Shrignold is a Butterfly that leads the Love Cult seen in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 3. He teaches Yellow Guy about love and couples, and attempts to recruit him. He appears in the beginning as a caterpillar, but appears as a butterfly when he talks to Yellow Guy after Duck Guy swats him with a fly swatter.
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Quotes
"And you will never be alone."
"Makes you sad doesn't it? That there's so much hatred in the world."
"But maybe I can hold your hand? And together we can understand about love..."
"To love each other is to care, to be kind..."
"And it's protected with a ring!"
"No, no, no! That's not how it's done! You must save your love for your Special One..."
"Come and meet some of my friends, they all know about love."
"Come on! Just over the rainbow!"
"It doesn't have to be, 'I hate you and you hate me' "
"You see; everyone has a special one!"
I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a question.
"Have you ever wondered why we're here?"
Trivia
He seems to be the leaderof the cult/following which involves his
Shrignold is the only teacher not to be based off an inanimate object.
The caterpillar Bird Guy killed at the end resembled Shrignold (possibly a dark, satirical look on abortion). (NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE)
Because Yellow Guy is the embodiment of the young demographic that the show is parodying, he calls Shrignold "a little baby pigeon".
WHY WE'RE HERE WHATS IT ALL ABOUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA CAUSE EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK YOU SEE HATRED AND DARKNESS AND-
Shrignold seems to bear some similarities with the cult leader Sun Myung Moon with his views that God requires placation (like how the other cultists must feed Malcolm rocks) and how he arranges marriages.
Shrignold is the most calm antagonist in the series, the only one who didn't force anything bad on anyone (he only asked Yellow Guy to join, and then of course force him into it.)
He switches from having no heart to a heart on his chest.
He and the Sketchbook are the only puppets that didn't try to kill the puppets, plus he didn't act violent towards Yellow Guy unlike the other teachers.
When Shrignold appears in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6, his tone changes from calm and patient to seemingly angrier and threating, but this could be due to him singing faster than he did in Episode 3.
Yellow Guy screams at Shrignold when he comes back in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6, which is surprising seeing how patient and kind he was with him.
He spells 'harmony' 'harmunee'.
He most likely lost his memories, then forced the other members in the cult into doing the same, just like he tried to do with Yellow Guy.
