The Teletubbies Got Vaccinated And The Internet Has A Lot Of Feelings

The Teletubbies are vaccinated!

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Children’s programming has been doing its part to help kids feel comfortable about vaccinations, and the Teletubbies Twitter account has joined in on the fun (and education).

On Wednesday morning, @TeletubbiesHQ shared photos of each Teletubby’s COVID-19 vaccination card, alongside made-up vaccine names meant to mimic Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca.

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“Just in time for a Tubby hot summer,” the tweet read.

Of course, it’s unlikely that any of the show’s official target audience is checking out Twitter, let alone has the ability to read in the first place, but it’s still a cute idea.

And while the Teletubbies revival series may currently be aimed at tiny children, those who grew up with the original series back in 1998 are largely literate at this point, and many are active on Twitter. 

So naturally the responses have been the best part of this whole thing — especially because some Teletubbies fans apparently took the tweets very, very seriously.

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– There is some kind of organization presumably called “Tubby/Teletubby Disease Control”, modeled after the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
– All the four main Teletubbies were all born on February 20, 2003, despite the show first airing in 1997.

— Tad Strange (@bread157) July 8, 2021

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Tinky winky and laa laa don’t have much longer I’m afraid

— Jack (@jackSTFUpls) July 7, 2021

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not these antivaxxers arguing under a teletubbies tweet…

— (@salmon_airpayau) July 8, 2021

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why are the dates for these British monsters in AMERICAN FORMAT

— ｔｅｄ ｈｅｎｄｅｒｓｈｏｔ (@tedhendershot) July 7, 2021

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Reading these replies makes me realize that reality and satire have come so close together that sometimes its hard to discern.

— WingsofCommunism (@ConwayCommie1) July 8, 2021

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Does it suck up needles and blows them out?

— whynotll83 (@whynotll83) July 8, 2021

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This is somewhat incorrect, the first time the teletubbies said “Eh-Oh” in the show was in episode 2 which aired in April 5, 1997

— One Piece Theory And Shitposts (@OnePieceChick) July 7, 2021

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who said anything about the ’03 being 2003?

— Gojacks (@Gojacks4) July 7, 2021

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1.Tubbies are More susceptible. 2. Tubbyland doesn’t play by our rules of space and time they also use a different calendar. 3. see 2. 4. they tested it on Sunbaby and the bunnies first.

— WoWHuntress (@WoWHuntress67) July 7, 2021

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*First Published: July 9, 2021, 6:41 am