Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (lost pitch pilot episode of web series; existence unconfirmed; 2009)

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (often abbreviated to DHMIS) is a surreal comedy horror musical web series created by British filmmakers Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling. It consists of six episodes, released from 29 July 2011 to 19 June 2016 through the artists' website, YouTube, and Vimeo. The series combines segments in live action, puppetry, traditional animation, and computer animation.

On 19 June 2017, a year after the release of episode 6, Sloan hinted towards additional work into the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series. A teaser trailer titled "Wakey Wakey..." was released on the channel on 13 September 2018, teasing a new television show made in a collaboration between Blink Industries, Conaco, and Super Deluxe. The 30-second video gained over two million views within 24 hours of its release and peaked at No. 1 on YouTube's Trending list. Details of the plot were released on 3 December 2018 in advance of a 2019 Sundance Film Festival screening of the pilot. The pilot episode ran at 23 minutes, and it appeared in the "Indie Episodic Program 1" alongside other short films.

The "pilot episode" that was teased after episode 6 was shown at Sundance... and nowhere else. As of 2022, the only way to watch it is through leaked recordings of it on YouTube.