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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 British puppet series that starts as a children’s programme and turns into horror.

At a glanceThe facts

Remembered as
DHMIS
Spread in
2011
Format
Video
Era
The social era
Made by
Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling
Origin
Origin not yet established
Available
Playable from the source

Why it matteredWhat changed

A short film made with no budget grew into six, partly paid for by its audience, and then into a Channel 4 series eleven years after the first.

TimelineIn order

  1. Posted

    The first short is released on YouTube.1

  2. Later

    A crowdfunding campaign for more episodes reaches its goal of 96,000 pounds.1

  3. Later

    The sixth and last web episode is released.1

  4. Mainstream

    A television series of six episodes is released by Channel 4’s streaming service.1

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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

The version shown here is a later copy, posted by the creator to YouTube.

Where it came fromWhat we know

Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.

View the creator's copy on YouTube

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.

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SourcesWhat was read

  1. Wikipedia — Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

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