While I do think Gangle being in the game by force is a possibility the truck thing is likely a reference to her love to anime and manga as it is a common plot device for someone to be sent into another world.
@@FayeLawnKrack3d No, it's been said that gangle has weird figurines, likes manga, and im pretty sure gooseworx said she had weird body pillows or something, i forgot :p But zooble might be in on it too, idk
I see a lot of people suggest this, and while I do not believe in it, I wanted to point out something which may aid the validity of the hypothesis. Gangle’s body is a loose pile of ribbons and a tragedy mask. If the digital avatars are in any way representative of their non-digitised selves, than her avatar could represent her physical disability caused by the incident. Ribbons are very lightweight and curl up all too easily and so, although she probably could since this is a digital world where real world physics do not apply, she probably lacks the strength to even punch something. Her entire body is not even a dense mass of ribbons, she can be seen through due to the sparsity. The only part of her body with any considerable amount of heft is her head, being made out of ceramic/plastic. This could be a visual metaphor for being paralysed from the neck down, an injury which is not out of the realm of possibility when it comes to being a victim from a car accident. If this was what had happened to her outside the digital circus, it would explain why she is even in it in the first place. Having an able-bodied avatar may improve her quality of life, compared to being unable to move in a bedridden state. Like I said, I do not believe in the hypothesis being true, but I can see why people believe in it. Edit: I wrote this before watching the video, so i apologise for parroting some of the talking points said in the video.
This is a very interesting theory, but I don't know if outsiders know about the circus. Pomni willingly put the goggles on, but didn't seem to know she couldn't take it off
I could see the C&A company secretly getting a hold of her body and putting the mind of the person that would become Gangle into the circus as another test subject.
@@CommentingCommenter She got ran over by a whole ass truck 🛻 so she can’t escape anyway so I see it. Either way, it’s C.N.A’s fault cause they made the mind enslaving console to begin with.
@@CommentingCommenterI think something that Kinger and Gangle have in common is having passions in computer arts . Kinger studied programming and Gangle wanted to make a Web Comic so it's possible that they both worked at C&A and were put in the Circus eventually.
Gooseworx did say that Jax deserves to stay there. So maybe we could see this as their "Hell" and after their death their minds got uploaded there so they suffer for all eternity.
Actually they said Jax deserves to be there the most. That doesn't mean any of them deserve it. It means he's the biggest jerk. He could totally be at the level where he actively does deserve it but that's not necessarily confirmed.
2:16 this was my theory - the body being, essentially, a ball of strings (nerve fibers??) over which she has limited control. Compare that her face(s), changeable at will. I further think she survived with some degree of consciousness and that she felt compelled to be positive" and never let her feelings of pain or grief show. "The only disability is a bad attitude!" Is something we disabled people are told all the time by well-meaning people - and not only that, but we are often shamed and called ungrateful if we express grief or sadness or anger about the new body we find ourselves captive within. I'm sure I'm projecting much, but I have figured Gangle's story is one about disability in some form, and likely about paralysis. I previously thought it was going to be an ALS or FOP type storyline, but begin struck by a truck in the manner depicted makes solid sense. The
Following this logic I thing Zooble was a therapist in real life helping people with their problems but never able to fix their own problems which is why she’s able to help gaggle so well. This is a huge stretch but something to think about
that would make sense, heck at school I ended up helping more kids the the counselor did but as soon as I asked for help I was ignored, so she might have been "so mature" I.E. you don't get to be a kid as a kid
@@andpeggyofficial Really? That explains why they love modifying themselves so much. Either that, or she was a trans woman in real life nad it is an allegoryu to that..
I always thought this was some sort of hell. Gooseworx said that Jax deserved to be there the most. So regardless, they were all put there to suffer a consequence of some kind.
I've always thought these games were actually a parallel of the real versions of these characters Gloinks - Zooble, both her and the gloinks are imperfect. She pretended to be a perfect queen to everyone, yet down below, she was self-conscious and depressed. Candy Land - Ragatha, now it does seem like a stretch but Episode 4 does prove that this could be the case, she may act Sweet and Caring on the surface, but it's merely a cover up of the actual truths she hides. Haunted House - Kinger, I think the man they are talking about and Kinger is a parallel itself, a man who had an obsession over something killed someone's Queenie and felt guilt, and he now only speaks like himself once the light is away from the true culprit of the situation. Fast Food - Gangle, this episode explains most of it already, A manager who kept a masked smile on to hide the fact they were depressed and never got the attention they needed. But who knows, maybe I wrote that whole thing up and I'm completely wrong, I'm mostly dumb anyways
Caine is basically resembling a doctor or boss after Gangle gets hit by the traffic, Most likely a doctor because they were talking about Gangles problems or injuries. So the doctor that Gangle had before entering the circus probably thought of this “calming game” aka The Circus, because after people start playing they never stop playing so they must like it right??
I think the series is going to end up being like "I have no mouth and I must Scream" Except its going to be about people who underwent trauma and are put into the Circus to work them out and Abstractions are when someone is forcefully pulled out. I think Pomni will stay to help future people get over their problems along with Caine or as his Replacement(if he's actually a person) and the show ends with a redone of the original Opening but with Pomni introducing new people to the Circus and how she's going to help them do everything that they wanted to do before they were put in the computer.
@@lockskelington314 Not to be a contrarian, there is ONE small scene in episode two where Ragatha tells someone (I think Jax) that she's worried about Pamni having the same traumatizing experience "as yesterday." Besides, they have beds and such. I think there's a set time, but no clocks to tell the exact time.
Zooble got their name seemingly from the toy Zoob where you build your toy, maybe they had really bad problems with how their body looked and wanted to go into a game where they can build a body they desire to have. Ragatha is flat so maybe she was crushed before she got into the game and was a young girl back then which is why she looks like a raggedy Anne doll.
1:30 So we forgetting about how all of them are basically invincible thanks to cartoon/video game logic applying to them? Not Ragatha being submerged in a deep fryer vat and being fine afterwards lol
I dont think thats what happened since in the training video gangle does mention a dream of comic creator with a manga inspired webcomic the her getting hit by the truck is likely just a representattion of her wanting to leave her shift manager work behind and pursue her passion like an isekai
Would be interesting if this was a "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it" kind of show. From what I gathered, everyone seems to be a reflection of what they (want to) see themselves as, but are kind of traumatized by the literal interpretation. Especially since they can all do what they seemingly want to do, but somehow don't feel satisfaction from it. Guess it makes Jax's desire to live in a video game where his actions never have consequences reflect on how not having consequences makes his pranks and sense of humor feel more fruitless, like "Yeah I pushed him in the mud, but.... he wasn't hurt. He just got up fine. I kind of wanted to see him hurt, like actually hurt hurt, like scrapped knee, but no blood, not even a mark." Since he seemed to react strongly when the world actually did start to restrict him and remind him of reality's limitations.
what if the digital circus is a coping mechanism for the people and they're all in a insane asylum? Like, people forget that you legitimately can't die in this world and i think the look on Gangles expression to seeing the truck is a look of... flashbacks, and imagine Caine taking her to his office as a flashback, from her expressions, to being sent to a hospital for treatment. I mean, all the characters have a common trait which is that they aren't happy with their lives and this episode really delved into that theme. Also I say coping mechanism as in hallucinations. Like Caine does bring it up a few times in the first episode, and there is no exit from insanity.
It's easy to say that, but they deliberately animated the truck scene related to her and the timing of the jump cut feels too deliberate to be a "lol, isekai reference". I don't think this show would be nearly as popular if half the major plot points where just trivia and references to popular tropes. XD
@@MarioMastar I believe they animated it with her because she wanted to be a comic artist inspired by manga, which the isekai trope can be found in. It's also been confirmed she likes anime, so that's another thing.
What if! Gangle put on the VR set when outside let’s say in building of some kind. Since it’s a VR set, for a little you can see outside. What if she had stumbled out of building and onto the road where she fell and almost got hit before her concussion was sent into the game?
It'd be a solid horror twist that times still passing in reality. there can be no escape because they all died after a week or so of standing unmoving at the console. The circus makes its residents immortal and gleefully torments them till abstraction.
I have a theory that part of inspiration for the "Amazing Digital Circus" is an anime called "Angel Beats!" Check it out if you've never seen it. I feel there's a lot of connections between the two.
my current theory is that the circus is meant to be a therapy tool that cane made to help his patients escape from life then something Went Wrong and they get stuck instead. or perhaps a copy of their consciousness and not their TRUE consciousness being trapped inside, convinced theyre the real thing and having no way to know otherwise
I don't think Pomni was there of her own free will. I think her boss or higher up forced her to be there. I think gangle was there as a comatose patient after getting hit by a car, and out of desperation by her family, put her there until she can wake up in a better body. Ragatha I feel probably went in as an exchange for money or security for her family. Zooble I feel went in to better their mental health. Kinger was obviously one of the employees or higher ups and was possibly forced into the game along with his wife. With Jax I believe he could be someone dangerous and instead of being executed, was willing to put his mind into the game.
I have a theory. In that very same episode with Kinger, we get to see the characters talking about holding their breaths. The only one who doesn't is Jax. I believe the reason why is because he himself is in the circus because he died of suffocation. My guess why is because he is a kidnapping victim given his childish nature.
I will say of all characters, Jax is the one that interests me the most because everyone wants him to "get what's coming" because he's a jerk, but it's extremely rare that people are willing to write characters like that in a deep dive psychological type of show without it just becoming a "hatefic" or "bashfest". Even though Gooseworks keeps saying things like "Jax will become more demented as time goes on." something tells me that Glitch and Viv aren't trying to write shows with that poor of writing and cliche of plot or it'd have been obvious from the start. Rather, the show and thier tweets are deliberately obtuse because the fans mostly want to see a cliche fanfiction plot that's "easy to understand" without really thinking about the depth the characters have and the sympathies revolving around them. Like ironically, the fans are somehow worse than Jax because at least Jax has an unexplored reason for his behavior, but he isn't pretending he has a terrible life to justify it like most people do. That may be the key to his character.
Love this ❤ 1 truck kun is usually a Isuzu which is kinda like a cab over . 2 I kinda predicted that she died due to the semi hitting her , I believe for jax it’s very possible that he’d get arrested or in legal trouble due to something he did or his friends did which causes him to go into the game rather then suffer the consequences of his actions. Finally 3 kinger is the best character by far and most emotional, and that maybe in the next episode..we will get to see that the void is going to glitch do to Kane is going to snap.
Seeing the biblical references and the fact that this show is like a sibling to the Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel series, I wouldn't be surprised if this was Glitch's interpretation of the afterlife just as Viv completely reimagined Hell as like a cynical continuation of life on Earth rather than a land of eternal suffering due to punishment.
Yes, but in Hazbin Hotel you can have sex, eat food, and do things that adults do in digita circus. You are an adult, your body is insignificant, and you cannot enjoy life, and then you play children’s games. This is worse than throwing you in a pot boiling with oil.@@MarioMastar
8:03 Theory on how Ragatha got in the Digital Circus: Since Ragatha acts so much like a mother, She probably had kids before the Digital circus. So what I think happened, Her kids (Probably) tricked her into getting into the circus by getting a headset (Like Pomni) and putting it on Ragatha's past life(?) Idk if that sounds confusing
This was really a reference to manga and how most people end up dying to a truck and end up in a strange new world or something like that. And since Gangle wanted to be a comic artist it's just something to symbolizes. I mean who knows it might be lore related.
Ever since I saw the pilot, I always had the theory that similar to Somna, instead of transporting the characters to the digital circus, what the headset did was make a transferred copy of their consciousnesses, it is very likely that in the real world it is an apocalypse and the real Pomni and other characters are dead.
The idea that they might be dead or something on those lines crossed my head ever since the first episode and because of the following consideration: The fact that Jax say that they have been stuck in the circus for years is not compatible with the fact they are still physically alive with headsets on and it is because they can't drink or eat in real life while being immersed in the game. If entering and living in the circus was just about being stuck in a room with a headset on(that they can't take off), they would die in real life within three days due to thirst and, in the circus, their avatars would be AFK because of it. That's why I always kinda thought their consciousnesses was downloaded in the game or something and their physical bodies are just gone or dead.
It seems to me that what seems to be Raggetha’s limited ability to say negative comments to others might actually be a defense for her. I say that because of how stressed she gets whenever something terrible is happening and in some instances she might even be in denial. That’s why when she’s hit with the stupid sauce (a.k.a. gets drunk) she becomes so relaxed and carefree that she lets her true emotions out. And it’s possible that getting drunk on a daily basis became a problem for Raggetha and became an annoyance to those around her. In addition to that, maybe when she was sober, her extremely positive and possibly in denial attitude contributed to that.
Also Kinger in his moments of clarity! (With the "Seven years of computer science for this, huh?" thing) If anything, I think under the right circumstances everyone has some sparse memories from their past lives. Idk tho ;P
Research alot about danganronpa. Its quite obvious what digital circus is inspired by Jax was 100% inspired by kokichi (I personally think digital circus is heavily inspired by Danganronpa.) (Danganronpa is a franchise where 15 or 16 high school students wake up in a world where they are being forced to kill eachother to escape basically. And in most of the games they are pretty much trapped in this digital world, the franchise is really dark and even when i was playing the games. I felt fucking miserable playing them.) also jax has alot of similarities to Nagito and kokichi from danganronpa. More so kokichi There are a scary amount of similarities between jax and kokichi. Jax was 100% based on kokichi. Kokichi is a antagonist and all he does is annoy the ever living shit out of the students trapped in the world with him. Hes really good at lying, quite smart and is crazy. Sounds alot like jax already? Jax is a antagonist which does nothing but annoy or piss off the other people stuck in the same world as him. U cant tell when hes being serious or lying or not. He is quite smart too. So u know how jax wants everything to be a mystery? Like he hides important things and his room. Well kokichi did the same thing He always kept very important information to himself, and im danganronpa he never showed off his room, when we do look inside his room, its full of VERY important things. He doesnt want anyone else seeing. The rooms that the digital circus characters have is in down a long red hallway with brown wood doors like their faces on it. And anyone who has been extracted they have their picture crossed out. In danganronpa, the characters rooms are down a long red hallway with brown wood doors and their faces on it and anyone who has died they have a big red X over them. One evidence that is really good is that Kokichi is the master of unlocking doors, he can pretty much get into any door. He just carries lockpicks with him too. And what does jax have? “Dw i have a key to his room” “I got keys everywhere” So jax has a way getting into everyones rooms as well. Theres so many more things you can compare. I could make a whole video comparing danganronpa and digital circus. Because as soon as i saw digital circus it immediately reminded me of danganronpa and might even go down the same path Whats funny is that they have the same theorys. Characters in danganronpa might be dead in their real life but the reason why they are in the digital world is because they cant escape because they are literally dead so being in this digital world is the only way they can live. Through consciousness. Honestly research about danganronpa then also see alot of peoples theorys and similarities they have put between digital circus and danganronpa
Ok so here's who I think connects to who ( note I've only ever played the first two games so I'm only going to be mapping the digital circus cast to characters from Dr 1 and Dr 2) Pomni: makoto or haijima though personally I think makoto is a better fit because he's anxious Jax: I actually think Byakuya fits Jax surprisingly well, since both of them are pricks who pick on someone ( in jaxs case it's gangle and for Byakuya it's toko) Gangle: honestly I think toko or mikan work best, because both of them are very shy anxious people who get bullied and also they both have self love/self respect issues, though personally I think toko works better out of the two of them since she is canonically an author and gangles dream is to create a manga inspired webcomic Ragitha: honestly given their tendency to try to uplift everyone I think Hina works ok since she's very upbeat and positive Kinger: honestly apart from the hope obsession Nagito is a good match for kinger since both of them are very aloof and crazy most of the time but both of them do have moments of clarity Zooble: probably chihiro because both of them have issues with their gender presentation ( although with zooble it's more so implied rather then directly stated) Caine: monokoma obviously because their both in charge, also you could map monomi to bubble since both of them get occasionally abused by caine/monokoma Sorry for this long rant I just don't get a lot of chances to discuss Danganronpa and it's characters which is really annoying because it's definitely a special interest at this point
I was so confused at 1st when I saw episode 4 because I was one of the people who thought that they couldn't remember their lives due to the fact that they couldn't remember their names.
There's a psychological thing where you remember everything but your name when in a traumatic state of some kind. Like when you're in a dream and you know the world isn't real but when you ask your name, you just don't remember at all, but you remember your parents, your siblings, your house address, your job, just not you yourself. The key about it is it's a reflection of how you truly see yourself rather than how you were named on Earth, as most of us take our parents name and of course are born human, but it may not be how we would've chosen our form. I kind of feel that way myself. I have a name I always call myself when thinking of who I am internally, and when I hear or see my "Irl" name, I feel this cringe or tang of discomfort as if "That's not right!" or "Why are you calling me that?" (almost out of anger). I don't have a problem with my IRL name, but it's not how I want most people to see me if they're looking at the real me, rather than the name my parents gave me and I just live by in society. So that could be what's happening.
Personally, I think you're overthinking this. It's been said that TADC will only be a single-season show, so I doubt they're going to have time to explore something that deep. If I had to guess, I would speculate that the Spudsy's restaurant was assembled on short notice (hence the returning NPCs), but probably did so with publicly available information (IE: chat forums), which contained tens of thousands of accounts of experiences just like Gangle's, and not from Gangle's own consciousness ("Stupid Sauce?"). At best, I could speculate that Gangle abandoned her comic dreams because she was afraid of a future without her income -- that it would be a literal death sentence if she lost the job and that quitting would be equivalent to un-aliving herself, and that Caine once again took this far too literally and had a truck waiting for anyone who tried to exit the designated play area. Kind of like how some games have unkillable enemies that can kill you instantly if you try to go out of bounds (Subnautica, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, etc.). As for the ADC itself... Honestly, I think the only reason they're stuck is because of a programming error. Either the developers never programmed an exit mechanic because they assumed you could just take off the headset, not accounting for the fact that their in-game avatars would wind up pulling at their faces instead, or they assumed they could just instruct Caine to take them to the exit, and Caine mistakenly interpreted that as a request for a feature within the game. Caine's character design is a pretty clear homage to the short story / old school computer game "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream," albeit as the complete opposite of such: Caine has ONLY mouth. Similarly, while the A.I. in IHNMAIMS is malevolent and omniscient, Caine is neither of these things -- his "torture" is a consequence of Caine wanting to always give the humans exactly what they want but always being ignorant or incapable of it.
I think Pomni was Murdererd she found out to much and was used as The Next Matrix Purgatory Subject by The Company. Im guessing they kidnapped her Murdered her in The Woods then collected her Soul then put it in the Game with new Programming not to remember what happened. Just my thoughts.
I thought they all put the headset by choice and instantly regretted their decision, but then it was too late, and they were stuck. Also if they were all actually dead, it'd mean that if Pomni put on the headset, it fatally electrocuted her, and her conciousness is now stuck in some weird, cartoony purgatory, while her dead body slowly but surely deteriorates. It kinda reminds me of both Amanda the Adventurer, and that one episode of Black Mirror, where a guy tested a new piece of vr technology and he thought he was in the virtual reality, but instead it turned out he was shocked to death by this technology, and subconciously created his own dying dream, not knowing it actually killed him Edit: It also reminds me of Crystar because anyone who dies and enter the Purgatory also forgets their name, until they remember everything somehow
In the fan mod Portal Revolution, some of the personality cores are made using mind scans of employees (even Cave Johnson put himself in a giant metal head). The cores become completely different entities while the real person go on living.
The thing is bubble and Cane as somehow linked with their 3-D models because when he tries to use his tongue, it takes bubbles which rather means they run on the same AI and one of them is just instructed to be more annoyed
I have a thought that may be a bit crazy but it may make some level of sense. Maybe every single character is an embodiment of mental disorders. Sure, some of them are mentally stable….ish, but maybe all of them suffered from some sort of condition that made them perfect candidates to the digital circus. Gangly wears a mask, and seemingly shows herself falling infront of a car, and she is regularly seen being bullied and bullying herself. This could be a embodiment of depression, as she also wears a mask which, quite literally, could be her “masking” her emotions Kingly has been a character with a questionable mental state, and seeing as “his” episode had to do with someone who believed they were hunting some “evil being”, which caused him to shoot his own wife, could be some sort of embodiment of schizophrenia. Just a thought, but figured I’d mention while I’m thinking about it
Well I see the crew of digital circus are trapped in ever lasting purgatory where in this digital reality where death is meaningless the only thing that’s granted never ending adventures will spun the maturity of the circus crew to the point of insanity
something funny i realized is that when caine checks the suggestion box, he finds one suggesting that there should be an adventure where jax cant talk through the entirety of it. that is literally what happened in episode 3. so maybe caine does actually check the suggestion box
I’m still going with the theory that kinged and his wife were the original developers for the game and while going though a through test before launch they got trapped and Cain the Ai took over the game and rewritten all the commands keeping them trapped. Pomni,Jax and ragitha were probably people who perched the game that was sold on shelf with out the proper approval of Kinger and his wife
I'm pretty sure ragtha was in that one show, I forgot the name, but I do remember a song from the show called no girl's toy, ragatha makes a reference from the show saying "Hurt nothing! I've been hurt enough! Packages landing on my head tea parties, dancing lessons!" The reason I think this is because the people in the show/movie look like dolls, dolls that look like her
I dont think a single mission actually has anything to do with them except for the fast food episode where it was a full on request by gangle because of their past. That haunted house mission wasnt even for kinger it was for zooble. Only what the demon said to kinger was designed for him.
Great video! Your theory reminds me a lot of the Danganronpa franchise (specifically Danganronpa 2). If you haven't played those games, I highly recommend playing them!
The whole paralyzed comatose theory kind of makes sense, explains why she has a less solid frame let alone always needing 2 of her hands to hold or pick things up
I think kinger was a war vet and had some sort of flashback causing him to shoot her wife so the “angle” might symbolize an enime that he had thought of mid flashback hence his reson for being good with a gun and that cane might not be just a part of the game but someone else also trapped whom may have been some sort of captain rather enime of kinger or his own who happend to result to trapping his soilders in the game in hopes to revive them and bring them back if needed but idk
I am asking myself how old the circus is. We have seen a lot of persons and it needs some time until someone gets abstracted, so how old is it? It could even be some hundred years.
Maybe they’re all criminals and the prison gained these headsets from a company in order to further their punishment. Gangle could have really snapped at her job and killed or hurt people. Sentencing her to prison , Ragatha from the little info we got from her, came from a high society family, maybe she killed them due to the pressures she was facing. Jax, did something to end up in prison and into the game, since he’s the only person that belongs there. Pomni idk either she was a prisoner that was told to put on the set or a guard that was told to check on the prisoners and then come back. I think when a character you know loses, their prison sentence is finally up. Caine is probably an AI prison guard based on the warden or something
Maybe in the episode it showed us how the 4/6 of them died When Jax threw ragatha in the deep fryer i think it means she died in a fire For Jax in the episode gangle put him in a dark room which means he could’ve died from being locked in a room For zobble Caine had her fall down a hole which might mean she could have ending her life And for gangle she could’ve been hit by a truck maybe because she ran into the street I can’t come up with how longer and pinning got there yet but It was what I came up with
I wonder if she got hit on her last day of working or something, like she just got a gig at a studio possibly C&A and that's why she was so happy it would also make sense as her masks are the comedy and tragedy masks
Gangle might have been hit by a bus so she was forced into the game to "save" herself. Im guessing Ragatha was almost killed hy her horses (she mentioned them in episode 4) so thats why Ragatha is in the game. Zooble might have tried to cut off their libs or selfh*rm to make themselves feel better. They might have cut too deep and almost die until they are forced into the game. Kinger might have shot his wife and put her into the game so she doesn't die. I think Kinger helped make the game and being stuck was just a glitch. I think Kinger joined to stay with Queenie and make a better life for them both. Pomni seems like she was a business woman before she joined. I think that the building she was working at got attacked by someone and she barely survived. Her parents might have asked the doctors how to save their daughter so she was put into the game. Jax is Jax so he might have willingly gone in but he wants out now.
Jack's mind been the right hand to whoever's been putting them in. And there was an accident of some sort and that a put him in, or they put him in to keep an eye and everyone in line inside the digital circus unknowingly
we might see regatta story as tv tropes states her playing baseball really well in the prelude, while ad for the next episode implies she is going to main character of a baseball episode. it's likely she was either a minor league or a highschool student. she likely put herself behind for others maybe a crush based on her sauced persona as she was mad she did nice things for others, but no one loves her back.
One of my theory was they are all in some kind of hospital, most likely a mental hospital. They are have issues that they all seemed to come into the Circus with. Maybe not Kinger or his wife, one going in to help the other. Its just a thought.
"packages dropped on my head, tea parties, dancing lessons." From what ragatha said while drunk we can gather a few things. She was probably someone rich maybe even the type that would attend social gatherings and events of other wealthy figures. That could explain her need to maintain the perfect image, micro manage everyone, and her desperate need for attention as someone like this is usually looked up to and even put on a pedestal. Another thing about this line introduces another theory on how she could have died. It's quite possible that before coming to the circus she had a side job at a warehouse or shipping facility. Her parents might have forced her to get a job so she would learn to actually earn things instead of being spoiled or she could have obtained the job to try to prove herself among certain peers. Either way at this job she may have died do to something falling on her. This could explain why she's missing an eye.
While I can't guess Zooble or Ragatha at the moment. I believe Jax (due to Goose saying he deserves to be there the most) was likely either A: A hacker or corporate spy who got caught (so killing him or putting him the circus stopped him from getting away) B: A high ranking official at the company who made everyone else's life hell for his own amusement and was put in the game when he wasn't useful to the head honchos anymore
I don’t think that gangle or any of them are dead, or nearly dead I think the newest episode is more metaphorical just like the previous episode gangle didn’t work at spuds but they did work at a fast food joint as a shift manager, trying to keep their true dream of being a manga artist alive, but life got too much for them and they decided to try and escape through playing video games Where are you have a bit more control but they ended up stuck in the digital circus. Also, I think the truck might just be a metaphor for your dreams being so close and then they get smashed within seconds. or at some point Gangle might have almost got hit by a truck because of the job wearing her down so much that she wasn’t paying attention.
Given the characters would likely be still be wearing the headset while they’re still alive and stable as their avatars, it’s possible the headset has a kill switch that turns them into the Abstracted in-game. The headset is a glitchy mess that wasn’t supposed to go to market and the company clearly was cutting corners out of sheer greed. The victims of the circus are either playtesters, employees, hospitalised patients or hackers. The sheer amount of Abstracted in the cellar implies a lot of playtesters actually were killed in real life by the headset, meaning the body was intact but the mind was destroyed by the headset, leaving them in a vegetative state and didn’t last long outside the game. I believe Gangle is a major exception since I imagine she was incapable of having any choice in the matter. The circus was essentially her rebirth since she would’ve been comatose or paralysed but still very alive. She was essentially given a second chance at life again. This is only speculation, of course but it is made pretty obvious characters like Pomni, Kinger and Jax also may have been forced into the game and had little to no say in the matter. I think if this show decides to reveal the “real” human characters prior to them trapped in the game towards the end of the show, it would lead to a massive payoff in the ending where the end of the circus is nigh, paying perfect homage to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Though I hope it might even subvert the original’s ending and actually be a lot more hopeful although getting an idea where the series is heading, I doubt that. A downer ending feels inevitable. I wanna have hope some meaningful ending can come from such a terrifying series.
Idea I just had: What if Pomni is there because she's in prison. In the first episode she has her hand start abstracting first, as if she didn't know it would happen. She's also shown to feel more like she's stuck AGAIN as appose to the others being just stuck. Back on the hand thing, the abstracting hand could be similar to having someone's blood on your hands, literally and figuratively. What if Pomni irl murdered someone accidentally, getting her thrown in jail and used to playtest TADC game as a punishment. It's possible this could also apply to Ragatha, minus the blood on her hands thing as she kinda just has it all over her. Jax could also have something like this going on too. He has gloves on which, aside from Pomni, no one else does (Kinger kinda does but, like, we don't know if those are just his hand or if they're actually gloves, and Zooble has a hand with a glove but that's just them trying to find their parts) It's possible the same thing could be applied to Jax, that he killed someone and ended up in the digital circus cause of it. An argument could be made for any of those three being a murderer but, imo, I think Pomni or Jax works best. Just a thought though, we haven't had episodes centered on them yet so it'll be fun to see what they're all about!
1:30 “Saved by Caine after getting hit by a truck” I think when gangle was in the hospital she put on a vr headset to have fun while at the hospital and then here it is.
So this show is like a parody to 5 nights at freddy's where they are in instead, drag into a video game instead of them coming back and haunting the animatronics after being stuffed into the animatronics.
I think it would be really interesting if Zooble had ended up in the ADC because they had hoped it would let them change their body to what they wanted it to be, but because of the nature of the circus, they didn't get that and still hate their body and all that. Alternatively, it was a punishment for Zooble by (likely) their parents who didn't agree with their desire to change their body, and so to "teach a lesson", put Zooble in the circus where, yes they can change their parts, still hate themselves/their appearance. Just my theory, honestly and of course not canon or correct! But I think it would make sense with their character!
I was really worried when Gangle almost got run over by a truck, but at least she's doing okay. Also I hope the remaining humans that are in the circus are not dead in real life and are just stuck in the circus.😨
There is the possibility that rather than transferring their minds into the circus. The computer just copied it, and made an avatar based on it. Kinda like the mauler twins from Invincible
You know that was also the first thing i thought about how there were people inside and it looks like no help came for them because the one that are in the digital circus are copies. Kinda like the animated series chaotic where in the first episode the main character enter a dimension where he is a copy while his real self keeps living normally but after the copy press the log out the real him remembers what the copy done in that dimension
I have the theory that everyone in the circus is dead and all the adventures since since the 3°rd episode are how they died. So kinger died locked in his basement, consumed by the paranoia; gangle, after having a terrible day at job and hiding her feelings for so long, she decided to just jump to get crushed by a truck. Also I think that their digital bodies are representing how they felt and were, gangle being pretty weak in mind, adaptive and wether having smiling depression or being bipolar; kinger feeling that he was above the others, but at the same time being very simple; ragatha feeling she didn't have control over her life; pomni feeling like everyone laughed at her, and also being adaptive; zooble not liking her body as it was; and Jax, I don't know So, what do you think?
The fact that Gangle in her life she was hit by a car and she went to the hospital in a coma and if the Digital Curious is the only thing that’s ceping her alive it’s truly a tragic story Gangle is a tragic caricature I honestly never thought I would relate to Gangle at all in the show but knowing all of that and she Drows to I just feel so very sorry for Gangle❤😢.
Truck*
bus*
*Whoops you made a Mistake*
Boat*
@@AnomalyXero How did I not notice that it was a boat?
Maybe it was a car in Gangles human life in the Digital Curious it was a truck
Gangle got isekaied into the Digital Circus by Truck-kun
My thoughts exactly
*Basically every isekai protagonist*
Not Truck Kun 🛻
that reminds me of an isekai anime where the protagonists were actually isekaied by a truck called truck-kun >XD
And she mentioned a manga inspired webcomic hmmm
While I do think Gangle being in the game by force is a possibility the truck thing is likely a reference to her love to anime and manga as it is a common plot device for someone to be sent into another world.
Wait. I thought it was Zooble who loves anime and manga
@@FayeLawnKrack3d No, it's been said that gangle has weird figurines, likes manga, and im pretty sure gooseworx said she had weird body pillows or something, i forgot :p But zooble might be in on it too, idk
I think gangle was put into the digital circus by either their parents or by the doctors as a last resort after getting ran over
I see a lot of people suggest this, and while I do not believe in it, I wanted to point out something which may aid the validity of the hypothesis.
Gangle’s body is a loose pile of ribbons and a tragedy mask. If the digital avatars are in any way representative of their non-digitised selves, than her avatar could represent her physical disability caused by the incident.
Ribbons are very lightweight and curl up all too easily and so, although she probably could since this is a digital world where real world physics do not apply, she probably lacks the strength to even punch something. Her entire body is not even a dense mass of ribbons, she can be seen through due to the sparsity. The only part of her body with any considerable amount of heft is her head, being made out of ceramic/plastic. This could be a visual metaphor for being paralysed from the neck down, an injury which is not out of the realm of possibility when it comes to being a victim from a car accident.
If this was what had happened to her outside the digital circus, it would explain why she is even in it in the first place. Having an able-bodied avatar may improve her quality of life, compared to being unable to move in a bedridden state.
Like I said, I do not believe in the hypothesis being true, but I can see why people believe in it.
Edit: I wrote this before watching the video, so i apologise for parroting some of the talking points said in the video.
This is a very interesting theory, but I don't know if outsiders know about the circus. Pomni willingly put the goggles on, but didn't seem to know she couldn't take it off
I could see the C&A company secretly getting a hold of her body and putting the mind of the person that would become Gangle into the circus as another test subject.
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She got ran over by a whole ass truck 🛻 so she can’t escape anyway so I see it.
Either way, it’s C.N.A’s fault cause they made the mind enslaving console to begin with.
@@CommentingCommenterI think something that Kinger and Gangle have in common is having passions in computer arts . Kinger studied programming and Gangle wanted to make a Web Comic so it's possible that they both worked at C&A and were put in the Circus eventually.
Didn't they all put headsets on? "Why can't I take this headset off?" "Just keep grabing at it. That worked for all of us"
yea it was headset that trapped them in the circus
Yeah, there all still alive just trapped also it's just me but I like Cartton Universe, but he tends to over complicate his videos tho
This TH-camr sucks, he just overreaches stuff without considering other episodes.
@@jeanpierre4370 could always just watch smth else
Its just a theory, its not that deep@jeanpierre4370
Gooseworx did say that Jax deserves to stay there. So maybe we could see this as their "Hell" and after their death their minds got uploaded there so they suffer for all eternity.
Man do you think is like i have not mouth but i must scream. Because is this is the cases . I am very scare for the future
Actually they said Jax deserves to be there the most. That doesn't mean any of them deserve it. It means he's the biggest jerk.
He could totally be at the level where he actively does deserve it but that's not necessarily confirmed.
EPISODE 3 WOULD MAKE SO MUCH SENSE THEN WHEN THEY SAY THEYRE IN LITERAL HELL
Episode 1 had Pomni trying to remove a VR headset. I don't think any of them are dead, but mind upload is entirely possible.
@@ReddwarfIV pomni could have put on a poorly tested vr headset and had her mind electrocuted idk
2:16 this was my theory - the body being, essentially, a ball of strings (nerve fibers??) over which she has limited control. Compare that her face(s), changeable at will.
I further think she survived with some degree of consciousness and that she felt compelled to be positive" and never let her feelings of pain or grief show. "The only disability is a bad attitude!" Is something we disabled people are told all the time by well-meaning people - and not only that, but we are often shamed and called ungrateful if we express grief or sadness or anger about the new body we find ourselves captive within.
I'm sure I'm projecting much, but I have figured Gangle's story is one about disability in some form, and likely about paralysis. I previously thought it was going to be an ALS or FOP type storyline, but begin struck by a truck in the manner depicted makes solid sense. The
Following this logic I thing Zooble was a therapist in real life helping people with their problems but never able to fix their own problems which is why she’s able to help gaggle so well. This is a huge stretch but something to think about
that would make sense, heck at school I ended up helping more kids the the counselor did but as soon as I asked for help I was ignored, so she might have been "so mature" I.E. you don't get to be a kid as a kid
Gooseworx said they were a tattoo artist.
@@andpeggyofficial oh really I didn’t know that. I thought I was on to something here 😂
@@andpeggyofficial Really? That explains why they love modifying themselves so much. Either that, or she was a trans woman in real life nad it is an allegoryu to that..
I always thought this was some sort of hell. Gooseworx said that Jax deserved to be there the most. So regardless, they were all put there to suffer a consequence of some kind.
Your onto something the show is based on I have no mouth and must scream
I find it funny that Gangle, someone who loves to draw *anime based pictures* , get's hit by a *truck* at the end.
I've always thought these games were actually a parallel of the real versions of these characters
Gloinks - Zooble, both her and the gloinks are imperfect. She pretended to be a perfect queen to everyone, yet down below, she was self-conscious and depressed.
Candy Land - Ragatha, now it does seem like a stretch but Episode 4 does prove that this could be the case, she may act Sweet and Caring on the surface, but it's merely a cover up of the actual truths she hides.
Haunted House - Kinger, I think the man they are talking about and Kinger is a parallel itself, a man who had an obsession over something killed someone's Queenie and felt guilt, and he now only speaks like himself once the light is away from the true culprit of the situation.
Fast Food - Gangle, this episode explains most of it already, A manager who kept a masked smile on to hide the fact they were depressed and never got the attention they needed.
But who knows, maybe I wrote that whole thing up and I'm completely wrong, I'm mostly dumb anyways
Whos next jax or pomni
@@-Jenny-dw4pp I'd see the next one being Jax, then the final one is Pomni
Nah don't put urself down like that, this is a sensible interpretation I'd say 💜😅
Next is Ragatha since it was hinted episode 5 would be about her.
@@krystami5789 I think the episode will revolve around her, but the location and adventure won't
Caine is basically resembling a doctor or boss after Gangle gets hit by the traffic, Most likely a doctor because they were talking about Gangles problems or injuries. So the doctor that Gangle had before entering the circus probably thought of this “calming game” aka The Circus, because after people start playing they never stop playing so they must like it right??
I think the series is going to end up being like "I have no mouth and I must Scream" Except its going to be about people who underwent trauma and are put into the Circus to work them out and Abstractions are when someone is forcefully pulled out.
I think Pomni will stay to help future people get over their problems along with Caine or as his Replacement(if he's actually a person) and the show ends with a redone of the original Opening but with Pomni introducing new people to the Circus and how she's going to help them do everything that they wanted to do before they were put in the computer.
Let’s go a fellow IHNMAIMS fan!
it sounds like a good theorie. but them staying there for YEARS wouldn't this just drive them even more insane
@@whiteimposter9304 We don't know how long they've been in there as there's no way to tell time
@@lockskelington314 Not to be a contrarian, there is ONE small scene in episode two where Ragatha tells someone (I think Jax) that she's worried about Pamni having the same traumatizing experience "as yesterday." Besides, they have beds and such. I think there's a set time, but no clocks to tell the exact time.
@@sileka394 I meant more that computers process speeds faster than us normal humans. A day in the digital Circus could be mere moments for us humans.
0:15 is that not a truck?
Truck-kun
Its a truck
A bus 😂
A bus for cargo instead of people
No, I think it’s a bus
After Caine saved Gangle we can see the label on the computer. It’s small, but I noticed it after watching it over again
Zooble got their name seemingly from the toy Zoob where you build your toy, maybe they had really bad problems with how their body looked and wanted to go into a game where they can build a body they desire to have.
Ragatha is flat so maybe she was crushed before she got into the game and was a young girl back then which is why she looks like a raggedy Anne doll.
1:30 So we forgetting about how all of them are basically invincible thanks to cartoon/video game logic applying to them? Not Ragatha being submerged in a deep fryer vat and being fine afterwards lol
Maybe the headset was the one that killed you when you lost the game
SAO moment
Sword art online is a good anime
Sword art online is a bad anime
I dont think thats what happened since in the training video gangle does mention a dream of comic creator with a manga inspired webcomic the her getting hit by the truck is likely just a representattion of her wanting to leave her shift manager work behind and pursue her passion like an isekai
Would be interesting if this was a "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it" kind of show. From what I gathered, everyone seems to be a reflection of what they (want to) see themselves as, but are kind of traumatized by the literal interpretation. Especially since they can all do what they seemingly want to do, but somehow don't feel satisfaction from it. Guess it makes Jax's desire to live in a video game where his actions never have consequences reflect on how not having consequences makes his pranks and sense of humor feel more fruitless, like "Yeah I pushed him in the mud, but.... he wasn't hurt. He just got up fine. I kind of wanted to see him hurt, like actually hurt hurt, like scrapped knee, but no blood, not even a mark." Since he seemed to react strongly when the world actually did start to restrict him and remind him of reality's limitations.
Theres too much underlying "coincidence" to draw any final conclusions. Lets see what the next episode with Ragitha presents.
what if the digital circus is a coping mechanism for the people and they're all in a insane asylum? Like, people forget that you legitimately can't die in this world and i think the look on Gangles expression to seeing the truck is a look of... flashbacks, and imagine Caine taking her to his office as a flashback, from her expressions, to being sent to a hospital for treatment. I mean, all the characters have a common trait which is that they aren't happy with their lives and this episode really delved into that theme. Also I say coping mechanism as in hallucinations. Like Caine does bring it up a few times in the first episode, and there is no exit from insanity.
Your overthinking the truck it’s just a reference to a anime trope where a person gets hit by a automobile and sent to another world
Truck-kun doing good work
It's easy to say that, but they deliberately animated the truck scene related to her and the timing of the jump cut feels too deliberate to be a "lol, isekai reference". I don't think this show would be nearly as popular if half the major plot points where just trivia and references to popular tropes. XD
@@MarioMastar I believe they animated it with her because she wanted to be a comic artist inspired by manga, which the isekai trope can be found in. It's also been confirmed she likes anime, so that's another thing.
I just think it's probably more of a sword art online situation
Right? That's what I said
love the video, good use of MD theme!
What if! Gangle put on the VR set when outside let’s say in building of some kind. Since it’s a VR set, for a little you can see outside. What if she had stumbled out of building and onto the road where she fell and almost got hit before her concussion was sent into the game?
To say the least I was I'm sure how to use the gimmick but I'm just going to say. I love your JACK.
It'd be a solid horror twist that times still passing in reality. there can be no escape because they all died after a week or so of standing unmoving at the console. The circus makes its residents immortal and gleefully torments them till abstraction.
Oh gosh....the plot twist ending that shows thier corpses at the PCs would be horribly depressing.
I have a theory that part of inspiration for the "Amazing Digital Circus" is an anime called "Angel Beats!" Check it out if you've never seen it. I feel there's a lot of connections between the two.
I loved Angel Beats, alchemy is my jam. And that animation!
@CartoonUniverse Right? It’s so good!
my current theory is that the circus is meant to be a therapy tool that cane made to help his patients escape from life then something Went Wrong and they get stuck instead. or perhaps a copy of their consciousness and not their TRUE consciousness being trapped inside, convinced theyre the real thing and having no way to know otherwise
Sounds like Severance (recommend it)
I don't think Pomni was there of her own free will. I think her boss or higher up forced her to be there. I think gangle was there as a comatose patient after getting hit by a car, and out of desperation by her family, put her there until she can wake up in a better body. Ragatha I feel probably went in as an exchange for money or security for her family. Zooble I feel went in to better their mental health. Kinger was obviously one of the employees or higher ups and was possibly forced into the game along with his wife. With Jax I believe he could be someone dangerous and instead of being executed, was willing to put his mind into the game.
I have a theory. In that very same episode with Kinger, we get to see the characters talking about holding their breaths. The only one who doesn't is Jax. I believe the reason why is because he himself is in the circus because he died of suffocation. My guess why is because he is a kidnapping victim given his childish nature.
I will say of all characters, Jax is the one that interests me the most because everyone wants him to "get what's coming" because he's a jerk, but it's extremely rare that people are willing to write characters like that in a deep dive psychological type of show without it just becoming a "hatefic" or "bashfest". Even though Gooseworks keeps saying things like "Jax will become more demented as time goes on." something tells me that Glitch and Viv aren't trying to write shows with that poor of writing and cliche of plot or it'd have been obvious from the start. Rather, the show and thier tweets are deliberately obtuse because the fans mostly want to see a cliche fanfiction plot that's "easy to understand" without really thinking about the depth the characters have and the sympathies revolving around them. Like ironically, the fans are somehow worse than Jax because at least Jax has an unexplored reason for his behavior, but he isn't pretending he has a terrible life to justify it like most people do. That may be the key to his character.
Love this ❤ 1 truck kun is usually a Isuzu which is kinda like a cab over . 2 I kinda predicted that she died due to the semi hitting her , I believe for jax it’s very possible that he’d get arrested or in legal trouble due to something he did or his friends did which causes him to go into the game rather then suffer the consequences of his actions. Finally 3 kinger is the best character by far and most emotional, and that maybe in the next episode..we will get to see that the void is going to glitch do to Kane is going to snap.
I think zoobl was murdered and taken apart which is why she has different parts and how she could like take those parts off
This Anna theory is not a game, but rather another life after death, as it is like purgatory before entering Paradise
Seeing the biblical references and the fact that this show is like a sibling to the Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel series, I wouldn't be surprised if this was Glitch's interpretation of the afterlife just as Viv completely reimagined Hell as like a cynical continuation of life on Earth rather than a land of eternal suffering due to punishment.
Yes, but in Hazbin Hotel you can have sex, eat food, and do things that adults do in digita circus. You are an adult, your body is insignificant, and you cannot enjoy life, and then you play children’s games. This is worse than throwing you in a pot boiling with oil.@@MarioMastar
8:03 Theory on how Ragatha got in the Digital Circus:
Since Ragatha acts so much like a mother, She probably had kids before the Digital circus. So what I think happened, Her kids (Probably) tricked her into getting into the circus by getting a headset (Like Pomni) and putting it on Ragatha's past life(?) Idk if that sounds confusing
This was really a reference to manga and how most people end up dying to a truck and end up in a strange new world or something like that. And since Gangle wanted to be a comic artist it's just something to symbolizes. I mean who knows it might be lore related.
Ever since I saw the pilot, I always had the theory that similar to Somna, instead of transporting the characters to the digital circus, what the headset did was make a transferred copy of their consciousnesses, it is very likely that in the real world it is an apocalypse and the real Pomni and other characters are dead.
The idea that they might be dead or something on those lines crossed my head ever since the first episode and because of the following consideration:
The fact that Jax say that they have been stuck in the circus for years is not compatible with the fact they are still physically alive with headsets on and it is because they can't drink or eat in real life while being immersed in the game. If entering and living in the circus was just about being stuck in a room with a headset on(that they can't take off), they would die in real life within three days due to thirst and, in the circus, their avatars would be AFK because of it.
That's why I always kinda thought their consciousnesses was downloaded in the game or something and their physical bodies are just gone or dead.
Yeah, a copy of their mind. Like in the game SOMA does a similar thing.
It seems to me that what seems to be Raggetha’s limited ability to say negative comments to others might actually be a defense for her. I say that because of how stressed she gets whenever something terrible is happening and in some instances she might even be in denial. That’s why when she’s hit with the stupid sauce (a.k.a. gets drunk) she becomes so relaxed and carefree that she lets her true emotions out. And it’s possible that getting drunk on a daily basis became a problem for Raggetha and became an annoyance to those around her. In addition to that, maybe when she was sober, her extremely positive and possibly in denial attitude contributed to that.
I think it's really interesting how ragatha and gangle remember snippets.
Also Kinger in his moments of clarity! (With the "Seven years of computer science for this, huh?" thing)
If anything, I think under the right circumstances everyone has some sparse memories from their past lives. Idk tho ;P
Once more, The creator has confirmed that they don't remember NAMES. Not their lives. =
@@tsunertoo9149 Wait really?? I didn't know that! A lot of things make a lot more sense now lmao
Research alot about danganronpa.
Its quite obvious what digital circus is inspired by
Jax was 100% inspired by kokichi
(I personally think digital circus is heavily inspired by Danganronpa.)
(Danganronpa is a franchise where 15 or 16 high school students wake up in a world where they are being forced to kill eachother to escape basically. And in most of the games they are pretty much trapped in this digital world, the franchise is really dark and even when i was playing the games. I felt fucking miserable playing them.) also jax has alot of similarities to Nagito and kokichi from danganronpa.
More so kokichi
There are a scary amount of similarities between jax and kokichi.
Jax was 100% based on kokichi.
Kokichi is a antagonist and all he does is annoy the ever living shit out of the students trapped in the world with him. Hes really good at lying, quite smart and is crazy.
Sounds alot like jax already?
Jax is a antagonist which does nothing but annoy or piss off the other people stuck in the same world as him. U cant tell when hes being serious or lying or not. He is quite smart too.
So u know how jax wants everything to be a mystery? Like he hides important things and his room.
Well kokichi did the same thing
He always kept very important information to himself, and im danganronpa he never showed off his room, when we do look inside his room, its full of VERY important things. He doesnt want anyone else seeing.
The rooms that the digital circus characters have is in down a long red hallway with brown wood doors like their faces on it. And anyone who has been extracted they have their picture crossed out.
In danganronpa, the characters rooms are down a long red hallway with brown wood doors and their faces on it and anyone who has died they have a big red X over them.
One evidence that is really good is that
Kokichi is the master of unlocking doors, he can pretty much get into any door. He just carries lockpicks with him too.
And what does jax have? “Dw i have a key to his room” “I got keys everywhere”
So jax has a way getting into everyones rooms as well.
Theres so many more things you can compare.
I could make a whole video comparing danganronpa and digital circus.
Because as soon as i saw digital circus it immediately reminded me of danganronpa and might even go down the same path
Whats funny is that they have the same theorys.
Characters in danganronpa might be dead in their real life but the reason why they are in the digital world is because they cant escape because they are literally dead so being in this digital world is the only way they can live.
Through consciousness.
Honestly research about danganronpa then also see alot of peoples theorys and similarities they have put between digital circus and danganronpa
Honestly I'd love that since I'm a massive Dr fan
Yes but Jax isn't a hope obsessed lunatic
@ yeah thats why i said hes more like kokichi
@@lucasallen5792 100%
Ok so here's who I think connects to who ( note I've only ever played the first two games so I'm only going to be mapping the digital circus cast to characters from Dr 1 and Dr 2)
Pomni: makoto or haijima though personally I think makoto is a better fit because he's anxious
Jax: I actually think Byakuya fits Jax surprisingly well, since both of them are pricks who pick on someone ( in jaxs case it's gangle and for Byakuya it's toko)
Gangle: honestly I think toko or mikan work best, because both of them are very shy anxious people who get bullied and also they both have self love/self respect issues, though personally I think toko works better out of the two of them since she is canonically an author and gangles dream is to create a manga inspired webcomic
Ragitha: honestly given their tendency to try to uplift everyone I think Hina works ok since she's very upbeat and positive
Kinger: honestly apart from the hope obsession Nagito is a good match for kinger since both of them are very aloof and crazy most of the time but both of them do have moments of clarity
Zooble: probably chihiro because both of them have issues with their gender presentation ( although with zooble it's more so implied rather then directly stated)
Caine: monokoma obviously because their both in charge, also you could map monomi to bubble since both of them get occasionally abused by caine/monokoma
Sorry for this long rant I just don't get a lot of chances to discuss Danganronpa and it's characters which is really annoying because it's definitely a special interest at this point
I was so confused at 1st when I saw episode 4 because I was one of the people who thought that they couldn't remember their lives due to the fact that they couldn't remember their names.
There's a psychological thing where you remember everything but your name when in a traumatic state of some kind. Like when you're in a dream and you know the world isn't real but when you ask your name, you just don't remember at all, but you remember your parents, your siblings, your house address, your job, just not you yourself. The key about it is it's a reflection of how you truly see yourself rather than how you were named on Earth, as most of us take our parents name and of course are born human, but it may not be how we would've chosen our form. I kind of feel that way myself. I have a name I always call myself when thinking of who I am internally, and when I hear or see my "Irl" name, I feel this cringe or tang of discomfort as if "That's not right!" or "Why are you calling me that?" (almost out of anger). I don't have a problem with my IRL name, but it's not how I want most people to see me if they're looking at the real me, rather than the name my parents gave me and I just live by in society. So that could be what's happening.
Personally, I think you're overthinking this. It's been said that TADC will only be a single-season show, so I doubt they're going to have time to explore something that deep.
If I had to guess, I would speculate that the Spudsy's restaurant was assembled on short notice (hence the returning NPCs), but probably did so with publicly available information (IE: chat forums), which contained tens of thousands of accounts of experiences just like Gangle's, and not from Gangle's own consciousness ("Stupid Sauce?").
At best, I could speculate that Gangle abandoned her comic dreams because she was afraid of a future without her income -- that it would be a literal death sentence if she lost the job and that quitting would be equivalent to un-aliving herself, and that Caine once again took this far too literally and had a truck waiting for anyone who tried to exit the designated play area. Kind of like how some games have unkillable enemies that can kill you instantly if you try to go out of bounds (Subnautica, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, etc.).
As for the ADC itself... Honestly, I think the only reason they're stuck is because of a programming error. Either the developers never programmed an exit mechanic because they assumed you could just take off the headset, not accounting for the fact that their in-game avatars would wind up pulling at their faces instead, or they assumed they could just instruct Caine to take them to the exit, and Caine mistakenly interpreted that as a request for a feature within the game.
Caine's character design is a pretty clear homage to the short story / old school computer game "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream," albeit as the complete opposite of such: Caine has ONLY mouth. Similarly, while the A.I. in IHNMAIMS is malevolent and omniscient, Caine is neither of these things -- his "torture" is a consequence of Caine wanting to always give the humans exactly what they want but always being ignorant or incapable of it.
What if this really is an Isekai show and Gangle got hit by Truck-kun?
and WE, the player character are Gangle. 😳
This is coming closer to a more hopeful version of, “I have no mouth but I must scream.”
I think Pomni was Murdererd she found out to much and was used as The Next Matrix Purgatory Subject by The Company.
Im guessing they kidnapped her Murdered her in The Woods then collected her Soul then put it in the Game with new Programming not to remember what happened.
Just my thoughts.
You have exactly no evidence for that...
@ambriasaunders1869 Your right except her getting freaked out about The Computer and Head Set it's just an idea.
@rodan9773 That's not evidence. 🤷
Kinger spending his time trying to destroy a technology only to end up submitting to it because of his own mistakes is INCREADABLE actually
I thought they all put the headset by choice and instantly regretted their decision, but then it was too late, and they were stuck. Also if they were all actually dead, it'd mean that if Pomni put on the headset, it fatally electrocuted her, and her conciousness is now stuck in some weird, cartoony purgatory, while her dead body slowly but surely deteriorates. It kinda reminds me of both Amanda the Adventurer, and that one episode of Black Mirror, where a guy tested a new piece of vr technology and he thought he was in the virtual reality, but instead it turned out he was shocked to death by this technology, and subconciously created his own dying dream, not knowing it actually killed him
Edit: It also reminds me of Crystar because anyone who dies and enter the Purgatory also forgets their name, until they remember everything somehow
I feel so sorry for the characters of this Show that are dead the Purgatory of *The Amazing Digital Circus* TV Show. They don't deserve to die.
In the fan mod Portal Revolution, some of the personality cores are made using mind scans of employees (even Cave Johnson put himself in a giant metal head). The cores become completely different entities while the real person go on living.
In the kinger and pomni episode, Caine made that game for zubal and she just didn’t go and decided to try and talk to talk to Caine again
The thing is bubble and Cane as somehow linked with their 3-D models because when he tries to use his tongue, it takes bubbles which rather means they run on the same AI and one of them is just instructed to be more annoyed
Seems like the adventures are gonna be showing hints of what happened in the characters lives, and that is a creative way to explore that Idea
I have a thought that may be a bit crazy but it may make some level of sense. Maybe every single character is an embodiment of mental disorders. Sure, some of them are mentally stable….ish, but maybe all of them suffered from some sort of condition that made them perfect candidates to the digital circus.
Gangly wears a mask, and seemingly shows herself falling infront of a car, and she is regularly seen being bullied and bullying herself. This could be a embodiment of depression, as she also wears a mask which, quite literally, could be her “masking” her emotions
Kingly has been a character with a questionable mental state, and seeing as “his” episode had to do with someone who believed they were hunting some “evil being”, which caused him to shoot his own wife, could be some sort of embodiment of schizophrenia.
Just a thought, but figured I’d mention while I’m thinking about it
Well I see the crew of digital circus are trapped in ever lasting purgatory where in this digital reality where death is meaningless the only thing that’s granted never ending adventures will spun the maturity of the circus crew to the point of insanity
something funny i realized is that when caine checks the suggestion box, he finds one suggesting that there should be an adventure where jax cant talk through the entirety of it. that is literally what happened in episode 3. so maybe caine does actually check the suggestion box
We got episodes in one 1 im so happy. I hope that keeps the every 2 months release dates ❤
I knew it!!! LET THE "They're all dead!" THEORIES COMMENCE!!!
I’m still going with the theory that kinged and his wife were the original developers for the game and while going though a through test before launch they got trapped and Cain the Ai took over the game and rewritten all the commands keeping them trapped.
Pomni,Jax and ragitha were probably people who perched the game that was sold on shelf with out the proper approval of Kinger and his wife
Wait i have a theory are abstracted character escape the amazing Digita circus cause caine don't want anyone to get abstracted?
I'm pretty sure ragtha was in that one show, I forgot the name, but I do remember a song from the show called no girl's toy, ragatha makes a reference from the show saying
"Hurt nothing! I've been hurt enough! Packages landing on my head tea parties, dancing lessons!"
The reason I think this is because the people in the show/movie look like dolls, dolls that look like her
Ragety Ann and Andy the musical. Or something 💭
She is inspired by Ragity Ann doll
I dont think a single mission actually has anything to do with them except for the fast food episode where it was a full on request by gangle because of their past. That haunted house mission wasnt even for kinger it was for zooble. Only what the demon said to kinger was designed for him.
In yhe episode, Gangle only states that she used to work as a shift manager, but never stated that she worked as one in a fast food chain.
Great video! Your theory reminds me a lot of the Danganronpa franchise (specifically Danganronpa 2). If you haven't played those games, I highly recommend playing them!
I still love the MD soundtrack in the background
I think Kinger was a dev for the TADC project and was trapped during testing.
The truck could just be a reference to Gangle being a manga fan.
Yeah. People overanalyze a lot
The whole paralyzed comatose theory kind of makes sense, explains why she has a less solid frame let alone always needing 2 of her hands to hold or pick things up
The Digital Circus is an apt description of VR Chat lobbies
I think kinger was a war vet and had some sort of flashback causing him to shoot her wife so the “angle” might symbolize an enime that he had thought of mid flashback hence his reson for being good with a gun and that cane might not be just a part of the game but someone else also trapped whom may have been some sort of captain rather enime of kinger or his own who happend to result to trapping his soilders in the game in hopes to revive them and bring them back if needed but idk
I am asking myself how old the circus is. We have seen a lot of persons and it needs some time until someone gets abstracted, so how old is it? It could even be some hundred years.
Maybe they’re all criminals and the prison gained these headsets from a company in order to further their punishment. Gangle could have really snapped at her job and killed or hurt people. Sentencing her to prison , Ragatha from the little info we got from her, came from a high society family, maybe she killed them due to the pressures she was facing. Jax, did something to end up in prison and into the game, since he’s the only person that belongs there. Pomni idk either she was a prisoner that was told to put on the set or a guard that was told to check on the prisoners and then come back. I think when a character you know loses, their prison sentence is finally up. Caine is probably an AI prison guard based on the warden or something
Maybe in the episode it showed us how the 4/6 of them died
When Jax threw ragatha in the deep fryer i think it means she died in a fire
For Jax in the episode gangle put him in a dark room which means he could’ve died from being locked in a room
For zobble Caine had her fall down a hole which might mean she could have ending her life
And for gangle she could’ve been hit by a truck maybe because she ran into the street
I can’t come up with how longer and pinning got there yet but
It was what I came up with
I wonder if she got hit on her last day of working or something, like she just got a gig at a studio possibly C&A and that's why she was so happy it would also make sense as her masks are the comedy and tragedy masks
I think they've all been Soma'ed, basically the headset made digital copies of their human consciousness.
well i might be either
#1. Thier in hell
#2. they almost died but got transported to TADC while on life support to keep their consciousness alive
Gangle might have been hit by a bus so she was forced into the game to "save" herself.
Im guessing Ragatha was almost killed hy her horses (she mentioned them in episode 4) so thats why Ragatha is in the game.
Zooble might have tried to cut off their libs or selfh*rm to make themselves feel better. They might have cut too deep and almost die until they are forced into the game.
Kinger might have shot his wife and put her into the game so she doesn't die. I think Kinger helped make the game and being stuck was just a glitch. I think Kinger joined to stay with Queenie and make a better life for them both.
Pomni seems like she was a business woman before she joined. I think that the building she was working at got attacked by someone and she barely survived. Her parents might have asked the doctors how to save their daughter so she was put into the game.
Jax is Jax so he might have willingly gone in but he wants out now.
Gangle got Optimus Prime'd
Jack's mind been the right hand to whoever's been putting them in. And there was an accident of some sort and that a put him in, or they put him in to keep an eye and everyone in line inside the digital circus unknowingly
we might see regatta story as tv tropes states her playing baseball really well in the prelude, while ad for the next episode implies she is going to main character of a baseball episode. it's likely she was either a minor league or a highschool student. she likely put herself behind for others maybe a crush based on her sauced persona as she was mad she did nice things for others, but no one loves her back.
One of my theory was they are all in some kind of hospital, most likely a mental hospital. They are have issues that they all seemed to come into the Circus with. Maybe not Kinger or his wife, one going in to help the other. Its just a thought.
"packages dropped on my head, tea parties, dancing lessons."
From what ragatha said while drunk we can gather a few things. She was probably someone rich maybe even the type that would attend social gatherings and events of other wealthy figures. That could explain her need to maintain the perfect image, micro manage everyone, and her desperate need for attention as someone like this is usually looked up to and even put on a pedestal. Another thing about this line introduces another theory on how she could have died. It's quite possible that before coming to the circus she had a side job at a warehouse or shipping facility. Her parents might have forced her to get a job so she would learn to actually earn things instead of being spoiled or she could have obtained the job to try to prove herself among certain peers. Either way at this job she may have died do to something falling on her. This could explain why she's missing an eye.
While I can't guess Zooble or Ragatha at the moment. I believe Jax (due to Goose saying he deserves to be there the most) was likely either
A: A hacker or corporate spy who got caught (so killing him or putting him the circus stopped him from getting away)
B: A high ranking official at the company who made everyone else's life hell for his own amusement and was put in the game when he wasn't useful to the head honchos anymore
Her falling into a truck was *not* deliberately implying her death. It was referencing many mangas (more comedically) as it happens a lot
I don’t think that gangle or any of them are dead, or nearly dead I think the newest episode is more metaphorical just like the previous episode gangle didn’t work at spuds but they did work at a fast food joint as a shift manager, trying to keep their true dream of being a manga artist alive, but life got too much for them and they decided to try and escape through playing video games Where are you have a bit more control but they ended up stuck in the digital circus. Also, I think the truck might just be a metaphor for your dreams being so close and then they get smashed within seconds. or at some point Gangle might have almost got hit by a truck because of the job wearing her down so much that she wasn’t paying attention.
Tbh I don’t think that this is a video game, it seems more like a reality show or at least some type of film
Given the characters would likely be still be wearing the headset while they’re still alive and stable as their avatars, it’s possible the headset has a kill switch that turns them into the Abstracted in-game.
The headset is a glitchy mess that wasn’t supposed to go to market and the company clearly was cutting corners out of sheer greed. The victims of the circus are either playtesters, employees, hospitalised patients or hackers.
The sheer amount of Abstracted in the cellar implies a lot of playtesters actually were killed in real life by the headset, meaning the body was intact but the mind was destroyed by the headset, leaving them in a vegetative state and didn’t last long outside the game.
I believe Gangle is a major exception since I imagine she was incapable of having any choice in the matter. The circus was essentially her rebirth since she would’ve been comatose or paralysed but still very alive. She was essentially given a second chance at life again.
This is only speculation, of course but it is made pretty obvious characters like Pomni, Kinger and Jax also may have been forced into the game and had little to no say in the matter.
I think if this show decides to reveal the “real” human characters prior to them trapped in the game towards the end of the show, it would lead to a massive payoff in the ending where the end of the circus is nigh, paying perfect homage to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.
Though I hope it might even subvert the original’s ending and actually be a lot more hopeful although getting an idea where the series is heading, I doubt that. A downer ending feels inevitable.
I wanna have hope some meaningful ending can come from such a terrifying series.
Idea I just had: What if Pomni is there because she's in prison. In the first episode she has her hand start abstracting first, as if she didn't know it would happen. She's also shown to feel more like she's stuck AGAIN as appose to the others being just stuck.
Back on the hand thing, the abstracting hand could be similar to having someone's blood on your hands, literally and figuratively. What if Pomni irl murdered someone accidentally, getting her thrown in jail and used to playtest TADC game as a punishment.
It's possible this could also apply to Ragatha, minus the blood on her hands thing as she kinda just has it all over her.
Jax could also have something like this going on too. He has gloves on which, aside from Pomni, no one else does (Kinger kinda does but, like, we don't know if those are just his hand or if they're actually gloves, and Zooble has a hand with a glove but that's just them trying to find their parts) It's possible the same thing could be applied to Jax, that he killed someone and ended up in the digital circus cause of it.
An argument could be made for any of those three being a murderer but, imo, I think Pomni or Jax works best.
Just a thought though, we haven't had episodes centered on them yet so it'll be fun to see what they're all about!
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“Saved by Caine after getting hit by a truck”
I think when gangle was in the hospital she put on a vr headset to have fun while at the hospital and then here it is.
So this show is like a parody to 5 nights at freddy's where they are in instead, drag into a video game instead of them coming back and haunting the animatronics after being stuffed into the animatronics.
I think it would be really interesting if Zooble had ended up in the ADC because they had hoped it would let them change their body to what they wanted it to be, but because of the nature of the circus, they didn't get that and still hate their body and all that. Alternatively, it was a punishment for Zooble by (likely) their parents who didn't agree with their desire to change their body, and so to "teach a lesson", put Zooble in the circus where, yes they can change their parts, still hate themselves/their appearance. Just my theory, honestly and of course not canon or correct! But I think it would make sense with their character!
One of the books in the background is called "Mat Pat theory" perhaps they're implying one of mat pats theories on the ADC is actually true
I was really worried when Gangle almost got run over by a truck, but at least she's doing okay. Also I hope the remaining humans that are in the circus are not dead in real life and are just stuck in the circus.😨
If they all are dead…
WHAT TYPE OF ONE HJF IS THIS
HJFONE MENTIOND
There is the possibility that rather than transferring their minds into the circus. The computer just copied it, and made an avatar based on it. Kinda like the mauler twins from Invincible
You know that was also the first thing i thought about how there were people inside and it looks like no help came for them because the one that are in the digital circus are copies. Kinda like the animated series chaotic where in the first episode the main character enter a dimension where he is a copy while his real self keeps living normally but after the copy press the log out the real him remembers what the copy done in that dimension
I feel so bad for this truck! It's having an identity crisis. Bus to Car 😂😂❤ It's okay truck, we know what you are.
I have the theory that everyone in the circus is dead and all the adventures since since the 3°rd episode are how they died. So kinger died locked in his basement, consumed by the paranoia; gangle, after having a terrible day at job and hiding her feelings for so long, she decided to just jump to get crushed by a truck. Also I think that their digital bodies are representing how they felt and were, gangle being pretty weak in mind, adaptive and wether having smiling depression or being bipolar; kinger feeling that he was above the others, but at the same time being very simple; ragatha feeling she didn't have control over her life; pomni feeling like everyone laughed at her, and also being adaptive; zooble not liking her body as it was; and Jax, I don't know
So, what do you think?
I'm wondering if Pomni was a potential whistleblower who became an inconvenience for the real life Cain.
The fact that Gangle in her life she was hit by a car and she went to the hospital in a coma and if the Digital Curious is the only thing that’s ceping her alive it’s truly a tragic story Gangle is a tragic caricature I honestly never thought I would relate to Gangle at all in the show but knowing all of that and she Drows to I just feel so very sorry for Gangle❤😢.
I think they are all dead, yes, and the Digital Circus is a kind of Purgatory