Summaries

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Green Duck as they learn about family, electricity, and death. Beware the strange and dangerous twists that come their way as their seemingly-safe house reveals that they live in an actual nightmare.

What is a job? Who are a family? And what is that horrible noise? Join three friends--Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Green Duck as they learn about everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects. But wait, maybe something's not quite right here. Every teacher they meet on their journey seems a bit out of their depth. What lessons are they actually learning? "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" is a deeply unsettling comedy puppet show--think the Muppet Show relocated to Twin Peaks. It started life as a YouTube phenomenon. Eleven years and a quarter of a billion views later, main characters Red Guy, Yellow Guy. and Green Duck are now inside your television trying to get out.

Follow Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Green Duck on kid-friendly learning adventures. Beware the disturbing, hideous twists and turns that come their way, because their 'kid-friendly' learning adventures prove that their life is an actual nightmare.

Based on the 2011 web-series of the same name, the show follows the lives of three puppets in what appears to be a children's TV show. However, as the lessons they learn in each episode become increasingly dark and disturbing, they begin to question their reality, who they are, and why they are really here.

Details

Keywords
  • dark comedy
  • mature animation
  • nightmare
  • absurd comedy
  • surreal comedy
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Drama
  • Musical
Release date Sep 22, 2022
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-14
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Production companies Channel 4 Television Blink Industries BFI Young Audiences Content Fund

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Tech specs

Runtime 23m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2:1

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