If I don't kill those guys, I'm going to be accused of murder.The official's first step toward justifying murder. She frames killing the boys as a response to a charge she assumes is coming.
And if I'm gonna be accused of murder, I might as well kill those guys.The same logic completed: if the accusation is inevitable, she may as well commit the crime. It is a parody of rational evil.
Feels a little bit like a wild goose chase.Her doubt about the search, voiced before she commits to it. It marks the moment the plot is knowingly built on a thin lead.
- It is well hidden there because no one cares about the humanities anymore.The doubles' explanation for why the portal is safe: humanities buildings are ignored. It is the scene's sharpest joke about the present.
- Mount Everest seemed like a good idea at the time for its proximity to space, but the trip was a long-y.A summary of their journey to Everest, chosen for its nearness to space and regretted for the distance. It caps the doubles' long detour.
- Seek the portal before all is destroyed.The doubles' urgent instruction to the boys. It gives the goal plainly and raises the stakes without explaining them.
このシーンについての質問
Where do the boys end up after the time jump?
They come out of a portable toilet and find themselves on a college campus. Their phone tells them their trip will take 274 hours.
Who are the glowing figures that speak to them?
They appear to be doubles or future versions of Beavis and Butt-Head. They tell the boys the portal has been moved behind the Classics building.
Why is the portal hidden behind the Classics building?
Because, as the doubles say, no one cares about the humanities anymore, so nobody goes there.
What does 'wild goose chase' mean?
It means a search that is pointless or unlikely to succeed. The official uses it when she doubts whether chasing the boys will lead anywhere.
What does the campaign official plan to do?
She decides she has to kill the boys. Her reasoning is that if she will be accused of murder anyway, she might as well do it.
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