| “ | If my arm wasn't so sore from my new tattoo, I'd smear both your asses all over the parking lot! | „ |
| ~ Todd threatening Beavis and Butt-Head. |
| “ | I hope they have a hospital in your kindergarten, man. 'Cause if you don't stop looking at me, that's where you're gonna end up. | „ |
| ~ Yet another threat towards the duo. |
Todd Ianuzzi is a recurring antagonist in Beavis and Butt-head.
He was first voiced by Mike Judge in 1993, later replaced by Toby Huss under the pseudonyms Rottilio Michieli/Rottilio Bettini from 1994 to 1997, (only recently working under his real name from 2011 to the present).
Personality[]
Todd Ianuzzi is a 20-year-old hoodlum who is rude, arrogant, violent, cruel, mean, selfish, aggressive and very petty, always bullying those around him who he considers weak, with Beavis and Butt-Head serving as his main targets. He has hardly any redeeming qualities whatsoever and is probably the most dangerous antagonist for the duo, rivaling Coach Buzzcut (who has actually protected them on one occasion, while Todd never has). Beavis and Butt-head admire him and aspire to be included in his gang, which consists of himself, his friend Slade and various other local low-lives. Todd despises the duo, expresses only contempt towards them, and never hesitates to assault them with little to no provocation, often referring to them as "girls", "preschoolers" and "punks". He also takes advantage of the duo when he needs money or a place to hide from the police.
In spite of his nature, Todd manages to come across as charming, as he has picked up a few girls throughout the series, mainly girls that the duo have also tried to "score" with in that episode. He has also had his rare moments of benevolence, like in "A Great Day", where he genuinely thanked the duo for giving him money and let them go without backhanding his thanks with an insult (though he does beat another man up after getting into a fender bender shortly afterwards), and in Virtual Stupidity, where he lets the duo in his gang under the condition that they don't screw anything up. This, of course, doesn't last long as the duo inadvertently sic the police on him mere moments afterwards.
His brief appearance in the 2022 revival showed that Todd has mellowed out and matured somewhat with age, as he now works an honest job with his legal plumbing business. He even hired Leroy, his former rival to work with him. Despite giving the old duo a chance to work for him and attempting to train them, Todd quickly lost his patience when Beavis cut through a support beam on his framing project and they laughed at everything he said. Shifting plans, he gives the two the objective to clean a dirty pipe in the sewers barehanded. When the duo emerge at sunset, covered in feces, to tell him that they finished the "job", Todd fires them without hesitation, calmly revealing he sent them on what was essentially a wild goose chase. After admitting he wasn't going to pay them for the task, he threw them in the back of his van and tossed them around while doing donuts in the Maxi-Mart parking lot before throwing them back out onto the shop's curb. Although he still mistreated the duo, this appearance served as one of his more tame antagonistic moments compared to acts committed in his young adulthood.
Appearance[]
Todd has long blond hair cut into a mullet and wears mirrored sunglasses, a light blue work shirt with a name patch and the sleeves torn off, blue jeans and black boots. He has a tattoo on his left bicep of a flaming skull wearing an eye patch, a knife clutched between its teeth, and a message underneath reading "Life Sucks".
Trivia[]
- Todd drives a primer-patched green Plymouth Duster.
- Todd was was first suggested as a concept by the series' writers Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, as a character for the duo to look up to. He was also based on a teenage bully that terrified Mike Judge during his childhood.
- In the episode Steamroller, it was revealed that Todd dropped out of Highland High School "two years ago", as mentioned by Stewart.
- It is unclear as to where Todd lives. It's likely implied that he was a drifter after dropping out, as he is frequently shown wandering/loitering around town either by himself, with his gang and/or various women.
- In Do the Universe, Beavis has a dream sequence where Todd is decapitated by his then-crush, Serena Ryan, and even cheers her on as she kills the rest of Todd's gang, confirming that Beavis may not have as much love for Todd as Butt-head does, or that he's finally fed up with all the abuse he got from Todd and just doesn't idolize him anymore.
- This is for the main Beavis, as his middle-aged counterpart still idolizes Todd.
- Worst Scissors, a character that appears in an episode of Nickelodeon's "Rock, Paper, Scissors", appears to be a parody of Todd.
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