A woman gets trapped in a crazy virtual world along with five other humans and are now subject to the whims of wacky AI and their own personal traumas.
No but in a background scene we see a crossed out image of an anthropomorphic dog that has presumably abstracted (this story's nightmare version of death).
Gangle, typically a pushover who gets bullied by Jax, subjects Jax to brutal training for slacking off at his job, and asks Caine to punish him if he does poorly.
Ragatha accidentally gets the Sauce That Makes You Stupid in her eye, causing her to act drunk/high for the rest of the episode. The customer who ordered the Stupid Burger presumably also got drunk/high from eating it.
A very brief line by Pomni ("He just wants me to suffer") may mean Caine, but could also be interpreted as her remembering an abusive ex-boyfriend. However, it's neither confirmed or denied as of Episode 5.
Kinda. The "training" Jax undergoes restrains him and forces him to watch an unsettling video. Jax generally reacts to the extreme monotony of the fast food shift as if he's being tortured.
A bunch of wooden model NPCs get eaten by the Gloink Queen. SPOILERS Gangle also gets hit by a truck, but that just ends her shift early rather than actually killing her.
Zooble talks about how they feel uncomfortable with their body. Zooble’s gender is ambiguous, so it parallels the similar struggles of transgender and nonbinary people.
Zooble expresses a dislike for their digital body as they're never satisfied with how they look. This is implied to be one of the reasons they refuse to go on adventures with the other players. With them being uncertain of their gender identity and canonically using any pronouns, it could be interpreted as dysphoria as well.
The beginning, pomni is depicted in a way that some with dissociation issues may have trouble looking at until the scene is over.
In episode 4, gangle dissociated by the end of the episode briefly
In episode 6 jax is shown to dissociate quite a few times
Mild spoilers- Jax gets distressed when being forced to wear a maid dress to such a degree that Zooble comments they've "never seen (him) that upset before". Though the situation is played partially for humor, it isn't entirely funny.
Pomni is shown to have more than one while adjusting to the circus.
Minor spoilers- In episode 6 Jax seems to have one in the bathroom at the end. Could be triggering visuals for some who have dissociation
Caine welcomes the viewer to the Circus, then introduces himself and Bubble.
Jax looks directly into the camera when Pomni suggests that she's just having a weird dream.
Kinger is the oldest human and quite forgetful, though his faculties are much better in dark spaces. This is very likely a side-effect of being in the Circus for so long and not dementia, though it could still be triggering for some.