The Amazing Digital Circus But Only the Foreshadowing
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- Gooseworx has a really weird vibe and I'm so happy that The Amazing Digital Circus is bringing more attention to that.
90% of this pilot was me being hypervigilant for for potential foreshadowing and seeing what conflicts we have on the horizon, and hoo boy its a doozy. So here's some interesting observations and details that
Caine's Weird, I want to pick Jax up and shake him violently, Everyone else is adorable, but Pomni's the one I REALLY want answers on.
Go Watch The Pilot Clown-Boy.
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Sorry TH-cam, this video is NOT About A Hat In Time.
They do have... UNBELIEVABLY similar Shading though.
Lmao
based yt
It does seem that pomni needs some peace and tranquility
A Hat in Time was made in Unreal Engine 3 and Digital Circus is made in Unreal Engine 5, so it makes sense.
@@GTSW1FTOMG 😭😭😭😭
Something you didn't mention is one of the crossed out characters in the hallway is a black queen in the same style as Kinger, implying Kinger had someone else, maybe a wife, who lost it first. Which implies,
1. Kinger has already lost someone to this
2. Kinger must have some good ass reason to stay "sane" as long as they have considering what they have most likely witnessed.
Kinger seems to be in some bizarre mode of acceptance. He's the first to note how the digital food isn't quite real but what it's like anyways, he's willing to refer to himself as a royal showing he kinda accepted his role, and he specifically wanted to avoid Kaufmo when he thought he was losing it about the exit, something that he never even mentions being appealing to him as an idea or even saying it in a way that it'd be a logical thing to look for.
It's like he just kinda shed whatever thoughts of his old reality his life was and just sees his current one as all there is with no thoughts to wanting to leave and such, if he's always with the program and his role and not looking for something else he'd have no reason to abstract, and he seems at least somewhat on the happier end of things generally.
Another idea is that the circus has a preset list of character designs to choose from, and re-uses those designs once the users assigned to them have abstracted. Note that after Kaufmo the clown abstracts, Pomni spawns in as a jester, which is another type of clown.
@@sinitheexcellent3654 that's a decent idea, it'd be interesting to see if any of the others could be tracked.
Jax is animal
Kinger is chess
Pomni is clown
Gangle is material
and Zooble and Ragatha are both kinda toy based.
Makes me wonder if Ragatha did begin to abstract and came back from it and that's why even after Kaufmo turned she still tried to get him to come back.
I remember seeing theory about Queener being like Kinger’s protector because of how queen piece are pretty strong chess piece and can go any direction & range, while king piece is not so (only able to move 1 step). And after Queener’s “abstraction”, he got really paranoid because there no one to protect the king.
At a certain point you become so insane that you flip back around to sane
One of my theories for this show involves the shot at 2:07
Now this might be a hunch but I'm guessing she snapped here because she recongnizes this is her computer and beside it is the headset that put her into the world she is in now, or at least a digital replica of it.
I just thought of something, what if that computer - or using it to access dev/admin commands for the digital circus- was the real exit? That would explain both why the doors only lead out into the void and why Caine was still so shifty about it
Oh, I never noticed the headset!
Yes!! I'm so glad someone else noticed the headset!! It's like so important but JUST LITERALLY THERE out in the open!! I'm surprised to see not that many ppl talking about it ;-;
@Hetalialuver9001 also bigger question. In the big zoom out at the end, why is nobody wearing the headset?
My question is one thing did anyone notice pomni had sharp teeth when she opened the door? I mean what’s with that
There's also the whole 'you can drown in the lake' line mentioned offhand by cane when showing the fairgrounds
Yeah, that one's hilarious.
wait wouldn't drowning be death therefore breaking the simulation!?
@@SteamboatWillie1233 It's pretty far stretched, concerning everything but there's likely no way that death could happen in this sort of digital world (if you count abstraction as death)
@@SparkyCasabstraction isn’t even death, Caine just puts them into a black void like area
I think everyone just has cartoon physics and can’t die, instead they might respawn if completely removed, healing instantly if injured, squishing when smashed, etc. I mean, the digital circus is meant to be fun for all ages, why would characters just straight up die?
I don't think Caine is the antagonist. He is there to take care of the humans. But given his glitches, the Digital Circus's glitches, and people going Abstracted, it is an impossible task that is driving him insane like all the others (and him Abstracting is probably the worst case scenario).
Kinger programmed the Digital Circus. Oldest there, seems to have knowledge about the digital space. (Probably lost it completely when his Queen counterpart Abstracted)
I think the Zoom Out wasn't just for effect. It is showing us that the Void does lead out of the Digital Space. That is why the Exit leads there. Caine did try to build a real Exit, but he can only reach so far into the Void. And exposure to it doesn't seem mentally healthy, given how Pomni blanks out. His programming force him to make, but it also forces him to hide it to protect people. Season Finale is probably Caine finally snapping under all his conflicting codes.
I am kinda worried for Caine, since it's not like hes cruel or evil. If this theory is correct, then he'd be more of an innocent newborn child faced with the impossible task of keeping a large group of adults sane in a fictional digital environment, and it would be quite tragic to see something bad happen to such an easily forgivable character
Caine can't abstract as an AI like how npc's can't be abstracted, only corrupted/harmed as we see with the Gloink Queen, Caine can definitely go insane as he clearly has human emotions
I agree with most of this except for the Kinger theory. There is most likely a larger force that has coded Caine and the world into existence
also some sort of finale with caine abstracting would be SO cool omggg
also the kinger theory , i do really like the idea but him being like the entire programmer is like such a huge role so idk. i do think he went bonkers after the queen abstracted tho !!!!
i think he is, ‘antagonist’ doesn’t mean evil, it just means the character obstructs the protagonist from reaching their goal in some way
One thing to note about Pomni's abstraction is that she gets it from touching Ragatha, so when he heals HER it - COULD - be a chain effect. Your thing could be right as well though idk
This seems much more likely.
But her hand was fixed before Ragatha even came into frame, so it couldn't have been that
@@pablopereyra7126 that was possibly an animation error
@@pomnigranateProbably what happened. If you go to the pilot, between 14:55 and 15:01 the glitch doesnt appear in pomnis hand, either.
Oversight is the most likely explanation.
@@pasfier7098doubt it, it wad normal for two scenes just before Ragatha is fixed
You missed that Kinger (the one who's been here longer than anyone else) used to have a "Queener" counterpart, judging by the doors. Also, that near the end of the pilot (when the digital food is presented) he displays inexplicable knowledge of the "Digital Realm's" inner workings, only to then seemingly forget it all a moment later.
I theorize that he and Queener were the primary people responsible for coding this digital world, and were the first to get trapped while testing it. This would also explain why Kinger's design is notably so much jankier and less involved when compared to everyone else. His lack of legs, arms, and expressive facial features would be far easier for the circus to handle while still in early development.
Ooh, I like this theory. And I like how you related his less complicated design and his animations to him being one of the first to be trapped there.
That could also explain a bit of why their character designs are of Kings and Queens. As well as why Kinger refers to himself as royalty beyond just being a king chess piece
Hmm... And Caine tried to remake human bodies. The less human is older, and Pomni is the last one, most looking human-like.
No you don't theorise you just agreed with 20... BILLION other people in this comment section
I also had a feeling Kinger was one of the heads of programming when he was explaining how eating and hunger works in the digital realm. But I never thought about how it relates to his simple design. Nice observation.
Honestly, the Caine and Able theory is really interesting, the ending shot with the feast at the long table reminds me a LOT of the "Last Supper" painting so I feel like some biblical parallels may be at play here. Also if there IS an Able then going by the bible there's a good chance Cain did something...bad to him, maybe threw him into the void?
Too early to say. Cain WAS The murderer in that story though, soooo.
2:35 The C&A logo has a huge similar appearance to the Buy N Large logo from WALL-E (both even have some type of "and" in their name!), thus presumably making it a megacorporation
Since pomni is in the middle of that last supper table, does that make her Jesus?
@@RoastyRoachythis might be setting her up as some sort of savior…
Also you can see a lot masonic imagery from the checkboard floor which represents duality and balance,To the white pillars in the background as well as the red curtains.
Edit: Also pomni being a jester is also masonic. Since in freemasonry there’s a thing called the royal order of jesters.
I remember somebody mentioning the comment section of the pilot that Kinger knows a lot about the digital space based on how he was talking about it when they were going to eat. And add to the fact that he’s been in there longer than any of the main characters. On top of that there’s the fact that Caine is a *rogue* AI. What I’m saying is from all that they theorized that Kinger might’ve been the one that made the Digital Circus and Caine(in lore) before Caine hijacked the whole thing from him.
I think Kinger is just someone that has very much accepted the digital world and isn't in any denial about it. More likely Caine would have hijacked it from whoever the Able of the story is considering the big C & A sign in the exit backrooms.
how do we know caine is a rogue AI
i doubt kinger is the creator
@@aquaponieee We know Caine is a rogue AI because trailer description(the first one not the second one).
You can tell kingers only half there, and it would seem his other half had already abstracted or in some other way disappeared, as shown by one of the rooms being labeled with a queen piece (For simplicity, Im calling her Queenie) Who knows what history and lore he has if he even had a relationship within the circus
@@itsJegus the Queen piece could also have been a close friend/partner of Kinger whose abstraction set him off the deep end
So, One thing we know from Gooseworx officially is that Caine is not Evil, nor really malicious with his intent, He just "Doesnt understand Humans fully"
Yeah. Malicious isn't something I believe in, or WANT to be true, because it'd be dull.
Doesn't mean the things he's saying are necessarily honest.
@TheLudomancer by the way the I heard that on is description somewhere it sed that it was a story about a digital cirrus with wacky ais pleural wich implies that thar more then just cane.
@TheLudomancer plus, Caine could be lying to the others because he's afraid of something OR someone
@@TheLudomancerhe seems like a ai who's trying his best to accommodate humans despite only being designed for games
@@TheLudomancer Sometimes, to protect people, you need to lie. Sometimes, the truth is so heartbreakingly, mind-shatteringly terrible that a comfortable lie is the only defense.
I just thought the computer and headset was the one Pomni used to get into the digital circus. Her going mad over it was because up until now she just thought it was a really crazy dream.
Gooseworx has mentioned how she likes plots where the universe just kinda implodes
Hopefully the ending to this isn’t too similar to that
i mean, i think there are a LOT of ways in which the digital circus could implode
@aquaponieee looking at the windows PC that this seems to take place in, sure be a shame if someone accidentally poured some coffee on it or something....
If Gooseworx does that she can expect me bursting into her house with needles, a noose, lots of tape and a chair
I feel something like that is definitely gonna happen later on.
Like, 100 percent the universe implodes.
My theory is that pomni was a beta tester of some sort, and worked on the team, so that computer is where her office space is where she works until well. She got trapped in the game.
I like this idea
i dont think she was a beta tester given she just arrived and we see the computer shes in is preety old ithink she was just a kid that snuck into an abandoned building put on the head set
@@aawallace98Pomni's confirmed to be an adult, though.
@@sekkzion so what adults can hang around abandoned buildings maybe she was a safety inspector
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Can't wait for Matpat to make 20 videos about how the humans are all dead/in a coma/hallucinating and how the circus is actually hell.
It seems like a solid reference to "I have no mouth, And I Must Scream".
They're not dead, they're trapped in a matrix-esque hell. With an AI who's supposed to guide them, but is also scared himself. Because he's not really in charge here....
@@TheSkyGuy77 I can already hear Matpat recycling his FNaF scripts.
Lmao
Matpat was the first thought in my mind when I saw the pilot.
And maybe one how all the characters represent the seven deadly sins or something💀
Something that was pointed out in the comments of the episode was how the orange exit door out on the ground has an arrow pointing to the door on the picture, while the red ones all have the arrow pointing away from the door on the entry side. I think the red ones are as Caine said, him trying to make something for the others, but the orange one might be real
Damn you have a good eye! This might be my new favorite theory
Thats some hawk eye type of observation
Props to you buddy! Didnt even notice it
Then what would cause it to appear? Does it just randomly appears in the game without any specific code to make it spawn?
And even if they escaped... what would happen? Would they wake up? Would their bodies be already rotting...? Do they even have bodies anymore?
@@felipecosta-kv2fx I think that the main thing, is why only Pomni can see the doors.
No one but Pomni could see them, something's up with Pomni, not the game id say.
@@PatitoSkull Hmmm, I don't really like this theory. We don't know a thing about Pomni but I assume she was just a random girl who stumbled upon an old computer and put on the headset just for shits and giggles, possibly after breaking inside the old abandoned office. Why would a random girl get this privilege? But if it's revealed, or she remembers, she had some sort of relationship with the original dev team, or heck, worked on the game too... Then maybe this theory makes sense.
I think it’s funny that Caine told the shapes person that he would make the challenge so they would get involved but got taken instantly
The Gloinks collect objects, Zooble is a mass of objects, either Caine knew or he's really that disconnected.
He said "choose" not to be involved in, so he took her by force.
I actually noticed the hand glitching part in another shot and I wasn’t sure if it was an animation error or what but now that you point it out like that it is weird.
Pomni definitely takes note of it, looking at her hand after seeing Ragatha get fixed up.
It's surprisingly subtle details like that, storytelling through discontinuity in shots that really have me excited for the series future.
@@TheLudomancer I can never get enough of being able to catch the hidden details in this show! Like how Zooble’s horn things twitch after being pat on the back by Cain. I can’t wait for ep 2 :)
Not to rain on any parade, but it's also possible that Caine snapping his fingers was kind of a 'fix-all', so that he didn't really need to know about EVERY problem, just that there were some present. Kind of like a CTRL-Z, maybe? Cuz he's probably dealt with an ENTIRE mess from time to time, and snapping his fingers for each individual problem would be a little much.
@@blondeplants1133 we got some murder drones to get through first before we see more.
Pomnis hand is glitching because he touched ragatha who was also glitching intensely.
I don't know if someone already pointed it out but i'll still say it. Pomni's name sounds and is wrote really similarly to the russian word "Помни" Which if translated means "Remember" this could be a coincidence but you can never be sure
The full question on the bed is the same as Kafmaus self portrait in one of the next shots - "What did the exit say to the clown?"
This pretty well edited. But, as an aside, I swear the hallway scene right before Pomni exits into the Void is a reference to Little Nightmares 2.
Oh gods.
…that's why that scene was SO FAMILIAR!! This whole thing was giving me Little Nightmares vibes from the very start (besides Alice in Wonderland of course)!!
it felt a bit like stanley parable as well which is interesting
I interpreted the stuttering in the opening song as other character introductions they had to quickly erase because they went mad and are now locked in the cellar.
Oh, that’s actually an interesting theory.
Pomni is the representation of my anxiety. I love her, but every time I think of her i feel anxious.
I just feel sorry for her ...
0:41 The full sentence was revealed in a shot on one of the paintings where It does say clown at the end.
One thing that I noticed that was not brought up was the lack of information regarding the computer.
She wore a headset (maybe vr) and was brought there.
Maybe she was a beta tester that got stuck.
2:10 Did anyone else noticed Pomni’s teeth becoming jagged after seeing the computer?
Yeah I noticed that.hmmmm get matpat
they were very sharp at that time
wait if caine is a referencer to caine and abel does that mean the dinner is a reference to the final supper ? i mean that shot that zooms in on Pomni's face kind gives me that vibe
A thing I wanna mention is Caine is scared the most about Pomni being ‘spoiled’ when he finds out that she’s made it to the void. How can she be spoiled if he apparently never put anything past the exit to be spoiled by? It is obvious that Caine is lying about how he doesn’t know what is on the other side of the exit door.
Whatever it is it seems to have a connection to 2001 a Space Odyssey.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who noticed these ominous foreshadowing but for you to put a compilation together I really appreciate it so now we can do the full deep- analysis. As qn avid fan of Gooseworxs we're in for one hell of a brain trippy ride. 🎪🔥🎉🤪
The computer seems to be in a pretty poor condition, maybe that’s why there are glitches in the digital circus. Cain and Abel were Adam and Eve’s sons. Maybe the digital circus was some sort of experimental first step to some sort of meta-verse. Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, and that girl who’s made of a bunch of different toys (forgot her name) were volunteers (or forced into the experiment idk) and then when stuff started going wrong they started sending people in to turn it off or figure out why they couldn’t wake the people in there up, and that’s where Pomni comes in, that’s why she is seemingly the only one that can see the exit. The moment she spawned, before she even knew where she was or what was going she just ran straight to the exit door, like she knew to find the exit before the others told her they had been stuck there for quite some time, and before she realized the she couldn’t remember her own name
This entire video explains a LOT man 0-0 I noticed a lot of these on my first watch- but now I’m noticing them even more
I like the detail of the intro repeating/glitching a little bit. I like to see the words "Day after day" repeating as an obvious pointer that they REALLY cannot leave, according to Ragatha, and that you're just. Stuck there. Yeah. BUT THAT'S JUST MY INTERPRETATION, I DON'T THINK IT MEANS ANYTHING BIG.
I just always thought that the office area was something Pomni was on before she got transported, so i just assumed that if anyone were to go to the exit it would be a parallel to where they were before
Maybe everyone went through that office and used that same computer?
2:28 i think its bc they just forgot to animate it glitchy, because there are a few other scenes where her hand is fixed. I think it actually got fixed when caine fixed Ragatha, but not sure.
1:58 Stanley Parable was the first thing that came to mind
I'm on the fence about a lot of this stuff still we learn more, but I'm super interested in the idea that the void and the abstraction are natural enemies or connected in some way.
Abstraction is shown with black and shifting chaos, while the Void is shown in white with ordered moving boxes.
Yeah, it's pretty subtle so far, but it could definitely be a promising candidate for where the show goes from here.
Polar opposites so what’s the middle?
@@staydetermined6717 Maybe the circus is the middle?
The reason Pomni breaks in the Exit when looking at the computer+headset is cause it's literally the last thing she remembers before showing up in TADC.
After going through all those fuckin rooms only for The Exit to fuck with her like that... I'd break too.
But there was a strange symbol on the ceiling of the room, what did that symbol mean?
Ok I watched digital circus like 5 times and any time I look away for JUST 1 SECOND i miss a detail
I'm glad someone else is bringing up the fact that there was an exit as soon as she appeared there
The most interesting thing to me about the ending, is the VR headset. It feels like the show is building up to the plot line of that computer/VR headset combo being how they got into the Circus, and how they get out. Hence why Pomni went crazy, she doesn't remember how she got in, and has something similar to amnesia. But also her reaction kind of reminds me of how dementia patients act when they're being forced to look at the actual reality, they usually freak out when you try to get them to properly remember a family member.
I doubt Caine is evil
Cuz, while he does say weird things and his actions are... well, also weird
but:
he helped Pomni understand the realm,
made the adventure indoors to keep it simple,
wanted it not to be forced upon people so Zooble wouldn't have to join,
saved everyone once he saw what happened.
There's also the fact that even though they don't need to eat or sleep he still gives them all beds and food.
The game that he did that wasn’t going to be forced upon Zooble was literally forced upon her, with the gloinks taking all of her parts and forcing the rest of the gang to catch the gloinks to save Zooble
@@anangelicpancake7876 True, but like he said "the only thing he doesn't have control over is their minds"
So it's not like Caine purposely send the gloinks after Zooble
@@gxalcremieshiny4229 It's not sure if they can't control the NPCs minds since they aren't one of the humans. Plus the general concept seems like it could be an issue for Zooble if you think about it
tbh, I think the reason that Caine admits the exist door exists is because he knows that if he doesn't, Pomni will abstract EXTREMELY fast. Pomni definitely seems like she has some special stuff going on with her, and it looks like she almost remembers or does something when she nearly snaps at the sight of the computer and headset in the office space.
That final shot with the computer looks in a way more realistic. Theres lighting, shadows, reflection of some items. It seems like maybe this could be Pomnis room before she got absorbed into the circus
Something me and my spouse have noticed as well after the screen zooms out to the computer in the end is the headset next to the computer..Didn't Pomni mention putting on some weird headset in the beginning of the episode when she first appeared? 😳
eeeyup! Lots of people have pointed that out, but I deadass missed it!
Maybe that desk has something to do with pomni’s past, considering when she saw it she freaked out.
The C&A being "Cain and Abel" theory I really like. After I watched the pilot, I was really trying to predict what C&A meant in particular. But the best I could come up with was Computers & Animation (since the Digital Circus is inside a computer), which, I was like, why not just call it CGI or CG then?
Also, the last shot of Pomni at the table is framed like The Last Supper painting. Not sure if it's intentional, or just an example of modern media using Renaissance paintings for good shot composition.
ALSO also, I feel like I'm the only person who would remember this, but the whole aesthetic of the show is reminiscent of not just 90s/2000s CGI shows for children, but of one particular media: It's Itsy Bitsy Time, a segment that used to play for a particular block of shows. It's Itsy Bitsy Time used a lot of circus and magician imagery (like Cain and the Digital Circus' tent) and has become a piece of lost media (there's only find a handful of TH-cam videos I can find online that prove I didn't just dream up the segment). Which could be a meta level of storytelling for The Amazing Digital Circus? (It's in danger of becoming lost media?)
Thank you for the video!
One theory that I really like is that the reason none of the character can leave is that they’re not truly their original selves, as in they’re mental copies of a person's mind put into this digital world.
In real life they probably put on a headset, the headset copied their minds, the real them wasn’t affected and just thought the headset was broken or something as from their perspective it didn’t do anything, and then the real them never put the headset on again.
Think of it as like a more messed-up version of how the Scanners work in the show "Chaotic".
On the minor abstracting, there's a scene where it cuts to Pomni and due to an animation error, her hand stops glitching. The abstraction going away early might've been an animation error bc she's seen reacting to Caine removing the abstraction.
I truly believe in the counterpart theory. Although I’m unsure of who or what the counterpart could actually be. It’s too early to tell but not too early to speculate.
Also them at the table is very reminiscent of "The Last Supper", don't know what it means or if its intentional but it is interesting
"gooseworx is an unpredictable storyteller, anything could be happening. except swearing"
dont need to kill me like that god damn
The Amazing Digital Circus is meant to be enjoyed, by ALL ages.
When you think about it Digital Circus has the same premise as Skinamarink.
I described it to my friends as "Dante's Inferno by way of Kid Pix"
The computer scene shows the headset that Pomni put on (it’s sitting next to the computer on the right).
Atleast I think it is-
The last shot reminds me of The Last Supper. May not go anywhere, but, food for thought
The reason why pomni was going crazy when she saw the computer it’s because it has the headset that she put on next to the computer
I don't think Caine was bullsh!tting. Because Gooseworx said that he isn't evil, just oblivious to the whole psychological suffering thing.
Yeah, I think he's innocent-minded. Doesn't mean I don't think he's hiding some shit.
A thing I'm surprised you didn't mention is when Caine finds out that Pomni isn't in the void, his reaction isn't "How did they get out there?" or "They could be in danger." But "They'll get totally spoiled!" What the hell is in the void and just what would it spoil?
Here's a tick
Caine says he has all seeing eyes around the tent and other rendered areas, yet didn't intervene in Kaufmo's rampage until prompted. He also responded sarcasticly when told that Kaufmo abstracted
3:13 calling me a clown boy won't work. I already watched it lol
I think every character we see in the Digital circus is a Dev and a Helper and a Member and a tester.
And they got trapped for how long, time there must've been slow.
Since all the member are trapped, the Game just goes on being forgotten and countless Glitches happens becuase its not heen maintained for a long time.
Which then TADC map slowly shrink and shrink.
Caine AI also seem to be incompetent, whch gives away that the Coder wasnt able to finish the code or objective to caine. Being competent and not Incomp
#1 (the circus being unstable with the theme song repeating) is more likely because "Day after day after day after day after" refers to them being stuck for eternity
I am pretty sure the ominous stuttering is just a reference to make it sound like it goes on forever and you can’t leave
It's allowed to be two things.
The theme song gltiching hinting at them being stuck there forever makes…. Too much sense
Next to that computer is a pair of headphones and a *very* dated-looking VR headset; likely the one Pomni put on.
Cain says he doesn't know what's out there in the void but also later says Pomni out in the void might get "spoiled" so he's not necessarily a reliable narrator. He knows more than he says he does, even with them saying he isn't evil, that doesn't mean he isn't lying.
I think the first point for 'the circus is unstable' could also include the potted plant clipping through the floor like Gmod when Pomni first shows up.
Ooh man I never noticed Pomni's teeth went all pointy when she goes full crazy laugh after seeing the computer in the "Exit" portion. Girl is definitely not alright.
You forgot about how it says “Kaufmo did not show up today.” Foreshadowing to later in the episode, how he abstracted
The reason pomni went crazy over seeing the computer is that it's likely the same computer + headset she put on to get trapped inside of there.
1. I think it's not Caine that ain't working right, it's just the way he descibed "some activities" which might not be normal. That's way he's like glitching while saying them, because that's the way they described. Idk, at least, it was the first thing came into my head when i first watched it.
2. So there are actually 2 kinds of exit, the red ones and the orange one (the 2nd door we saw). We all know the red ones just lead Pomni to nowhere while we still have no idea about the orange one. Even Caine tried to distract Pomni from making any contact with the orange door.
3. The way he acted while saying "...what to put on the other side and ended up never quite finishing it" implied he was lying (or hiding smth). You can tell by how he avoid making eyes contact.
I'm so glad I wasn't the only person to think Cain & Abel from that C&A shot
Few missing things
1. Pomni name selection is a terms of service
2. In Kaufmo's room, on the wall there is a drawing of Caine chasing Kaufmo
i didn't connect C&A to a possible play on Cain and Abel, but I'm glad that i wasn't the only one to think that Caine might have an "Abel" kind of counterpart
quick note: the clown that turned into that thing disappeared from the trailer. In the trailer (originally) there was a shot of his face. After the pilot went up, I go back to it and can't find the couple of seconds of screen time where he should be there in the trailer.
Either his original showing was cut and the trailer edited or this is lore.
Pomni talks about a headset right after entering. That computer at the end has a headset beside it.
My theory is that the void and abstracting are opposites as in the void is nothing while abstracting is EVERYTHING
at the caine and abel part i vocally went "YES.. YEESSSSS!!" because that was the first thing that entered my mind when i saw that logo. really hoping something comes of it, it's some really interesting speculation
Its weird, its a show but it feels more like a prison honestly and Caine is the warden
The void is blank code/memory in the games files (think empty lines). Thats why the unfinished exit leads there, because Caine was going to design something on the other side but it leads into the void because the data for the area was never completed
"Pomni must be more than a normal human"
Yeah, she's main character
0:40 Also there is a part of a drawing at the wall at the left side of the screen where Caine is big and angry and chasing Kaufmo... I guess Kaufmo saw in Caine some kind of threat? You can see the whole drawing in the original video.
It should be very worth noting that all of the casts bodies are gone, more specifically pomnis (as I’m pretty sure the computer we see constantly is the same one pomni got into the world on, with the headset and everything)
You Got Me At The Outro. YOU KNOW CAVE STORY?!
These mysteries have me hooked, can’t wait for more episodes (figuratively, I know these take a long time to make)
Another one: Jax’s keys
I don’t know the exact line, but he says something about having a lot of keys for places he shouldn’t. That’s definitely gonna come into play for unlocking secrets
2:22 damn thats a good one. Btw Im totally in love of a show because of how it is weird, unsettling and probably not going to be just a silly show about those character but more about how Pomni will figure out with all her psychological problem to get out and the horrors that will be coming with it. Im in love how much potential this show has to be extreamly interesting and your video showed it to me. Thank dude!(btw about the computer and Pomni loosing her mind when she saw it imagine if Pomni is a real antagonist and she just forgot her intentions and why she was here)
My theory is that C&A was actually developing a kid's website of some kind, this is hinted through Glitch's community posts and by the computer itself. (It has a headset next to it) The people trapped are likely real employees that playtested the game, with Kinger being the CEO or at the very least, somebody high in the company, as he's been there the longest. This is why the circus is so unstable, no one has been able to completely finish it, whenever they playtest it, they get trapped in the game itself.
The computer at the end is the machine running the digital circus. The "exit" pomni entered had one old machine that looked very similar so to me it points out that the "exit" was made to look similar to the location in the real world that holds the machine
Ig one thing that's sure is that the computer is something very useful to the exit, probably might even be the real exit because Pomni looked very suspiciously at it
One thing I was surised to not see talked about is the wacky watch ad, if you type in the website it displays when Caine pulls it out, it takes you to somewhere interesting...
Can kinger saying "did someone say insect collection" count as forshadowing to the part where he says "insect collection" in the gloinks cave
okay im going to be honest the editing on this video was beautiful as all hell
Thank you! It's probably the least effort I'm comfortable putting up on the channel. I've got some stuff in the future that puts it to SHAME.
Something I saw was a headset on the table of the computer. Pomni May have gotten Deja Vu without saying anything which made it the final straw since she was already stressed enough.
The computer is most likely the TRUE exit and entrance of the digital circus, the computer we see outside of the circus is the real computer that the circus is contained on
About the desk. Pomni at the start was talking about trying to take a headset off. There is a headset on the table. The headset is how humans get in. Given that Pomni just got there she probably hasn't had enough time to forget it.
I can see this series causes a formation of some cool theorycrafting community.
As for mine, Pomni might be a 25yo closed in, and she spent most of her time on that desk using her computer
2:45 I like how they’re all sitting on one side of the table just like in the last supper
I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed the crossed out doors.
Love the Star Control 2 Orz theme in the background
You don't see old game music like that used much anymore
Pomni: "I put on this headset and then suddenlyI was here."
To the right of that computer on the desk is what appears to be a vr headset, my theory is that that PC is Pomni's and that headset is what she and presumably everyone else in the Digital Circus except Caine put on before being trapped in the DC.
My running theory about the computer Pomni sees is that it's the very same one she sat down as when she put the headset on and joined into the game. That's why it causes her to start breaking down, as for when she ends up in the void and stares out into it I think she either sees A: her body sitting at the computer, or B: nothing is as the computer.
I just realized: Near the start, Caine tells Pomni that he has hundreds of all-seeing eyes, but then why didn't he know Kaufmo abstracted? Was this just a random gag or is there a reason for this?
Likely a gag
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Bill Cipher