- (React) We are going to explore the newest season
of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.
- Yes!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- I find it disturbingly cool.
- Isn't it like one of those adult kind of cartoons?
- (React) Not cartoons though, they're puppets.
- That's worse.
- So it's a puppet?
- (React) It's a puppet show.
- Yeah, it's basically like, it's like Sesame Street.
(bell rings)
- Okay, I'll trust you.
(bell rings)
- (React) It's like Sesame Street, kinda.
(Angel laughs)
- Focus on the Sesame Street part. - Not at all.
♪ (playful music) ♪
- Okay, that looks like the Peppa Pig house.
- Ooh!
- I don't like the music. - That's creepy.
- ♪ There's three of us ♪ ♪ There's three of us ♪
♪ Look closely, you will see ♪ - ♪ Mmm, mm, mm, mmm ♪
- Their animation's significantly better, oh my gosh.
- Oh. - Okay, it got a little better.
- Do you know their names?
- Yeah, it's Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck.
- ♪ I'm a talking ♪ ♪ Crow-like thing ♪
- Crow-like thing. (Angel laughs)
- ♪ I'm red and of made of string ♪
- I feel like I've seen that yellow person.
- Yeah, right?
- ♪ That's three of us ♪
- So they're a family, okay, or friends.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.
- Oh, I love this show. It's so cute.
(evil laughter)
- (React) You've never seen the show before,
what do you think you're getting into?
- Uh... - Elmo!
It's Elmo's world!
- Mix between scary and weird.
Not scary, but like creepy.
- I don't know, I'm not a really big fan of puppets,
so I would personally not watch this,
if I had like a two or three year old sister,
she would probably watch this.
- If I heard that music, I would like scream mommy,
and go like cry in her arms or something.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Briefcase) If you found the right job,
it won't even feel like work!
In fact, you'll feel like an angel!
- Like an angel!
- Are we gonna get a song? We're gonna get a song, ooh!
- She's so excited.
- (Briefcase) That's a welt.
- (Yellow Guy) Is that true?
- Ew! - Oh.
- Oh wow, that is, that's great.
- ♪ You can be anything ♪ ♪ You want to do ♪
♪ It's totally up to you ♪
♪ Even if you don't know what to do ♪ - ♪ Hey ♪
- ♪ I can help you, show you ♪
♪ On computers ♪ ♪ Clackity-clackity-clackity-clack ♪
- Clackity-clack! - Clackity-clackity-clackity!
- ♪ Would really prefer to do ♪ ♪ As little as possible ♪
♪ Or nothing at all ♪
- I get you.
- Aw, he's so sad!
- Oh no.
- (Briefcase) Unemployed Brendan! (both laugh)
- Unemployed Brendon.
- (Brendon) Why won't you just call me Brendon?
My name is Brendon! - Brendon is so cute.
- Aw, Brendon is so cute. - (Brendon) This isn't fair!
Ow, my hand!
- So mean, Brendan is a child,
he's still figuring out what he wants to do in life.
- I don't know what to say! - I don't know what to say to that.
- Little guy just wants to live his life in peace.
- Huh, I love this show so much.
- Brendan is so cute! - (React) Isn't he?
- I really like Unemployed Brendan. - That was funny.
- You're gonna be like my brother.
- Is this meant for adults? - And then he was talking.
- (React) Yes. - Why?
- I love the style of it, you know, even if it wasn't so scary,
just the little juxtapositions are very fun.
- I thought it really said a lot about how you should try
and do what you want to do in life.
- Exactly.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Claire) Here you go, don't forget your helmet!
- (Sally) You don't want to have an accident.
They're more common than you think.
- You might die!
- Why are they so cute?
- Aw, look at how little his hat is!
- (Duck) Give me yours.
- Oh, jump scare.
(Sofia gasps)
- Oh my God, this show's so weird!
- I feel like I'm literally shaking. - Oh, a vending machine.
- ♪ Vending machine ♪
- ♪ That's a vending machine ♪
- (vending machine) Don't worry, you can still get a meal
from the free vending machine.
- What's in, oh, ew.
- Aw, he's so cute! - (Angel) Aw.
- I'm sorry girl, but no.
- Oh please. - Why is he...
- Yeah!
- Oh my God. - Ew, oh my God, ew!
(Lucas screams) Oh my goodness!
- Oh, that gave me chills.
- I'm actually gonna vomit. That was disgusting.
- Ew, and the sound effect.
- Ugh, that was... - I can't do that.
That was so...
- Ugh, that gave me chills down my back.
- I feel like the fact that they're British
makes it so much worse. (buzzer rings)
- (React) How much would it take for you guys to taste
that lasagna that came out of that machine?
- Zero, negative three.
- Literally, you couldn't pay me to eat that.
- It squirted out small, then it squirted out even larger!
- And then it, ugh, don't even say that,
it looked like it did!
- (React) Jaxon, I'm gonna ask you to take your glasses off,
because I keep getting a glare, and I need to see your soul.
- Yes sir.
- It felt like Unemployed Brendon.
It's always the contrast of better one.
- I know, it's almost like if you don't go to college,
and see the metaphors coming in, what, okay, sorry, anyway.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Duck) Well, I'm dead.
- (Red Guy) Huh? - (Yellow Guy) What?
- (Duck) I'm dead. - (Yellow Guy) How did you die?
- Oops, my bad! - (Duck) Forgot to drink water!
(laughs)
- I love his laugh. (laughs)
- (Duck) Somebody's jealous!
- (Red Guy) Jealous. - (Duck) Jealous of me being dead.
(Jaxon laughs)
- Are they in heaven? - Is this a flashback?
- (Duck) I better get changed into my Sunday best.
- Why is this so... - Oh my God!
- (Yellow Guy) Quick, make a wish!
- That's his, that's so graphic for children!
A heart?
- Oh, oh?
Oh, ooh! - Like what the...
- That's some good animation, oh my God.
- What the [censored]?
- Oh no. - What?
♪ (tense music) ♪
- (Coffin) Hi. - (Yellow Guy) Hello.
(Angel laughs) - How you doing there?
- Hello!
- I don't understand anything that's going on!
- That was really cool is what it was.
- No! - Oh my...
- I think this is my new favorite show.
- (React) You're in! - Like, it's so funny.
- Um, I didn't have opinions on the show, per se.
(both laugh)
- A lot just happened, and I'm trying to process it.
- The flooring turns into a monster?
- Well, it turned into a coffin. - Oh!
- I'm more impressed because it started off as a YouTube show,
and then seeing the animation... ♪ (tense music) ♪
That was stop motion!
- The animations are just so cool!
- The animation, the cinematography itself,
like, the camerawork is just significantly better.
I was watching behind the scenes of the other ones,
and it was a small cast, small crew.
- (React) If you guys were to open up a paper today,
and it said you were definitely dead,
what killed you?
- Having too much ass. (Jaxon laughs)
Her ass was so fat, you know, it just, it shook her.
- She has too fat of an ass to be staying alive.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- ♪ We gotta get things ready ♪ ♪ For the big day, big day ♪
♪ We gotta get things ready ♪ ♪ For the special day ♪
- So, this is not exactly
what I had in mind. - Yeah, me either.
- ♪ Ironing my socks ♪ - ♪ Laying out treats ♪
- Why are they so happy?
- ♪ Putting my card ♪ ♪ In the envelope ♪
- ♪ Washing up plates ♪
- I mean, I feel like it's a good outlook to have, to be fair.
- This is more of like a birthday party.
- Yeah.
- ♪ Make sure you're using ♪ ♪ Fresh minced beef ♪
- For what? - Oh yeah.
Minced beef is an essential.
- ♪ Ready for the shepherd's pie ♪ (laughs)
- (Red) It's the funeral, sorry.
- (laughs) Wrong thing, sorry.
- (React) What do you think of the Death Day song?
- It was really nice, and really happy.
- Why is there beef, and why are they so happy?
- My grandfather recently died, and after his funeral,
we went to his favorite Mexican restaurant,
and then saw a cool museum.
We allowed ourselves to grieve for the funeral,
for like, about an hour, and then we all were like
let's go celebrate him, and it was really fun.
- (React) Aw.
- This is like really an original kind of like, show.
I don't think I've ever seen something that's like this.
- I'm a fan, I really wanna watch it.
- I loved that. - I love it.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Yellow Guy) Is that tea?
- Oh my God. - That looks like a [censored].
- Oh no, no! - Oh!
- New family, ah, ah! - Oh my God, that is so creepy!
- What the, the sounds are making me so mad!
(liquid squishing) ♪ (tense music) ♪
- (Lily) That's our family scent.
- (laughs) Gotta share it, man. Gotta share the family scent.
- Jaxon.
(Jaxon sniffs)
- Uh... - This is so creepy.
- I am so uncomfortable right now. - I feel like the other one was...
- Not that I'm going...
- ...happier, even though it talked about death.
- Ugh. - I don't like this.
No, I like...
- (both) Game time! Family game time!
- Family game time! Family game time!
- Family game time!
Family game time.
- (both) Family game time! Family game time!
- Oh my God, I didn't like that one.
- I can't, I don't like this. (laughs)
- I find it quite entertaining, actually.
- I feel like I'm about to pass out. - I kept shaking.
- You have a grandma who's almost dying,
and ringing this really creepy bell.
- No, it's...
- Family game night! - Have you saw the new show Wednesday?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you know that episode when Jenna's just like...
- Yeah.
- ♪ I roam the streets ♪
- But it's like uncomfortable, and funny.
- (React) Do your guys' families have a scent?
- Yes. - Yes.
- I can describe so many other family's scents.
You can't describe your own, 'cause you're living in it.
- I can, 'cause I always hear it,
repeatedly, whenever people walk in the house,
they're like it smells like vanilla.
- I feel left out. (Angel sniffs)
- Ooh, you smell good! - (React) Hell yeah!
- He smells really good, you smell like...
- (crowd) Aww.
- (sniffs) Yeah, you smell like Paulina.
I don't know how to describe it.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Duck) Anyway, I was wondering
if you guys think of yourselves as a family,
and if you needed any more family members?
- That makes me so sad!
- (Duck) Maybe a dad? - Aw.
- (Bread Mother) Uh, I'm not really sure what it is that you're asking.
- It's such a sweet voice too. - She said uh!
- He's talking to the toast? - Oh, he's talking to bread!
- Now I feel bad for eating toast.
(Lucas gasps) (toast screams)
- No!
- (Duck) You know what?
I'm actually glad I don't have a family.
- Damn!
- What the [censored], bro? - That's intense!
- (React) Did you learn anything about family?
- [Censored] toast.
(both laugh)
- Why did he kill the bread?
In front of the mom and the sibling!
- Any second, like you think it's gonna be like normal,
or like sweet. - It's not!
- Then it's like just kidding! - None of these have been normal.
- Paulina, you have no idea what's happening, I love it!
- I don't, I don't! Like, I'm shocked!
- I literally love it!
- I wish I had like my Apple Watch on right now,
just so I could see my heart rating going like...
(pulse beeps)
- I learned that we don't need families to be happy.
- (React) Oh woah, boy.
- No, that's so controversial. I'm lying.
(both laugh)
- That was a... I'm lying.
(Angel laughs)
- (React) If your food was sentient,
which one of your foods probably has the worst death?
- You know that question that's like
is the Kool-Aid Man the Kool-Aid inside,
or like, the jug?
- Popcorn, when it like, pops. - Oh yeah!
- Does it break all of its bones in its body?
(React screams) (laughs) Yeah!
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (doctor) Your friend has got a worm in his brain.
(Jaxon laughs) - What?
- He's got, yeah, that's the problem.
- Bro is really not feeling good.
- But just, poor Yellow Guy.
- Is he gonna perform surgery?
(thunder crackles)
- This [censored] is weird, bro!
- Mm.
- Is that the worm? Ah, ah, wow!
- (Duck) Got it.
Pesky bee.
- Oh my God, this is so disturbing.
I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.
- (React) Angelique, what did you just watch?
- That's what I'm trying to figure out.
- I'm terrified. What is this?
- It's a children's show. - It's not a children's show!
(fireworks exploding) (bells ringing)
- Something wet, like, it was just wet,
and then it squirted on him, and then he's just like, I got it!
And you're like oh.
- Bro was like melted, and then he had like a worm,
or something in him?
- This episode was about friendship!
And they fished out a worm!
- It's traumatizing!
- That's crazy. - (React) Are you okay?
- Yeah!
- It's disturbing how much I like it.
- We all know eight year olds that are like oh, what's this?
And then click on it. - Yeah!
- Because of the bright colors and the puppets.
- He was, what? Where, why?
Does the, yeah, those are my questions.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- (Red Guy) Alright?
Well, it's better than whatever we'd be doing at home, isn't it?
- (Duck) I suppose. - Oh.
♪ (upbeat music) ♪
- ♪ Time Child ♪
- What is this?
- Damn!
- They have the best music in this.
(horn honks)
- ♪ We're going fast ♪ ♪ We're going forward ♪
- This is so weird.
- This is like, fun! - Yeah.
- They're gonna get into a, like, traumatic car crash,
and they're all gonna die.
- This is a bop!
This is gonna be like number one on Billboard.
It's gonna beat Taylor Swift. - Who is that?
- Ew, it's his, oh my God.
- (Red Guy) No, get him out.
- Oh wait. - Get him out!
- That was like okay.
- Yeah, that one was okay. - I'm okay after that one, you know?
- Like, they just make me question am I smart?
Like what the hell? - (laughs) Am I smart?
- (laughs) Like why can I not process what I'm watching?
- I'm gonna explain the whole thing to Paulina.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is a YouTube original
that was created for fun,
specifically targeting what children are witnessing
and being influenced by on the internet
through something along the lines of Sesame Street, like a puppet show.
It's just, it's very dark, and it's a metaphor
for adult things in a childish manner.
- (React) Does it change your opinion on the show?
- I'm still confused. (React laughs)
- Yeah, that's what, you're supposed to be!
It makes no sense!
(fireworks exploding) (bells ringing)
- (React) What did you think of the Time Child?
- The what? (Jaxon laughs)
- I was just a little confused about the alien-looking thing,
like shimmying, and like... - (React) The Time Child?
- Yeah, I was like a little confused about that.
- Yeah, that was kinda like random.
- I wanna make sure you don't like, scare us.
I don't, I feel like, you guys are gonna...
- Ah! - Watch the rest of, ah, Jesus Christ!
- That was so delayed! (laughs)
♪ (haunting music) ♪
- ♪ It's time your brains ♪ ♪ All learn about electricity ♪
- (Red Guy) So what about the radio?
- ♪ That's right, electricity ♪
- Ooh, electricity!
- (Duck) What about my printer/scanner?
- ♪ Good one ♪ - ♪ Electricity ♪
- (Yellow Guy) Our pet animals.
- What is that thing, I love it.
Nah, I don't love it anymore.
- Why?
- (Duck) What about my shredder?
(Vivienne laughs) - What?
- ♪ What about my shredder ♪
- Okay, this is kinda funny. (laughs)
- I don't like this in my ears. (laughs)
♪ (haunting music) ♪ ♪ What about my shredder ♪
- (React) Did you guys learn about electricity?
- I sure did. - Not!
- I didn't know hamsters contained electricity.
You know, you learn something new every day.
- I actually liked that one. - Yeah.
- (React) What did you think about the hamster?
- That was like the only part. - Yeah.
- You didn't have to bring it up, man, okay?
- Yeah. - It was a good song.
- Like, I get that that's the point of this show,
you know what I mean? - Yeah.
- But it's almost like so unnecessary.
- Are you made of electricity? - I don't know.
- (both) Let's find out! (chainsaw revs)
- (React) How do you feel about the journey
we took you on today?
- This was so like, traumatic. (laughs)
- I definitely think it's one of the most creative shows I've ever seen.
- Personally, ah, personally, I thought it was fantastic.
- I'd say they have a unique way of teaching.
- A very unique way of teaching.
- I do not find it interesting, humorous, it's weird.
I'm sorry for whoever wrote this.
It's just not my type of vibe. (Vivienne laughs)
- Thank you for watching this disturbing episode of REACT.
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- (both) Goodbye.
- Hope to see you next time. - No we don't.