Talk:Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
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First half of the video
A fan site (randomly chosen) says "The most common belief regarding this short video is the idea that the film's a metaphor for the media conditioning children into thinking a certain way. This belief is expressed through the character of the Sketchbook. Throughout the [first half of the] video, the Sketchbook would teach the three puppets what she thought being creative was and would always be quick to chastise them whenever they went against her teachings."
Somewhere Pelling says something about this....in an interview, wonder if I can find it.
The article as it is describes the first half almost approvingly of the sketchbook, as " a lesson about creativity taught by a sketchbook puppet to puppet students."
Another issue is that the authors of the video are British, and the video is similar to BBC educational programming for children, not so similar to Sesame Street. That is, the existing article seems to have a USA perspective. Createangelos (talk) 00:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
Request to semi-Protect
Hello, I am SirLagsalott, one of this page's contributors. I'm writing this because there is almost always persistent vandalism on this page, most of which I was able to clean up but then it was added back by various unregistered users. Please semi-protect this page to prevent these users from destroying the page further. SirLagsalott (talk) 15:42, 11 April 2015 (UTC)SirLagsalott
- Talk to an admin if you want it to be semi protected Hollth (talk) 02:45, 13 May 2015 (UTC)
Original Research
It's already been flagged as having this, and I've tried to remove some content I'm pretty sure is original. I'm a bit wary of the overview section too to be honest - I don't really have time to go through it though. Slight concern is that a lot of the citations just refer back to their own website + that of their agent - are these really notable? Doom halo (talk) 16:42, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 26 December 2015
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In DHMIS 5, Red Guy actually makes multiple cameos throughout the video. 99.237.154.147 (talk) 00:43, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. /wia🎄/tlk 03:00, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Theme of E5
There seems to be a dispute between what the theme of Episode 5 is. It was initially Nutrition, but it's since been changed to Eating, Healthy Eating and Health. I think that Healthy Eating is the correct theme because the teacher(s) are signing specifically about how Duck and Yellow can eat healthily. They're not signing about general food or how to be healthy in general. --Iamoctopus (talk) 19:29, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
- @Iamoctopus: I'm gonna bold change it to 'Healthy Eating' - it's much harder to argue it's just 'Health' given the episode is about food. It's obviously not just eating, and while nutrition seems okay the emphasis is on 'health' throughout the lesson. Seems reasonable enough to change it to 'Healthy Eating' in my eyes. -NottNott|talk 23:10, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
- Why are we trying to give the episodes names that aren't official anyway? We should either use the numbers or official names supported by suitable sources. Giving them names that attempt to summarise the theme of episodes that are widely debated and unofficial would be like wikipedia pages entitled 'Hamlet: Loss' or 'Macbeth: Ambition'. Dubbinu | t | c 15:57, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
- I've taken the liberty of removing all episode subtitles. The only one we know for sure is episode 2 (TIME), but to include that and exclude others is anachronistic. One could argue from the title sequence that the subtitle for the first episode is "Great Creative", but I don't see that anywhere. Anyway, the episode descriptions already have the themes so I don't think it's necessary. FallingGravity (talk) 06:12, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
- Why are we trying to give the episodes names that aren't official anyway? We should either use the numbers or official names supported by suitable sources. Giving them names that attempt to summarise the theme of episodes that are widely debated and unofficial would be like wikipedia pages entitled 'Hamlet: Loss' or 'Macbeth: Ambition'. Dubbinu | t | c 15:57, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
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Duck guy = Duck, and steak = lamb chop?
Ref 19, an 'interview' with the 3 main characters, appears to confirm that 'Steak' is a lamb chop and that 'Duck Guy' ought to be called 'Duck'. However it's not clear whether this ref is suitably reliable. Thoughts? Dubbinu | t | c 08:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
- Well, we're not sure whether the steak being a lamp chop is just made up by the author of the article or actually confirmed by the creators. Guysayshi (talk) 13:41, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
Lets talk
I would like to know why my edits are being reverted. Is wikipedia scared of detail or not, it is true that Tony denies responsibility over the rotting. --2.123.238.140 (talk) 10:57, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- Please see WP:OR and WP:FAN. Adog104 Talk to me 13:52, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Episode Guide
This is a blatantly excessive amount of in-universe details, for what are 5-minute long Youtube video clips. 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. Valeince (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2017 (UTC)
What’s the Steak’s name?
I’ve heard so many people just call him ‘Steak Guy’ but many others say ‘he has no name’ or is just called ‘Steak’. May someone please explain this to me because I wish to know. If it is Steak Guy, I’m editing his description in ‘Characters’. Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd (talk) 14:33, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- @Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd: A lot of fan websites go by 'Steak guy', but since there is no official source for this (unlike other characters like yellow guy, referenced all over the Kickstarter) we can't really give him any other title than 'Steak'. -NottNott 17:07, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
What about Episode 7?
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? Šüīçįdåł Śøñgbìrd (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- @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. -NottNott 12:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Duck Guy or just Duck?
I've been watching these recently. When other people reference the main characters, they're referred to as Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck. Is it Duck or Duck Guy? It seems to be pretty mixed on this, and I'm just checking to make sure. Le Panini (talk) 02:58, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
Plot summaries
@Eik Corell: I disagree with the removal of plot summaries. Almost all articles about tv shows have them, even without sources. There's nothing wrong with the text that was introduced and I find plot summaries quite useful. Please reconsider. - Daveout(talk) 04:29, 29 June 2021 (UTC)