Line #7 WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Let's Get Ugly!]]
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4	''Butt-Ugly Martians'' was a short-lived CGI cartoon produced by the UK's Just Entertainment (in association with the US-based Mike Young Productions) for Creator/{{CITV}}. It focused on three butt-ugly Martians named B-Bop a Luna, 2T Fru-T and Do Wah Diddy who were reluctantly sent as scouts to the planet Earth under the commander of their ruler, the Emperor Bog, to make it suitable for conquest. However, they take a liking to Earth and its culture and instead pretend they enslaved it by sending fake progress reports to their boss. Bog starts to get suspicious of the reports, sending in forces to check out on how the trip is progressing, forcing the aliens to defend themselves and their newfound home when the time comes.
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8	* AliensSpeakingEnglish:
9	** Nearly all aliens in the series are able to speak English. Emperor Bog noted in "Mike in Space" to a captured Mike that "We Martians speak many languages."
10	** Subverted in "Meet Koo Foo", where Angela expresses her astonishment at the Koo Foo speaking English and the alien clarifies that he's actually communicating through telepathy.
11	* AllCGICartoon: The series is animated entirely in CGI.
12	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Italian dub has a unique theme song by Music/CristinaDAvena.
13	* BackForTheFinale: Most recurring villains show up to form a mini LegionOfDoom in the series finale, and the Butt-Uglies get help from the Koofoo alien they befriended in an earlier episode.
14	* BadassBoast: Humunga gets a good one in his very first appearance, after landing on Earth with a crash.
15	-->'''2T:''' How bright can this guy be? He crashed his space ship.
16	-->'''PBG:''' [[NighInvulnerable I don't have a space ship!]]
17	-->'''2T:''' Eep.
18	* CastingGag: Creator/RobPaulsen voicing [=2T=] Fru-T counts, since he played Throttle in ''WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars'' and both characters are members of a heroic Martian trio.
19	* CutShort: The show only ran for one season and ended on a cliffhanger where Emperor Bog vowed to destroy the Butt-Uglies for their continued refusal to invade Earth while the Butt-Uglies and Stoat Muldoon made it clear that they'd give it their all in the ensuing battle.
20	* {{Cyclops}}: The Karsh are a race of overweight and one-eyed aliens.
21	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Ronald hums the show's theme song in the episode "Meet Gorgon".
22	* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The show's theme song is sung by B-Bop A-Luna, [=2T=] Fru-T, and Do-Wah Diddy's voice actors Creator/CharlieSchlatter, Creator/RobPaulsen, and Creator/JessHarnell.
23	* TheDragon: The [[HypercompetentSidekick more competent]] Dr. Damage is second-in-command to the lazy and whiny Emperor Bog.
24	* EleventhHourSuperpower: The Butt-Uglies get an upgraded version of their Butt-Kicking Mode, but only for the last action sequence in the whole show.
25	* EvilOverlooker: Emperor Bog (and Dr. Damage until he's shoved aside) appears looming over the Butt-Uglies at the end of the show's title sequence.
26	* FantasticRacism: Dr. Brady Hacksaw (who takes delight in dissecting anything that isn't human), as opposed to the more-tolerant Muldoon (who just wants to prove that aliens exist--and get them to appear on his TV show--and readily accepts that the Martians are friendly when presented with proof).
27	* ForgottenSuperweapon: The Butt-Uglies only ever changed into their Butt-Kicking Mode suits when there were only a few minutes to go in the episode.
28	** And on top of that, all three of them have to be together for it to activate. Luckily this only came up once.
29	* GladIThoughtOfIt: In "Playback/Payback", when [=2T=] Fru-T proposes that they replace the robot's recording with a phony tape of the Martians invading Earth to prevent Bog from discovering their lack of progress, B-Bop A-Luna takes credit for Fru-T's idea, remarking "Am I a genius or what?"
30	* GogglesDoNothing: Mike wears goggles over his forehead for some reason.
31	* {{Gonk}}: They're called the Butt-Ugly Martians for a reason.
32	* HenshinHero: The "Butt-Kicking Mode" give the Butt-uglies elements of this. Zig-zagged in that they are capable of fighting without it - it just makes ''that'' much of a difference.
33	* HiddenInPlainSight: In a couple episodes the Martians perform as a music group called "Boys 2 Martians," claiming that wearing alien costumes is just their group's gimmick. It isn't brought up much though.
34	* InformedDeformity: Though the titular characters are described as "butt-ugly", they're probably actually the most attractive characters in the series, as the human characters look creepy, and other Martians look like the butt-uglies but ''with'' added deformities.
35	* InterspeciesRomance: Do-Wah has something of a bashful crush on Angela.
36	** Chitsok is a more disturbing example. He resists Bog's offers to help the Butt-Uglies conquer the Earth until he sees Angela, then he proceeds to kidnap her and ditch the Martians because she's really all he wanted out of the offer. At one point he says he's wanted a pet like her, but the rest of the time he says "companion," implying ''something else'' they couldn't specify or they never would've been allowed to release the episode. Might have been part of the reason he was about the only villain who only showed up once.
37	* LamePunReaction: In "That's No Puddle, That's Angela", Do-Wah Diddy makes a joke about how being turned into a puddle has ''wet'' his appetite. This causes the other characters to groan.
38	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Whenever Muldoon saw a little too much, the Butt-Uglies would let him have it with a purple gas that would knock him out and make him forget most of the episode.
39	* LastOfHisKind: The Koo Foo the Butt-Uglies encounter in "Meet Koo Foo" is stated to be the last surviving member of his race.
40	* LicensedGame: There are three video games based on the show.
41	** ''Butt-Ugly Martians: Martian Boot Camp'' for the PC.
42	** ''Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom'', a racing game for Platform/PlayStation2 and Platform/NintendoGameCube.
43	** ''Butt-Ugly Martians: BKM Battles'' for Platform/GameBoyAdvance.
44	* {{Martians}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title says it all]].
45	* MerchandiseDriven: There was a line of action figures by Creator/{{Hasbro}}.
46	* MidseasonUpgrade: In the two-part episode "Bog's Not So Dumb After Al"[=/=]"Bog in Charge", the Martians manage to upgrade their BKM to BKM Ultra. Although it's kind of hard to tell how much of an improvement it was, since BKM tended be [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe as powerful as any particular fight scene with it required]].
47	* MinimalistCast: The three kids, Muldoon, and Ronald are the only humans seen on Earth.
48	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: The main trio is this. They were sent by their leader to conquer Earth, but being too nice and learning to care for their human friends, they decide to protect Earth while faking being evil in front of their boss.
49	* MonsterOfTheWeek: Assorted one-shot antagonists tended to come in two varieties: non-Martian-affiliated aliens who wanted to take over or destroy the Earth for their own reasons (and who the Butt-Uglies would defeat supposedly for the glory of the Martian invasion), and alien mercenaries Bog would send to help the Butt-Uglies conquer Earth. With how un-conquered Earth is, the Butt-Uglies both have to defeat the other alien and hide their lack of conquest from Bog.
50	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In the 2-parter "Bog's Not So Dumb"/Bog In Charge", 2T attempts to upgrade the BKM, but not only does it fail, but it renders the Butt-Uglies unable to use regular BKM either. B-Bop doesn't hesitate to berate 2T for this bludner.
51	* ShoutOut: ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' of all shows appears playing in the background at some points throughout the series.
52	* TheStarscream: Dr. Damage to Emperor Bog, he even takes over in the episode "Emperor Damage" by attempting to kill him.
53	* SuperMode: Or rather, Butt-Kicking Mode. The three Martians are able to become huge and powerful.
54	* ThemeNaming: All friendly-to-Earth Martians were named after [[TheFifties 1950s]] songs, including occasional love interest Shaboom-Shaboom.
55	* TravellingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: The martians can go to other solar systems and back in the space of an episode while Bog's fleet spends the entire series travelling from Mars to Earth.

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