@@tylerb.gaming762 Haven't watched Family Guy since they got into the 'gross-out' era around season 12-14, somewhere around there. That scream was incredible. Like a peak moment of the entire show lol thanks for sharing it
I'm convinced that "don't hug me I'm scared" is David's last words. After he was hit he tells his mom "Don't hug me" because she tries to hug him but he's in too broken and in much pain. Then, he says "I'm scared" right before he dies.
Then why would it be the word, "scared?" over in-pain, hurt, or broken? It's more likely Mat's theory but I think the name probably just started as a catchy name for horror
Him being David makes a lot of sense when you consider that the Big Boys and Bigger Boys rooms have Red Guys and Ducks, but not Yellow Guys because he never got to grow up to become a Big Boy. It's also interesting that Yellow Guy runs on old batteries, implying his artificial nature. They haven't been changed in a long time because she's been grieving for all that time.
Something else that could add to the theory is that we never see a “big” version of yellow guy. If yellow guy really is a version of the deceased David and Lesley is pulling the strings it would make sense that there isn’t a grown up version of yellow guy because Lesley doesn’t want to imagine him grown up and she wouldn’t know what he would look like older
That was made from the teacher, I have a feeling that what Lesley did was make a lot of puppets and just set them free, so whenever they go teach David about a lesson, it would be natural and random, that's how come the teachers are there at random times, they kind of do their own thing, that's why there wasn't a second David, but just a David that ages, I think it's just one David puppet and the rest are replaceable, and that's why she brings them back to the house instead of not caring
Wait if red and duck both die by water (ie duck died of dehydration) then why yellow says that a family die *on the same day* and *in the same style of accidents* but we know that yellow died from a car crash so ????? Does that mean they’re not a family this has confused me for months now
I always kind of assumed that “don’t hug me I’m scared” is a reference to how some people don’t want physical comfort during an anxiety attack because it will make them more anxious. Which kind of makes sense, given the anxiety-inducing lessons in each episode.
The episodes always start off happy and then turn awful and bloody, as if she's trying to remember happy times with David, but the trauma she has causes her to breakdown and can only see the gore of that day... love the video!
What makes the ending sadder of DHMIS to me is that she wanted to break her cycle of sadness but she controlled duck into pulling out Yellow Guys batteries and making him shred the book. She wanted to accept that her son was gone but *cant.*
Consider: Roy was the one driving the car, and Lesley was a passenger. Lesley was injured, but both Roy and David died, which better ties in to Yellow Guy's line at the end of _Family_. If he's the one who ultimately caused their deaths, it would explain why he is always portrayed as unkind or unhelpful. Also, "careful" is a weird thing to exclaim when you see your child walk out in front of your car, isn't it? It would be, unless you were trying to warn the driver. The situation made her feel completely powerless. There was nothing she could do to save her son. That's the reason she created the dollhouse - she can now control every single thing that happens, and she never has to feel helpless again.
This actually makes alot more sense to me cause, roy would be the driver, leslie the passenger, and david the boy. but guess what? if you realize, in every episode, it's june 20th. They all eventually die, in the same day. @Ashe
I did wonder if DHMIS were the last words David said after the crash, while his mum was trying to comfort him. Rejection to add to the trauma. Great episode as always.
Anyone else noticed how in the first episode they say that only a freak accident will make you appreciate life and such? Maybe some of the guilt lesley feels is because she wasn't the most attentive mother before the accident and that may be what caused it, making David's death hit harder because she wasn't always there or paying the most attention to him. Could explain why she's trying to teach all these lessons now, because she didn't bother to before and now it's too late
We're lucky that this genius ended up doing entertainment and get profit for it. His mind would for sure be useful in any industry but here he is giving us good content.
When Lessly screams "CAREFUL" as yellow guy got run over by the car, my hair stands with dread that I haven't felt before It's like she's in pain and I can feel it in my skin
Some things I noticed that I thought I would point out: 1: Yellow Guy’s “dream” in the episode 5 intro is the plot of episode 6. And this isn’t the only time is aware of what’s going on, his line about the bigger ones on top with a smaller one of all of it on top is the doll house that Lesley has. 2: Whenever yellow Guy has a reflection, it’s the smarter him looking back at him. 3: When Lesley gets out the duck replacement, it’s from a draw full of ducks. When we enter the room, we can clearly see that there is only one draw on the piano. She only has duck replacements. Now think back at what characters have died. Duck was eaten in the original series episode 5, he is the one who dies one episode 2. And when he is in the same room with the other duck in episode 2, Duck is on the right. When duck kills the other duck, the duck on the right is killed, the real duck is killed. Duck has died and been replaced many times.
Another things is that Duck is seen often trying to argue with Red Guy and tell him that he’s not as good as duck. Duck says that he is the father figure, Duck is angry that Red Guy got the management role, placing him as Duck’s boss. When the briefcase says “a big guy like you”, Duck says “he’s not that big”. I’m thinking that maybe Yellow Guy isn’t the only one who represents a family member. If Yellow Guy is David, could Red Guy be Lesley before the accident, and could Duck be Roy before the accident. Maybe before the accident, Lesley and Roy (human Roy, obviously) had David but then started growing apart, and Roy became a not very nice Father to David and Partner to Lesley. They broke up just before the accident, and after it, Lesley went crazy with guilt, recreating her old life with a doll house and some puppets. Roy was also driven crazy, but he wanted to get his revenge on Lesley and (in true game theory/film theory fashion) bring back his dead child. Which is why Roy is always seen ignoring everyone (like he used to neglect David) and he tries to stop Lesley/Red Guy and bring David/Yellow Guy out of that world. Red Guy and Duck are often arguing and Duck ignores Red Guy and Yellow Guy and Red Guy is the only one who listens to Yellow Guy, even though sometimes Red Guy/Lesley’s anger ends up going towards Yellow Guy/David.
Your third point would make sense of the theories for season one. Season one could have showcased how red guy was irreplaceable through him moving on and doing what he wants. Duck was probably a dog for David which is why he keeps getting replaced (pets are replaceable more so than people), and David just keeps getting tortured bc Lesley wants to desperately teach him what she could not.
@@Stardusk123 that’s honestly such a great idea! That would explain the countless times he’s been killed, also showing that she sees pets as replaceable not humans (her own son)
Just to add a little, the climbing up the stairs is pretty much a symbol to growing up (just as the big boys room implies) and the fact is, Leslie tried to let yellow guy grow, but that means him getting closer to her, it also conflicts with the fact that david never grew, thats why there is not yellow guy equivalent in the other rooms, at the end Leslie puts him back to dullness, to the never growing point and it probably wasnt the first time she did it, cuz she cant deal with the grief
hearing her scream scared me the first time i watched it. the reaction felt too genuine for the bit they were doing and too personal for the narrator. made me start to realize there’s an overarching story.
Some important information: -The dollhouse they return to after the junkyard isn’t the same one they left -The x-ray of Yellow-Guy’s head shows a power circuit, further proving that he runs on power -The pink blob in the Bigger Boy’s Room is the same one from the Death Episode -Yellow guy seems to be able to read/write the symbols. -The password in the Internet episode, which Yellow Guy is trying to force himself to remember, is in the same symbols -In the beginning of the Last episode, Yellow Guy remembers going upstairs before and even references it in his little nonsense speech -In the family episode, Mother is dead, implying that there might also be guilt from Leslie for leaving more family (a husband, or other children) after “dying” in the same wreck. -Leslie doesn’t seem to have total control, since the puppets were able to leave the dollhouse. Even though she brings them back, this implies they are able to in some way or the other move without her doing so for them
I think the last one implies that Lesley herself will sometimes try to break out of the coping cycle, only to fall back into the cycle again. As the last episode shows, she has tried it many times before but always scared to take the last flight of stairs.
@@Kaxology i feel like it implies free will, and she tries to control them via her lessons, but she cant completely control them, like when they switched out yellow guys batteries with the electric guy
honestly i feel like this video was lacking in a lot of things about their characters in some of the earlier episodes. there is a lot of interesting character writing that couldve added to his points in the first few episodes
Don't forget about Satur-David from the Brain Friends has David in their name, and the fact they had no head may mean David was decapitated in the car accident.
I think the floor above Leslie isn’t for Yellow guy (or David) too reach. It’s for Leslie. We see that duck and red guy have ascended the first few floors, each one gaining more knowledge as they go. The only thing above them, Leslie, the one who knows the truth behind the story. The floors represent knowledge. The only floor that Leslie hasn’t reached, the last stage of grief, acceptance. I think the finale will end wholesomely, with yellow guy leading Leslie too the final floor, showing her it’s not her fault. But that’s just a theory…
Nice take. Hence Leslie gives the book to Yellow Guy, who came up with "the alphabet" to decipher it earlier on. Only he can read it, which i think contains passages from the life they could've had. Reading it ,accepting the fact that it's all for naught and making peace with it would pass them through the door. But the book gets shredded, and the loop ensues. One thing i'd disagree with is that Red & Duck truly had gained more knowledge in their "upper floors" iterations. They were fooling around, really, with TWO subjects at once & aimless experiments. David (as his smarter self) finds them to be rather silly. I think Leslie's plan was to let the "dumber" Yellow Guy move onto these rooms naturally as he grows up, so that he would idle around for years to come, just like he does downstairs.
@@50Steaks68 an accident wouldnt have been her fault tho. that is something a lot of us have to accept. we blame ourselves for something totally out of our control, wonder what we could have done differently, beat ourselves up over and over about a total accident. it wouldnt have been her fault and she would need to learn to accept that. it doesnt make it her fault even if he ran out in front of her. accidents are accidents, nobody is to blame thats what makes it an accident.
Isn't is weird why she would call out his name? If she had the time to recognize the kid why couldn't she just turn the car out of the way? It would make sense, however, if she was not in the car. Rather, she was near her son but got distracted for a second and not notice immediately that her son ran to the road.
Exactly what I was thinking. Another thing is if David’s her son then was she a puppet too at one point? A human can’t give birth to something like that, unless he was the first version of a son she always wanted making him special compared to yellow guy being only a replica. And what about where they are? Is Lesley trapped in some odd place or is she in the real world with lots of people, yet decides to never leave her home? I have so many questions for the creators.
With this new theory about yellow guy and Leslie it opens up a ton of new questions about Roy. Is he actually dead too and if so , how did he die? Was he also partially responsible for yellows/ David’s death somehow? It is interesting how in the original series he seems to want yellow guy to suffer or to use him while Leslie is fond of yellow guy but also kinda Bitter towards him. And how both parents seem to be the ones pulling the strings of the show with Roy perverting Red’s vision in the original RUclips series and Leslie making things happen with the dollhouse is an interesting parallel. Kinda makes me think of those parents who use their kids to make crappy RUclips shows and make money off them
Maybe Leslie resents Roy for being emotionally abusive while David was alive, and now that he (David) is gone, he (Roy) will never be able to make amends. Maybe he (Roy) gets even more abusive when David dies, Un able to handle his own trauma with the loss of his son, or maybe Roy leaves Leslie? It would also be a cool idea if Roy is the reason David was IN THE STREET to begin with, which is why Roy also shares blame for David’s death.
Since Red guy was a neighbor of their’s he was probably a friend of Lesley and in all likelihood someone who collaborated with her on kid’s show programming. David saw him as an uncle. Roy produced a show he wanted to do and then ruined Red’s vision, and Lesley would have seen all of that happen so we see it play out with the puppet characters in season 1. Red guy (whatever his real name was) dies at least a year later than David, but on the same calendar day, probably driving his car into a lake. All of these people have been dead for decades.
in my opinion, the reason she said "your not my real son!" is because she was getting attached again.. It's like a voice in her head reminding her. The reason she was so motherly was because she made yellow guy so she could morn the loss of David, her son.
You could also argue that each level of the house correlates to the stages of grief-but slightly out of order. The first floor is in-denial; where Lesley refuses to address what has happened. She is willing to have each character play their own parts as if nothing is wrong. The second floor is symbolic for depression. Where the characters are beginning to look at things in more detail. Maybe this is where Lesley was beginning to realize that her son is truly gone. Then, the third floor is anger. The torture of the lump of living flesh could be a metaphor for the torture and pain Lesley is inflicting on herself for killing her son. And then, finally, the floor that Lesley is on currently, is symbolic for bargaining. She’s replaying the moments where “David” never leaves. He just stays in the house learning about new things. A place where he never dies. That’s where she is at right now. And the next staircase that we didn’t get see, leads to the last floor: acceptance. Where Lesley truly accepts what happened and is able to move on. Hopefully this makes sense! It kind of just clicked for me after I finished watching the video :)
This makes so much sense!!!!! I think u cracked it. Duck and red guy also seem more unkempt and are visibly stoned on the second floor which is very in line with depression
Fun Fact about the DHMIS show that people probably know, but for the people who don't know... The song at the end credits in episode 2 references all the teachers in the show, excluding the Coffin
Well my name is Luis es un poco más grande que el pasa por mi mañana y no te preocupes si no te preocupes si no ay de otra que puro ir a trabajar a la casa
Web que se encuentra disponible para la casa y que cumplas con tus lindos sueños en el baño de la casa y que cumplas tus metas en la casa de tu colita en la mañana si no te conteste porque me
There was a recent theory made by inside a mind that the original series wasn’t about children’s television, but rather Red guy holding onto his past and not wanting to grow up and be like his father with the ending scene of him pulling the plug being symbolism for him letting go of his childhood, and finally moving on to being an adult.
Another thing I noticed is that David's tombstone is one of the only props in the show that doesn't look like its made out of felt. Thats because it isnt really part of Lesley's fake puppet world. Its very real to Lesley.
That’s actually a really cool detail Everything is felt because Leslie made it. But she didn’t make the tombstone. The tombstone was made by the real world
I always assumed that the show's name is basically just describing how the main characters felt during the lessons. They were scared, terrified even of what was happening around them so they didn't want a hug from a singing clock or a slice of huge meat.
I thought the title was just kinda saying what the style of horror in the webseries was meant to make you feel, considering all the uncomfortable imagery throughout.
Makes much more sense, and i don't belive they planned "Lesley's plot" since the first DHMIS, specially seeing how different it could have been if Wakey Wakey was released
@@BafemousGoat Don't forget what MatPat said at the beginning of this, the series is essentially a fresh start, the basis and ongoing narrative between the first series and this one are different, even though the characters remain the same, so the title could imply one meaning in the original web series and another in the tv series🤔
I've been on the internet for way too long so gore or other disturbing things don't usually face me. But hearing Lesley scream with all her heart "careful" as a child gets brutally run over by a car, that was different. Her voice was so uncomfortable, maybe it was because the voice acting is great or smth. But props for DHMIS for making uncomfertable
My theory is that Roy (or whoever Lesley's husband was) was the one driving the car who hit David. That's why Roy is portrayed as an uncaring and horrible father and person in Lesley's puppet world.
This show does have a major replacement theme to it. The duck was murdered by his replacement, yellow guy was forced to replace the creepy family’s mother for Roy’s pleasure, and last but not least Leslie made if abundantly clear she had replacements of all three characters in case people went out of line. I believe the trio that made it to the junkyard/wasteland are still there, still potentially able to find the remnants of clay hill. Maybe the theme is simply “the show must go on, no matter what.”
@Rostitan the real one died, you see the maggots that he was infested with on the ground I believe and the goop thing that became duck wouldn't have had guts, but the real one would
That's actually a really good point. If Leslie actually had replacements for all the characters, she probably wouldn't go through the trouble of getting them back. She would have just used the replacements. But we know she at the very least grabbed the car because of the end of that episode. Which means those characters are most likely still out there in the junkyard.
@@Ariaofeffect ITS FAST TO ME CONSIDERING THAT WHEN I 1ST STARTED WATCHING GAME THEORY, MATPAT WOULD ONLY UPLOAD 1 THEORY A MONTH AND MOST OF THE VIDEOS THAT WOULD GO UP ON THE GAME THEORISTS CHANNEL WOULD ACTULY BE FROM SMALLER CREATORS LIKE GAJIN GOOMBA WHO NEEDED THE EXTRA VIEWS TO KICKSTART HIS SERIES AND EVENTUALLY SEPARATE AS HIS OWN CHANNEL. (P.S:IM NOT SCREAMING, I JUST LIKE TO EXCLUSIVELY TYPE IN CAPS XD)
I have a kind of extension to this theory: I think that Roy is trying to help her and take her away from her trauma but every time he tries a character “dies” which is her brain making her relive the moment she killed her son and she immediately pushes him away again so it becomes a never ending spiral into depression and and anguish
Roy is also watching from the window when he was hit by Lesley…so Roy has a creepy appearance but we never see him harm anybody outside of protecting his son, it’s almost like he’s watching over him(that’s his eye that you randomly see peeking through the wall during the intro), maybe that’s a representation of the fact he wasn’t physically able to save his son when he was hit by the car but he watched the whole thing unfold able to do nothing🤔
👀👀👀 I always thought it was weird how he watches over his son in that weird unblinking way but maybe it's due to the grief of him possibly taking his eyes off him for one second and the accident happened idk ur idea sounds better tho
@@oreocookiegaming9698 well he’s not yellow like we usually see him, but if you look at the front window of the house that duck is in you can see a man with the same face as Roy just more normal
I always assumed the title of the show was intentionally sending a confusing, mixed message, since the teachers all do the same thing. Fits perfectly when you think about it.
I think that interpretation fits as well, especially for the first iteration done on youtube, but i also agree with Mat that when you're so scared you reject even a hug you've been pushed past a breaking point - also fitting the original theme pushing Yellow Guy past his breaking point with their terrible "lessons." Seems a very fitting title for this simple-yet-complex show.
Actually, the creators themselves said where the name "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" came from. One of the creators ran up to a friend holding some models, and the friend yelled "Don't hug me, I'm scared".
I also think that "Morning, here in Mullhoven, New Town" could also be interpreted as "Mourning, here in Mullhoven, New Town". This may be a stretch, but it could be Lesley constantly replaying the traumatic memory in her head(???)
When Red Guy yelled "I'm not going back into that house!" i was shocked at the... true feeling in his voice. Granted, i havent watched the series, but from what ive never heard, Red Guy dosent talk like that often. it really shows what a nightmare that house is.
It’s not necessarily that he doesn’t talk a lot, it’s that he always talks very monotone except for two times he yells a word. It’s very jarring because in that episode he acts and sounds a lot more desperate and emotional than he does the rest of the time Also yeah you should watch it if you haven’t. Definitely watch out it’s dark and disturbing but it’s so good and it’s all on RUclips
This may be a stretch but it sounds like it's representing him escaping an abusive home life The reason why I say that is because Duck seems like he's verbally abusive towards him and Yellow Guy and Red Guy finally had enough of the abuse and wanted to escape
In the title sequence where he's explaining his dream, he's explaining the episode before it even begins. "another me" is the reflection he sees and talks to the "other ones" he talks about are the big boys and bigger boys "and I knew what they were but I don't know now" is his intelligence being removed with the fresh batteries "and then it went away" is the episode restarting all over again just something I noticed :)
I think the title applies less to Lesley and more to Yellow Guy. She is broken, and grieving, sure. But scared? Whereas Yellow Guy, upon learning the existential nightmare that is his life, probably has Lesley try to hug him in an effort to hold her son once again, rejects her because this is all too scary for him to handle. That sounds a lot more relatable.
what if David isn't dead but is on life support and Lesley knows he will never wake up but it hurts too much to turn it off so that's why she started all of this. This could explain why Yellow runs on batteries, like he is being powered by something other than his heart (a life support machine)
This makes a lot more sense considering the ids only showed duck as dead. Duck died because he read on the newspaper he forgot to drink water and is later shown as a pet dog while the pet dog in the tv show was seen as dehydrated. And that David / yellow guy is slowly dying since flies and a worm are attracted to him
And maybe the book is a perfect life that Leslie envisions in her head that she wishes to give to David if he ever woke up. Red guy is the doctor who always comforts her and always trying to find ways to try to tell her that she has to move on, shown by how he unplugged the plug the show when it was corrupt. Duck could have been David's pet whom Leslie imagined as David's friend.
Im curious to see how the others, particularly red guy, fit into this. Throughout the show Red guy is the only one trying to actively escape his circumstances (besides Duck wanting a job in the first episode but I don't count that as its more a boredom thing) and Red Guy is portrayed as a human in the neighborhood sequence whereas Duck is just a pet. Not to mention that despite being so monotone, Red Guy seems the most, well, human. He also seems to have connection to Yellow Guy because he's much kinder to him and seems that the most meaningful conversations happen between them (though this might be a stretch seeing as the only other character is Duck.. and he's... well- Duck).
If Red Guy was the neighbor then he witnessed Yellow Guy's death. Maybe he knows something is wrong and is trying to get them to leave this place so Yellow Guy doesn't endure any more torture. It's why he pulled the plug in the finale of the web series. Red Guy understands the danger this house brings. He feels he and his friends deserve to live someplace better.
Surprised he didn't bring up how one of the characters in the Death Episode mentions how the dead are forced to relive their lives as a performance, for which you earn a pound if you do it right (which Duck does at the end of the previous episode). It implies that all three of them have died at least once before, and they're performing rather poorly considering they're 1 for 6
Makes me think that the reason he got a pound was because the teacher didn't die that episode. Most of the teachers were either hurt or killed in the rest of the episodes so it makes since why duck would be rewarded.
@@anythingelse3677 personally I think it's because it's the only moment in the entire season that someone acts in the interests of someone else (going for the first aid), or maybe recognizing that "this isn't what we should be doing"
An important detail that Matpat overlooked is that Red Guy wasn’t the only one with an ID, all three of the main characters have their IDs in the same folder Red Guy takes his out of. And if you look at the green ID the eyes are crossed out, implying that Duck actually was the one who died.
First of all, don’t say the G word, we all know that’s not a creative color. Second, that was just the one episode. In that episode Duck specifically had died, because Lesley probably forgot to make Duck’s puppet drink pretend water, and used to pretend to teach Yellow Guy, or David, about death, something she never got the chance to do when David was alive.
After this breakdown and assuming it is spot on, this show is next level genius. It’s hard to notice at first glance because it presents itself in a chaotic acid trip way but the hidden backstory makes all of it make sense and gives it purpose rather than just being an excuse to be gory.
There's one thing I wanted to point out: Between the two seasons, the prominence of Roy has shifted greatly. In the first season, it is thought that he was the mastermind behind the show, hiring red guy to make marketable shows and trapping him in a cycle of hopelessness, as his show could never get off the ground unless Roy helped. And at the end of season one, Red becomes more aware of how to produce his shows, and leaves Roy by pulling the plug. However, in season 2, Roy's appearances are scattered, only showing up in the intro in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of looking into the house. The only prominent thing he did was save David from a false family. Instead of Roy being the mastermind this time, its Lesley, David's other parent, who is pulling the strings. If my theory is correct, Roy use to be helping Lesley with her fantasies, controlling the machine that made the "episodes". However, after Red guy's departure, something in Roy may have changed, and he started to reject Lesley's plan and wanted to end the cycle. Unfortunately, Lesley kicked Roy out for most of her stories, now only being able to see the pandemonium through a crack in the wall. During episode 3, he may have come to David's rescue because of the theme: family. David was put into a sort of cultish family, only being done to satiate Lesley's fantasies. In Roy's mind, that was going too far, and he found the courage to go against Lesley, saving David and killing the abominations. His little bit of anger and telling David to run may have stemmed from Roy also knowing what the puppet of David actually was and may still reject this puppet as his son.
I don't know how much Roy is actually pary of the overall story, I'm gonna be honest. Yes, he was a big part in the original pilot, but I think it's clear the creators have made a very different story, and the original series and TV show are, in concept similar, but storywise not related. I feel like Lesely has replaced the role of "puppetmaster" that Roy originally played. I, personally, wouldn't think too much into the few appearences he's had (especially because he doesn't even appear a whole lot). He's just another face in the background, like all of the other interesting characters we see.
I wish I saw this before I just posted my comment. But yeah I'm kind of with you here. There's alot more to Roy and to how it connects to the RUclips series and how that panned out. I feel as though Roy is still helping his wife who he loves however he has never excepted or acted like yellow guy is his son despite saving him in the family episode . I think he wants to do right by Lesley and will continue to do so but he knows how messed up and unhealthy this whole situation is but he is too far in it to make a change and is stuck enabling his wife's despair
In the transport episode, Roy had Beer glasses on and in the family one he was very angry and violent (possibly just eating like the rest of them, but whose to say). I think with this theory, it's Roy suffering after the death of his child, perhaps?
Honestly I think that Lesley also can control Roy if she wants to, because I think that Lesley made Roy after her real husband (probably also named Roy) divorced her sometime before David died, so when she accidentally killed David she was at her worst, she just lost her son, her husband divorced her and she doesn’t have anyone else (I think that she used to have a house out in the open all by itself but decided to move away after her husband divorced her, in hopes of keeping David happy when she had to work but when David died Lesley, so overcome with grief and guilt she felt she had to move back to her old house except at that time the house was run down and she did not want to fix it so she instead grabbed a table grabbed a chair and began playing with her dolls.) I believe that after her husband divorced her she made a doll of him (Roy) and would sometimes imagine him still being here and them being a happy family. I believe that she felt she needed this doll to be happy and wouldn’t give it to anyone. So, of course, when she made yellow guy, duck, and red guy she wanted to make Roy have a little bit more power than the others because he was the father but when he started acting out (not following her plans) she felt like that was him trying to leave her alone again so she decided to make him weaker so he wouldn’t leave her alone to work on things all by herself.
Maybe Lesley made the Roy puppet (who represents her husband) the villain of the web series because she was still in denial that early on and was trying to deflect the guilt by implying it was Roy’s fault
I was thinking about that. Maybe they were divorce, and David was at Roy's house. Leslie went to pick up David and... ran over him by mistake. "It was your fault Roy!! You were not taking care of David!" She may scream to feel less guilty... but deep down she knows she was driving too fast in a residential area... and she was a bit too angry about Roy getting a salary raise and a nice new house to pay attention to the street...
It’s pretty odd to see Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared finally get an actual plot instead of a short musical with disturbing imagery and we get to see Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck communicate with each other. This is like if Amazing World of Gumball aired on Adult Swim.
Fun fact: the people who made DHMIS, Blink Industries, helped create an episode of the Amazing World of Gumball titled “The Puppets” adding their own voices for the titular puppets
I always thought the way this new season felt a little weirder. In the sence that, in the original show, Red guy was always the one who were inyecting reality into all the situations. But now in the tv show, its another one in the crew, ready to be along with everyone else.
Red Guy did try to fight back in Ep. 5, but stopped in Ep. 6. Before Ep. 5, he seemed to be annoyed with his situation, but didn't do anything about it 'til Ep. 5. However, Lesley brought everyone back home at the end of the episode, resetting everything in Ep. 6. Until proven otherwise, I believe the web series is canon. I believe the story of the web series is canon. Red Guy tries to leave, but he's brought back over and over again, so at the end of S1...he gave up OR his will to leave was removed.
I think he has some knowledge of the situation. In episode 5, he’s desperate for some sort of escape, yet in every other episode, he’s unaware of it. Still, the fact that he’s able to break out of it for an episode proves that he has some sort of clarity
I was thinking the same, and you know why? Because English is not my first language, and I did hear "Mourning"... plus, the town sounds a bit like "Heaven"... Maybe the big beautiful town David were going, with friendly diverse neighbors and blue clear skies is a way to say he is in heaven... but Leslie is still afraid to fully accept it, and keeps yellow guy in her house, pretending there's still a long way until his boy reach that "new neighborhood".
This actually makes sense for yellow guy cuz remember he’s always talking about “a little baby pidgin.” He has an association with the bird from his past life. And he’s always the one to die so it makes sense that he is her deceased son. It all lines up with the YT series
Here's my theories 1. In DEATH, Duck's head got cut off by Stain. And in the last episode David accidentally dropped Duck's head when he tried to place Duck, and Lesley replaced Duck with another Duck. So in my theory Stain was the replacement for Duck, but idk if this relates to the theory 2. In the book we saw a stair and a man running, so the other top floor is possibly the rout to escape 3. Duck could be the bird in the gift David got
Maybe, since we see that Lesley controls the dollhouse, as well as red yellow and duck, the fact that she makes red and duck rip out the batteries, and then shred the book is supposed to represent her regret. She hands yellow the book, and sends him downstairs, but then realises he could leave her, (whatever that would look like,) and decides that she wants him to stay, therfore restarting the cycle.
or maybe she gave him false hope from the start? He has walked up the stairs before, so maybe every time she gives him the book to give him false hope that he'll get some answers, only for him to forget and continue the endless cycle.
to me, it feels like the phrase “don’t hug me i’m scared” is something you would say if you’re scared of the person trying to hug you. if the theory that Leslie killed her son in a car accident is true, then it could be from the original David’s perspective after the crash (before he died), being scared of Leslie bc she ran him over. “don’t hug me, i’m scared (of you)”
I don't think Lesley died just metaphorically, I think she attempted suicide, but failed. That would explain the stitches. She woke up in a hospital, alive, and now she's probably locked in asylum, where she cannot escape her floor, that could represent the room or moving on, and is left falling deep into her trauma of losing her son and living.
I think that while the show is dark, this takes it too far and in an unconstructive way. The show is fundamentally about learning and that's a very foreboding tale.
I personally think that she may have blamed her husband for David's death because he gave him the bird, so she may have murdered him with the car right afterwards. It would explain why we never see a human version or Roy or a puppet version of Lesley. He's just another character in her show that she vilifies constantly because she still holds him responsible.
The toys could have been given to her by the matrons working in the asylum. And cuz she's paranoid she asks them for more extras cuz she's scared to lose something forever again. David wasn't yellow, it's just that he looked closest to young boy. Roy maybe was an abusive father which is why in the youtube show he was portrayed as corrupt and creepy.
@@donjezza10 thats actually really smart. like now that theres new information with the tv series it makes a lot of sense that leslie made roy the villain bc she blames him for davids death. or that he was an abusive father which is what someone else said
another thing to solidify this theory; in yellow guy's "david" state, he has green eyes (like how he said his favorite color was green in the very first episode), and lesley also has lighter colored eyes, making it possible that, if the dad also had lighter colored eyes, solidifies the relationship between yellow guy/david and lesley
Something interesting that wasn’t mentioned was how the 5 Floors of the house could represent the 5 stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
i havent watched the old dhmis in years, but can we just admire how gosh darn good the humor, voice acting and just straight up quality of the episodes were? they were so ahead of their time
So here’s a little detail that you missed. At the beginning of episode 5 where yellow begins to ramble if you listen closely it’s him recalling his experience of ascending the stairs. Like “there was another me” this is him seeing his reflection and conversing with himself. And it’s the same when he initially tries to help duck with his cross word. It reflects the actions that take place later in the epusode
I don’t know if someone mentioned this already, but the ID card scene with Red Guy is interesting. His card says he’s not dead, but knows when and how he will die. I think the three main characters ALL represent members of Leslie’s family. I think the Duck represents her father, based on the fact that he seems to be an older man. I think he is her father, and was very sick and weak, which is why his piece breaks so easily and she has so many replacements of him. He was probably the first member of her family to die, which is why he’s the one who dies in the Death episode instead of Yellow Guy, who dies later. The cause of death in this video is forgetting to drink water, which seems silly and even Duck addresses how silly this is, but if he was very sick, it’s possible he was unable to take care of himself and had no one to help him, leading to a really horrible death. Yellow Guy is the next person in her family to die, which was already discussed in this episode, so I don’t want to rehash what the video already said. His death is shown in Transport, the car accident. I think Red Guy is also her son. Even though he’s significantly older than Yellow Guy, large age gaps are not uncommon in siblings, and he’s not Yellow Guy’s father anyway because Roy is his father. I think Red Guy is a much older brother that acts as a father figure. He never dies in the series, but his death is addressed in the ID card scene, which is what made me think of this theory. The ID card reveals he doesn’t die for a while and that his death is by drowning. This death isn’t depicted in the series, so it hasn’t happened yet, but it will. I theorize that dealing with the guilt of watching the younger brother he was supposed to protect die, as well as seeing his mother’s mental health deteriorate, the son Red Guy represents was unable to cope with the pain and trauma, fell into severe depression, and ended his own life by drowning. (Side note: I believe that Roy represents her husband, or more accurately abusive ex-husband, which is why he’s there but isn’t important to this series. Also, while it’s confirmed Roy is Yellow Guy’s father, I do not believe he is Red Guy’s father, so Leslie’s two children are from different relationships, which may also explain the large age gap.) Leslie was already struggling with leaving her abusive ex-husband and the deaths of her father and younger son, but this was the final thing that sent her over the edge. She feels helpless, alone, and afraid, and so she creates the characters in the show to represent her family. Yellow Guy for her naive but optimistic and kindhearted younger son, Duck for her old-fashioned father, and Red Guy for her eccentric and creative yet slightly pessimistic older son. And Roy for her abusive ex-husband because he’s part of her family and her trauma as well. Sorry for the long comment, I just had a lot to say. I don’t know how this series connects with the original series, but I think this also opens up the door to connections and theories there.
I also think the reason why Red guy is so monotone and legit says “you’re dead? I think I should be the one who’s dead” is that he suffered from depression as a result of his brother dying. I know it’s supposed to be a joke and a relatable moment but he seemed genuinely upset that duck was dead and not him.
@@oncefighting I didn’t mention it in the comment, but I completely agree. The way he says it, almost like he’s disappointed that he’s not the one who’s dead, is really sad and speaks to a lot of people who experience depression due to a loss like that.
I fully agree with your point about Red Guy especially because of the fact that he wanted to be dead so badly in Episode 2 and was disappointed when his ID said he wasn't and wouldn't be for a long time Every time I watch that episode that one scene comes off so weird to me and never really made sense I think you're onto something with Red Guy having depression and being suicidal But to add to your theory about Red Guy being the older brother I noticed something about Red Guy that I haven't seen anyone else bring up At the end of episode 4 Duck is being verbally abusive over a simple accident and Red Guy is so quick to stand up for Yellow Guy And his behavior towards Yellow Guy is more caring and gentle than Duck's Almost like an older sibling wanting to protect and nurture their younger sibling
I think the part about roy being an abusive ex husband makes a lot of sense, I also want to add he most likely cheated on her a lot, I say this because in episode I can go to is well on the episode 3 computers. Yellow guy sees his father watching well, you know what? This could most likely be a sign that Roy was a cheater and how so probably abusive that caused there to be some scares. And with red falling into a deep depression, actually makes a lot of sense, especially the fact that he tried taking his life by drowning makes alot of sense because, well, I mean, just listen to his voice like it's extremely monotone, like, just kind of like done with everything you know, like, that's what you see with someone who has depression, it is kind of done with everything they've been through, just kind of done with life life, sometimes I do actually makes a lot of sense and I won't be surprised if it's true
it’s always struck me weird, “you die in a lake”. and then earlier conversations the gang has of death “die at the same time in the same way in different locations”. like. foreshadowing or are the creators messing with us??
One thing I noticed, in the episode Death when Duck Guy kills his other self, he actually killed the real Duck Guy as you can see maggots coming out of his head, which means Stain took Duck Guys place
Important: in the community scene, Roy is there. Look at the town person peeking through the window next to the hidden duck. Seems like a lot of small details were left out of this theory to fit it better. You’re close Matt! But there’s more. Duck is significant and also there is only one drawer of backups. They’re all duck
@@dylanbowler27 To me, the Grolton and Hovrice videos explain why Yellow Guy sees Duck as an actual 'person' and not a pet. Yellow Guy specifically mentions multiple times throughout the series that Hovrice is the person in the series before somebody else corrects him that the man is Grolton. That combined with Episode 2 where they replace Duck with a replica just reminds me of when the family pet dies, they end up getting a new one. Yellow Guy rejected the 'new' Duck at first, just like a kid would get really attached to their first ever pet.
@@shadedk4 this is really good! I haven’t heard anyone else have this theory, but it’s really smart!! yellow guy and ducks friendship makes my heart melt
So much of this theory doesn't hold up. Like assuming Lesley was driving the car because her name was on it, when the episode clearly indicates that the 'driver' is supposed to input their name. The age of the train would suggest that, at one time, Lesley was living in the same world as the trio. It ignores that duck appears to not even be a living thing through the whole series, with multiple comments suggesting he doesn't know what basic human functions are, like breathing.
Although I’m not sure if it was actually Lesley who hit yellow guy in the town, it is obvious there is a connection between them and it’ll be interesting to see how the series as a whole expands. Red guy’s depression, Duck’s need for validation and Yellow guy’s innocence.
I also think Roy is in it too as her “ex-husband” and David’s father. After Lesley hit and killed David, their family took a huge hit and stress between them got to both. Roy became aggressive and violent. Shown by how he is always portrayed. He is shown as a “bad guy” which would be her opinion of him now. Roy just couldn’t forgive her for killing their son and left her.
BTW: In Episode 2 when duck opens his wallet you can see a picture of a bunch of people and on the right there’s a photo of a woman who looks a lot like Leslie (same haircut and everything) with a little boy so this theory could be true.
There’s also a photo of just a dog, which I’m pretty sure is who Duck represents. Don’t know why Lesley imagines her dog as a duck, but since this whole new plot was probably made up after the first season happened, there’s probably no real reason.
I think the series mentioning how frustrated the characters are that they can’t move on also signals lesleys frustration of not being able to move on. I think Roy may also represent anger from losing a child such as him destroying the family dynamic after his son walks out in the family episode, and that Roy is the only not actual word in the crossword puzzle that yellow guy solves in the final episode. During the car episode I think red guy represents trying to run away from your problems, and then at the end, denial as he still thinks the neighbors will come. I think duck can represents the other children that are just present while this is happening such as at the funeral and feeling like they’re the ones who should have died instead, to being in the car for the ride and just accepting this weird behaviour as a normal part of life now and not allowed to ask questions. Plus, no matter how hard duck tries to say “we are still a family” he’s ignored, which may represent children whose siblings have passed and now their parents can’t hold onto a family dynamic anymore. Red guy wishing he has passed instead may also represent a loved one thinking it should have been them.
Lesley knowing how to play the piano could imply she had it as a hobby, her house with David would have been filled with music. Ever wonder why Yellow guy is so good at playing the trumpet in episode 2? I suspect Lesly taught David music so they could sing together. edit: I had another idea that when Yellow Guy was playing and the coffin stopped him abruptly and said "Oh hey I didn't like that" this could be Lesly not wanting to be reminded of the times she and David sang together
when duck opens the wallet to show family pictures, it shows someone looking like lesley ironing, implying they're her pictures. i'm really not sure how relevant these actually are, but one shows two kids, one with a trumpet and another one a dog. then there's an image of a bunch of adults and it's very crumpled and blurry, but no one there resembles lesley, and lastly another photo of a boy and a girl, with what i think is lesley's hairstyle. i know the show is intricately crafted, but these are real photos that can't really be exactly made for the show, although there is that picture of what seems to be lesley's actress
I think that duck represents the bird in the mullhoven scene and because of that, Leslie hates him so much. I assume this because she has lots of replacemente for him and he's the one who suffers the most throughout the series.
Also notice how when duck dies yellow is the most impacted. Also in the original dhmis pilot yellow guys favorite color is green. Duck is green. So it seems like duck is yellow guys favorite.
We dont know that yellow guy has actually made this journey before, at 6:00 you can see that the photo of the stairs doesnt contain yellow guy, he only appears in the picture as he starts climbing the stairs, and we have seen photos change real time before
Oh, goodness, not to mention: As he goes up the stairs, there are more and more versions of his friends growing up, learning more, but he isn't there to experience it with them. They're growing up without him, because he's dead. The fact that his friends ripped out his batteries, too, seems along the lines of murder, but I can't say it was them either way. Finally, Duck! In Yellow Guys' fantasies, he's revealed as his pet, probably his childhood pet. In Lesley's attic, when a figurine breaks, it's Duck's avatar. She replaces it easily, simply, in much the same way a parent would replace a child's pet goldfish with them being none the wiser. Instead of teaching her child a valuable lesson about death, she avoids the topic and simply gets him a replacement. If Duck is dead below, then gets replaced by an identical copy... will Yellow Guy even notice?
You know, even with everything with Yellow Guy being David, there is something strange with her relationship with her assumed Husband Roy. Like why is Roy represented as a quiet, cruel, and strange man? Why would she present her son’s father this way? What does he represent? Who does Red Guy and Duck represent? Friends? Neighbors? Family members? I feel like we need a follow up to this episode, maybe it could give us a little bit more insight into the original web series.
In real life, parents often begin to hate and blame each other when the death of a child occurs. If she was the one that hit David, where was Roy? Was Roy supposed to be watching their child? If so, why was David in the street and not being held back from chasing the bird by his father? Grief often causes many people to treat their loved ones horribly, it’s no excuse, I’m just stating that it is very common. And in the dream sequence, Duck was a dog, so maybe in that subsequent fit of grief and mistreatment, something bad could have happened to the dog. Maybe she blames the family dog, often considered guardians for the household and children, in addition to Roy. Then, in the original series we see Red Guy attempt to go off on his own, but just can’t make it in the world. As if he can’t come back from his involvement with Yellow Guy and Duck. Perhaps he’s just a traumatized bystander who saw his neighbors’ child get crushed by a car. But that’s just speculation. Theory speculation.
Yellow Guy’s dissociation in episode 5’s intro isnt remembering. Its describing episode 6. There was another him, other versions of his friends, a lumpy guy and ‘a windy middle one.’
I'm just happy that dhmis is back with a new series it was our childhood as we can say. funfact:the person named David is actually lesley dead son who was catched on fire in the house they live in.The reason why he died is unknown but it says that david (the son) loved yellow guy and he always loved the doll.After he died tho lesley kept yellow guy in a house just like the one from episode 6 and from the beggining from every single episode from season 2. Lesley also has replacements because if she didnt the episodes woudnt exist and so would the characters. In episode 2 the grave is called david which meant Lesley was the one who burried her son.And we can also see that the map looks like that one map in episode 3 season 1 where they talked about love except diffrent.Not to mention but Doi never sang in season 1 he was just not the main character.But in season 2 the creators finally gave him a chance to sing which made him the main character. Duck guy also changed the batteries for actual reasons to see if he will finally change but it just made him worst (thats what duck guy tought)and if in the last episode yellow guy pushed duck guy away he could have reveal the truth but he just could not do it.He was the main character even in episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 in season 1 because he would always be the one going bad.Getting hes picture ruined.Turning old.being traumatized by a butterfly.Being corrupted by a computer.Had to eat hes friends.AND dont forget that he drowned in oil while not wanting to talk about dreams. It all makes sense.The reason why the teachers kinda dislike yellow guy was because they knew what would happend.He would get the book and everything would be gone.The talking objects.The crazy people.EVERYONE WOULD BE GONE.So thats why the teachers do that to him.Its just to make him not change everything and that they can go back to normal.He never got the chance to sing thats also the reason they hate him that much. In episode 3 season 2 he was forced to join a family which was the reason to make him forget to get the book but hes father came to save him.The twins wanted to do that,thats all they wanted to.In episode 4 season 2 warren did the same thing.He disrespected him for having brain friends because hes brain friends would have had secrets,and no i know they seem childish but when warren ruins the fun,they become sad and go to a place where its unknown.Basement or something else???
I have an additional theory further explaining Red Guy and Duck. The first part is about who they are and the second part is about what they represent. (Note: When talking about "Yellow Guy," I will be referring to the actual puppet character in the show, while when talking about "David," I will be referring to Lesley's deceased son. And yes, this theory relies heavily on the theory presented in the video.) 1. Red Guy and Duck are David's childhood "friends." I use quotations here because just like Yellow Guy is not exactly David, I feel that's the same case with Red Guy and Duck. Now while I have evidence for this, it's not very solid. Regardless, evidence is still evidence. As seen throughout the series, and heavily in episode 4, Yellow Guy doesn't (or rather can't) get along well with people he doesn't know. He never gets along well with the teachers. It's especially made clear that not only did Yellow Guy have trouble getting along with Warren the "Eagle," the teacher for FRIENDSHIP, but that Warren actually made Yellow Guy uncomfortable. This likely means that David also had trouble making friends and had very few. In the show, the only characters we see Yellow Guy get along with naturally are Red Guy, Duck, and the brain friends he creates in episode 4. Since the brain friends are figments of Yellow Guy's imagination, they will naturally get along with him. Which leaves Red Guy and Duck. Lesley likely wanted Yellow Guy to have friends to learn the lessons with. Given that David probably had trouble making friends, Lesley saw that these friends would have to be ones that Yellow Guy would already know, and that's why I believe that Red Guy and Duck are representations of David's friends. That led me to ask myself, "Why do Red Guy and Duck have more adult-like designs?" Yellow Guy wears overalls and in general acts like a young child, whereas Duck wears a blazer(?), Red Guy is tall and has a deeper voice (like an adult would), and they both act more like sassy adults. This could be Lesley processing that even though these two friends are all grown up now, David still remains a child. continuing on in the replies cause I talk way too much :,)
2. Here's where my theory gets kinda depressing. Red Guy and Duck represent the different ways their real-world counterparts dealt with the grief of losing David. First, let's explore Duck. Throughout the series, he is known to be easily distracted and/or entertained. And if he doesn't have a distraction/source of entertainment, he gets upset. While there's a lot of evidence showing this, there's one specific one I want to point out. In episode 5, Duck starts counting everything he sees, and even counts each tile one by one. At first glance, this may seem like nothing but a "haha he's counting each tile" kind of moment, but I see this as a key detail to explaining Duck's character; he copes by distracting himself. When dealing with grief, many people will end up throwing themselves into something else, like work, hobbies, or luxuries. This keeps them distracted, making them think of what they're obsessing over rather than what they've lost. I think that the friend that Duck represents used all sorts of distractions, especially the arts, as we see Duck show an interest in singing, often singing a solo in the middle of a song or just out of nowhere. Next, there's Red Guy. Probably the most notable trait about Red Guy is his monotone voice. Even if he's genuinely excited, he never shows it. This could represent how some people become apathetic after losing someone, unable to cope with the grief. When grieving, people can lose interest in everything, even stuff they genuinely enjoy. However, there's more to Red Guy. We see him have an outburst in episode 5, screaming that he doesn't want to go back. And though they do make it out of the cartoony world, they ended up back home because of Lesley. This can be seen as a moment where the friend Red Guy represents wanted to take that first step towards acceptance. He wanted to be free of that grief, and he wanted to help his other friend (represented by Duck) and Lesley, too. He even gives Duck distractions so he can slowly adjust to acceptance. But in the end, he fails to achieve this goal, as Lesley is still unable to accept that David is truly gone, and sends them back to the beginning of the cycle... BUT HEY, that's just a theory; a film theory :D
@@yourlocaltrashsnek1532 Thats really incredible. Red guy not wanting to go back could be trying to escape where are the memories are, avoidance. Its hard to move on when you are constantly surrounded by the memories of him.
One thing I thought about when Yellow Guy was climbing the stairs is that each floor is a stage of grief and the reason he (or maybe Lesley) never make it to the 5 floor (stage) of acceptance. And the reason they are stuck on the first floor is the dark depression (first stage) she’s stuck in.
Well, let's look at the first floor of the house. We know that part that isn't real right considering the trio drove away and ended up getting out of the virtual reality of the show and into the real world (the junkyard place). As we seen the shift of reality from the trio being in the car, the colors shift from bright colors to dull colors, probably giving the representation that the real world isn't so bright. Which makes sense in the denial stage of grief, you deny the actual reality but accept the false reality because the actual reality hurts.
@@purpleserenity137 So, what, the 2nd floor is anger, and the big boys are aggressive in feeling more knowledgeable (keep up mate) or the lessons are doubled so more aggressive teaching? And the 3rd floor is bargaining...because...they are trying to declare the value of all the experiments, needing to find out anything just to put a value on it? Or because everything has been reduced to a transaction without meaning?
@@lewisroach8723 That could definitely describe the other floors. There could be some of the stages intermixed together. Sometimes the 5 stages of grief are in no particular order as people experience grief in different ways. But one thing is for certain, generally once people reach a 4th stage, they either do one of two things. Either, they finally accept the reality of what caused them grief (thus moving into stage 5, acceptance) or the cycle repeats again as the person is stuck in grief. In this case with Leslie and the show, the cycle keeps repeating over and over with a new lesson as Matt says, because Leslie is trying to do things that she would do for her son if he was still alive.
I feel like another angle of this - as someone that deals with PTSD - is Lesley is doing this to cope. The funny thing about PTSD is how it corrupts everything. In my experience, it re-frames everything, even happy childhood moments, to something disturbing. Nightmares especially don't often reflect the experiences of what happened, but might contain elements of things that traumatized them. Speaking on this, Red Guy's iconic "we live in an actual nightmare", and given that Lesley is the one narrating, I believe it could be *her* nightmare. After losing her child, she spiraled into a way to still live with him in her life, but can't properly find the balance or way to process her trauma. Making ways to cope with her reality despite there being so much pain associated with what she wanted to do, i.e. teaching and raising her son. Hence why all episodes start out cheerful and carefree, but can easily and quickly descend into a literal nightmare. DHMIS could be a reflection of her psyche, her obsession with making a perfect world despite clearly blaming herself and still healing from the accident. Another reason why Yellow guy is being targeted/hurt in so many episodes - even in the original series - is FOUND in the "you're not my real son" line. Lesley sounds like she can't shake the feeling that it was her son's fault too. "If he hadn't run into the street. If he hadn't been distracted. If I had arrived home sooner--" It eats away at you, even if you use logic to push it away. Her being angry at her son and at the fictional Yellow Guy probably drives what she's doing, trying to make a world where he's still alive and learning, but obviously he's still getting hurt because the real David is clearly NOT THERE, HE'S DEAD. As someone who's dealt with flashbacks too, sometimes the nicest of moments can bring you back and literally flip the entire world on it's head. Days that were going great, where you're spending time with friends and laughing, can turn into a dark and desolate place just because someone talks too loud or because you think someone's face looks familiar. That's my two cents on that. PTSD is weird, and I don't recommend it.
do you think that's the reson why Duck was the one burried in the Death episode, even though the entire funeral was planned for David (yellow guy)? like, she tried to bury him but couldn't and swapped him out with Duck at the last second?
@@zilesis1 that is a good concept! I hadn't thought of that, that she might have subconsciously refused to acknowledge that the real David is dead. That's spooky!
I feel like the pictures in Lesley's room that represent certain episodes may have something to do with this as well #1 The dollops representing the family episode may be connecting her with something to do with a family #2 The batteries representing the electricity episode may be connecting that Yellow guy is a robot (Built by Lesley in her grief) #3 The shovel representing the death episode may be connecting death to her but may also be implying Lesley dug up her son after his death Near the end of that episode, Yellow guy dug up Duck in his grief while singing "Memories help me remember him, the things we, the life we lived"
tbh I always though the house was cursed and anyone inside was made immortal for the sadistic fun of the Object characters. while also being a metaphor for the state of education these days.
It does make a lot of sense! Another commenter even mentioned the title "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" could have been the last thing David said to Lesley before he died after the accident. While another mentioned the house representing the 5 stages of grief. With the guys on the denial floor, and Lesley on the depression floor. With the last floor being acceptance. Either way it's terribly sad & tragic all around 😢.
It makes sense because it is so obvious, there is no reavling a hidden meaning or anything in this theory. I could have shown DMHIS to my 9 year old cousin and he could have up with the same conclusions as matty here. If you want actual good theories for DMHIS RemGames watch ruclips.net/user/RemGames
You forgot an important scene where red guy and duck are running around in the dark with no power, only to see the dead corpses of all the previous teachers, including the ones from the original web series (the steak is even screaming “help me”)
That scene isn't really important to the story so far. It shows that the characters don't remember previous teachers but that's all. It's mostly just there so Red and Duck have something to do while Yellow Guy is with Lesley
Let’s not forget in the same episode where “David” is buried, Yellow Guy dug him up. I think that symbolized Lesley bringing him back in her doll house. Also I thought it was interesting how Red Guy forced the pink blob thing to be Duck. Perhaps symbolizing Lesley forcing Yellow Guy to be David.
I think the appeal of DHMIS as a medium is, similar to the indie scene craze for FNAF, this show can be enjoyed on multiple levels. Casual viewers can watch it for the horror and entertainment, series fans can rewatch it and notice new things every time they run it back, and lore-seekers have all kinds of material to work with and piece together. The accessibility of DHMIS combined with its carefully crafted story and overall passionate feeling makes it a perfect indie franchise to bring into the mainstream. I’m so happy for the whole team behind it :)
The bit where yellow guy is visting the other rooms, I noticed that their "power" each floor increased. First learning multiple things at once. Then inflicting suffering onto something in the name of learning similar to how they are taought in previous episodes. Then Lesley having actual control over the other floors. The implication of a higher floor would proberbly be the studio or something.
I love this theory, but you missed one very important symbol, the book in ep 6, which symbolizes the truth she denies. When David gets his batteries switched, the first thing he does is come up with is a "new" symbolic sub-set. The same symbolic sub-set that the book is written in. After Lesley makes David clean up the mess caused by the electracy, the door is left open, inferring that Lesley has moved on to a higher level, distancing herself further from her catastrophes. But this time, she shreds the book. This book is also the symbolic connection Lesley has to her past life, so, for every level of the house, the book becomes longer, more diluted and harder to decode by David. This parallels the trip he has to take up the stairs, and the number of layers he has to look through to reach the truth. But every time he has made it up to Lesley's room he was sent back down and striped of his intelligence so that Lesley could add another layer and reset the cycle. For each cycle change, a day passes, so on Jun 19 only 2 layers existed. When red guy (the neighbor) pulled the switch in the first season's finale, the houses power source was reset and a new cycle was started (hence the date change). Notice how it was fully dark when he did so and that the floor matches the house; him and duck were in the exact same situation in the finale of this season. When David (Lesley) shreds the book, the camara pans out, and where the stairs used to be, an endless void replaces it. This could infer 1 of 2 things. 1. Like you said, the next floor represents the exit Lesley needs to take to move passed her grief. So, when she does so and shreds the book, she breaks off the connection she has to her fictional world and lets herself live in the real one. 2. She looses the battle against herself. By shredding the book, she finally destroys all traces of the truth and can never come to terms with it, which also removes the stairs. I think it's 2, as the eerie music implies it. Also, in season 1's finale, Lesley doesn't die and the vibe is much happier and hopeful.
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Lesley’s scream as yellow guy was hit by the car was absolutely devastating… Really sounded like she was reliving her son’s death
It was extremely sad. I actually felt really bad for her
Like matpat say
Or they are dead or are the mirror of others living persons
@Thank me later 🅥 Those words and those emojis should never exist alongside one another.
Fr it was really well made
@just i c e good recipe
That scream of Lesley screaming "careful!" genuinely scared me so much. Congrats to the voice actor. That scream sounded so real
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@@conversationssuck god, I could have saved myself from that
That scream is so horrifying
I know right I flinched
Sameee I actually got jumpscared by it 😭
The pure terror and emotion the actress put into that scream is… incredibly bone-chilling
Fax I’m kinda glad he cut the audio short
@Eye Ratio
There was a family Guy episode where Lois screamed and it’s probably more shocking sounding ruclips.net/video/zLYKJDseKYs/видео.html
@@tylerb.gaming762 Haven't watched Family Guy since they got into the 'gross-out' era around season 12-14, somewhere around there. That scream was incredible. Like a peak moment of the entire show lol thanks for sharing it
wow the bots have started talking to each other now
I'm convinced that "don't hug me I'm scared" is David's last words. After he was hit he tells his mom "Don't hug me" because she tries to hug him but he's in too broken and in much pain. Then, he says "I'm scared" right before he dies.
this genuinely made me cry a little
Dang that’s deep 😢
Then why would it be the word, "scared?" over in-pain, hurt, or broken? It's more likely Mat's theory but I think the name probably just started as a catchy name for horror
cause hes scared to die obviously?@@robertseptim3579
@@robertseptim3579scared of death mabye?
Him being David makes a lot of sense when you consider that the Big Boys and Bigger Boys rooms have Red Guys and Ducks, but not Yellow Guys because he never got to grow up to become a Big Boy. It's also interesting that Yellow Guy runs on old batteries, implying his artificial nature. They haven't been changed in a long time because she's been grieving for all that time.
I like the big boys part! Yellow guy not being able to grow up because he died on the car accident.
yellow guys name is rat eyes he outright says it
Bruh thats actually so fuckin sad
@@katcentralyt that’s his maiden name if i remember right
yellow guy not being able to grow up into a big boy hurts dude ☹️
Something else that could add to the theory is that we never see a “big” version of yellow guy. If yellow guy really is a version of the deceased David and Lesley is pulling the strings it would make sense that there isn’t a grown up version of yellow guy because Lesley doesn’t want to imagine him grown up and she wouldn’t know what he would look like older
There is a grown version of yellow guy in I think the second episode when they get jobs. He even has a kid.
@@evanjuleen yeah but they make a point of not showing yellow guy in the big boy rooms
@@evanjuleen its actually the first episode
that's just how whe pictures him.
That was made from the teacher, I have a feeling that what Lesley did was make a lot of puppets and just set them free, so whenever they go teach David about a lesson, it would be natural and random, that's how come the teachers are there at random times, they kind of do their own thing, that's why there wasn't a second David, but just a David that ages, I think it's just one David puppet and the rest are replaceable, and that's why she brings them back to the house instead of not caring
I love how red guy's voice changed from monotone to genuine desperation when he wanted to get away from their house.
Wrrrrddd
@WyatTV ThatTechGuy Where is this from-?
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guys..
WHAT.????
there’s something..
out there…..
The delivery on Red Guy's "aww" when he's told "don't be silly, you don't die for ages!" is perfect. I laughed way harder than I should have.
Followed by the “What?” after it says “You die in a lake!”
@@damienseibel5286 I must have missed that part.
Wait if red and duck both die by water (ie duck died of dehydration) then why yellow says that a family die *on the same day* and *in the same style of accidents* but we know that yellow died from a car crash so ????? Does that mean they’re not a family this has confused me for months now
@@R0TT3NSTR4BB3RRY It would imply that if and only if Yellow was correct in his assertion.
@@Cerebrum123 hmmm good point but we know that some part of him is smart
I always kind of assumed that “don’t hug me I’m scared” is a reference to how some people don’t want physical comfort during an anxiety attack because it will make them more anxious. Which kind of makes sense, given the anxiety-inducing lessons in each episode.
it probably is
That makes so much sense
I assumed it had to do with abusive childhood
@Classic Tate potato fryer lol
I thought that too!
The episodes always start off happy and then turn awful and bloody, as if she's trying to remember happy times with David, but the trauma she has causes her to breakdown and can only see the gore of that day... love the video!
this is a good comment
Omg this is a good theory
this made me smile so much
That is a good theory.
THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
What makes the ending sadder of DHMIS to me is that she wanted to break her cycle of sadness but she controlled duck into pulling out Yellow Guys batteries and making him shred the book.
She wanted to accept that her son was gone but *cant.*
Holy crap I didn't even realize this
Bro...stop this is actually so sad
GOOD GOD I DIDNT EVEN CONSIDER THAT
I dont think she controls the characters.
@@felipekane9611 im pretty sure that she controls them
Consider: Roy was the one driving the car, and Lesley was a passenger. Lesley was injured, but both Roy and David died, which better ties in to Yellow Guy's line at the end of _Family_. If he's the one who ultimately caused their deaths, it would explain why he is always portrayed as unkind or unhelpful.
Also, "careful" is a weird thing to exclaim when you see your child walk out in front of your car, isn't it? It would be, unless you were trying to warn the driver.
The situation made her feel completely powerless. There was nothing she could do to save her son. That's the reason she created the dollhouse - she can now control every single thing that happens, and she never has to feel helpless again.
We can see human Roy in the neighbour window before that car scene
That acrually maes more sense At least to me it does
Yeah I never liked the part that Lesley was driving the car it just didn't make sense to me
This makes a lot of sense.
This actually makes alot more sense to me cause, roy would be the driver, leslie the passenger, and david the boy. but guess what? if you realize, in every episode, it's june 20th. They all eventually die, in the same day. @Ashe
I did wonder if DHMIS were the last words David said after the crash, while his mum was trying to comfort him. Rejection to add to the trauma. Great episode as always.
That’s actually pretty sad if so
The idea of your son screaming don't hug me, I am scared as his last words is really terrifying and would definitely mess people up.
Omg wait that's so sad 😭😭
Wait that makes sense-
That's why yellow guy was rejected ig because David didn't forgive or atleast rejected his mother
Anyone else noticed how in the first episode they say that only a freak accident will make you appreciate life and such? Maybe some of the guilt lesley feels is because she wasn't the most attentive mother before the accident and that may be what caused it, making David's death hit harder because she wasn't always there or paying the most attention to him. Could explain why she's trying to teach all these lessons now, because she didn't bother to before and now it's too late
I love how MatPat handles his more serious theories. He's so calm and solemn. It's very nice.
@Classic Tate shut it
Ya its very nice that he does this
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We're lucky that this genius ended up doing entertainment and get profit for it. His mind would for sure be useful in any industry but here he is giving us good content.
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When Lessly screams "CAREFUL" as yellow guy got run over by the car, my hair stands with dread that I haven't felt before
It's like she's in pain and I can feel it in my skin
Some things I noticed that I thought I would point out:
1: Yellow Guy’s “dream” in the episode 5 intro is the plot of episode 6. And this isn’t the only time is aware of what’s going on, his line about the bigger ones on top with a smaller one of all of it on top is the doll house that Lesley has.
2: Whenever yellow Guy has a reflection, it’s the smarter him looking back at him.
3: When Lesley gets out the duck replacement, it’s from a draw full of ducks. When we enter the room, we can clearly see that there is only one draw on the piano. She only has duck replacements. Now think back at what characters have died. Duck was eaten in the original series episode 5, he is the one who dies one episode 2. And when he is in the same room with the other duck in episode 2, Duck is on the right. When duck kills the other duck, the duck on the right is killed, the real duck is killed. Duck has died and been replaced many times.
This makes me wonder if Lesley wishes Duck or the pet died instead of her son David that day, so thats why duck dies so much
Another things is that Duck is seen often trying to argue with Red Guy and tell him that he’s not as good as duck. Duck says that he is the father figure, Duck is angry that Red Guy got the management role, placing him as Duck’s boss. When the briefcase says “a big guy like you”, Duck says “he’s not that big”.
I’m thinking that maybe Yellow Guy isn’t the only one who represents a family member. If Yellow Guy is David, could Red Guy be Lesley before the accident, and could Duck be Roy before the accident. Maybe before the accident, Lesley and Roy (human Roy, obviously) had David but then started growing apart, and Roy became a not very nice Father to David and Partner to Lesley. They broke up just before the accident, and after it, Lesley went crazy with guilt, recreating her old life with a doll house and some puppets. Roy was also driven crazy, but he wanted to get his revenge on Lesley and (in true game theory/film theory fashion) bring back his dead child. Which is why Roy is always seen ignoring everyone (like he used to neglect David) and he tries to stop Lesley/Red Guy and bring David/Yellow Guy out of that world. Red Guy and Duck are often arguing and Duck ignores Red Guy and Yellow Guy and Red Guy is the only one who listens to Yellow Guy, even though sometimes Red Guy/Lesley’s anger ends up going towards Yellow Guy/David.
Yellow guy is ussually talking about people with a little version of themselves since episode 1
Your third point would make sense of the theories for season one. Season one could have showcased how red guy was irreplaceable through him moving on and doing what he wants. Duck was probably a dog for David which is why he keeps getting replaced (pets are replaceable more so than people), and David just keeps getting tortured bc Lesley wants to desperately teach him what she could not.
@@Stardusk123 that’s honestly such a great idea! That would explain the countless times he’s been killed, also showing that she sees pets as replaceable not humans (her own son)
Just to add a little, the climbing up the stairs is pretty much a symbol to growing up (just as the big boys room implies) and the fact is, Leslie tried to let yellow guy grow, but that means him getting closer to her, it also conflicts with the fact that david never grew, thats why there is not yellow guy equivalent in the other rooms, at the end Leslie puts him back to dullness, to the never growing point and it probably wasnt the first time she did it, cuz she cant deal with the grief
Lesley screaming at that car accident scene will never not give me chills
hearing her scream scared me the first time i watched it. the reaction felt too genuine for the bit they were doing and too personal for the narrator. made me start to realize there’s an overarching story.
fr, i kept replaying it because i was so confused 😭
The real horror was the innocuous "community" that allowed a little boy to get hit by a speeding vehicle 😱
@@nuance9000 Accidents actually happen, lose the tinfoil
@im sacred Ratio
"You don't die for ages."
"Aww."
Relatable. This is why Red Guy is my favorite.
....you okay?
@@Braxton999Adams Just a dark Gen Z joke. I'm not actually suicidal.
@@Braxton999Adams not really kmao
Some important information:
-The dollhouse they return to after the junkyard isn’t the same one they left
-The x-ray of Yellow-Guy’s head shows a power circuit, further proving that he runs on power
-The pink blob in the Bigger Boy’s Room is the same one from the Death Episode
-Yellow guy seems to be able to read/write the symbols.
-The password in the Internet episode, which Yellow Guy is trying to force himself to remember, is in the same symbols
-In the beginning of the Last episode, Yellow Guy remembers going upstairs before and even references it in his little nonsense speech
-In the family episode, Mother is dead, implying that there might also be guilt from Leslie for leaving more family (a husband, or other children) after “dying” in the same wreck.
-Leslie doesn’t seem to have total control, since the puppets were able to leave the dollhouse. Even though she brings them back, this implies they are able to in some way or the other move without her doing so for them
I think the last one implies that Lesley herself will sometimes try to break out of the coping cycle, only to fall back into the cycle again. As the last episode shows, she has tried it many times before but always scared to take the last flight of stairs.
Also, Yellow Guy seems to have a brain tumor for some reason.
@@Kaxology i feel like it implies free will, and she tries to control them via her lessons, but she cant completely control them, like when they switched out yellow guys batteries with the electric guy
honestly i feel like this video was lacking in a lot of things about their characters in some of the earlier episodes. there is a lot of interesting character writing that couldve added to his points in the first few episodes
Don't forget about Satur-David from the Brain Friends has David in their name, and the fact they had no head may mean David was decapitated in the car accident.
I think the floor above Leslie isn’t for Yellow guy (or David) too reach. It’s for Leslie. We see that duck and red guy have ascended the first few floors, each one gaining more knowledge as they go. The only thing above them, Leslie, the one who knows the truth behind the story. The floors represent knowledge. The only floor that Leslie hasn’t reached, the last stage of grief, acceptance. I think the finale will end wholesomely, with yellow guy leading Leslie too the final floor, showing her it’s not her fault. But that’s just a theory…
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Nice take. Hence Leslie gives the book to Yellow Guy, who came up with "the alphabet" to decipher it earlier on. Only he can read it, which i think contains passages from the life they could've had. Reading it ,accepting the fact that it's all for naught and making peace with it would pass them through the door. But the book gets shredded, and the loop ensues.
One thing i'd disagree with is that Red & Duck truly had gained more knowledge in their "upper floors" iterations. They were fooling around, really, with TWO subjects at once & aimless experiments. David (as his smarter self) finds them to be rather silly. I think Leslie's plan was to let the "dumber" Yellow Guy move onto these rooms naturally as he grows up, so that he would idle around for years to come, just like he does downstairs.
but it kinda is her fault, she just has yet to accept it
@@50Steaks68 an accident wouldnt have been her fault tho. that is something a lot of us have to accept. we blame ourselves for something totally out of our control, wonder what we could have done differently, beat ourselves up over and over about a total accident. it wouldnt have been her fault and she would need to learn to accept that. it doesnt make it her fault even if he ran out in front of her. accidents are accidents, nobody is to blame thats what makes it an accident.
@don't be surprised Ratio
Honestly, props to everyone who worked on Lesley.
Her acting and look are both absolutely horrifying.
That scream when "david" gets hit is chilling.
Isn't is weird why she would call out his name? If she had the time to recognize the kid why couldn't she just turn the car out of the way? It would make sense, however, if she was not in the car. Rather, she was near her son but got distracted for a second and not notice immediately that her son ran to the road.
Exactly what I was thinking. Another thing is if David’s her son then was she a puppet too at one point? A human can’t give birth to something like that, unless he was the first version of a son she always wanted making him special compared to yellow guy being only a replica. And what about where they are? Is Lesley trapped in some odd place or is she in the real world with lots of people, yet decides to never leave her home? I have so many questions for the creators.
I thought she said "CAREFUL" but I might've just heard it wrong and she was actually screaming David
@@pissapocalypse I think she said "careful now" then quickly shouted "DAVID!"
@@kopikoblanca987 yeah probably
With this new theory about yellow guy and Leslie it opens up a ton of new questions about Roy. Is he actually dead too and if so , how did he die? Was he also partially responsible for yellows/ David’s death somehow? It is interesting how in the original series he seems to want yellow guy to suffer or to use him while Leslie is fond of yellow guy but also kinda Bitter towards him. And how both parents seem to be the ones pulling the strings of the show with Roy perverting Red’s vision in the original RUclips series and Leslie making things happen with the dollhouse is an interesting parallel. Kinda makes me think of those parents who use their kids to make crappy RUclips shows and make money off them
Maybe Leslie resents Roy for being emotionally abusive while David was alive, and now that he (David) is gone, he (Roy) will never be able to make amends. Maybe he (Roy) gets even more abusive when David dies, Un able to handle his own trauma with the loss of his son, or maybe Roy leaves Leslie? It would also be a cool idea if Roy is the reason David was IN THE STREET to begin with, which is why Roy also shares blame for David’s death.
Since Red guy was a neighbor of their’s he was probably a friend of Lesley and in all likelihood someone who collaborated with her on kid’s show programming. David saw him as an uncle. Roy produced a show he wanted to do and then ruined Red’s vision, and Lesley would have seen all of that happen so we see it play out with the puppet characters in season 1. Red guy (whatever his real name was) dies at least a year later than David, but on the same calendar day, probably driving his car into a lake. All of these people have been dead for decades.
in my opinion, the reason she said "your not my real son!" is because she was getting attached again.. It's like a voice in her head reminding her. The reason she was so motherly was because she made yellow guy so she could morn the loss of David, her son.
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@@lakehuntist1459Thanks for ur opinion
Bro all these bots lol anyway that really sad 😢
So... Your opinion is the theory. Did you watch the video?
Yea.... I did thx for making me feel stupid but still👁
You could also argue that each level of the house correlates to the stages of grief-but slightly out of order. The first floor is in-denial; where Lesley refuses to address what has happened. She is willing to have each character play their own parts as if nothing is wrong. The second floor is symbolic for depression. Where the characters are beginning to look at things in more detail. Maybe this is where Lesley was beginning to realize that her son is truly gone. Then, the third floor is anger. The torture of the lump of living flesh could be a metaphor for the torture and pain Lesley is inflicting on herself for killing her son. And then, finally, the floor that Lesley is on currently, is symbolic for bargaining. She’s replaying the moments where “David” never leaves. He just stays in the house learning about new things. A place where he never dies. That’s where she is at right now. And the next staircase that we didn’t get see, leads to the last floor: acceptance. Where Lesley truly accepts what happened and is able to move on. Hopefully this makes sense! It kind of just clicked for me after I finished watching the video :)
That is the greatest comparison I’ve heard. It actually makes sense too, what if the whole series is a metaphor for grief?
@@custommediacreations that would make sense!
That makes a lot of sense.
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This makes so much sense!!!!! I think u cracked it. Duck and red guy also seem more unkempt and are visibly stoned on the second floor which is very in line with depression
"Don't be silly, you don't die for ages!" "Aww." I can't help but laugh every time at that part.
“You die in the lake :)” “what?-“
“Yeah I think you drown”
Fun Fact about the DHMIS show that people probably know, but for the people who don't know... The song at the end credits in episode 2 references all the teachers in the show, excluding the Coffin
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Well my name is Luis es un poco más grande que el pasa por mi mañana y no te preocupes si no te preocupes si no ay de otra que puro ir a trabajar a la casa
Web que se encuentra disponible para la casa y que cumplas con tus lindos sueños en el baño de la casa y que cumplas tus metas en la casa de tu colita en la mañana si no te conteste porque me
really? thats interesting
There was a recent theory made by inside a mind that the original series wasn’t about children’s television, but rather Red guy holding onto his past and not wanting to grow up and be like his father with the ending scene of him pulling the plug being symbolism for him letting go of his childhood, and finally moving on to being an adult.
@Happy Halloween 🌟 SHUT UP
This is such a cool interpretation
That theory made me cry my eyes out. 😭 I hate that theory.
@@ambriasaunders1869 why?
Maybe there will be a 3rd season of dhmis (referring to the RUclips series as the first season) that follows duck then.
Another thing I noticed is that David's tombstone is one of the only props in the show that doesn't look like its made out of felt.
Thats because it isnt really part of Lesley's fake puppet world. Its very real to Lesley.
@Inside story dude come on
@Be Straight you sure your not the bot
@Be Straight are you a bot 🤨
That’s actually a really cool detail
Everything is felt because Leslie made it. But she didn’t make the tombstone. The tombstone was made by the real world
I always assumed that the show's name is basically just describing how the main characters felt during the lessons. They were scared, terrified even of what was happening around them so they didn't want a hug from a singing clock or a slice of huge meat.
I mean who would want a hug of a butterfly that just tried you to join his cult
or a stupid notebook
I thought the title was just kinda saying what the style of horror in the webseries was meant to make you feel, considering all the uncomfortable imagery throughout.
Makes much more sense, and i don't belive they planned "Lesley's plot" since the first DHMIS, specially seeing how different it could have been if Wakey Wakey was released
@@BafemousGoat Don't forget what MatPat said at the beginning of this, the series is essentially a fresh start, the basis and ongoing narrative between the first series and this one are different, even though the characters remain the same, so the title could imply one meaning in the original web series and another in the tv series🤔
I've been on the internet for way too long so gore or other disturbing things don't usually face me. But hearing Lesley scream with all her heart "careful" as a child gets brutally run over by a car, that was different. Her voice was so uncomfortable, maybe it was because the voice acting is great or smth. But props for DHMIS for making uncomfertable
My theory is that Roy (or whoever Lesley's husband was) was the one driving the car who hit David. That's why Roy is portrayed as an uncaring and horrible father and person in Lesley's puppet world.
Bro comments like these make my day, so happy to see all these DHMIS theories!!!!
I was hoping someone would say this!!
would also help to explain why roy litterally tore a family apart, because he did by killing David
This could also explain why Roy is still in the Special Thanks, it was Roy that (lore-wise) made this show exist!
I was thinking the same thing.
This show does have a major replacement theme to it. The duck was murdered by his replacement, yellow guy was forced to replace the creepy family’s mother for Roy’s pleasure, and last but not least Leslie made if abundantly clear she had replacements of all three characters in case people went out of line. I believe the trio that made it to the junkyard/wasteland are still there, still potentially able to find the remnants of clay hill. Maybe the theme is simply “the show must go on, no matter what.”
MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.ruclips.net/video/Q6i2n1aAzgY/видео.html
@Rostitan Yeah real duck def killed stain
@Rostitan the real one died, you see the maggots that he was infested with on the ground I believe and the goop thing that became duck wouldn't have had guts, but the real one would
That's actually a really good point. If Leslie actually had replacements for all the characters, she probably wouldn't go through the trouble of getting them back. She would have just used the replacements. But we know she at the very least grabbed the car because of the end of that episode. Which means those characters are most likely still out there in the junkyard.
@@tblais1041 no he got his guts removed it's stain who was killed then captured and put into the bigger boys room
The bad thing about Mat is that he makes theories so fast that now we have to wait for another season of DHMIS for another theory on it.
I literally saw this theory a week ago on youtube already…. Not really fast tbh…
@@Ariaofeffect That’s because Mat works on food theory, film theory and game theory.
@@i_like_videogames9517 so is it fast or not? you're giving mixed signals
@@rtheawesomegm Fast
@@Ariaofeffect ITS FAST TO ME CONSIDERING THAT WHEN I 1ST STARTED WATCHING GAME THEORY, MATPAT WOULD ONLY UPLOAD 1 THEORY A MONTH AND MOST OF THE VIDEOS THAT WOULD GO UP ON THE GAME THEORISTS CHANNEL WOULD ACTULY BE FROM SMALLER CREATORS LIKE GAJIN GOOMBA WHO NEEDED THE EXTRA VIEWS TO KICKSTART HIS SERIES AND EVENTUALLY SEPARATE AS HIS OWN CHANNEL. (P.S:IM NOT SCREAMING, I JUST LIKE TO EXCLUSIVELY TYPE IN CAPS XD)
that jump scare in the beginning literally terrified me
Ikr genuinely surprised no ones talking about that lmfao
I have a kind of extension to this theory: I think that Roy is trying to help her and take her away from her trauma but every time he tries a character “dies” which is her brain making her relive the moment she killed her son and she immediately pushes him away again so it becomes a never ending spiral into depression and and anguish
Roy is also watching from the window when he was hit by Lesley…so Roy has a creepy appearance but we never see him harm anybody outside of protecting his son, it’s almost like he’s watching over him(that’s his eye that you randomly see peeking through the wall during the intro), maybe that’s a representation of the fact he wasn’t physically able to save his son when he was hit by the car but he watched the whole thing unfold able to do nothing🤔
👀👀👀 I always thought it was weird how he watches over his son in that weird unblinking way but maybe it's due to the grief of him possibly taking his eyes off him for one second and the accident happened idk ur idea sounds better tho
wait where did you see roy? i cant see him anywhere
@@oreocookiegaming9698 well he’s not yellow like we usually see him, but if you look at the front window of the house that duck is in you can see a man with the same face as Roy just more normal
Film theory duck died when he was killed
I always assumed the title of the show was intentionally sending a confusing, mixed message, since the teachers all do the same thing. Fits perfectly when you think about it.
I think that interpretation fits as well, especially for the first iteration done on youtube, but i also agree with Mat that when you're so scared you reject even a hug you've been pushed past a breaking point - also fitting the original theme pushing Yellow Guy past his breaking point with their terrible "lessons." Seems a very fitting title for this simple-yet-complex show.
great thing about this show, including the youtube series, almost every aspect of it can represent multiple things at once
Actually, the creators themselves said where the name "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" came from. One of the creators ran up to a friend holding some models, and the friend yelled "Don't hug me, I'm scared".
I also think that "Morning, here in Mullhoven, New Town" could also be interpreted as "Mourning, here in Mullhoven, New Town". This may be a stretch, but it could be Lesley constantly replaying the traumatic memory in her head(???)
Can we all agree that we love Matt Pat's catchphrase which is him essentially screaming "LORE"
I thought his catchphrase was But that's just a game theory, a game theory!
But hey That‘s just a theory, a [Game/Film/Food] theory: „Am I a joke to you?“
Yes it is Good bot
He sometimes says THE LORE
I hope this gets pinned.
When Red Guy yelled "I'm not going back into that house!" i was shocked at the... true feeling in his voice.
Granted, i havent watched the series, but from what ive never heard, Red Guy dosent talk like that often. it really shows what a nightmare that house is.
In the opening song, the Red Guy actually screams "And we live in an actual NIGHTMARE!!!"
4:00 or something
Go watch the series! It’s really good
It’s not necessarily that he doesn’t talk a lot, it’s that he always talks very monotone except for two times he yells a word. It’s very jarring because in that episode he acts and sounds a lot more desperate and emotional than he does the rest of the time
Also yeah you should watch it if you haven’t. Definitely watch out it’s dark and disturbing but it’s so good and it’s all on RUclips
This may be a stretch but it sounds like it's representing him escaping an abusive home life
The reason why I say that is because Duck seems like he's verbally abusive towards him and Yellow Guy and Red Guy finally had enough of the abuse and wanted to escape
In the title sequence where he's explaining his dream, he's explaining the episode before it even begins.
"another me" is the reflection he sees and talks to
the "other ones" he talks about are the big boys and bigger boys
"and I knew what they were but I don't know now" is his intelligence being removed with the fresh batteries
"and then it went away" is the episode restarting all over again
just something I noticed :)
Wow, that’s true!
I think the title applies less to Lesley and more to Yellow Guy.
She is broken, and grieving, sure. But scared? Whereas Yellow Guy, upon learning the existential nightmare that is his life, probably has Lesley try to hug him in an effort to hold her son once again, rejects her because this is all too scary for him to handle. That sounds a lot more relatable.
what if David isn't dead but is on life support and Lesley knows he will never wake up but it hurts too much to turn it off so that's why she started all of this. This could explain why Yellow runs on batteries, like he is being powered by something other than his heart (a life support machine)
This makes a lot more sense considering the ids only showed duck as dead. Duck died because he read on the newspaper he forgot to drink water and is later shown as a pet dog while the pet dog in the tv show was seen as dehydrated. And that David / yellow guy is slowly dying since flies and a worm are attracted to him
Hence the death episode and the inscription that says “DAVID” on the headstone
That makes sense
That makes a lot of sense!! Could also be represented in a way by duck still talking and being active in the grave, and not being like ACTUALLY dead!
And maybe the book is a perfect life that Leslie envisions in her head that she wishes to give to David if he ever woke up. Red guy is the doctor who always comforts her and always trying to find ways to try to tell her that she has to move on, shown by how he unplugged the plug the show when it was corrupt. Duck could have been David's pet whom Leslie imagined as David's friend.
5:24
Duck just singing shredder is my favorite part of this whole show
Im curious to see how the others, particularly red guy, fit into this. Throughout the show Red guy is the only one trying to actively escape his circumstances (besides Duck wanting a job in the first episode but I don't count that as its more a boredom thing) and Red Guy is portrayed as a human in the neighborhood sequence whereas Duck is just a pet.
Not to mention that despite being so monotone, Red Guy seems the most, well, human. He also seems to have connection to Yellow Guy because he's much kinder to him and seems that the most meaningful conversations happen between them (though this might be a stretch seeing as the only other character is Duck.. and he's... well- Duck).
If Red Guy was the neighbor then he witnessed Yellow Guy's death. Maybe he knows something is wrong and is trying to get them to leave this place so Yellow Guy doesn't endure any more torture. It's why he pulled the plug in the finale of the web series. Red Guy understands the danger this house brings. He feels he and his friends deserve to live someplace better.
@im sacred wait no, you're just a bot yourself
@@calebdonaldson8770 wow that actually sounds right
None of the DHMIS theorys really fit all 3 at the same time. Funny stuff
Matpat do a video on nostalgia critic
11:12
ID: "You don't die for ages."
Red Guy: "Aww.."
Mood buddy... mood
Surprised he didn't bring up how one of the characters in the Death Episode mentions how the dead are forced to relive their lives as a performance, for which you earn a pound if you do it right (which Duck does at the end of the previous episode). It implies that all three of them have died at least once before, and they're performing rather poorly considering they're 1 for 6
Makes me think that the reason he got a pound was because the teacher didn't die that episode. Most of the teachers were either hurt or killed in the rest of the episodes so it makes since why duck would be rewarded.
@@anythingelse3677 personally I think it's because it's the only moment in the entire season that someone acts in the interests of someone else (going for the first aid), or maybe recognizing that "this isn't what we should be doing"
@@Brodoof Yeah, that’s a good thought too
Sounds very funny
OMG I NEVER NOTICED THAT
“Don’t be silly! You won’t die for ages!”
“Aw...”
That’s a whole mood
An important detail that Matpat overlooked is that Red Guy wasn’t the only one with an ID, all three of the main characters have their IDs in the same folder Red Guy takes his out of. And if you look at the green ID the eyes are crossed out, implying that Duck actually was the one who died.
First of all, don’t say the G word, we all know that’s not a creative color. Second, that was just the one episode. In that episode Duck specifically had died, because Lesley probably forgot to make Duck’s puppet drink pretend water, and used to pretend to teach Yellow Guy, or David, about death, something she never got the chance to do when David was alive.
@@oscarmarek7746 g word?
@@FirePuncher183 this color -> 🟩
@@oscarmarek7746 what's wrong with it?
@@FirePuncher183 It’s not a creative color
After this breakdown and assuming it is spot on, this show is next level genius. It’s hard to notice at first glance because it presents itself in a chaotic acid trip way but the hidden backstory makes all of it make sense and gives it purpose rather than just being an excuse to be gory.
There's one thing I wanted to point out:
Between the two seasons, the prominence of Roy has shifted greatly. In the first season, it is thought that he was the mastermind behind the show, hiring red guy to make marketable shows and trapping him in a cycle of hopelessness, as his show could never get off the ground unless Roy helped. And at the end of season one, Red becomes more aware of how to produce his shows, and leaves Roy by pulling the plug.
However, in season 2, Roy's appearances are scattered, only showing up in the intro in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene of looking into the house. The only prominent thing he did was save David from a false family. Instead of Roy being the mastermind this time, its Lesley, David's other parent, who is pulling the strings.
If my theory is correct, Roy use to be helping Lesley with her fantasies, controlling the machine that made the "episodes". However, after Red guy's departure, something in Roy may have changed, and he started to reject Lesley's plan and wanted to end the cycle. Unfortunately, Lesley kicked Roy out for most of her stories, now only being able to see the pandemonium through a crack in the wall. During episode 3, he may have come to David's rescue because of the theme: family. David was put into a sort of cultish family, only being done to satiate Lesley's fantasies. In Roy's mind, that was going too far, and he found the courage to go against Lesley, saving David and killing the abominations. His little bit of anger and telling David to run may have stemmed from Roy also knowing what the puppet of David actually was and may still reject this puppet as his son.
I don't know how much Roy is actually pary of the overall story, I'm gonna be honest. Yes, he was a big part in the original pilot, but I think it's clear the creators have made a very different story, and the original series and TV show are, in concept similar, but storywise not related. I feel like Lesely has replaced the role of "puppetmaster" that Roy originally played. I, personally, wouldn't think too much into the few appearences he's had (especially because he doesn't even appear a whole lot). He's just another face in the background, like all of the other interesting characters we see.
@@tmetz.2292 I mean, one truly never knows in the realm of theory crafting, and it feels like a tragic, yet wholesome theory.
I wish I saw this before I just posted my comment. But yeah I'm kind of with you here. There's alot more to Roy and to how it connects to the RUclips series and how that panned out. I feel as though Roy is still helping his wife who he loves however he has never excepted or acted like yellow guy is his son despite saving him in the family episode . I think he wants to do right by Lesley and will continue to do so but he knows how messed up and unhealthy this whole situation is but he is too far in it to make a change and is stuck enabling his wife's despair
In the transport episode, Roy had Beer glasses on and in the family one he was very angry and violent (possibly just eating like the rest of them, but whose to say). I think with this theory, it's Roy suffering after the death of his child, perhaps?
Honestly I think that Lesley also can control Roy if she wants to, because I think that Lesley made Roy after her real husband (probably also named Roy) divorced her sometime before David died, so when she accidentally killed David she was at her worst, she just lost her son, her husband divorced her and she doesn’t have anyone else (I think that she used to have a house out in the open all by itself but decided to move away after her husband divorced her, in hopes of keeping David happy when she had to work but when David died Lesley, so overcome with grief and guilt she felt she had to move back to her old house except at that time the house was run down and she did not want to fix it so she instead grabbed a table grabbed a chair and began playing with her dolls.) I believe that after her husband divorced her she made a doll of him (Roy) and would sometimes imagine him still being here and them being a happy family. I believe that she felt she needed this doll to be happy and wouldn’t give it to anyone. So, of course, when she made yellow guy, duck, and red guy she wanted to make Roy have a little bit more power than the others because he was the father but when he started acting out (not following her plans) she felt like that was him trying to leave her alone again so she decided to make him weaker so he wouldn’t leave her alone to work on things all by herself.
Maybe Lesley made the Roy puppet (who represents her husband) the villain of the web series because she was still in denial that early on and was trying to deflect the guilt by implying it was Roy’s fault
I was thinking about that.
Maybe they were divorce, and David was at Roy's house. Leslie went to pick up David and... ran over him by mistake.
"It was your fault Roy!! You were not taking care of David!"
She may scream to feel less guilty... but deep down she knows she was driving too fast in a residential area... and she was a bit too angry about Roy getting a salary raise and a nice new house to pay attention to the street...
It’s pretty odd to see Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared finally get an actual plot instead of a short musical with disturbing imagery and we get to see Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck communicate with each other.
This is like if Amazing World of Gumball aired on Adult Swim.
MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео🇷🇺):.ruclips.net/video/Q6i2n1aAzgY/видео.html
Jesus Christ 5 bots on a single comment, that might be a new record
I agree
its insane how there are now bots that say "making fun of bots"
@@namesarefortheweak 6 bots lmfao
Fun fact: the people who made DHMIS, Blink Industries, helped create an episode of the Amazing World of Gumball titled “The Puppets” adding their own voices for the titular puppets
I always thought the way this new season felt a little weirder. In the sence that, in the original show, Red guy was always the one who were inyecting reality into all the situations. But now in the tv show, its another one in the crew, ready to be along with everyone else.
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Link to the Clip : when i met matpat
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Do you know where can I watch the show online outside the UK?
Red Guy did try to fight back in Ep. 5, but stopped in Ep. 6. Before Ep. 5, he seemed to be annoyed with his situation, but didn't do anything about it 'til Ep. 5. However, Lesley brought everyone back home at the end of the episode, resetting everything in Ep. 6.
Until proven otherwise, I believe the web series is canon. I believe the story of the web series is canon. Red Guy tries to leave, but he's brought back over and over again, so at the end of S1...he gave up OR his will to leave was removed.
I think he has some knowledge of the situation. In episode 5, he’s desperate for some sort of escape, yet in every other episode, he’s unaware of it. Still, the fact that he’s able to break out of it for an episode proves that he has some sort of clarity
When Lesley is narrating and says "Ah, morning" (at 12:10) it could be a double meaning where it also means "mourning".
Your right
I was thinking the same, and you know why? Because English is not my first language, and I did hear "Mourning"... plus, the town sounds a bit like "Heaven"...
Maybe the big beautiful town David were going, with friendly diverse neighbors and blue clear skies is a way to say he is in heaven... but Leslie is still afraid to fully accept it, and keeps yellow guy in her house, pretending there's still a long way until his boy reach that "new neighborhood".
just like that movie good mourning by mgk
Also Duck was dog. Probably other rhymes there too that could be clues
More of a pun
This actually makes sense for yellow guy cuz remember he’s always talking about “a little baby pidgin.” He has an association with the bird from his past life. And he’s always the one to die so it makes sense that he is her deceased son. It all lines up with the YT series
Here's my theories
1. In DEATH, Duck's head got cut off by Stain. And in the last episode David accidentally dropped Duck's head when he tried to place Duck, and Lesley replaced Duck with another Duck.
So in my theory Stain was the replacement for Duck, but idk if this relates to the theory
2. In the book we saw a stair and a man running, so the other top floor is possibly the rout to escape
3. Duck could be the bird in the gift David got
Maybe, since we see that Lesley controls the dollhouse, as well as red yellow and duck, the fact that she makes red and duck rip out the batteries, and then shred the book is supposed to represent her regret. She hands yellow the book, and sends him downstairs, but then realises he could leave her, (whatever that would look like,) and decides that she wants him to stay, therfore restarting the cycle.
or maybe she gave him false hope from the start? He has walked up the stairs before, so maybe every time she gives him the book to give him false hope that he'll get some answers, only for him to forget and continue the endless cycle.
to me, it feels like the phrase “don’t hug me i’m scared” is something you would say if you’re scared of the person trying to hug you. if the theory that Leslie killed her son in a car accident is true, then it could be from the original David’s perspective after the crash (before he died), being scared of Leslie bc she ran him over. “don’t hug me, i’m scared (of you)”
Last words?
@@SquirrelRave20 basically yeah
ooh maybe it's both!
@@SquirrelRave20 ahh wait that's a good theory
I don't think so
My thought is
"Don't Hug me, I'm scared that I'll cause your death too"
I don't think Lesley died just metaphorically, I think she attempted suicide, but failed. That would explain the stitches. She woke up in a hospital, alive, and now she's probably locked in asylum, where she cannot escape her floor, that could represent the room or moving on, and is left falling deep into her trauma of losing her son and living.
I think that while the show is dark, this takes it too far and in an unconstructive way.
The show is fundamentally about learning and that's a very foreboding tale.
Youre pulling a matpat and looking too deep into it.
I personally think that she may have blamed her husband for David's death because he gave him the bird, so she may have murdered him with the car right afterwards. It would explain why we never see a human version or Roy or a puppet version of Lesley. He's just another character in her show that she vilifies constantly because she still holds him responsible.
The toys could have been given to her by the matrons working in the asylum. And cuz she's paranoid she asks them for more extras cuz she's scared to lose something forever again. David wasn't yellow, it's just that he looked closest to young boy. Roy maybe was an abusive father which is why in the youtube show he was portrayed as corrupt and creepy.
@@donjezza10 thats actually really smart. like now that theres new information with the tv series it makes a lot of sense that leslie made roy the villain bc she blames him for davids death. or that he was an abusive father which is what someone else said
another thing to solidify this theory; in yellow guy's "david" state, he has green eyes (like how he said his favorite color was green in the very first episode), and lesley also has lighter colored eyes, making it possible that, if the dad also had lighter colored eyes, solidifies the relationship between yellow guy/david and lesley
Something interesting that wasn’t mentioned was how the 5 Floors of the house could represent the 5 stages of grief denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
AND SHE KEEPS THEM ON THE DENIAL FLOOR BECAUSE SHE CAMT DEAL WITH THE FACT HES GONE OH MY GOD
And that she is on the depression floor not being able to go to acceptance :(
Thats very logical. I agree 100%
and the characters only get smarter the higher up they go
That would explain why yellow is on the bottom floor, Lesley is denying the death of David
i havent watched the old dhmis in years, but can we just admire how gosh darn good the humor, voice acting and just straight up quality of the episodes were? they were so ahead of their time
WHAT ABOUT MY SHEDDDDDEEEEERRRR
So here’s a little detail that you missed. At the beginning of episode 5 where yellow begins to ramble if you listen closely it’s him recalling his experience of ascending the stairs. Like “there was another me” this is him seeing his reflection and conversing with himself. And it’s the same when he initially tries to help duck with his cross word. It reflects the actions that take place later in the epusode
I don’t know if someone mentioned this already, but the ID card scene with Red Guy is interesting. His card says he’s not dead, but knows when and how he will die. I think the three main characters ALL represent members of Leslie’s family.
I think the Duck represents her father, based on the fact that he seems to be an older man. I think he is her father, and was very sick and weak, which is why his piece breaks so easily and she has so many replacements of him. He was probably the first member of her family to die, which is why he’s the one who dies in the Death episode instead of Yellow Guy, who dies later. The cause of death in this video is forgetting to drink water, which seems silly and even Duck addresses how silly this is, but if he was very sick, it’s possible he was unable to take care of himself and had no one to help him, leading to a really horrible death.
Yellow Guy is the next person in her family to die, which was already discussed in this episode, so I don’t want to rehash what the video already said. His death is shown in Transport, the car accident.
I think Red Guy is also her son. Even though he’s significantly older than Yellow Guy, large age gaps are not uncommon in siblings, and he’s not Yellow Guy’s father anyway because Roy is his father. I think Red Guy is a much older brother that acts as a father figure. He never dies in the series, but his death is addressed in the ID card scene, which is what made me think of this theory. The ID card reveals he doesn’t die for a while and that his death is by drowning. This death isn’t depicted in the series, so it hasn’t happened yet, but it will. I theorize that dealing with the guilt of watching the younger brother he was supposed to protect die, as well as seeing his mother’s mental health deteriorate, the son Red Guy represents was unable to cope with the pain and trauma, fell into severe depression, and ended his own life by drowning.
(Side note: I believe that Roy represents her husband, or more accurately abusive ex-husband, which is why he’s there but isn’t important to this series. Also, while it’s confirmed Roy is Yellow Guy’s father, I do not believe he is Red Guy’s father, so Leslie’s two children are from different relationships, which may also explain the large age gap.)
Leslie was already struggling with leaving her abusive ex-husband and the deaths of her father and younger son, but this was the final thing that sent her over the edge. She feels helpless, alone, and afraid, and so she creates the characters in the show to represent her family. Yellow Guy for her naive but optimistic and kindhearted younger son, Duck for her old-fashioned father, and Red Guy for her eccentric and creative yet slightly pessimistic older son. And Roy for her abusive ex-husband because he’s part of her family and her trauma as well.
Sorry for the long comment, I just had a lot to say. I don’t know how this series connects with the original series, but I think this also opens up the door to connections and theories there.
I also think the reason why Red guy is so monotone and legit says “you’re dead? I think I should be the one who’s dead” is that he suffered from depression as a result of his brother dying. I know it’s supposed to be a joke and a relatable moment but he seemed genuinely upset that duck was dead and not him.
@@oncefighting I didn’t mention it in the comment, but I completely agree. The way he says it, almost like he’s disappointed that he’s not the one who’s dead, is really sad and speaks to a lot of people who experience depression due to a loss like that.
I fully agree with your point about Red Guy especially because of the fact that he wanted to be dead so badly in Episode 2 and was disappointed when his ID said he wasn't and wouldn't be for a long time
Every time I watch that episode that one scene comes off so weird to me and never really made sense
I think you're onto something with Red Guy having depression and being suicidal
But to add to your theory about Red Guy being the older brother I noticed something about Red Guy that I haven't seen anyone else bring up
At the end of episode 4 Duck is being verbally abusive over a simple accident and Red Guy is so quick to stand up for Yellow Guy
And his behavior towards Yellow Guy is more caring and gentle than Duck's
Almost like an older sibling wanting to protect and nurture their younger sibling
I think the part about roy being an abusive ex husband makes a lot of sense, I also want to add he most likely cheated on her a lot, I say this because in episode I can go to is well on the episode 3 computers. Yellow guy sees his father watching well, you know what? This could most likely be a sign that Roy was a cheater and how so probably abusive that caused there to be some scares. And with red falling into a deep depression, actually makes a lot of sense, especially the fact that he tried taking his life by drowning makes alot of sense because, well, I mean, just listen to his voice like it's extremely monotone, like, just kind of like done with everything you know, like, that's what you see with someone who has depression, it is kind of done with everything they've been through, just kind of done with life life, sometimes I do actually makes a lot of sense and I won't be surprised if it's true
ID:"Don't be silly, you don't die for ages"
Red: "Aww..."
That line alone makes Red Guy the most relatable character in the show.
"you die in the lake. i think you drown."
Absolute mood.
Omg best line
Mood 24/7
MOOOOD
Can we just appreciate how MatPat sings and or screams whenever he gets the chance
@just i c e ?
man, just bots galore eh?
Link to the Clip : when i met matpat
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He IS a theatre kid after all
He's really embracing that red guy energy he has
11:13 “don’t be silly, you don’t die for ages!”
“Aw”
I loved this
it’s always struck me weird, “you die in a lake”. and then earlier conversations the gang has of death “die at the same time in the same way in different locations”. like. foreshadowing or are the creators messing with us??
One thing I noticed, in the episode Death when Duck Guy kills his other self, he actually killed the real Duck Guy as you can see maggots coming out of his head, which means Stain took Duck Guys place
Important: in the community scene, Roy is there. Look at the town person peeking through the window next to the hidden duck. Seems like a lot of small details were left out of this theory to fit it better. You’re close Matt! But there’s more. Duck is significant and also there is only one drawer of backups. They’re all duck
Also no mention of Grolton & Hovrice in this video. You can’t tell me the mini show has no lore implications man
@@dylanbowler27 To me, the Grolton and Hovrice videos explain why Yellow Guy sees Duck as an actual 'person' and not a pet. Yellow Guy specifically mentions multiple times throughout the series that Hovrice is the person in the series before somebody else corrects him that the man is Grolton. That combined with Episode 2 where they replace Duck with a replica just reminds me of when the family pet dies, they end up getting a new one. Yellow Guy rejected the 'new' Duck at first, just like a kid would get really attached to their first ever pet.
@@shadedk4 this is really good! I haven’t heard anyone else have this theory, but it’s really smart!! yellow guy and ducks friendship makes my heart melt
So much of this theory doesn't hold up. Like assuming Lesley was driving the car because her name was on it, when the episode clearly indicates that the 'driver' is supposed to input their name. The age of the train would suggest that, at one time, Lesley was living in the same world as the trio. It ignores that duck appears to not even be a living thing through the whole series, with multiple comments suggesting he doesn't know what basic human functions are, like breathing.
He's the best one!
Although I’m not sure if it was actually Lesley who hit yellow guy in the town, it is obvious there is a connection between them and it’ll be interesting to see how the series as a whole expands. Red guy’s depression, Duck’s need for validation and Yellow guy’s innocence.
"you don't die for ages" red guy is being disappointed. A whole mood ngl but yeah, also maybe Ducks past as mayor might get adressed
I also think Roy is in it too as her “ex-husband” and David’s father. After Lesley hit and killed David, their family took a huge hit and stress between them got to both. Roy became aggressive and violent. Shown by how he is always portrayed. He is shown as a “bad guy” which would be her opinion of him now. Roy just couldn’t forgive her for killing their son and left her.
This would explain why his name contains a hyphen
BTW: In Episode 2 when duck opens his wallet you can see a picture of a bunch of people and on the right there’s a photo of a woman who looks a lot like Leslie (same haircut and everything) with a little boy so this theory could be true.
I agree On top of that photo there's too much evidence to just dismiss it and call it speculation
There’s also a photo of just a dog, which I’m pretty sure is who Duck represents. Don’t know why Lesley imagines her dog as a duck, but since this whole new plot was probably made up after the first season happened, there’s probably no real reason.
I think the series mentioning how frustrated the characters are that they can’t move on also signals lesleys frustration of not being able to move on. I think Roy may also represent anger from losing a child such as him destroying the family dynamic after his son walks out in the family episode, and that Roy is the only not actual word in the crossword puzzle that yellow guy solves in the final episode. During the car episode I think red guy represents trying to run away from your problems, and then at the end, denial as he still thinks the neighbors will come. I think duck can represents the other children that are just present while this is happening such as at the funeral and feeling like they’re the ones who should have died instead, to being in the car for the ride and just accepting this weird behaviour as a normal part of life now and not allowed to ask questions. Plus, no matter how hard duck tries to say “we are still a family” he’s ignored, which may represent children whose siblings have passed and now their parents can’t hold onto a family dynamic anymore. Red guy wishing he has passed instead may also represent a loved one thinking it should have been them.
@Eye Ratio
And that's why we have an episode about death. Because that's one of the things Lesley wanted to teach him.
Lesley knowing how to play the piano could imply she had it as a hobby, her house with David would have been filled with music. Ever wonder why Yellow guy is so good at playing the trumpet in episode 2? I suspect Lesly taught David music so they could sing together.
edit: I had another idea that when Yellow Guy was playing and the coffin stopped him abruptly and said "Oh hey I didn't like that" this could be Lesly not wanting to be reminded of the times she and David sang together
And it would explain too why the whole series is a musical.
Maybe Leslie was a music teacher at a preschool...
@@sholmes4593 she looks like one
when duck opens the wallet to show family pictures, it shows someone looking like lesley ironing, implying they're her pictures.
i'm really not sure how relevant these actually are, but one shows two kids, one with a trumpet and another one a dog. then there's an image of a bunch of adults and it's very crumpled and blurry, but no one there resembles lesley, and lastly another photo of a boy and a girl, with what i think is lesley's hairstyle.
i know the show is intricately crafted, but these are real photos that can't really be exactly made for the show, although there is that picture of what seems to be lesley's actress
I think that duck represents the bird in the mullhoven scene and because of that, Leslie hates him so much. I assume this because she has lots of replacemente for him and he's the one who suffers the most throughout the series.
Also notice how when duck dies yellow is the most impacted. Also in the original dhmis pilot yellow guys favorite color is green. Duck is green. So it seems like duck is yellow guys favorite.
We dont know that yellow guy has actually made this journey before, at 6:00 you can see that the photo of the stairs doesnt contain yellow guy, he only appears in the picture as he starts climbing the stairs, and we have seen photos change real time before
Oh, goodness, not to mention:
As he goes up the stairs, there are more and more versions of his friends growing up, learning more, but he isn't there to experience it with them. They're growing up without him, because he's dead.
The fact that his friends ripped out his batteries, too, seems along the lines of murder, but I can't say it was them either way.
Finally, Duck! In Yellow Guys' fantasies, he's revealed as his pet, probably his childhood pet. In Lesley's attic, when a figurine breaks, it's Duck's avatar. She replaces it easily, simply, in much the same way a parent would replace a child's pet goldfish with them being none the wiser. Instead of teaching her child a valuable lesson about death, she avoids the topic and simply gets him a replacement. If Duck is dead below, then gets replaced by an identical copy... will Yellow Guy even notice?
probably not cuz yellow's a moron
That actually makes sense
I mean yeah, the same sorta happend in Episode 2
You know, even with everything with Yellow Guy being David, there is something strange with her relationship with her assumed Husband Roy. Like why is Roy represented as a quiet, cruel, and strange man? Why would she present her son’s father this way? What does he represent? Who does Red Guy and Duck represent? Friends? Neighbors? Family members? I feel like we need a follow up to this episode, maybe it could give us a little bit more insight into the original web series.
I want those questions answered so bad.
Someone further down in the comments mentions that it was the bird that lead to his death. Would make sense why duck dies so much. She hates him.
In real life, parents often begin to hate and blame each other when the death of a child occurs. If she was the one that hit David, where was Roy? Was Roy supposed to be watching their child? If so, why was David in the street and not being held back from chasing the bird by his father?
Grief often causes many people to treat their loved ones horribly, it’s no excuse, I’m just stating that it is very common.
And in the dream sequence, Duck was a dog, so maybe in that subsequent fit of grief and mistreatment, something bad could have happened to the dog. Maybe she blames the family dog, often considered guardians for the household and children, in addition to Roy.
Then, in the original series we see Red Guy attempt to go off on his own, but just can’t make it in the world. As if he can’t come back from his involvement with Yellow Guy and Duck. Perhaps he’s just a traumatized bystander who saw his neighbors’ child get crushed by a car.
But that’s just speculation. Theory speculation.
Can we just appreciate how DHMIS still creates an entertaining show with a lot of Easter eggs?
I’d appreciate it more if I could watch it outside of the UK
@@RoflCannon6 You can, multiple people have put the whole series up on RUclips
@@RoflCannon6 you can there is a website
I AM THE BEEST YOUUTUBER YOU'RE ALL TRAASH COMPARED TO ME IM THE BEEST🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓
thats why it took so long to make.
Yellow Guy’s dissociation in episode 5’s intro isnt remembering. Its describing episode 6.
There was another him, other versions of his friends, a lumpy guy and ‘a windy middle one.’
I'm just happy that dhmis is back with a new series it was our childhood as we can say.
funfact:the person named David is actually lesley dead son who was catched on fire in the house they live in.The reason why he died is unknown but it says that david (the son) loved yellow guy and he always loved the doll.After he died tho lesley kept yellow guy in a house just like the one from episode 6 and from the beggining from every single episode from season 2.
Lesley also has replacements because if she didnt the episodes woudnt exist and so would the characters. In episode 2 the grave is called david which meant Lesley was the one who burried her son.And we can also see that the map looks like that one map in episode 3 season 1 where they talked about love except diffrent.Not to mention but Doi never sang in season 1 he was just not the main character.But in season 2 the creators finally gave him a chance to sing which made him the main character.
Duck guy also changed the batteries for actual reasons to see if he will finally change but it just made him worst (thats what duck guy tought)and if in the last episode yellow guy pushed duck guy away he could have reveal the truth but he just could not do it.He was the main character even in episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 in season 1 because he would always be the one going bad.Getting hes picture ruined.Turning old.being traumatized by a butterfly.Being corrupted by a computer.Had to eat hes friends.AND dont forget that he drowned in oil while not wanting to talk about dreams.
It all makes sense.The reason why the teachers kinda dislike yellow guy was because they knew what would happend.He would get the book and everything would be gone.The talking objects.The crazy people.EVERYONE WOULD BE GONE.So thats why the teachers do that to him.Its just to make him not change everything and that they can go back to normal.He never got the chance to sing thats also the reason they hate him that much.
In episode 3 season 2 he was forced to join a family which was the reason to make him forget to get the book but hes father came to save him.The twins wanted to do that,thats all they wanted to.In episode 4 season 2 warren did the same thing.He disrespected him for having brain friends because hes brain friends would have had secrets,and no i know they seem childish but when warren ruins the fun,they become sad and go to a place where its unknown.Basement or something else???
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A scary childhood and tragic one
I thought it was 20 years ago- 😂
I have an additional theory further explaining Red Guy and Duck. The first part is about who they are and the second part is about what they represent.
(Note: When talking about "Yellow Guy," I will be referring to the actual puppet character in the show, while when talking about "David," I will be referring to Lesley's deceased son. And yes, this theory relies heavily on the theory presented in the video.)
1. Red Guy and Duck are David's childhood "friends." I use quotations here because just like Yellow Guy is not exactly David, I feel that's the same case with Red Guy and Duck.
Now while I have evidence for this, it's not very solid. Regardless, evidence is still evidence.
As seen throughout the series, and heavily in episode 4, Yellow Guy doesn't (or rather can't) get along well with people he doesn't know. He never gets along well with the teachers. It's especially made clear that not only did Yellow Guy have trouble getting along with Warren the "Eagle," the teacher for FRIENDSHIP, but that Warren actually made Yellow Guy uncomfortable. This likely means that David also had trouble making friends and had very few. In the show, the only characters we see Yellow Guy get along with naturally are Red Guy, Duck, and the brain friends he creates in episode 4. Since the brain friends are figments of Yellow Guy's imagination, they will naturally get along with him. Which leaves Red Guy and Duck. Lesley likely wanted Yellow Guy to have friends to learn the lessons with. Given that David probably had trouble making friends, Lesley saw that these friends would have to be ones that Yellow Guy would already know, and that's why I believe that Red Guy and Duck are representations of David's friends.
That led me to ask myself, "Why do Red Guy and Duck have more adult-like designs?" Yellow Guy wears overalls and in general acts like a young child, whereas Duck wears a blazer(?), Red Guy is tall and has a deeper voice (like an adult would), and they both act more like sassy adults. This could be Lesley processing that even though these two friends are all grown up now, David still remains a child.
continuing on in the replies cause I talk way too much :,)
2. Here's where my theory gets kinda depressing. Red Guy and Duck represent the different ways their real-world counterparts dealt with the grief of losing David.
First, let's explore Duck. Throughout the series, he is known to be easily distracted and/or entertained. And if he doesn't have a distraction/source of entertainment, he gets upset. While there's a lot of evidence showing this, there's one specific one I want to point out. In episode 5, Duck starts counting everything he sees, and even counts each tile one by one. At first glance, this may seem like nothing but a "haha he's counting each tile" kind of moment, but I see this as a key detail to explaining Duck's character; he copes by distracting himself.
When dealing with grief, many people will end up throwing themselves into something else, like work, hobbies, or luxuries. This keeps them distracted, making them think of what they're obsessing over rather than what they've lost. I think that the friend that Duck represents used all sorts of distractions, especially the arts, as we see Duck show an interest in singing, often singing a solo in the middle of a song or just out of nowhere.
Next, there's Red Guy. Probably the most notable trait about Red Guy is his monotone voice. Even if he's genuinely excited, he never shows it. This could represent how some people become apathetic after losing someone, unable to cope with the grief. When grieving, people can lose interest in everything, even stuff they genuinely enjoy.
However, there's more to Red Guy. We see him have an outburst in episode 5, screaming that he doesn't want to go back. And though they do make it out of the cartoony world, they ended up back home because of Lesley. This can be seen as a moment where the friend Red Guy represents wanted to take that first step towards acceptance. He wanted to be free of that grief, and he wanted to help his other friend (represented by Duck) and Lesley, too. He even gives Duck distractions so he can slowly adjust to acceptance. But in the end, he fails to achieve this goal, as Lesley is still unable to accept that David is truly gone, and sends them back to the beginning of the cycle...
BUT HEY, that's just a theory; a film theory :D
@@yourlocaltrashsnek1532 ok got damthis is good you should get your own video lol
When are you starting up your theory channel!!! Omg
@@yourlocaltrashsnek1532 Thats really incredible. Red guy not wanting to go back could be trying to escape where are the memories are, avoidance. Its hard to move on when you are constantly surrounded by the memories of him.
I think Duck is almost certainly David’s family dog.
One thing I thought about when Yellow Guy was climbing the stairs is that each floor is a stage of grief and the reason he (or maybe Lesley) never make it to the 5 floor (stage) of acceptance. And the reason they are stuck on the first floor is the dark depression (first stage) she’s stuck in.
Oh my goodness, you’re right! That’s actually very plausible!! Good job for thinking about that!
That makes sense. She was bargaining with him as well by promising him answers if he did what she told him to do.
Well, let's look at the first floor of the house. We know that part that isn't real right considering the trio drove away and ended up getting out of the virtual reality of the show and into the real world (the junkyard place). As we seen the shift of reality from the trio being in the car, the colors shift from bright colors to dull colors, probably giving the representation that the real world isn't so bright. Which makes sense in the denial stage of grief, you deny the actual reality but accept the false reality because the actual reality hurts.
@@purpleserenity137 So, what, the 2nd floor is anger, and the big boys are aggressive in feeling more knowledgeable (keep up mate) or the lessons are doubled so more aggressive teaching?
And the 3rd floor is bargaining...because...they are trying to declare the value of all the experiments, needing to find out anything just to put a value on it? Or because everything has been reduced to a transaction without meaning?
@@lewisroach8723 That could definitely describe the other floors. There could be some of the stages intermixed together. Sometimes the 5 stages of grief are in no particular order as people experience grief in different ways. But one thing is for certain, generally once people reach a 4th stage, they either do one of two things. Either, they finally accept the reality of what caused them grief (thus moving into stage 5, acceptance) or the cycle repeats again as the person is stuck in grief. In this case with Leslie and the show, the cycle keeps repeating over and over with a new lesson as Matt says, because Leslie is trying to do things that she would do for her son if he was still alive.
The intro is just chilling. You’ve outdone yourself this time.
I feel like another angle of this - as someone that deals with PTSD - is Lesley is doing this to cope. The funny thing about PTSD is how it corrupts everything. In my experience, it re-frames everything, even happy childhood moments, to something disturbing. Nightmares especially don't often reflect the experiences of what happened, but might contain elements of things that traumatized them.
Speaking on this, Red Guy's iconic "we live in an actual nightmare", and given that Lesley is the one narrating, I believe it could be *her* nightmare. After losing her child, she spiraled into a way to still live with him in her life, but can't properly find the balance or way to process her trauma. Making ways to cope with her reality despite there being so much pain associated with what she wanted to do, i.e. teaching and raising her son. Hence why all episodes start out cheerful and carefree, but can easily and quickly descend into a literal nightmare. DHMIS could be a reflection of her psyche, her obsession with making a perfect world despite clearly blaming herself and still healing from the accident.
Another reason why Yellow guy is being targeted/hurt in so many episodes - even in the original series - is FOUND in the "you're not my real son" line. Lesley sounds like she can't shake the feeling that it was her son's fault too. "If he hadn't run into the street. If he hadn't been distracted. If I had arrived home sooner--" It eats away at you, even if you use logic to push it away. Her being angry at her son and at the fictional Yellow Guy probably drives what she's doing, trying to make a world where he's still alive and learning, but obviously he's still getting hurt because the real David is clearly NOT THERE, HE'S DEAD.
As someone who's dealt with flashbacks too, sometimes the nicest of moments can bring you back and literally flip the entire world on it's head. Days that were going great, where you're spending time with friends and laughing, can turn into a dark and desolate place just because someone talks too loud or because you think someone's face looks familiar.
That's my two cents on that. PTSD is weird, and I don't recommend it.
do you think that's the reson why Duck was the one burried in the Death episode, even though the entire funeral was planned for David (yellow guy)? like, she tried to bury him but couldn't and swapped him out with Duck at the last second?
@@zilesis1 that is a good concept! I hadn't thought of that, that she might have subconsciously refused to acknowledge that the real David is dead. That's spooky!
The window where Leslie is in has a stained glass window not of a dove, which usually symbolizes peace, but a green duck.
I feel like the pictures in Lesley's room that represent certain episodes may have something to do with this as well
#1 The dollops representing the family episode may be connecting her with something to do with a family
#2 The batteries representing the electricity episode may be connecting that Yellow guy is a robot (Built by Lesley in her grief)
#3 The shovel representing the death episode may be connecting death to her but may also be implying Lesley dug up her son after his death
Near the end of that episode, Yellow guy dug up Duck in his grief while singing "Memories help me remember him, the things we, the life we lived"
What if the batteries mean David were in life support after the accident... but it wasn't enough to keep him alive.
The image of Leslie getting her dead son out of the grave and perhaps placing him in his bed or a sofa is just disturbing
Let’s be honest, this is the film theory video we’ve all been looking forward too
Yes I have been waiting every video they post, and I am so excited.
The wait was killing me
Yess since I've binch watched the new DHMIS a few weeks ago
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tbh I always though the house was cursed and anyone inside was made immortal for the sadistic fun of the Object characters.
while also being a metaphor for the state of education these days.
It’s terrifying how much sense this theory actually makes
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It does make a lot of sense! Another commenter even mentioned the title "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" could have been the last thing David said to Lesley before he died after the accident. While another mentioned the house representing the 5 stages of grief.
With the guys on the denial floor, and Lesley on the depression floor. With the last floor being acceptance. Either way it's terribly sad & tragic all around 😢.
It makes sense because it is so obvious, there is no reavling a hidden meaning or anything in this theory. I could have shown DMHIS to my 9 year old cousin and he could have up with the same conclusions as matty here.
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You forgot an important scene where red guy and duck are running around in the dark with no power, only to see the dead corpses of all the previous teachers, including the ones from the original web series (the steak is even screaming “help me”)
about the steak, some people also think hes saying "healthy"
from your description, I'm glad that scene isn't in this video ngl
That scene isn't really important to the story so far. It shows that the characters don't remember previous teachers but that's all.
It's mostly just there so Red and Duck have something to do while Yellow Guy is with Lesley
The scene might tie into another theory
I’m not sure of the relevance to this one tho
I mean, what about it could be said in relation to this theory?
Let’s not forget in the same episode where “David” is buried, Yellow Guy dug him up. I think that symbolized Lesley bringing him back in her doll house. Also I thought it was interesting how Red Guy forced the pink blob thing to be Duck. Perhaps symbolizing Lesley forcing Yellow Guy to be David.
7:43 this just shows how tall red guy is compared to the other two
I think the appeal of DHMIS as a medium is, similar to the indie scene craze for FNAF, this show can be enjoyed on multiple levels. Casual viewers can watch it for the horror and entertainment, series fans can rewatch it and notice new things every time they run it back, and lore-seekers have all kinds of material to work with and piece together. The accessibility of DHMIS combined with its carefully crafted story and overall passionate feeling makes it a perfect indie franchise to bring into the mainstream. I’m so happy for the whole team behind it :)
It becomes clear that Yellow Guy's monologue from Episode Five actually describes the events of Episode Six if you don't cut it off early.
The bit where yellow guy is visting the other rooms, I noticed that their "power" each floor increased. First learning multiple things at once. Then inflicting suffering onto something in the name of learning similar to how they are taought in previous episodes. Then Lesley having actual control over the other floors. The implication of a higher floor would proberbly be the studio or something.
it is supposed to describe the different levels of education
Is God in the attic???
I love this theory, but you missed one very important symbol, the book in ep 6, which symbolizes the truth she denies.
When David gets his batteries switched, the first thing he does is come up with is a "new" symbolic sub-set. The same symbolic sub-set that the book is written in. After Lesley makes David clean up the mess caused by the electracy, the door is left open, inferring that Lesley has moved on to a higher level, distancing herself further from her catastrophes. But this time, she shreds the book. This book is also the symbolic connection Lesley has to her past life, so, for every level of the house, the book becomes longer, more diluted and harder to decode by David. This parallels the trip he has to take up the stairs, and the number of layers he has to look through to reach the truth. But every time he has made it up to Lesley's room he was sent back down and striped of his intelligence so that Lesley could add another layer and reset the cycle. For each cycle change, a day passes, so on Jun 19 only 2 layers existed. When red guy (the neighbor) pulled the switch in the first season's finale, the houses power source was reset and a new cycle was started (hence the date change). Notice how it was fully dark when he did so and that the floor matches the house; him and duck were in the exact same situation in the finale of this season.
When David (Lesley) shreds the book, the camara pans out, and where the stairs used to be, an endless void replaces it. This could infer 1 of 2 things.
1. Like you said, the next floor represents the exit Lesley needs to take to move passed her grief. So, when she does so and shreds the book, she breaks off the connection she has to her fictional world and lets herself live in the real one.
2. She looses the battle against herself. By shredding the book, she finally destroys all traces of the truth and can never come to terms with it, which also removes the stairs.
I think it's 2, as the eerie music implies it. Also, in season 1's finale, Lesley doesn't die and the vibe is much happier and hopeful.