“ | Looks like somebody's having a BAD DREAM! | ” |
—Lamp, "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6" |
The Lamp is the primary teacher in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6. It attempts to teach Yellow Guy about dreams, even though Yellow Guy attempts to conclude the song multiple times.
Like most other teachers from the YouTube series, the Lamp appears as a minor character in the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared television series, appearing in the episode "Death".
Appearance[]
The Lamp is a round lamp with a blue body/face covered in pale yellow stars. The red switch of the lamp acts as its nose. Its lampshade is sky blue, decorated with white clouds. It has long, skinny arms with gloved hands. While it initially appears perched on a nightstand without legs, once in a dream sequence it is shown to have equally long and skinny legs. With legs, it wears red sneakers. The star under its mouth occasionally glows. It is also sometimes shown cross-eyed or wall-eyed. Its shoes, legs, arms, and hands appear to be the same used for Tony the Talking Clock in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2 and Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6.
Personality[]
The Lamp has a temperament that can be regarded as spiteful, vitriolic, and even malicious, as evidenced by its mocking of Yellow Guy losing his friends, and ignoring everything he states, alongside rushing the lesson straight to him drowning in oil. It seems to purposefully disregard the statements Yellow Guy makes, and simply wishes to resume and complete the lesson. It is able to be considered the least qualified to teach lessons among all of the teachers in the show, due to its considerably nonsensical and incoherent lyrics that fails to persuade a substantial objective or purpose.
The Lamp's song about dreams is of very poor quality compared to the other teachers, where the Lamp simply recites basic concepts regarding dreams before launching into a repetitive list of lyrics often starting with the words, "Or you can have a dream about...".
The Lamp's personality changes slightly in the TV series. In "Death", the Lamp seems more mature and wise, unlike in the original series. This can be observed when Yellow Guy is mourning the loss of Duck, and questioning about what occurs after death. The Lamp replies rather soberly and calmly, if not in a somber tone too. Only, while it does introduce different theories on what happens after death, such as reincarnation, it then proceeds to tell Yellow Guy about what it believes happens after death:
"For me, well, something tells me that when we die, we go to the center of the earth. Well, it's not quite the center, it's in between the core and the surface. And we must relive our lives, but as a performance, for a new super race known as the Council. And every time you get it right, you get a pound!"
This only serves to confuse and distress Yellow Guy. Rather than offer any further clarification, the Lamp declares that it must go to sleep, and turns itself off.
Quotes[]
Episode 6[]
- "Oh, somebody's sleepy!"
- "Hehehehehe, but that's silly!"
- "How can you be sleepy, if you don't know how to have dreams?"
- "Dreams are a movies that live in your head, every night when you sleep in your bed!"
- "And you can have a dream about riding a horse!"
- "Or you can have a dream about drowning in oil!"
- "Ooh! Looks like somebody's having a bad dream!"
- "And you can have a dream about eating a drink!"
- And you can have a dream about buying a hat!
- "Or you can have a dream about losing your friends!"
- "Or you can have a dream about burning your friends!"
Death[]
- "Well, I guess nobody really knows, heheh.."
- "Some people think we go to a new place, like a paradise."
- "Some people think we even come back as our favourite animal, or object. Wow!"
- "For me, well, something tells me that when we die, we go to the center of the earth. Well, it's not quite the center, it's in between the core and the surface."
- "And we must relive our lives, but as a performance, for a new super race known as the Council, and every time you get it right, you get a pound!"
- "I need to go to sleep now, good night!"
Villainous Acts[]
- Forced Yellow Guy into a lesson/song.
- Drowned Yellow Guy in oil, both in his dreams and in his real life.
- Completely ignored Yellow Guy's pleading.
- Mocked Yellow Guy about losing his friends.
"Death"[]
- Confused Yellow Guy regarding what happens after death.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Lamp is the first of many miscellaneous teachers to appear in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6.
- The Lamp was most likely the "Don't Worry" puppet that was teased on Becky Sloan's Instagram.
- The Lamp is the first Teacher that failed to completely finish their song.
- The Lamp's behavior, including its slurred speech and inability to sing properly, resulted in it being considered intoxicated by numerous fans. Considering its personality change in Death, many fans have joked that it became sober in the TV series.
- In Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6, the Lamp has a heavily autotuned voice.
- The lifeless Lamp's design was recycled in Wakey Wakey.