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This article is about the first episode of the web series. For the web series as a whole, see Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (Web series).
For the TV series, see Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (TV series).

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, also referred to by its episode name Creativity, is the first episode of the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series. In it, the puppets learn about creativity. It was published on 29 July 2011.

Plot[]

A series of objects are shown like an international letter, a newspaper, a blue, red and yellow hat, a white jar with blue stripes, a red triangle like thing, a book with a baked egg and bacon on, a calendar with 19 June on, kitchen utensils, a red radio with a cactus on a window still and lastly a post-it note with "Get Creative" on and a key. Finally the camera shows the whole room with Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck sitting at a table, doing nothing until Sketchbook flips open and asks them what their favourite idea is, they are all surprised to see the Sketchbook flip open. The Sketchbook says that its favourite idea is being creative, and Yellow Guy, interested in understanding creativity, asks how it gets that idea. The Sketchbook says it tries to think creatively, and then asks what the puppets see when they look at an orange. Duck, uninterested, tells Sketchbook that it's just a boring old orange. Sketchbook disagrees with what Duck said; it instead sees the orange with a happy face walking about. Duck doesn't understand this. Sketchbook tells him that he isn't thinking creatively. The Sketchbook exposes its hair to the puppets, saying it uses it to express itself.

Red Guy isn't interested, causing the sketchbook to repeat what it said in an annoyed way. The sketchbook questions if they are excited by staring at the clouds in the sky. They reply with a simple "No." Sketchbook convinces them to take another look, and when they do, they see that the clouds resemble certain objects as they change shape. Sketchbook claims that it thinks that they are getting the hang of it. Yellow Guy paints a picture of a clown, which gets ruined by the Sketchbook, who pours oil onto it. The puppets, as instructed by Sketchbook, arrange leaves and sticks into their favourite colours (blue, red, and green.) Yellow Guy's favourite colour, green, is dissed by the sketchbook, saying that "Green is not a creative colour".

Sketchbook tells them to listen to their heart, the rain, and the voices in their brain. The puppets start to become creative, by creating arts and crafts, glitter, and letters. Suddenly, after a brief transition with a digital recreation of the set, Yellow Guy and Duck are all replaced with people in costumes like Red Guy. Red Guy covers a heart in glitter and Yellow Guy begins to dance aggressively. It starts to rain outside. Red Guy and Duck begin to dance along with Yellow Guy, but in reality, the puppets are seen going insane as the Sketchbook watches. Duck cuts a slice of cake, which has a pig's heart inside it. The puppets hug each other and Duck creates a word with letters, which turns out to be "death". An organ then slides inside a mouse hole. Yellow Guy is seen shaking uncontrollably again, Duck holds up a cake filled with a slice of the heart and then finishes his creation. In reality, Duck is shocked and Yellow Guy is confused about what happened earlier when they got creative. Sketchbook, who is also shocked, tells them to agree to never be creative again and flips closed.

In the credits, oil oozes out of the mouse hole seen earlier.

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Transcript[]

Below is a transcript of the episode.

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DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED

[Various objects are shown; an international letter, a newspaper, a hat, a jar, and a few other things.

The calendar says it's the 19th of June. Written on a post-it note is the phrase "get creative".]

[The scene cuts to the three characters; Red Guy; Yellow Guy; and Duck Guy.

They are all sitting at a kitchen table, looking bored.

Suddenly a sketchbook flips open and begins to sing. The others look at it in surprise.]

SKETCHBOOK:

What's your favourite idea?

Mine is being creative! [with a lightbulb above itself]

YELLOW GUY:

How do you get that idea?

SKETCHBOOK:

I just try to think creatively! [the individual syllables appear on-screen]

Now when you look at this orange [pointing to an orange with a pencil]

Tell me please, what do you see?

DUCK:

It's just a boring old orange!

SKETCHBOOK:

Maybe to you, but not to me!

I see a silly face! [an animated orange with a silly face appears]

YELLOW GUY:

Woah!

SKETCHBOOK:

Walking along and smiling at me! [the orange grows legs and walks]

DUCK:

I don't see what you mean!

SKETCHBOOK:

'Cause you're not thinking

creatively! [the word appears in whole on-screen]

So take a look at my hair! [lifting up a page and showing some hair]

VOICEOVER:

Cool! [the word appears on-screen]

SKETCHBOOK:

I use my hair to express myself!

RED GUY:

That sounds really boring.

SKETCHBOOK:

I use my hair to express myself!

Now, when you stare at the clouds in the sky, don't you find it exciting?

[pointing outside a window at some clouds]

RED GUY:

No. [word appears on-screen]

SKETCHBOOK:

Come on, take another look! [takes out a magnifying glass and holds it up to its eye]

YELLOW GUY:

Oh, wait!

[While the next part is sung, the clouds morph into the various shapes.]

YELLOW GUY AND DUCK:

I can see a hat!

I can see a cat!

I can see a man with a baseball bat!

I can see a dog!

I can see a frog!

I can see a ladder leaning on a log!

SKETCHBOOK:

I think you're getting the hang of it now!

Using your minds to have a good time! [pointing at a picture of a brain with the word "time" written underneath, the letter "i" having been replaced with a clock]

YELLOW GUY:

I might paint a picture of a clown! [with a clown painting]

SKETCHBOOK:

Whoa there, friend, you might need to slow down!

[Suddenly the clown painting is covered up by falling oil.]

SKETCHBOOK:

Here's another good tip—

YELLOW GUY AND DUCK:

Yeah?

SKETCHBOOK:

Of how to be a creative whizkid!

Go and collect some leaves and sticks [reveals leaves and sticks under a page]

And arrange them into your favourite colour! [points to a colour wheel, green noticeably absent]

[The main characters then arrange the leaves and sticks into the words of their favourite colours.]

RED GUY:

Blue.

DUCK:

Red!

YELLOW GUY:

Green!

SKETCHBOOK:

Green is not a creative colour. [holds a big cross in front of the word green]

YELLOW GUY:

Oh.

SKETCHBOOK:

There's one more thing that you need to know

Before you let your creativity flow

Listen to your heart! [reveals a drawn human heart under a page]

Listen to the rain! [reveals rain under a page]

Listen to the voices in your brain! [points to a picture of the brain]

Come on guys, let's get creative!

[The last two words are on a fridge written in magnetic letters, but they turn into 3D models and fly out at the screen.]

[The next few scenes are composed of the characters doing various "creative" things,

such as Yellow Guy making a model out of sticks and googly eyes;

Red Guy spreading glitter everywhere; and Duck placing the letter D down.

The camera then goes back to the shot of the three main characters at the beginning of the episode,

but it also turns into a 3D model and spins around. We can see the film crew behind all of this.

As we return to the original angle, Yellow Guy and Duck have grown larger, and the 3D model turns back into real life.

The creative scenes suddenly become very dark, and the music slowly becomes disturbing. Red Guy has a heart that he spreads glitter on;

Yellow Guy covers his model in random objects; the three start dancing maniacally while the words "get creative" are hung up like balloons;

the clear sky turns to a thunderstorm in an instant; Duck takes a piece of cake where the inside is made of blood and organs;

it turns out that Duck was writing "DEATH"; some flesh disappears into a mousehole;

Yellow Guy shakes uncontrollably; and skulls appear around the word "DEATH" before Duck pushes the potatoes that made them away.]

[Suddenly everything goes back to normal, however, all the characters are horrified about what just took place.]

SKETCHBOOK:

Now let's all agree

To never be creative again. [Sketchbook closes]

[As the credits roll, oil oozes out of the mouse hole seen previously and a wind instrument screeches discordant notes.]

[after the screeching music ends]

UNIDENTIFIED MALE VOICE:

Such ... horrible sound.

Video[]

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Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The creators used strings for most of Sketchbook's movement.
  • When the puppets transformed, it was revealed that Duck had short legs and that Yellow Guy had no legs.
  • Before the puppets get creative Sketchbook sings about listening to your heart, rain and "voices in your brain". Two things then happen in the way mentioned by Sketchbook. First, Red Guy decorates a heart in gold glitter and then it starts to rain. During the "Let's get creative!" part, screaming can be heard.
  • The puppets have slightly different appearances in this episode than later ones.
    • Yellow Guy has shorter hair and has five fingers instead of four.
    • Duck's feathers are a much darker green, he's wearing pants, and is missing the handkerchief in his shirt pocket.
    • Red Guy is seemingly unchanged after this episode.
  • The colors red, green and blue are the three primary colors typically used in physics; this differs from art educational material that commonly uses red, yellow, and blue.
  • The song in this video "The Creativity Song" can be purchased on iTunes.[1]

Continuity[]

  • The date on the calendar is June 19th, which becomes a recurring number throughout the series.
    • In the next episode, the year "55" (likely as in 1955) is added to the date, as seen on the portrait of the three guys. June 19th, 1955 was father's day.
  • The cactus on the windowsill appears among Duck's "things" that Red Guy hands him when he lets Duck go from his job during the TV series episode "Jobs".

Errors[]

  • After Sketchbook destroys Yellow Guy's painting, a finger of someone controlling Sketchbook's movements can be seen at the bottom-left of the scene.
  • When Duck calls the orange boring, part of someone's hand can be seen at the back of his head and that person's arm at the bottom-right of the scene.
  • During the second part the cake is shown, part of someone's hand can be seen poking out of Duck's hand.
  • Also the second time the cake is shown it can be clearly seen that parts of it are made of cardboard.
  • When the mascot version of Yellow Guy is dancing in front of Red Guy and Duck, part of someone's neck can be seen poking out of the mascot head.

Reception[]

As of July 2023, the episode has 75 million views and 1.1 million likes.

Credits[]

Director[]

Writers[]

Composers[]

Cinematographers[]

Art Department[]

Sound Department[]

  • Andrew Kinnear

Camera and Electrical Department[]

Animation Department[]

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