We Were Wrong About Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - Inside A Mind
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- So many people are convinced that Don't Hug Me I'm Scared has fully been solved. But how true is that, exactly? I decided to take a look...
With Don't Hug Me I'm Scared new Wakey Wakey Teaser trailer it's finally time to look back at the show, and see if they theory I've stood by for so long, still holds up...
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To give a bit of context why I addressed MatPat's interpretation specifically:
I suggested my idea not too long ago in another video. Unfortunately most of the comments were made up with people reciting The Media Theory, or just telling me to watch The Film Theorists video because they solved it. They never told me what was wrong with my idea so this lead me to believe there were some biases towards the older theory.
So with this upload I was basically trying to say "don't just discredit a new interpretation straight away. Take all theories (including my own) with a grain of salt." Because at the end of the day, all theories are flawed. There isn't one that's 100% true.
Thank you to everyone who has either tackled my theory by either adding to it, merging it with other theories or just pointing out the problems you think could be improved on. This is more or less the comment section I wanted to see on my older video. A place where people are actually discussing several different ideas and not just overlooking them.
I wish MatPat all this best with his future interpretations of the show too! This was not an attack. This was my attempt at trying to reopen a discussion.
Thank you!
I hope MatPat saw this video!!!
Its a great video dude. Its also a great lesson in not following mob mentality. All because someone poses a solution, no matter how well it fits, it should never be take as a given. Thanks again for such an awesome take on one of my favorite UA-cam series ever
During episode 6 when it gives us our first glimpse of “Red Guy” we see him asleep at his computer. He wakes up to his boss “Red Guy” handing him a file. My theory is that the “Red Guy” asleep at his desk is not the original Red Guy we have been following throughout episodes 1-4. The original “Red Guy” that we have been following is his boss, the one with the very noticeable name tag that says his name is Red Guy.
As we know Becky and Joe are very precise with their details and they add major information into singular frames of this series. For them to focus on their camera on his boss with the name tag reading “Red Guy” is not an accident and is instead their way of telling us that we are about to learn from a new character. Here’s where it gets kind of confusing, basically the original red guy who is now the boss lived through episode 1 - 4 and when we see him leave the phone booth at the end it his him starting his new job. We know that he has learned new information through these teachers and can succeed in a society that is straight minded. Red Guy now being able to conform to society succeeds in his job and soon becomes part of upper management. When Red Guy hands the new “Red Guy” the file it is the screenplay of DHMIS 1- 6 with a few differences like the colors and the days, nothing major. Basically I think that that Old Red Guy (ORG), sees that New Red Guy (NRG) is struggling work, and instead of firing him he gives him the idea to create a series that mimics the original DHMIS but this time with more episodes and teachers, sort of like a UK office to the US office, Same plot same characters, different actors, more seasons. This would allow NRG to have a successful life and use his creativity efficiently. This would explain how he knows the original DHMIS song and how to meet ROY. When NRG gets boo’d off the stage he jumps to ROYS production center where they shoot the scenes for DHMIS and NRG is seen pushing a buttons to get glimpses of the teachers that they’ve had so far. He doesn’t seem scared for the safety of yellow guy at all which helps back my point of saying that this Red Guy is a new one. If he knew who he was he would attempt to help him and not stare at the teachers and see all of his old ones and not recognize them either even though they also tortured him. This Red Guy HAS to be new. He only seems concerned once the torture gets REALLY bad. BUTTTTT this is also when Roy comes. And not only does he come, the music playing is sorta heavily as he reaches out to touch NRG. When he does touch NRG it changes drastically to kinda spooky oh no tension music but and you see NRG jump back confused as to what he wants. But he still goes to plug and pulls it on the OLD show. Now it cuts to a new one where the characters are newer and more appealing to a childs mind. Now here’s where I think it ties in to ORG story and the beginning of the new series.
Old Red Guy works as a manager to boring everyday people, he knows about his old life and reminisces about his friends, He see’s Duck Guy as a successful politician and Yellow guy as a successful Child actor and he wonders if business was the right move for him, he gets depressed and decides he doesn’t want to work their anymore and quits his job to live with his friends just like how things were on TV. His friends suffering similar fates specializing in different fields where Duck Guy turned into some type of corrupt politician (Trump) and is now a greedy duck who wants to commercialize their town and screw over his people, and Yellow Guy following the Child actor role except now he is older and is experiencing a growing period where he grows away from what he was taught as a child and now wants to make an actual difference. He see’s Duck Guys corruption and wants to fix it. The old Town leader neglectful of Punk Yellow Guy sets off to find successful and level headed Red guy. Red Guy sees the corruption and attempts/does fix it and they begin their adventures. This time to unlearn what they were taught during the first 6 episodes of DHMIS.
I personally really like the Fangirl's theory. It's really out there but makes so much sense in weird ways
If the interview was from before they said "all theories are correct" doesn't that mean they've retconned the original intent? Or that 100% of all theories are correct, regardless of how much they may contradict eachother?
someone said some of the lessons being taught are terrors about growing up
which all makes sense:
Creativity - feeling your losing your creative touch and becoming boring
time - time is flying and your running out
love - you have to find love
internet - the internet is growing and you cant keep up with it
nutrition - feeling like its impossible to stay healthy
dreams/waking up - not wanting to wake up to reality and just wanting to stay in a fantasy forever
and the reason everything goes all wrong and disturbing is because you cant escape the terrors of real life, even when your living the dream.
That was spot on
Holy shit dude... that's amazing
thank jack stauber brainrot 😀👍
This makes a lot more sense
*youre
Another factor that strengthens this theory: the puppets are small. Red guy is the only costumed human. Red guy is big. Red guy is adult sized
@Heberth R. Yes.
Maybe
Aww ooowww ooohhh aaahhh aarrggghh yeeeessssss yessss yes ahhh mmm
@@DanielSmith-km8dt you alright there mate?
@@kezkai what about the meat
The date changing to the 20th and the characters changing colour might not indicate a different person. It could be that the show is saying that growing up doesn't mean you have to give up on your imagination, just that you can't expect it to be the same as when you were a child.
That’s what I’m thinking too, where he finally “grew up” and has accepted things like having a favourite colour, or even a favourite colour that changed for example
@@AliSquish Yeah. Cause although he says his favorite color is blue in episode one, in the interview with Its Nice That, he instead says it’s medium brown.
I like that better. Cause it doesn't make very sense to me for artists to make a serie where the moral would be to give up your imagination when growing up.
@@Hadeshy But it makes even less sense to say being funded by television is bad, then doing that.
@@KingdomHeartsFan-mu9cf I don't know why you're trying to argue with me as I wasn't even talking about the media theory and said I liked the idea of OC.
But if you want my take on the subject: no, it is not incoherent. The theory was not "TV BAD" like the video make it to be, but how corrupting tv shows aimed at children in the name of money is bad. This doesn't mean all kids show are bad, neither that TV shows are bad. But those who corrupt the shows are.
Here's a little addition to the theory: Notice how in almost all the episodes, the teachers are teaching about abstract things. Creativity, Time, Love, Health, Dreams, they're all abstract. However, all of the teachers demonstrate these abstract ideas as concrete ideas. In Episode 1, the notepad teaches creativity as something that can be right or wrong, and is then concrete. In Episode 2, the clock literally says, "Time is a tool you can put on the wall, or wear it on your wrist," once again phrasing it like a physical object, although time is abstract. In Episode 3, the reoccurring line, "Love is a place," definitely plays into the perversion of abstract things. In Episode 4, while the internet is a real physical thing, the computer shows the internet as a place that you can physically go to. In Episode 5, health is shown physically as the different food and organs interacting with each other inside the body. Finally, in Episode 6, the lamp teaches that dreams are real physical things. Later, when the episode cuts to reality, dreams are shown as what they actually are, things in your head that are not concrete, but abstract. This once again shows the very distinct difference between Red Guy's imagination and reality.
Wow I never thought about this..
woah big brain
whoooaaaa i never noticed
Could you also say the same about Theories? As theories as are also somewhat "abstract"
Too much words
This would also explain why red guy is a “person” while everyone else is a puppet 🤷♀️☕️
Yeah it will.
The meat guy is a person tho
@@Plantfreak_ not really?
greyson uwu yeah- it’s a person in a costume
@@chrisn9116 no shit
Film theory: this is really deep
The creators: haha puppets
Film theory: this is just so mind-blowing and deep
The creators: haha puppets go brrr.
Here's the thing though, the theme being addressed here *is*, in fact, very deep. There are so many children (and adults) out there who have a fear of growing up. Heck, I'm one of those people. If this theory turns out to be true, or even if it doesn't, I love it. I've developed so many unhealthy coping mechanisms because of this fear, the main one being maladaptive daydreaming. This is a beautiful theory, and I really wish this topic was brought up more.
HAHA
@q.q Film theory: I, sagacious Film theory, inquire thou with a personal opinion in which I have cached in mine intellect that the chronicle titled “I am antithetical to thou embracing me, owing to the fact that I am terrified” is a very thoughtful and pressing subject made and is not to be taken lightly.
The creators: We as developers, originators, initiators, and instigators take great pleasure in the show in which we have concieved, and feel most gladdening and felicitous when gesticulating thou’s marionettes in order to devise an exhibition.
@@windupmachine _L M F A O O O O O O O O O O O O O_
I was really with you until the end there. I think the restart of the show, with everyone in their favourite colours, symbolises a balance between having to grow up and be responsible but also holding on to your childhood comforts. The creators wanted to use elements such as puppets and imaginary characters and even drew inspiration from children shows they seem to enjoy. This shows they themselves are in touch with their inner child and maybe they are trying to portray that in the end. The red guy finally realises that you don't always have to choose between growing up and being happy. Just my thoughts.
BRO SAME. I was like oh boy he’s gonna come up with a great ending, but no it was actually terrible what he thought and random. I think you are spot on there
the ONLY criticism i have of this is that Roy didn’t appear out of nowhere in the scene where he’s singing. when you pause on the audience just before he starts singing, and you look VERY closely in the back of the room at the right, you can see roy there, ready to watch him perform. apart from that, I AGREE WITH THIS
I think Roy just wanted to see if Red guy could actually be able to stay in his childhood
I think that just symbolizes the fact that being an adult doesn’t just go away and it will always be there even if you don’t notice
Note that he appears in the same seat where Red Guy left his clothes in the previous shot, so still definitely a hallucination.
@@laddyladlass2494 If Roy is yellow guys father why would he care about red guy?
Maybe Roy isn't yellow guy's father but yellow guy himself, as an adult, and is just there to support his friend who never could go of his childhood. His other friend, the bird, died tragically back then, and perhaps that is what happened that got Red guy stucked in his memory, which consecuently is corrupted by gory and morbid imagery
Isn't it obvious each character is a condiment.
Red guy - ketchup
Yellow guy - mustard
Duck - relish
Roy - spoiled mustard
PandaGuy
I thought Roy was spicy or honey mustard, idk
Roy looks like a buck toothed Golem with jaundice
End Nitro It’s a skin condition. It’s when your skin/eyes turn yellow-ish.
HA HA!!! (sarcastic laugh)
more like dijon mustard
I think it's worth pointing out that every theme after Episode 1 have a sort of a gloomy undertone. Your time running out, Finding "true" love, Technology growing faster and faster, and finally Healthy nutrition (which seems to be absolutely impossible to achieve). These are all deep-rooted anxieties that come with the realization we're all going to die someday; something that a child does not want to acknowledge. Becoming an adult is thus very boring, and frightening.
Also the track that plays when Red wakes up in the office is titled "Goodbye". Pretty telling.
This goose agrees with what you typed.
After watching this video I didn't think the gloomy undertone fit this theory because it doesn't make sense for a child's imagination to be so dark, but this is a pretty good explanation
Wow this is deep
THIS MIGHT WORK ALSO WITH EPISODE 1. What if it's him thinking that he's not original and thus doesn't think he's creative
@@emerald5273eeh
Supporting fact
Notice how the episodes only get creepy and dark near the ends
Implying that the red guy is getting back into dark thoughts
As he grows closer to becoming a adult.
(I mean I’m implying this is a detail that supports this theory.)
i think its roy controlling a show
@@thegamerdino3002 It isn’t. He debunked the theory in the video.
@@KingdomHeartsFan-mu9cf You can't really say it isn't (unless stating your opinion), there's no concrete evidence to say "It isn't".
@@bofflar269 The fact Wakey Wakey exists directly contradicts the theory.
Not necessarily, it could be an entirely different canon. (Which Inside A Mind even says.)
it makes sense that the imaginary world goes scary after a while. his adult brain is taking over and its scary to him. that or its his subconscious trying to wake him up and he just doesn't want to.
This is giving me Omori vibes.
Wakey wakey.....
With this theory in mind the reason everything goes wrong in every episode makes a lot of sense. It goes wrong because children's shows only highlight the good and never talk about the dark reality of things and instead paint them as only good. Creativity can lead to evil inventions and tragedies, time runs out for everyone, love can be faked and have ulterior motives, etc etc.
The reason it goes wrong is that the show is about red guy not wanting to face that reality and being stuck in his childhood.
This also explains why the red guy voice is duller than the puppets, I always thought that his tone was intended and not just a characteristic thing.
Also why he was so tall
@@Eve.n.flow1 And clearly a guy in a suit, not a puppet.
Well yeah duh but they could have just made him a puppet but they made him a guy in a suit because he was supposed to be an adult
@@Eve.n.flow1 I was just adding onto what you said for the conversation, agreeing with you. I didn't mean it like I was telling you something you didn't know.
The one time a “it was all a dream” theory actually makes sense
And lets not forget they woke uo without legs😂
Nooo noooo
I would like this but it has sixhundredsixtysix likes
I was the one to make it have 1000 likes hehe c:
This and Mulholland Drive
Even the name “don’t hug me I’m scared” could be the fear of growing up and simply wanting to be left alone
Well now it's in a different context now.
I had the idea that the red guy is suffering ptsd regression and his father gesturing to the plug is him pleading with red to let it all go and come back to the real world because the show always start off cute but then starts getting creepy before ending like he comes back from his regression after his memories start reappearing and the whole him appearing back at the end but blue just is him finally fully regressing and being consumed by his ptsd. Usually regression of someone acting like a child is because of ptsd that happened as a child and has messed up the childhood so badly which explains the eerie ending of it all. Also the 19 being a birthday and father figure maybe means someone horrid happened to reds father on his birthday maybe dying cause he doesnt seem very alive looking or he did something horrid on that day in front of red
I actually quite like that theory it’s really interesting
@@sumemohmad5584 thanks!
I’m your onehundredth like
@@chasethemaster3440 nice
this makes sense with the keys and safety references in the trailer of the new season, trying to lock the memories away so they can't be re remembered
Addition: In the Healthy episode, when Duck knocks the camera over, you see Roy, but if you put it slower, you can see red guy in the kitchen
Maybe Roy is there to symbolise that red guy should leave the camera of his imagination.
I also saw the red guy's feet on the healthy ep.
srry its been a long time since i watched DHMIS but who's roy?
@@wh1tely920 the red guy
Red guy was the first thing i saw in that. I never knew roy was there
I actually really like this theory. growing up and letting go. its so wholesome
But Mattpat had a happy ending T^T this one is saad.
Ikr I cried idk y tho
it is hard growing up
Bright Mornings Actually I think the ending IS positive. I think it suggests two things:
1. Red guys dream DID come true. He made the dreams he had a reality (albeit slightly different). Its a legitimate children’s show, but done somewhat ameuterish.
2. Dreams in children are born again, and the process repeats itself. Its not a BAD thing. Its natural, and we should come to expect it.
And i know i said two but it might be a combination of both, you’ll have to give up those childish dreams you have and be an adult. But one day, when you can, those dreams you had as child will come true.
yeah it actually teaches a lesson haha I like it a lot
I think the “learning to let go of your childhood” part is pretty damn accurate. Especially considering some of the themes in Season 2.
Im not sure if anyone has found this already but-
At the end of episode 6 when red guy is trying to hold onto his childhood and what not, the new "teachers" he creates start to get progressively more adult, like a file, a stoplight, and i think even a cigarette at one point, so to me this further cements the idea of the red guy growing up
Sheesh, you're right
I've often wondered if it's someone attempting to cope with mental illness and disorder. They struggle with correctly perceiving reality, struggle letting go, they struggle to fit in and find that happiness. The only safe place is their own mind, but it gets to a point where even that becomes dangerous. They mull over things to the point at which they lose their meaning, often becoming the opposite or something dark and sinister.
OCD strongly fits with this analysis. It's amazing how many befitting interpretations there are.
i- i never realized that before
Also realising their sexuality. The DHMIS episode about love is about yellow being LGBTQ+ but everyone trying to "turn him back"
The autist spectrum also fits that description, at least i'm constantly worried and trying to escape some child-like parts of me that are underdeveloped, first they feel positive but you have to grow out of them, adult world requires a level of adult traits and getting stuck in the comfort of childhood is very harmful in general
@@Lilac4596 how so, please elaborate
Also I just wanted to point this out, notice how the red guy is really tall compared to the yellow guy and the duck. I think that kind of adds on to the fact that they are probably just red guy's imaginary friends that he created when he was younger. The red guy grew up and got older but his friends didn't.
Abby Gonzalez also, Duck and Yellow Guy both actually die, Duck gets eaten and yellow guy drowns, whilst Red Guy just goes elsewhere
@@Lylybeebee duck never actually dies, its symbolism that he has been "canned" or removed from the show.
Aaron Shan that would be true if we were going under the assumption that the media theory is true... buuuuut we’re not, so it’s not
@@Lylybeebee red guy popped?
@@lenyv I think that means that he's leaving his imaginary world and going into the real world.
I disagree with your interpretation of the ending - I think it's meant to symbolize Red Guy finding a way to reconcile his creativity with his need to grow up. The three puppets being their own favorite colors doesn't seem like something that can be dismissed as a simple easter egg; and it surely carries a positive meaning. Aside from that, this was a really interesting perspective on this series, that I hadn't heard before, so props to you!
i think youre right!
maybe he found those old puppets lying in a box somewhere...
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!
Now that I look at in a coming to adulthood stance I see that every episode ties into a common adult problem.
Thinking creatively
Managing your time
Finding love
Working with technology
Eating healthy
And achieving your goals
OH MY GOD YOU'RE RIGHT
As a kid problem
Making ideas creative
Try not wasting time
Making friends
Doing cheat codes in games
Trying to listen to parents by eating veggies
Dreaming happily
Perhaps this is where the “Don’t Hug Me. I’m Scared.” name comes from. While hugging is meant to show affection, it can also be used in celebratory ways such as the way a catcher and pitcher hug each other after winning the MLB World Series. During Red Guy’s birthday it would be most likely that relatives of his would want to hug him but since Red Guy is scared to grow up, he doesn’t want to be hugged. Therefore, Red Guy is saying don’t hug me, I’m scared to grow up.
Sound interpretation, but doesn't quite hold up with the what we know about the Creator's and the shows inception.
@@Eagle45678910 Yea the first Episode was too called don't hug me im scared and at that point they had no plans for anything new in this series.
damn that makes a lot of sense
I think that Hug isn't actually a hug, rather it's just all forms of affection/praise. You always hear "you've gotten so tall!" "you've grown up so fast," "I'm so impressed by how big you've gotten!" but that's exactly what Red Guy doesn't want to hear. He doesnt want to be reminded that he's growing up, and he definitely doesnt want to be praised for becoming an adult because he's scared of growing up and becoming boring.
You know, friend, I like the cut of your jib.
The title "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" I think is how we feel at that point where we have to grow up. We realize all these anxieties and pressures to grow up. We are scared. And sometimes we want to get away from it all. The whole series was released within 8 years. When the first video came out I was in high school and now I'm older and those same feelings and thoughts of growing up definitely hit me.
This hit pretty close to home. I remember seeing the first DHMIS in middle school. I was horrified, but now 8 years later I'm in my first year of college. I'm still terrified, but now it's for much different reasons 😕 take me back...
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
OMG EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS THEORY JUST WORKS
im in high school i dont wanna turn 18 i keep this to myself because feel like they think im weird and im a baby
@@ElizabethGlasby I was the same way I’m 19 and look back at those memories everyday already I miss it but I’ll make new ones ig
Love that u challenged MatPat. Nothing against him, he’s a good theorist, but your theory just makes more sense
I really like your theory, and I honestly think it fits better (not that Mattpatts theory wasn’t a good fit, he did really well on it!).
The whole “it’s time to grow up” message is so bittersweet. I don’t want to become an “adult” yet, but it’s coming and there’s no way of stopping it. I feel for red guy, it’s tough.
I like this theory but with the addition that his friends aren’t imaginary, they actually were his friends, but either they’ve moved away, Roy IS the grown up version of his old friend, or they were killed in an accident or murdered (which could explain the disturbing nature of everything, the missing children, the drowning in oil part, etc.)
I like that addition, but that could just be me liking morbid things
@@ImAPotato- legit just had the same thought
maybe the gory stuff is him imagining it in a more disturbing way to either make his memories more forgetable or that because hes an adult and he sees things in a more gory way i like this idea more that these are real memories but distorded
This theory makes so much sense and i like it very much so much Details but the others also make sense like i cant decide tho
if they were real people, then why in the real world the only puppets we see are red guys?
I love the theories that put Roy as just trying to help Red. It’s more wholesome that way, in my opinion.
That's interesting because I never thought much about Roy one way or the other. I just figured he was a random bystander.
I honestly am puzzled how you can see his appearance in episode 6 and find him friendly. Then again I’m ready to be proven wrong
The thing that I question is why Roy wants to punish Yellow Guy. Is he's symbolic of growing up, wouldn't he be more mature? And why would he care about one of Red Guy's characters?
Clearwater Ivory I think that if Roy is symbolic of growing up and adulthood, you could interpret it as Red Guy may of been abused as a child by a parent figure or all adult figures around him, so he views Roy as also abusive towards his child as he doesn’t want to grow up to be like his parents or any of the adults that he grew up around as he thinks all adults are cruel to children and doesn’t want to become cruel.
@@clearwaterivory9627 You can also interpret it as, if Roy is the adult in Red Guy, then Yellow Guy is the child in him.
Red Guy is actively avoiding adulthood (Roy) and would rather just be a kid again (so he hangs out with Yellow Guy). Roy is that constant reminder that Red Guy needs to grow up. Red Guy might see it as his "adult-self" antagonizing his "child-self" to grow up.
Which yeah, I can relate to as an adult. I still feel like a kid on the inside, but obviously I can't quite be that way anymore. Some of the hardest parts of growing up is letting go of those things from childhood.
Why have we gotten NO updates since wakey wakey?
That was THREE YEARS AGO!!!
pain
Maybe it's gonna come back this year, I hope
@@sirisaac1264 Yes but I understand it takes alot of work
I think that they continued it as The Amazing World of Gumball, since they had to be more child friendly to put it on Cartoon Network!
@@megauser8512 They don't own amazing world of gumball, its a completely different show
LOVE this theory. theres one thing i was wondering if anyone could help me out with though; this theory doesnt exactly give an explanation to why each episode ends up so horrific and gory. some have said it shows how scared he is to grow up, or that the puppets are his old friends who ended up dead and thats why its so horrifying. either way, id love to hear people's thoughts and interpretations of this aspect of the series and how it fits into this theory! :)
I'm thinking that it's just the red guy growing out of those kind of fantasies. In most of the episodes he acts like he's bored, saying things like "that sounds really boring". Maybe the horrific endings are a result of the boredom, his subconscious trying to bring back the entertainment to something he's too old to enjoy.
Maybe I just like darker themes in shows but I feel like the duck and the yellow guy might represent childhood friends of red guy - and something bad happened to them, hence why all the gorey stuff is occurring. Maybe red guy is trying to cope with the loss of his friends by relieving their childhoods in memory - but the horrific stuff happens because of course, he can't help but remember what happened.
This could also explain Roy's appearances - if we're going by the assumption that he is indeed yellow guys father. Perhaps yellow guy died/disappeared and Roy is obviously distraught by this - sometimes showing up in red guys hallucinations and fantasies since red guy might feel guilty about not being able to stop yellow guy from being hurt?
This theory probably has more holes than Swiss cheese but it was fun to think up, so yeah that's my "explanation" for the darker scenes sorry if I'm rambling
Maybe to represent his cynical adult mind kicking in?
There's also a theory that he has been through a traumatic event and that's why he clings so hard onto the happy childhood world, but it always ends up tainted in some way.
cycle of life
child > adult > death
I think his unacceptance of adulthood is being pushed back against with his knowledge of inevitable death.
Because yeah, he can act like a kid forever if he wants to, he can avoid becoming a boring adult, but he can't avoid death.
So it's the collision of absolute positivity/innocence vs the knowledge that it WILL end, regardless of if you choose to act childish until that happens.
that's what I think.
I like this theory it makes more sense to me then everyone’s else theories especially film theory’s and others.
media theory: creepy and unsettling
growing up theory: depressing and nostalgic
honestly though, I like this one better, it just hit really close to home. i relate to this so much I almost tear up
same, it make me sad to think that red guy is leaving his childhood and his friends were probably imaginary. i crying...
I've not watched DHMIS, but I can very much relate to the themes presented on this theory.
I can remember as a child hating the New Year because it always reminded me that time was going by, that I was growing older, and that I was closer to growing up. There is something terrifying to a child about responsibility, towards others and especially yourself, that comes as part of becoming an adult.
Having my own child now, it's a very difficult process of allowing your child to be free and whimsical while also teaching them about responsibility; you can't help but feel you're robbing them of their innocence even though you know you're teaching them valuable life lessons.
Yet the desire to remain a child, to be "free", becomes a sort of prison in itself. You no longer explore and grow, the things that gave you joy and pleasure as a child no longer do so. And so you're stuck doing things that once gave you joy and happiness but don't anymore in the vain hope that you'll find that sense of childhood once more.
The ending seems to me a liberation from that self-imposed prison, a realization that while you grow and develop new responsibilities, the simple joys of life don't disappear, they merely take on new forms that can be enjoyed. The child inside never truly goes away but rather adopts new tastes.
I like this one better too. It's something I can learn from it, something good I can take away from the story. I hope a lot of people feel the same way.
I'm not gonna lie, I literally balled my eyes out. Nostalgia is the most powerful emotion that I've ever had to deal with, and the first episode of DHMIS came out when I was 10 years old... Life is terrifying
I know. I was wondering if I was the only one about to cry lol.
I personally like this theory more than the media theory and it just makes so much more sense
That explains why red guy is kinda not so surprised to be in the virtual world in ep 4
Fr this theory bout made me cry
but what if we are being brainwashed to believe this one too :o
This theory is my favourite because it's what pretty much everyone have to go through in their life. Also reminds me of that shinchan episode where the adults refused to let go of their past
I think you can honestly combine both theories. The overarching story fits well with this theory and the media theory fits well within the scope of the episodes. In a sense, both theories are correct but for different “parts” of the show.
I honestly just believe this started out as a fun little project that they were like “screw it nobody will watch it and it can be as weird as we want” and then it blew up and they didn’t want to disappoint so made even more strange episodes. I love this theory though and it makes so much more sense than than the Media Theory
“Letting go of your childhood” as someone who missed out on most of there child hood and turning 18 in a week I’m just now realizing and accepting that I missed out on a lot and I can’t go back
That hit too close to home... I want to relive my childhood
@NIGHT DEMON39 ok
Just because you missed out on a lot of stuff in your childhood, doesn't mean you can't still indulge in it! Of course you have to find your place in the "real world", but do take time to do things you think you "should have done" when you were a kid and enjoy them now you can! It's gonna make growing up a lot easier, and remember that as long as you're still alive, you still have time
@@arborapollonis That is my one gripe with this interpretation. It’s just kinda depressing in that it implies the only way to grow up is to let go of your childhood and ‘childish’ things. You go be an adult and still enjoy ‘childish’ things.
If something designed for children can only be enjoyed by children and not by adults too then that’s just indicative of low quality of experience
@@DuckyTheParasaurolophus if anything, this interpretation just tells me the message they were trying to put out is bogus. Because they keep coming back, in completely different pieces of work, to reference the same message/birthday. They're making childish material but so hung up on whether or not they've "let go" that they themselves can't let go in their work. Like the whole thing is a hypocrisy. The art is diminished in my point of view then.
Don't Hug Me I'm Socially Awkward
@@edsantosIsMusic okay, but where's off? I can't do that if I don't know where off is.
Don't Hug Me You Don't Wash Your Hands.
Sinn jest why why you so mean bro
so relatable
Oh my gosh 😂
I personally interpreted the final episode of DHMIS as Red Guy finally waking up and giving up on his Dreams because everytime he tried to achieve them even in his mind they became a waking nightmare due to his overwhelming amount of doubt in himself.
Dude that's deep. And also really cool. I don't know you, but I'm proud of you.🤠
Thank you for your kind words and I'm happy I could share my take on the whole thing with you.
That's very true for the artistic process as a whole as well! The notion of seeing your work as always unfinished and imperfect, due to the high standards you set for yourself! Further never being able to reach the goals you set for yourself, resulting in doubt. Finally destroying your connection to it by starting a new improved version of that idea or technique, maybe? It's how like in those nightmares sometimes a character "dies" you kill your workpiece. Then starting new or in a new way changing things that didn't work out before.
That's a very strong theory!
kagatoASUKA I prefer Inside a Mind's theory but holy hell, dude. That's an absolutely amazing theory, better than any conspiracy I've thought up. Great work.
this makes so much more sense now the new series is out
covering more adult things like death and having a family and getting a job that you need to think about as you grow up
Also bills and driving
First it's creativity,most likely a children's thing. Last is electricity and bills which is most likely an adult thing
What if June 19th is red guys kids due date and that’s forcing him to grow up that’s why they’re are so many father connections
I feel like the fact that the cycle starts again is not that its passing on to someone else but that you can be creative as an adult, and he continues to be creative through new, adult eyes. In fact, I think that is a process where people create, and then grow and need to let go of their old ideas as they grow. Another way to think about it could be that the calendar will now work properly and he allows his creativity to work healthily .
Then how come were the red guy is sitting is blue
@@nailott8054 well, if we see it as the dream world we can go to the path of everyone changes throgh their life in all type of aspects from likes and dislikes to physically, therefore, he may have started to developed a new liking for the blue color and then just dream himself that color.
In the other hand, if we want to analyze it as a change in the real - adult - world then it's as easy as to dye your hair, as and adult with enough money you can get all kind of physical changes from piercings to cosmetic surgeries, so, him being blue could be as easy to achieve as to go to the hairstyle salon and get rainbow hair for us
MatPat and everyone: it’s the Media!
Inside A Mind: Well yes, but actually no.
The media theory wasn't even so bad until every dumbass started using it and making the same point. This is why I love this video. It doesn't depend on "Muh media bayed"
good guess, but actually no
I mean everything he himself proposes makes no sense and contradicts itself.
I honestly don't know why this is so popular besides contrarianism
The entire Gumball nonsequitur is grasping at straws to a ridiculous degree too its like he wrote this without ever reading it himself.
Arkangel630 thank god I’m not the only one here who notices this is extremely flawed. Yeah MatPat isn’t perfect, but makes more sense than this
honestly i think it might be a mix of both theories
This theory made me come back to the dhmis fandom and made me cry so uhm...
10/10 theory
Me too🥺
One thing that isn’t quite explained is why both Duck and Yellow Guy in the final episodes are sick of the repetitive nature of the songs and lessons. I think this might be because both of Red Guy’s imaginary friends being sick of the show is implying that they want him to just grow up and be like a normal adult. Yellow Guy is scared of another lesson while Duck is tired of it. Duck is literally getting upset at the dreams format, meaning that he’s probably been here three longest and just wants Red Guy to grow up. Yellow Guy is scared of getting hurt even more by the dreams and also wants him to grow up.
Also, the Lamp transitions from talking about good dreams and then transitions into bad, nightmarish dreams. This could be a message that his dreams are literally going to kill him inside. Because he’s going to become so obsessed with being a kid again he isn’t gonna become an adult anymore. These friends also get really hurt during these and we can tell. Because “Dreams are movies that LIVE in your head.” He’s dreamt of these characters for so long that they’re basically living. Which is why they’re both sick of the show and these dreams.
The dreams and scenarios also probably go bad near the end because near the end of the dreams, Red Guy always suddenly realizes that he’s going to have to grow up, which messes up the dream tremendously.
Roy, a father, was acting like a father to red guy. Pointing him in the correct direction.
For some reason, I thought your profile picture was Red Guy and Roy.
@@demonking8803 nope just ketchup and mustard, I forgot why I did that tho..
@Jelly Filling Wouldnt putting jelly as your profile pic make more sense?
@@FinnishCrystal I put mustard in my doughnuts tho
@Jelly Filling You disgust me, go and eat your round, mustard-filled hot dogs on your own.
I think that the red guy represents spaghetti
Yellow Guy's favorite food is spaghetti in 4 when Colin is asking them questions... could this be the key to the whole story?!?!?!?!?!
#1 epic Theory royale
I second that
Harry Duke True
@@cheekyrickydicky OH SHIT-
18:04 while wakey wakey is no longer canon, it's important to note that Yellow sings the theme song in the pilot episode constantly mentioning it's his birthday as well, which becomes less and less mentioned in the tv series where it's June 20th. The transition to adulthood makes more sense too as generally the topics explored in the tv series are more mature, from jobs, death, etc. It not coincidence the first episode is about Red getting a job.
Every time he showed Roy in the credits I just didn’t see it I feel like I’m going crazy
Why am I sobbing over a theory about a RED GUY PUPPET
s a m e b r o s k i
life just sucks, thats why people run to videogames or media for comfort
Likewise
Red guy is not a puppet he is a costume
@@tommywoods5046 you're very much right
I think there's a bit more to the ending. The notebook looks silly, everything is toned down, and everyone's colour is different. Now that Red guy has accepted he's grown up, things don't have to be so complicated. He can bring it back to the basics, and see that creativity doesn't die when you grow up. His characters in his mind will still be there, but he doesn't need to let his subconscious leak through that he feels he's running away.
Thats the thing right? He doesnt want to grow up, because it means to become as gray as the other coworkers and adults, just as boring. So he pulls the plug, even so he despised his dad he followed his instruction, and awakes in a new, concsious state of being an adult, yet remaining childlike in himself. Blissful! Truly magnificant your video my friend, I value your enthusiasm for the show and your audiencs, as well as the love you put into researching every single detail you mentioned, to present this epic convolution of a theory! Enjoy your life!
@@SebastianStoye bless you for cheering me up like you did. The whole 'child that has to let go and grow up' has hit a bit too close to home
chaincat33 I thought the same thing!
Coming off this, I think maybe the red guy produced an internet show starring all of his weird, childish imaginary friends and fantasies. This would explain the date changing and him growing up but still massively refers back to his original thoughts.
I think maybe because he's let go, the characters are peacefully "living" in his memories. The day could pass because red guy moved on with his life. Maybe he's started to forget how he used to imagine them. And all the fucked up weird shit was just darker adult thoughts being brought into his imagination as he grows.
And then at the end, he remembers only the good, not the bad fucked up stuff from the earlier episodes, meaning he's moved on properly.
we most likely all ignored such obvious signs in the show cause we convinced ourselves that the show was much deeper than it actually is
agreed
I think that applies to many things in life. if you wonder why someone did something particular the answer is in 99% of all cases: there was no real reason :)
Y'all just need to watch some "black mirrors" then it will make snese
the theory that the red guy is just a person living in their imagination seems really plausible. i agree with your theory.
we all grow up and relate to squidward
Lmfaoo
heck yeah
True true...
Squidward's father never hugged him. Isn't that sad?!
@@ALu-nq8rf - Squidward: "I'll have you know, my father loved me very much!"
My dude just out theoried
the theoriest it seems like other people were grasping at straws while he put them together like a puzzle this is now my favorite theory for don't hug me I'm scared
y e s
when you were talking about how every episode features something about a party, i noticed something,
in time, the balloon that comes up when he says birthdays is red
in computers, the balloon for his head which is the only balloon there is yellow
in food, the balloon in the little room is green
red,yellow and green
Everyone: *making huge theories about this show*
The creators: haha puppet show :D
Oooo! I have and Idea! What if he's actually afraid of BEING a father? And that the date is actually the due date for his child? He has to put aside his childhood in order to provide for his kid. And when the reset happens on June 20th its the day after the baby being born, the new characters and story is actually his kids imagination and childhood starting.
That actually does make sense,
woahhh :o
great theory
That makes the most sence
Infact what if yellow guy is his kid and Roy is a bastardised version of him that he’s afraid of becoming and the reason why so many people are tormenting yellow guy is because red guy is afraid he’ll be easily influenced
We never caught the zodiac killer - I sleep
We never solved DHMIS - W O K E
That's the real shit
The zodiac killer is ted cruz.
Dreams are movies that live in your head!
Every night when u lay in your bed.
r e a l s h i t
*W O K E*
DHMIS never existed - A S C E N D E D
films theory: makes a theory that everyone believe
roy in the credits: im about to end this man's whole career
I like your theory, my only edit would be that Red Guy’s bday is actually June 20th, which is in line with what you’ve already said. He pauses time the day before his bday. Then they change on the 20th.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned.
this makes a hecka lot of Of sense. I prefer this to the media theory. Omg I’m just shook about how this all fits in. If only we could think more about where the wakey wakey trailer fits into the timeline.
miraculer 1416
**memes**
Red Guy's increasing understanding of the politics around him and his understanding shown in his imaginary world?
This theory (kinda) fits with it eversince in episode 6 it's like red guy is waking up from a dream about his imaginary world
It's the first "Don't Hug Me..." interpretation I've seen that sounds even half-right. I've been kind of thinking of the series as a sort of "The Prisoner" (1967-1968) for the Millennial generation, and I don't think these interpretations are very far out of line with each other (spoiler: in "The Prisoner", the title character was only being held prisoner by himself, in a show that spawned some pretty elaborate conspiracy theory interpretations over the years; in "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared" the Red Guy only seems to be getting held back and discouraged and kept immature and unsuccessful by himself, in another series that has spawned some wild interpretations over the years....)
This makes more logical sense, but the other theory makes more physical sense with more facts and such to back it up. Honestly, I'm not even sure that the creators intended there to be a overall story. I can see where both theories have their flaws and I respect both of them.
If you google the number from the end of episode 5 on the phone box, it shows a video of red guy in a child’s ride at a fair. Further backing up your theory
I LOVE this and think you’re totally right but I have something else to add. Something that you didn’t touch up on as much is all the episodes ending badly. I think that this indicative of red guy having some trauma and symbolic of how when one tries to reminisce on good memories, they are always cut short when the person with the trauma inevitably ends up remembering the bad things that were also happening at the time. I think the ending represents him moving on and not focusing so much on his childhood, and therefore there is less detail (less furniture in the room) but happier details (everyone gets to be their favorite color), and no more bad memories.
Roy hiring Red after Red's failure on stage doesn't not make sense. Red was performing a silly song with puppets to an audience of adults. Reds. Not exactly known for their childlike enthusiasm for whimsy. Roy spotted a children's show talent, and as a producer would trust his own judgement more than the reactions of an irrelevant audience.
This was a fantastic video man! I never even knew about Roy's image in the credits! I've always kind of bought into the Media Theory, but there are also things that have always irked me about it.
I think your theory of amazing! If Red Guy is in a childlike state of mind, there are parts of the media theory that could still be valid. (Basically, his dreams are influenced by children's programming.)
Maybe the dark sections are Red Guy’s tastes changing and him preferring more dark stories. Duck Guys death might be Red Guy slowly letting go of his imaginary friendly
My problem with some people's version of the media theory was the part of Roy. he never fit it properly.
Though if you consider it partly from the angle of growing up. The Idea that Roy is yellow Guy actually makes some sense. Because it would be the conflict in Red Guys mind between the kids they were and the adult version of Yellow Guy that now exists.
Sadly. It was confirmed in an interview that Roy is Yellow Guy’s dad
I watch you’re videos they are great
@Ashley Alian No
Top 10 unanswered questions of the past century:
*can you file these files please*
I ain’t gonna like
Dang it. It has 94 not 69 likes
Number one question about Don't Hug Me I'm Scared serious what the hell is up with the help 1 and 2
I don't know can I?
Did you get that thing I sent you?
It is a little funny looking back onto Matpat's theory when he said Roy cursed Yellow Guy and forced every day to be June 19th- father's day.
When no, every episode was on the same day... like it started off with breakfast and ended with bedtime
This makes so much sense, though I think that the ending of the sixth episode could be interpreted differently. It could be suggesting that, although Red Guy has grown up, his imagination is still there--that he can still have those fun adventures, but they are more simple, and more realistic. Rather than forcing his own views on the other characters (as far as colors go), he accepts that each of the characters is their own individual rather than a figment of his imagination.
I’m kinda surprised that this video is getting such love, I expected everyone to reject it cause it’s different from what they had established in there mind. I really like this turn of events; keep up the good work!
That's because it's a good theory.
In my definition, a good theory is one which makes more logical sense than the last and does not contain any logical flaws. And this next part isn't necessary but a theory could also deepen the meaning or change the view of the subject into a much better angle of perspective. It basically makes the series better if you start looking at Roy as a savior and not as a corporation.
It kinda makes sense how Roy isn't handsome and well-clothed now because if he was the face of the media wouldn't he have looked better?
And I especially love the fact that "it all loops back to the beginning" and how "he passes on his view to the next generation" which means that he has matured and raises his own children.
And now the ending makes so much more sense than "restart with a different budget" and why "the characters are back to their original colours".
And June 19 as father's day hits much closer to home than the birth of a media.
DANDAN THE DANDAN you done with your essay?
@@jordy107 not yet. I still have 50 000 more words to praise with this stuff.
Alright now I'm done.
I like this theory and all, however, why does all of Red Guy’s imaginations turn sour? I mean, if it was in Red Guy’s imagination, wouldn’t everything be all perfect and peachy? Why does it seem like Red Guy is not in control? To me, it doesn’t make sense.
*Maybe he mentioned it in the theory and I missed it, then call me out for being an idiot
@@occam3064 He mentioned that red guy's tastes were still evolving past that of a child so he couldn't help disliking what was happening in his imagination, that's why it all became terrible.
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Age: 49 moons
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Sexuality: They/Them
Role: Rogues
Clan: Streamclan
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He’s gonna fire him. From A CANNON!
@@ZedJay23 ha gottteeeeeee
Nah, MatPat doesn’t care if you disprove his theory. That’s why he says “THATS JUST A THEORY” ;-;
Mat usually takes it pretty well if someone disagrees with his theory. It's criticism he doesn't take well.
I sure hope not
It's also weird that despite being in 1955 supposedly, episode 4 shows they have a laptop
Perhaps the Red Guy's childhood was in 1955 and he sets that as his happy place, but modern stuff sneaks in sometimes (Such as the laptop)
With the TV show now out, this theory both seems more plausible and impossible simultaneously.
Elmo lookin' kinda different here.
@Big_Red _ yes I’d dose kirmit
@Big_Red _ yes give kirmit a dose of oil
Ikr
Yeah big bird too
@@redguycmix5361 ...
That would explain the title like he’s talking to Roy “ don’t hug me I’m scared ....to grow up”
I mean, this kind of doesn't hold much weight since the title was made before the creators even thought about giving DHMIS a broader narrative. They said the first episode was literally only about the concept behind teaching creativity. The title could just allude to how one might feel after watching an episode, especially if it's a child expecting to see a kid's show.
@@someweeb7231 but why not "hug me I'm scared"?
@@someweeb7231 The creators could actually have had the concept of the entire show back then. But because they did not know if it will come to life or they did not want to spoil future episodes they kept it away from the public.
@@leonuchiha1000 Sometimes when you're scared, you have a distrust of everything around you and don't want to be hugged - 'what if they'll try and do something to you?!' kind of feeling. It's usually a paranoia-based thing when you've seen something particularly disturbing or unnerving.
It can also be when you're holding back emotion, being hugged often helps people to cry if they're holding back, so if you were trying to hold onto a feeling or emotion and didn't want to let go you may not want to be hugged there either.
@@strawberrypencl Yea that makes sense, I have actually felt this feeling before. Once, someone broke into my house (nobody was harmed, thank God) and that night my mom wanted to comfort me, but I just didn't want to, I felt so uncomfortable and I didn't trust anyone, not even her.
I'm real new to this series and this video actually gave a deeper meaning to all of the series. Truly at first I took this series as a set of dreams/hallucinations that spiral out of control.
I love this Theory! ^^ It's so different creative and has a lot of evidence behind it. Tbh I can see all theories being true but this one seems like it could be close to cannon
can I just say that this theory just makes so much more sense. does anyone remember the video on 'reds channel' and to find it you had to search up the number on the phone booth. there was a video of a 'boring meter' and also red was on a kids ride. he doesn't want to become boring as he wants to stay as a child
im reddish
Nya! pesky bee!
Omg that makes so much more sense now Thx!
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My theory is that this is the mind of someone that is trying to cope with something, and they created a perfect world for themselves. Their daydream world is tainted by what they have gone through, and they try to ignore what they went through by focusing on everyday subjects, like something to keep their mind placated. I feel like the different characters might be different people they admire, or people they know. Maybe even different parts of their personality. As the story progresses, they realize that the daydream world is interfering with their actual life, and they need to let it go, because at this point it is spiraling and takes up part of their life.
Lmao you just said what the video is about
Oo, I like this one, kinda ties to the theory in this video but I actually agree with it more :0
This is extremely underrated and interesting! The same theory crossed my mind: a traumatic event that they’re in denial about, but things start crumbling in the fantasy because reality sets in, and reality because hallucinations and subconscious kicks in blurring the line between real and fake
I vibe with this theory so much🙌🏻
I love þis þeory. It also, to me, makes some sense as to why every episode is about learning a complex concept þat's not easy to just explain. If someone had been þrough an extremely traumatic event, þey may find it hard to process þese concepts normally, þus we see a warped and far more sinister interpretation of said concept.
I remember watching one of them when I was younger thinking it was a kids show and was traumatized for about a month
This theory litterally is amazing. I can see most of the things you said and didn´t know what to make of the flaws like, why Roy let Red guy pull the plug. You let me see Don´t hug me I am scared in a totally different light and as I watched it in my teeens (when I was about 13 years old) I can see most of the things you did then and how hard it can be to move on and grow up. Thanks for the video, keep it up! I know I am late to this video but still a really nice and well connected theory ^-^
I always kinda thought that duck guy and yellow guy were red guys really close childhood friends whom he either lost or grew apart from, and he's has a hard time adjusting without them.
Another to add to the theory list!!
yeah! like maybe i think the reason why he has a imagination about them is because he’s creating scenarios in his head with his friends going on crazy adventures with him
Growing old is mandatory...
Growing up is optional
Never forget that
I'm 12 and this is deep
Me:*reads comment*
Dad: why u crying so loud.
So true
I hear this phrase often from people that want to stay "young at heart" and that surprises me. What about being reasonable, responsible, and realistic is a bad thing?
Unless you wanna be a useless man-child forever I'd recommend growing up but ya know-
Wow, this is actually an amazing theory! I had watched MatPat's theory first and his seemed like it had a lot of potential to be true but now that I have watched this, I have a feeling this one makes a bit more sense. In short: this is really well thought out and I really enjoyed watching this.
The dream/imagination theory was always the conclusion I instinctively jumped to.
I've seen this show many times but never watched any "analysis" or UA-cam content about it, so I never heard of the media theory.
I always interpreted the last episode as the "rosetta stone" of the series. The previous episodes seemed too episodic, almost with no threw line to grab onto and then ep 6 brought them together.
I never got the childhood impression, but a more general "the world can be cruel and will try to take away your spark" and Roy wasn't a villain, he was more the person who seems evil but is ultimately trying to help. The plug part seemed to me like the most depressing and dissociative handful of seconds. Like red guy was being forced to kill a whole world full of happiness, kind of like "pulling the plug" of someone's life support system. The frantic button pushing was a representation of the manicness in the mind of someone going through an identity crisis.
I really loved your video and your interpretation. I'm very happy I stumbled across this video!
lmao mat patt saying “the duck is donald trump” made me burst in to laughter
why is THIS shit my most liked comment.
Attack Brains
Its true. The duck wants to deport of all of the pesky bee’s.
as every theory, you can have your own opinion, not everything said is set in stone, matt isn't always right.
but yes matpat saying the duck is donald trump is hilarious by all means
Just made the likes 666 likes c:
"the duck is donald trump" is the punchline of every american political satire
how is there only 5 replies but 1k likes
As someone with a very vivid imagination, I know what it's like to run away from the future into your own head, making up stories as a scapegoat. It's important to accept that we do grow older, and nothing can ever stop that. But in the end, age doesn't take away our imagination and bliss, they're something we have to cultivate through our whole lives if we don't want to lose them.
Maturing means improving the way we respond to the world around us, whoever said that means giving up what makes life worth living?
yeah, if this interpretation is right, then it's one big fuck you in the face to viewers, imo
NL Morehouse you. I like the way you think.
Basically the SpongeBob philosophy. Make the most of life, have fun... Grow up, sure (I mean, SpongeBob has a job... Not exactly a responsibility a child usually handles.) But don't stop enjoying yourself because of that growing up.
Another thing that strengthens this theory is that red guy is the only Charactor played by a human in a costume while the rest of the charectors are puppets
Also that fact that in the real world everyone looks exactly like red guy, the only charectors that look different are the yellow guy, the duck and Roy, Implying that they aren't real
now that the new series has officially aired (with all the episodes taking place on June 20th), i don't think it's necessarily a sequel or continuation of the original webseries, but probably just a reimagining of these characters with a different overarching theme. i personally don't think this theory works with the new series (though i totally buy it for the original webseries, btw). would love to see what you think of the new series, if you ever decide you want to cover it.
I usually hate the "it's all a dream" theories about anything, but after the sentence at 10:09 about the transition in episode six I had to put my phone down for like a solid minute. Jaw on the floor... duuuude. Genius.
I think that duck and yellow guy aren't part of his imagination. Instead they're childhood friends, and roy is the adult version of yellow guy, who ends up reuniting with red guy and pushes him to accept being an adult. And the ending where they switch colours means that even tho they have changed it doesn't mean that they have to be completely different people, and that they can keep some childlike wonder or still think about their childhood dreams and goals. Like how many adults try to do things that they couldn't do when they were younger
14:00 I thought this was the end, but right when I was about to click off I was like,
“But wait, there’s more.”
We haven’t discussed why it’s FÛCKING CALLED DONT HUG ME IM SCARED YET!
Julian Elgie he doesn’t want help becoming an adult because he doesn’t want to move on to that part of his life
Based on children's mind
Scared of being hugged
Conclusion,
Stranger danger
Dont hug a hobo
Because I’d be fucking terrified but I’d also wanna keep those fuckers far ass away from me
@@Pj84105???? Okay...????
Well its based on a kind of proto-meme where if someone said something freaky\Creepy you'd turn to your other friends and say "Hug me i'm scuurd" to ridicule and throw a spotlight on the friend who just went too far..
So Don't hug me, I'm scared. Means creepy but I like it.
What I still don’t get is why every story takes a dark turn. Is it symbolic of how red guys imagination always gets ruined by adults, much like when he was on stage getting booed or when his boss says “that’s boring”. I think when the stories are taking a dark turn it symbolizes red guys imagination being destroyed by other adults
Octopus Prime whoaaa
yeah that's actually quite a valid point, like in the time episode where they all begin to grow old and then decay. The fun little lesson on time becomes a very real lesson on how every moment that passes brings us closer to death.
Pretty much goes to show that most adults are too serious and need to learn to keep their innocence and NOT let go of the things that make them unique in the first place. They're not growing up. They're destroying accumulated aspects of themselves.
I think it's something to do with how the whimsy and naivete of childhood concepts become nightmarish when we try to use them to construct our adult realities. In every episode the turning point happens when the child explores the concept (creativity, dreams, time, etc) and finds that the simplistic definitions they're being fed aren't adequate to deal with the nuances of real life.
As we transition into adulthood we're forced to discard a lot of the beliefs we held as children because otherwise we risk becoming the kinds of authoritarian figures we see in the series, who won't allow the child to question the rigid dogma they're trying to indoctrinate them with.
When I was kid, I thought about innocent little things. But now that I'm older, I think of darker, more adult things no matter how hard I try to go back to the sweet childlike things I used to think of. As hard as Red Guy tried to banish maturity from his mind, it creeps back in and corrupts it.
This theory actually makes a lot of sense. Things like the missing poster and the fact that Roy never stops Red Guy from stopping the show make so much more sense. And the fact that the cameras have eyes is a great observation that really helps you point. Good job
Is it just me or does MatPat make it surprisingly unclear that they’re just theories for a person who always says “that’s just a theory!” at the end of every theory.
because it’s what he genuinely believes?
@@libitina27 It actually seems odd, the more you think of it.
He doesn't take critisism well either so yeah lol
@@KN-hg2nv ???? That’s just plain incorrect
It's because of his strong theater background. Before Game Theory was a thing, that was the field he wanted to go into. His phrasing is convincing and dramatic, because he's just a theater nerd and - speaking as one myself - that always makes it hard to STOP being dramatic. There's a reason drama kids have the reputation we do. Our bread and butter is convincing people of the authenticity of our performances.
This makes so much more sense than the original theory.
BTIsaac yes but what If red guy has depression or anxiety? That’s why at the end of every episode it slowly gets more terrible and scary, because maybe he thinks badly of himself?
@@oscotube3717 well, when people constantly tease you for being childish, this seems likely
I thought that episode 5 is the first time he goes back and tries to live in that world again. That’s why the singing items look so odd, and they contradict eachother. The duck starts getting confused, like this isn’t as good as it used to be, almost as if..... the red guys imagination has been broken by the trials of being an adult. Eventually the duck says “I can’t do this anymore!” And wrecks everything. I interpret this as the red guy coming to grips with the fact that his inner child has begun dying.
Episode 6 is the red guy finally admitting, or being told that, losing that inner child and ability of imagination isn’t so bad, and that their is always room for something new, hence the blue guy, and completely different looking characters and room. He may not be as good at imagining as he used to be, but he still tries.
Also.... I kind of think that Roy is an imaginative representation of red guys father. And that in his imagination world, red guy is as close to an adult as he can get because he wants to be like him. This would make it so his own father it’s telling him it’s okay to not be able to keep his old imagination skills in episode 6. And it would also explain why Roy is a backer of the show, he supported his sons imagination and creativity up until the end, then helped him cope with the loss of it.
I never even thought about Roy being a backer and the implications of that in this theory!
Aw I just posted the same thing without seeing you got there first lol
Couldn't have said it better myself.
It reminds me of when I occasionally reminisce on imaginary things I devised long ago. Not so much that adulthood has "broken" the creativity, but that recreating the past only results in an inaccurate imitation of it. By that logic, the very end could be him letting go of the past, and allowing room for his creativity to develop.
What you explained about the idea of growing up probably became my favorite don't hug me I'm scared theory. To me, it's more interesting than the whole media thing because I can relate to not wanting to grow up.
23:30 maybe the cycle is red's son, 19 june 1955 being the fathers day and a birthday makes sense, him being a father and his son's birth-day , also the show could be about him questioning himself if he will be a good father, trying to think how to teach his son by songs and the scene where everyone boo him may be his fear to be a bad father (also another theory could be that his son died and so he got stuck on 19th, the day of his birthday and also his son's death hiding from the real world and his problems, losing his kid causes him to create an imaginary world in his head, in the first episode, when green put a letter D on the table everything goes wild (3d and so...) green and yellow puppets now are real size costume, maybe showing that red is having a hallucination where his son or sons were alive and not imaginary (as a puppet) also we can see that green spelled DEATH and there is a cake (maybe meaning that it happened on red's birthday), and when people boo at him (everyone is like him) may be himself questioning if he was a good father and feeling guilty because he couldn't avoid his son's death)