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Contents 1 Hoobisms 2 Hoobs are funny 3 Er... hmmm... 4 Nimmo 5 Inappropriateness: The Caste System & Innuendo 5.1 Note for article editors and vandal reverters 5.2 Death Metal

[edit] Hoobisms

Can someone make an article/list of the Hoobs terminology, ie "Hoobalicious". Id do it but I dont know them all.TR (talk) 07:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hoobs are funny

The second term in the list used to describe the Hoob characters lists them as "cute, cuddly and funny." This is a lapse in neutriality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.174.255.70 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Er... hmmm...

In that case, surely we can call them neither cute nor cuddly, since that is only the opinion of the writer; meaning, that this is a POV statement!! And please sign you comments with 4 tilde's ~~~~. It would help us to communicate with you when it comes to replying to your comments! Thor Malmjursson 08:32, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree - besides, if you look at the Channel 4 Hoobs website, which seems to be the source of most of the information, those exact words are seen. Trixovator 20:20, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Hang on, hasn't that text been removed from the page? Trixovator 20:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nimmo

What's with the Nimmo after Iver's name?

Also there is a little too much 'opinion' and too many repetitions of the Hoob names.

I suggest a clean-up of this article. Yyem 15:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriateness: The Caste System & Innuendo

Surely there should be some mention of the subordinate nature of the sentiant creatures kept under the bonnet of the Hoobmobile, and stuffed into Roma's bike. These Motorettes appear to have nothing more to their lives than being driven to create music which powers the vehicles. Something quite odd and subliminally unpleasant about this, don't you think.

Also, there is a large amount of innuendo shoved into most episodes - be it with titles along the lines of "A Great Big Bonk" or just littering the Hoob speach. Yyem 15:22, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

If you can back it up with published sources rather than provide your own interpretations, feel free. —scarecroe 18:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. It's impossible to prove that any such innuendo exists in The Hoobs because it's completely subjective, even though I sympathise. (There has been dialogue which made me double-take, but in some cases you'll hear whatever you're trying to listen for whether it's there or not.) The Holy ettlz 17:20, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Hoobs C4 microsite Groove likes offering Tula a play with his Hoobledangler on a regular basis - there is a pause and then he produces it

Motorettes They missed out - "are never allowed to leave the confines of the engine." One episode recently where they are removed by Tula & Groove, they run around like crazy trying to get free... Yyem 13:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Before you add anything to the article here, you should read WP:NOR. What you've provided here is situations from the show and your own conclusions... which don't belong on Wikipedia. —scarecroe 16:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough - i'll leave well alone and live with my deductions :) Yyem 12:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it is quite fair to apply our own human morality to that of an alien civilization that we know so little about. We can surmise that the Motorettes are sentient/sapient, but this does not automatically mean our values about what that entails should be relevent to them. It is also important to note that know nothing about the origin of the Motorettes. Perhaps, as their appearance and name (motorettes) suggests, they are artificial beings, created by the Hoobs for the express purpose of running and maintaining their music based technology. In which case the Hoobs, in characteristic fashion, have given them a natural inclination to carry out that task gladly - not so much slaves as machines that feel joy when they carries out their purpose. The other possibility is that the Motorettes are a naturally occuring native Hoobland species who have formed an alliance with the Hoobs to free themselves from day to day affairs, so that they might devote themselves to their primary love, that of music. In this case again, it is not so much that the Motorettes are slaves, more that the two species form a symbiotic relationship: the Motorettes get an environment in which to create music to their hearts' content free from outside interference and the Hoobs get a safe, carbon neutral and aesthetically pleasing power source. In conclusion, I think it is rather humanocentric to assume such a dark side to the Hoobs, of whom all other evidence point to as being completely peaceable and harmless, when there are multiple other less sinister explanations for the observed behaviour. --86.137.155.142 02:37, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note for article editors and vandal reverters

This is just a quick note to those who help to clean up this article when it gets vandalised. I have just reverted back to the Last Known Good Version of this article, and you should be aware that someone who edited the article, an IP, marked that they were reverting vandalism, when in fact, they missed it totally.

Can those reverting please ensure that the version they revert to is clean of vandalism before committing the edit? Thanks for your help, and continued efforts to keep this article clean. Thor Malmjursson 02:53, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Death Metal

Someone told me the hoobs are a death metal band. I'm going to change it. 18:17, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

"Someone told me..." isnt encyclopedic. If you think there is a band with the same name, make a seperate article. TR (talk) 02:51, 15 December 2007 (UTC)