SOLVING THE SYMBOLS! | Don't Hug Me I'm Scared TV Show Theory

We've solved the Symbols in the new DHMIS TV Show in this part 1 video!

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The new show hasn't been out for too long yet, but me and my theory partners have been hunkered down trying to solve everything for a long while now, and I think we finally have it!
Join us in this series where we put everything we've got on the table for you all to make the final conclusion!
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[RemGames]

This is still just a theory, so it might be disproven later with more information, but still, don't be hesitant to comment below about any other information I may have missed that would disprove my theory, or even solidify this one!

[Tulip_bip]

i dont doubt that there will be a season 2, but the youtube short of duck's voice actor was a joke. he talks about finding a pirate king in the video, which is a running gag becky and joe have used for a long time. when asked about what the plot of the original webseries was, they said it was about "three best friends who go on an adventure to find a magic pirate ship". i think they said this before the series was finished, but either way it was just something they said to mess with people lmao

[vgm]

I love this theory! However there seems to be a problem. In episode 6 when yellow guy walks up the stairs you can hear a kinda muted out conversation between duck and red guy where red guy mentions “A blob thing…” and duck states “Oh the one who turned into me, yes.” So the three guys seem to remember the past episodes, even if they do get replaced.

[paulobodriguez]

red guy being symbolised by a shovel might be indicative of his attempts to escape the show? metaphorically trying to dig for freedom

[kruxdewdrop]

My thought for the three items in the windows might be what are needed by each to escape. The yellow guy needs his batteries to be smart, red guy needs a shovel to either... dig something up (maybe duck again?) Or dig his way out of something? Could be symbolic of just making the other two escape with him like in the transport episode. In that sense, the batteries could also represent yellow guy helping the other two become smarter / understand what's happening. Finally duck's could be that having Chuddy Dollops are needed in some obscure way to break out(maybe Leslie is allergic to them, they look kind of like peanuts), or it represents duck becoming more willing to share / less self centered. That's my theory anyway!

[LillianGraceFullofficial]

Saying Leslie is a “friendly fellow” is the most hilarious thing I’ve heard from this fandom

[randomrhino]

Counterpoint, Yellow Guy's name is shown to be an entire paragraph long moments before we learn Duck's name

[inkstar]

Something to note: Ducks name is on a red button, which is his favourite colour

Also yellow guys name is made up of green button symbols which is his favourite colour

[leix]

I think Red Guy being called by his surname makes sense. Don't people refer to Baker Terry as Terry? I don't think Terry voices Red but maybe they kept that dynamic consistent.

[kuroryuken]

Just thinking out loud

When it comes to Duck''s Name
Rotate it clockwise 90° and it kinda looks like a duck. The dot being the eye, the curve being the head, and the stick being the beak

Similarly, rotate Red's symbol 90°, you see his iconic floating eyes above his head, 2 arms, 2 legs, and PERHAPS the strands of hair off his arm and leg, but not entirely sure on that one.

As for the symbol next to Duck's name, after being rotated, it kinda looks like a gate to me, the imagery makes me think of the locked Clayhill gate in Wakey Wakey, though it looked nought like this.

Anyway, just a couple thoughts, I could be ENTIRELY wrong. Good luck deciphering

[scoobydoo]

I'm pretty sure the leaked audio recording session was the creators being cheeky. In the behind the scenes featurette for the original youtube series, Becky and Joe say the show is about 3 best friends (red, yellow, and duck) going on an adventure to find a magic pirate ship and save the day(even though it clearly wasn't). And that sounds very similar to the dialog being recorded in the leaked recording session. It probably was them who leaked it, and the pirate dialogue is a cheeky joke to hide what the show would really be about and a fun call back.
All this said I hope we do get another season.

[CONCONsmiz]

Six symbols, six episodes. Is there a chance that book could have represented a script for the show?
And as for the shovel in the window for red guy, my mind goes to when he says “well I’m more the kind of guy who would be dead” when talking to duck about his death.

[leix]

7:23 Wait, the symbol that showed up on his brain diagram is the little zigzag monster symbol you put next to his name. When did we decide the symbol with the downward triangle attached was his name?

[danielt.miranda]

I think Red guy’s object is the shovel because each of their objects complete or achieve whatever the characters want, for example in the Family episode when there’s 2 puffs instead of 3, Duck Guy says he WANTS both. In the Death episode all that Red Guy WANTS is to be dead. In the Electricity episode, while Yellow Guy didn’t really ever say he wanted to have his batteries out in, it did make him COMPLETE.

[andy]

My thoughts are it's about Leslie's fantasy world after a horrific accident.

Peter and Leslie were married and had a son called David. Peter had a workplace accident that either maimed him or killed him. He was loyal to his workplace for decades yet they didn't seem to care. Later on in the timeline there was a horrific car crash that killed David and maimed Leslie leaving her alone. To cope with her past she has made her own fantasy world with her Brain Friends, the main characters.

She has made a doll house where she enacts stories to try and cope with her loss. The last episode shows that she is totally lost in her fantasy with no way out.

[Natalie-gzni]

It feels like a bit of a stretch to assume that because the symbol you claim to be yellow guy's name is his name because it appears in the same row in the book's title. It feels a lot more likely that the symbol that directly shows up (that being the weird 'circle with a dot with legs') is his name.

Also I feel like we ought to consider the fact that all the 'names' somewhat look like the character's appearances except for the one you propose for Yellow Guy's (If you turn the duck guy's one sideways it looks like a duck, and red guy's has two dots and a series of 'stands' off-shooting from a central circle). While the other symbol doesn't resemble the yellow guy a lot, if you turn it upside down it kind of looks like him with his eyes closed, so it's a bit closer imho.

You can also see other 'symbols' that resemble some of the teachers potentially. You can literally see a briefcase in one of the symbols

I also think it makes more sense that the shovel is supposed to represent the duck guy since literally everythign else on that side of the cover represents him, and everything on the other side represents the yellow guy. He was the one who was literally 'buried in the ground'

[rextheguardian]

random shot in the dark about the shovel, maybe it represents Red Guy wanting to escape, could be symbolic of him "digging" either his own grave, like when it was reference he dies via drowning, or representing digging a tunnel to escape the cycle they're in

[ckowkay]

The timeline of this show is definitly weird. Episode 5 seems to take place after episode 6 due to yellow guy remembering the stuff above them (ignoring the idea that he's gotten close to figuring it out several times before). Episode 3 also seems to be after 6 because of duck guy's name. Episode 2 seems to be after all the other episodes as duck guy's outro song references all the other episodes. also, its interesting that he puts the choo choo man before the friendly fellow, while all the other ones are listed in order.


However, i forget which episode, but there's a shot of the trashcan, which shows items from previous episodes (in order)

[shantofistie]

The books cover ACTUALLY says don't hug me I'm scared
All the letters are amalgamated together but it's easily enough separated with enough patience

[r.d.]

I like the idea that the symbols represent the names. However, I do find an issue with yellow guy's name. In the same episode (Episode 4) on an earlier print, the same symbol was shown when the computer prints information about eagles to question the Identity of Warren the eagle. I was thinking that this symbol rather stands for information or knowledge, since it is seen on books and prints from the Internet. This would fit with your suggestion that these symbols show a trait of the characters since information/knowledge is the theme for yellow in the new season.