I’ve always interpreted the car’s explanation of his drink as a description of petrol - or, to be more accurate, oil. “A liquid forged deep underground from the remains of ancient ones” is exactly how I could imagine someone explaining what oil is. It’s made from plant matter and animal remains from long ago, placed under extreme heat and pressure within the earth.
...and oil/fossil fuels also create electricity without which these characters could not exist! (Nor would I be able to publicly theorise about them via this comment!! 😉) Also, red guy is often pulling out electrical cords then in the car he messes up the petrol by using raisins. He is also the only one that is not a puppet. Hmmm! 🤔
The Image of Roy, mumbling "yum, yum" ominously,...walking out of frame,...then screaming "YUM YUM YUM"(vocal fry and all) while blood and sinew splatter against the still closing door...is hands down my favorite moment in DHMIS. Period.
I just realized the whole thing with Yellow Guy and the batteries is a lot like the book “Flowers For Algernon” (idk if I spelled that correctly). He learned enough to realize that he had been unaware of the world around him, then had it stripped away in front of his eyes leaving him feeling vaguely empty without being able to process why
@Expanding Uranus Thanks for keeping things on-topic :) Also not sure where you are but I was in eighth grade not too long ago and we read that book in full
In Episode 5, I think the stange black liquid that the Car Man was drinking was supposed to be a joke about oil. The reason he says the gang can't make it because "it was forged under the Earth by the ancient ones" is because oil is literally made underground by the remains of ancient animals.
yeah i was thinking that too lol. surprised it was never mentioned here. though, i suppose that doesn't inherently mean that the ancient ones the lamp mentioned aren't _also_ dinosaurs and other ancient animals.
I do have to say I adore that the trio of DHMIS is canonically called a Clump, they’re just this strange little collection of toys who have to all be played with together to tell stories or make the lessons work.
I love the sound of that as well. In fact in many ways, all characters from across several forms of fiction (including "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" of course) are all pretty much like toys to play around with (most especially through fan works where you can basically do pretty much whatever you want with them, through the power of your vast imagination).
I'm sure others have also mentioned this, but if you look closely at the duck who was decapitated, you can see worms surrounding his body. The only other time we saw worms that episode was in the coffin with the real duck, suggesting that some of the worms and burrowed into him and came out once he was killed, also seemingly confirming that it was the real duck who was killed.
Also i feel as if the claymation duck died it probably wouldn't have spilled blood and insides. It probably would have just been clay like the factory machine when the faulty clay thing was discarded.
Is there a "real" duck though? As shown in the TV series, Leslie keeps tons of "backups." Maybe every time one of the characters dies in the show, they die for real and are completely replaced by a 'clone' of sorts.
@@RachelJamesS_ I disagree for a couple reasons. 1. That clay thing in the factory was still entirely clay. Once the clay is fully molded into a duck guy, it may be indistinguishable even on the inside. 2. The show doesn't have this level of consistency with how the world works. It uses tons of callbacks and references to build an incredible tapestry of lore but mechanically I don't think they are trying to make a coherent mythology.
@@OtherworldlyOdd they also have cans of duck in the background and we know that those originally contained duck guy. So, this would make sense. The intro saying just three of us over and over does imply it might not be true expecally when you see them rewrite it to be fore when they end up with two duck guys.
I saw some comments saying that the creators confirmed that stain was the thing being experimented on by bigger boys in episode 6, idk if it’s true or not tho
57:43 I think what made Clayhill feel so different to the first series wasn’t the lack of being stuck in a closed room and the claustrophobic feeling it brought with, but actually the idea of so many new characters living in such close quarters with the main three. These characters would take away from the solitude of the original web series that made it so unsettling- just 3 of them with little else existing around them. Of course, there are the teachers, but they were objects or bugs that were suddenly animate and vocal. Everything they said made little sense, frequently cut off the other characters and invalidated their opinions on the topics, only to return back to inanimate parts of the set or leave all together. They weren’t companions, they alienated the main three; confused them and there was seemingly no one else out there who could explain anything. This created that disturbing sense of the unknown and there being nothing else out there. Just a cycle of nonsensical lessons that end in horror. Clayhill didn’t capture that feeling, being a whole town with so many new characters existing amongst the main three. I do also acknowledge that perhaps this was exactly what they meant by claustrophobic- being stuck in this world, alone and perplexed. Struggled to get out my thoughts there so good luck deciphering whatever the hell I was thinking.
Personally I liked Clayhill, I understand it wasn't like the webseries but I still got some enjoyment out of it, I can't exactly explain it but there was a unique kind of feel that I got from Clayhill. I do understand disliking it though.
I think Lesleys dialogue represents the more common type of media, telling what you should be thinking, discouraging yellow guy from thinking on his own by giving him the answers.
The episode four slander is deeply upsetting to me, given it’s my favorite episode of the new series. I know not everyone gets it, but I think Warren is an absolutely hilarious character and he does actually have a deeper meaning. He’s a parasite. When he shows the slides depicting his backstory he paints his friends in an extremely negative light even though they don’t do anything to antagonize him. He’s deeply upset when they’re paying more attention to a kitten than him, and later when he shows them his business idea and they don’t invest in it he insinuates that they’re stupid and didn’t even listen to it. Because of how egotistical he is he loses his friends and his membership to the OK Stop organization, but continues to use their materials to give his manipulative lessons about friendship credibility. Since he’s generally annoying he’s desperate for friends to leech off of, which is what gives him the appearance of being sympathetic. That’s exactly how he draws people in. He gets into Yellow Guy’s brain and begins slowly taking over as soon as the characters in Yellow Guy’s mind begin showing him praise. Eventually he drives everyone away aside from Yellow Guy himself, who’s starting to catch onto his rouse. He tries to escape, and is chased by the grotesque worm form of Warren before finally being saved by Duck, one of his real friends.
Adding onto this regarding episode one: To me, this episode represents a real world problem similar to the first two episodes of the web series. The briefcase teacher tells the main characters that they can have any job they want, mimicking how most children are told that they can be anything they want when they grow up. Then when he leaves the main characters in the factory it shows that a lot of people can end up stuck in jobs they hate when they actually do grow up. The briefcase also shows being “unemployed” as synonymous with being pathetic and ignorant, in addition to the computer in episode four saying “freelancers deserve to die”. I think this represents how a lot of people look down upon freelancers as not having “real jobs”, and could reflect what the creators have gone through during their careers.
It's a good episode because for some it's relatable and cathartic to see it represented and mocked for how it is, and for others it'll actually serve as a lesson of red flags to watch out for
hmm, to me hurting a helpless animal or a loved one dying is deeply upsetting, if you consider that slander id suggest going back inside your cry closet . you are in fact the real life yellow guy smh
This show really is something great. Normally I hate it when creators leave their stories open ended but for DHMIS it really works well. It seems like much more of an intentional and impactful decision than how it feels for most other shows in my opinion. It also really does fit it with the story and help elevate it. Honestly a 10/10 job by the creators and an amazing video by you!
but for a second season it truly is a massive letdown if they just throw away all progression just in favor of keeping it open ended. especially with so much theory bait already held within a single season, a second one with 0 progression but only more theory bait ideas to generate MORE, different theories feels annoying, and makes the idea of theory crafting less interesting. ofc with Leslie, they can’t just throw her away… right? or what about the clay being able to create MORE of a character, or the idea of the people in the middle of the earth? i wouldn’t put it past them for the sake of keeping it opened ended to just keep it even more vague and throwing away other bait to avoid giving any answers. a theory is meant to create an idea of an ANSWER. so it’s extremely tricky for them to somehow not give enough away so you can still interpret the series in different ways, but not keep it so open ended that we have 0 definitive answers. it’s quite tricky, but doable and i have 100% faith. but i also have a nagging doubt that we will get definitive answers and a true story, just so they can breed “creativity” and theories for traction.
@@niconico9358why should it matter if we get an ending though? The show is clearly very cryptic in everything it does, so an open-ended ending would be right on theme
@@HarryBoSweets because if all that intrigue isn't actually leading to anything then what's the point. Whey should I be invested. Don't bait an audience with a story when there is none
@@fittinginisforjigsawpieces3141 if you don’t want to invest time into using puzzle pieces dotted around the show to come up with your own logical conclusion as to what it all means… then nobody is forcing you to do it or not
When Duck says to Red Guy that he is his best friend at the funeral he meant it. It's proof in Episode V of the Web-Series where duck is the only one clearly disturbed by the lack of Red Guy's presence. Also the twins hijacking the episode and derailing the show is also something I feel is done in Episode III of the web-series. In the "internet" episode, the globe comes to life first, making us think that Globe is the teacher, but is then interrupted and hijacked by Colin the Computer. I feel the only reason Red Guy is able to escape in Episode III and realise things aren't correct here is because Colin was not supposed to be the teacher, Red Guy was able to break free of the show because this is not what was rehearsed or planned.
I really like episode 4 but for more of a personal reason. I used to dissociate a lot as coping mechanism and see a lot of those tendencies in Yellow Guy escaping into his mind to hangout with his brain friends. Warren invading Yellow’s personal safe space was terrifying to me because I could see myself in Yellow’s place. His own place of comfort being taken from him with nowhere to escape too.
For me the appeal of the episode with Warren the eagle, is that we ALL know someone who's just like Warren, he embodies the most relatable aspects of hanging out with an asshole who tries to be your friend for his own benefit or ego, which makes it more satisfying to see him getting roasted and every other character acknowledging how much he sucks
I also loved how he captured the energy of those old anti-bullying campaigns. “Okay, stop” is *exactly* the sort of shit they would have shown us on the projectors at my old primary school, and *exactly* the sort of shit we would have immediately started taking the piss out of in the playground. It does a pretty good job of showing how irritating and ineffectual those anti-bullying programs were.
exactly, I feel like the whole point of the episode was to feel like he was an annoying "friend" who made everything about him, he wasn't even with the ok stop anymore and is just intruding to feel better about himself
@@friendlyfriend2587 Isn't it Ironic that the anti-bullying ad parody, actually became a very accurate representation of toxic behaviors to watch out for?
It's also ironic because Warren has the best lessons of all the teachers. The other teachers' lessons were done with ulterior-motives. Warren's lessons were more positive, don't be bad to your friends. The issue being Warren is a bad friend without any self-awareness.
I've recently been getting back into ARGs and Unfiction - I forgot how much I loved them. You were the channel that introduced me to it all, and now you've posted again after a year. Words cannot express how much joy your channel has brought me over the years. I'm glad to see you back, Jamie. ❤️
As someone with Adhd I find it difficult to sit down and watch a full something without skipping a part or just not watching all of it. But this video I sat down and watched the full 2 hours and 35 minutes without skipping. I was completely hyper fixated on what this guy was saying it made me have a new look on a few things. I can tell they put a lot of work into this one video with the music and the way they introduced a new part of the video with silence at first and then to ease into the next section of the video. All I'm saying is this is a masterpiece! : )
I feel like the whole point of the entire series is to establish that every theory is a correct theory. Set up by the very first episode, the creators seem to just want us to all think different things about it, "getting creative". And actually, I love it. I love when a creator doesn't tell us right from wrong because they let us use our creative mind to come up with the most amazingly absurd theories. With that I say, let's get creative. I love the vibes of this series and I think we have a good community behind it. Stay creative my friends!
In ep 3. I think Roy came for the food rather than yellow guy. I mean when he opens the door he takes a whiff, he doesn't even seem to acknowledge yellow guy. Yellow guy being saved seems to be the unintentional outcome rather than Roy's main intent. Roy just barged in and tried to eat, the family retaliated, and a bloody fight happened which Roy won. Yellow guy just took the opportunity and peace out. Roy is no hero his just hungry.
This is interesting, almost like a honey pot fly trap where his son brings in weird victims that he can destroy. Personally I saw it as a display of ownership, given Roy's previous presence in the web series and how important and mysterious he was there. His "interview" claims he's punishing his son (and there's a lot of evidence which supports this) so personally his entering the family and presumably eats them suggests to me that he's freeing Yellow Guy pointedly. There's stories of people with abusive parents who, when they get bullied in school or something, the parent scares the hell out of the bully. It seems like a caring gesture, but in actuality it's about control. "He's not yours, he's mine. You can't hurt him. Only I can."
@@mank89 I think in whatever world they are in there is a food shortage, that’s why they needed a mother to be able to order a family pack maybe it’s some sort of air dropped ration but Roy was waiting for the moment to snipe the loot
I love episode 4 because of the return of the computer. It made Colin my new favorite character because he always sounds so happy (even when insulting Warren lol) and he's so much more friendly and supportive. I also love his full character design and the way he moves around. Also the "I love you! Goodbye!" Is my favorite thing ever it's so cute
There's a massive contrast between the web series Colin and TV Show Colin. And I feel it ties back to Roy and his skewed view of children's programming. These puppets left behind from his mess were given new purpose by Leslie.
I don’t know if anybody else has had a similar theory to mine, but I like to think that the duck, red guy and yellow guy all represent different “ages” in a way. Yellow guy is the youngest, being a small, somewhat naive child, maybe 5 or 6. Duck is the middle child, maybe even a teenager/tween. He’s a bit more level-headed than yellow guy, but he still does immature things (he’s also pretty sassy and often is the one that breaks down first). Meanwhile, the red guy is obviously an adult. What’s the meaning behind all this?? No idea! Just spitting out some thoughts.
I agree that they do represnt different age ranges but Duck is clearly the elder. He is coded as a sort of conservative grandparent: reading right wing newpapers, having a strong admiration for the military and believing he is the voice of authority in the clump
I agree but personally I see it as yellow/red/duck as child/hound adult/elder like the other comment said. Plus I think Leslie is supposed to represent stunted emotional age, if that makes sense. Plus she enforces the roles on them so she could represent tradition.
I was very iffy about the whole "every theory is correct" thing at first. But your video really put it in a way that I thought was really cool. The idea that the series is not only born of creativity, but designed to spark creativity in those who watch it. Sometimes it's a little bothersome that there isn't an answer, or that there is no overarching theme with a dark mystery, but sometimes that's ok. We just have to "get creative."
I had almost given up hope that this channel would ever return but here you're with a movie length episode too! I am so excited I might start shrieking like a Howler Monkey with joy.
The way Mr. Transport described what he drinks, 'It was forged deep underground from the remnants of the ancient ones', is a not too horrible way of describing the process that actual oil is formed
Okay here is the actual plot to DHMIS. There's three of us There's three of us Look closely, you will see There's three of us Just three of us There's him, and you, and me And everyday, we all hang out To find out what we talk about And I'm the one that's over here And I'm the one that's over here And I am over here I'm a talking crow-like thing And I'm red and made of string And I'm a yellow pig And I'm the one who is quite tall And I'm the one who's going bald And I've gone bald as well And every day's a new surprise When you're learning with us guys And we live in an actual nightmare! I'm the one who had a dream Where there was stuff like there was another me And everything was lots of fun And I went and saw the other ones And there was a little lumpy one And another whiny, middle one And there was things that I had around That I knew what they were, but I don't know now And then it went away That's three of us Just three of us Us three
I actually really enjoyed episode 4 because I felt as I was able to learn more about yellow guy and the idea that he had to go to a safe place to escape reality is something I feel like a lot of people can relate to. Also the worm or “eagle” was definitely annoying but in the best way possible as that was his character, a pest who literally made the poor shy guy die 😭Final thing to add is I laughed so much in the scene where all the dream friends leave because of how annoying the worm is.
I'm pretty sure that the hot black water is meant to be coffee and the transport teacher's black liquid drink is oil. I think, "forged far beneath the earth by the ancient ones" is supposed to be dinosaurs decaying into oil by pressure far under ground. Plus, what do a lot of transportation vehicles need for fuel? (or in other works "drink") Oil, petroleum, coal, etc. But this is just my theory.
"forged from the last remnants of the ancient ones" definitely sounds like oil to me. The Ancients Ones being dinosaurs and it was 'forged' deep in the earth under great heat and pressure.
Nobody really talks about this but I love the detail of yellow guy laughing while shredding the book. It almost sounds like he’s crying behind a fake or controlled laugh.
My favorite moment and one that often goes overlooked is the “worm in your brain” song, I think it so perfectly incapsulates who the characters are and the tone of the show. Also surprisingly catchy wish it went in for longer
In episode IV, i think it still talks about teachers; the key is in the "Don't touch me" part, where some teachers may feel uncomfortable by students asking questions that are out of their bounds. Usually becoming stubborn as their pride and authority has been attacked since they don't have an answer.
I did the same course as them at the same Uni (a few years later) and can completely understand why they made that video about creativity... Never before have I had tutors micromanage what we can and can't do/ what mediums are and are not allowed because they aren't "artistic" or whatever. They were so weird about what was and wasn't considered interesting or creative it was so stifling. (they also didn't understand the internet and how important it was for artists... in 2016!)
The thing I like the most about “Don’t hug me I’m scared” is that it’s just so good at doing EXACTLY what it sets out to do. To me DHMIS feels like real life. There’s so many complexities, unanswered questions, interesting adventures, and scary emotions/undertones already existing in the real world that DHMIS just feels like an accurate visual representation of what it’s like to simply be alive.
This 2 hour return after over a year of no uploads on a series that you haven’t covered in around half a decade is one of the best things you’ve ever done. thank you so much for all of the effort and dedication you put into your videos for us
Jamie has talked about how summarizing ARGs and doing theories and what not wasnt his original intention for the channel. Instead, it was supposed to be the name going inside the mind of the creator. If you remember the Chuck Tingle video that is what I think Jamie most wanted to do, interviewing the person and taking a deep dive into their content. I think this video is the perfect blend of both and I hope he is truly glad and happy with what he has done... because what a worthwhile wait it has been. Thanks Jamie.
Actually episode 4 is my favorite, i have a relative just like that, so i can really appreciate the details and the catharsis. Also, the black liquis is so clearly petroleum, you know...made from the remenants of ancient ones aka dinasours etc? i swear, the show is pretty clear
I actually really liked the friendship episode… it portrays a deluded, narcissistic person claiming to be their friend when he only wants everything to be about him and for things to go only his way. There are other videos that go into this episode in detail. He is kind of gross looking and annoying but that is literally the point.
my favourite episode is the friendship one, having dealt with people exactly like warren the ~~worm~~ eagle, its so accurate it, the episode feels like it slows down when he appears because thats how you feel when you interact with a friend like him
i love how you break down some things on the production side of things, so much i’ve never seen covered! great video, keep it up and i’m glad you’re back.
Legit love that you talk about the "crazy" section of the original short - because while I know a lot of people treat it like things getting dark or evil or whatever... it always struck me as rapturous and chaotic. Also... I think it might be significant that DHMIS 3 was made around the time that the Same Sex Marriage act was being debated and finalised in the UK. There was a lot of very archaic notions about marriage being voiced publicly at the time as opponents tried to explain exactly what their problem with it was. Makes me wonder if that was an influence on it.
@@dissraps - Lol, I'm referring to an episode that specifically talks about unconventional vs conventional relationships, a subject that's mentioned in this video, and which came out shortly after a fairly significant moment in LGBT equality in the UK, but maybe that's the same as "the entirety of the world", huh? Sounds like you're the one with the problem here.
With the massive surge of youtube content since the show's move away from the platform to TV, there really have been a lot of new, creative interpretations. I haven't seen it all, of course, so I can't name a full list of my favourite ideas, but one thing I will always be impressed by with the fan theories and the show in general, is how they really keep the series grounded in what have been its roots since episode 1. After all, it always ends up right back at home.
I considered myself a pretty diehard fan of this series, and now even more so! This analysis has given me much more insight into the show as a whole and on the behind the scenes throughout the years as well. Thank you for posting this! Both this video and the series are super fun and inspiring to watch, especially as an aspiring online horror writer! 💛
Lovely to see you back! I've been obsessed with DHMIS lately and this was just perfect! I love your conclusion of creativity. That's always one I can get behind. My own thought: While the episode with Warren isn't my favorite, I do like it simply because it felt like I was watching Yellow Guy experience dissociation. It's something I deal with whenever things get overwhelming and it's become incredibly pervasive in my life. I have a hard time hanging out with friends or family because I get overwhelmed and then dissociation kicks in. I can't feel my own thoughts, my body, my emotions. When people ask me how I'm doing I automatically answer "I'm fine" because I *don't know* how I'm feeling. It's like the entire concept of me doesn't exist in those moments. I used to use my inner world as an escape, making up stories and characters that could distract me from how terrible I felt. However when the real world things got worse, that inner world slowly died. I couldn't feel the characters or setting as well as I used to, because I was exhausted. It hurt to try and escape into something that didn't help, so I stopped imagining them - And it made me even more miserable. It was like a terrible spiral that didn't stop until my environment changed. Warren, Red Guy and Duck in that episode all act like people I've known and it made me happy to see Red and Duck actually care (in the capacity they can) and actively try to help.
The whole "beneath the Earth with the Ancient Ones" part of Mr Transport's description of the black liquid could also just be a reference to fossil fuels.
i’ll never forget watching the web series episode 5, during a free period at school in 7th grade. it disturbed me so deeply that i felt sick to my stomach and called my mom to bring me home.
30:20 i feel like this part foreshadows their awareness. Yellow guy almost finds out abt the studio but eventually goes blank, duck finds out but doesn't do anything abt it, and red guy becomes aware of the set and wants to escape.
I quite enjoyed this, especially the look into the earlier episodes. I so often see people trying to tie DHMIS together as a coherent single narrative. It's nice to see someone taking a step back to discuss how it was actually made and what the creators have said about it. Also I've always interpreted the drink the car has as petrol. Hence 'Made deep below the Earth from the last remnants of the ancient ones'. It's quite funny to think that all the workers might be drinking the same stuff (being tools and machines) and the 'hot black water' description could cover oil, petrol overstrong tea or coffee which is a nice bit of strategic ambiguity
This video was incredibly well done and I just have to say I love your work. Also... I hadn't even CONSIDERED that DHMIS is intentionally vague in order to get people theorizing. They are truly amazing artists and I can't wait to see what they do next, or what YOU do next for that matter.
Personal theory for the web series: whole thing is a show made by Roy. Red duck and yellow are the actors and it is like the Truman show. Then red is fired at the end of ep 4 since he found some of Roy’s sercets. He tried to contact his actors to warn them but failed and became a boring office worker. Duck then later died in an accident during filming. Now the show is just Yellow. Yellow is bored and lonely without his coworkers. Roy realizes that the show will be boring and starts filming red without his permission. Once Red realizes this he knows that he must do something so he shuts down the camera set and mic by unplugging the cord. Roy gets mad and kills yellow. Roy then gets new actors and reboots the show, with blue, red, and green
Your last few sentences brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for presenting this series from that perspective. Focusing on the beauty of creativity creating creativity...
I just now noticed that in both episode 4’s it was meant to be about something (the world, or eating healthy) and gets interrupted to teach something completely different (the internet, or family). It’s just really cool to see all these little tiny references back to the original show that the TV one put in
I absolutely love this video and this fandom I’m so glad to be in it:) Also here’s my theory (idk if people have the same one lol) But I think Lesley was watching David (Yellow Guy) one day at their home and Roy was coming home from work and didn’t see David running out to the street chasing his pet and accidentally ran him over with the car killing him instantly, causing Lesley to go in complete despair and she kept blaming her self for not taking care of David more and hated seeing Roy after what he done and saw him as a horrible person even though it was a horrible accident he made. Some time passes and Lesley still hasn’t move on and still blames her self and she can’t handle it anymore and decides to bring back David and have him live again. She brings him back by some type of ritual (Like the one from Batim and also that’s why we keep seeing symbols, there’s this book that has symbols for the names of different types of demons that looks exactly like the symbols that we keep seeing in the show) but as his favorite character from the children television show Roy and his friend (Red Guy) made and worked on together, making David into Yellow Guy but it didn’t turn out how she wanted to and instead made a whole entire world where the lessons that were originally taught on the show turned corrupted and twisted and she brought herself, Roy, Roy’s friend, and the pet into puppet like creatures in this world. Making Roy ugly and gross because that’s how Lesley viewed him after the incident, making Roy’s friend into Red Guy and the pet into Duck because the trio couldn’t be complete without the two other main characters from the show and Lesley has scars from sacrificing herself to make this world. And every time one of the characters die or gets injured the world resets wiping out any memories that the trio has. This is why the trio don’t remember what happened in the web series or the lessons they were taught or anything at all, also I believe that Duck keeps getting replaced even since the web series started Lesley had a whole drawer of him so the Duck we keep seeing isn’t the og Duck, anyway this is what I think and this theory has some flaws and stuff and if there’s another season (which I hope there is cause we just got the series back since literally years) this theory might be wrong and I’m ok with that it’s just fun making theories about what’s going on with a show that has so many questions but barely any answers.
fantastic video, I remember watching the very first don't hug me I'm scared with my brother when I was just 7 years old, and he was 4 and I just remember that episode scaring us so much and how we told our parents about it. But to see how far this series has come is insane to me.
I don't know why you took the year break, I don't need to know since it's your private life, not my business. I can just say that I am happy for you to be back as absolutely incredible as ever! You're how I got into the entire genres of ARGs, Analog Horror etc in the First place and, while there are still Other absolutely amazing creators such as Nightmind, you're still undoubtedly the Number 1 for me. Honestly didn't even notice it was an entire year because I kept constantly rewatching your old videos.
In the intro in the new episodes when it says “him and you and me” red points to himself on “you” which goes back to the fact that red guy is supposed to “be us” idk I just thought of that
I usually find it harder to watch a whole video through and through. But this video was so well pit together and so engaging! I live that you pointed out things I never noticed! Thank you!
I remember when this came out and it was so creepy and fun and just so creative. I love Red guy, yellow guy, and duck so much and I'm happy after all this time that they still have a place on RUclips. I would have loved for them to go foward with original pilot but hey this series was sooo good and probably the only good thing to come out of covid.
Also it’s important to note that when the duck is murdered by the duck, maggots are found around the body, suggesting the original duck was killed as maggots were eating him in the coffin
This is the best video on DHMIS I’ve seen, exploring the various things that make the series great, rather than limiting it to be “about” just one aspect of the show.
I just thought that the black liquid the transport teacher drinks is actually just gas. “Forged deep in the earth from the ancient ones” is just about how oil comes from ancient animals
Thank you so much for this video. I wasn’t on the internet very much just in time to not see how Salad Fingers, Llamas w Hats and Charlie the Unicorn ended. This deep dive was amazing and I’m glad I got to see where it went. I had no idea it got its own show.
the fact that you can see in episode 5 when Duck puts up the posters that there is a shredder in the heart is so funny because I means he loved the shredder before we even knew he had one
I usually never go back to series, I just watch them to know what's someone's talking about in a video. Sure, DHMIS is fun with more fleshed out characters, but u always find the theory videos even more fun. Seeing people's thoughts and ideas form and build communities is alway nice to see. When I watched the web series or the reboot it more "damn, #relatable" then "how does this all connect", which is one of the reasons I love watching videos about DHMIS
Thanks for creating this video. This has helped me get out of burnout and cleared my head by helping me remember why I loved this series and why I love creating things.
The themes of the first few episode can also represent what it was like for the crew to evem make the show. Their creativity being unleashed and then the second one about time, considering it took 3 years for episode two to be released.
Your videos have always hit different tbh. Makes me feel a kind of way that not a lot of things make me feel anymore. It's a happy and curious feeling that I think is right. Like I found just the right feeling for _me_ I don't know if that makes sense but its a good thing:)
I agree, his presentation feels very... approachable to me, and much easier to follow compared to over theory channels (as much as I love them). I enjoy it a lot too! :D
At the end of Episode 5, in the very end, at the house model on the right you can see red string probably red guy. My idea is that after Red Guys deviation she got rid of him and replaced him with a new red guy. She does have plenty of backups after all. Which would also explain why he behaves different than before.
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Red just casually grabbing Roy and aggressively honking the horn at him before throwing him out of the car absolutely killed me
21:52 - 21:54
@@Iloveitits yes hun I'm aware
@@Jane-ow7sr well, it helps other viewers of your comment with pinpointing this moment. I'm sure that there were no ill will present.
@@thatonescarecrow4692 it's not even the right pinpoint though. It's just the dude passive aggressively calling me a pigeon.
thats not roy he just looks similar
I’ve always interpreted the car’s explanation of his drink as a description of petrol - or, to be more accurate, oil. “A liquid forged deep underground from the remains of ancient ones” is exactly how I could imagine someone explaining what oil is. It’s made from plant matter and animal remains from long ago, placed under extreme heat and pressure within the earth.
Yes! This was also the first thing that came into mind for me when i heard it. Im glad to see somebody already pointed it out 😊
...and oil/fossil fuels also create electricity without which these characters could not exist! (Nor would I be able to publicly theorise about them via this comment!! 😉)
Also, red guy is often pulling out electrical cords then in the car he messes up the petrol by using raisins. He is also the only one that is not a puppet. Hmmm! 🤔
Haha was about to comment this
I think the samw
Yeah that actually annoyed me a lot. Specially since oil references aren't new to the show. Its a common motif or easter egg.
Duck telling Red to do something and all he comes up with is "you're fired" kills me
Isn't Red named Harry?
@@-kirby-2851 red is more fun
1:08:50
I will always call him rerry.
@@-kirby-2851i remember their names being like the biggest mystery ever and you just leave this here???
The Image of Roy, mumbling "yum, yum" ominously,...walking out of frame,...then screaming "YUM YUM YUM"(vocal fry and all) while blood and sinew splatter against the still closing door...is hands down my favorite moment in DHMIS. Period.
@@shyviolets that's like if g man just started dancing in hl3
My favorite part was when Roy says absolutely nothing to his son except "MEH" before shoving him out of the way.
YUM YUM YUM
@@rinakitty9283fr
1:24:22 btw
I just realized the whole thing with Yellow Guy and the batteries is a lot like the book “Flowers For Algernon” (idk if I spelled that correctly). He learned enough to realize that he had been unaware of the world around him, then had it stripped away in front of his eyes leaving him feeling vaguely empty without being able to process why
That's actually a really good comparison and probably why I liked the ending so much lol!
@Expanding Uranus Thanks for keeping things on-topic :) Also not sure where you are but I was in eighth grade not too long ago and we read that book in full
@Expanding Uranus man's complaining about actual nothingness lmao
@expandinguranus3541 you clearly have some baggage you should process somewhere not on RUclips comments. Like, perhaps some professional help? 🙏
@expandinguranus3541 you're right: I don't like you and that is my problem.
In Episode 5, I think the stange black liquid that the Car Man was drinking was supposed to be a joke about oil. The reason he says the gang can't make it because "it was forged under the Earth by the ancient ones" is because oil is literally made underground by the remains of ancient animals.
yeah i was thinking that too lol. surprised it was never mentioned here. though, i suppose that doesn't inherently mean that the ancient ones the lamp mentioned aren't _also_ dinosaurs and other ancient animals.
Yep, thats why also in an episode it says they go there when they die, cuz corpses transform into oil
I was thinking the same thing
I thought it was coffee
@@budcat64xd88 They do a similar joke with Coffee in the first episode.
I do have to say I adore that the trio of DHMIS is canonically called a Clump, they’re just this strange little collection of toys who have to all be played with together to tell stories or make the lessons work.
I love the sound of that as well. In fact in many ways, all characters from across several forms of fiction (including "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" of course) are all pretty much like toys to play around with (most especially through fan works where you can basically do pretty much whatever you want with them, through the power of your vast imagination).
They are really a clump of odd individuals
Clump - lump of clay 😁
I'm sure others have also mentioned this, but if you look closely at the duck who was decapitated, you can see worms surrounding his body. The only other time we saw worms that episode was in the coffin with the real duck, suggesting that some of the worms and burrowed into him and came out once he was killed, also seemingly confirming that it was the real duck who was killed.
Also i feel as if the claymation duck died it probably wouldn't have spilled blood and insides. It probably would have just been clay like the factory machine when the faulty clay thing was discarded.
Is there a "real" duck though? As shown in the TV series, Leslie keeps tons of "backups." Maybe every time one of the characters dies in the show, they die for real and are completely replaced by a 'clone' of sorts.
@@RachelJamesS_ I disagree for a couple reasons. 1. That clay thing in the factory was still entirely clay. Once the clay is fully molded into a duck guy, it may be indistinguishable even on the inside. 2. The show doesn't have this level of consistency with how the world works. It uses tons of callbacks and references to build an incredible tapestry of lore but mechanically I don't think they are trying to make a coherent mythology.
@@OtherworldlyOdd they also have cans of duck in the background and we know that those originally contained duck guy. So, this would make sense. The intro saying just three of us over and over does imply it might not be true expecally when you see them rewrite it to be fore when they end up with two duck guys.
I saw some comments saying that the creators confirmed that stain was the thing being experimented on by bigger boys in episode 6, idk if it’s true or not tho
57:43 I think what made Clayhill feel so different to the first series wasn’t the lack of being stuck in a closed room and the claustrophobic feeling it brought with, but actually the idea of so many new characters living in such close quarters with the main three. These characters would take away from the solitude of the original web series that made it so unsettling- just 3 of them with little else existing around them. Of course, there are the teachers, but they were objects or bugs that were suddenly animate and vocal. Everything they said made little sense, frequently cut off the other characters and invalidated their opinions on the topics, only to return back to inanimate parts of the set or leave all together. They weren’t companions, they alienated the main three; confused them and there was seemingly no one else out there who could explain anything. This created that disturbing sense of the unknown and there being nothing else out there. Just a cycle of nonsensical lessons that end in horror. Clayhill didn’t capture that feeling, being a whole town with so many new characters existing amongst the main three.
I do also acknowledge that perhaps this was exactly what they meant by claustrophobic- being stuck in this world, alone and perplexed.
Struggled to get out my thoughts there so good luck deciphering whatever the hell I was thinking.
I think you summed up the point well.
You described it perfectly!
Personally I liked Clayhill, I understand it wasn't like the webseries but I still got some enjoyment out of it, I can't exactly explain it but there was a unique kind of feel that I got from Clayhill. I do understand disliking it though.
Btw it got cancelled because it was too political
My favourite part of clayhill was the teaser theme
I think Lesleys dialogue represents the more common type of media, telling what you should be thinking, discouraging yellow guy from thinking on his own by giving him the answers.
1:24:10 I love when Roy shows up and says “it’s Roying time” and Roy’s all over the place
He royed over all of the family
let this meme die pls its not even funny anymore
@@chugdotpng5120 no
ITS SCHRADING TIME
@@Seen420 looks like he had a case of...royed rage
The episode four slander is deeply upsetting to me, given it’s my favorite episode of the new series. I know not everyone gets it, but I think Warren is an absolutely hilarious character and he does actually have a deeper meaning. He’s a parasite. When he shows the slides depicting his backstory he paints his friends in an extremely negative light even though they don’t do anything to antagonize him. He’s deeply upset when they’re paying more attention to a kitten than him, and later when he shows them his business idea and they don’t invest in it he insinuates that they’re stupid and didn’t even listen to it. Because of how egotistical he is he loses his friends and his membership to the OK Stop organization, but continues to use their materials to give his manipulative lessons about friendship credibility. Since he’s generally annoying he’s desperate for friends to leech off of, which is what gives him the appearance of being sympathetic. That’s exactly how he draws people in. He gets into Yellow Guy’s brain and begins slowly taking over as soon as the characters in Yellow Guy’s mind begin showing him praise. Eventually he drives everyone away aside from Yellow Guy himself, who’s starting to catch onto his rouse. He tries to escape, and is chased by the grotesque worm form of Warren before finally being saved by Duck, one of his real friends.
Adding onto this regarding episode one: To me, this episode represents a real world problem similar to the first two episodes of the web series. The briefcase teacher tells the main characters that they can have any job they want, mimicking how most children are told that they can be anything they want when they grow up. Then when he leaves the main characters in the factory it shows that a lot of people can end up stuck in jobs they hate when they actually do grow up. The briefcase also shows being “unemployed” as synonymous with being pathetic and ignorant, in addition to the computer in episode four saying “freelancers deserve to die”. I think this represents how a lot of people look down upon freelancers as not having “real jobs”, and could reflect what the creators have gone through during their careers.
It's a good episode because for some it's relatable and cathartic to see it represented and mocked for how it is, and for others it'll actually serve as a lesson of red flags to watch out for
PEOPLE DONT LIKE EPISODE 4?!? i absolutely loved warren and the ending was hilarious!!
Warren has a job in HR departments everywhere
hmm, to me hurting a helpless animal or a loved one dying is deeply upsetting, if you consider that slander id suggest going back inside your cry closet . you are in fact the real life yellow guy smh
This show really is something great. Normally I hate it when creators leave their stories open ended but for DHMIS it really works well. It seems like much more of an intentional and impactful decision than how it feels for most other shows in my opinion. It also really does fit it with the story and help elevate it. Honestly a 10/10 job by the creators and an amazing video by you!
but for a second season it truly is a massive letdown if they just throw away all progression just in favor of keeping it open ended. especially with so much theory bait already held within a single season, a second one with 0 progression but only more theory bait ideas to generate MORE, different theories feels annoying, and makes the idea of theory crafting less interesting. ofc with Leslie, they can’t just throw her away… right? or what about the clay being able to create MORE of a character, or the idea of the people in the middle of the earth? i wouldn’t put it past them for the sake of keeping it opened ended to just keep it even more vague and throwing away other bait to avoid giving any answers. a theory is meant to create an idea of an ANSWER. so it’s extremely tricky for them to somehow not give enough away so you can still interpret the series in different ways, but not keep it so open ended that we have 0 definitive answers. it’s quite tricky, but doable and i have 100% faith. but i also have a nagging doubt that we will get definitive answers and a true story, just so they can breed “creativity” and theories for traction.
@@niconico9358why should it matter if we get an ending though? The show is clearly very cryptic in everything it does, so an open-ended ending would be right on theme
@@HarryBoSweets because if all that intrigue isn't actually leading to anything then what's the point. Whey should I be invested. Don't bait an audience with a story when there is none
@@fittinginisforjigsawpieces3141 if you don’t want to invest time into using puzzle pieces dotted around the show to come up with your own logical conclusion as to what it all means… then nobody is forcing you to do it or not
@@HarryBoSweets I mean I'd just like a satisfying conclusion to the mystery, I feel like that's not a steep ask
When Duck says to Red Guy that he is his best friend at the funeral he meant it.
It's proof in Episode V of the Web-Series where duck is the only one clearly disturbed by the lack of Red Guy's presence.
Also the twins hijacking the episode and derailing the show is also something I feel is done in Episode III of the web-series.
In the "internet" episode, the globe comes to life first, making us think that Globe is the teacher, but is then interrupted and hijacked by Colin the Computer.
I feel the only reason Red Guy is able to escape in Episode III and realise things aren't correct here is because Colin was not supposed to be the teacher, Red Guy was able to break free of the show because this is not what was rehearsed or planned.
I really want a season 2, they’re too talented to just end with one season of a TV show. They need more.
I really like episode 4 but for more of a personal reason. I used to dissociate a lot as coping mechanism and see a lot of those tendencies in Yellow Guy escaping into his mind to hangout with his brain friends. Warren invading Yellow’s personal safe space was terrifying to me because I could see myself in Yellow’s place. His own place of comfort being taken from him with nowhere to escape too.
Cringe
@@dissraps haha yeah. But at least people actually like being around me hun.
@@dissraps lol what u ok
I sadly relate to this fully, and I completely understand
Warren is absolutely terrifying
@@dissraps Damn, you dissing no one but yourself with a take that shit, chief. I'd tell you to do better but I can't help but wonder if you can.
For me the appeal of the episode with Warren the eagle, is that we ALL know someone who's just like Warren, he embodies the most relatable aspects of hanging out with an asshole who tries to be your friend for his own benefit or ego, which makes it more satisfying to see him getting roasted and every other character acknowledging how much he sucks
I also loved how he captured the energy of those old anti-bullying campaigns. “Okay, stop” is *exactly* the sort of shit they would have shown us on the projectors at my old primary school, and *exactly* the sort of shit we would have immediately started taking the piss out of in the playground. It does a pretty good job of showing how irritating and ineffectual those anti-bullying programs were.
Don't tell me who I know or don't know! I'll knock u
exactly, I feel like the whole point of the episode was to feel like he was an annoying "friend" who made everything about him, he wasn't even with the ok stop anymore and is just intruding to feel better about himself
@@friendlyfriend2587 Isn't it Ironic that the anti-bullying ad parody, actually became a very accurate representation of toxic behaviors to watch out for?
It's also ironic because Warren has the best lessons of all the teachers. The other teachers' lessons were done with ulterior-motives. Warren's lessons were more positive, don't be bad to your friends. The issue being Warren is a bad friend without any self-awareness.
I've recently been getting back into ARGs and Unfiction - I forgot how much I loved them. You were the channel that introduced me to it all, and now you've posted again after a year. Words cannot express how much joy your channel has brought me over the years. I'm glad to see you back, Jamie. ❤️
Same here! It all started with the vids here about the Cloverfield ARG, and the rabbit holes only got deeper from there
Same
What's unfiction?
@@billblaski9523 own worlds of reality that are real to their character
It's just a dumb edgy art project it's not that deep
As someone with Adhd I find it difficult to sit down and watch a full something without skipping a part or just not watching all of it. But this video I sat down and watched the full 2 hours and 35 minutes without skipping. I was completely hyper fixated on what this guy was saying it made me have a new look on a few things. I can tell they put a lot of work into this one video with the music and the way they introduced a new part of the video with silence at first and then to ease into the next section of the video. All I'm saying is this is a masterpiece! : )
I feel like the whole point of the entire series is to establish that every theory is a correct theory. Set up by the very first episode, the creators seem to just want us to all think different things about it, "getting creative". And actually, I love it. I love when a creator doesn't tell us right from wrong because they let us use our creative mind to come up with the most amazingly absurd theories. With that I say, let's get creative. I love the vibes of this series and I think we have a good community behind it. Stay creative my friends!
In ep 3. I think Roy came for the food rather than yellow guy. I mean when he opens the door he takes a whiff, he doesn't even seem to acknowledge yellow guy. Yellow guy being saved seems to be the unintentional outcome rather than Roy's main intent. Roy just barged in and tried to eat, the family retaliated, and a bloody fight happened which Roy won. Yellow guy just took the opportunity and peace out. Roy is no hero his just hungry.
This is interesting, almost like a honey pot fly trap where his son brings in weird victims that he can destroy. Personally I saw it as a display of ownership, given Roy's previous presence in the web series and how important and mysterious he was there. His "interview" claims he's punishing his son (and there's a lot of evidence which supports this) so personally his entering the family and presumably eats them suggests to me that he's freeing Yellow Guy pointedly. There's stories of people with abusive parents who, when they get bullied in school or something, the parent scares the hell out of the bully. It seems like a caring gesture, but in actuality it's about control. "He's not yours, he's mine. You can't hurt him. Only I can."
I always thought that Roy took yellow guy's place as the 'mother' just for the food. That's why the family let yellow guy go.
@@mank89 I think in whatever world they are in there is a food shortage, that’s why they needed a mother to be able to order a family pack maybe it’s some sort of air dropped ration but Roy was waiting for the moment to snipe the loot
Your DHMIS videos were always by far my favorite. I'm extremely happy to see you tackle this series again!
Yes :,))
Facing my fear of DHMIS through this video. Probably shouldn't have watched DHMIS when it first came out because it mildly traumatized child me lmao
That first episode gave me nightmares when I was a kid. It's not scary at all now.
Literally me too. I wanna get into dhmis, but it scared me as a kid so I'm watching this instead
The best part in the whole series:
"IDIOT, YOU RUINED IT I WILL NEVER SEE THAT SKELETON AGAIN"
**intensive fight in the background**
I love it because it's the only time they're shown as actually full on BRAWLING. Red Guy full on smashes a bottle.
I've never respected a person more than Jamie. The sheer amount of effort that goes into the videos is amazing
So you respect this internet guy more than you do anyone else in your life? Family, friends, and everything?
That’s a weird thing to say
Ok, @@D_Dupa
@Viscer4 true hahaha
@@D_Dupasome people do , some people’s lives are not very fun. But obviously the commenter were exaggerating so this conversation is null.
@@D_Dupa right? like damn what a strange channel to form such a deep parasocial relationship with lmao
I love episode 4 because of the return of the computer. It made Colin my new favorite character because he always sounds so happy (even when insulting Warren lol) and he's so much more friendly and supportive. I also love his full character design and the way he moves around. Also the "I love you! Goodbye!" Is my favorite thing ever it's so cute
YES I LOVE COLIN. I'm biased towards Colin and Tracy because of going into electrical engineering haha
I was planning on making Colin saying I LOVE YOU! GOODBYE! my ringtone but forgot until now!!!! I owe you
@@karak962 OMG THAT'S A GREAT IDEA FOR A RINGTONE IM TAKING YOUR IDEA NOW IM SO EVIL AHAHAHAHA
There's a massive contrast between the web series Colin and TV Show Colin. And I feel it ties back to Roy and his skewed view of children's programming. These puppets left behind from his mess were given new purpose by Leslie.
I don’t know if anybody else has had a similar theory to mine, but I like to think that the duck, red guy and yellow guy all represent different “ages” in a way. Yellow guy is the youngest, being a small, somewhat naive child, maybe 5 or 6. Duck is the middle child, maybe even a teenager/tween. He’s a bit more level-headed than yellow guy, but he still does immature things (he’s also pretty sassy and often is the one that breaks down first). Meanwhile, the red guy is obviously an adult. What’s the meaning behind all this?? No idea! Just spitting out some thoughts.
I agree that they do represnt different age ranges but Duck is clearly the elder. He is coded as a sort of conservative grandparent: reading right wing newpapers, having a strong admiration for the military and believing he is the voice of authority in the clump
I agree but personally I see it as yellow/red/duck as child/hound adult/elder like the other comment said.
Plus I think Leslie is supposed to represent stunted emotional age, if that makes sense. Plus she enforces the roles on them so she could represent tradition.
I was very iffy about the whole "every theory is correct" thing at first. But your video really put it in a way that I thought was really cool. The idea that the series is not only born of creativity, but designed to spark creativity in those who watch it. Sometimes it's a little bothersome that there isn't an answer, or that there is no overarching theme with a dark mystery, but sometimes that's ok. We just have to "get creative."
I had almost given up hope that this channel would ever return but here you're with a movie length episode too! I am so excited I might start shrieking like a Howler Monkey with joy.
The way Mr. Transport described what he drinks, 'It was forged deep underground from the remnants of the ancient ones', is a not too horrible way of describing the process that actual oil is formed
When the world needed him the most he came to conquer
THE LEGEND RETURNS! I've missed you so much dude, glad you're back! And one hell of a return at that!
It’s been out for like 10 minutes, are you saying you’ve seen the entire thing already?
@@revine9243 What are you talking about? They said it’s a hell of a return since it’s a bloody two hour long video on DHMIS
@@tigerbattle what if 5 minutes in it just turns into jamie shitting into a coffee pot?
@@revine9243 I laughed unreasonably hard at this.
@@revine9243 No, but from his past content I know full well that a year-long hiatus would produce something of great quality
Okay here is the actual plot to DHMIS.
There's three of us
There's three of us
Look closely, you will see
There's three of us
Just three of us
There's him, and you, and me
And everyday, we all hang out
To find out what we talk about
And I'm the one that's over here
And I'm the one that's over here
And I am over here
I'm a talking crow-like thing
And I'm red and made of string
And I'm a yellow pig
And I'm the one who is quite tall
And I'm the one who's going bald
And I've gone bald as well
And every day's a new surprise
When you're learning with us guys
And we live in an actual nightmare!
I'm the one who had a dream
Where there was stuff like there was another me
And everything was lots of fun
And I went and saw the other ones
And there was a little lumpy one
And another whiny, middle one
And there was things that I had around
That I knew what they were, but I don't know now
And then it went away
That's three of us
Just three of us
Us three
beautiful.. (sniff) just beautiful
hmm olo
I actually really enjoyed episode 4 because I felt as I was able to learn more about yellow guy and the idea that he had to go to a safe place to escape reality is something I feel like a lot of people can relate to. Also the worm or “eagle” was definitely annoying but in the best way possible as that was his character, a pest who literally made the poor shy guy die 😭Final thing to add is I laughed so much in the scene where all the dream friends leave because of how annoying the worm is.
I'm pretty sure that the hot black water is meant to be coffee and the transport teacher's black liquid drink is oil. I think, "forged far beneath the earth by the ancient ones" is supposed to be dinosaurs decaying into oil by pressure far under ground. Plus, what do a lot of transportation vehicles need for fuel? (or in other works "drink") Oil, petroleum, coal, etc. But this is just my theory.
"forged from the last remnants of the ancient ones" definitely sounds like oil to me.
The Ancients Ones being dinosaurs and it was 'forged' deep in the earth under great heat and pressure.
The series is so well balanced. Every episode is someone's favourite and someone else's least favourite
Warren the Eagle grows on me more and more every rewatch. Honestly even just for the main 3 joking about him. And I love the Brain Friends segment
Nobody really talks about this but I love the detail of yellow guy laughing while shredding the book. It almost sounds like he’s crying behind a fake or controlled laugh.
My favorite moment and one that often goes overlooked is the “worm in your brain” song, I think it so perfectly incapsulates who the characters are and the tone of the show. Also surprisingly catchy wish it went in for longer
In episode IV, i think it still talks about teachers; the key is in the "Don't touch me" part, where some teachers may feel uncomfortable by students asking questions that are out of their bounds. Usually becoming stubborn as their pride and authority has been attacked since they don't have an answer.
I did the same course as them at the same Uni (a few years later) and can completely understand why they made that video about creativity... Never before have I had tutors micromanage what we can and can't do/ what mediums are and are not allowed because they aren't "artistic" or whatever. They were so weird about what was and wasn't considered interesting or creative it was so stifling. (they also didn't understand the internet and how important it was for artists... in 2016!)
The thing I like the most about “Don’t hug me I’m scared” is that it’s just so good at doing EXACTLY what it sets out to do.
To me DHMIS feels like real life. There’s so many complexities, unanswered questions, interesting adventures, and scary emotions/undertones already existing in the real world that DHMIS just feels like an accurate visual representation of what it’s like to simply be alive.
This 2 hour return after over a year of no uploads on a series that you haven’t covered in around half a decade is one of the best things you’ve ever done. thank you so much for all of the effort and dedication you put into your videos for us
Jamie has talked about how summarizing ARGs and doing theories and what not wasnt his original intention for the channel. Instead, it was supposed to be the name going inside the mind of the creator. If you remember the Chuck Tingle video that is what I think Jamie most wanted to do, interviewing the person and taking a deep dive into their content. I think this video is the perfect blend of both and I hope he is truly glad and happy with what he has done... because what a worthwhile wait it has been.
Thanks Jamie.
Actually episode 4 is my favorite, i have a relative just like that, so i can really appreciate the details and the catharsis.
Also, the black liquis is so clearly petroleum, you know...made from the remenants of ancient ones aka dinasours etc? i swear, the show is pretty clear
I actually really liked the friendship episode… it portrays a deluded, narcissistic person claiming to be their friend when he only wants everything to be about him and for things to go only his way. There are other videos that go into this episode in detail. He is kind of gross looking and annoying but that is literally the point.
my favourite episode is the friendship one, having dealt with people exactly like warren the ~~worm~~ eagle, its so accurate it, the episode feels like it slows down when he appears because thats how you feel when you interact with a friend like him
i love how you break down some things on the production side of things, so much i’ve never seen covered! great video, keep it up and i’m glad you’re back.
I watched this at 3-4am and God it's still so nice and creepy. Lovely video! Thank you so much for sharing this piece with us!
Legit love that you talk about the "crazy" section of the original short - because while I know a lot of people treat it like things getting dark or evil or whatever... it always struck me as rapturous and chaotic.
Also... I think it might be significant that DHMIS 3 was made around the time that the Same Sex Marriage act was being debated and finalised in the UK. There was a lot of very archaic notions about marriage being voiced publicly at the time as opponents tried to explain exactly what their problem with it was. Makes me wonder if that was an influence on it.
I know it's hard to believe but the entirety of the world doesn't revolve around gays and dudes in dresses my guy you aren't that important
@@dissraps - Lol, I'm referring to an episode that specifically talks about unconventional vs conventional relationships, a subject that's mentioned in this video, and which came out shortly after a fairly significant moment in LGBT equality in the UK, but maybe that's the same as "the entirety of the world", huh?
Sounds like you're the one with the problem here.
With the massive surge of youtube content since the show's move away from the platform to TV, there really have been a lot of new, creative interpretations. I haven't seen it all, of course, so I can't name a full list of my favourite ideas, but one thing I will always be impressed by with the fan theories and the show in general, is how they really keep the series grounded in what have been its roots since episode 1. After all, it always ends up right back at home.
I really liked the friendship episode, the claymation was creative. And I think the message about toxic friends was interesting.
I considered myself a pretty diehard fan of this series, and now even more so! This analysis has given me much more insight into the show as a whole and on the behind the scenes throughout the years as well. Thank you for posting this! Both this video and the series are super fun and inspiring to watch, especially as an aspiring online horror writer! 💛
Lovely to see you back! I've been obsessed with DHMIS lately and this was just perfect! I love your conclusion of creativity. That's always one I can get behind.
My own thought: While the episode with Warren isn't my favorite, I do like it simply because it felt like I was watching Yellow Guy experience dissociation. It's something I deal with whenever things get overwhelming and it's become incredibly pervasive in my life. I have a hard time hanging out with friends or family because I get overwhelmed and then dissociation kicks in. I can't feel my own thoughts, my body, my emotions. When people ask me how I'm doing I automatically answer "I'm fine" because I *don't know* how I'm feeling. It's like the entire concept of me doesn't exist in those moments.
I used to use my inner world as an escape, making up stories and characters that could distract me from how terrible I felt. However when the real world things got worse, that inner world slowly died. I couldn't feel the characters or setting as well as I used to, because I was exhausted. It hurt to try and escape into something that didn't help, so I stopped imagining them - And it made me even more miserable. It was like a terrible spiral that didn't stop until my environment changed.
Warren, Red Guy and Duck in that episode all act like people I've known and it made me happy to see Red and Duck actually care (in the capacity they can) and actively try to help.
The whole "beneath the Earth with the Ancient Ones" part of Mr Transport's description of the black liquid could also just be a reference to fossil fuels.
Your explanation of the meaning behind the original 6 videos is way better than any other I've heard.
i’ll never forget watching the web series episode 5, during a free period at school in 7th grade. it disturbed me so deeply that i felt sick to my stomach and called my mom to bring me home.
30:20 i feel like this part foreshadows their awareness. Yellow guy almost finds out abt the studio but eventually goes blank, duck finds out but doesn't do anything abt it, and red guy becomes aware of the set and wants to escape.
He’s back!!!! It’s been a long time, but I can’t wait to watch this!!
Jesus Christ it’s two hours holy
I quite enjoyed this, especially the look into the earlier episodes. I so often see people trying to tie DHMIS together as a coherent single narrative. It's nice to see someone taking a step back to discuss how it was actually made and what the creators have said about it.
Also I've always interpreted the drink the car has as petrol. Hence 'Made deep below the Earth from the last remnants of the ancient ones'. It's quite funny to think that all the workers might be drinking the same stuff (being tools and machines) and the 'hot black water' description could cover oil, petrol overstrong tea or coffee which is a nice bit of strategic ambiguity
This video was incredibly well done and I just have to say I love your work. Also... I hadn't even CONSIDERED that DHMIS is intentionally vague in order to get people theorizing. They are truly amazing artists and I can't wait to see what they do next, or what YOU do next for that matter.
Personal theory for the web series: whole thing is a show made by Roy. Red duck and yellow are the actors and it is like the Truman show. Then red is fired at the end of ep 4 since he found some of Roy’s sercets. He tried to contact his actors to warn them but failed and became a boring office worker. Duck then later died in an accident during filming. Now the show is just Yellow. Yellow is bored and lonely without his coworkers. Roy realizes that the show will be boring and starts filming red without his permission. Once Red realizes this he knows that he must do something so he shuts down the camera set and mic by unplugging the cord. Roy gets mad and kills yellow. Roy then gets new actors and reboots the show, with blue, red, and green
Nothing I would rather spend 2 hours of my day doing - thank you for this!
Damn.
That ending is surprisingly heartwarming for the series it's based off of.
Your last few sentences brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for presenting this series from that perspective. Focusing on the beauty of creativity creating creativity...
He back when we needed him the most
I just now noticed that in both episode 4’s it was meant to be about something (the world, or eating healthy) and gets interrupted to teach something completely different (the internet, or family). It’s just really cool to see all these little tiny references back to the original show that the TV one put in
I absolutely love this video and this fandom I’m so glad to be in it:) Also here’s my theory (idk if people have the same one lol) But I think Lesley was watching David (Yellow Guy) one day at their home and Roy was coming home from work and didn’t see David running out to the street chasing his pet and accidentally ran him over with the car killing him instantly, causing Lesley to go in complete despair and she kept blaming her self for not taking care of David more and hated seeing Roy after what he done and saw him as a horrible person even though it was a horrible accident he made. Some time passes and Lesley still hasn’t move on and still blames her self and she can’t handle it anymore and decides to bring back David and have him live again. She brings him back by some type of ritual (Like the one from Batim and also that’s why we keep seeing symbols, there’s this book that has symbols for the names of different types of demons that looks exactly like the symbols that we keep seeing in the show) but as his favorite character from the children television show Roy and his friend (Red Guy) made and worked on together, making David into Yellow Guy but it didn’t turn out how she wanted to and instead made a whole entire world where the lessons that were originally taught on the show turned corrupted and twisted and she brought herself, Roy, Roy’s friend, and the pet into puppet like creatures in this world. Making Roy ugly and gross because that’s how Lesley viewed him after the incident, making Roy’s friend into Red Guy and the pet into Duck because the trio couldn’t be complete without the two other main characters from the show and Lesley has scars from sacrificing herself to make this world. And every time one of the characters die or gets injured the world resets wiping out any memories that the trio has. This is why the trio don’t remember what happened in the web series or the lessons they were taught or anything at all, also I believe that Duck keeps getting replaced even since the web series started Lesley had a whole drawer of him so the Duck we keep seeing isn’t the og Duck, anyway this is what I think and this theory has some flaws and stuff and if there’s another season (which I hope there is cause we just got the series back since literally years) this theory might be wrong and I’m ok with that it’s just fun making theories about what’s going on with a show that has so many questions but barely any answers.
fantastic video, I remember watching the very first don't hug me I'm scared with my brother when I was just 7 years old, and he was 4 and I just remember that episode scaring us so much and how we told our parents about it. But to see how far this series has come is insane to me.
I love your videos! please don’t stop, they are like my bread and butter
Watching Don’t Hug Me Im Scared for the first time since middle school, as an adult with a bachelors in sociology, hits so different
omg finally he has uploaded ive been waiting all year for this😂😂
you’re back? and with this video as well? i haven’t watched it yet but i know it’s going to be amazing already!
I don't know why you took the year break, I don't need to know since it's your private life, not my business. I can just say that I am happy for you to be back as absolutely incredible as ever! You're how I got into the entire genres of ARGs, Analog Horror etc in the First place and, while there are still Other absolutely amazing creators such as Nightmind, you're still undoubtedly the Number 1 for me.
Honestly didn't even notice it was an entire year because I kept constantly rewatching your old videos.
In the intro in the new episodes when it says “him and you and me” red points to himself on “you” which goes back to the fact that red guy is supposed to “be us” idk I just thought of that
I usually find it harder to watch a whole video through and through. But this video was so well pit together and so engaging! I live that you pointed out things I never noticed! Thank you!
I remember when this came out and it was so creepy and fun and just so creative. I love Red guy, yellow guy, and duck so much and I'm happy after all this time that they still have a place on RUclips.
I would have loved for them to go foward with original pilot but hey this series was sooo good and probably the only good thing to come out of covid.
Also it’s important to note that when the duck is murdered by the duck, maggots are found around the body, suggesting the original duck was killed as maggots were eating him in the coffin
Wow!
I wish I had seen this video sooner! Great two hours and great job!
Unsurprising that a credit card was hacked for 35k to support someone's favorite niche RUclips channel
This is the best video on DHMIS I’ve seen, exploring the various things that make the series great, rather than limiting it to be “about” just one aspect of the show.
Loved that you emphasized the creators behind DHMIS I love their work
I just thought that the black liquid the transport teacher drinks is actually just gas. “Forged deep in the earth from the ancient ones” is just about how oil comes from ancient animals
Thank you so much for this video. I wasn’t on the internet very much just in time to not see how Salad Fingers, Llamas w Hats and Charlie the Unicorn ended. This deep dive was amazing and I’m glad I got to see where it went. I had no idea it got its own show.
the fact that you can see in episode 5 when Duck puts up the posters that there is a shredder in the heart is so funny because I means he loved the shredder before we even knew he had one
I usually never go back to series, I just watch them to know what's someone's talking about in a video. Sure, DHMIS is fun with more fleshed out characters, but u always find the theory videos even more fun. Seeing people's thoughts and ideas form and build communities is alway nice to see. When I watched the web series or the reboot it more "damn, #relatable" then "how does this all connect", which is one of the reasons I love watching videos about DHMIS
I loved the history of how the web series came together at the beginning.
Thanks for creating this video. This has helped me get out of burnout and cleared my head by helping me remember why I loved this series and why I love creating things.
Today I learned that training wheels are called "stabilizers" in the UK. Great video, I was glad to see you'd returned to this series!
The themes of the first few episode can also represent what it was like for the crew to evem make the show. Their creativity being unleashed and then the second one about time, considering it took 3 years for episode two to be released.
DAMN two hours?? The return of the king indeed
i absolutely love the terrorist inspired kickstarter video, that was absolutely fantastic
Literally have grown to love this channel! I work from home and listen to your videos in the background throughout the day, thanks!
Your videos have always hit different tbh. Makes me feel a kind of way that not a lot of things make me feel anymore. It's a happy and curious feeling that I think is right. Like I found just the right feeling for _me_
I don't know if that makes sense but its a good thing:)
I agree, his presentation feels very... approachable to me, and much easier to follow compared to over theory channels (as much as I love them). I enjoy it a lot too! :D
My interpretation was less that Roy came to save yellow guy and more that he wanted the family bucket and saving his son was a complete coincidence
Missed you so much man, you're literally my favorite content creator. Time to binge watch your other vids again!!!
"My hand. My child..."
This whole affair is beyond dark
*Leaves for one year*
“Sorry guys I was gone for a few days”
At the end of Episode 5, in the very end, at the house model on the right you can see red string probably red guy. My idea is that after Red Guys deviation she got rid of him and replaced him with a new red guy. She does have plenty of backups after all. Which would also explain why he behaves different than before.
Id love a spin-off called like dont hug me im lost where it follows the characters from episode 5 living in that world