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== First half of the video ==

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This is a blatantly excessive amount of in-universe details, for what are 5-minute long Youtube video clips. [[User:Power~enwiki|Power~enwiki]] ([[User talk:Power~enwiki|talk]]) 01:56, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

:Okay, so you feel it is 'blatantly excessive' but that doesn't mean we should just delete everything. If you feel the plot descriptions should be shortened, then shorten them. I'll try and get to this later if you don't feel like doing the work. There's no deadline here. [[User:Valeince|Valeince]] ([[User talk:Valeince|talk]]) 18:06, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

:[[User:Power~enwiki|@Power~enwiki]] for how their describing the show, I don't think they have a 'blatantly assassin's amount of details. They put it in the plot description when their is no officially explained plot, and the details got it as close to a plot description as possible without using a can theory.

::) [[User:Oversized Lego spoon 64|Oversized Lego spoon 64]] ([[User talk:Oversized Lego spoon 64|talk]]) 14:31, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

== What’s the Steak’s name? ==

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There’s a seventh episode of Don’t Hug Me. I’m Scared, which isn’t really relevant to earlier episodes, but I still feel we should include in the Episodes category, but maybe not Characters. What do you think? [[User:Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd|Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd]] ([[User talk:Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd|talk]]) 17:24, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

:{{re|Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd}} It's named as DHMIS 7 as a joke, with none of the same characters. I propose that there's a new level 3 heading under 'Plot' after Episode 6 that talks about the kickstarter campaign shorts and this joke of an episode 7. -[[User:NottNott|<span style="color:#1c662a">Nott</span>]][[User talk:NottNott|<span style="color:#2ca243">Nott</span>]] 12:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

:[[User:Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd|@Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd]] I don't know why, but when I think of episode 7 the first thing that comes to mind are those "HELP" videos dhmis made for their Kickstarter. \__(' '_)__/ Idk y [[User:Oversized Lego spoon 64|Oversized Lego spoon 64]] ([[User talk:Oversized Lego spoon 64|talk]]) 14:27, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

== Duck Guy or just Duck? ==

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[[User:Le Panini|Le Panini]] ([[User talk:Le Panini|talk]]) 02:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

According to the C4 episode descriptions, it’s Yellow Guy, Red Guy, and Duck. [[User:Writing froggy|Writing froggy]] ([[User talk:Writing froggy|talk]]) 23:50, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

:[[User:Le Panini|@Le Panini]] there have been many fan names for the characters in d.h.m.i.s., There have been no official names, so you can call him/it whatever you like. (Sometimes I call red guy Drake because my ears trick me in episode 4 when the computer interupts red guy. "Well my name is-" and somehow I hear " well my name is Drake-").

: :) [[User:Oversized Lego spoon 64|Oversized Lego spoon 64]] ([[User talk:Oversized Lego spoon 64|talk]]) 14:24, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

== Plot summaries ==

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::The lack of linearity in the plot is a characteristic of the surreal genre. Doesn't make sense to ask the summaries to have something the episodes don't have. (see for example David Lynch's [[Eraserhead]]; Jodorowsky's [[The Holy Mountain (1973 film)]]). - <code>[[User:Daveout|'''Daveout''']]</code><small>[[User talk:Daveout|<span style="color:#333b40">(talk)</span>]]</small> 15:26, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

:::I don't know, those two plot sections, even if non-linear to some degree, still seem to describe something much more cohesive, or do so in a better way. At the risk of repeating myself a little, the sections here, drawing on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Hug_Me_I%27m_Scared&oldid=1031676919#Episode_3:_Love Episode 3: Love] are mostly retellings, which, as I mentioned, makes sense in a way if you want to stretch out something that really is quite thin as far as plot or meaning goes. For example, that one puppet says "pesky bee", that the puppet repeats this later in the episode, or that another puppet says "father" before being crushed. A lot of these details listed, I would imagine, is simply fluff -- filler which may or may not have any real meaning or overall significance to the plot, so providing a concise plot summary is not really possible on such a per-episode basis because it can only be done through this scattershot, mention-everything kind of way, whereas the general plot section does so much more elegantly in a broader, more accessible way by looking at all the episodes as a whole. The way I see it, the episodes exist on a continuum -- Given how short they are and how they exist almost separately from each other apart from the episodes progressive falling apart so to speak, when you describe them individually, and in the amount of detail done in the linked example, you actually end up conveying less. In a way, brevity is lost. [[User:Eik Corell|Eik Corell]] ([[User talk:Eik Corell|talk]]) 23:39, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

::[[User:Eik Corell|@Eik Corell]] I agree. There have been can theories about what's happening in the episodes, but there's never been an official explanation; and I think that this article describes the episodes well, without giving it a story, because there is no story.

:::) [[User:Oversized Lego spoon 64|Oversized Lego spoon 64]] ([[User talk:Oversized Lego spoon 64|talk]]) 14:17, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

== Genre ==

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An anon IPv6 editor has spammed various articles including this one and added many genres. These should be trimmed back to only the primary genre/genres that are supported by reliable sources. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.76.203.218|109.76.203.218]] ([[User talk:109.76.203.218|talk]]) 20:51, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

: I have trimmed back some of the bloat,[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Hug_Me_I%27m_Scared&diff=1053912573&oldid=1053911681] but fully expect it will need to be reduced again because some editors don't get that listing every possible genre instead of the main genre/genres makes the page less useful to readers. -- [[Special:Contributions/109.76.203.218|109.76.203.218]] ([[User talk:109.76.203.218|talk]]) 21:11, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

People are still edit warring over this genre spam? It still is not reliably sourced (not essential, ideally it would be) but it seems to have at least stabilized.[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Hug_Me_I%27m_Scared&diff=prev&oldid=1195722303] -- [[Special:Contributions/109.79.66.13|109.79.66.13]] ([[User talk:109.79.66.13|talk]]) 15:50, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

== Change summaries? ==

The current episode summaries for the original series, Wakey Wakey, and the new TV series seem more like blurbs than actual summaries. Should we change the current ones to ones that describe the plots/songs of the episodes rather than teasers? [[User:Writing froggy|Writing froggy]] ([[User talk:Writing froggy|talk]]) 22:23, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

== 2 series instead of 1 ==

As the article is about both the webseries and the Channel 4 series, shouldn't it say that the 'franchise' consists of 2 series.

If you consider both to be part of the same show then it should say there are two seasons (or series). And if you consider them separate shows, then It should also say it has two series, since the article talks about both shows. [[User:Daniakec|Daniakec]] ([[User talk:Daniakec|talk]]) 19:49, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

:@[[User:Daniakec|Daniakec]]: i've made the change. [[User:lettherebedarklight|lettherebedarklight]], [[User talk:Lettherebedarklight|晚安]], [[Special:Contributions/Lettherebedarklight|おやすみ]], [[Template:ping|ping me when replying]] 08:15, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

== Food episode ==

There is no cannibalism in this episode, as they are all different species. Please remove this link. [[Special:Contributions/78.148.55.12|78.148.55.12]] ([[User talk:78.148.55.12|talk]]) 17:59, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

== TV series cast and reception ==

I personally feel like the cast for the TV series and reception for the TV series should be solely in the page about the TV series, since this page mostly talks about the web series and the pilot. [[Special:Contributions/24.44.76.188|24.44.76.188]] ([[User talk:24.44.76.188|talk]]) 15:41, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

== removing "horror comedy" description ==

the horror comedy doesn't describe the series accurately: they're pure horror (or normal series mimicing horror), but not [[Comedy horror|horror comedy]]. i suggest removing or changing it somewhat [[User:ТуманныйКот|ТуманныйКот]] ([[User talk:ТуманныйКот|talk]]) 02:09, 18 January 2025 (UTC)