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5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/digital_circus_full_group.jpg]]
6	[[caption-width-right:350: Meet the Gang!]]
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8	A character sheet for the characters of ''WebAnimation/TheAmazingDigitalCircus''.
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10	[[index]]
11	* [[Characters/TheAmazingDigitalCircusPlayers Players]] [[labelnote:Click to expand.]]Pomni, Jax, Ragatha, Gangle, Kinger, Zooble, and Kaufmo[[/labelnote]]
12	* [[Characters/TheAmazingDigitalCircusNPCs NPCs]] [[labelnote:Click to expand.]]Caine, Bubble, Mannequins, The Moon, The Sun, The Gloinks and their Queen, Princess Loolilalu, Gummigoo, Max & Chad, and The Fudge[[/labelnote]]
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16	!Others
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19	[[folder:The Abstracted '''(UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
20	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abstracted_5.png]]
21	[[caption-width-right:1000:And into the cellar you go!]]
22	Unfortunate former players of the Circus who have long since crossed their mental breaking point. When the strain of living in the Circus becomes too much, players begin to corrupt, or "abstract", into glitchy monsters that mindlessly attack and likewise corrupt anything in their path.
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24	* AgonyBeam: Their attacks causes players to glitch out, painfully incapacitating them.
25	* AndIMustScream: If there's anything of the people they once were still in there, they're undoubtedly [[{{Understatement}} not having a good time]].
26	* TheBerserker: Assuming Kaufmo's behaviour is reflective of all of them, they fall under this category, as any living entity they spot makes them fly into a rage, pummeling it until it's a glitchy mess no matter who or what it is. If there is no living entity, they just remain still or wander around in a creepily calm fashion.
27	* TheCorruption: They're players who have completely glitched out thanks to the mental and emotional toll of being in the Circus. They spread abstraction to anything they attack, which can even spread from person to person, as Pomni finds out when her hand begins to glitch from touching a glitching Ragatha. Caine can at least heal the latter.
28	* DespairEventHorizon: They're the result of this: any of the players completely losing it mentally and/or emotionally will result in them abstracting -- which, with the Circus [[CrapsaccharineWorld being the way it is]] (not to mention the fact that inhabitants probably ''can't'' escape), is only a matter of time.
29	* DeathOfPersonality: The abstraction effectively destroy their personalities, turning them into glitchy and mindless beasts.
30	* DigitalAbomination: Like Kaufmo, any player who becomes abstracted turns into a corrupted, glitchy, multi-eyed, incomprehensible creature.
31	* EarlyBirdCameo: Kind of.
32	** While on their way to Kaufmo's room, Pomni, Ragatha, and Jax pass numerous rooms whose doors have crossed-out pictures of their residents, implying these are players who have abstracted.
33	** One of the teasers has a shot of the cellar while Caine reveals certain parts of the Circus.
34	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Covered head to toe in multicolored, spasming eyes.
35	* FaceMonsterTurn: They were originally players ([[DespairEventHorizon who lost it completely]]), who in turn were originally humans (who got trapped in the hardware, and thus the Circus).
36	* FateWorseThanDeath: Being a player in the Circus already isn't fun, but this is far, ''far'' worse -- by the time a player has fully abstracted, even Caine's RealityWarper powers can't save them. In other words, the abstracted are [[DeathOfPersonality gone]] and have to be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away]] so they can't hurt anyone else. According to Gooseworx, ''absolutely nothing'' can fix Abstraction.
37	* MadwomanInTheAttic: Cellar, but the idea's still there -- Caine has nothing to do for them but to stuff them all into the Circus's cellar, far away from the players who (at least) still have a grip on themselves.
38	* OminousVisualGlitch: Horrid walking blobs of this trope, and they can spread it to anything or anyone in their path.
39	* ThereIsNoCure: ''Anyone'' can become Abstracted once they officially lose all hope, '''and it's completely irreversible.''' As Caine has no power over the residents' minds and he seemingly can't kill them, all he can do is quarantine those who've Abstracted in the basement to keep them from infecting the rest of the Circus. Out of sight and out of mind, where they're condemned to mindlessly attack each other, '''forever'''.
40	* TranshumanAbomination: They’re glitchy, shadowy, eye-covered masses that were once ordinary humans (and human souls trapped in colorful digital bodies).
41	* TheVirus: Downplayed. Anything they get into physical contact will become glitched, but Goose has confirmed [[https://twitter.com/GooseworxMusic/status/1790524602386628675 those that are afflicted can't be Abstracted themselves by it, and unlike Abstraction it's easy to fix]].
42	* WalkingSpoiler: They're nearly impossible to talk about not only without also revealing that Kaufmo has turned into one of them, but also without establishing just how bad things will get for the players if they don't keep their sanity intact.
43	* WasOnceAMan: ''Again''. The pitiful beasts weren't always like this as they were once colorful players who were also humans that were transformed into cartoony avatars. But now after going insane, it is hard to tell if their souls can be saved.
44	* WhamShot: Caine dropping Kaufmo (whose first in-act appearance is already abstracted, inside his own room and behind his own door) into the cellar reveals ''dozens'' of abstracted down there, making it clear that players have been abstracting for a ''long'' time, and that (because apparently nobody can leave the Circus) it's only a matter of when, not if, the rest of the troupe will end up there.
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