"Oh, that's just one of Caine's little adventures! They're, just, something fun to do to, y'know, prevent us from... going insane." Being Glitch Productions' most popular series, there's no shortage of memes to be had at The Amazing Digital Circus, where anything can happen. ...Except swearing.
open/close all folders
General:
General
- As the main character (technically), Pomni has quite a handful of memes revolving around her:
- Jester
Kobeni.ExplanationThe similarities between the two characters inspired many web artists to draw crossovers of them, or one character who mimics the other. - Pomni Stare.ExplanationThe zoom-in on Pomni as a deranged smile creeps across her face at the end of the pilot has swiftly gained ground as a reaction image and meme expressing abhorrence to something unpleasant.
- The Amazing Digital Weezer Lick.ExplanationImmediately after the release of the pilot, viewers noticed a part of the sweeping orchestral remix of the main theme that plays at the very end (titled "Your New Home" on the soundtrack) which sounds almost exactly like the already-memetic ending lick to "Buddy Holly", and promptly set about combining the two. It doesn't help that the riff plays over a shot of Pomni losing her mind and already has a reputation for being a cognitohazardous Weezer reminder.
- The face on Pomni's room door, referencing the Sad SpongeBob face, results in her official marketable plushie.ExplanationFans have noticed similarities between this sad picture◊ of SpongeBob SquarePants, often used in ironic memes with sad punchlines, and Pomni's sad face on her room door picture◊ and her marketable plushie◊.
- "I'M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN!"ExplanationAn audio clip sourced from the Real-Time Fandub gag dub of Sonic Adventure 2, which fans quickly realized perfectly applied to Pomni's horror at being unable to leave the Circus.
- XDDCC.ExplanationThis is the first name Caine rolls on the roulette for her, leading many people to say it's her actual name instead of Pomni. Aside from that, people in general often reference XDDCC for being The Unpronounceable (though Caine was somehow able to pronounce it).
- Pomni-Man.ExplanationDue to Pomni's name sharing the Omni with Omni-Man's, it's been popular to draw Omni-Man pictures with him in Pomni's red and blue jester outfit, white skin and red cheeks optional.
- Pomni = YanfeiExplanationDue to Pomni sharing voice actress with Yanfei from Genshin Impact's English voice. Some fans from both fandoms noticed this has spawned some fan arts that depict Yanfei dressing as Pomni or even Pomni dressing as Yanfei.
- Caine has also spawned many memes of his own:
- Your new name can be anything~! [Insert Random Nonsensical Bit here.]ExplanationCaine's nonsensical sputtering of the Terms of Service for the Digital Circus's Naming Schemes after noting Pomni's name can be anything, is a very popular template that people have taken to editing Caine's spouting and replacing it with other various memes. For example.
- "Drown yourself in the Digital Lake!"ExplanationA line Caine says in the pilot. Parallels were immediately drawn between the line and the infamous LowTierGod "You should kill yourself... NOW!" meme.
- Caine Snorting Coke.ExplanationAlex Rochon, the Voice Actor for Caine, released a Voice Acting Clip of Caine doing this exact thing. Then someone animated it. With the bonus of Caine shooting Pomni with a gun.
- Why are you like this?ExplanationCaine's reaction to Bubble licking up Pomni's vomit with glee.
- YOU PARASITE!!!ExplanationCaine's reaction to Bubble eating a cake in one bite, which results in Caine popping him. The scene's memorability made it a popular subject for reanimations and other variations.
- "My name is Caine, I am your bitch."ExplanationTaken from a satirical video poking fun at the humor and abundance of swearing in Helluva Boss. After it was taken down due to complaints from that show's creator about it being a Shallow Parody, the video became more popular after its reupload, with this line in particular gaining fanart and memes in short succession. Alex Rochon, Caine's voice actor, announced that he would not be saying this line in his video Saying a Lot of Things as Caine because he doesn't want it to seem like he is dogpiling on Vivienne Medrano.
- Toothless Caine / Caine's retractable teethExplanationAlex Rochon, Caine's voice actor, guest-starred in an episode of Disc Only Podcast, and about a third of the way in, someone in chat asked if Caine's teeth are retractable. Alex remarks that he's yet to see any fanart of Toothless Caine…which inevitably prompted a lot of artists listening to start drawing a lot of incredibly cursed artwork of Caine losing his teeth. ProtonJon even accuses Alex of deliberately willing such fanart into existence, to which the latter doesn't deny.
- "Don't worry, Zooble, I didn't care about your opinion anyway!"ExplanationOne of Alex Rochon's many voiced lines from "Saying a lot of things as Caine", this one in particular seems so in-character for Caine to say that there are many videos editing him saying it to Zooble in the actual show.
- Jax is yet another character the fans have made prime meme fodder:
- Jokes about Jax being the next "Tumblr Sexyman" became common immediately after the show premiered.ExplanationMainly due to him hitting many of the criteria. (Charismatic but antagonistic, tall and thin, etc.) A popular way of visualizing this is having Tumblr itself be personified in some way and try to kidnap him or have past Tumblr Sexymen like the Onceler or Sans welcome him into the fold. Of course, this then led to jokes that Jax only superficially fulfills the Tumblr Sexyman requirements by being Tall, Dark, and Snarky, when Caine is literally right there and has way more fulfilling attributes. This then became even more hilarious given the fact that Jax did indeed become a Tumblr Sexyman for all the reasons given.
- Jax being afraid of corn.ExplanationGooseworx posted a couple drawings of Jax staring apprehensively at a corn cob. When questioned about it, the only explanation she gave was: "It reminds him of the farm." Fans subsequently began to portray Jax as having an Absurd Phobia of corn. Even the voice actors got in on it in one of the streams, where Caine punishes Jax by making him eat corn, much to Jax's chagrin.
- "Unironically despise him ngl"ExplanationThe second that "Candy Carrier Chaos!" dropped and Jax's Jerkassery was cranked up a few notches, previous fans of Jax began loudly complaining about how he was all of a sudden so much worse than before despite it really just being a continuation of his character in the pilot, with a screencap of Jax's face with this caption being one of the primest examples. It got to the point where the creators themselves had to clarify that yes, Jax being hateable was intentional, and the phrase is now used as a catch-all way of mocking how out-of-hand Jax's leather pantsing got in between episodes 1 and 2 and more broadly how fans are willing to completely ignore a character's reprehensibility if they have enough Perverse Sexual Lust targeting them.
- Comparisons to Garry's Mod / References to G-Mod physics abuse. ExplanationDue to the digital nature of the show, and the frequent showcases of ragdoll physics and physical humor in these cases, comparisons to the physics engine for Garry's Mod were plenty abundant after the release of the pilot.
- TADC Rule 34. ExplanationEvery show gets Rule 34 (it's the definition), but TADC got particular notice by getting sizeable amounts from the teaser alone and Gooseworx willingly enabling it by revealing Pomni's age (though she later regretted it and withheld Ragatha's age until after the pilot). The show would go on to make fun of this in "POMNI WAKE UP TIME TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE".
- The Amazing Digital Circus is my favorite isekai anime. ExplanationTADC is a Trapped in Another World narrative, with Pomni (and presumably the other performers) getting sucked in Caine's digital realm after donning a strange VR headset, drawing obvious comparisons to the (in)famous Sword Art Online, one of the first prototypes of the modern power fantasy isekai. TADC, on the other hand, is very far removed from any kind of escapism, with main character Pomni reacting with realistic confusion and horror to the reality of her situation, drawing favorable comments according to which more isekai should treat their plots in the same way. Also, one of the songs used in the Pilot is titled Get Isekai'd!
- Caine and Pomni rob a bank. ExplanationA piece of fanart by Deputy Rust, which gained significant popularity and was animated by KHtheKARTOONiST, and finally even dubbed by Caine and Pomni's original VAs, Alex Rochon and Lizzie Freeman. It's actually a reference to a Sanity Not Included skit. Perhaps not so coincidentally, Sanity Not Included co-creator Lyle Rath (then known as GuitarMasterX7, and the one replaced by Caine in the aforementioned fan works) would wind up voicing the Fudge and a mannequin NPC in Episode 2.
- "I miss my wife, Gangle/Pomni." Explanation Similar to "I'M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN", some fans thought that the line from the Real-Time Fandub gag dub of Sonic Adventure about Eggman telling Tails he misses his wife fits Kinger, as it is speculated that Queenie, the queen chess piece scene on one of the doors, is the former lover of Kinger before she abstracted.
- TADC as a 90s anime. ExplanationNumerous pieces of fanart of the show being portrayed in the art style of anime during the nineties started appearing on YouTube, with some of them being full-on animated adaptations of select scenes. One example can be found here.
Episodes:
Pilot
- "Hello, Caine, I love you..." / "Let's get outta here before the moon gets frisky!" ExplanationAn exchange between the Digital Circus' Moon and Caine, which was regarded as really funny by the fandom. The Moon is often depicted as an Abhorrent Admirer or Stalker with a Crush towards Caine because of this.
- Ragatha Spitting Bars. ExplanationFans took notice of how, in the Chinese dub, after Ragatha becomes glitched from being attacked by Kaufmo, her distorted dialogue is arranged in such a way that it sounds as if she's beatboxing, leading to numerous edits to make her sound like she's singing. The most popular edit of this variety involves Ragatha beatboxing to "Wavetapper" by Frums.
- "First pilot to reach 10 Pomnillion views." ExplanationAfter beating out the view count of the Hazbin Hotel pilot and every Murder Drones episode by gaining 100 million views in the span of a month, many fans of TADC love to joke, via Morbius-style, that the series' pilot has so many views that a new name had to be invented.
Candy Carrier Chaos!
- Sad Jax ExplanationIn the trailer for this episode, fans noticed Jax, a ruthless prankster and bully who does what he loves and loves what he does, looking sad while the sun was setting at the Candy Canyon Kingdom. Naturally, this topic has come up in many online conversations and theory videos as fans try to figure out just what could be making him feel this way. Remorse for his actions for the first time? More concern for his teammates that he likes to admit? Turns out, it's something much more petty: not enough violence and bloodshed. Yes, we're serious.
- "...Bubble, you can't say that." ExplanationWhile Caine is explaining the synopsis of the Candy Carrier Chaos adventure, Bubble remarks that it sounds "sticky", before saying something that is censored for 5 entire seconds (with a standard bleep sound to boot), much to Caine's shock, leading to him saying the aforementioned quote. Fans have made edits having Bubble say something inappropriate or crass uncensored, or have theorized just what he could have said that had to be entirely blocked out.
- "WHY, YOU LITTLE–" Explanation (Spoilers)After Caine abruptly killed fan-favorite Gummigoo, the fanbase ended up becoming livid with him, with many taking to Twitter to post pictures of themselves strangling their Caine plushes à la Homer Simpson to Bart, including Caine's own voice actor, Alex Rochon.
- Caine's DeletionExplanation (Spoilers)The nature of Caine just instantly deleting Gummigoo has led to numerous parodies of it, ranging from Caine performing a Hollow Purple, or annihilating Gummigoo in the style of Dr. Manhattan.
- I feel like I'm about to *POP*Explanation (Spoilers)Fans have compared Gummigoo's death to the scene from The Looney Tunes Show episode "The Foghorn Leghorn Story" where Yosemite Sam gets so happy about seeing the golden Burmese turtle that he explodes into confetti.
- Pomni x Gummigoo Song / Gummigooooo, where are you? I miss you.ExplanationA bizarre shipping song by BENJIxScarlett that involves shipping Pomni and Gummigoo. Its utterly awkward-sounding vocals had fans spreading the song around on TikTok and Twitter.
Misc.
POMNI WAKE UP TIME TO GO ON AN ADVENTURE
- Caine suddenly appearing above Pomni's bed quickly became the subject of edits, most commonly with Jump Scare sound effects from the Five Nights at Freddy's series.
- "What the f%$!# am I looking at?!" "The consequences of our actions! And it's only going to get worse from here." ExplanationCaine shows Pomni a censored wall of images, presumably all of the Rule 34 or content farm videos inspired by her character, which leads to this exchange. It's quickly become a reaction meme with the occasional greenscreen edit to show something else the duo are reacting to.
Other Media
- Jax's evil twin sister. ExplanationAn original character stemming from this tweet, fans liked the design of Jax's evil twin sister despite being from a YouTube Kids content farm and began drawing fanart of her. Some people drew shipping art of her with either Ragatha or Pomni (almost like a lesbian version of Jax/Ragatha and Jax/Pomni). Gooseworx herself ended up making her own design of the character as a joke. However, this ended up being subjected to a Fan-Work Ban due to Gooseworx's distaste for YouTube content farms.
- "Hi Jax, Can I kiss you?" Explanation this clip from GlitchX 2023 went viral where Gooseworx and Michael Kovach did a little scene in Bubble and Jax's voices where Bubble asks Jax for a kiss. When Jax obliges, Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul had to butt in to prevent the skit from getting any more inappropriate, thus spawning a Crack Pairing and several animatics of the scenes. Sometimes in these animations, Kevin and Luke are portrayed as SMG3 and SMG4 respectively.
- "AHHH I'M TURNING INTO POMNI" ExplanationThis is a beginning clip of Justin (the purple haired guy) from the infamous content farm YouTube channel LankyBox where he has a nightmare about transforming into Pomni, more specifically the first five or six seconds from this video.
