Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
You might remember it as Don't Hug Me I'm Scared episode 1
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2011·The social era
A puppet short that became one of the defining pieces of internet horror-comedy.
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What this wasThe story
It first appeared in 2011, during the social era. A surviving copy is on YouTube.
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later · the upload that made its maker known
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
- SourceOrigin not yet established
- MediaPlayable from the source
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Created by Becky Sloan. Established by research, not by who posted the copy shown here.
- Where
- Known on YouTube.