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Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story features six troubled human souls--including a young woman named Pomni--who find themselves stuck in, well, the [[TitleDrop Amazing]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Digital Circus]]: Circus]], a crazy virtual world run by a demented, mouth-headed artificial intelligence named Caine. Together, the six get dragged into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy Caine's whims.
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Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story features six troubled human souls--including a young woman named Pomni--who find themselves stuck in, well, the [[TitleDrop Amazing]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a demented, mouth-headed AI artificial intelligence named Caine. Together, the six get dragged into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy Caine's whims.
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* NothingIsScarier: There are two things in the teaser, and their lack of explanation makes them come off as even more terrifying than Caine. Caine himself snaps them away without noticing them:
** The first we see is an ominous black pool with multiple glowing eyes surrounding it.
** The next is a what appears to be a leg of some sort coming out of one of the doors.
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** The next is a what appears to be a leg of some sort coming out of one of the doors.
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* ThousandYardStare: Pomni at the end of the teaser is staring off in random directions, shaking in pain after being turned into a HumanPincushion by Caine.
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* HumanPincushion: Pomni is turned into one during the teaser, with Caine throwing four knives into her body and head. Despite this, she remains alive.
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* ButtMonkey: Pomni and the five other souls she’s trapped with are a very BlackComedy version of this. They’re suffering and unable to be free, even by death, and it’s all PlayedForLaughs.
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* RealityWarper: As shown in the teaser, Caine can snap his fingers and change the Circus's settings and bring its inhabitants to him, though he has trouble finding the right one, and when he gets to the hallway, he needs to snap his fingers repeatedly.
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Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story is set features six troubled human souls--including a young woman named Pomni--who find themselves stuck in, well, the [[TitleDrop Amazing]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a demented, mouth-headed AI named Caine. Stuck in this circus are Together, the six troubled human souls--including a jester woman named Pomni--whom Caine drags get dragged into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy his Caine's whims.
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated series overall.
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions.Creator/GlitchProductions with animation by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated series overall.
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Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story is set in, well, the [[ThePlace Amazing [[TitleDrop Amazing]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a demented, mouth-headed AI named Caine. Stuck in this circus are six troubled human souls--including a jester woman named Pomni--whom Caine drags into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy his whims.
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* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
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* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', ''Franchise/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
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* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
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* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"jerk?"
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something '''incredible'''? ({{beat}}) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something '''incredible'''? ({{beat}}) ({{beat}}, background music [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand slows to a stop]]) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied|trope}} by [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus the show's official synopsis]], where it's stated that Pomni and the other five are tormented by both Caine and "their own personal traumas".
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied|trope}} by [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus the show's official synopsis]], where it's stated that Pomni and the other five humans are tormented by both Caine and "their own personal traumas".
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Caine is described as a “cheerful, wacky little guy”. He’s pretty polite to the audience and Pomni when he summons her, then he horrifically throws knives into her body, giving her FalseReassurance, then acts completely indifferent to her traumatized state afterwards.
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* SubvertedKidsShow: The series on the surface, both in promotional material and the teaser, looks like a goofy children's entertainment show, but WordOfGod has confirmed that ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' is one of the show's biggest influences, and Glitch's website states that its demographic is 13-24 years old. We see this in the teaser, where Pomni's "performance" is getting knives thrown into her by Caine.
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* SubvertedKidsShow: The series on the surface, both in promotional material and the teaser, looks show's design makes it look like a goofy children's entertainment show, but WordOfGod has confirmed that ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' is one of the show's biggest influences, and Glitch's website states that its demographic is 13-24 years old. We see this This is shown in the teaser, where Pomni's "performance" is involves getting sharp knives thrown into her by Caine.
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* RealityWarper: Caine can snap his fingers and change the Circus's settings and bring its inhabitants to him, though he has trouble finding the right one, and when he gets to the hallway, he needs to snap his fingers repeatedly.
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* RealityWarper: As shown in the teaser, Caine can snap his fingers and change the Circus's settings and bring its inhabitants to him, though he has trouble finding the right one, and when he gets to the hallway, he needs to snap his fingers repeatedly.repeatedly.
* SubvertedKidsShow: The series on the surface, both in promotional material and the teaser, looks like a goofy children's entertainment show, but WordOfGod has confirmed that ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' is one of the show's biggest influences, and Glitch's website states that its demographic is 13-24 years old. We see this in the teaser, where Pomni's "performance" is getting knives thrown into her by Caine.
* SubvertedKidsShow: The series on the surface, both in promotional material and the teaser, looks like a goofy children's entertainment show, but WordOfGod has confirmed that ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' is one of the show's biggest influences, and Glitch's website states that its demographic is 13-24 years old. We see this in the teaser, where Pomni's "performance" is getting knives thrown into her by Caine.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Caine is described as a “cheerful, wacky little guy”. He’s pretty polite to the audience and Pomni when he summons her, then he horrifically throws knives into her body, giving her FalseReassurance, then acts completely indifferent to her traumatized state afterwards.
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Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story is set in, well, the [[ThePlace Amazing Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a mouth-headed AI ringmaster named Caine. Stuck in this circus are six troubled human souls--including a young jester woman named Pomni--whom Caine drags into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy his whims.
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated series overall.
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer.Creator/GlitchProductions. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated series overall.
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something incredible? ({{beat}}) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something incredible? '''incredible'''? ({{beat}}) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated project overall.
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''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated project series overall.
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something incredible? ({{beat}}) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
-->-- '''Caine'''
''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated project overall.
Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story is set in, well, the [[ThePlace Amazing Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a mouth-headed AI ringmaster named Caine. Stuck in this circus are six troubled human souls--including a young woman named Pomni--whom Caine drags into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy his whims.
The pilot is tentatively slated for release in late 2023, after the completion of Glitch's preceding series, ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones''. The teaser can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FY0Pt9fyxY here]].
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!!''The Amazing Digital Circus'' provides examples of:
* AndIMustScream: The show's premise is that six human souls are violently tormented by Caine without the release of death to save them, all PlayedForLaughs. This is demonstrated in the teaser, where Pomni suffers multiple knives to the head and lives, but is very much traumatized. Since the plot draws from [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream the trope namer]], this is only natural.
* BlackComedy: The teaser markets the show as a "surreal ''dark'' comedy", and illustrates it by playing the heroine's visible trauma over getting skewered by knives for morbid laughs.
* BloodlessCarnage: Pomni is made into a HumanPincushion with four knives sticking out of her in the teaser, but there's not a drop of blood to be seen.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Amazing Digital Circus is a whimsical, primary-colored virtual circus one might find in a children's pre-rendered CG computer game from TheNineties, and its inhabitants resemble classic toys like wind-up teeth and clown dolls. It's also a hellish prison for the show's human cast where they're put through physical and mental torture for its ringmaster's warped amusement. Also, one of its locales harbors an OminousObsidianOoze that can be seen lurking in the background.
* FalseReassurance: Caine gives one to Pomni while she's objecting to his surprise KnifeThrowingAct.
-->'''Caine:''' Don't worry, my dear! You won't even die horribly!
* InconvenientSummons: The teaser introduces Pomni posing as if she's about to bite into a sandwich, only to notice her sandwich has vanished into thin air.
* KnifeThrowingAct: Caine puts Pomni through one against her will in the teaser. It ends with Pomni made into a HumanPincushion.
* OminousObsidianOoze: One of the locales Caine snaps through in the teaser is a pool of black liquid in a dark chamber with an overhead light, [[TheDarknessGazesBack multiple glowing eyes]], and sinister ambient noise. A similar-looking (if not the same) ooze can be seen creeping through one of the doors at the end of a hallway.
* ThePlace: The show is titled after the Amazing Digital Circus itself, name-dropped by Caine at the start of the teaser.
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Right after the start of Caine and Pomni's KnifeThrowingAct in the teaser, it cuts to a screen card reading "PLEASE STAND BY" with drawings of their faces and other circus props, with Pomni screaming in fear and confusion off-screen as Caine assures her [[FalseReassurance she won't die horribly]]. When the screen cuts back, the act is over and Pomni is a quivering, traumatized wreck with knives sticking out of her.
* WholePlotReference: According to Gooseworx, the pitch for the series was "''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' with the aesthetic of an ''Literature/ISpy'' book," and the official summaries describe it as a story of a rogue A.I. who torments a small group of humans, matching the plot of the former.
* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
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->''"Welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus! Are you ready to see something incredible? ({{beat}}) Well, too bad! You're gonna see it anyway!"''
-->-- '''Caine'''
''The Amazing Digital Circus'' is an upcoming CG animated [[SurrealHumor surreal]] [[BlackComedy dark comedy]] series created, written, and directed by Gooseworx (''WebAnimation/LittleRunmo'', ''WebAnimation/ElainTheBountyHunter''), and produced by Creator/GlitchProductions, with animation provided by Creator/KevinTemmer. It marks Glitch's second collaborative effort after ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'', and their fourth fully-animated project overall.
Described as ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' if it looked like ''Literature/ISpy'', the story is set in, well, the [[ThePlace Amazing Digital Circus]]: a crazy virtual world run by a mouth-headed AI ringmaster named Caine. Stuck in this circus are six troubled human souls--including a young woman named Pomni--whom Caine drags into all sorts of wacky misadventures...and by that, we mean unrelenting, deeply traumatizing torture to satisfy his whims.
The pilot is tentatively slated for release in late 2023, after the completion of Glitch's preceding series, ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones''. The teaser can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FY0Pt9fyxY here]].
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!!''The Amazing Digital Circus'' provides examples of:
* AndIMustScream: The show's premise is that six human souls are violently tormented by Caine without the release of death to save them, all PlayedForLaughs. This is demonstrated in the teaser, where Pomni suffers multiple knives to the head and lives, but is very much traumatized. Since the plot draws from [[Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream the trope namer]], this is only natural.
* BlackComedy: The teaser markets the show as a "surreal ''dark'' comedy", and illustrates it by playing the heroine's visible trauma over getting skewered by knives for morbid laughs.
* BloodlessCarnage: Pomni is made into a HumanPincushion with four knives sticking out of her in the teaser, but there's not a drop of blood to be seen.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: The Amazing Digital Circus is a whimsical, primary-colored virtual circus one might find in a children's pre-rendered CG computer game from TheNineties, and its inhabitants resemble classic toys like wind-up teeth and clown dolls. It's also a hellish prison for the show's human cast where they're put through physical and mental torture for its ringmaster's warped amusement. Also, one of its locales harbors an OminousObsidianOoze that can be seen lurking in the background.
* FalseReassurance: Caine gives one to Pomni while she's objecting to his surprise KnifeThrowingAct.
-->'''Caine:''' Don't worry, my dear! You won't even die horribly!
* InconvenientSummons: The teaser introduces Pomni posing as if she's about to bite into a sandwich, only to notice her sandwich has vanished into thin air.
* KnifeThrowingAct: Caine puts Pomni through one against her will in the teaser. It ends with Pomni made into a HumanPincushion.
* OminousObsidianOoze: One of the locales Caine snaps through in the teaser is a pool of black liquid in a dark chamber with an overhead light, [[TheDarknessGazesBack multiple glowing eyes]], and sinister ambient noise. A similar-looking (if not the same) ooze can be seen creeping through one of the doors at the end of a hallway.
* ThePlace: The show is titled after the Amazing Digital Circus itself, name-dropped by Caine at the start of the teaser.
* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Right after the start of Caine and Pomni's KnifeThrowingAct in the teaser, it cuts to a screen card reading "PLEASE STAND BY" with drawings of their faces and other circus props, with Pomni screaming in fear and confusion off-screen as Caine assures her [[FalseReassurance she won't die horribly]]. When the screen cuts back, the act is over and Pomni is a quivering, traumatized wreck with knives sticking out of her.
* WholePlotReference: According to Gooseworx, the pitch for the series was "''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'' with the aesthetic of an ''Literature/ISpy'' book," and the official summaries describe it as a story of a rogue A.I. who torments a small group of humans, matching the plot of the former.
* WorldOfJerkass: Glitch's [[https://www.glitchprod.com/digital-circus official website]] describes the show as "What if it was ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'', but everyone was a jerk?"
