History WebAnimation / TheAmazingDigitalCircus

** Jax unlocking and opening Kaufmo's door to find [[spoiler:[[RoomFullOfCrazy the clown's room is entirely scribbled with the word "EXIT"]], along with the clown himself having [[FaceMonsterTurn "Abstracted"]], turning into a towering, [[DigitalAbomination glitchy abomination]] covered in {{eyes|Do Not Belong There}}.]]

* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc0tpOHBHA A Very Special Digital Circus Song]], Gummigoo is respawned for a duet with Pomni to finish the song. Unfortunately, ''this'' Gummigoo is not the Gummigoo Pomni came to know, and is instead a buggy BrokenRecord who can only say "Crikey!" and "Down unda!" for a few seconds before exploding into confetti again.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Kaufmo]] is implied to have been dormant in his room prior to [[spoiler:Jax opening the door]], because [[spoiler:the rooms are seemingly soundproof[[note]]Kaufmo didn't react to the players' presence until his door was opened, and none of them were able to hear his abstracted noises before it was open.[[/note]] and an abstraction doesn't have the hands or brainpower to open a door]].

The story revolves around six troubled humans -- timid newcomer Pomni (Creator/LizzieFreeman), trouble-making rascal Jax (Creator/MichaelKovach), jovial optimist Ragatha (Creator/AmandaHufford), emotionally fragile Gangle (Creator/MarissaLenti), paranoid veteran Kinger (Creator/SeanChiplock), and moody cynic Zooble (Creator/AshleyNichols) -- who find themselves trapped in the [[ThePlace Amazing Digital Circus]], a zany [[{{Cyberspace}} virtual world]] full of infinite possibilities, except for two things: [[MagicalProfanityFilter swearing]] and [[YouCantGoHomeAgain leaving]]. Hosted by the goofy A.I. Caine ([[Creator/TheAutarch Alex Rochon]]) and his bubbly assistant Bubble ([[DescendedCreator Gooseworx]]), the six embark on all sorts of wacky, often traumatizing misadventures while trying to keep their sanity intact, lest something terrible happen to them...

* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: "POMNI WAKE UP TIME TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE" has Caine telling Pomni that her "little crying face" left quite an impact on the internet[[note]]"Something I don't canonically have any knowledge of![[/note]] and shows her a bunch of fanworks (which are censored). When Pomni reacts in disgust and asks what she's looking at, Caine replies that it is the consequences of releasing the show's pilot.

* NoodleIncident: In "Candy Carrier Chaos!" Jax tells Gangle (who's driving the truck) to ram into the bandits' vehicle. Gangle refuses until [[{{Blackmail}} Jax threatens her, saying that if she doesn't do it he'll tell Ragatha about the figurine thing]]. Gangle then [[MirthlessLaughter fake-laughs innocently]] and does what Jax requested.

** Pomni performs a more conventional example after being [[spoiler:literally taken from the Void by Caine and back into the circus]] in the pilot episode.
** Caine does one too in the second episode when he [[spoiler:implies something bad will happen if he forgets who's a player and who's an NPC.]]

* TheUnpronounceable: Apparently Caine chooses the new names of the souls coming to his circus with the help of a giant slot machine. He pulls the lever and the machine gives him the result "Xddcc"... but, since he has trouble pronouncing it, even contorting his teeth in the process, he spins the machine again. This time the word can be pronounced, so the newcomer receives a proper name -- Pomni.

* CircusOfFear: The titular simulation is named after and mainly centered on a circus-like building (although it isn't the only major location in it), and people who enter it can never leave, lose their memories, are trapped in the bodies of wacky characters, and can't even die. Caine tries to help them stay sane by giving them "adventures" to do, but isn't very good at it. Furthermore, [[spoiler:if any person loses their mind, they'll permanently turn into a glitched-up monster]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In episode two, while Pomni speaks to the others about [[spoiler:letting Gummigoo come back with them]], the other two gator bandits can be seen doing various shenanigans in the distance.
** During the [[spoiler:truck chase]] in episode two, Kinger can briefly be seen calmly descending back into [[spoiler:the truck cabin]] as though there were a spiral staircase.
** Again in episode two, [[when Ragatha rushes over to the returned Pomni to ask her if she's alright, Kinger can be seen taking the bucket off his head... and having to retrieve his eyes one by one, complete with an audible sound when he reattaches the first one to his head.]]

** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-AT42lYGBg main theme song video]], the cheery circus music plays as Pomni fidgets, looks uncomfortable, loses it, and curls up into a TroubledFetalPosition.

* RunningGag: So far, in both the pilot and episode two, Gangle's mask has fallen off and shattered.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Although Bubbles is confirmed to be male, his voice has a seeming feminine pitch to it that confuses many. Adding to that is the fact that's he's a literall ambiguous ball, nor has it been stated in the show itself as of yet, so there's really isn't much else to work with if one is not in the know.

* ChekhovsGag: The start of episode 2 has Pomni fall out of her bed and glitch inside of a building block that violently launches her into the ceiling. [[spoiler:When stuck under the Candy Kingdom map with Gummygoo, she exploits the bug with some textureless boxes to get them both back to the surface]].