Tracy Grandstaff’s Daria Returns in Beavis and Butt-Head Finale


An official clip from the Season 2 finale of Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head on Paramount+ features Tracy Grandstaff’s return as Daria.

TVLine has exclusively revealed the clip from Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head Season 2, Episode 12, which hits Paramount+ on Thursday, June 29. Titled “Sentenced to Death,” the clip sees Smart Beavis and Smart Butt-Head being put on trial for their various crimes. Smart Daria serves as one of the giant-headed judges, with Grandstaff resuming her iconic role for the first time in over 20 years.

Check out the clip from the Beavis and Butt-Head finale below:

Grandstaff originated the role of Daria Morgendorffer in the original iteration of Beavis and Butt-Head, which premiered on MTV in 1993. Grandstaff reprized her role for the spin-off series Daria, which itself ran on MTV for five seasons and two television films from 1997 to 2002. Until now, the second of these two films — Is It College Yet? — marked Grandstaff’s final performance as Daria. The character did briefly appear in the 2022 Paramount+ film Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe, though her cameo was a non-speaking one.

The Beavis and Butt-Head universe lives on

Following its initial premiere in 1993, MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head went on to run for seven seasons through 1997. Additionally, a theatrically-released feature film titled Beavis and Butt-Head Do America bowed in 1996. After 14 years off the air, MTV revived Beavis and Butt-Head for an eighth season in 2011. Paramount+ brought the the series back once more in 2022, re-christening it “Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head.” The revival kicked off with the aforementioned Do the Universe, with the first full new season dropping shortly after.

What’s more, the spin-off Daria franchise is also do for a comeback. An animated film centering on Daria character Jodie Landon is currently in the works. The revival project was previously being developed as a Comedy Central series (much like Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head) before being reworked into a feature. Tracee Ellis Ross will voice Jodie in the film, taking over the role from original actor Jessica Cydnee Jackson.