the Cthulhu Mythos in Teletubbies HP
Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos has inspired
countless pieces of fiction from video
games such as blood-borne or World of
Warcraft to films like the thing or in
the mouth of madness
few people realize however exactly how
widespread the Cthulhu Mythos is
influencing even children's television
shows case in point the British
production Teletubbies at first glance
Teletubbies may appear to be an odd yet
harmless program aimed at entertaining
and educating toddlers however this
saccharine veneer only serves to hide
some far darker and terrifying themes
that of eldritch Horrors and mad
ramblings this video will attempt to
shine some light on the darker concepts
within Teletubbies both in and out of
the show Teletubbies was first broadcast
in 1997 produced by a British company
for the BBC although many parents
complained that the show was a bad
influence on their children it easily
achieved success both in Britain and
abroad and won multiple awards each
episode of the show begins with a large
Sun rising above a pastoral green area
complete with colourful flowers and
roaming rabbits well it's possible this
area is meant to represent a location on
earth and the rabbits many clues
throughout the show point to it being a
far more remote locale the curious thing
about the Sun of course is the image of
a laughing baby held inside of it this
of course is a not-so-subtle reference
to as a thought the blind idiot God also
known as the nuclear chaos as a Thoth is
believed to be located at the center of
the cosmos beyond angled space and life
as we know it exists due to as
much like the Teletubbies lives are owed
to the baby son the Teletubbies do not
make an appearance until after the baby
son wills it also one in life is more
chaotic and idiotic than an infant
soon after the baby Sun rises we are
greeted by the Teletubbies themselves
strange alien beings of vague humanoid
appearances each is represented by a
different color easily corresponding to
various deities in the Cthulhu Mythos
Dipsy is green much like the great
dreamer Cthulhu lala is yellow an
obvious allusion to the unspeakable one
pastor known as the king in yellow po is
red much like the flames surrounding
cthugha the elemental spirit of fire
tinky-winky of course needs no
explanation the group live in a hill
dwelling known as the tubby tronic
Superdome reminiscent of the nightmarish
corpse city of earlier' where Cthulhu
and his star spawn dwell the interior of
the dome features strange architecture
and a sickly green tint much like early
8th the Teletubbies seem to only consume
two types of food tubby custard
viscous pink liquid and tubby toast a
dark pastry with a smiley face depicted
on one side it's unknown exactly what
ingredients constitute these tubby foods
but I have my suspicions that they are
animal in nature possibly human though
they keep rabbits around for some reason
possibly aesthetics there are no other
creatures seen wandering the Teletubby
world potentially meaning they are kept
in food production facilities the
Teletubbies also showcase an unnatural
obsession with humans as we'll see
outside of their home is a large
windmill known as the magic windmill
generally this is seen spinning in
concordance with the beginning of the TV
receiver sequences but it will also
begin spinning at certain other times to
herald a special event when it does a
sound emits across the region and the
Teletubbies utter in unison uh-oh
before rushing over to a location
what follows varies from event to event
ranging from a miniature circus show to
the rapid flooding of an entire section
of the land followed by the summoning of
multiple large ships the Teletubbies
always react to these events with awe
and glee but whether they are
hallucinogenic in nature caused by
chemicals released by the windmill or
are actually magical it's debatable if
they are indeed magical as alluded to by
the name of the windmill and that would
make the windmill the only master of
sorcery in the land
much like yog Sothoth the opener of the
way but the Teletubbies spend most of
their time doing a curious activity
involving humans generally once a day
much like the magical events a sound
will be heard and caused the Teletubbies
to gather together perform a group hug
and then fall to the ground in some
strange ritual while the magic windmill
spins on the ground the odd antennas on
top of their heads and the patches and
their torsos will light up momentarily
afterwards the group rushes to the top
of a hill while the windmill continues
to rapidly spin and they each recite
their names in some form of arcane
incantation while their antennas and
torsos glow then one of them is chosen
seemingly at random to be the host of
the ritual the others gather around
while footage of human children appears
on the chosen ones torso whether this
stomach screen is some type of
biomechanical apparatus
another magical effect is unknown but
the magic windmill seems to facilitate
the ritual the footage shown varies but
almost always shows young children at
play or doing other lighthearted
activities often with their families the
Teletubbies showcase a disturbing amount
of Glee spine on these human children
often watching the footage a second time
the participants in the footage seem to
be aware that they're being watched
although whether this is voluntary or
magical coercion is unclear much of the
Cthulhu Mythos involves alien entities
observing humans in the great race of
youth who studied and recorded the
histories of countless species
throughout time including Homo sapiens
to Hastur who would often attempt to
influence creative humans using the
dreaded yellow sign other activities may
follow with the Teletubbies interacting
with other alien entities too numerous
to describe here much of the Teletubbies
time is spent performing odd actions
including rhythmic motions with their
bodies or replicating activities
observed in the humans their days are
seemingly observed and recapped by an
omnipresent narrator who occasionally
directly communicates with the
Teletubbies there has been some
discussion however about the concept
that the narrator isn't commenting on
the Teletubbies actions but instead is
commanding them Dipsy closed his eyes if
this is indeed the case the narrator
role would easily align with that of
Nyarlathotep the messenger of the outer
gods presumably this narrator
communicates with the baby son and
passes on his commands
inevitably however the baby son as a
thought must return to slumber and the
Teletubbies are forced to return to the
dome to wait until the star is right
once again the show itself is clearly
alien in nature often unsettling and
always strange but it doesn't quite end
there although now the original filming
location of the Teletubbies program in
England is basic information that wasn't
the case when it was being filmed the
production company was so desperate to
keep the location a secret that they had
their own security firm policing the
site and would strictly blindfold any
visitors after filming ceased the
filming location was flattened and
flooded while plausible reasons for
these actions have been given it makes
you wonder if they were desperate to
hide something well it's easy to write
off the Teletubbies a simple harmless
fun for kids we have no idea of the
effects it may have had on them and
maybe it's best that we don't delve into
it
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