Oh is a Boov who believes in the Boov way... but the Boov way is not working for him. He is smart and hard-working, but is just enough of an individual that nobody really likes him. He knows this, and is desperate to belong, but this desperation only makes him try harder and thus stand out even more as an individual, which makes other Boov like him even less. He is funny—or wants to be—but since the Boov don’t really have a sense of humor, his jokes fall flat. Oh doesn’t know it at the beginning of the movie, but eventually comes to understand that he’s really more of a human being stuck inside the body of a Boov. And that is his journey.

OH

Gratuity “Tip” Tucci is a human girl who is living alone ever since her mother (and virtually everyone else on Earth) was rounded up by the Boov. She is tough and smart and seemingly fearless... but is covering her terror that she’ll never see her mom again. Hers is originally an immigrant family. She and her mom worked hard to make a new home for themselves, and finally felt as if they belonged—so Tip is especially resentful of the Boov’s casual imperialism, which has robbed her of everything she and her mother worked for. Her relationship with Oh—himself an immigrant of sorts—will challenge her own prejudices and preconceptions.

Tip Tucci

The Boov are hive-minded beings who value conformity and think true happiness is achieved through the healthy suppresion of The Boov are hive-minded beings who value conformity and think true happiness is achieved through the healthy suppresion of individuality. Other than the cult of personality surrounding (and encouraged by) their glorious leader Captain Smek, Boov don’t stand out from the crowd. Boov are the crowd. They don’t have families, or even understand the concept. Their hobbies include worshipping Captain Smek, believing in their moral and cultural superiority over all other beings, denying responsibility for mistakes, placing objects into appropriate containers, and the music of Philip Glass. They can change colors to indicate different emotional states, but would rather not.

The Boov are hive-minded beings

Officer Kyle is the secondary antagonist-turned-supporting protagonist from the movie Home. He is a long-suffering Boov Traffic Cop who was recently tasked by Captain Smek to hunt down Oh.

Officer Kyle