Hidden Meanings Behind Don't Hug Me I'm Scared TV Episode 3 "Family" Explained 

Really excited for you guys to see my breakdowns of the last few episodes, noticed a lot of crazy stuff I haven't seen anywhere else - let me know what you thought of this episode down below ( it was my favorite personally) and appreciate you for watching!

Red Guy seems to always be the one who is most concerned with having some connection to the "outside world". this seems to be a running theme of his. needing to immediately answer ringing phones could be an extension of that general trait.

Duck: Family issues Yellow guy: Abusive parents Red guy: The black sheep That's how I see it, correct me if I'm wrong

I like how Red guy clearly doesnt fit in when he's with other Red Guys. Like he is clearly the most dry one of the trio, but when put in a situation with those like him, it shows that the other two have rubbed off on him, so he cant quite fin in. Stuck between two worlds... which is basically what his character is all about.

I think its about only being in a family not for love but for a purpose. yellow guy was made the mom just so he could order the meal.

It's funny how Red Guy looks so serious between Yellow Guy and Duck, but he looks so goofy amongst other Red People

Honestly this episode was probably the creepiest of all the episodes to me. The eeriness of the very realistic home with the photos of former family members all crossed out hinted at something very dark without explicitly stating it. I look forward to your analysis of the next episode; there are some good easter eggs there, like items found in the trash can and bits of foreshadowing, that definitely are worth looking at.

It's also interesting how the Yellow Guy is the mother, a role that doesn't (and shouldn't) have to be fulfilled by a blood relative. It highlights how reductive the nuclear family is, as Yellow Guy could've been adopted as a sibling but that wouldn't make them a "family"

This ep reminded me of the general feeling of having an "unconventional" family as a kid and seeing most kids shows talk about families in a very reductive way. Here the twins outright say what is and isn't a family, but I think it's meant to be an exaggeration.

ngl the scene where red guy finally meets his family hits pretty close to home for me. my family have been pretty absent throughout me life, with my mother being the only person who actually ever cared about me and the only family member I've ever really known - I know my dad's still alive and I have two older half-sisters but I've never met any of these people (i tried to get in contact with one of my half sisters but to know avail). And I hardly ever see my grandparents due to family drama surrounding them. In that sense I can relate to red guy because I'd also like to see my family, all of them, but I know that they don't really care in the end, which I'm assuming is what he's dealing with in that episode aswell.

Does anyone notice how when the Bird gets the family pictures out of the wallet, the bottom left picture has a person that looks like Lesley?

I just liked the joke about how they can't open a 'family size' package because they don't fit the definition of a nuclear family

The real grolton’s family discount was the friends we made along the way ❤

I honestly like to think Roy came to eat the family not the chicken because he still making yum yum noises while killing the family

I got the impression Roy came to save yellow guy from the family as he seems to kill them when the door closes. Not sure why else he would have turned up, other than for the chicken, but that may just be my positive outlook.

As someone mention I think this episode is main message is that family has finally loss it meaning. With red even though his family is blood related and they go along with what he want to do he can’t simply get along with them. It more of Red feeling so out of place with his own family despite being blood related. It’s not a bad thing mind you but Red barely see a line dividing family and friends. Green is the opposite where he can get along with his family but also see his friends as just as much family to him. There isn’t a line between family and friends for him. Yellow is being taught by both the teacher and his friends in a way about this kind but is also given the most negative experience with family. Family who only want him when they need something. I do like a lot of your points about this episode. There is something I really like to mention if you haven’t noticed yet but green always defend the group. It’s shown more in the next episode but whenever someone tries to break the status quo of the group, he always first to speak up and defend the group.

Duck was the main character this season, and at the end when yellow guy becomes very centre focus I believe that means next season he will be the main character

ok so, for the longest time people have seen roy as the mastermind who's in control of everything, but i'm starting to think that maybe he's the opposite. maybe he's actually not supposed to be here at all and is trying to break in to help his son through the whole series he's always been in the background observing things in weird places, like he's hiding from the real people in control and trying to find ways of getting in. whenever he directly makes an appearance, it derails everything. like in the time episode where yellow guy introduces him and the song just stops like he wasn't supposed to be there, and red guy has to interrupt to move on. it happens when he shows up again in the same episode, and they just ignore his presence and keep the show going. in the family episode too, him showing up didn't feel like it was supposed to happen. you can see him walk by the window before he shows up, like he was watching from there and decided to interfere when yellow guy was in actual danger there's also the fact that the only times he's ever intentionally shown up were when yellow guy was in danger. the first time was in episode 6, and he shows up to stop red guy from touching the machine because of how distressed yellow guy is. then he shows up again in this episode to save yellow guy from the family, and i think he did show up to save yellow guy. i always saw the way he pushed yellow guy as him telling him to get out

SPOILERS I feel like the episodes of the tv series are parallels of the RU-vid series. Creativity and jobs ( the teacher says all this stuff they can do, but things go off the rails and ends with the teacher leaving, plus jobs and creativity starts with ideas) Family and food ( teachers are a group with intentions involving food. Teachers target yellow guy while duck guy resist the lessons ) Love and friendship ( friendship and love are similar emotions, red guy and duck guy accidentally upset yellow guy, the teacher is a bug that targets yellow guy using the fact that yellow guy is upset to their advantage and warren could possibly be Michael. Duck guy says pesky bee in both) Computer and Technology ( Robotic teacher that tries to teach why technology is important, one of the three leaves the group after wising up while the other two get trapped in a checkerboard room, there's a blackout) Time and Transportation ( old teacher, a character dies of old age, theirs a bit of foreshadowing of the finale in both, time and Transportation as lessons compliment each other, and theirs an appearance of roy) I don't know how death and dreams go together though

Best part of this episode: Roy going "yum yum yum" XD

I think when Roy obliterated the “family” he was trying to be protective of his son.

I was going to say that the phone thing is probably to make it easier to pick up the receiver due to red guy having real hands, but then I remembered duck guy picking it up in "Healthy" so I don't know anymore.

If you notice an episode two, I believe, death the duck comes back and basically meets himself a.k.a.: oh the claymation thing that turned into him, and at the end one of the ducks gets killed and you know it’s the original duck that got killed because when his head falls in the blood spills there’s maggots in the blood Since he was in the casket. So after episode two the duck guy isn’t even the original duck guy.

My absolute favorite episode. It's so well made and creepy.

Becky Sloan & Joe Pelling should do a DHMIS prequel from Roy's childhood until the day he sent his son to live with Red Guy & Duck. We would like to know about Roy's past and either he was married or fathered Yellow Guy and his birth mom abandoned them.

id like to think roy really wanted to help yellow guy this time

could the whole arc yellow guy went through about being forced into a role for the sake of a family be a reflection of what stain went through in the earlier episode? stain was forced to become duck, yellow guy was forced to become the mom (well, he would have been, if it weren't for roy) idk, i think its neat.

Spot on analysis. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the last few episodes.

what do you guys think the cigarettes mean? there seems to be a recurring motif of cigarettes. I think it may represent something like loss of innocence, but I'm not too sure.

The twins taking the image of Roy and throwing it in the garbage is the only good thing they did

Lol you think Roy was there for the chicken? He ate the entire family. Theres a large head that hits the door.

the twins having accidents/bedwetting(shown in the photo album) is concerning to me. bedwetting and accidents can be signs of CSA or other abuse. is this why they favored yellow guy, who is also mistreated by his father?

“I love my family and they like me!” -Todney, 2022

I'm lost on this series but it good

In the Duck’s song at the end of episode two, he sings about shaking hands with people. I think that these have to do with the episodes. Business Man -episode 1 Family Man -episode 3 Friendly Fellow -episode 4 Choo Choo Man -episode 5 Plugging Man -episode 6

Best episode so far ngl

Ok but hear me out, at first i thought the twins were raised in an incest family. And i am ashamed that i thought of that

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think every teacher character from the original series appears in the new show, except for the butterfly. I could be wrong, but i dont remember seeing him. Not sure if there's anything there, but figured I'd mention it.

I have a thought since day one Don’t hung me I’m scared came to RU-vid. Where is Yellow-guy’s Mom? I know she may be dead or not in the picture but we never get any insight from the creators or anything it’s almost sad but I think Roy divorced her and took Yellow-guy or she abandoned him but I don’t think so. Tell me I’m not the only one who’s thinks about this-

Is that background music the same ending music for the anime samurai champloo? That is amazing the music for that show is beautiful

Lovely

yellow guys calls for Roy first. he makes one phone call, and calls for help. then it cuts to him dialing again and he then places the order for chicken!

Art immitates Life

0:55 Theory: Those photos are actually Lesley's family before her son, David died

A bit off topic, but I just noticed TomSka is an Executive Producer

I think the red-guy uses phones most often is because hes the only one who's actor can pick things up on cue.

I just rewatched this episode and I just noticed that the photos has a human that looks like Lesley, I think it could mean that Lesley was the brother of David. Maybe mourning the lost of her brother. But that’s what think

I think this might be the only episode in the new series where they had like advertisements hinting that the cameo of the other actors might be another tv program. His dad smells an investment opportunity and new advertisers at the end and consumes them all. Later we see him as a hobo so maybe his investment backfired.

Episode 3 was deffo my favourite but Toddney and Lilly creep me out 😅

I dont think roy came to eat the chicken...

Song name at 2:48?

I think the pictures the duck pulled out have a picture of Lesley and her “Real son” on the right.

It was not clear to me if it was Roy who slaughtered the family or the other way round.

Video's great. Just needs good sound mixing.

You’re killing me with the loud ase background music

I think the hug me I’m scared has an egoist meaning

Hello

This Is by dar the creepiest of them all

I think roy only wanted the chicken

Perhaps red fella was killed while using a phone booth?

My symphonic for the family.The twins are symptomatic though people in family who use Manipulate.The twins use manipulation though out the episode mostly on Yellow guy letting him letting him play with their mother place,Not letting him leave and making him play the role of the mother and making him order the family meat.The father syndrome sexually abusive,neglected reashotships the twins are telling Yellow guy Red guy Duck guy on what they say what family means to them they show to have wetting problems,And were yellow guy making the call he doesn’t do anything to make yellow guy not scared he just the same way the family does and does “comfort” him but not really.And I don’t know what the grandma and the son mean?

There was a lot to unpack in this episode but you didn’t touch on these areas that must give huge clues to DHMIS, Whose in the photos?? Duck seems to think he’s human and doesn’t realise he’s not in the pictures. First time we’ve seen humans. Must mean something big. Any ideas of the anagram? Seems like it needs solving

OK am I stupid off or did I think what happened was Roy wanted to get some of the food is in the family ate him am I just dumb

I think this is a

in episode 2 what if the original duck was the one who got killed

Red guy is played by a human, its canon that all the characters in that show are somewhat canonically their mains of being portrayed at most given time (claymation and animations being aware of themselves) so it would make sense why he is the one who wants to relate the most to a family or being human out in the real world while being in the somewhat cursed setting of the show.

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