The Amazing Digital Circus - Western Isekai that probably will become Hazbin Hotel killer

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Mystery Spy said:
The song "Daisy Bell" might be a hint. Given that it was the first song performed by a computer, it makes sense that Caine, as an AI, would sing it. Its relevance lies in its connection to computers.
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Could just be a 2001, A Space Odyssey reference. Which, yes, was referencing that performance, but Hal 9000 is a more fitting comparison, being a rogue AI. Where as that IBM computer was used as a prototype Speak & Spell.
 
Swagmaster69 said:
Tell me more.
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Two of the voice actors being in a polyamorous relationship (polygamy, but for hipsters) at one point is a good example. We did discuss that a few months ago.
Neil said:
tl;dr:
>Michael Kovach and Ashley Nichols get into a relationship 6 years ago
>Early on, Nichols asks Kovach to turn their monogamous relationship polyamorous
>Kovach agrees (which hints to me that this is probably his first relationship)
>Surprise, surprise, Ashley finds a new sidepiece "a few years later" but still keeps Kovach around
>Kovach is "happy and relieved that she and her new partner are happy"
>Their relationship becomes more like a "tight-knit friendship"
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>4 months ago, Kovach has the audacity to find a new partner and start sending romantic texts
>Kovach stops being a cuck and grows more distant
>Ashley progressively puts two and two together now that Kovach isn't simping for her as much
>Ashley gets buttmad that Kovach is being emotionally intimate with someone else without telling her (despite spending the "vast majority" of her relationship with him fucking someone else)
>shit falls apart, as it always does in polyamorous relationships and they have now started therapy individually.
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The Wise Shaman said:
Two of the voice actors being in a polyamorous relationship (polygamy, but for hipsters) at one point is a good example. We did discuss that a few months ago.
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I gave the show a proper watch-through however long ago and it's hilarious how Michael Kovach (Jax) and Ashley Nichols' (Zooble) characters mutually fucking despise each other. I wonder if that was a coded reference to real life all along.
Mystery Spy said:
For instance trying to explore the forbidden area we saw in the pilot
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I did notice that too, Pomni basically gives up trying to escape after Episode 1, she just goes along with the adventures instead of fighting against them or trying to find a way out.

It makes sense for the other cast members to not try since they've been there forever, but she gets over the desire to escape almost immediately after episode 1.
 
Mystery Spy said:
It will never not be creepy to me how GLITCH glefully markets this show and merch to children, and still had the trans stand-in character talk about wanting the ability to have sex, knowing full well millions of children watch this show.

But I will concede theres the technicality that they never said it was for children.
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Rembrandt said:
You're giving the benefit of the doubt to a guy with a skull drilling fetish. I'm fully expecting things to take this kind of turn, he could've used any other metaphor other than the one tied to transgender slang.
Obscene amount of perverse gags just reassures me on this. I pray this is just a one-off thing
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I fucking knew it.
 
I made a meme
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Maybe once per episode would have been enough but this happened at least 4 times.
Mystery Spy said:
If I may take this show seriously and speculate, I think there's enough foreshadowing and hints to suggest that the characters might be digital copies of real people. Perhaps I'm "taking it too seriously," but that's what makes speculating fun.
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It's blindingly obvious from episode 1, and like a lot of concept plots, there is absolutely nothing to go on after it is revealed.
 
After watching every episode in an afternoon, I think this is a decent show that I would have liked a lot more if I was still in high school. Most episodes were just fine, with the only really good episodes were the pilot which was solid and made me interested in Cane and Pomni, and the episode the where they had a bunch of mini adventures and we got some pretty jokes (I liked the softball game). The trauma dumping is off putting, especially when its between characters who should have known each other for a while, and the humor feels like its trying to go back and forth between targeting teens and adults but doesn't always land. Kinger is the best character, but his trauma dump is the worst, Gangle is cringe and not in a good way, and SUFFAH Zooble.
 
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I like the trauma dump shit. Not because I relate or anything, but because I like seeing characters getting closer to one another.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
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Maybe once per episode would have been enough but this happened at least 4 times.

It's blindingly obvious from episode 1, and like a lot of concept plots, there is absolutely nothing to go on after it is revealed.
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It’s pretty much following the Steven Universe mold. In fact, I’d argue it’s a bigger influence than I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. It even has the same “character gets corrupted into a monster” bit. Though I’m sure SU itself borrowed that from Madoka.

Both shows set up a fun premise that they mostly ignore so they can focus on therapy sessions for the main cast. SU promised action adventures, Digital Circus promised horror, and both end up teasing a big twist that many people probably guessed already. If they go for the “happy ending” that’s really about coping rather than giving the characters what they want—because that’s supposed to be deep—I’ll be 100% convinced it’s Steven Universe inspired.

That said, to Gooseworx’s credit, Glitch doesn’t waste your time with episodes about characters you don’t care about. The writing is tight. And unlike SU, kids actually like this show. While SU is stuck with man-children despite being the actual kid’s show.
 
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Is the over reliance in the trauma dumps that's the problem, Pomni and Jax dynamic showed that they can write characters bonding without having to spell out all their problems. Only to make them do that once they started fighting, but at least it was a little bit more natural.
 
Mystery Spy said:
It’s pretty much following the Steven Universe mold. In fact, I’d argue it’s a bigger influence than I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream. It even has the same “character gets corrupted into a monster” bit. Though I’m sure SU itself borrowed that from Madoka.

Both shows set up a fun premise that they mostly ignore so they can focus on therapy sessions for the main cast. SU promised action adventures, Digital Circus promised horror, and both end up teasing a big twist that many people probably guessed already. If they go for the “happy ending” that’s really about coping rather than giving the characters what they want—because that’s supposed to be deep—I’ll be 100% convinced it’s Steven Universe inspired.

That said, to Gooseworx’s credit, Glitch doesn’t waste your time with episodes about characters you don’t care about. The writing is tight. And unlike SU, kids actually like this show. While SU is stuck with man-children despite being the actual kid’s show.
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I think therapy session can be traced back to Avatar. It's not necessarily bad, but it needs to be used sparingly at the right time, not every 5 scenes. As for children watching it, it's very degenerate, makes stuff like Ren and Stimpy or Cow and Chicken look tame.
 
I’m gonna throw out a theory: Gangle’s the NPC and that’s why Jax was focusing so much on her because he’s the only one who knows and, as an NPC, he doesn’t have to worry about the whole “being too attached” since she’s not real in the first place.

I know it’s not actually the case, I’m just theory crafting.
 
SteelPlatedHeart said:
I’m gonna throw out a theory: Gangle’s the NPC and that’s why Jax was focusing so much on her because he’s the only one who knows and, as an NPC, he doesn’t have to worry about the whole “being too attached” since she’s not real in the first place.

I know it’s not actually the case, I’m just theory crafting.
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The simpler explanation is he's an abusive asshole and Gangle's the easiest to manipulate. If anyone's the secret NPC, it's probably Jax. Caine said he couldn't mind control people, but he was able to with Jax. Both by compelling him to be a vegan, and that whole eye to eye forced recall thing he did in the last episode. Looks a lot like how he'd program an NPC. Jax also wouldn't show the others what his 'hold your breath' quirk was, and he withheld on sharing what he was in the real world.

Or maybe all that was a red herring and in the last episode they'll subvert expectations with some bullshit. Who knows.
 
cremechocolate said:
With only three episodes left, it makes me wonder who's going to abstract first. Or if it'll ever happen at all.
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I hope so, but I doubt.
I mean Murder Drones was too pussy to have V die for real, can't let fan favorite characters die. It'll hurt our ratings!
 
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