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Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022 — 第 1 / 22 章 · 4'24" · B1

Judge Sentences the Boys to Space Camp, Explained：in my defense

After burning down the school gym with a botched science-fair project, Beavis and Butt-Head stand before a judge who calls himself "the toughest judge in the state." In their defense, one says he was only trying to kick the other. Moved by a feel-good TV show, the judge sentences them to Space Camp.

あらすじ

Beavis and Butt-Head explain in voiceover that this is the story of two heroes trying to score. Their science-fair project — seeing how many kicks to the groin it takes to knock one of them out — burns down the school gym. In court, a judge who prides himself on being the state's toughest is softened by a TV show and sends them to Space Camp.

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注目の表現

on a quest to scorenadsprove everybody wrongkick its ass

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このシーンの表現

in my defense

as an excuse for myself

Asked for last words, Butt-Head offers the stupidest possible defense.

In my defense, the instructions were impossible to read.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on a quest to score

    out to get laid

  • nads

    testicles, crudely

  • prove everybody wrong

    show everyone they were wrong

  • kick its ass

    beat it completely

  • toughest judge

    the harshest judge

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · B2on a quest to do something

out to get laid

In the mock-epic narration, Butt-Head frames the boys as heroes out to get lucky.

A tale of two heroes on a quest to score, across time and space.
表現 · B1across time and space

across all of time and space

A tale of two heroes on a quest to score, across time and space.
表現 · A2just like any other + 名词

just like any other

- It all began one ordinary day, a day just like any other.
表現 · A2find out something

to find out

- Uh...we're trying to find out how many times I can kick Beavis in the nads before he passes out.
表現 · B1pass out

to faint

- Uh...we're trying to find out how many times I can kick Beavis in the nads before he passes out.
スラング · B2nads

testicles, crudely — Crude slang; only among friends, never in polite company.

- Uh...we're trying to find out how many times I can kick Beavis in the nads before he passes out.
表現 · B1take something seriously

to take it seriously

- Well, it's too bad you didn't take this more seriously, okay?
表現 · A2a free trip to somewhere

a free trip

The winner of the science fair this year gets a free trip to NASA Space Camp.
表現 · A2pretty + 形容词

pretty cool

That's pretty cool, Butt-Head.
表現 · B2prove someone wrong

show everyone they were wrong

Beavis imagines that doing the experiment by the book could silence everyone who doubted them.

What if we really did do a nad-kicking science experiment and, and like, we did measurements and we wrote stuff down with a pencil like you're supposed to and-- and maybe we could prove everybody wrong and win the whole science-- [whack] - Aah!
発音like you're supposed to

You're reduces to a quick, weak sound in fast speech.

What if we really did do a nad-kicking science experiment and, and like, we did measurements and we wrote stuff down with a pencil like you're supposed to and-- and maybe we could prove everybody wrong and win the whole science-- [whack] - Aah!
表現 · A2have an idea

to have an idea

- Beavis, I have an idea for our science fair project.
発音kick me in

The words run together into one blob in fast speech.

You're not gonna kick me in the nads again, are you?
表現 · B1something is over

those days are gone

Those days are over.
表現 · B1the best news I've heard all day

the best news today

That is the best news I've heard all day.
表現 · B2what the hell

what on earth

Beavis, what the hell are you doing?
発音what the hell

Practice stressing every word of what the hell to sound angry.

Beavis, what the hell are you doing?
スラング · B2kicked its ass

beat it completely — Joking bravado among friends; too crude for formal talk.

We kicked its ass.
スラング · B2Kick-ass

awesome, badass — Praise between friends; not for writing.

Kick-ass, yeah.
表現 · C1pass sentence

to hand down a sentence

Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence?
表現 · B2in one's defense

as an excuse for myself

Asked for last words, Butt-Head offers the stupidest possible defense.

In my defense, I was trying to kick Beavis in the nads.
表現 · B1when it comes to something

as for, regarding

- Many have said, when it comes to sentencing, I'm the toughest judge in the state.
表現 · B2the benefit of something

the upside of

And the only difference between him and you is he had the benefit of supportive families and teachers.
文法 · B2is he had the benefit

predicative clause: A full clause after is spells out the one difference.

And the only difference between him and you is he had the benefit of supportive families and teachers.
表現 · B1the first person to do something

the first person on the moon

- He was the first man on the moon.
文法 · B2who won that trip to space camp

noun clause: The who-clause is the object of found out.

- We never found out who won that trip to space camp, because the records were lost when the gym burned down.
表現 · B2unlock the potential of someone

to unlock potential

So I say, why not give opportunity to those who really need it and unlock the potential of these two at-risk youths?
文法 · B2those who really need it

relative clause: The who-clause narrows which people get the chance.

So I say, why not give opportunity to those who really need it and unlock the potential of these two at-risk youths?

「Judge Sentences the Boys to Space Camp」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene runs on the gap between the boys' idiocy and the adult world's attempt to make sense of it. Beavis and Butt-Head narrate their own story as if it were an epic — 'a tale of two heroes on a quest to score' — while the actual event is a schoolyard stunt that burns down a gym. In court, the judge is set up as a hard man — 'the toughest judge in the state' — and then undercuts himself by admitting a feel-good TV show changed his mind. He looks at the boys and says, 'I don't see their failure, I see our failure,' which is both a sincere line and a joke, since they are plainly guilty and he has just decided to be generous. What makes it funny is that everyone takes the boys more seriously than the boys take anything: the judge talks about unlocking the potential of 'at-risk youths,' and they just want explosions.

Theme

Dark humorA dumb stunt becomes a courtroom farce, with a judge redeeming two guilty boys via a TV show.
AbsurdityThe boys narrate a crude accident as an epic quest across time and space.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The judge's toughness is undercut by his own soft sentence.
  • Kicking its ass is crude slang, not a formal win.
  • In my defense is an excuse, never a real apology.
  • The boys hear only fire and scoring, never the law.

発音のポイント

  • like you're supposed to — You're reduces to a quick, weak sound in fast speech.
  • kick me in — The words run together into one blob in fast speech.
  • what the hell — Practice stressing every word of what the hell to sound angry.
Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence?

The judge's formal invitation before sentencing. It sounds solemn, which makes the boys' stupid replies funnier.

- Uh...we're trying to find out how many times I can kick Beavis in the nads before he passes out.

The 'science project' explained without embarrassment: a crude experiment treated as legitimate research. The deadpan delivery is the joke.

In my defense, I was trying to kick Beavis in the nads.

A defence that condemns him. He offers the court the very fact that should make him guilty, and treats it as an excuse.

- Many have said, when it comes to sentencing, I'm the toughest judge in the state.

The judge's boast about his own severity. It sets up the twist that he is about to be lenient.

When I look at these two boys today, I don't see their failure.

The judge turns the sentencing into a speech about society. It's earnest, and that's what makes it funny next to the boys' blankness.

And the only difference between him and you is he had the benefit of supportive families and teachers.

He compares them to Neil Armstrong to make a point about opportunity. The mismatch between the comparison and the boys is the comedy.

I hereby sentence Beavis and Butt-Head to eight weeks of Space Camp.

The verdict, delivered with full formality: a punishment that sounds like a prize. It also sets up the film's title and plot.

このシーンについての質問

What did Beavis and Butt-Head do to end up in court?

They entered a science-fair project about kicking each other in the groin, which started a fire and burned down the school gym. That lands them before a judge.

Why does the judge go easy on them?

He says a feel-good TV show, Touched by an Angel, made him reflect. Instead of a harsh sentence he decides to give them an opportunity and unlock the potential of two at-risk youths.

What is the boys' sentence?

Eight weeks at Space Camp. It is framed as a punishment but sounds like a prize, and it sends them off on the film's space adventure.

What does 'in my defense' mean here?

It's a phrase for explaining or excusing your own actions. One of the boys uses it to say he was only trying to kick the other one, which is a confession, not a defence.

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