What went wrong?

Do I have to post the dump again?

It was commissioned.

>2001
>BUM is a show about three ugly aliens fighting evil
>SDS is a show about three fat men fighting evil
>TS is a show about three teenage girls fighting evil, with the episodes having fetishes snuck into them
There's a message here but I don't get it.

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The development behind this show is funny. Didn't the creators want this to be as big as Pokemon or something?

Please

Yep

COMMENCE RABBIT HOLE
youtube.com/watch?v=mgmUBzKT2RU
youtube.com/watch?v=1XJMLPjP5AQ
youtube.com/watch?v=RlmA3VFHmZI

>For the Butt-Uglies team, success will only truly have arrived if children run around shouting "let's get ugly" and singing the theme song, which Schultz, putting on his song-writer's straw hat, has composed: "We are the Martians, the Butt-Ugly Martians ... We don't want to conquer earth, we just want to fill our girth." If that works, a new world of cartoon characters will have established itself. If it doesn't, then presumably there will be no Butts.

theguardian.com/media/2001/feb/19/broadcasting.g2
independent.co.uk/news/business/news/butt-ugly-martians-fall-to-earth-as-just-calls-administrators-5362425.html
citywire.co.uk/money/just-group-does-handsomely-out-of-ugly-martians/a223989

And then the company that owned it had allegations for fraud and intimidation
independent.co.uk/news/business/news/butt-ugly-company-just-got-a-lot-uglier-343207.html

>Just Group owned the rights to cartoon characters the Butt Ugly Martians, and the fallout from the group’s insolvency has led to unpleasant spats.
>Hardy holds a power of attorney over Think Entertainment, a company formed in 2004 as part of a restructuring of Just Group, while Jones was involved in a rescue plan that attempted to revive the company in 2002.
>Hardy called Jones a ‘lying scumbag’ on bulletin boards, John said. ‘What language is [this] for someone holding a power of attorney?’ John said.

accountancyage.com/aa/news/1774636/online-abuse-marks-butt-ugly-martians-fallout

The show lasted only one season and was quickly pulled by Nickelodeon
This happened
youtube.com/watch?v=ACAw5nlKvOM

Here are details on its low animation budget
awn.com/animationworld/cgi-television-dont-end-cartoon-graveyard

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Part 2
>Universal Studios, Just Group, Mike Young Productions and DCDC have entered into a broad arrangement for BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS, the new CGI-animated action-adventure-comedy TV series, which debuted on the U.K. channel CITV in February 2001. The series, backed by a list of licensees including Hasbro and Scholastic, will premiere on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in early 2002 and has begun debuting on other children's outlets around the world. Under the terms of the arrangement, Universal Studios will have all feature film rights together with the associated consumer products representation, worldwide home video distribution rights (excluding the U.K. and Germany), the right to finance and produce additional television episodes and theme park rights. Universal Pictures Franchise Development together with Just Group will coordinate and manage the property. BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS is set in the year 2053 and features three Martian heroes who are sent to planet Earth by the evil Emperor Bog with a mission to invade. There's just one thing: they really have no intention of taking over! In fact, they fought for the assignment because they wanted to experience Earth's great pop culture of fast food, video games and TV. The Butt-Ugly's new mission includes keeping their Earth friends safe from other space invaders and evading Emperor Bog by sending phony taped progress reports of themselves "conquering" the planet. BUTT-UGLY MARTIANS is a Just Entertainment production in association with Mike Young Productions and DCDC in Hong Kong.

awn.com/news/butt-ugly-martians-have-universal-appeal

It had three video games, all of which are mediocre.
It had a board game
A line of apparel and school related merchandise
A toyline from Hasbro

figure-archive.net/toyline.aspx?toylineID=1900
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10129/butt-ugly-martians-race-rescue-dog

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Part 3
>Hardy told Jones at one point: ‘I intend to nail your nuts to the mast,’ the City of London magistrates court heard

From the Accountancy Age link from before

>It has nothing to do with the picture by-line accompanying this article, but everything to do with the latest kids' television programme from Just that looks set to sweep the country, rivalling such as the Teletubbies and Pok"mon.
>Children will no doubt soon be spellbound by the unsavoury antics of characters such as B Bop-A-Luna, Do-Wah-Diddy and 2T-Fru-T. These gadget-strewn freaks link up with a group of kiddies on Earth and spend much of their time burping and using other bodily functions to overwhelm their enemies.
>There is already talk of Steven Spielberg rushing to make a movie version of the new series and accompanying marketing deals are likely to bring in further riches.
>Brokers say this could propel Just into the big time alongside players such as Gullane Entertainment, steady at 617 1/2p, of Thomas the Tank Engine fame, and Bob the Builder's creator HIT Entertainment, unmoved at 445p. Just was floated in 1996 and reached a peak last year of 15.84p when it made profits of [pound]1.2 million.

questia.com/newspaper/1G1-75328950/just-waiting-for-fame-of-butt-ugly-martians

>He added that the chief executive of toy manufacturer Hasbro claimed the Butt Ugly Martians could become the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

theguardian.com/media/2001/aug/23/broadcasting

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Is BUM pretty much Foodfight: The Show given it's convoluted background?

Part 4
>Why do toy companies think these average licensed lines are worth $8 or more? The price for the single figures is at least 20% too high, and the robot two packs aren't worth more than $10. With these kinds of prices, the odds that people will pick up more than one or two figures is pretty slim.
>The high price is a big detractor, but the poor accessories didn't help. If the robot had been more articulated OR if the figure would have fit inside better, I would have been much happier. But they still have great sculpting, and the articulation is very good for this scale.

mwctoys.com/REVIEW_121901.htm

>The entire show needs an overhaul in post-production, pre-production and development. As I understand it, this was originally developed as a 2D series. It's existence as a cheap CGI production is a classic example of Hollywood jumping on a new hot trend without any consideration of its audience or producing a quality product.
>What more can I say? Butt-Ugly Martians is aimed at children 4 to 8 years of age and is a Mike Young Production. I feel Mike Young -- and kids 4 to 8 -- can do better. Much better.

And down in the comments section

>It seems a dead giveaway that almost all the responses posted so far have been from people associated with the production of BUTT UGLY MARTIANS. This gives an impression of frantic damage-control propaganda. Publicly questioning Jerry Beck's objectivity is injudicious and petty.
>The extensive merchandising effort seems to be ill-advised. The corporations involved may have hitched their wagon to a dog.

awn.com/animationworld/tv-review-butt-ugly-martians

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Part 5
>In September, kids will be watching the 3-D animated action-adventure-comedy series, eating Butt-Ugly pasta shapes from H.J. Heinz, then dressing up as the Martians for Halloween. Adults will be sending Butt-Ugly Hallmark cards.
>The intergalactic characters will be the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or Power Rangers, judging from the attention they got at the Licensing International Show yesterday at the Jacob Javits Center.
>“The Butt-Ugly Martians booth has been packed throughout the show,” said Charles Riotto, president of the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers Association (LIMA), organizers of the show. “It’s really a great property.”
>The outer space characters were sent to conquer Earth but love fast food – “Quantum Burgers” – said Wilf Shorrocks, chief executive of Just Group PLC, the creators of the characters. “However, they don’t really want to go home, so they send false reports back.
>“Hasbro, Burger King, Scholastic and Wal-Mart are already on board,” Shorrocks said. “They’re going to be very big. If kids in America buy into it like kids in the U.K. do, it’s going to be huge.”

nypost.com/2001/06/13/watch-this-space-butt-ugly-martians-to-be-everywhere-on-earth-this-fall/

Promo cards
nonsportpromocards.com/B/buttugly.htm

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WE DON'T REALLY WANT A WAR

Why would you think this would've been good?

Part 6
>Seen here in his battle armour from the Game Boy Advance game B.K.M Battles, B-Bop stands well over 7ft tall and is one of the tallest costumes we have made.

costumeswithcharacter.com/product-tag/butt-ugly-martians/

>The show got its start as just an idea for a funny name. Mike Young, president of Mike Young Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based animation company, says a friend stopped by the firm's studio one day. "He said, 'I've got a great title, "Butt-Ugly Martians,' " and did a few sketches. We then came up with the whole scenario."
>Mr. Young sounded out U.S. networks but found the prices and terms too stingy. So rather than trying to launch the idea in the U.S., Mr. Young went into partnership with a British concern, Just Group PLC, a specialist in kids merchandising, which paid $6 million and took on distribution; the partnership holds the copyright to "Martians." Just and Mr. Young figured a successful launch outside the U.S. would build momentum for global sales. The show now airs on Britain's ITV network, and deals have been sealed with Germany's Super RTL and Italy's Mediaset . Negotiations are also well advanced with stations in France, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands, according to Just officials.
>Mr. Young says each 30-minute episode of "Martians" costs about $320,000 to make, and is expected to reap $200,000 in international TV revenues and $50,000 in U.S. syndication per episode. The hoped-for profits will come from a cut of merchandising of everything from action toys to comic books to lunch boxes; besides Hasbro for toys, some 70 licensees for other products have been signed up.

wsj.com/articles/SB986498698674843340

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I dunno. For one the martians have power-armor with lasers and shit. On the other hand the sumos are fuck-huge and could probably withstand most of their attacks.

Part 7
>The success of "Martians" will, of course, depend on the fickle children's audience -- and their power of pestering parents to buy the toys and other paraphernalia, as they did with "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Pokemon" to the tune of billions of dollars. Hasbro believes that the Butt-Uglies" take-notice name is a key asset.
>Syndication company Sachs Group of Los Angeles expects the show to air this autumn in 85% of the U.S. Sachs' president Barbara Schwecke said that she wondered if some conservative U.S. broadcasters might balk at the off-color title, but none have. "A few people commented on it," she says, "but once they saw the show they realized that it's very innocent."

>They may not be the most attractive of beasts, but the Butt Ugly Martians are so loved by their shareholders that they are poised to buy them out of administration.
>Shareholder Christopher Jones invested £150,000 into children's entertainment rights business Just Group before it collapsed into administration in January. Now he is spearheading a campaign to relist the group on the stock exchange and has raised £1.85m to date.
>Just will now hold an egm on July 4, which, with shareholder approval, would allow the group to come out of administration and plan to relist. "If the business works strongly all of the creditors could be paid off in full," Mr Jones said.
>The company owns the rights to Butt Ugly Martians, a cartoon series that runs on Nickelodeon in the US, and is poised to be made into a film. Yesterday, Mr Jones also announced that Just will effectively merge with Target via a £2.5m acquisition of the unlisted group. Target owns distribution rights to TV hits Popstars, Footballers' Wives and Bad Girls.

telegraph.co.uk/finance/2765136/Theyre-so-repulsive-that-only-a-shareholder-could-love-them.html

Here's a link to Toy Fair 2001 where Butt Ugly Martians was displayed in one of the pictures
awn.com/animationworld/toy-fair-2001-big-hits-come

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Skimming through this, holy shit.
I thought it was just some shitty cgi show that got dumped onto nick daytime slots.

Ask the guys behind it.

Part 8
>Just Entertainment, who created the show, have spent several months re-searching their young market. They know how sophisticated they are, how demanding they are and what makes the ingredients for a hit cartoon.

thefreelibrary.com/Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your local toy shop;...-a070558500

>Among other highlights is a show featuring Andrew Dice Clay as a Roman gladiator, and a highly touted cartoon titled-get this-"Butt Ugly Martians." Call me priggish, but when did it become acceptable to put "butt" in the title of a TV show aimed at 4-year-olds? As the father of three kids, all in the single digits, I'm increasingly disgusted by the content of the cartoons they watch and the lameness of the excuse offered for them: that kids today are more media-savvy.

adage.com/article/viewpoint/natpe-conference-wasting-time-shoddy-merchandise/55554/

>This series, which in spite of the four-letter word in the title, is actually aimed a fairly young audience, has been a 'hit' in the U.K. Hasbro, which has been leery of getting too involved in licensed products since being scorched by its expensive Star Wars license (see 'Hasbro Results'), is stepping up to the plate big time for the Butt-Ugly Martians. Hasbro thinks its little green men have the sales potential of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

icv2.com/articles/merch/view/753/butt-ugly-martians-toon-toys

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Part 9
>The animated Nickelodeon program Butt Ugly Martians (B.U.M.) is an audio collaboration between several post houses. Screenmusic Studios in Studio City, CA, and Salami Studios in North Hollywood have provided recording services for the show, which is produced by Mike Young Productions in LA and animated using project:messiah 1.5 by DCDC in Hong Kong. Sound recording over the first two seasons was handled by engineer Gordon Suffield, second engineer Lisa Carlon and dialogue editor Chris Eaton of Screenmusic, and by Dan Cubert and Devon Bowman of Salami. Rick Hinson of Salami served as supervising sound designer. B.U.M. is mixed at Optical Image in Worchestershire, England, by Neil Hillman, who also provides additional sound design.

postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Magazine/2002/July-1-2002/Audio-for-Animation.aspx

Character art
marklewisdraws.com/galleries/tag/2/Butt Ugly Martians

Halloween Costume
crazyforcostumes.com/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=7322

There's also a chance that the creator of the show used a pseudonym
A number of the Butt Ugly Martians articles mention the creator being Gary Selvaggio (a guy who did work on the 80's TMNT show)despite his name not appearing in any of the credits
You try looking it up with the supposed creator, "Michael Train", you get nothing.

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Now if we add then the spies probably win given having much more gadgets and weapons and shit. They also fought against much worse shit besides an incompetent alien empire and an evil tranny with her/his generic henchmen.

I thought it was a another run-of-the-mill Nick show everyone forgot about, I didn't know there was this much behind it - and it's fucking glorious.

"Wear one of our
T-SHIRTS
to convince
OUR INVESTORS
that our
MULTIMEDIA FRANCHISE
is going well"

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>Just Group
>JUST

I was never allowed to watch it because it had the word "butt" in the title, and I wasn't allowed to say "butt."

Why did Nickelodeon even bother airing this shit when they already had a MUCH better cartoon about aliens?

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The only reason I'm even aware of this series is because I found some video tapes of it at a flea market when I was like 12.

>In another universe, Butt Ugly Martians actually became a hit and Yea Forums is right now discussing the new reboot.

I have no idea. Even as a kid I thought it was exceptionally lame.

It's what would happen if Matt made a cartoon

Zim was too dark.

Oh yeah and another thing
The Martians actually formed a boy band and sung a couple of times
Chances are they were planning on releasing an album as part of their multimedia franchise

Matt?

We'd be talking about how nostalgic the Spielberg movie is

Because they became obsessed with aliens. Same as how they tried to cash in on the "extreme gross out" trend with PGBC and Breadwinners.

Maybe the TMNT band did better than I thought if they didn’t think doing it a second time was a mistake.

I can only assume he’s talking about the former SBFP Matt who was an avid fan of things like Street Sharks and Biker Mice.

I wonder if he liked this show.

I remember seeing it advertised in a kid's magazine once, and maybe there was an ad on Nickelodeon. But other than that, nothing. If it ever aired here, it certainly wasn't when I was watching.

I doubt he was familiar with it, but it seems right up his alley.

>Biker Mice From Mars

Even that shit got a reboot.

I can understand why they fell in love with the concept.

>Aliens get sent to Earth to conquer it, but they actually love the place and its culture.

But the show was really mediocre with horrible CGI.

So BUM is prototype Steven Universe

I wonder if things would’ve been different if they stuck to their initial plan instead of going with cgi.

Kek. Damn, it fucking is.

Mike Young is capable of competent hand drawn animation
They did He-Man 2002

Forgot this
>Concept: Original story by writer Gary Selvaggio, who wrote and directed the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show. California-based Mike Young Productions, Just Entertainment and Hong Kong’s DCDC Studios are co-producing the CGI-animated TV series.
>Potential: Just Licensing CEO Wilf Shorrocks says he has dozens of companies lined up for all major categories, but won’t sign any until he has secured a master toy licensee, which he expects to have in the fold by the end of this year. The unique characteristics of the Butt-Uglies offer potential licensees plenty of opportunity to merchandise the property in nontraditional categories. ‘We’ve had a lot of interest from companies wanting to create food products because in the show, the characters hang out in burger joints and eat tons of quantum burgers,’ he says. Chewing gum producer Wrigley’s, in fact, has pitched Just Licensing on doing a line of B.U.M. gum. The appearance of the Martians, which (leaving aside their purplish skin) is reminiscent of the aliens in Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks, should prove appealing to companies that produce greeting cards and stationery products, adds Shorrocks. In fact, he’s already received calls from American Greetings about developing Butt-Ugly cards.
>Anyone alive in the `80s is likely detect echoes of the Ninja Turtles in B.U.M. To wit: Mike Young Productions has endowed each of the three Martians-2-T-Fru-T, B. Bop-A-Luna and Do-Wah-Diddy-with their own Turtle-esque catchphrases. Instead of Cowabunga, though, the B.U.M.s say things like ‘Let’s Get Ugly’ and chant the letters ‘BKM’ (stands for Butt-Kicking Mode) as they don their battle gear. Both phrases, Shorrocks believes, would work well emblazoned across a variety of apparel and electronics products.
kidscreen.com/2000/09/01/29947-20000901/

I’d accuse them of ripping off the Battletoad’s “Let’s get warty” battle cry if that show went beyond a pilot.

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found the bigger one.

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>look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair.

Holy shit, I remember the ads on tv too and some episodes because of the hype they were try to commence from this show when it was going to air on nick. After that they just vanished. I knew they were trying for this to be a thing but I had no idea they were trying to make it at the levels of the ninja turtles,or even higher.

Having watched Beast Wars and Shadow Raiders, I was surprised such a primitive-looking show came out a few years after them instead of before. But then again I guess that is also the case for Jimmy Neutron which also looked worse.
I loved the suits though. Somebody please post more suits. Turnarounds would be awesome.

Oh yeah and the series ended on a cliffhanger
The Martians reveal to their Emperor that they're not conquering Earth, they make peace with Muldoon, and the whole Martian Armada is sent to invade Earth

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Rip earth, thats how the series ends, on a butt ugly note.

It’s almost poetic.

Thanks for reminding me this show exists

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