
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Taste attributes: mysteryanimationhorrorcomedydramafresh & originalunsavourylightimaginaryintricatelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
"There's Three of Us!"
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, inventive animated series: morally murky and breezy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in the US right now.
Seasons
Season 1
· 2022 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1Jobs30 Sep 2022
Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck have an important day of 'nothing' booked in. But Duck is outraged. He demands to have something to do! And that something turns out to be something called a Job.
2Death30 Sep 2022
What happens when we die? In today's lesson, Duck learns that he is in fact Dead, because he forgot to drink water. Red Guy and Yellow Guy are a bit confused by this - there are usually three of them.
3Family7 Oct 2022
What is a Family? When Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck meet adorable twins who point out that they shouldn't be living together because they're not related, the guys begin to question their relationship.
4Friendship7 Oct 2022
The gang are excited to get online using their computer but, oh no! Yellow Guy has lost the password. Luckily a confident worm called Warren steps in and shows the guys the true meaning of Friendship.
5Transport14 Oct 2022
Where do things go when they're not where they should be? A leaky old Train teaches Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck about Transport. Red likes the idea of going on a journey, but it's not that simple...
6Electricity14 Oct 2022
Did you know that everything that has wires is part of the electric family? The guys meet Electracey the Meter and look at all the things in their house to see which have wires. It turns out loads do!
Specials
· 2011 · 6 episodesThese six shorts preceded the project's existence as TV series.
Episodes (6)
1Don't Hug me I'm Scared29 Jul 2011
A singing notebook tells 3 puppets to be creative. They sing along but they're not creative as they should be. The notebook has crazy feelings about organs.
2Don't Hug Me I'm Scared II8 Jan 2014
The puppets are watching TV waiting for their show to start but when a clock comes out to sing a song about the time then when they get there to what they know about the time they get more obsessed and the clock makes the puppets go completely wrong.
3Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 331 Oct 2014
The yellow puppet encounters a butterfly who tells him about the joys of love. But his views may not be to the yellow puppets understanding or liking.
4Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 41 Apr 2015
The puppets encounter a crazed computer named Colin, who uses singing and dancing to teach the puppets about technology and the Internet, although things soon turn to digital
5Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 514 Oct 2015
A can, a steak, a refrigerator, and a loaf of bread attempt to teach the puppets about health as it applies to food, but faulty teachings cause one of the puppets to lose all faith and attempts to escape, with dire consequences. The third puppet simultaneously tries to send them phone calls to tell them what will…
6Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 619 Jun 2016
All alone, Yellow Guy tries to stop a lamp from teaching him about dreams. While Red Guy finds out the truth about the puppet's existence.
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- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
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Synopsis
Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series.
Synopsis: TMDB
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- Genre
- Mystery
- Year
- 2022
- Episode length
- 132 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- Blink Industries
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