![]() ![]() In one case in real life which apparently was inspired by the show's antics, a boy killed his brother by giving him a ride in a commercial dryer, the way one of the characters did to the other, which made the show rein in some of its more outrageous acts of stupidity. In any event, the incident, which was simply an unfortunate accident, scarred the boy possibly for life. It horrified the Moral Guardians from the get-go, and a few of its more controversial aspects had to be dropped - notably Beavis's pyromania, after they reportedly inspired a viewing child to set a fire in his house that killed his sister note According to the child's mother, it was his babysitter who apparently let him watch the series, and prior to the fire incident he would go around the house laughing like the main characters. The dimwitted duo were, in turn, foiled by the sarcastic Daria Morgendorffer, who occasionally tricked them into publicly embarrassing themselves, and local hot-rodder/gangleader Todd Ianuzzi, whom they admired but who invariably ended up maiming them (similar to how Stewart views them). The character who took the worst abuse was Principal McVicker, who was driven to drink, medication, and in the finale, a seemingly fatal heart attack. ![]() The most common targets of the boys' antics were their elderly neighbor Tom Anderson (who was basically an older, more senile prototype of Hank Hill), their geeky school classmate Stewart Stevenson, and most of the faculty of their high school. ![]()
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