Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 2022 — 第 10 / 22 章 · 2'11" · B2

The Boys Try to Get Home, Explained:go by

Stuck in a hotel room, Beavis and Butt-Head can't open the door because the smart lock needs setting up. Butt-Head learns Serena is at their house and insists they go home to "score." Meanwhile the NSA records their voices and the Governor orders a roadblock on every road out of town.

あらすじ

Beavis and Butt-Head are stuck in a room, unable to unlock the door because the smart-home app was never set up. Butt-Head finds out Serena is at their house and wants to rush home to score. The NSA, which has a recording of the boys' voices, decides they are not human. The Governor then orders a roadblock on every road out of town.

Travel & hotelsInvestigationExplainingAskingB2slowamerican
IMDb ↗

注目の表現

buttholeset upscorebefore sunset

00:00 / 02:11
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
いま
セリフをタップするとそこから再生

このシーンの表現

go by

be called by a name

Richard explains he has always gone by that name before he is cut off.

Everyone calls me Sam, but I go by Samuel on official forms.

このシーンの他の表現

  • butthole

    a crude insult

  • set up

    install and configure

  • score

    hook up with

  • before sunset

    an optimism that cannot hold

  • wood

    a crude double meaning

このシーンのメモ一覧

41 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

スラング · B2butthole

a crude insult — Only among friends; never in polite company.

- Open the door, butthole.
表現 · A2talk to someone

speak with someone

- Damn it, Beavis, are you talking to Serena?
スラング · B1Damn it

damn it — Mild profanity for frustration; fine with friends.

- Damn it, Beavis, are you talking to Serena?
発音can't unlock

The t in can't is often dropped before unlock.

- I can't unlock the door.
表現 · B1set up something

install and configure

The assistant ignores the door and tells them to install the Home app first.

First you need to set up the Home app.
発音set up

Link set to up so they sound like one word.

First you need to set up the Home app.
発音Would you

Would you often reduces to a quick wud-ya.

文法 · B2You're in our home

declarative question: A statement used as a question signals surprise more than a plain yes-no question.

- Wait a minute. You're in our home?
表現 · A2right now

immediately

We need to go home right now so we can score.
スラング · B2score

hook up with — Casual bragging slang; not for formal talk.

We need to go home right now so we can score.
表現 · B1lose to someone

be beaten by

- Notre Dame is losing to Alabama 17-10.
表現 · A2directions to a place

routes to a place

Walking directions to 322 Woodson St., Highland, Texas.
表現 · B1want someone to do something

wish someone to do

- They wanted us to find this.
表現 · B1be able to do something

manage to do

- They paid for the room with a phone, so we were able to get a recording of their voices.
文法 · B1when I dissect

time clause: The when-clause sets the time for knowing more.

I'll know more when I dissect their mouthparts.
表現 · B1get to do something

have the chance to do

- Governor, oh, my gosh, I can't believe I finally get to meet you.
発音get to

In American speech, get to can sound like gedda.

- Governor, oh, my gosh, I can't believe I finally get to meet you.
表現 · A2be interested in something

want to know more about

- And I'm the lieuten-- - I'm just so interested in all my young supporters, but particularly these two.
表現 · B1introduce oneself

say who you are

From the minute I introduced myself.
表現 · B1go by a name

be called by a name

Richard explains he has always gone by that name before he is cut off.

- Well, I've always gone by Richard for that very rea-- - It really is them. - Damm it.
表現 · A2out of town

away from the city

Order a roadblock on all roads leading out of town.
文法 · B2leading out of town

participle phrase: The -ing phrase describes the roads, not a separate action.

Order a roadblock on all roads leading out of town.
表現 · A2care about something

still feel concern about

The governor wonders aloud whether people still care about terrorism.

Say it's--do people still care about terrorism?
表現 · B1go with something

choose that option

- I do, Governor. - Let's go with that.
表現 · B1so does someone

someone as well

- And so does the whole Whack family.
文法 · B1so does

inversion: So plus an auxiliary repeats the previous point for a new subject.

- And so does the whole Whack family.

「The Boys Try to Get Home」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene keeps two plots running side by side and lets the comedy come from how badly they fit. The boys' plot is pure appetite: they can't open a smart lock, and the only thing on their minds is getting home to score. The adult plot is surveillance and spin — the NSA has their voices on tape, decides they aren't human, and the Governor turns them into a terrorism pretext for a roadblock. Neither side understands the other. The boys don't even register that a manhunt is closing in; the officials, meanwhile, misread two idiots as alien invaders. The scene's best gag is also its silliest: the boys' 'alien speech' is just them laughing at a name — 'You have wood, son.' The stakes keep rising while the boys stay exactly as clueless as they started.

Theme

SatireOfficials mistake two idiots for aliens and invent a terrorism excuse for a roadblock.
AbsurdityA locked smart-home app and a manhunt coexist while the boys only think about scoring.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Score as slang means hooking up, not winning.
  • Go by a name means that is what people call you.
  • The 167-hour trip makes 'before sunset' funny.
  • So does repeats the previous point for a new subject.

発音のポイント

  • can't unlock — The t in can't is often dropped before unlock.
  • set up — Link set to up so they sound like one word.
  • Would you — Would you often reduces to a quick wud-ya.
  • get to — In American speech, get to can sound like gedda.
We need to go home right now so we can score.

The boys' single priority laid bare: a national manhunt is starting, and all they want is to get home to hook up.

- We'll be there before sunset, Beavis.

Mock confidence from someone with no sense of distance — the trip is actually 167 hours. The optimism is the joke.

- They paid for the room with a phone, so we were able to get a recording of their voices.

The surveillance explanation: paying by phone left a trace and a recording. It's how the authorities track the boys.

- Governor, oh, my gosh, I can't believe I finally get to meet you.

A fawning supporter greeting the Governor. It shows the political circus running alongside the manhunt.

Say it's--do people still care about terrorism?

The Governor reaching for a scare tactic and checking whether it still works. It's a cynical aside about how excuses are chosen.

Order a roadblock on all roads leading out of town.

The order that closes the net: every escape route is blocked, raising the stakes the boys don't notice.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Beavis and Butt-Head open the door?

It has a smart lock that has to be controlled through the Home app, which was never set up. They are locked in until they configure it.

How does the NSA track the boys?

The boys paid for their room with a phone, which left a record and let the authorities obtain a recording of their voices. The NSA then gets a GPS lock on the phone.

Why does the Governor order a roadblock?

To catch the boys as they try to leave town. He frames it with a terrorism excuse, checking whether people still care about terrorism before using it.

What does 'go by' mean here?

It means the name someone uses publicly. Richard Wack says he has always gone by Richard because his surname sounds crude.

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · 全 22 章

すべて見る →
第 10 / 22 章 · 残り約 42 分