What happens when two of the most iconic animated troublemakers collide? According to their creators, it almost happened.

Trey Parker attends the Comedy Central Adult Animation: “South Park,” “Beavis & Butt-Head,” and “Digman!” panel for during Comic-Con International on Thursday, July 24, 2025, in San Diego.

So long ago, in fact, that it was around the second and third seasons of South Park in the early 2000s. "The idea was to have Beavis and Butt-Head babysit Cartman," Parker laughed.

Beavis and Butt-Head and South Park represent two of the most significant and disruptive forces in television history. Premiering on MTV in 1993, Beavis and Butt-Head ’s crudely drawn scathing ...