“ | Have you ever wondered why we're here? What's it all about, you've no idea. | ” |
—Shrignold |
Shrignold is the primary antagonist in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3 and a minor character in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6. He sings to Yellow Guy as his only student, who he teaches about love. He is a member, and possibly leader of "The Love Cult", that worships Malcolm, the "king of love". His name is an anagram for "holds ring".
Appearance[]
Shrignold is a butterfly with a turquoise face and a navy blue mouth. He possesses two black antennae on his head with small black balls on the end. He wears three rings across their chest and he harbors polka dots near his arms. He wears black shoes and harbors yellow wings, which possess shapes such as hearts, squiggly lines, stars, rhombus, and circles. He bears a red heart on his chest. He gains a unibrow and a menacing expression when brainwashing Yellow Guy.
Personality[]
Shrignold first appears polite to Yellow Guy, noticing that he is upset and encouraging him that love is "everywhere". He introduces Yellow Guy to all his friends, who claim to love Yellow Guy despite never having met him. He and the other cult members make increasingly unusual and threatening requests of Yellow Guy, and Shrignold's intentions become clear: Rather than genuinely wanting to teach Yellow Guy about love, he simply wants to indoctrinate him into The Love Cult, to worship Malcolm. With this considered, Shrignold is able to appear surface-level kindhearted and friendly, but is actually quite malicious and manipulative. He is able to easily earn the trust of and take advantage of the impressionable Yellow Guy, briefly isolating him and nearly brainwashing him before he is snapped back into reality by his friends.
Villainous Acts[]
- Separating Yellow Guy from his friends and manipulating him into thinking that he is lonely.
- Claiming that all his friends love Yellow Guy even though they have never met him.
- Only teaching Yellow Guy an idealistic and narrow minded version of love that possibly opposes same-sex marriage.
- Attempting to brainwash Yellow Guy and force him join their cult.
Appearances[]
Gallery[]
Web series[]
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3[]
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6[]
Misc.[]
Trivia[]
- Unlike the other teachers, Shrignold has not met Red Guy or Duck. He has only met Yellow Guy.
- Some fans referred to him as "Benny", or "Pesky Bee" until he was given the official name Shrignold on Twitter by Becky Sloan[1]
- He is the only teacher who always speaks calmly, even when his goals are revealed, unlike many others who become angry or otherwise unstable when the puppets do something that upsets them.
- It is possible that the bloody caterpillar at the end of the episode is related to him in some manner, as they share the same size, head shape, and body.
- He is the only main teacher from the web series not based on an inanimate object.
- He is the only main teacher from the web series to not appear in any form in the TV series.