THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: PILOT
Movie • 2023
Reporta psychological dark comedy about cute cartoon characters who hate their lives and want to leave
This movie contains 44 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
2 supporters
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HoppipHarvest
In the pilot, Pomni tries to leave the digital circus without saying goodbye to the others. (It doesn’t work.)
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Is an animal abandoned?
54 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
No but characters that have “abstracted” which have animalistic behaviour are placed in a pocket dimension presumably for eternity
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
51 supporters
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
45 supporters
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HoppipHarvest
In the show: As of the pilot, no.
In the trailers: Pomni gets several knives thrown at her and stuck in her body in a knife-throwing act, and Ragatha gets tripped by Jax and has a meat cleaver thrown at her head.
In the trailers: Pomni gets several knives thrown at her and stuck in her body in a knife-throwing act, and Ragatha gets tripped by Jax and has a meat cleaver thrown at her head.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
27 supporters
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The newest member "Pomni" mentions an exit door she'd seen outside the tent, so Caine insists she is hallucinating and there is no exit door. In the end, Caine eventually apologized for "lying about the exit" and admitted there was an exit door that he never really got to finish.
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HoppipHarvest
The characters suffer torment in the show and the trailers, but according to the creators, none of them are children. (The youngest, Jax, is 22.)
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Addiction
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Animal
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cha0ticneutralsystem
The he gloink queen looks like a slug and is presumably killed by kaufo
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Are rabbits harmed?
38 supporters
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SuzieBelle
theres a character whos an anthropomorphic rabbit and is briefly choked as a gag. its depicted cartoonishly.
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Are there bugs?
17 supporters
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SuzieBelle
no bugs are shown, but a character mentions having a bug collection
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Assault
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cha0ticneutralsystem
No but pomni gets punched in the face unexpectedly after opening doors in the same sort of boat Jax says “ladies first” and then shoves someone, presumably a woman or feminine man I’m not sure of their gender, out of the way
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Is there pedophilia?
65 supporters
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Sibelos
Who the fuck voted yes? It doesn't have any pedophilia not even an implication of it.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
13 supporters
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FatherIsCynophobic
Jax is the “bully” of the group and is shown shoving other characters to humiliate them.
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Is someone restrained?
12 supporters
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HoppipHarvest
In a trailer, Pomni is tied to a target and forced to participate in a knife-throwing act.
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
26 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Jax makes a joke that “he didn’t consent to seeing someone so disgusting” not sure if this counts
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Bodily Harm
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Are any hands damaged?
12 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
After touching a glitched ragatha, pomnis hand starts to glitch, it’s mentioned glitching is extremely painful
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Are there dislocations?
5 supporters
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wegsdraws
Zooble’s character is made up of many shapes that are pulled apart. She doesn’t seem to be in pain, though, just annoyed.
Also, when Ragatha is glitching, her limbs glitch in ways that look like dislocations. The glitching is painful, but not necessarily the dislocating.
Also, when Ragatha is glitching, her limbs glitch in ways that look like dislocations. The glitching is painful, but not necessarily the dislocating.
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Is there throat mutilation?
14 supporters
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FatherIsCynophobic
Not really, but one of the characters chokes another character as a gag. No damage is left behind.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
15 supporters
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Mkosmorama
Pomni hyperventilates briefly when she's told she can't leave the Circus, and near the end she gasps while running through multiple hallways
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Is there decapitation?
16 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
There is a character that can be pulled apart and put back together like blocks and their head can come off
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Is someone choked?
14 supporters
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SuzieBelle
yes, but its done in a cartoonish way.
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Is there body horror?
28 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Glitched bodies, a character with an unnaturally moving jaw and eyes inside said jaw for a head, a pull apart put back together character and characters who “abstract” turn into a black glitching mess with many flashing eyes on their whole body
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Is there amputation?
14 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Take apart put back together character has her arm taken off but is fine and still able to move it while detached
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Does someone become unconscious?
2 supporters
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FatherIsCynophobic
Gloink Queen might count as this. She’s beaten up and her head goes limp.
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Is someone tortured?
57 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
The digital circus itself could be viewed as torturing souls of people who happen into it, especially with cane sending them on adventure that could seemingly hurt them
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Does someone fall down stairs?
4 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Down a hole with a slide
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Does someone fall to their death?
8 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
No but three characters are knocked/jump into a whole that has a hidden slide
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Is there eye mutilation?
58 supporters
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SuzieBelle
in the beginning, Pomni briefly pulls her eye out, but its in a cartoony way and there is no gore.
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Is someone stabbed?
6 supporters
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cha0ticnewtsys
The intro video that introduced everyone and their name which I believe is a teaser video includes ragatha being stabbed in the face but she is not injured by it as she is a rag doll
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
61 supporters
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SodaButt
All characters are canon adults and not sexualized!
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does a major character die?
12 supporters
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HoppipHarvest
No, but something akin to death (and even worse) happens to one character.
*SPOILERS FOR THE PILOT* At some point before the pilot episode, a character went insane and became permanently altered physically and mentally (essentially resulting in the “death” of their mind and personality). After the others find that this has happened, Caine puts the altered person in the cellar (where others like them are also trapped), removing them from the main cast.
*SPOILERS FOR THE PILOT* At some point before the pilot episode, a character went insane and became permanently altered physically and mentally (essentially resulting in the “death” of their mind and personality). After the others find that this has happened, Caine puts the altered person in the cellar (where others like them are also trapped), removing them from the main cast.
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Does a non-human character die?
15 supporters
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SuzieBelle
a character is "abstracted" aka they turn into a monster. at the end theyre thrown into a pit and considered dead.
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Disability
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Yes
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
6 supporters
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I would say so. The characters are "Trapped in the digital world." Most have gotten used to it, while the protagonist, Pomni, panicks as it was her first few hours in the circus.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
14 supporters
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Anonymous
There are characters themed after Children’s toys that often end up beat up/in danger
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
30 supporters
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wegsdraws
when Pomni is looking for Caine, she opens a door with a character taking a bath. Unexpectedly, a mask flies towards the screen with a yelling noise. this made me jump the first time i watched it
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Are there clowns?
8 supporters
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SuzieBelle
There is a brief clown character and the main character is a jester.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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SuzieBelle
we get a tour of the world and theres a large lake, but it's briefly shown.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
13 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
The gloink queen has multiple (probably at least 20) eyes along her head which form a bubbly pattern, it’s after pomni opens a bunch of doors and sequentially after three of them fall into the gloink hole (tryphobia is fear of both or either bubbly and holey textures)
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cha0ticneutralsystem
No but there is a knife held by the bubble chef
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Is there a shower scene?
7 supporters
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wegsdraws
no nudity is shown
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Are there mannequins?
4 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Wooden mannequins are NPCs in this world
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
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25
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Pomni vomits at around four minutes in and a bubble person licks it up
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Is someone eaten?
17 supporters
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Zooble is eaten by the gloink queen
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
14 supporters
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Sibelos
So far there are no cops at all.
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LGBTQ+
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Yes
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Yes
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Loss
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Medical
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Yes
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Mental Health
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Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
Yes
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SuzieBelle
Kinger suffers from severe paranoia and delusions.
1 comment | Add comment
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wegsdraws
unless you count Pomni pulling out her eye and tugging on her eyelid in the beginning, no. (this is done cartoonishly and she is not actually harmed)
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
18 supporters
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3
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FatherIsCynophobic
No one is explicitly stated to have any specific mental illness, but insanity is a significant theme that is connected to “abstraction” which causes characters to attack others senselessly.
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HoppipHarvest
Pomni can't remember her previous life, and it seems that this is equally true for the other formerly-human circus residents. Zooble is a particularly strong case, having no memory of their gender identity.
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HoppipHarvest
No, but *SPOILERS* the way the characters talk about Kaufmo’s abstracting mirrors how one would discuss a person who committed suicide, saying they can’t believe he “gave up” and that they expected another mentally unstable character to do it first.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
10 supporters
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23
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cha0ticneutralsystem
They are in a sort of limbo where Pomni feels like something is off and reality starts breaking and things clip into other objects and glitch, Jax also mentions Cane makes NPCs for the others to play with regularly. Pomni mentions she put on a headset and was teleported to limbo. Everything is presented and mentioned that they are living inside a computer game or simulation of some sort, in a “digital plane” cane also tells pomni she is having “digital hallucinations” but he seems to be lying. There is also cartoon logic (hammer space) and a weird infinitely respecting reality where pomni reenters the same room repeatedly. Pomni gets thrown into the void and seemingly has an existential crisis. They mention that food has no affect on them and they don’t need to eat, it just replicates the sensation of food
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Does someone have a meltdown?
5 supporters
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13
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cha0ticneutralsystem
More so a mental/nervous breakdown
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Yes
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Is there body dysphoria?
8 supporters
Yes
16
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Everyone is mentioned to have a different body in the world this takes place while having regular human bodies where they come from, this causes Pomni to freak out when she sees herself in a mirror
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
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Are there anxiety attacks?
18 supporters
Yes
15
No
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Pomni hyperventilates when she arrives to this new world and is told she can’t leave
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
13 supporters
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13
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0
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Running through endless narrow halls
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
23 supporters
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AkaruiHito
Not really. There are mentions of not actually needing to eat in the digital world but that’s it
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
56 supporters
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13
Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
17 supporters
Yes
15
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FatherIsCynophobic
Jumpscares, screaming, and other abrupt noises are in the show.
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Yes
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Is there screaming?
7 supporters
Yes
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SuzieBelle
multiple characters scream, shout and yell.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
4 supporters
Yes
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No
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Swearing is censored in world. “Hoo-ha” is not an can be interpreted as a slang term for vagina
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Are there flashing lights or images?
24 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
4
cha0ticneutralsystem
When they enter kaufmos room there is a beast with flashing eyes, when the rag doll girl gets picked up and when pomni gets touched on the hand they start glitching and flashing. When pomni enters a weird door and it takes her to a weird reality the lights flicker
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
Yes
16
No
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Cane mentions he has hundreds of all seeing eyes he uses to watch everyone
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Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
Yes
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No
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Jax talks to the viewer
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Pregnancy
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14
Yes
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Yes
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12
Yes
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12
Yes
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12
Yes
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Prejudice
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Yes
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jdpamv
A character who goes by gender-neutral pronouns in other dubs is referred to with feminine pronouns in the Russian dub.
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
0
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13
Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
Yes
2
No
7
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cha0ticneutralsystem
The gloink queen, who is a villain, goes on a eugenicist rant about how everything needs to be gloinks
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8
Yes
0
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
26 supporters
Yes
12
No
5
7
cha0ticneutralsystem
“Crazy” and “insane” are used, also “crazy” is used derogatorily to describe a neurodivergent coded character. Characters also “go insane” when they think about their past life or try to leave
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No
14
Yes
0
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12
Race
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14
Relationships
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0
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
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1
No
9
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SuzieBelle
there are minor, surface level religious references, like the ringmasters name being "Caine", which connects to the logo "C&A" which is a reference to Cain and Able. the dinner scene at the end is framed like The Last Supper.
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Sex
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12
Is someone sexually objectified?
26 supporters
Yes
1
No
9
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cha0ticneutralsystem
Jax flirts with Ragatha and calls her pet names. The moon also flirts with pomni
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Are there nude scenes?
23 supporters
Yes
0
No
11
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cha0ticneutralsystem
We see someone in a bathtub but don’t see any nudity
1 comment | Add comment
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No
12
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
51 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
11 supporters
Yes
0
No
10
3
HickoryDickoryProductions
Gangle (the mask) was confirmed to be a girl
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Sickness
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0
No
10
Yes
0
No
8
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
14 supporters
Yes
11
No
2
1
cha0ticneutralsystem
Pomni remembers everything about her past life and name and is visibly distressed when she tries to remember
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone terminally ill?
9 supporters
Yes
1
No
8
2
cha0ticneutralsystem
After people “abstract” (which is when they go “insane”) they become a glitched beast and have to be sent away to a pocket dimension, upon being touched by said glitch beast the person becomes glitch ina different way, it’s mentioned it can only be fixed by Cane but also is incredibly painful, this could be seen as an allegory to some
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Social
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No
10
Yes
0
No
14
Yes
0
No
12
Is existentialism debated?
5 supporters
Yes
19
No
0
4
SuzieBelle
existentialism is a major theme in the show
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Spoiler
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No
10
Yes
0
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10
Does it have a sad ending?
23 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
6
SuzieBelle
Pomni tries to escape and it drives her crazy. She ends up back in the circus and she is despondent, finally realizing that it's not a dream and she is trapped forever.
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Vehicular
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No
9
Yes
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10
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
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10
Violence
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
0
No
14
Does someone drown?
9 supporters
Yes
0
No
10
4
HoppipHarvest
No, but drowning is mentioned.
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10