The Dark Truth Behind Teletubbies: Is It Based on A True Story in 1875 of an Asylum?

When we scroll through TikTok, we can see many creators posting videos talking about the dark truths behind several childhood shows, including the all-time popular show Teletubbies. Many dark truths or theory about children’s show has been made.

According to the video made by Aakash Pothu, he has explained that the show isn’t as happy as we think because it is based on the mental institute in Bulgaria known as La La Land. The children in the institute were treated badly, and the caretakers even forgot to feed the kids.

The show is about the four kids who passed away on the same day. Their faces had deformities due to the beatings and lack of food, and they were even kept in isolation, which caused the kids to dance and sing by themselves even though there was no music.

The sun we see in the show represents the caretakers, and the kids have to obey what they say. 

Another Tiktok creator, Oliver Parson, explained how the kids were tortured and why they were colored with specific colors. TikTok users are horrified to know the real story of the Teletubbies, but some believe the creator’s idea had something to do with astronauts. 

According to Quotev, Teletubbies is actually based on the asylum story, which took place in 1955.

It is said to be the story of the kids in the institute for the mentally disabled in Bulgaria, and the kids in the institute were locked in dark and cold rooms.

The kids were not looked after properly, and the caretakers used to forget to feed them. The four children were met with a horrific demise on the same day, and it is said that they are the four characters in the show.

The Story of Towotei

Towotei was seven years old when the incident took place. He had a facial deformity that made his mouth have a constant smile, and he was deaf. He was said to be a troublesome child, and the caretakers would lock him outside.

He got frostbite, which caused his limbs to go permanently blue. It is believed that Tinky Winky’s character is based on him, and his color is purple because of the severe frostbite.

The Story of Lala

Lala had a facial deformity, and her face was stretched, which caused a permanent smile. She was locked in a cold, dark room for five years, which impacted her, and she used to dance around the room without music.

Her caregivers tortured her and broke her leg, preventing her from dancing; despite the pain, she always smiled. Due to the lack of sunlight exposure, her skin turned a sickly yellow color.

Lala’s character and the color yellow were inspired by her.

The Story of Donka

Donka was a six-year-old kid who was mute because he was not taught. He was sick most of the time, and he would starve because he would throw up the food given to him. The takers would leave him face-down on his own vomit, and it was hard for him to move because he was ill and weak.

It is known that Dipsy’s character was inspired by him, and green was his color because he always looked sick.

The Story of Polina

Polina was the youngest of the four, and she was locked in the institute from the moment she was born. She was abandoned by her parents due to her deformed face, which caused a creepy smile on her face.

She fell asleep one night near the logs for the fire. Some drunk caretakers threw her into the fire. Polina woke up from her sleep when she felt a burning sensation. She screamed for help, and the caregivers pulled her out, but the damage had already been done to her body.

The character and color of Po were inspired by her.

The Reason Why the Teletubbies Creators Added Television to Their Stomach

For the kids at the institute, their only source of comfort was the television, which was constantly played throughout the institute. One day, four of them overheard the director of the orphanage saying that they would have to remove the television due to its high expenses.

The four of them panicked because the thing that comforted them was being taken away from them. When the caretakers left at night, the four kids went to the shelves and pulled out four televisions, but they panicked as there was no place to hide them as the room was empty.

They thought of climbing down the window, but they were weak, so Donka got an idea and looked at the kids knowingly as they thought of hiding the television in their stomachs because they were used to hiding their toys by swallowing.

The next day when caretakers arrived the kids were crying as usual but the four of them were laid in the middle of the room as they had clawed their stomachs and the television covered in blood was inside their ripped bellies. Their eyes were wide open, and they had permanent smiles on their faces.

The creators of the show had a TV inserted in the Tubbies’ stomachs, where they watched videos sent by kids.

The Teletubbies were embroiled in controversy due to an episode that was also banned in several countries, according to Thesun. The episode was titled The Lion and the Bear, and many viewers thought that the episode was not age-appropriate.

In the episode, the bear arrived first, followed by the lion, who was chasing her. The Teletubbies were scared of the bear as she was saying the same sentence creepily, and it had a very scary voice that said, She is the bear with brown fuzzy hair, and she is hiding from the lion.

Later, the lion arrives, and he growls, saying that he is the scary lion with big scary teeth, and he is scary from the top and underneath. After their dialogue, they chase around the green Tubbyland while Lala tells her friends to hide.

This episode was considered traumatizing by parents and was banned in several countries. Later, the BBC edited it to make it more friendly, where the bear’s voice is also less scary, and the terrifying music is also changed.

The uncensored version of the episode has surfaced on YouTube.