The series is notable for its blending of surrealism and morbid humour with horror and musical elements. Its production is diverse, combining puppetry, live action, and styles of animation including stop motion, traditional animation, flash animation, clay animation, and computer animation.

In the series, each episode starts like a typical children's series, consisting of anthropomorphic puppets akin to those featured in Sesame Street or The Muppets. And you were digitally teleported into the world, of Don’t Hug Me, I’m Scared!

Red Guy: ”Huh? Who is this?”

Yellow Guy: ”New friend, hehehe!”

Duck Guy: ”Hi there! These are my friends, who might you be?”