History Recap / BeavisAndButtheadS7E33Breakdown

* VillainousBreakdown: "Villain" might be kind of a stretch, but [=McVicker=] finally snaps after seeing the damage to the teacher's lounge that the duo caused and upon hearing them laugh through the intercom.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Van Driessen decides to bring Beavis and Butt-Head into the mental hygiene center to show them the effects of their actions on [=McVicker=]. Of course, he didn't consult [=McVicker=] himself before doing so, and because of [[{{Jerkass}} who the two are]], [=McVicker=]'s mental health ends up getting ''worse'' to the point of requiring electroshock therapy.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Van Driessen decides to bring Beavis and Butt-Head into the mental hygiene center to show them the effects of their actions on McVicker. Of course, he didn't consult McVicker himself before doing so, and because of [[{{Jerkass}} who the two are]], McVicker's mental health ends up getting ''worse'' to the point of requiring electroshock therapy.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Van Driessen decides to have Beavis and Butt-Head visit [=McVicker=] at the asylum so they can see the error of their ways. Unfortunately, because of [[{{Jerkass}} who the two are]], [=McVicker=]'s mental health ends up getting ''worse'' to the point of requiring electroshock therapy.

** The staff believes seeing Beavis and Butt-Head will help improve [=McVicker=]'s mental health. Not only were Beavis and Butt-Head the cause of his incarceration to begin with, but they end up making things ''worse'' for him once they arrive. [=McVicker=] rightfully predicted this, but the staff refused to listen to him and misinterpreted this as him just being delusional again.

* DrivenToMadness: Happens to [=McVicker=] when he sees the teacher's lounge destroyed and hears Beavis and Butt-Head's obnoxious laugh over the intercom. It only gets worse after they keep harassing him at the asylum.

* HeroicBSOD: Van Dreissen goes into a similar breakdown as [=McVicker=] when he realizes Beavis and Butt-Head don't care about anyone but themselves.

** The staff also doesn't see a problem with allowing Beavis and Butt-Head to visit [=McVicker=], despite the fact that they are responsible for his predicament in the first place. Even as they continue to make jokes at his expense, the staff sends [=McVicker=] to electroshock therapy instead of kicking the two out.

** Likewise, Van Driessen blames the two for [=McVicker=]'s condition getting worse, [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter while failing to realize sending the two to the facility was a bad idea from the start]].

* OrderedApology: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Van Driessen requests for the duo to apologize to [=McVicker=] for their actions, only for [=McVicker=]'s sanity to ''worsen'' to the point of electroshock therapy.

* ArtisticLicense: Not only is [=McVicker=] allowed visitors into his facility despite clearly not being ready, but Beavis and Butt-Head also never get kicked out for their misbehavior. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the asylum staff is shown to be quite incompetent at their jobs.

* VillainousBreakdown: "Villain" might be kind of a stretch, but [=McVicker=] finally snaps after seeing the damage to the teacher's lounge that the duo caused and upon hearing them laugh through the intercom. Van Dreissen has a similar one after he realizes Beavis and Butt-Head don't care about anyone but themselves.

* OrderedApology: Van Driessen requests for the duo to apologize to [=McVicker=] for the actions, only for [=McVicker=]'s sanity to ''worsen'' to the point of electroshock therapy.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Van Driessen believes that Beavis and Butt-Head will feel remorse after they see [=McVicker=] in the mental hospital and even suggests they go inside first. Which leads to [=McVicker's=] mental health getting worse until he requires electroshock therapy.

* MisplacedRetribution: The staff brutally punishes [=McVicker=] for his FreakOut, even though Beavis and Butt-Head were the ones who caused it in the first place.

* NoSympathy: The staff doesn't take [=McVicker=]'s problems into consideration, giving him CondescendingCompassion and sending him in for wlectroshock therapy when the duo continues to torment him.

* BlamingTheVictim: The staff do this to [=McVicker=] when he flips out over Beavis and Butt-Head's arrival, ignoring the fact that they were not only the ones responsible for his situation in the first place but continued to torment him once they entered the room.

* NoSympathy: The staff don't take [=McVicker=]'s problems into consideration, giving him CondescendingCompassion and ''punishing him'' for his FreakOut when Beavis and Butt-Head continue tormenting him.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The staff believes that [=McVicker=] is freaking out because none of the treatments are working (and decides to send him in for electroshock therapy), not because Beavis and Butt-Head (who were responsible for his predicament in the first place) kept harassing him.

* BedlamHouse: [=McVicker=] gets sent to one of these, where the staff slap him for having a FreakOut and later send him in for electroshock therapy. They also don't understand that he doesn't want to be near Beavis and Butt-Head, allowing him visitors even when he isn't ready.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom causing [=McVicker=]'s second breakdown]] by [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter bringing Beavis and Butt-Head into the facility]] against his wishes, Van Driessen ends up suffering a mental breakdown himself.

* ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture: The staff decides to do this after Beavis and Butt-Head push McVicker over the edge.

* BullyingTheDisabled: Beavis and Butt-Head continue to harass [=McVicker=] as the latter is immobilized as a result of their antics. Beavis, in particular, taunts him about kicking him in the nads and using a straight jacket, to the point that McVicker strangles him and has to be taken in to receive electroshock therapy by the staff.

* NoSympathy: The staff don't take [=McVicker=]'s problems into consideration, giving him CondescendingCompassion and '' punishing him'' for his FreakOut when Beavis and Butt-Head continue tormenting him.

* BlamingTheVictim: The staff do this to [=McVicker=] when he flips out over Beavis and Butt-Head's arrival, ignoring that they not only were the ones responsible for his situation the first place but continued to torment him once they entered the room.
* BullyingTheDisabled: Beavis and Butt-Head continue to harass [=McVicker=] as the latter is immobilized as a result of their antics. Beavis in particular taunts him about kicking him in the nads and using a straight jacket, to the point [=McVicker=] strangles him and has to be taken in to receive electroshock therapy by the staff.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Van Driessen decides to have Beavis and Butt-Head visit [=McVicker=] at the asylum so they could see the error of their ways. Unfortunately, because of [[{{Jerkass}} who the two are]], [=McVicker=]'s mental health ends up getting ''worse'' to the point of requiring electroshock therapy.

** The staff believes seeing Beavis and Butt-Head will help improve [=McVicker=]'s mental health. Not only were Beavis and Butt-Head the cause of his incarceration to begin with, but they end up making things ''worse'' for him once they arrive. [=McVicker=] rightfully predicted this, but the staff refuse to listen to him and misinterpret this is as him just being delusional again.
** Likewise, Van Driessen assumes Beavis and Butt-Head will apologize to [=McVicker=] for what happened. He realizes too late [[LackOfEmpathy they don't care in the slightest]] and, if anything, find the situation [[ComedicSociopathy utterly amusing]].

* ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture: The staff decide to do this after Beavis and Butt-Head push [=McVicker=] over the edge and he tries to choke Beavis.
* {{Expy}}: [=McVicker=]'s nurse resembles Nurse Ratched from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."

* IntercomVillainy: Beavis and Butt-Head are left alone in [=McVicker's=] office with the intercom and proceed to laugh non-stop. [=McVicker=], whose mental health is already shaky, has a full on mental breakdown.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Van Driessen's attempts to make Beavis and Butt-Head understand the damage they've done to [=McVicker=]'s psyche only makes the principal breakdown even more. Worse, the duo's continual lack of remorse ends up driving Van Driessen over the edge as well.

* TroubledFetalPosition: [=McVicker=] crouches on the floor during his FreakOut from hearing Beavis and Butt-Head's obnoxious laughter from the microphone.

* LackOfEmpathy: As expected, the duo don't care that they mentally broke [=McVicker=] and laugh as they see him being wheeled in for electroshock therapy.

** Beavis a Butt-Head take no responsibility for [=McVicker=]'s breakdown.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom causing [=McVicker=]'s breakdown]] by [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter bringing Beavis and Butt-Head into the facility]] against his wishes, Van Driessen ends up suffering a mental breakdown himself.

* AdultsAreUseless: None of the staff members consider kicking Beavis and Butt-Head out for their behavior towards [=McVicker=], misinterpreting their cruel insults as ''treatment suggestions''.