>>6932937It was supposed to be huge
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgmUBzKT2RU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XJMLPjP5AQ https://www.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.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/feb/19/broadcasting.g2http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/butt-ugly-martians-fall-to-earth-as-just-calls-administrators-5362425.htmlhttp://citywire.co.uk/money/just-group-does-handsomely-out-of-ugly-martians/a223989And then the company that owned it had allegations for fraud and intimidation
http://www.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.https://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1774636/online-abuse-marks-butt-ugly-martians-falloutThe show lasted only one season and was quickly pulled by Nickelodeon
This happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACAw5nlKvOMHere are details on its low animation budget
https://www.awn.com/animationworld/cgi-television-dont-end-cartoon-graveyard