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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a 6-part surreal horror satire series on YouTube by This Is It Collective (involving Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling). The videos feature 3 characters who are, in each video, taught a lesson by an anthropomorphic household object. These lessons take place through a song sung by this "teacher." Although the characters are Sesame-Street-esque puppets, the songs start off happy and upbeat, and the videos have an appearance like children's shows, the videos take a darker turn. The videos become creepy and gorey. Bad things also usually end up happening to the puppets. Each video also offers social commentary on issues including the media, conformity, religion, commercialism, brainwashing, and the messages society is sending to children.
Episode one deals with the issue of creativity, and how society only accepts a narrow view of ideas, and what is considered creative. The notepad "teacher" encourages the protagonists to be creative, but then rejects some of their ideas as not creative. For example, after she tells them to spell out their favorite color, she tells the yellow puppet that "green (his chosen color) is not a creative color." She also dumps black paint over his painting of a clown. Initially, the creative activities are mundane, such as finding shapes in the clouds. The creativity shown by the characters gets darker when as they go along, including the bird puppet character spelling out "death," and the red hairy puppet character sprinkling glitter on an organ. In the end, things return to normal and they "all agree to never be creative again."
Episode two deals with the concept of time and its importance. It begins with the three characters waiting for a tv show, when they are interrupted by a clock, who is their next "teacher." The clock shows them the past, and how cool the future will be really cool. This episode continues to deal with the theme of conformity as the "teacher" once again tries to direct them to his own view and gets angry when the three main characters ask too many questions, including questioning if time is real or just a concept. Death and dying are mentioned throughout the episode, sending a message to the characters that they are "running out of time." The episode ends with the characters rapidly aging and dying, but then everything returns to normal.
Episode three tackles society's ideas of marriage and religion, and brainwashing children with a single version of what love is. The yellow puppet character is upset when the bird character kills a bug at their picnic. He runs off and meet the "teacher" of this episode, a bug. The "teacher" introduces the yellow puppet character to his the idea of love, but then says that he has to do love the right way, follow the rules of his cult/religion, and worship Malcolm, the king of love. In the end, the yellow puppet character escapes and finds that his friends have saved the last egg from the picnic for him, but a bug jumps out of his egg and says, "Father!" This episode is focused more on the yellow puppet character, who is the most childlike, which emphasizes how children are vulnerable and are easily targeted and brainwashed by religion.
Episode four comments on the use of computers and the internet to gain knowledge, and the messages sent through advertising. The computer "teacher," like the other teachers, tries to direct the characters into a certain way of thinking by ignoring their questions, and telling them what they should want (as opposed to what they actually want). The computer also never answers the characters' question because he gets distracted with his own cleverness. He asks the characters many unnecessary questions, which brings up questions about internet security, and how much is known about us through the internet. This episode also deals with the issue of people spending too much time with their digital lives, rather than living their real lives. While his friends are in the computer dancing, the red hairy puppet, not content with staying in the digital world, escapes to the real world by walking onto the set of the first episode. This set includes poorly constructed versions of the characters, showing the difference between online personas and how they really are. The episode ends after the red hairy puppet sees this, and his mind is literally blown. The focus on the red hairy puppet, who often acts bored, sarcastic, and sassy, shows that this form of media has a large impact on teenagers. His entering of the real world represents him growing up and becoming an adult.
Episode five involves the idea of confusing, conflicting, and incorrect information being given to those who are vulnerable, especially information about diet and nutrition. It starts off with yellow puppet character and bird puppet character thinking that something is off, since the red hairy puppet character isn't there anymore. There are multiple food "teachers" that give nonsensical information about health and nutrition to the characters. Throughout the episode, the bird puppet character receives phone calls, implied to be from the red hairy character, which cause him to briefly wake up in a dark hospital. The bird puppet character uncharacteristically resists the characters throughout the episode, and later starts telling the "teachers" that he has had enough. He runs out of the room and wakes up in the hospital with a giant can eating his organs. Back in the room, the yellow puppet has ended up eating cans of the bird puppet character. He does not answer the phone when it rings at the end. The red hairy puppet character is the seen in the real world, walking from a telephone booth. The focus on the bird puppet character, who represents the elderly, is showing how the elderly are sometimes taken advantage of. They are often the targets of scams and advertisements selling diets with false information. This episode continued involving the theme of conforming and staying in line by having the bird character killed when he resisted. The death of the bird puppet character also shows how after the older, more knowledgeable character dies, the younger yellow puppet character is left alone, and succumbs to the will of the "teachers."
Episode six, concludes the series. It begins with the yellow puppet character alone, missing his friends, when a lamp "teacher" tries to sing to him about dreams. He is very upset by this and tries to resist it. The video then shows the red hairy character in a office in the real world, where everyone else looks and sounds like him. When he tried to show his creativity in the real world, he was booed off the stage at a bar, and was told that his idea "sounds really boring." This is the same thing he told the notepad "teacher" in the first episode when she tried to teach him about creativity. The red hairy character finds a set of screens with controls which change the "teacher." He sees his friend, yellow puppet character, on the screen and very upset. He tries to turn the "teacher" off, but just ends up cycling through them. While doing this, Roy, the father-like figure in the background that controls everything, put his hand on the red hairy character's shoulder. This, along with the fact that the red hairy character's idea had become another teacher, show that he was now the one in charge of all this. Instead of following in Roy's footsteps, he unplugs the machine. Episode one restarts, but the three characters are now their favorite color, implying that this time around is more hopeful, and the characters will be happier and do what they like, rather than being told what to think and do.
Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZOnoLKzoBItcEk5OsES2TA
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Hug_Me_I%27m_Scared Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Episode one deals with the issue of creativity, and how society only accepts a narrow view of ideas, and what is considered creative. The notepad "teacher" encourages the protagonists to be creative, but then rejects some of their ideas as not creative. For example, after she tells them to spell out their favorite color, she tells the yellow puppet that "green (his chosen color) is not a creative color." She also dumps black paint over his painting of a clown. Initially, the creative activities are mundane, such as finding shapes in the clouds. The creativity shown by the characters gets darker when as they go along, including the bird puppet character spelling out "death," and the red hairy puppet character sprinkling glitter on an organ. In the end, things return to normal and they "all agree to never be creative again."
Episode two deals with the concept of time and its importance. It begins with the three characters waiting for a tv show, when they are interrupted by a clock, who is their next "teacher." The clock shows them the past, and how cool the future will be really cool. This episode continues to deal with the theme of conformity as the "teacher" once again tries to direct them to his own view and gets angry when the three main characters ask too many questions, including questioning if time is real or just a concept. Death and dying are mentioned throughout the episode, sending a message to the characters that they are "running out of time." The episode ends with the characters rapidly aging and dying, but then everything returns to normal.
Episode three tackles society's ideas of marriage and religion, and brainwashing children with a single version of what love is. The yellow puppet character is upset when the bird character kills a bug at their picnic. He runs off and meet the "teacher" of this episode, a bug. The "teacher" introduces the yellow puppet character to his the idea of love, but then says that he has to do love the right way, follow the rules of his cult/religion, and worship Malcolm, the king of love. In the end, the yellow puppet character escapes and finds that his friends have saved the last egg from the picnic for him, but a bug jumps out of his egg and says, "Father!" This episode is focused more on the yellow puppet character, who is the most childlike, which emphasizes how children are vulnerable and are easily targeted and brainwashed by religion.
Episode four comments on the use of computers and the internet to gain knowledge, and the messages sent through advertising. The computer "teacher," like the other teachers, tries to direct the characters into a certain way of thinking by ignoring their questions, and telling them what they should want (as opposed to what they actually want). The computer also never answers the characters' question because he gets distracted with his own cleverness. He asks the characters many unnecessary questions, which brings up questions about internet security, and how much is known about us through the internet. This episode also deals with the issue of people spending too much time with their digital lives, rather than living their real lives. While his friends are in the computer dancing, the red hairy puppet, not content with staying in the digital world, escapes to the real world by walking onto the set of the first episode. This set includes poorly constructed versions of the characters, showing the difference between online personas and how they really are. The episode ends after the red hairy puppet sees this, and his mind is literally blown. The focus on the red hairy puppet, who often acts bored, sarcastic, and sassy, shows that this form of media has a large impact on teenagers. His entering of the real world represents him growing up and becoming an adult.
Episode five involves the idea of confusing, conflicting, and incorrect information being given to those who are vulnerable, especially information about diet and nutrition. It starts off with yellow puppet character and bird puppet character thinking that something is off, since the red hairy puppet character isn't there anymore. There are multiple food "teachers" that give nonsensical information about health and nutrition to the characters. Throughout the episode, the bird puppet character receives phone calls, implied to be from the red hairy character, which cause him to briefly wake up in a dark hospital. The bird puppet character uncharacteristically resists the characters throughout the episode, and later starts telling the "teachers" that he has had enough. He runs out of the room and wakes up in the hospital with a giant can eating his organs. Back in the room, the yellow puppet has ended up eating cans of the bird puppet character. He does not answer the phone when it rings at the end. The red hairy puppet character is the seen in the real world, walking from a telephone booth. The focus on the bird puppet character, who represents the elderly, is showing how the elderly are sometimes taken advantage of. They are often the targets of scams and advertisements selling diets with false information. This episode continued involving the theme of conforming and staying in line by having the bird character killed when he resisted. The death of the bird puppet character also shows how after the older, more knowledgeable character dies, the younger yellow puppet character is left alone, and succumbs to the will of the "teachers."
Episode six, concludes the series. It begins with the yellow puppet character alone, missing his friends, when a lamp "teacher" tries to sing to him about dreams. He is very upset by this and tries to resist it. The video then shows the red hairy character in a office in the real world, where everyone else looks and sounds like him. When he tried to show his creativity in the real world, he was booed off the stage at a bar, and was told that his idea "sounds really boring." This is the same thing he told the notepad "teacher" in the first episode when she tried to teach him about creativity. The red hairy character finds a set of screens with controls which change the "teacher." He sees his friend, yellow puppet character, on the screen and very upset. He tries to turn the "teacher" off, but just ends up cycling through them. While doing this, Roy, the father-like figure in the background that controls everything, put his hand on the red hairy character's shoulder. This, along with the fact that the red hairy character's idea had become another teacher, show that he was now the one in charge of all this. Instead of following in Roy's footsteps, he unplugs the machine. Episode one restarts, but the three characters are now their favorite color, implying that this time around is more hopeful, and the characters will be happier and do what they like, rather than being told what to think and do.
Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZOnoLKzoBItcEk5OsES2TA
Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Hug_Me_I%27m_Scared Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.