History WebVideo / DontHugMeImScared

* BaitAndSwitch: In the fourth episode, Red Guy says "If only there was a way to learn more about the world..." and turns to the globe. Then Duck Guy says the same thing, also turning to the globe. The globe then suddenly grows a face, leading the audience to believe he's the instructor of the episode. But then, Colin the Computer, the real instructor, suddenly appears and sings about being a computer.

-->'''Red Guy Pianist''': "Well, that's rude! No clothes."

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->''There's three of us, there's three of us,''\\
''Look closely, you will see...''\\
''There's three of us, just three of us,''\\
''There's him and you and me!''\\
''And everyday we all hang out''\\
''To find out what we talk about...''\\
'''Duck Guy:''' Every day's a new surprise!\\

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an '''[[SuddenlyShouting ACTUAL NIGHTMARE]]'''!\\
''That's three of us, just three of us,''\\
''Us three!''

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Death", Duck Guy's gravestone is engraved with "David" - because Duck Guy thought the point was to give his gravestone a name.

* {{Fingore}}: The Duck Guy's fingers get a nice close-up in the second episode as they rot away to expose muscles, veins, and eventually bones.
** Shows up again in the TV series, [[spoiler:when proving that Duck Guy is dead, his finger gets snipped off. All that comes out is a bit of smoke. Then Yellow Guy tries it with his own finger, only for it to spit gouts of blood.]]
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: In Episode 6, the Teachers do this when [[spoiler:Red Guy messes with the machine controlling them]].

''(Tony turns into Colin)''\\

''(Colin turns into Shrignold)''\\
'''Shrignold''': --why we're here, what's it all about you've no idea, and everywhere you look, all you see is hatred, and darkness, death, and--\\
''(Shrignold turns into Lamb Chop Guy)''\\
'''Lamb Chop Guy''': --[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ice cream beef!]] Ice cream beef makes your teeth go grey!\\
''(Lamb Chop Guy turns into Spinach Can)''\\
'''Spinach Can''': Doesn't matter, just throw it away! Why not try some--\\
''[[spoiler:(Spinach Can turns into Duck Guy)]]''\\
'''[[spoiler:Duck Guy]]''': [[spoiler:--fish on my tray? WHAT?! WHERE AM I?!??!]]

* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Subverted in the fifth video. The FauxAffablyEvil AnthropomorphicFood characters are [[KnowNothingKnowItAll vastly uninformed]] about proper eating and biology. They believe "fancy foods" are bad for you. The problem is that their definition of "fancy, show-offy foods" consists of cooked meats, fruits, eggs, and basically anything healthy while plain or low-nutrition foods like bread and cream are deemed healthy. [[HypocriticalHumor One of the food's a talking lamb chop]], by the way.

** After the lamb chop tells the Yellow Guy not to eat food from a stranger plate. It starts getting repeated over and over with the sound getting high pitched then lowed pitched and the lamb chop and spinach starts saying it in a more aggressive and mad tone. Also the Bird Guy's scream during that bit.

** The lamb chop chef in episode 5 says that red meats are bad to eat.

** The talking lamb chop won’t stop jabbing Bird Guy with a meat fork, and condemns all his choices of food as “greedy”—even when he wasn’t going to eat it in the first place. No matter what suggestion is offered, he insists that it will "make your teeth/gums all grey", and stomps on the model of the body repeatedly to prove a point.

* LighterAndSofter: The 2022 television series still features plenty of blood and SurrealHorror, but it takes a notably different tack than the earlier Internet shorts. Many of the more disturbing concepts are tempered out with a healthy dose of BlackComedy-for instance, episode two shows Duck slowly rotting away while BuriedAlive in a coffin, but he's not particularly bothered by it and the scene mostly focuses on him repeatedly annoying the Coffin with inane requests. In addition, not all of the teachers exist just to torment the main characters, and the main characters [[ThrowTheDogABone actually get to win against them more than once.]]

** In the first episode, Duck Guy writes "DEATH" on the table using potato stamps during the CREATIVITY EXPLOSION.
** In the second, Tony states that "a tree that is older has shrivelled and died" (He does later describe the puppets as "running out of time", but that's probably more due to his personal obsession than censorship);

** In the third, when The Love Cultists explain to the Yellow Guy what a "special one" is, they show him two tombstones reading "Mr. Dead" and "Mrs. Dead".
*** Also in the third, the line "And everywhere you look, all you see is hatred; and darkness, death and fear".
** In the sixth, Yellow Guy calls out Tony for making him die.
** Zigzagged in the second episode of the TV series, which is very bluntly titled “Death” — while the word is used somewhat frequently, “gone away” is used just as often.

'''Lamb Chop Guy and Spinach Can:''' What's that? A pizza slice, but you're better off with ''plain white sauce!'' What's that, ''plain white sauce?'' Plain white sauce makes your teeth go grey!

** In the fifth with the piece of lamb chop and can of spinach says "You shouldn't eat food from a stranger's plate. [[MadnessMantra A stranger's plate, a stranger's plate, a stranger's plate...]]"
*** Also in the fifth one, this from Duck Guy:
--->"No...[[RageBreakingPoint ENOUGH!]] ''[[AndIMustScream I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE!]]''"

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an '''ACTUAL NIGHTMARE'''!\\

''There's three of us, just three of us,''\\

* FurryDenial: Duck Guy suggesting that time might just be a construct of ''human'' perception.

->'''Duck Guy:''' Every day's a new surprise!\\

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an '''ACTUAL NIGHTMARE'''!

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an '''[[SuddenlyShouting ACTUAL NIGHTMARE]]'''!

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an '''ACTUAL NIGHTMARE'''!

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the final video, [[spoiler: Shrignold warns Yellow Guy of the world's hatred, darkness, death... and then gets interrupted by the Steak, who immediately blurts out "ICE CREAM BEEF!"]]

*** 5/"Health": The Healthy Band, who tell the puppets contradicting things on what is and what isn't healthy, with the steak being the most prominent. They're laughable as ever, but horrifically, [[spoiler:they go as far as to ''kill'' Duck Guy by tricking Yellow Guy into eating him]].

** The Steak claims the human body has a cat flap. At one point, the Band also claim oranges (and other "show-offy" foods) are bad for you.

''(Shrignold turns into Steak Guy)''\\
'''Steak Guy''': --[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking ice cream beef!]] Ice cream beef makes your teeth go grey!\\
''(Steak Guy turns into Spinach Can)''\\

* HauteCuisineIsWeird: Subverted in the fifth video. The FauxAffablyEvil AnthropomorphicFood characters are [[KnowNothingKnowItAll vastly uninformed]] about proper eating and biology. They believe "fancy foods" are bad for you. The problem is that their definition of "fancy, show-offy foods" consists of cooked meats, fruits, eggs, and basically anything healthy while plain or low-nutrition foods like bread and cream are deemed healthy. [[HypocriticalHumor One of the food's a talking steak]], by the way.

** After the steak tells the Yellow Guy not to eat food from a stranger plate. It starts getting repeated over and over with the sound getting high pitched then lowed pitched and the steak and spinach starts saying it in a more aggressive and mad tone. Also the Bird Guy's scream during that bit.

** The steak chef in episode 5 says that red meats are bad to eat.

** The talking steak won’t stop jabbing Bird Guy with a meat fork, and condemns all his choices of food as “greedy”—even when he wasn’t going to eat it in the first place. No matter what suggestion is offered, he insists that it will "make your teeth/gums all grey", and stomps on the model of the body repeatedly to prove a point.

** The Food Band claim that cooked meat is unhealthy because it's a "colourful, show-offy food" despite their apparent leader being a steak. They also later say that the foods that they just claimed were healthy are actually unhealthy.
--->'''Steak Guy:''' Choosing simple plain foods, like bread, cream, ''white sauce'' and aspic will keep the body ticking over!\\
'''Steak Guy and Spinach Can:''' What's that? A pizza slice, but you're better off with ''plain white sauce!'' What's that, ''plain white sauce?'' Plain white sauce makes your teeth go grey!

** In the fifth with the piece of steak and can of spinach says "You shouldn't eat food from a stranger's plate. [[MadnessMantra A stranger's plate, a stranger's plate, a stranger's plate...]]"

The original series can be found on This Is It's Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisitcollective here]], while tge TV series can be watched on Channel 4's streaming service [=All4=].

The series can be found on This Is It's Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/user/thisisitcollective here]].

'''Red Guy:''' And we live in an [[SuddenlyShouting ACTUAL]] [[SubvertedKidsShow NIGHTMARE]]!

* LighterAndSofter: The 2022 television series still features plenty of blood and SurrealHorror, but it takes a notably different tack than the earlier Internet shorts. Many of the more disturbing concepts are tempered out with a healthy dose of BlackComedy-for instance, episode two shows Duck slowly rotting away while BuriedAlive in a coffin, but he's not particularly bothered by it and the scene mostly focuses on him repeatedly annoying the Coffin with inane requests.

->[[spoiler:[-''[[TheStinger What's your]] [[BookEnds favourite idea?]]''-]]]

** In “Friendship” we find out Yellow’s name, [[TheUnreveal whatever it is]], is apparently quite long, as it takes Red Guy nearly a full minute to type out and is hyphenated. But his ''maiden name'' was '''“Rat Eyes”'''.

[[caption-width-right:320:''"There's three of us! There's three of us! Look closely, you will see..."'']]

->''"Come on, guys, let's get '''creative!'''"''