Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (often abbreviated as DHMIS) is a British web and television series created by Becky Sloan, Joe Pelling, and Baker Terry. The series is notable for its blending of surreal comedy and black comedy with psychological horror and comedy horror, as well as incorporating musicals. Its production is also notable for diversity, combining puppetry, live action, and other different styles of animation including stop motion, traditional animation, flash animation, clay animation, and computer animation. The original series consisted of 6 short episodes released from July 29, 2011 to June 19, 2016 on YouTube. A follow-up television series was released in 2022 on All 4 and Channel 4.
In the series, each episode starts like a typical children's series, consisting of anthropomorphic puppets akin to those featured in Sesame Street or The Muppets. The series parodies and satirises these TV programmes by contrasting its childlike, colourful environment and its inhabitants against disturbing themes; each episode features a surreal plot twist in the climax, including psychedelic content and imagery involving graphic violence, dark humour, existentialism, and psychological horror.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 
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Yellow Guy
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Baker Terry | |
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Duck
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Briefcase
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Andy
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Duncan
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Bin
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Lucky Mo
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Family Tree
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Roy Gribbleston
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Warren The Eagle
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Yumpherdinker
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Dr. Bushman M.D
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Choo Choo
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Tony the Talking Clock
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Steak
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Big Duck
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Bigger Duck
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Red Guy
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Joseph Pelling | |
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Colin the Computer
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| Brain Friends Announcer | |||
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Big Red Guy
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Bigger Red Guy
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Unemployed Brendon
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Becky Sloan | |
 
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Stain Edwards
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| Grolton's Chicken Family Tub Discount Commercial Announcer | |||
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First Tooth
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The Lump
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Electracey
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Lesley
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Vivienne Soan | |
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Claire
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Leila Navabi | |
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Sally
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Amy Gledhill | |
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Fax Machine
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Kath Hughes | |
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The Mr. Lunch
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Phil Wang | |
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Free Lunch Machine
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Chris Cantrill | |
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Elevator Speaker
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Lolly Adefope | |
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Mrs. Grelch
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Janet
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Charlie Perkins | |
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Coffin
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Kevin Eldon | |
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Lamp
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George Fouracres | |
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Grolton
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Hovris
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Red Guy's ID Card
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Sam Campbell | |
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Apple
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Tissue Box
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Katy Wix | |
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Lily
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James Stevenson Bretton | |
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Todney
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Grandma
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Freya Parker | |
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Bread
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Market Man
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Liam Williams | |
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Bubble Bath Memory
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Emma Sidi | |
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Saturdavid
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Kiell Smith-Bynoe | |
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Shy Imaginary Older Brother
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Johnny White Really-Really | |
| Instructional Tape Announcer | Chris Hayward | ||
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GPS
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Katie Kvinge | |
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Time Child
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Jimmy Slim | |
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Insurance Safe
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Jamie Demetriou | |
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Mirror
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Michael Stranney | |
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Experiment
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Beattie Hartley | |
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Boundaries Guy
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Jason Forbes | |
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Rock Teacher
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Natasha Hodgson | |
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Toilet
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Nathan Foad | |
International versions[]
Dubs[]
| Language | Title | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Persian | بغلم نکن من میترسم | online YouTube (formerly) |
Subtitled versions[]
| Language | Title | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Persian | بغلم نکن من می ترسم | Namava |
Notes[]
- To date, this show has not been officially distributed internationally. As a result, any dubs listed on this page were produced without authorization.