Held Back

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For the act of holding a student back a grade, see grade retention.

Held Back is an episode of the animated series Beavis and Butt-head.

[edit] Plot

After doing very poorly in school, as usual, an exasperated Principal McVicker informs the boys that they simply are not ready for their current grade in school, and arranges for them to be sent back to elementary school (which in this episode includes middle school). They continue to fail each grade until finally being sent to kindergarten.

Beavis still manages to cause a major incident in this class, forcing the principal of the elementary class to consider other options. Ultimately, after a comment from the boys about going up a grade where the women are more attractive, the principal decides to declare the boys to be geniuses so they will have to go back to their original school, much to McVicker's frustration.

During this episode Butthead hits on a girl in the 8th grade who fits the description and age criteria for possibly being the character of Quinn, the sister of Daria in the 1997 animated television series of the same name.

[edit] Quotes

• Beavis: (struggling in small desk) These desks are giving me a stiffy.

Butt-head: I don't have room for a stiffy!

(Note: above two lines were cut out of the DVD version, although the lines air in their entirety in re-runs on MTV2)

• Beavis: (in kindergarten) These chicks are flat.
• Beavis: Numbers piss me off. There's like, too many of them, and stuff.
• Butt-head: You just weren't reaching for us, dude.

Beavis: Yeah, and if you try reaching for us, I'll kick you in the nads.

McVicker: For crying out loud!

Beavis: Yeah, hi-ya!