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I envy everyone who are able to just binge through this whole web series for the first time. I was one of those that had to wait years to each episode.

There is a TV series too. It focuses more on comedy than horror but it's just as good

This web series is actually genius

The primary message for most of them is that media manipulates you to behave and believe certain things, even if they make no sense. It constantly points to how everything isn't actually happening because it's all produced. Each episode has its own theme. You're only allowed to be creative in a certain way, Death is inevitable, how cults indoctrinate you by giving you a sense of community, addiction and dependence on the internet, diet culture constantly changing, and the last episode is kind of a mix but it's sort of red guy wanting to express himself and getting rejected for being individual which wraps up what the series is about. Not following the structure of life and what you're being told is the only way to behave.

The factor that makes me love this series so much is the criticism it makes of social problems such as religion, cartoons, the internet, among others. we are introduced to these "teachers" who clearly teach the protagonists in the wrong way. There are many theories about it. Apart from the hidden things that you will only see if you pay close attention to every detail.

You want to know what you’re watching? You’re watching a masterpiece of *creativity* .

“Dreams are your multiverse person” Damn why are all versions of me running from stuff

the whole message is basically advertisers destroying creations, and teaching kids what they want, also the yellow guys dad is putting him in the show to torment him

The fifth episode has the most clear-cut surface level message, since it’s obviously parodying the food pyramid, and how it was made by grain companies, which is why it encourages kids to eat as much bread as possible. Of course, that’s just the surface level thing it’s saying.

Episode 6 was about dreams - for yellow guy it was sleeping dreams and for red guy it was dreams like goals. The entire kids’ show we’ve been watching was red guy’s dream, which was made possible by yellow guy’s dad, the investor, the financial side of things. But the guests/teachers brought on the show kept giving distorted lessons that pushed certain cultural beliefs or political agendas, and it left yellow guy with a twisted perception of these topics that ultimately hurt him instead of helping him. At the end of episode 4, we saw red guy walk in on a low-budget version of episode 1 and his mind was blown (literally) at the idea that maybe he didn’t need the funding, maybe he could have more control over how his dream was manifested, so he left. He tried to call yellow guy and duck in episode 5, to tell them that it didn’t have to be this way, but the message was intercepted. In this episode, yellow guy’s dad invites him back to the show, to have it run for another season maybe, but instead, red guy pulls the plug on the show and starts over, doing it his way. The set is nearly empty because they have little to no budget to work with, but each character is the color they said was their favorite in episode 1 and the date finally moves forward from june 19.

The TV show on channel 4 is absolutely great. The lessons are a little less subversive but the meta plot is still super strong and the comedy as well as the general horror of the show is so much better. The extra budget was absolutely not wasted

I'm glad you noticed Yellow Guy being surprised at the notebook, it's so funny for no reason lmao

There's a theory that yellow boys father was trying to manipulate/abuse him, when his friends intervened he killed them off/took them out of that simulation.

The tv series is good too!! Recently released and I highly recommend it

You should 100% watch the tv series too. It's just as good, maybe even a little better?

i love how many people are getting more into DHMIS lately! as great as the tv series is, nothing beats the OG web shorts for me-- the atmosphere is so perfectly dreadful really digging these reaction videos, i like your sense of humor and bewildered commentary about the chaos on the screen 😂

I would recommend watching several theory videos on this series. They can all help you notice details you never noticed, and help you form your own theory, as, as the creators have said, “All theories are correct”.

These are the messages of the episodes 1: going insane 2: fast aging 3: cults 4: overthinking 5: psychos 6: literally everything else Also the lamp and the universe guys sound drunk

YESSSS HOLY SHIT! You keep hopping on the best stuff. I really hope you continue into the tv show! It’s killer and it has wayyy more story stuff which I think will be even more fun since you like to theorize with things you watch.

26:25 that wonderpets reference out of nowhere 😭

oh man i was so excited to see this pop up on my feed lmao the tv show is awesome imo, with the length its able to lean more into the humorous aspects whilst still eventually devolving into chaos

I believe this show was about growing up. Each episode they were tought what to think about a subject. The first one to leave was later seen living adulthood. and the last one most likely stayed behind and alone because as the last episode implies, his father was keeping him. When the plug is pulled, we can see three friends very similar to the previous ones, possibly their children, about to experience it all too.

Oh yeah scoot! You should react to the show if you are still looking for a new one to react to!

Make sure to watch the tv series after this!

I love the dark room vibe u got going scoot with the purple lights

GREEN IS NOT A CREATIVE COLOR

The TV series don't hug me I'm scared is less about the horror but its definitely present in each episode, some more than others, and also they don't focus on the songs either. The songs they do have are pretty good tho.

"Is this it??" The credits : "This is it"

What is this coincidence I just finished watching the tv series 💀

Gel: “I KNOW ABOUT GEL! ASK ME ABOUT GEL!”

I think the computer one is actually about how we could do lots of crazy things with computers, but we acutally get distracted by games and other less useful things like digital style and end up wasting a bunch of time.

At one moment you asked "Is there a meaning to all this?" The answer is no. At least that's what the authors said. But they said this as a reaction to Matpat's theory videos that the internet was obsessing over at the time. In hindsight, this show, to me, means to illustrate how children's tv content can go astray, especially in times of education decline among the producers of such tv content, how poor general culture can turn into a vicious cycle of stupidity across generations.

Episode 3 was definitely about religion. The "king" being god they worship, changing your name like in many religions like catholicism, the ring and having a "special one" is marriage which they specify is one man and one woman and ONLY that forever, the robes they all wore. What was really interesting was how yellow guy was saying he loved all these things like the other people did but they were like no no you can't love that you have to love your "special one"

a lot of cult stuff is separation from loved ones friends or family and being like "we're the only ones that understand you" sorta. thats really vague and not nearly as in depth but it very much can be a gradual over time thing like how its shown in the episode where it starts off seeming fine then gets weirder a little bit more at a time and then next thing you know youre knee deep in it

I would never encourage you to watch this I watched it about four years ago on an accident because I thought it was like Sesame Street but no it wasn’t and I didn’t sleep the rest of that week😂😂

hopefully you can react to the tv series! it is such a good watch

The way we think of time is man made but it is something that does exist outside of the way we understand and experience it.

I was there live. love the video

The tv series is sooo good I highly recommend it ❤

Bro first video I’ve watched of yours and I’m not gonna lie I’m subscribing immediately

If you want a deeper look at this show, I would suggest watching MatPat’a Film Theories on this! Him and his team did a good job of deciphering the lore it has.

Have to be honest, the first time a DHMIS video was suggested to me in the olden days of RU-vid, I thought it was about the condition of people who actually get scared by a hug or even the offer, so I ignored it for years until MatPat picked it up to say something on it. So, naturally, I did my research before seeing his theory, and loe and behold, I found my new favorite cartoon/puppet series about such deep and intricate subjects as media fake-till-you-make and health dieticians that had no idea what they were doing back in the 90s and early 2000's while I was growing up. It was a journey I treasure, and the new show is still quite funny and somewhat intricate. You can find it here on RU-vid, but I will not name the source for their protection.

Idk if you noticed but at the end of #6 they were all their favourite colours they mentioned in #1

There’s a film theory about this show. MatPat explains it pretty well

The creators said every theory about the show is right, so, there are no answers or correct lore, everything is canon and nothing is

31:00: So apparently, this is actually a flashback and he was pitching the show to everyone. Then Yellow Guy's dad, Roy, had approached him and offered to help sponsor the show.

I love how the whole thing comes together to be a metaphor for creating a kid's show. The red guy wanted to make a show, but had to get a producer to afford it. The dad paid for it, but forced his son in as a character, did rewrites behind the creator's back (the computer talking instead of the globe taking red guy by surprise), and forcing a very special religious episode. The religious song literally follows love bombing cult recruiting tactics. Later red guy realizes that computers will let him make the show on his own without the producer and it literally blows his mind. The songs and writing takes a nosedive when red guy leaves, and crow leaves to join red guy resulting in them having to write him off the show. So they then make their own independent show where the characters are color swapped to make them legally distinct.

You should watch Film Theory’s video on it decoding and explaining everything!! Everyone who knows DHMIS has watched it lol

I feel that film theory explains what happens in the web series pretty well

i just realised in each episode you can see yellow guys unfinished clown portrait before and after it was destroyed

Measuring Time is a man-made concept but time is like., the opposite of space i think maybe perhaps

I howled with laughter at the end of six “WHAT IS THIS?!”

Fun fact: Duck Has A fear of time(Chronophobia), ever since episode 2, when in episode 4 time gets mentioned duck said "time?" As if he remembers what happens earlier or says it in a shocked/scared some sort of way.

13:51 AYO ROY GO SAVE UR SON 😃 WHAT U DOIN BRO LOL-

Episode 3 is about overly religious people who force others how to live and especially how to love. I don't think it's really about cults since DHMIS has always touched on issues that everyone has dealt with.

"Let's be creative!! ...NO NOT LIKE THAT"

Cults are fully real and are everywhere

The yellow ones dad is called Roy at the end of the show when one of the paper falls it isn’t Father’s Day anymore so Roy can’t control The show now

He should definitely react to the TV series on RU-vid, it's more of a story than the web series.

If dreams are what my multiverse is doing, I’ve committed so many crimes in other worlds. I’m always getting arrested

¡Se viene lo bueno! ¡Reacciona al tv show, por favor!✨

The concept of UNITS of time is manmade, but time itself is part of the universe.

Time isn't man made. It factually exists. It's the significance in any single moment in time that's man made.

The channel Film Theory did a couple videos on this series that break down the meanings really well.

Loved this vid! My favorite interpretation of this show is the one made by Film Theory. I recommend checking it out as well. Although the show is meant to be open to interpretation.

Like others have said, yeah you should do a reaction to film theory's take on it, I think those 2 episodes explain it very nicely

25:27 Gore part😍

The first season is about unplugging from your childhood

I think what you were getting at was that time exists, but our current perception, and how our society requires that we structure our time is made up.

Es raro ver como se veían los personajes comparado con la segunda temporada

Talk on Monday, ads on Tuesday. They're listening, its not conspiracy anymore.

Religions and cults are the same thing. "Cult" is just a pejorative word we use to refer to religions that aren't adopted by a large number of people and/or not generally accepted. To a very religious person, a cult is just any religion that isn't the one they follow. And besides, that episode isn't just about cults in general, it's pretty clear it's about the Catholic Church.

I WAS WAITING 4 THIS!!

If you think about it all religion is a cult they might try to dumb it down but no it’s a cult, most religions have you change your ways and have you do things so lonely there God will accept you but I rather be alone then be a part of someone else’s journey I rather find my own way

i think the Love episode is more about religion in general, because all religions have their own ideals of how things like relationships should/shouldn't be

If you want to know the message in this then you should watch Film Theory don't hug me I'm scared

Time as a measurement is man made,but it is a thing that has always existed

Salad fingers is the greatest children's show

since its october i highly recommend Over the Garden Wall i watch it every halloween and i think it's pretty good

Time is just a measurement of the day cycle

I’m surprised I’m not still the only person who remembers Yo Gabba Gabba. Nobody who I ever talk to knows that show. It was like my favorite thing as a kid!

I think June 19 was Father’s Day and the yellow boy forgot about Father’s Day and so the dad put his son inside of a computer to make him never forget Father’s Day ever again as a curse or something

The best explanation for this series i've come across so far is the video "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared: Explained [Full Series]" created by Night Mind.

Now you gotta watch the Film Theory on it

I remember watching this at 10 years old... I loved it.

red was leaving bc of bad things happening, the green bird got eatten by yellow,yellow was going crazy almost die bc of dreams.

this came out quickkkk damn

27:32 Their names are literally Red guy, yellow guy and duck. Their names were never said by the creators, series, or show, and they made a gag of not saying what their actual names are in the tv series. The only character whos name is confirmed is yellow guy's dad. Whom is Roy (the r on his shirt is for his name). You should really watch the tv series it's just as good as the web series except it focuses more on humor but its definitely still dark.

theres a tv series also, hope you watch it

Bro went psycho after episode 2😂😂😂

1:48 your getting the beat

Hey Scoot! It's me, Dark! Remember, that one guy who pushed a kid off a slide? I'm here at 0:08 too, I just wanted to say sorry I couldn't catch you watching it live, I had to go visit my mom and dad. I was here for the Google Forms and the beginning of DHMIS though, once again sorry I couldn't make it.

ur watching art HAHAH IM SO HAPPY YOU WATCHED THIS!!!!

When he said this isn’t scary you know it’s good

I needed this! Green is not a creative color! :) The red guy is my favorite

The message for the love one is how religion distorts love. Ie how love can only be between man and women and how they control your life. So not just a bout cult

32:00 I swear this is what my dreams are like 😂

Time is absolutely not a man-made thing. We invented the definition of the word, and all words for that matter, but time is a thing that would still exist if we didn't, and all the other animals that don't understand the concept of time like we do would still experience it all the same.

The meanings behind these are pretty darn good

The love episodes message is about how religion dictating what love is spoils love as a whole.