i'm jordan fringe and this is my show hey look it's that weirdo from the internet
aliens specifically of the butt ugly variety is such a deep cut memory i have for some reason i
had this action figure trading card vhs teaser combo pack set i can only find the figures and
the vhs i don't know where the cards are but i own these so if that doesn't radiate cool then
i don't know what does today we're gonna take a look at the show but ugly martians a show i
for some reason remember seeing on tv and the promotions for it and again owning this special
combo pack there was even a few video games made based off of the show that lasted 26
episodes for the pc the game boy advanced and the playstation 2. so you can tell there was an
effort put forth behind the scenes to thrust the show into the forefront of everyone's attention
which is not an uncommon thing seen for most heavily backed network shows there was only
one problem the show just isn't good and i don't like to just jump straight into the negativity
i always love finding something from when i was a kid that is actually great and lives
up to those memories but there's no sugar coating this one here this show from every aspect is just
bad the early 2000s was showing us the rise of 3d animated shows like jimmy neutron probably being
the most prominent example but many shows were adopting these looks as it was easier and more
financially smarter to produce a show this way over 2d transformers beast wars
cubics heck even reboot was doing this way back throughout the 90s so many shows were trying to
work within the new 3d space this is where we get a fair bit of shows that clearly wanted to
utilize 3d animation for the previous reasons but either lacked the experience budget or just
wanted to cash in and i'm not sure which category but ugly martians or bum for short falls into
because on top of the show not being great it also looks pretty rough i mean just look at the
stiff and lifeless movements the clipping of movable joints on their bodies the weird amount of
just nothing happening on screen reboot while early on suffered from some of these similar
problems looks better johnny quasar the 1995 animation demo for what would become jimmy
neutron looks better and these predate the butt ugly martian show by over half a decade
it's not to say animation like this can't be looked over in favor of an interesting story or
great characters like with reboot but bum didn't have that so if you can't get past this
or this or even this then what awaits you is 26 episodes of dribblish writing
generic scenarios and the worst sin you can commit in making a cartoon boredom the plot of this show
is that in 2053 our three alien friends here or martians i guess duo diddy be boppa luna and
tutti frutti and no i'm not singing some songs here are made to invade planets for their evil
emperor but when tasked with invading earth they just come to love it and decide they want to hang
out and become friends with mike cedric and angela three kids who now help the butt uglies to make it
seem that they aren't slacking off in their quote unquote invasion of earth there's also hoverboards
there's a robot dog and i don't know not much else that excites me or even worth mentioning i love
films and shows about aliens i think a concept like this could have worked out great given
more time and effort put behind it if anything is gonna deter you away from watching the show it'll
probably be sitting through the initial pilot it exemplifies everything wrong to come later down
the line in the show from the action if you can even call it that to the absurdist nature of its
plots with either some being way too generic to where we've seen it many times before or some that
are just so ridiculous where the solutions are weirdly formulated by the end of an episode make
it a confusing mixed-up blend of disappointment don't go anywhere i'll be right back
the rest of the series sees the butt ugly martians battling against other alien threats to protect
earth at the same time dealing with the alien hunter muldoon who even at one point gets saved
by the uglies and finally learns that they are the good guys until that character development
is shortly ruined after by them wiping his memory like why even bother them it would have been much
more fascinating to see the uglies in muldoon work together to defend earth and spoiler alert
for those who care but this wouldn't happen again until the series finale when muldoon teams up with
the butt ugly martians to fight back against the alien invasion of emperor bog then we get left
on a cliffhanger and the show ends 26 episodes building up to their secret of their not wanting
to invade and conquer earth getting back to their emperor an anti-climactic battle followed by an
open end for a season two which would have been fine if it felt more earned by the end of it as
well as if there actually were you know a season two and the most interesting fact about this
show is that rob paulson carl wieser himself voices one of the butt uglies tutti frutti
each time i say it the more i hate it so that was a cool thing to hear other than that the show is
filled with forgettable moments lackluster script writing visuals that hurt to look at and it didn't
offer anything worth of value to the animation space that we hadn't seen before and done better
oh and i didn't even mention that there is this pseudo digi evolution transformers s power up
scene that happens almost every episode called bkm where a generic speech about how they were sent to
conquer earth but now they defend it plays in the background it doesn't look good it's cheesy and it
happens every time they need a deus ex machina like solution for their problems it's copy and
paste from shows that do it and do it better but ugly martians did premiere on nickelodeon after
syndication from itv a television channel group from the united kingdom so another case of hey
i personally saw this on nickelodeon but now thanks to the internet i've learned that it was
not a nickelodeon product which i feel the more that we do this series the more we will find that
this is the case with a lot of things oddly enough the show was apparently originally planned to be
2d animated which no it would still not save the show from its marriott of other problems
but the look of the show may have given it another chance to be more expressive and add substance to
those moments that needed it whether or not those rumors of it being originally 2d or not are true
i would have probably preferred it that way the show was critically panned across the board
and outcasted as a show that cheaply and lazily wastes your time even for younger audiences now
that's not to say that if you enjoy the show that your opinion is wrong actually that's fantastic
and i'm happy you can and have found enjoyment in it i would never take that away from you so
please don't take my distaste for it personally as i'm not trying to attack you because i'm not
but hey a good theme song can go a long way in remembering something so let's have a quick listen
okay okay so far not the worst thing i've heard yet
i just wanna feel my girth um what okay at least the audio's in dolby surround sound right anyway
yeah that was butt ugly martians a forgettable show that for some reason i didn't forget but
maybe i should have after revisiting it sometimes here on the barely remember series we get lucky
and find a true hidden gem forgotten by time or we find something like this that should probably be
forgotten either way if you remember this show at all or have thoughts on it
please leave them down below i'm genuinely curious to see if anyone likes this show
and if you do why let me know as always thank you so much for taking the time out of your day
to watch this video and revisit a weird show with me hit the like button so these butt uglies can't
hurt anyone anymore i truly appreciate it and make sure to subscribe to the channel if you
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