Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

For the discussion of these two videos! I love them. They are two of the best videos on YouTube.
If you haven't seen either one of them, I won't spoil it for you.

Is there really anything noteworthy about those videos? They seem like nothing more than cheap attempts at shock humor.

Both of them are attempts to teach the viewers about important life lessons, while showing humorous puppetry and special effects at the same time.

I wouldn't say it was "shock humor", because you can see it coming near the end of both videos, because things get progressively more uncomfortable.