Butt-Ugly Martians is an animated television series co-produced by Mike Young Productions, Digital Content Development Corporation Limited and Just Entertainment. and premiered on CITV in the UK on February 19, 2001.
Premise
The plot of the series begins when the Butt-Ugly Martians (B.U.M.) are forced to invade planets for the evil Emperor Bog. When they are sent to Earth, they become addicted to American culture. Deciding not to hurt Earth, they simply pretend to be occupying the planet for Bog. They are shown around by their Earthling friends: Mike, Cedric, and Angela. The Butt-Ugly Martians continue to hang out on Earth as long as Emperor Bog never finds out.
Characters
Main
- B-Bop A-Luna (voiced by Charlie Schlatter) – The diplomat and leader of the Butt-Ugly Martians. Brave, comedic, showy, and a little big headed, B-Bop can always be trusted to think up a good cover story and look convincing doing it. He wears a yellow uniform and a Yellow BKM suit.
- 2T Fru-T (voiced by Rob Paulsen for PlayStation 2 and GameCube, Butt-Ugly Martians: B.K.M. Battles for Game Boy Advance, and Butt-Ugly Martians: Martian Boot Camp for PC.
Broadcast and home media
Butt-Ugly Martians was sold to ITV on October 2, 2000, for the original television pilot
In Canada, the series also aired on Teletoon beginning September 4, 2001 until 2003.
VHS and DVD
As part of Universal's broad arrangement for the franchise, Universal Pictures Video obtained worldwide home video rights to the series in October 2001, with the exclusion of two European countries: the UK and Germany, where Just Entertainment (Abbey Home Media post-2002, following Just's bankruptcy) and BMG each held the rights.
UK
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| Volume Zero
| VHS
| Promotional Video about the series
| Early-2001
| Just Entertainment
| Promotional Release
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| Playback/Payback
| VHS
| "Playback/Payback"<br>"Jax the Conqueror"
| March 5, 2001
| Just Entertainment
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| Meet Gorgon
| VHS
| "Meet Gorgon"<br>"You Bet Your Planet"
| March 5, 2001
| Just Entertainment
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| The Martians Have Landed!
| DVD
| "Playback/Payback"<br>"Jax the Conqueror"<br>"Meet Gorgon"<br>"You Bet Your Planet"
| March 12, 2001
| Just Entertainment
| DVD version of the above VHS releases. Also includes several Special Features:
- Interactive Games
- Photo Gallery
- Comic Strip
- Behind-the-scenes Interviews
- Promo Trailers
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| Special Edition
| VHS
| Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
| Spring 2001
| Just Entertainment
| Promotional release
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| Big Bang Theory
| VHS
| "Big Bang Theory"<br>"Introducing... the Ultimate Infi-Knight"
| May 28, 2001
| Just Entertainment
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| Mike in Space
| VHS
| "Mike in Space"
| Summer 2001
| Just Entertainment
| Promotional release that was included with a Figure Set
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| KooFoo
| VHS
| "KooFoo<br>"Mike in Space"
| September 17, 2001
| Just Entertainment
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| Brothers From Another Planet
| VHS
| "Brothers From Another Planet"<br>"That's No Puddle, That's Angela"
| October 22, 2001
| Just Entertainment
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| Out of Sync
| VHS
| "Out of Sync"<br>"If the Suit Fits"
| Unknown 2001
| Just Entertainment
| Marks & Spencer Exclusive release
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| Bog's Not So Dumb After All
| VHS
| Bog's Not So Dumb After All"<br>"Bog in Charge"
| April 29, 2002
| Just Entertainment
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| Emperor Damage
| VHS
| "Emperor Damage"<br>"Bog's Missing Trophy"
| May 27, 2002
| Abbey Home Media
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| Muldoon's Big Catch
| VHS
| "Muldoon's Big Catch"<br>"Damage's Little Girl"
| June 24, 2002
| Abbey Home Media
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| 3 Episodes
| DVD
|"KooFoo"<br>"Mike in Space"<br>"Bog in Charge"
| April 14, 2003
| Prism Leisure
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| The Martians Have Landed!
| DVD
| "Playback/Payback"<br>"Meet Gorgon"<br>"You Bet Your Planet"
| 2004
| Abbey Home Media
|Disc is labeled as "You Bet Your Planet".<br>This reissue removes the second episode and the extra features.<br>Same product number as the original release.
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| Triple Set
| DVD
| "Big Bang Theory"<br>"Introducing... the Ultimate Infi-Knight"<br>"Brothers From Another Planet"<br>"That's No Puddle, That's Angela"<br>"Emperor Damage"<br>"Bog's Missing Trophy"
| October 31, 2005
| Abbey Home Media
| Includes DVD versions of:
- "Big Bang Theory"
- "Brothers From Another Planet"
- "Emperor Damage"
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United States
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| Best of the Bad Guys
| VHS/DVD
| "Bog's Not So Dumb After All"<br>"Bog in Charge"<br>"Jax the Conqueror" (Bonus Episode)
| July 30, 2002
| Martian Boot Camp PC Demo (DVD)
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| Hoverboard Heroes
| VHS/DVD
| "Damage's Little Girl"<br>"Playback/Payback"<br>"Everybody Loves Angie"
| July 30, 2002
| Martian Boot Camp PC Demo (DVD)
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| Boyz to Martians
| VHS/DVD
| "Alien Games"<br>"Out Of Sync"<br>"This Is... the Butt-Uglies"
| July 30, 2002
| Martian Boot Camp PC Demo (DVD)
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Germany
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| Band 1
| VHS
| "Playback/Payback"<br>"Jax the Conqueror"
|August 1, 2002
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| Band 2
| VHS
| "Meet Gorgon"<br>"You Bet Your Planet"
|August 1, 2002
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| Band 3
| VHS
| "Mike in Space"<br>"Meet Koo Foo"
|August 1, 2002
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| Band 4
| VHS
| "The Big Bang Theory on Mars"<br>"Damage's Little Girl"
|August 1, 2002
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