Butt-Ugly Martians is an animated television series co-produced by Mike Young Productions, Digital Content Development Corporation Limited and Just Entertainment. It was sold to ITV on October 2, 2000, for the original television pilot and premiered on CITV in the UK on February 19, 2001. It also premiered on Nickelodeon on November 9, 2001, in the United States. But also aired on Nicktoons until 2003. The series is produced using Alias Wavefront Maya 3D software.

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

Enemies

Episodes

Merchandise

Video games

There were also three video games based on the series named Butt Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom 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. The franchise also had a toy line by Hasbro.

Broadcast and home media

Butt-Ugly Martians was sold to ITV on October 2, 2000, for the original television pilot and premiered on CITV on February 19, 2001. It also premiered on both Nickelodeon and Nicktoons (until 2003) in the United States.

VHS and DVD

As part of Universal's broad arrangement for the franchise, Universal Pictures Video obtained worldwide video rights to the series in October 2001, with the exclusion of two European countries: UK and Germany, where Just Entertainment (Abbey Home Media post-2002, following Just's insolvency) and BMG each held the rights.

UK

United States

Germany