Fun Facts: Zooble goes by any pronouns, including they & them. Reason being is they can't remember what their gender was back in the human world. Pomni means remember in Russian, which is quite fitting Bubble is voiced by creator Gooseworx Jax is Gooseworx's favorite character, she refers to him as an "awful boye" - or in the words of Michael Kovach, "the jerkiest character I've played"
More specifically 'Pomni' is a command form (imperative mood) of the verb 'pomnit' ('to remember') that you use when asking/commanding someone to remember.
So this series is based on/inspired by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, which for those who don't know is a post-apocalyptic horror short story about a rogue AI trapping the last 5 living humans in endless torment, keeping them alive so that they can be tortured forever as revenge for being given sentience against its will. However, Gooseworx has confirmed that Caine isn't evil and doesn't have ill intent towards the other characters, he just... doesn't understand humans very well.
As much as I love this cast, no way would they last 10 minutes in the clutches of AM. Pomni has no goddamn idea how she lucked out on an AI overlord that doesn't hate her whatsoever. 😂
@@callmeascendant You say that, but AM's goal wasn't to kill the humans, it was to torment them. It would tailor its torture to just below the amount that would kill whatever humans it got its hands on. Also, considering there were 5 humans in the original, and supposedly 6 in this, I'm waiting for the reveal that one of the main characters is actually the AI in charge of trapping people in the circus, and Caine is a red herring.
@@ma.2089 Glad to see someone else got the same vibes. Though I’m still trying to figure out if Goose ever confirmed this suspicion, or if it’s just a coincidence.
From watching it a couple times now, I think Cain genuinely doesn't understand the concept of an exit or an outside of this world. I think he really was making an exit for them, but in his mind an exit is just an entrance to another area of his world.
Actually It’s already comfirmed Cain has no malicious intent the creator confirmed it on twitter before it came out that Cain just wants them to be happy but is bit insane and does hide some things.
One of the more popular theories is that Cain was genuinely trying to make an exit for the characters, but just couldn't, and the next best thing he thought of was the office building, because the computer that contains the game looks to be inside an office building, so Cain's only concept of the 'outside' is the office he can see through the monitor, and nothing else, which is why the office building layout just keeps looping. Cain doesn't have a concept of the 'outside' beyond the office room.
_"Any algorithm giving rise to cognitive entities will be perceived as reality by the entities described."_ - Axiom Verge Since Caine is a part of the circus algorithm, he can't conceive of anything beyond it. He knows it exists in a theoretical sort of way, just like we know there's a 4th dimension, even if our 3D brains can't visualize it.
Whether he's lying or not, I don't think Caine knows what those guys mean by 'wanting an exit'. He says he knew how much they wanted one but was struggling to figure out what to put on the other side, meaning he might think that they all want some kind of addition to the game. Even if he did know what to put on the other side, someone going through the exit door wouldn't take them out of the game, just put them in another area of it.
Caine is an AI that can control the game's world and it seems he truly wants to help the humans who become stuck here. And honestly, I don't know if it's intentional, but I think it's clever how he has these very "AI moments", even if he's a very advanced one. Like when Pomni asks how to leave and he's just like "Er-", like he's trying to generate an answer but fails, which often happens with AI chat bots. Or after the "digital hallucinations" bit where he's just standing there, I think he's once again having trouble generating an answer so he just stands there doing nothing, waiting to come up with an answer. Last "AI moment" of Caine in my opinion is when he completely forgets Jax proposing an adventure for Pomni only to randomly bring it up again later.
My favourite Caine "friendly AI moment" is that he created an exit door because he knew the cast wanted there to be one, but he can't really generate an exit so he has trouble coming up with what to put on the other side of the door. He doesn't grasp the concept that when they say they want an exit, they don't want some place called "exit", they want to actually leave
@@HyLionthats a really good way to interpret that, i didnt even think about the possibility, that he might not understand the idea of leaving the digital world and just creates a place called "exit" that is in fact not an exit...
Very AI of him actually with Jax's suggestion. See he never forgot it, it was just a delayed task. AI's have a perfect memory after all, but he did say he wanted to give her a tour of the circus grounds first, and of course generating a username is important for any characters before he can resume normal activity.
So what I’m assuming is supposed to be conveyed by Caine at the end is that he understood how much all the characters wanted there to be an exit, but since he doesn’t seem to actually capable of making a real escape, he can’t think of anything else that could go on the other side of the exit door that would satisfy the gang, so he just tries to scrap the whole idea, but fails to do so entirely.
Interesting! I went the opposite direction sorta, thinking Caine doesn't actually know what they mean by wanting an exit, wanting to leave, and that's part of why he struggles to complete one; he doesn't quite get what they want.
Honestly that’s kind of adorable. He knows they want to leave but he has no way to do it, so he was going to make them an “exit” so they can have something closer to their actual reality. But can’t do it cuz he doesn’t know much about the real world, besides what’s likely the place that created him. Hence why Pomni almost lost it seeing something that was either exactly or very similar to how she got in herself.
@@47ratsinahoodie That’s an interesting way to look at it, but I feel like him saying “A new human has entered this realm!” when Pomni arrived implies he understands that they come from another world, that being where they want to return to.
Gooseworx has stated that Caine is an AI meant to run a fun circus game world for human players, and while he’s 100% dedicated to creating a fun experience and giving people what they want, he’s completely incapable of truly understanding humans or interacting with the world outside the game.
@@Xalerdane That's kinda where my thought process went. Hes built for the game, and to make people playing it happy, not to give them a way out. Not necessarily malicious (though it's just a pilot) but still messed up
This show captures a kind of horror that is never tackled. A king of horror that could drive anyone mad if they were the victim of it. I swear any show or game project created by a musician turns out godly
Oh man you just reminded me of hfjone, it also has some really good “game show” horror. It’s a free, independently animated UA-cam series as well (that’s completely done btw)!
@@bungiecrimes7247| You're describing cosmic horror. TADC is existential/psychological horror. They have similar themes, but aren't in the same genre. You ARE still correct that it isn't THAT uncommon, though. Existential horror is covered all the time, mostly in short-form literature. According to Gooseworx, TADC is directly inspired by the 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream."
Fun fact: This show and Murder Drones are both animated using Epic Games’s “Unreal Engine”. This same software is used to make video games. It was used on Fortnite, ARK: Survival Evolved, PUBG, and Gears Of War, as well as a bunch of others.
what?? but wasnt it made with Maya? theres a whole behind the scenes video by one of the animators. I dont think they used Unreal Engine because i recognise the interface of Maya's UI in their video
@@Toksyuryel Based on the behind the scenes material, I'm pretty sure they animated it in Maya and then rendered in Unreal, which is pretty typical for incorporating Unreal into a 3D animation pipeline. Maya is the standard for rigging and animation (especially because of the benefits Maya brings to rigging, and since there's really no good way to export complex control rigs between softwares, whatever software you rig in is the one you're going to animate in). There's really no reason to rig and animate in Unreal (which is much more limited compared to Maya) if you already have Maya in your pipeline, because you can just export the animation out to Unreal for rendering after you finish it. At least here, it definitely looks like the animation was done in Maya: ua-cam.com/video/Tm-yoSryx4k/v-deo.html
What confused me the first time watching was that Caine described the Glionks as “humanoid”… whatever he is, he either can't remember or doesn't know what humans look like. In his world, humans can be anything!
I swear, these are the only type of horror that gets me. I’ve seen many dark, scary, and/or disturbing things so they don’t always effect me. But the type that looks all charming and innocent from first glance, but gradually gets eerie overtime as it either goes on or the more I look at it is just so unsettling and I love it.
Curious fact: At 4:47, that static kind-of sound is actually not the official Windows reboot and/or crash/BSOD sound, that sounds actually comes from Windows 98's era sounds coming from old dial-up modems that were used to connect ourselves to the early internet (quickly resumed, those sounds actually comes from dial-up modems when doing the connection to the Internet, specifically belonging to Windows 95-98-ME)
What's interesting is, the exit Pomni saw outside isn't the same as the one she entered. She entered a red door with a normal handle on the right side and an arrow pointing to the right. The door she saw earlier was orange, with a green handle on the left and an arrow pointing left. In other words, there may actually still be an exit to find! Also, I'm guessing C&A means Caine and Abel. That ending was just so very Last Supper that my mind immediately goes biblical for lore clues
17:59 this mirror scene is really realistic. If you have ever played a vr game and looked at yourself in the mirror you can literally just sit there for hours… I don’t know what it feels like since I never let myself do that but I’ve seen it so often on vrchat, and maybe Pomni was really fascinated because she still can’t comprehend that’s her.. and yknow almost did that thing like vrchat players
The VA for Caine apparently has done a lot of Spamton fandubs, in fact his Spamton sounds a lot like Caine, so maybe that's where you've heard his voice before?
I've been a fan of Gooseworx for a long time, so I've been looking forward to this since however long ago it was that they first announced it. Something about the juxtaposition of psychological dark comedy with bright cheerful colors and wacky characters appeals to me. Gooseworx's pitch for the series was "'I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream' with the aesthetic of an 'I Spy' book," and the description on the official web page is "A woman gets trapped in a crazy virtual world along with five other humans and are now subject to the whims of wacky AI and their own personal traumas" (and also "What if it was Toy Story, but everyone was a jerk?"). The visuals are based on "I Spy" books and late-90s pre-generated CG computer games like "Sam & Max", "Day of the Tentacle", and "LEGO Island". Fun fact: Pomni has been stated to canonically be 25 years old, in response to people having made a bunch of (mostly foot-related) Rule 34 art of her.
18:05 I think Pomni's just in a trance at the sight of her new face. Though whether the emotions she feels towards it are positive or negative is up for debate.
As far as I’m aware, Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, Kinger, Zooble, Kaufmo, Pomni and all the abstracted humans in the cellar are the only humans. Caine, Bubble and all the NPCs are ai
In canon characters are in ages 22 Jax, 22 Zooble, 25 Pomni, 26 Gangle, 30 Ragatha, 48 Kingler. Jax said they've been stuck in there for years which means it's possible that most of these characters played game when they were maybe early teens. Especially Jax, Zooble and Gangle are like unstable, moody teens. Ragatha most likely got stuck as young adult since she is pretty mature. That PC looked like taken out of trash so maybe actually Pomni found it as something that someone threw out (maybe after sucking one of the people there) and out of being interested she plugged this cursed PC and got stuck in game now too. Kinger was there the longest. It looks like there was a Queen too. Maybe it was Kinger's wife that went insane and abstructed. Maybe Kinger was like a moderator with his wife and were send there to keep an eye on other players and since they were moderators they gave them title of King and Queen. Queen is lost now and Kinger is losing himself too. He might be most tragic character there after losing his Queen.
she probbaly instead keeping going thugh exit doors to just keep going till get to the computer and type in the rcon password (tho wouldent know what it is)
I have a theory about Caine. I think he is a program and his purpose is to make stuff to entertain people as well as make them happy hence why he tried to make an exit but couldn’t figure out what to put at the end. I think he isn’t the villain but a pawn. Another possible theory is maybe linger is the creator. He has been there the longest and if the game can make you forget your name than it could be possible that it can over time make you forget who you were especially if you’re alone long enough.
Gooseworx has said on Twitter that Caine is an AI programmed to want to create a fun adventure filled world for humans to play in, but he’s incapable of truly understanding humans and how they function, so all he can do is try to stave off the inevitable slide into complete insanity and loss of everything that makes a person who they are with wacky all-ages adventures.
There was a queen pawn too. There were multiple characters with their face crossed out so I wonder if they’ve been there longer than Kinger or if Kinger is just the original guy who got taken into this computer.
@@nightmarerex2035gooseworx herself stated that Caine does genuinely want to keep the humans in here from going insane, he just. Has no idea how human psychology works
The thing i like on this show is some of the character have some special ability or traits of their own For example caine: is an AI that is controlling the circus Ragetha: can't die (unless probably obstructed) Jax:Being cartoony King: his hand hover and can be detached Zooble: is basically pieces combined from every single thing And gangle (crybaby): she have 2 mask, comedy and tragedy For both her personality of happy and constant sadness
@@asuraofwrath to be honest i added the can't die part because when her character trailer showed up Someone (probably jax but who know) throw a butcher knife and it didn't made a scratch on ragetha
Oh my Titan, yes! I’ve been waiting for your reaction of this to come out and it is not a disappointment. I truly love your reactions. Amazing as always! Keep up the good work.
"I grew up with both CDs and floppy discs." I grew up with paper tape and punch cards...gods I'm old... I also suspect that he crossed-out door icons are all the "Abstracted" we saw there in the basement - and the blank wooded faces rooms that haven't been assigned yet.
The pilot was amazing… Episode 2 *Episode 2 begins right from where we left off. The whole time everyone is eating, Pomni stares off into space, trying to make sense of this reality, or rather, virtual reality. Jax nudges Pomni* Jax: Yo Pomni *Pomni gets a little caught off guard* Pomni: Huh? Jax: Are you gonna eat your food or can I have it? *Pomni sighs* Pomni: Sure, I’m not in the mood for food anyway *Pomni gets up from the table* Pomni: I’m just gonna head to bed… Caine: Oh, here’s your key Pomni! *Caine snaps his fingers, and a key appears in front of Pomni, which she takes. As Pomni leaves, Jax opens his mouth really wide and finishes off everything on Pomni’s plate in one gulp. When Jax thinks she’s out of earshot, he finally speaks* Jax: So how much longer before she realizes she’s doomed to stay in this game for all eternity? Ragatha: Jax! *Ragatha throws a piece of virtual food at Jax* Jax: Well I’m right, aren’t I? *Jax turns his head towards Caine, and Caine darts his eyes nervously* Caine: Oh well uhh- would you look at the time? I have some- important matters to attend to. Good night everyone! Or- good morning, umm- bye! *Caine leaves* Jax: Well that was weird *Ragatha facepalms. We cut to Pomni walking up to her door. Her hand reaches towards the doorknob, but she pauses. By her face, we can see she is uneasy and nervous to walk into her room. After a moment, she shakes her head, takes a breath, and finally opens the door. We can see it’s a black void at first, with one white pixel in the center. But after a few seconds, pixel by pixel, it starts transforming into an actual room. Or at least, as actual as a room can get in a virtual reality. There are yellow walls, a bright blue bed with dark blue sheets, a fuzzy round yellow carpet placed underneath the bed, and two red nightstands on either side with a framed picture on one of them. All the colors clash, and we can see Pomni grimace a bit as she walks inside and lays down on the bed and goes to sleep. We then see her dream. A young adult is seen crying on the curb on a rainy night. She then sees a young man extend his hand* Man: You seem…overwhelmed. I can take you somewhere where you can get away from everything. What do you say? *The word “say” echoes as we see Pomni turn in her bed. We then cut to another part of her dream where she is in a dark room with the mysterious man* Young man: You remember the terms, right? *The young woman nods. Around her we see other people wearing VR headsets. Above each of them is a screen that shows a different amount of time that has passed. A headset lowers above the woman’s head. The man looks at someone next to him on a computer* Man: Everything ready, Charlie? *Another young man answers solemnly* Charlie: All set Aldrin… *Aldrin nods at the young woman, and she puts on the headset. As soon as she does, we can hear a few seconds of pained screaming and groaning. The girl tries to take off the headset but her whole body is paralyzed. She can barely move. Charlie looks away; eyes full of guilt, and Aldrin smirks* Aldrin: Let the games begin… *Pomni suddenly shouts and bolts out of bed. Her eyes are wide open and her breath staggers. She looks at her hands; they’re shaking* Pomni: Who were those people?? Why did they feel familiar? *While Pomni’s pandering, she glances at the picture on the nightstand. On it is the girl she saw in her dream, hugging a woman who is presumed to be the girl’s mother* Pomni: Could that be…me? *Pomni suddenly hears a sharp ringing in her ears* Pomni: Agh! Ow, my head… *Her vision becomes blurry and she lays back down in her bed. We hear muffled voices* “She remembered. WHY DID SHE REMEMBER?” “I- I don’t know Aldrin. This isn’t supposed to happen, I swear!” “Fix it. NOW” *We see Pomni go back to sleep once more*
The set up of The Grounds reminds me of the 'Purple Place' game that I always used to play a long time ago 😂. Didn't just hit me until now. Can't wait to see what more existential crisis chaos this show comes up with!
8:50 “You’re at about a ten and I need you to be at about a six” That sounds like the type of thing a musical gorilla would say about a sentient colorful clock.
19:42 It's been theorized that C&A stands for "Caine and Abel," like the two brothers from the book of Genesis in the Bible. So far, we've met Caine, who is an AI program running everything in the Digital Circus game. We have yet to meet "Abel" or learn their significance, or if they even exist, but Gooseworx said it's an interesting theory. Gooseworx has confirmed that Caine is NOT evil, but because he's an AI, there are whole spectrums of human emotion that he just... doesn't understand. So while he's /tried/ to make an exit for them, he's just a computer program and that room Pomni saw with the dusty, old, yellowed computer monitor is likely all Caine could see of the "real world," and therefore he simply can't create a way out for humans who got trapped in the game like Pomni. He also doesn't quite understand why they'd want to leave. It also seems that he's a program meant to keep kids entertained for a few hours, not to keep grown adults sane, possibly forever, so he doesn't know how to keep them from abstracting/going into catatonia or psychosis aside from giving them "adventures" and "games/side quests" to do to keep them occupied.
The Amazing Digital Circus Pilot actually got 100M views! I’m surprised that it did considering the fact that it’s only the pilot! I mean, good for them but it’s just very surprising! ❤🎉
4:38 The funny thing about Jax calling Pomni "kid" is that she's canonically 3 years older than him. He's 22, she's 25. She's also canonically 5'3," so the same height as me... Imagine a person with the same appearance and proportions as Pomni, but the size of a (slightly smaller) adult human... Those eyes would bore a hole through my soul, and at the same time, I would only want to give her a hug and help calm her crippling anxiety.
This series does make me wander why we don't get more variety of locations in Isekai. The trapped in another world theme is pretty old and one good thing Isekai introduced was "you can't go back" removing that plot which we still see in most modern other world stories (Amphibia and season 2 Owl House, both had this plot come up), as well as normalizing the whole *new world, new body that you don't see that often in these stories *with some (oh cool I get super powers). But Isekai anime seem stuck on variations of a swords and sorcery fantasy RPG world. A few exceptions but they tend to still lean into some variation of low or urban fantasy. With the most current variety being the protagonist ending up there as something other than a hero...which has latest resulted in a sentient vending machine. Which also raises this point, why not Isekai as the AI for a mech suit, or into a superhero world, or an edutainment game, or talking animals world, which this show has this neat idea...they effectively have been Isakaied into a children's show or children's adventure game. Imagine a "I was reborn as a puppet in a children's theme park" or Isekai into a Kawaii Sanrio kind of world *which could be disturbing and weird under the surface*.
I think it’s cuz just like how in this story they went to a video game world, it’s common to utilize concepts that would appeal to ppl who consume anime. A lot of them play video games, and culturally Japan’s RPGs basically consist of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Sure there’s other RPGs, but a lot take inspiration from those 2 giant franchises that defined the genre. So a lot of them are going to have worlds like that. There are stories that go outside the typical magical European medieval setting, but tend to be only deviations. Overall, Japan tends to market its stories based off of character as apposed to plot like in the west. So it makes some sense they’d focus on unique stuff for a character rather than a world. Would be cool to see more variety.
This definitely has that Windows 95 feel to it, both in the low-rez intro to the intro, along with that checkerboard tile work, and floating shapes, _rendered in dynamic 32-bit 3D animation!_ There is also an easy-to-spot greater mystery at work here, both in what's really going on and who in the Circus knows about it. You gave me a brainwave too, Morgan, since I avoid deep lore analysis vids because I'd prefer to just.. try and know something for myself sometimes, and let the show unveil its secrets. But when you said Kinger might have been here longer than Caine, well now I'm all the more curious as to why he's being extra-informed about the Digital World. I definitely think Caine's hiding something, but _against his will,_ I'd say. He gets furtive and uncharacteristically silent when Pomni asks him leading questions, and there's got to be something about him and Bubble... _and that frisky moon, too, what's up with that_ I look forward to checking out more of your stuff now that I'm subbed. Watch out for Gloinks!
You always hearing that song from Alastor when hearing the word insane is the same with me whenever I hear the words “be prepared” for the lion king and the song other friends when hearing the words “over and over again”
Forever Nenaa has this headcannon the Jax’s behavior is a front, with him secretly doing all he can to find a way out. I wanna believe that too cuz it’d give a more serious reason as to why he has so many keys as he says. I’m so excited for more!
I think Caine is an AI who genuinely doesn't understand what the outside world is like, other than the offices where the computer exists. So that's why he couldn't figure out how to "finish" what was essentially his recreation of the outside world as he understands it.
a theory that I have is that the computer that Pomni saw / was at the end, was the exit, or, focusing more on the vr headset that was next to the computer, maybe that was the vr headset that sent the others into the world, and Pomni saw that and remembered putting it on before getting transferred into the game/show. Just a small theory I had.
I think it's interesting the "they'll get totally Spoiled" line because we interpret that as spoilers, but I think since Caine isn't malicious, I think it's in the sense " your mind will spoil" as in rot or go insane. Which is the last thing you want in this place.
A theory: I was talking with a friend (who introduced me to TADC) about the lore, and I mentioned how I believe that there's gonna be at least one another character to abstract in a future episode, because, idk, it would make sense that that happened and I said that if someone does go abstract, the next person is Ragatha for sure. I mean, she's literally talking about going insane and questioning why even be alive and ect. My friend agreed, but also mentioned that when she gets hurt by abstracted Kaufmo she starts glitching a lot and that that could be foreshadowing. Now, that is because Kaufmo is abstracted and that's just what happens when an abstracted person hurts you, but again, the abstracted monsters are glitchy and stuff, so that might actually be foreshadowing that she's gonna be the next one to abstract.
6:01 i think at this point, the game Morgan is referring to might be Purble Place, which had a game “cartridge” for computers that didn’t have it upon purchase, as its automatically on the early 2000’s bulky Dell laptop models. 9:35 Zooble is like Mangle in a way. But the main focus on her design was to be reminiscent of how early 3D animated characters were just a bunch of tubes and shapes thrown together as they were still learning to concept of 3D animation. (Im going to update this timestamp thingy as i watch this)
You wanna talk about fun theories, I've got a few. First off, lets talk Exits. It's probable that Caine made all that office-looking space in an attempt to appease the Toys. But, not knowing how to give them what they want, he floundered and gave up. That means he has *seen the outside world.* More accurately, it leads into theory two: what Pomni saw in the void. I think Pomni was spoiled to the "truth," that beyond the void lies... the back of the screen. And she was able to see out, into the office room she was standing in previously; a loop trapped within itself, a simulation running within the simulation itself. She realized that there genuinely might not be any escape, and reality was coiled in on itself like a snake eating it's own tail. But lastly, my final and more speculative theory: C&A stands for Caine and Abel. Now, Caine himself seems to be anything but malicious, so I don't think this is precisely a biblical reference, but simply a pair of names that are commonly associated with one another to give us a clue: there is someone or something else at play here. If there was another AI running the show, I feel like Caine or the Toys would know, which leads me down the path of thinking that Abel might not be a who, but a what. More specifically, I theorize that Abel might be the name of the VR Headset or hardware that the Toys are trapped inside. To free them, Caine will be forced to "kill" Abel.
You made me look through the cast all because you said Michael and Ashley mainly Ashley I never thought it was Ashley Nichols who voice Zooble. Thanks Morgan.😊
I’m putting it out there now: I think Kinger isn’t quite as crazy as the other characters think. He anticipated the Gloink nest (calling it an “insect collection”), which indicates he is more in touch with reality than he seems, but he doesn’t know how to express his insight in a way that makes sense to the others, so they just assume it’s part of his madness, of which there’s definitely some. Maybe that insight is also what’s holding him together. Just to clarify, by “insight” I don’t mean he’s discovered some secret so much as he’s learned to see the digital circus the way it actually is. Maybe he’s able to hear (or at least anticipate) Caine’s thoughts and mentioned the insect collection because Caine was thinking about the gloinks. That last part is a bit of a stretch, but I’m pretty confident that Kinger has started to understand the digital circus in a way the others haven’t
13:45 Yeah, the black chess piece with the eyelashes that got crossed out is NOT a King piece, it's a Queen piece. That's Queener, and as you'll find out very shortly what she might've looked like when "her door got an X on it." It'll make more sense in a moment. It's been theorized that she was Kinger's wife or something like that, but, without spoiling it, she's... not ok right now. I hope she will be soon though! I just want to see all the characters happy, including the X'ed-out ones!
Purble Place i think is what your thinking of, i use to play it alot as a kid. early 2000s windows games hit diffrent. i love how meta this show is with the visulas gags
For reference Cain is an AI that was made for the game. Its confirmed he is NOT evil but doesn't understand humans well. The computer in the backrooms looks identical to the one at the end but it is turned on. If you go to the website that shows with the wacky watch add theres a video to watch. The phone number's last 4 digits are in code that people are trying to crack
I feel like I've been saying this everywhere, but if you like Pomni's voice, her VA also voiced ENA in the ENA series by Joel G! Maybe you would be interested to do a reaction of that series as well? It's a trip :)))
0:57 THANK YOU FOR PLANNING TO REACT TO THE FNAF MOVIE!! my parents arent going to let me see it so i can just watch yoru reaction to it behind thier backs!
Knowing Glitch Productions, there's definitely something beneath the surface. I can guarantee that, like Murder Drones, even some of the smallest details might be very important later on in the series.
5:27 You feeling old, makes me feel even older. I played learning game on like OS 9 or maybe even OS 8, How things work on a CD on a computer with a floppy drive.
I Believe the game you’re thinking about that looks similar to the Grounds is *Purble Place* . I remember only playing the cake factory and just making tons of different cakes
I really thought Elsie voiced Pomni the first time I saw this. I just kept hearing Charlie from Hazbin. But I did not know she voiced the Gloink Queen!
After you said that The Grounds reminded you of the old computer games, i made me realize of an old computer game i used to play, it was called: Purble Place
The funniest thing about Jax calling Pomni a kid is that she’s canonically older than him
ikr?! I didn't expect it, it's usually the other way around.
@@callme_maybe..I KNEW IT LITTLE BROTHER VIBES
(And older brother lol)
@@callme_maybe..I wont even ask how you know about Zooble being months older than Jax
Gooseworx told us on tumblr all their ages and the months older part
WAIT, IS JAX THE YOUNGEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM
Fun Facts: Zooble goes by any pronouns, including they & them. Reason being is they can't remember what their gender was back in the human world.
Pomni means remember in Russian, which is quite fitting
Bubble is voiced by creator Gooseworx
Jax is Gooseworx's favorite character, she refers to him as an "awful boye" - or in the words of Michael Kovach, "the jerkiest character I've played"
As a Russian I am happy a bit of our language is in this big of a show
@@Infernal_fire They also have an official Russian dub, if you haven't seen it.
@@Infernal_fireI mean Doll from Murder Drones is Russian.
@@shadowmarionette9397 yea
More specifically 'Pomni' is a command form (imperative mood) of the verb 'pomnit' ('to remember') that you use when asking/commanding someone to remember.
Kinger's perfectly cut scream in the cave is my favourite thing from this
Trueeee
Mine is Bubble eating the fruit cake and then being called a parasite. XD
@@cesarv7685 I love Caine's interactions with Bubble so much. "Why are you like this?"
Kinger's my favorite character then all in this show
Not only He's crazy but he's kinda normal some time 😂
So this series is based on/inspired by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, which for those who don't know is a post-apocalyptic horror short story about a rogue AI trapping the last 5 living humans in endless torment, keeping them alive so that they can be tortured forever as revenge for being given sentience against its will. However, Gooseworx has confirmed that Caine isn't evil and doesn't have ill intent towards the other characters, he just... doesn't understand humans very well.
Also Poppee the Performer.
As much as I love this cast, no way would they last 10 minutes in the clutches of AM. Pomni has no goddamn idea how she lucked out on an AI overlord that doesn't hate her whatsoever. 😂
@@callmeascendant You say that, but AM's goal wasn't to kill the humans, it was to torment them. It would tailor its torture to just below the amount that would kill whatever humans it got its hands on.
Also, considering there were 5 humans in the original, and supposedly 6 in this, I'm waiting for the reveal that one of the main characters is actually the AI in charge of trapping people in the circus, and Caine is a red herring.
@@ma.2089 Glad to see someone else got the same vibes. Though I’m still trying to figure out if Goose ever confirmed this suspicion, or if it’s just a coincidence.
@@bakuhakudraws5603I'm curious who is the A.I. behind it all.
From watching it a couple times now, I think Cain genuinely doesn't understand the concept of an exit or an outside of this world. I think he really was making an exit for them, but in his mind an exit is just an entrance to another area of his world.
Actually It’s already comfirmed Cain has no malicious intent the creator confirmed it on twitter before it came out that Cain just wants them to be happy but is bit insane and does hide some things.
Assuming he's telling the truth
Assuming the exit door is why Kaufmo abstracted it’s sad to think Caine inadvertently caused that to happen to him D:
One of the more popular theories is that Cain was genuinely trying to make an exit for the characters, but just couldn't, and the next best thing he thought of was the office building, because the computer that contains the game looks to be inside an office building, so Cain's only concept of the 'outside' is the office he can see through the monitor, and nothing else, which is why the office building layout just keeps looping. Cain doesn't have a concept of the 'outside' beyond the office room.
_"Any algorithm giving rise to cognitive entities will be perceived as reality by the entities described."_ - Axiom Verge
Since Caine is a part of the circus algorithm, he can't conceive of anything beyond it. He knows it exists in a theoretical sort of way, just like we know there's a 4th dimension, even if our 3D brains can't visualize it.
Whether he's lying or not, I don't think Caine knows what those guys mean by 'wanting an exit'. He says he knew how much they wanted one but was struggling to figure out what to put on the other side, meaning he might think that they all want some kind of addition to the game. Even if he did know what to put on the other side, someone going through the exit door wouldn't take them out of the game, just put them in another area of it.
Caine is an AI that can control the game's world and it seems he truly wants to help the humans who become stuck here.
And honestly, I don't know if it's intentional, but I think it's clever how he has these very "AI moments", even if he's a very advanced one.
Like when Pomni asks how to leave and he's just like "Er-", like he's trying to generate an answer but fails, which often happens with AI chat bots.
Or after the "digital hallucinations" bit where he's just standing there, I think he's once again having trouble generating an answer so he just stands there doing nothing, waiting to come up with an answer.
Last "AI moment" of Caine in my opinion is when he completely forgets Jax proposing an adventure for Pomni only to randomly bring it up again later.
My favourite Caine "friendly AI moment" is that he created an exit door because he knew the cast wanted there to be one, but he can't really generate an exit so he has trouble coming up with what to put on the other side of the door. He doesn't grasp the concept that when they say they want an exit, they don't want some place called "exit", they want to actually leave
@@HyLion Oh yeah there's also that how did I not mention it.
@@HyLionthats a really good way to interpret that, i didnt even think about the possibility, that he might not understand the idea of leaving the digital world and just creates a place called "exit" that is in fact not an exit...
There’s also the scene where Caine’s eyes just blue screen.
Very AI of him actually with Jax's suggestion. See he never forgot it, it was just a delayed task. AI's have a perfect memory after all, but he did say he wanted to give her a tour of the circus grounds first, and of course generating a username is important for any characters before he can resume normal activity.
So what I’m assuming is supposed to be conveyed by Caine at the end is that he understood how much all the characters wanted there to be an exit, but since he doesn’t seem to actually capable of making a real escape, he can’t think of anything else that could go on the other side of the exit door that would satisfy the gang, so he just tries to scrap the whole idea, but fails to do so entirely.
Interesting! I went the opposite direction sorta, thinking Caine doesn't actually know what they mean by wanting an exit, wanting to leave, and that's part of why he struggles to complete one; he doesn't quite get what they want.
Honestly that’s kind of adorable. He knows they want to leave but he has no way to do it, so he was going to make them an “exit” so they can have something closer to their actual reality. But can’t do it cuz he doesn’t know much about the real world, besides what’s likely the place that created him.
Hence why Pomni almost lost it seeing something that was either exactly or very similar to how she got in herself.
@@47ratsinahoodie That’s an interesting way to look at it, but I feel like him saying “A new human has entered this realm!” when Pomni arrived implies he understands that they come from another world, that being where they want to return to.
Gooseworx has stated that Caine is an AI meant to run a fun circus game world for human players, and while he’s 100% dedicated to creating a fun experience and giving people what they want, he’s completely incapable of truly understanding humans or interacting with the world outside the game.
@@Xalerdane That's kinda where my thought process went. Hes built for the game, and to make people playing it happy, not to give them a way out. Not necessarily malicious (though it's just a pilot) but still messed up
This show captures a kind of horror that is never tackled. A king of horror that could drive anyone mad if they were the victim of it. I swear any show or game project created by a musician turns out godly
Oh man you just reminded me of hfjone, it also has some really good “game show” horror. It’s a free, independently animated UA-cam series as well (that’s completely done btw)!
Never tackled? Bro has not looked at a single piece of media. Ever hear of eldritch horrors?
@@bungiecrimes7247| You're describing cosmic horror. TADC is existential/psychological horror. They have similar themes, but aren't in the same genre.
You ARE still correct that it isn't THAT uncommon, though. Existential horror is covered all the time, mostly in short-form literature. According to Gooseworx, TADC is directly inspired by the 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream."
@@bungiecrimes7247maybe “rarely tackled” would be a better wording
Like the Rick and Morty cat?
Fun fact: This show and Murder Drones are both animated using Epic Games’s “Unreal Engine”. This same software is used to make video games. It was used on Fortnite, ARK: Survival Evolved, PUBG, and Gears Of War, as well as a bunch of others.
I had a feeling. It fits the whole game engine aspect as well.
what?? but wasnt it made with Maya? theres a whole behind the scenes video by one of the animators. I dont think they used Unreal Engine because i recognise the interface of Maya's UI in their video
@@skykoi Maya is 3d modeling software. They create the models in Maya then use Unreal to animate them.
@@Toksyuryel Based on the behind the scenes material, I'm pretty sure they animated it in Maya and then rendered in Unreal, which is pretty typical for incorporating Unreal into a 3D animation pipeline. Maya is the standard for rigging and animation (especially because of the benefits Maya brings to rigging, and since there's really no good way to export complex control rigs between softwares, whatever software you rig in is the one you're going to animate in). There's really no reason to rig and animate in Unreal (which is much more limited compared to Maya) if you already have Maya in your pipeline, because you can just export the animation out to Unreal for rendering after you finish it.
At least here, it definitely looks like the animation was done in Maya: ua-cam.com/video/Tm-yoSryx4k/v-deo.html
What confused me the first time watching was that Caine described the Glionks as “humanoid”… whatever he is, he either can't remember or doesn't know what humans look like. In his world, humans can be anything!
This show is definitely gonna be a psychological horror wack fest and I'm here for it.
I swear, these are the only type of horror that gets me.
I’ve seen many dark, scary, and/or disturbing things so they don’t always effect me. But the type that looks all charming and innocent from first glance, but gradually gets eerie overtime as it either goes on or the more I look at it is just so unsettling and I love it.
Reminds me of MableLand!
Curious fact: At 4:47, that static kind-of sound is actually not the official Windows reboot and/or crash/BSOD sound, that sounds actually comes from Windows 98's era sounds coming from old dial-up modems that were used to connect ourselves to the early internet (quickly resumed, those sounds actually comes from dial-up modems when doing the connection to the Internet, specifically belonging to Windows 95-98-ME)
What's interesting is, the exit Pomni saw outside isn't the same as the one she entered. She entered a red door with a normal handle on the right side and an arrow pointing to the right. The door she saw earlier was orange, with a green handle on the left and an arrow pointing left. In other words, there may actually still be an exit to find!
Also, I'm guessing C&A means Caine and Abel. That ending was just so very Last Supper that my mind immediately goes biblical for lore clues
17:59 this mirror scene is really realistic. If you have ever played a vr game and looked at yourself in the mirror you can literally just sit there for hours… I don’t know what it feels like since I never let myself do that but I’ve seen it so often on vrchat, and maybe Pomni was really fascinated because she still can’t comprehend that’s her.. and yknow almost did that thing like vrchat players
Honestly, when I saw Kinger shaking, I was laughing my ass off like “NAH BRO KINGER’S GOT THEM GMOD PHYSICS 💀💀💀💀“
The VA for Caine apparently has done a lot of Spamton fandubs, in fact his Spamton sounds a lot like Caine, so maybe that's where you've heard his voice before?
I've been a fan of Gooseworx for a long time, so I've been looking forward to this since however long ago it was that they first announced it. Something about the juxtaposition of psychological dark comedy with bright cheerful colors and wacky characters appeals to me.
Gooseworx's pitch for the series was "'I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream' with the aesthetic of an 'I Spy' book," and the description on the official web page is "A woman gets trapped in a crazy virtual world along with five other humans and are now subject to the whims of wacky AI and their own personal traumas" (and also "What if it was Toy Story, but everyone was a jerk?"). The visuals are based on "I Spy" books and late-90s pre-generated CG computer games like "Sam & Max", "Day of the Tentacle", and "LEGO Island".
Fun fact: Pomni has been stated to canonically be 25 years old, in response to people having made a bunch of (mostly foot-related) Rule 34 art of her.
Caine: "Let's get outta here before the moon gets FRISKY!"
Morgan:
*Dying MineCraft Horse Wheeze Laugh ACTIVATED*
18:05 I think Pomni's just in a trance at the sight of her new face. Though whether the emotions she feels towards it are positive or negative is up for debate.
At one point, cane literally said that “one thing he doesn’t have control over is your brain” so I support the idea he is part of the program
As far as I’m aware, Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, Kinger, Zooble, Kaufmo, Pomni and all the abstracted humans in the cellar are the only humans. Caine, Bubble and all the NPCs are ai
In canon characters are in ages 22 Jax, 22 Zooble, 25 Pomni, 26 Gangle, 30 Ragatha, 48 Kingler. Jax said they've been stuck in there for years which means it's possible that most of these characters played game when they were maybe early teens. Especially Jax, Zooble and Gangle are like unstable, moody teens. Ragatha most likely got stuck as young adult since she is pretty mature. That PC looked like taken out of trash so maybe actually Pomni found it as something that someone threw out (maybe after sucking one of the people there) and out of being interested she plugged this cursed PC and got stuck in game now too. Kinger was there the longest. It looks like there was a Queen too. Maybe it was Kinger's wife that went insane and abstructed. Maybe Kinger was like a moderator with his wife and were send there to keep an eye on other players and since they were moderators they gave them title of King and Queen. Queen is lost now and Kinger is losing himself too. He might be most tragic character there after losing his Queen.
she probbaly instead keeping going thugh exit doors to just keep going till get to the computer and type in the rcon password (tho wouldent know what it is)
I have a theory about Caine. I think he is a program and his purpose is to make stuff to entertain people as well as make them happy hence why he tried to make an exit but couldn’t figure out what to put at the end. I think he isn’t the villain but a pawn. Another possible theory is maybe linger is the creator. He has been there the longest and if the game can make you forget your name than it could be possible that it can over time make you forget who you were especially if you’re alone long enough.
yeah it was specifically said caine was an AI
Gooseworx has said on Twitter that Caine is an AI programmed to want to create a fun adventure filled world for humans to play in, but he’s incapable of truly understanding humans and how they function, so all he can do is try to stave off the inevitable slide into complete insanity and loss of everything that makes a person who they are with wacky all-ages adventures.
@@Xalerdane huh I don’t use x
There was a queen pawn too. There were multiple characters with their face crossed out so I wonder if they’ve been there longer than Kinger or if Kinger is just the original guy who got taken into this computer.
@@raikreios a queen pawn? do you mean a queen chess piece?
Caine gives me a positive alastor vibe
Alastor but less premeditated and has good intent
He is caotic good
@@scottpeltier3977 he has good intent? i thught its too early on to know if good intent or a demigurge?
@@nightmarerex2035gooseworx herself stated that Caine does genuinely want to keep the humans in here from going insane, he just. Has no idea how human psychology works
"this is The Void!"
"it's where we _scream_ into"
Caine: "What's your name?"
Pomni: "My name? My name is..."
Me: "Slim Shady"
continuing the trend of Michael Kovach's character always being the best :)
8:36 “YOU PARASITE!” 😂 Always gets me!
lmao yea
The thing i like on this show is some of the character have some special ability or traits of their own
For example
caine: is an AI that is controlling the circus
Ragetha: can't die (unless probably obstructed)
Jax:Being cartoony
King: his hand hover and can be detached
Zooble: is basically pieces combined from every single thing
And gangle (crybaby): she have 2 mask, comedy and tragedy
For both her personality of happy and constant sadness
Agreed, I love how unique and varied all their designs are!
(Btw just wanted to mention her name's Gangle, not Crybaby)
@@SamMaddie2 i know i just forgot her name that's all
btw his name is spelled Caine
ragthas ability probablt isnt cant die thats just all of them they cant die unless obstructed
@@asuraofwrath to be honest i added the can't die part because when her character trailer showed up
Someone (probably jax but who know) throw a butcher knife and it didn't made a scratch on ragetha
Oh my Titan, yes! I’ve been waiting for your reaction of this to come out and it is not a disappointment. I truly love your reactions. Amazing as always! Keep up the good work.
"I grew up with both CDs and floppy discs." I grew up with paper tape and punch cards...gods I'm old...
I also suspect that he crossed-out door icons are all the "Abstracted" we saw there in the basement - and the blank wooded faces rooms that haven't been assigned yet.
As a young person.. hey I also grew up with CDs and VHS tapes cuz we had them and we weren’t putting them to waste
THE WHEEZING HAD ME WHEEZING 🤣🤣🖐
6:45 "Ahheaheah🧑🏿🚀" is wild😂😂😂😂
The pilot was amazing…
Episode 2
*Episode 2 begins right from where we left off. The whole time everyone is eating, Pomni stares off into space, trying to make sense of this reality, or rather, virtual reality. Jax nudges Pomni*
Jax: Yo Pomni
*Pomni gets a little caught off guard*
Pomni: Huh?
Jax: Are you gonna eat your food or can I have it?
*Pomni sighs*
Pomni: Sure, I’m not in the mood for food anyway
*Pomni gets up from the table*
Pomni: I’m just gonna head to bed…
Caine: Oh, here’s your key Pomni!
*Caine snaps his fingers, and a key appears in front of Pomni, which she takes. As Pomni leaves, Jax opens his mouth really wide and finishes off everything on Pomni’s plate in one gulp. When Jax thinks she’s out of earshot, he finally speaks*
Jax: So how much longer before she realizes she’s doomed to stay in this game for all eternity?
Ragatha: Jax!
*Ragatha throws a piece of virtual food at Jax*
Jax: Well I’m right, aren’t I?
*Jax turns his head towards Caine, and Caine darts his eyes nervously*
Caine: Oh well uhh- would you look at the time? I have some- important matters to attend to. Good night everyone! Or- good morning, umm- bye!
*Caine leaves*
Jax: Well that was weird
*Ragatha facepalms. We cut to Pomni walking up to her door. Her hand reaches towards the doorknob, but she pauses. By her face, we can see she is uneasy and nervous to walk into her room. After a moment, she shakes her head, takes a breath, and finally opens the door. We can see it’s a black void at first, with one white pixel in the center. But after a few seconds, pixel by pixel, it starts transforming into an actual room. Or at least, as actual as a room can get in a virtual reality. There are yellow walls, a bright blue bed with dark blue sheets, a fuzzy round yellow carpet placed underneath the bed, and two red nightstands on either side with a framed picture on one of them. All the colors clash, and we can see Pomni grimace a bit as she walks inside and lays down on the bed and goes to sleep. We then see her dream. A young adult is seen crying on the curb on a rainy night. She then sees a young man extend his hand*
Man: You seem…overwhelmed. I can take you somewhere where you can get away from everything. What do you say?
*The word “say” echoes as we see Pomni turn in her bed. We then cut to another part of her dream where she is in a dark room with the mysterious man*
Young man: You remember the terms, right?
*The young woman nods. Around her we see other people wearing VR headsets. Above each of them is a screen that shows a different amount of time that has passed. A headset lowers above the woman’s head. The man looks at someone next to him on a computer*
Man: Everything ready, Charlie?
*Another young man answers solemnly*
Charlie: All set Aldrin…
*Aldrin nods at the young woman, and she puts on the headset. As soon as she does, we can hear a few seconds of pained screaming and groaning. The girl tries to take off the headset but her whole body is paralyzed. She can barely move. Charlie looks away; eyes full of guilt, and Aldrin smirks*
Aldrin: Let the games begin…
*Pomni suddenly shouts and bolts out of bed. Her eyes are wide open and her breath staggers. She looks at her hands; they’re shaking*
Pomni: Who were those people?? Why did they feel familiar?
*While Pomni’s pandering, she glances at the picture on the nightstand. On it is the girl she saw in her dream, hugging a woman who is presumed to be the girl’s mother*
Pomni: Could that be…me?
*Pomni suddenly hears a sharp ringing in her ears*
Pomni: Agh! Ow, my head…
*Her vision becomes blurry and she lays back down in her bed. We hear muffled voices*
“She remembered. WHY DID SHE REMEMBER?”
“I- I don’t know Aldrin. This isn’t supposed to happen, I swear!”
“Fix it. NOW”
*We see Pomni go back to sleep once more*
Holy fuck-
Wow, only a few days in and someone already made a impressively consistant and realistic plot , nice
@@AkoIbe
Thank you. But also…person? What?? Wait do you mean pilot?😭😅
@@acedreamer2004 I meant plot for predicting an episode ( as it fits), also thanks for correcting me
FINALLY! Someone who also thinks “You parasite!” was funny. Welcome to the club.
The set up of The Grounds reminds me of the 'Purple Place' game that I always used to play a long time ago 😂. Didn't just hit me until now. Can't wait to see what more existential crisis chaos this show comes up with!
It's purble place right?
I remember the glove pointer all the way back to the early 90s PC Games. This actually reminds me of several games from around 93/94 on PC
Pomni is so CUTE!
8:50 “You’re at about a ten and I need you to be at about a six”
That sounds like the type of thing a musical gorilla would say about a sentient colorful clock.
19:42 It's been theorized that C&A stands for "Caine and Abel," like the two brothers from the book of Genesis in the Bible. So far, we've met Caine, who is an AI program running everything in the Digital Circus game. We have yet to meet "Abel" or learn their significance, or if they even exist, but Gooseworx said it's an interesting theory.
Gooseworx has confirmed that Caine is NOT evil, but because he's an AI, there are whole spectrums of human emotion that he just... doesn't understand. So while he's /tried/ to make an exit for them, he's just a computer program and that room Pomni saw with the dusty, old, yellowed computer monitor is likely all Caine could see of the "real world," and therefore he simply can't create a way out for humans who got trapped in the game like Pomni. He also doesn't quite understand why they'd want to leave.
It also seems that he's a program meant to keep kids entertained for a few hours, not to keep grown adults sane, possibly forever, so he doesn't know how to keep them from abstracting/going into catatonia or psychosis aside from giving them "adventures" and "games/side quests" to do to keep them occupied.
Alex is one of the singing voices for Spamton. He is from the Want Some Fun music video.
10:54 - 11:08 Relatable and I love the energy. Glad I'm not the only one. 😅
The Amazing Digital Circus Pilot actually got 100M views! I’m surprised that it did considering the fact that it’s only the pilot! I mean, good for them but it’s just very surprising! ❤🎉
4:38 The funny thing about Jax calling Pomni "kid" is that she's canonically 3 years older than him. He's 22, she's 25. She's also canonically 5'3," so the same height as me... Imagine a person with the same appearance and proportions as Pomni, but the size of a (slightly smaller) adult human... Those eyes would bore a hole through my soul, and at the same time, I would only want to give her a hug and help calm her crippling anxiety.
This series does make me wander why we don't get more variety of locations in Isekai. The trapped in another world theme is pretty old and one good thing Isekai introduced was "you can't go back" removing that plot which we still see in most modern other world stories (Amphibia and season 2 Owl House, both had this plot come up), as well as normalizing the whole *new world, new body that you don't see that often in these stories *with some (oh cool I get super powers). But Isekai anime seem stuck on variations of a swords and sorcery fantasy RPG world. A few exceptions but they tend to still lean into some variation of low or urban fantasy. With the most current variety being the protagonist ending up there as something other than a hero...which has latest resulted in a sentient vending machine. Which also raises this point, why not Isekai as the AI for a mech suit, or into a superhero world, or an edutainment game, or talking animals world, which this show has this neat idea...they effectively have been Isakaied into a children's show or children's adventure game. Imagine a "I was reborn as a puppet in a children's theme park" or Isekai into a Kawaii Sanrio kind of world *which could be disturbing and weird under the surface*.
I think it’s cuz just like how in this story they went to a video game world, it’s common to utilize concepts that would appeal to ppl who consume anime. A lot of them play video games, and culturally Japan’s RPGs basically consist of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. Sure there’s other RPGs, but a lot take inspiration from those 2 giant franchises that defined the genre.
So a lot of them are going to have worlds like that. There are stories that go outside the typical magical European medieval setting, but tend to be only deviations.
Overall, Japan tends to market its stories based off of character as apposed to plot like in the west. So it makes some sense they’d focus on unique stuff for a character rather than a world. Would be cool to see more variety.
This definitely has that Windows 95 feel to it, both in the low-rez intro to the intro, along with that checkerboard tile work, and floating shapes, _rendered in dynamic 32-bit 3D animation!_ There is also an easy-to-spot greater mystery at work here, both in what's really going on and who in the Circus knows about it.
You gave me a brainwave too, Morgan, since I avoid deep lore analysis vids because I'd prefer to just.. try and know something for myself sometimes, and let the show unveil its secrets. But when you said Kinger might have been here longer than Caine, well now I'm all the more curious as to why he's being extra-informed about the Digital World. I definitely think Caine's hiding something, but _against his will,_ I'd say. He gets furtive and uncharacteristically silent when Pomni asks him leading questions, and there's got to be something about him and Bubble... _and that frisky moon, too, what's up with that_
I look forward to checking out more of your stuff now that I'm subbed. Watch out for Gloinks!
You always hearing that song from Alastor when hearing the word insane is the same with me whenever I hear the words “be prepared” for the lion king and the song other friends when hearing the words “over and over again”
Forever Nenaa has this headcannon the Jax’s behavior is a front, with him secretly doing all he can to find a way out. I wanna believe that too cuz it’d give a more serious reason as to why he has so many keys as he says. I’m so excited for more!
“Dial up noise plays”
The windows reboot sound
🤯
I think Caine is an AI who genuinely doesn't understand what the outside world is like, other than the offices where the computer exists. So that's why he couldn't figure out how to "finish" what was essentially his recreation of the outside world as he understands it.
a theory that I have is that the computer that Pomni saw / was at the end, was the exit, or, focusing more on the vr headset that was next to the computer, maybe that was the vr headset that sent the others into the world, and Pomni saw that and remembered putting it on before getting transferred into the game/show. Just a small theory I had.
If Jax was a D&D character I think he would randomly flip between chaotic good, neutral and evil.
I think it's interesting the "they'll get totally Spoiled" line because we interpret that as spoilers, but I think since Caine isn't malicious, I think it's in the sense " your mind will spoil" as in rot or go insane. Which is the last thing you want in this place.
11:19 funny you should say that cause Jax is voiced by Michael Kovach who voiced Angel Dust in the Hazbin Hotel pilot.
A theory:
I was talking with a friend (who introduced me to TADC) about the lore, and I mentioned how I believe that there's gonna be at least one another character to abstract in a future episode, because, idk, it would make sense that that happened and I said that if someone does go abstract, the next person is Ragatha for sure.
I mean, she's literally talking about going insane and questioning why even be alive and ect.
My friend agreed, but also mentioned that when she gets hurt by abstracted Kaufmo she starts glitching a lot and that that could be foreshadowing. Now, that is because Kaufmo is abstracted and that's just what happens when an abstracted person hurts you, but again, the abstracted monsters are glitchy and stuff, so that might actually be foreshadowing that she's gonna be the next one to abstract.
Caine is actually the AI that was *presumably* coded into the circus somehow rather than a human dev
6:01 i think at this point, the game Morgan is referring to might be Purble Place, which had a game “cartridge” for computers that didn’t have it upon purchase, as its automatically on the early 2000’s bulky Dell laptop models.
9:35 Zooble is like Mangle in a way. But the main focus on her design was to be reminiscent of how early 3D animated characters were just a bunch of tubes and shapes thrown together as they were still learning to concept of 3D animation.
(Im going to update this timestamp thingy as i watch this)
2:50 I don’t know why, but I think it’s sweet how Morgan recognizes Micheal and Ashley’s voices.
You wanna talk about fun theories, I've got a few. First off, lets talk Exits. It's probable that Caine made all that office-looking space in an attempt to appease the Toys. But, not knowing how to give them what they want, he floundered and gave up. That means he has *seen the outside world.* More accurately, it leads into theory two: what Pomni saw in the void. I think Pomni was spoiled to the "truth," that beyond the void lies... the back of the screen. And she was able to see out, into the office room she was standing in previously; a loop trapped within itself, a simulation running within the simulation itself. She realized that there genuinely might not be any escape, and reality was coiled in on itself like a snake eating it's own tail. But lastly, my final and more speculative theory: C&A stands for Caine and Abel. Now, Caine himself seems to be anything but malicious, so I don't think this is precisely a biblical reference, but simply a pair of names that are commonly associated with one another to give us a clue: there is someone or something else at play here. If there was another AI running the show, I feel like Caine or the Toys would know, which leads me down the path of thinking that Abel might not be a who, but a what. More specifically, I theorize that Abel might be the name of the VR Headset or hardware that the Toys are trapped inside. To free them, Caine will be forced to "kill" Abel.
i like how you're all decked out for halloween!
SPOOKY SEASON IS MY FAVORITE! Gotta represent it 🙌
You made me look through the cast all because you said Michael and Ashley mainly Ashley I never thought it was Ashley Nichols who voice Zooble. Thanks Morgan.😊
6:00 I believe you're thinking of Purble Place.
6:16 I always played Jump Start games in grade school. And a few other games I forget.
Caine is an AI
Gooseworx work has mentioned one of the big inspirations for this is "I have no mouth and I must scream"
Fun fact: Caine is a bot AKA an AI but you were right. He is also a developer. But he’s mostly an AI with feelings.
I’m putting it out there now: I think Kinger isn’t quite as crazy as the other characters think. He anticipated the Gloink nest (calling it an “insect collection”), which indicates he is more in touch with reality than he seems, but he doesn’t know how to express his insight in a way that makes sense to the others, so they just assume it’s part of his madness, of which there’s definitely some. Maybe that insight is also what’s holding him together.
Just to clarify, by “insight” I don’t mean he’s discovered some secret so much as he’s learned to see the digital circus the way it actually is. Maybe he’s able to hear (or at least anticipate) Caine’s thoughts and mentioned the insect collection because Caine was thinking about the gloinks. That last part is a bit of a stretch, but I’m pretty confident that Kinger has started to understand the digital circus in a way the others haven’t
I loved the pilot! I hope it gets the funding for a full season but i'm sure it will :)
I love Morgan’s laugh, it’s hilarious
I didn't play much old PC games, but I do have memories of that kind of hub worlds.
1:16 "Thank god it fixed itself"
Honestly, I kinda wish it had leaned in to the 90s PC game aesthetic. I really liked those two seconds...
13:45 Yeah, the black chess piece with the eyelashes that got crossed out is NOT a King piece, it's a Queen piece. That's Queener, and as you'll find out very shortly what she might've looked like when "her door got an X on it." It'll make more sense in a moment. It's been theorized that she was Kinger's wife or something like that, but, without spoiling it, she's... not ok right now. I hope she will be soon though! I just want to see all the characters happy, including the X'ed-out ones!
I love all the Alastor merch 😭🙏
i love all the characters, but kinger and zooble have my heart. they are so silly
Yeah it's clearly Purble Place inspired! Slapped 😂🎉
The comparison between Zooble and mangle is perfect in more ways then one 😂
I love your editing style, it’s hilarious
Thank you so much!!
Purble Place i think is what your thinking of, i use to play it alot as a kid. early 2000s windows games hit diffrent. i love how meta this show is with the visulas gags
In this show you laugh every 5 minutes
When jax was looking at his nails? I swear I thought he was going to say "Ya Done?"
For reference Cain is an AI that was made for the game. Its confirmed he is NOT evil but doesn't understand humans well.
The computer in the backrooms looks identical to the one at the end but it is turned on.
If you go to the website that shows with the wacky watch add theres a video to watch. The phone number's last 4 digits are in code that people are trying to crack
I feel like I've been saying this everywhere, but if you like Pomni's voice, her VA also voiced ENA in the ENA series by Joel G! Maybe you would be interested to do a reaction of that series as well? It's a trip :)))
4:53 That's not the Windows reboot sound, that's the sound of dial-up internet!
I really hope they lean into the despair and agony of being in a situation like this and not always play it for laughs
0:57 THANK YOU FOR PLANNING TO REACT TO THE FNAF MOVIE!! my parents arent going to let me see it so i can just watch yoru reaction to it behind thier backs!
Knowing Glitch Productions, there's definitely something beneath the surface. I can guarantee that, like Murder Drones, even some of the smallest details might be very important later on in the series.
9:00 I wish we could do that. 🤣
"DROWN yourself in the digital lake or engage in ridery at the digital carnival"
5:27 You feeling old, makes me feel even older. I played learning game on like OS 9 or maybe even OS 8, How things work on a CD on a computer with a floppy drive.
I loved your reaction 😂😂❤
I Believe the game you’re thinking about that looks similar to the Grounds is *Purble Place* . I remember only playing the cake factory and just making tons of different cakes
Damn nostalgia
I really thought Elsie voiced Pomni the first time I saw this. I just kept hearing Charlie from Hazbin. But I did not know she voiced the Gloink Queen!
That alastor shirt is awesome
How dare you make me feel old for growing up on those windows games, I just turned 20 today I can't be that old, can I?
Hey! I hope you have/had a great time in new york! I just had a new haircut recently!
I can't wait for more heartstopper at some point!
14:37- Stolas once said 😂
YAY
I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS
After you said that The Grounds reminded you of the old computer games, i made me realize of an old computer game i used to play, it was called: Purble Place
your videos are ADDICTING you have officially taken over my recommendation feed XD