The Amazing Digital Circus (Show)

This article is about the series. For other usages of "The Amazing Digital Circus", see The Amazing Digital Circus (disambiguation).

## The Amazing Digital Circus

* Poster
* Logo

### Genre

Surreal humour

Black comedy

### Producer

Kevin Lerdwichagul

Luke Lerdwichagul

### Country

Australia

United States

***The Amazing Digital Circus*** is an Australian-American computer-animated comedy web series created by YouTube animator and composer Gooseworx and produced by independent animation company Glitch Productions. It is the fourth animated series by GLITCH.

## Synopsis

Six troubled human souls - including timid newcomer and series protagonist Pomni; trouble-making rascal Jax; cheerful optimist Ragatha; emotionally fragile Gangle; moody perfectionist Zooble; and paranoid veteran Kinger - find themselves trapped in the Amazing Digital Circus, a virtual reality game run by a quirky but oblivious artificial intelligence named Caine and his enthusiastic assistant Bubble. Along with the five other souls, Pomni is sent by Caine on a variety of inadvertently relentless and sometimes quite traumatic adventures while trying to maintain her sanity and discover some type of path back to the real world.

## Production

Gooseworx is an independent animator and musician, having made shorts such as Little Runmo and worked on the music for Hazbin Hotel. While working on the latter, she was recruited by Glitch to work as a showrunner, where she pitched The Amazing Digital Circus.

## Characters

### Human Souls

* *Pomni (voiced by Lizzie Freeman) is the main protagonist of the show. She takes on the form of a jack in the box and has a timid, paranoid, and sensitive personality.*
* *Jax (voiced by Michael Kovach) is one of the two deuteragonists of the show. He is a purple rabbit donning red overalls, typically characterized by his mischievous, impolite, and sarcastic behavior, yet harboring a subtle, tender side.*
* *Ragatha (voiced by Amanda Hufford) is one of the two deuteragonists of the show. She is a rag doll with one eye. Known as "the sweetest little optimist," she consistently seeks the silver lining in every situation as a way to maintain her sanity.*
* *Gangle (voiced by Marissa Lenti) is a supporting character in the show. She is composed of ribbons and adorns fragile comedy and tragedy masks that seem to influence her emotional state.*
* *Zooble (voiced by Ashley Nichols) is a supporting character in the show. Zooble is a mix-and-match toy that displays a solitary and empathetic nature, balanced by a hot-headed temperament.*
* *Kinger (voiced by Sean Chiplock) is a supporting character in the show. He is a king chess piece, being the circus's longest-standing member. He grapples with instability, marked by paranoia and anxiety.*

#### Abstracted

* *Kaufmo (voiced by WizardzWiz) is the main antagonist of the pilot. Before being abstracted and becoming a bloodthirsty monster, Kaufmo was a friendly clown who seemed to be offended when people didn't find his jokes amusing.*

### Artificial Intelligence

* *Caine (Creative Artificial Intelligence Networking Entity) (voiced by Alex Rochon) is a main character of the show. He is an AI that runs the Digital Circus and has the human souls go on adventures to keep their mental state intact.*
* *Bubble (voiced by Gooseworx) is a secondary character of the show. He is an AI made by Caine to act as his sidekick.*
* *The* *Gloinks are some secondary antagonists of the pilot and possibly longer. They steal items and captured Zooble.*
	+ *The* *Gloink Queen (voiced by Elsie Lovelock) is a major antagonist in the pilot and possibly longer. She sees herself as superior to all, and believes that everybody should be a Gloink- including God.*

## *Trivia*

* *The show is currently set to run for one season consisting of eight episodes.*
* *This is the second Glitch show to be created by a non-Australian showrunner (as Gooseworx is an American), the first being Murder Drones, created by American animator Liam Vickers.*
	+ *Additionally, this is the first Glitch show to be created by a female showrunner.*
		- *The series' soundtrack is inspired by Bo En and his Snipperclips soundtrack.*
		- *Gooseworx was previously asked if she would collaborate with SMG4 on her CuriousCat account, which, at that point, she had been unaware of him.*
		- *The Amazing Digital Circus marks Lizzie Freeman's return to Glitch after a leave of absence in mid-2022, as she freed up her schedule in the meantime.[citation needed]*
		- *Gooseworx has stated that none of the characters in the show have genitals.*
		- *The circus members' designs are all based on forms of entertainment.*
			* *Pomni is based on jesters.*
			* *Ragatha is based on ragdolls.*
			* *Jax is based on cartoons like Looney Tunes, or flexible rubber toys.*
			* *Gangle is based on dramas.*
			* *Kinger is based on chess.*
			* *Zooble is based on mix-and-match toys, like Zolo toys.*
			* *Kaufmo is based on clowns.*

## *Notes*

1. *↑ It's true, but we cut all your improv lines out for being too offensive. -@GooseworxMusic, 27/10/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*

## *References*

1. *↑ Also fun fact! I was the voice of Kaufmo. @GooseworxMusic can confirm this. @WizardzWiz, 27/10/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
2. *↑ CAINE. Creative Artificial Intelligence Networking Entity (he came up with his own name before deciding it should be an acronym, because he thought it would make him seem more professional) -gooseworx, 30/01/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
3. *↑ The plan is eight episodes total, one season. -gooseworx, 07/11/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
4. *↑ [1]*
5. *↑ The biggest ones are I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Popee the Performer, Kid Pix, I Spy, and probably many more I forgot to list. -@GooseworxMusic, 28/01/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
6. *↑ 16/10/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
7. *↑ The Stanley Parable influenced a lot of how I do things. -gooseworx, 15/10/2023, Tumblr. accessed 2023-11-22)*
8. *↑ Jump up to:8.0 8.1 gooseworx, 03/10/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
9. *↑ Digital Circus is very inspired by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. But instead of AM being a living embodiment of hate, he's a fun-loving wacky little guy. -@GooseworxMusic, 28/01/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
10. *↑ Jump up to:10.0 10.1 [2]*
11. *↑ I've decided to step down from the role of Meggy and won't be voicing her for @glitch\_prod moving forward. Life & work have been getting busier and we both felt this was the best option. Thanks to everyone on the Glitch team for everything over the last couple of years! (1/2) -@LizzieRFreeman, 28/05/2022, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
12. *↑ Some people seem to think I'm some kind of horny sex-crazed maniac for making all the TADC characters over 20. Just wait until they find out nobody in the digital circus canonically has any genitals... -GooseworxMusic, 31/01/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
13. *↑ Kinger's been in the Digital Circus longer than anyone and he's uhhh…. He’s just… yeah! -@glitch\_prod, 15/07/2023, X, formerly Twitter. (accessed 2023-11-22)*
14. *↑ Ragatha [has been in the circus the **2nd** longest] -gooseworx, 09/08/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-21)*
15. *↑ [3] For GlitchX 2023 somewhere around 3:02:50 The question: "How did the other characters get their names?" was asked.*
16. *↑ gooseworx, 01/09/2023, Tumblr. (accessed 2023-11-22)*