Hidden Meanings Behind Don't Hug Me I'm Scared TV Episode 6 "Electricity" Explained 

Thank you guys for coming along for the ride of trying to decode the mysteries of this show with me, I’m sure there’s a lot I missed so let me know what you all thought down below, and I’m excited for you guys to see what I have in store soon ❤️💛💚

I also feel that ending shredder scene was deliberately a middle finger to like hardcore theorists, like "here's your book of infinite knowledge, now watch us destroy it before your eyes" its so ridiculous i love it

The web-series gave Red Guy the role of the one trying to break them free from the endless cycle while Yellow Guy got that rule in the first season of the TV series. I think for a literal 'rule of three' we could see Duck given the role in a future installment whatever that may take place in. Duck has always been the most skeptical, thinking of himself as an intellectual despite not knowing much more than the others; it would make sense if eventually he began to push a bit more past the boundaries of the world.

I just realized that whenever we think outside the box, we ended up thinking inside a bigger box. That stair represent Infinite Regress. A pursuit of justification of truth that never ends.

I just noticed that the crossword contains "gravel", "aspic", and "Roy". It very much feels like this series takes place in a different, darker world. Red Guy's awakening in the original felt like something out of Persona 4 or 5 - he goes on this supernatural journey of self-discovery, confronts the entity that's trying to control people through these twisted lessons, and makes the world inside the screen better. Just like a Persona team would. Here, Yellow Guy gains no power. The higher reality he glimpses is that he's a puppet based on a dead child. It reminds me of the game OFF, and he's a reanimated Hugo. Another thing: Red Guy escapes the boring office world through the power of creativity, something Yellow Guy was always good at. Yellow Guy's batteries give him intelligence, which otherwise seemed to be mainly Duck Guy's thing. In order for Duck Guy to ascend to... something in S3E6, he might have to become more like Red Guy. But the reality he finds will be even darker than Lesley's dollhouse.

I think you missed the important part of this despite pointing it out, the fact that there's another set of stairs. The way I see this, it shows how you never truly can escape the cave, just think and feel like you have. It just keeps going up, and eventually, you have to stop, be it from getting exhausted, or finding what you believe to be the truth.

I think my favorite part of your breakdowns is not just “let’s take a look at the lore!” It’s a deeper dive into the themes and actual lessons we can take away from the show. It was an enjoyable series!

freaking phenomenal breakdown. you summed everything up pretty well. it's funny how red and duck seem to always have this itch to know what's really going on, while yellow guy just wants familiarity and routine. yet yellow guy is the one who managed to basically transcend puppet world and when he tried to help out his friends learn the truth red and duck just wanted things back to the way they were.

I'm extremely active on reddit and after reading dozens and dozens of theories this one makes the most sense. It's not too niche of an idea considering we've all heard of or seen the matrix as well as being well versed in the entire back story and lore of this. I hope we can get an interview with Becky or Joe with an interviewer that asks these important questions!

What I’m wondering is were Yellow Guy’s batteries new and working perfectly before? The fact that he had batteries in the first place implies that they were once powerful enough to give him the knowledge he had throughout episode 6-

Duck feels like the character that both lives in ignorant bliss, but is Also a catalyst for all the breakings off your typical «childrens show» and he always becomes somewhat aware in the end of every episode, but then he gets replaced, and is inevitably back to ignorant bliss. (English is not my first language, sorry for bad grammar)

i really like this theory because it can be applied to other characters. what i mean is that if Yellow Guy is a kid who died and is living in hell, then what if that was true for Red Guy and Duck? what if on June 19, all three of them died and live out their own versions of this puppet limbo? they all experience different stories in their own journey. Yellow Guy's story ends in the message of him shredding the truth and continues to live in the madness. Red Guy thinks he pulls the plug on his suffering, but in the end of the web series, he never escaped and everything just looks different. the day only turns to June 20th once either of them learn the truth and accepts their agony, whether its nihilistic futile acceptance or blissful ignorance my hope is that in a future season, we'll see Duck's tragic story and how he will accept the truth. in the series he does mention being a father figure and lots of motifs of him being a bad friend or neglectful to a fault. maybe that will be the theme of the next season (fingers crossed!)

I just realised the teachers actually play an important role (except lore) If you dig deep into the things they are teaching them are things to get them out of the house away from the horrors but the transport guy is stopped by someone when teaching them, as we see is in the same area each time and feels "dizzy" when helping them escape, this isn't just him though. Like for example: The suit case guy getting them jobs, the coffin getting them outside for the funeral + Yellow Guy digging Duck back up and more (I'm not sure about the friendship one though because it's just Yellow Guy's brain and not outside. More Lore: If you haven't noticed already, in the youtube webseries you will see that it's kind of like growing up, like the web series is general things for kids, creativity, time, love, computers, food and dreams. As the show is more like an adults side when they grow up, getting a job, understanding that you will die, bonding more with family, getting more friends and the best one that proves this is transport as they are literally driving vehicles and learning why electricity is important. (Also the reason I didn't say jobs as a way to back this up is you can get a job at a pretty young age)

I definitely agree with your analysis here with the themes of the show, that’s how I read it first before trying to see the show’s actual lore. It’s very neat to have another show acknowledge our search for actual truth and breaking free ^^

when I saw ep 2 I really thought there was gonna be something about yellow guy being dead since he was the first guess by the coffin and the tombstone was labeled David and yellow guy has that D on his overalls

i think that the stairs in lesley's room are meant to represent the real life creators of this show, and that lesley is just like the other puppets just telling a story but as far as the actual world of the show's concerned, i think that lesley is meant to be the one behind all of this. it fits too well with the idea that she's a mother in grief trying to hold on to her memories of her son, and i can't really think of anything above her that would feel satisfying and make sense

Another thing I like to take away from this is about how "true enlightenment" could be impossible to reach and the very nature of it may be absurd. We are shown multiple levels, each one believing of being more enlightened, and even on the last one there are stairs possibly leading to higher ones. And at the end we see the book Lesley gave to Yellow Guy containing the truth being shredded

I like how all the puppets slowly realize what is happening then all of it gets reset

One thing I noticed; the first two extra floors of the house are two of the biggest components of the show itself. Learning about things academically/the way a child would, and learning about things through horrible experiences...

Beautiful connection of Plato with DHMIS - makes good sense, and it's said in a calm and reasonable way 👍

Yellow guy didn’t exactly choose to reject the true nature of his world, even if Leslie gave him the actual truth and not just complexly written text that isn’t necessarily correlated to truth, he lost awareness of what it was supposed to be when his batteries was taken. He didn’t choose to reject the information, all versions of the other characters consider themselves as pursuing truth. It’s not the truth that is shredded, it’s just the shadow it marked on a book. You can’t change the sun, you can just hide it’s light. (again, if it actually were the truth, something that isn’t guaranteed)

Your analysis is so good! I'm so glad you're not explaining the lore, just the messages

Really enjoyed your analysis of these episodes!

I remember the allegory of the cave from my film class Edit: I wonder if Duck will also have a moment of enlightenment in season 3, like red in 1 and yellow in 2

One of my biggest unanswered questions is what do the batteries inside yellow guy represent? I mean, he can’t be a robot right?

Excellent breakdown and lessons! Great videos…excited for more!

Loved this explanation!

i'm only 1:24 minutes into this, but i can already predict that Lesley mentioned that she keeps "back ups." so when Yellow Guy shredded the book, she might have back ups of that said book. and since she is already known to be a "higher power" to the main puppets, she would've seen the shredded book coming. so season 2 (hopefully there will be one) will show Lesley providing another copy of the book, giving the puppets a chance to see what's inside.

Incredible breakdown I'm happy i watch the series as these breakdown release

Ngl the vids you made about this series was wonderful. And I hope that whatever's next it'll be spectacular

I think Roy and Lesley controlling the series equals to that of two parents fighting the custody over their child AKA David AKA yellow guy

i'd like to point out yellow guy being electricity was foreshadowed back in episode 4 with his x-ray printed by Conrad

Yellow guy dosent die in a car crash, it was foreshadowing them not getting to the imaginary town in transport

The ending broke my heart, not in a tear jerking way but more of a pity and depression kinda way. Where no matter what happens, no matter who gains consciousness, they are gonna be reset and forget everything just to later remember it and forget again and repeating that process all over again. Ig i prefer the YT ending where they finally can be independent. Another thing that makes me question is, is the YT ending canon? Or is it another universe where they are free? Does that mean that the same 3 cast of characters have a copy? Or did someone claim them again and they revert back?

I love Don't Hug Me I'm Scared so much right now.

Thank you for the sightful look into this series! I can't wait to see season 2 someday. I like your logo too btw!

I love these vids! Great insight

Great series! Thanks so much for the explanations!

I bet you the room on the top of the final level of stairs is just Roy on his computer

I really appreciate your videos and they definitely helped me understand the show

Brilliant use of plato’s cave

Hi this is the only commentary I've found on the new dhmis series and I'm impressed. The dream sequence yellow has about the Eutopian town they will supposedly live in. Well it very much resembles a British pathe films mainly in the 60s promoting one of the many 'new towns' built in England around that time many in SE England to ease housing shortage problems in London. Planned towns with a planned size and population were built with all the infrastructure and houses ready. In Britain and England towns villages etc usually evolve and grow over centuries . These videos were to attract new people to the new unpopulated yet ready for use towns. Oven promising a better life than in the over crowded cities . Milton Keynes is one such new town as is Stevanage. There are many more

Hm. Interesting. What piques me the most is how the upper floors contain variants of Red Guy, when throughout the series it was implied he was just someone put into this fake world, unlike Duck Guy, who seems to be a part of the fake world itself. Maybe it just represents his species at different points of evolution, however, or it's just a metaphor.

now this is my take on DHMISs "Story" Leslie is a metaphor for the entire show DHMIS, a show that never answers questions and only gives clues to a greater story (which directly mimics Leslies behavior). When the good ol‘ LesLes hands over the book of answers to nerd yellow we see runes which to us is a bunch of nonsense. Maybe thats that? Maybe the answers are just a bunch of nonsense that doesn’t add up my reasoning behind this ist that Leslie seems to be incapable of answering so she might not be able to write a book of answers if there even are any. When stupo and ugli Yellow Guy shreds the answers that further confirms my suspicions that there ARE no answers. ALSO before the TV series DHMIS creator asked if any theories where true which they responded with "they are all true" which further proves my statement of no real answers. So it concludes with the creators gave us a show (represented by Leslie) that brings no answers just a bunch of clues and you can use those clues to make an answer and that answer will be true no matter what since it‘s aaaalll just a bunch of bullcrap clues. TL;DR: It‘th up two the viewers Interpretation UwU 💅💅💅💅

Lesley only has back ups of duck. In the original show, there was a theory Duck was part of the show machine, not actually real.

It shouldn’t be overlooked that enlightenment was sacrificed for electricity and it’s worthless gizmos. And that one of these gizmos, one that Duck is obsessed with, also destroys the enlightenment outright.

The higher power could be Roy

Thanks man!

man really said gotta go fast with the uploads

but they didnt type david when they typed yellow guys name

Okay here’s my question. Why is it that when Yellow Guy goes to the higher rooms there are more versions of Red Guy and Duck, but not more versions of Yellow Guy? 🤔

honestly i dont agree with all of the theories you have but i do agree with some and i definitely find em interesting its great seeing new theories for dhmis for once im tired of the same media theory thanks for the content bro good job on all the vids

I wouldn’t be surprised if duck isn’t stain and is the original one, because at the end of every episode they always end back at home, everything resets and they have stated that multiple times they don’t remember the teachers from other episode’s

I have a theory that they are all robots except for red guy, duck is a robot that tends to die a lot, yellow is a replacement for Leslie's son, how they auto tune a lot and get hurt a lot, and even bleed, but yellow never fully dies, is just injured, so he's repaired, duck is always replaced, and red is like a handler, that's why his costume is basic, and he is a bit different, not to mention seen without the red's mask on briefly and why he tries to escape. He's a handler for yellow, to make sure he's not killed, yellow has been injured but not fully killed, and is possible a different handler a couple of times, and Leslie does yell at yellow that he's not her son, just kidding, and even earlier she says he's her favorite, roy is like Leslie's avatar, hence why he's around, and direct at times, and is even yellow's only family member. And when he's seen in the back area with the other puppets or bots, he's not dead with x's on his eyes, but more like switched off, and also not to mention the theme of replacing a loved one and death are used in this show at least more than once, So in conclusion, it's a simulation or play kind of, to teach the robot replacement yellow, that's why there's lessions, he's seen as a child, and he has a handler to make sure he's not killed, but also for when he gets bigger and older, there's not another yellow but another red and duck, yellow is the main focus, and the reason red is no longer a handler in the bigger rooms, is because at that point, yellow would be smart enough to not get himself killed, and there's a level after Leslie is for yellow to learn the whole truth, and even Leslie could be a robot of the former real Leslie, and this also explains why yellow has batteries and blood and feelings and a brain.

After watching this episode, i wholeheartedly believe the show itself represents Leslie's descent into madness after the death of her son David. Episode 2 - The Red Guy's license mentioned him eventually drowning, which represents how the original David had died. Episode 2 - The Duck-Crow-Thing dies and gets replaced, which represents Leslie attempting to replace David. Episode 3 - The twins and their family try to find a suitable replacement for their missing mother. This represents Leslie finding a suitable replacement for David, whether it is done by adoption or kidnapping. Episode 1 - The Duck gets brainwashed after not fitting in with the workplace. This represents Leslie brainwashing her replacement David to act more like the original. Episode 5 - The Red Guy gets sick of staying in the same house every day and attempts to escape. This represents one of the replacement Davids running away after realizing the horrible truth. Episode 4 - The Duck stabs a needle through the Yellow Guy's ear to remove the -worm- eagle in his brain. This represents one of Leslie's methods of making one of her replacement Davids behave like the original, by tricking him into thinking there's a worm in his brain, leading to him getting a lobotomy. Episode 6 - The Yellow Guy becomes a genius and was given a book containing forbidden knowledge, and then proceeds to shred the book after he becomes dumb again. This represents one of the replacement Davids snapping out of their brainwashing and realizing the horrible truth, which then leads to Leslie killing him the same way the original died, by drowning.

I think the "David theory" is a bit too Farfetched

So, I don't know if this makes sense but listen to me. Unlike other theorists, I don't think that the top floor of the house has the companies that finance the show or are interested in making money with it. It is interesting the theory that with each successive floor there is still one higher and that the relationship of dependence continues but I have another possibility in mind. Knowing that David is the name of the yellow guy and that he is leslie's son, it could be that on the top floor there is the one who has so far moved behind the walls of the house and the world of dhmis. Roy, that is the real Roy, the father of the yellow guy in flesh and blood of which leslie has created a puppet. This would explain why roy is so quiet and cruel in educating the yellow guy, it could be the same extremely resolute character he took on in real life after David's death. David died because his parents did not have enough control over his actions and he was not afraid enough of his surroundings to be able to control his actions. In short, he was a free child who, as the only thing, wanted to have fun without thinking too much about the cruelty of the world. So if leslie's desire is to continue to bring the memory of her son to life through the yellow guy's puppet, educating him through fear as they should have done from the beginning and at the same time inflicting on him all the pain that the two parents had to endure because of them and his irresponsibility, the real Roy did not accept the death of his son and retired to the top floor of the house, angry and silent just like his puppet.

I like the DHMIS/Plato take, man. Nice work!

The most important episode of this season

After reading the comment section of one of this episode’s uploads, I can kinda relate to Lesley, because we always wanted to control things to ease their pain. Unfortunately, it comes at the price of not being aware of your creations’ feelings.

so its a matrix...interesting

I really like this theory! And if the youtube series is still canon and we assume it comes after the tv series chronologically speaking... then maybe red guy was trying to bring back the knowledge to the other two (still in the cave) by calling them on the phone.

Alright now the real question- when do we get our Unemployed Brendon spin-off show?

I hope the creators do their explanations one day too! But i still enjoy the open interpretation that this art provides to each individual!

3:42 I mean Stain literally makes reference to that "some people think we live in a simulation"

My favorite episode so far since it breaks reality

The girl with the short hair: oh who is she..... A misty memory.......

This last episode has some heavy gnostic themes within it For anyone who doesn’t know what Gnosticism is it’s a belief that there’s a lesser god called a demiurge that’s preventing us from achieving true spiritual enlightenment yet there’s the real god who wants to help us break free from the chains of the demiurge and assist us in achieving our spiritual goals. The brief shot of the 4th staircase going further upstairs can heavily imply that Lesley is the demiurge and DHMIS’s actual creators Becky and Joe being the real god wanting yellow guy (David) to break free and understand the truth. But alas people sometimes can’t handle the truth and yellow guy destroys the “truth” given to him by Lesley. That’s my theory on the ending to the episode.

That's an allegory for life

Cant wait for 2028 when season 2's teaser is released!

I might be reading too much into this, but was the fact that Duck’s auto tune for his voice seemed worse in this episode intentional?

I think David’s Dad Roy and His Mom are the ones pulling the strings since in first season we see the 3 get trapped in the basement and then later now we see that there’s a new character that seems to be perhaps controlling everything but also keeping them from leaving

First there was a camera crew behind the camera, then the stairs, then finally infinitely stretching nothing. What could this mean?

I think the roy we see in episode 3 isn’t the real roy and the real Roy is above Lesley and Lesley was a fan of the original show so she got connections with Roy and made a deal where she could make her own version of the show but she would have to give her soul to Roy

s1 >>>>>>>>> s2

I think whats even worse is even if they did find a way out of their nightmare, there is nothing else outside their world for them to be free from. Almost as if the entire world is destroyed and that the only place to survive is in the hellhole

my question is why is there only one version of yellow guy. the big and bigger boys don't have a yellow guy, so why is there only one version of him! (yeah I havn't seen this whole video yet so idk if you mention this question)

I hope there's a season 3 for u to anilize

I’m just trying to tie this to the original series. Here it seems like they’re all dead and in some sort of hell but in the original show it was Roy running an advertised Truman Show style TV show.

This breakdown kinda confused me I will watch it a few times again just to try understand but I love how you didn't even go over the red guy and ducks point of view and explain what's going on the with the robot

I don't think there is a higher power than Lesley - I think the last set of steps either led to a way out ( and the way Lesley gets in ) or it could represent heaven. If Yellow guy had gone up there would he have been free? Or would he have gone to heaven, showing that the 'actual nightmare' they live in is some form of purgatory?

See I don’t like the “question everything” route because isn’t that done constantly? I DO very much like the idea of memorization and gaining “knowledge” over practical applications.

Where are the videos of your analysis of the web series?

I thought the Duck was David? I know that's not his name but I thought it was just a placeholder for the Duck.

Does anyone think when Yellow Guy opened up his batteries he’s not real. Lesley is real but Yellow guy isn’t

But like, why didn’t he just show the big boy and the bigger boy Versions the book first since they’re more open for learning?

What did the door say going into L35L3Y's room?

The puppets can’t go anywhere except the house themselves, only the controllers of the show make them go places

David is the over duck not yellow guy

I’m kinda disappointed that hardly anyone talks about the dhmis show it’s so good

did anyone catch the "Truman Show" reference in this episode??

It's basically twitter.

I'm a bit lost, is Roy still considered as the frontal lob? Lesly kinda destroyed everything we thought about Roy, I still think that Roy and lesly might have a connection still, maybe lesly created roy- I take that back, Roy doesn't have a figure (yet at least)

Each floor of the house also corresponds to the four Qabbalistic worlds - material, formative (design), creative (concept), and archetypal (spiritual, God)

Bruh. If yellow guy was so smart he should of known that women don't exist, therefore Electracey and Lesley aren't real.

Are we even sure there will be more seasons of dhmis? It seems this could be like the youtube series open ended and up for interpretation

Elec Tracy

I think Lesley is a god but there is something more powerful than her telling her what to do

5:41

Before the Tv show, I was thinking that they're represents 3 part of same person's mind. Id, ego and superego; Yellow Guy, Red Guy and Duck. But after Brain Friends episode that theory become stronger to me. But at the ending and David hit by car is the reality, idk What do you think about Roy. He was part of the family episode. His products are not here. He looked like lose his power? At the originals he was on background like top of the wall at set. He touched Red Guy with his long arm(helping unplug?? or something sinister) At the TV show he pushed Yellow Guy. How much control he has. Is he evil or bad father. Who was driving that car, his father or mother or someone else? And most importantly did Tony the clock guilty of nepostism. Is he the father of Time Child?