The Newest Episode of The Amazing Digital Circus Is A Feat of Impassionate Writing

[@vanitymoth]

Obligatory “woah a positive review?” comment

[@muserweaver]

Yeaaah prepare for it to flop in algorithm lol

[@vanitymoth]

@ I'm counting on it

[@Keomaster000]

I was gonna write that LOL

[@AStoryWithLukeAnimates]

Lmao

[@NanakPrasad-g6r]

Finally amazing world of digital circus episode 3 thanks you so much vanitymoth

[@Yagsterr]

This episode really put the “amazing” in The Amazing Digital Circus.

[@muserweaver]

When's your review coming out 😏

[@IceMasterFilms]

Fr yag

[@unhelpfulcommentary]

When the world needed him most, he’s has returned. Not only that, he’s returned with his first positive TADC review. Truly, today will be one to remember.

[@Crow12619]

Tbf, Vanity's review of the pilot wasnt exactly negative, he just wasnt as impressed by it as everyone else and pointed out some of its issues while still overall saying it was fine.

[@Birdyboys]

TOLD Y’ALL! Not even Vanity could call this episode bad.

[@SD-R_IC-0nSimp]

Off topic but nice mordacai pfp.

[@firechillbro720]

Fr​@@SD-R_IC-0nSimp

[@Birdyboys]

@@SD-R_IC-0nSimp thanks! One of my favorite faces

[@seraphim6245]

Woooooooo!

[@TheKaijuKing54]

I strongly disagree with Vanity’s take on Gumigoo. Are we really supposed to believe that Pomni mentioning him means he didn’t leave much of an impression on her just because of the tone of her voice? That doesn’t make much sense. While her voice may be steady, it doesn’t mean his death didn’t affect her. She’s likely just trying to hold herself together. The fact that Pomni even mentions Gumigoo indicates that he’s still on her mind.

[@muserweaver]

Haters will say this is fake

[@CrazyAnimatic]

A positive review.. about the amazing digital circus??? This a dream come true you guys

[@Birdyboys]

After watching Ghostfuckers, my mind came back to this episode and it made me think about how I wished Helluva Boss had more bonding moments like this. Like Blitzo and Millie having an episode together getting to know each other better, then the part where she calls him her best friend feels more earned. Like I really appreciate the slow burn of Pomni finally acknowledging how she was being unappreciative to Ragatha. Digital Circus always felt like a warm blanket that smells kind of weird. Flawed in some ways yes, but it excels at establishing character relationships. I do hope Pomni does get an episode that’s just about her though. Because my only grievance with episode 3 is that I worry about every episode having big emotional moments or subplots being dropped (I wasn’t fond of Zooble’s plot just…. Ending)

[@cringeopedia]

Agreed, especially at that end.

[@muserweaver]

The B plot evolved into showing Caine's insecurities and mental problems are as severe as Zooble's if not worse, hence the switching roles in the end

[@Birdyboys]

@@muserweaver oh yes, to be clear I get the intention but it felt like Zooble’s conflict never got a resolution (not that it could, obviously people who experience dysphoria can never have those feelings immediately “cured”) but I wish there was something said other than them switching some limbs

[@Dragon-w7k9g]

@@BirdyboysOut of all the antis you are the most obnoxious

[@Birdyboys]

@@Dragon-w7k9g you can complain all you want but I’m still right

[@LucaMations]

Absolutely worth the wait. The episode and the review.

[@pluto9860]

MD fan here, and I can say proudly, this episode was more impactful than the series finale of Murder Drones.. I’m starting to like this more. (Maybe not, but it’s close.)

[@aaroncupacheco9423]

I give you the reason. The first 2 episodes were all about potential this is it. This is what the show is capable of at a narrative level i just hope theyre able to stay at this level

[@wetburntbagel]

14:53 wdym the “age demographic” of the show, its stated by gooseworx that it’s for teens and weird young adults

[@guutn7973]

Unironically this is the only episode I liked in the entirety of the show so far. Glad we are of the same opinion. The hint to MD at the end reminded me how much more MD could have been but missed its chance :(

[@Chilly_Tree]

Finally, the opinion everyones been waiting for is here

[@itz_znuggvt7940]

TADC ep 3 deserves the positive review. I wasn’t interested in tadc pretty much at all, but this episode was so solid that im definitely looking forward to more. I also think the emotional moments here were much more well executed compared to episode 2.

[@LucyLoud_Fan]

Well low and behold. A positive review of Digital Circus from Vanity Moth. This oughta be good.

[@brenlc1412]

Vanitymoth: Oh my God. I get it.

[@Novaurawr]

Love how almost everyone whether they liked the first two eps or not agree on how well-written this ep was.

[@sonicorange9050]

0:05 Murder Drones in a nutshell.

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

Helluva Boss and Digital Circus giving us their best on Halloween? Who would have thought?

[@muserweaver]

Spooky buildings haunted with possessor entities are tight!

[@TheUnmitigatedDawn]

@ Rolando might be the best HB villain in years

[@muserweaver]

@@TheUnmitigatedDawn what's even the competition, Stella is legitimately dumb, Striker started well but also got reduced to a joke, only Crimson is at least a bit intimidating. Maybe if he conspires with Mammon that could be interesting since they both have beef with Ozzie now.

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

Hey people on Reddit, are you happy now?

[@Birdyboys]

You know they’re just going to say he’s only pretending to like it 😂

[@LucaMations]

​they're just never gonna accept that he also likes stuff 😂

[@gavinarad2288]

Personally no, how are people ignoring the “Impassionate” in the title?? Calling the writers impassionate is pretty damn rude and disrespectful to most of the writers that do actually care. Oopsies

[@LucaMations]

@@gavinarad2288 do u not know what impassionate means? It means someone who is filled with passion or expressing intense feelings and thoughts. Vanity is saying that this episode was filled with passion with its writing

[@gavinarad2288]

@@LucaMations OH CRAP, really??? I’m so used to seeing im- mean something reversed, so I assumed it here too. My bad.

[@eeeeaaaooo18]

I think this might be evil vanitymoth….

[@Birdyboys]

HEAVILY disagree with the take about Zooble’s therapy being out of no where and “awkward”. I actually really like how Zooble’s therapy session is where the reality of their situation really sets in. I honestly love the contrast between goofy and emotional and just… this quiet, solemn feeling of personal unhappiness over something they can’t control. I also think that their dysphoria isn’t really something you can set up as overt. A lot of trans people who experience otherness tend to keep to themselves and Zooble is a very quiet character, so I don’t mind them finally letting the walls down and confessing their problems only for it to not really get acknowledged because Caine treats these characters like they’re children and not complex adults.

[@animatorofswordman3256]

thank you his zooble take was a bit iffy in a sense. It wasn’t really built up in the best way but the show gives us a clues to it during its first two episodes when we see zooble with different parts in each episode. I would have only just criticized the execution in the whole zooble plot. In the end I agree with you on it working well .

[@Birdyboys]

@@animatorofswordman3256 even though I enjoy Vanity’s videos I will admit that it’s takes like these that make me go “oh yeah this guy doesn’t seem very socially conscious”. Between misunderstanding Ken’s misogyny arc and justifying Adam’s misogynistic/genocidal tendencies it does come across very… off.

[@LowerBudgetOppenheimer]

I just want something that isn't lgbtq related bruh

[@Birdyboys]

@@LowerBudgetOppenheimer cry about it

[@LowerBudgetOppenheimer]

@@Birdyboys no you lol

[@The-king-of-ruins]

Glad you enjoyed it was a pretty good episode Soooo yeah bye

[@higbeeproductions2340]

someone please pinch me he actually did a positive review

[@Amirwav]

Welll.... this is just as close as perfection glicth has gotten to since md epsiode 7 what can i say more Just kinger alone made me cry and this just shows how much great potential tadc has as a show and this show was the only one of the 3 that shouldve deserved the 100m+ views and thats it but also showing how good gooseworx is at her work makes me have alot of hope towards glitch and gooseworxs next episodes she was written this is BY far the best episode i have seen this year if not in the 2 years by glitch making episode this episode can literally save lives by how important the message is "even in the saddest moments you have got to move on" and i feek just so grateful to have this episode be so good and be A top 3 episode by Glitch as A whole An EASY 9/10 even with the flaws of caine and zooble.

[@tristanp5523]

We got a positive review folks!

[@hypocr1t1c]

omg a positive review?!? i’m in

[@Dragon-w7k9g]

We got Vanitymoth making a positive TADC review before GTA 6

[@ShinGhidorah17]

This was a great episode, honestly.

[@AStoryWithLukeAnimates]

eyyy A positive Review

[@AYcosmick]

26:18 that's crazy but so real

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

Fantastic review, the only part that pissed me off is when you said that MD episode three is better, sorry but that episode is the definition of overrated, at least people don’t like TADC, nobody is even trying to say something about MD episode three.

[@LucaMations]

Do u not like The Promening?

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

@@LucaMations no, it’s a 8/10 or 7.75/10 for me, but people treat it as the next incoming of Christ that helped the universe that solved world hunger, i’m over exaggerating but come on it’s not that good.

[@Birdyboys]

@@The_gaslight_district_FanboyI actually enjoyed the promening but it has this problem that Vanity praised in TADC where I don’t care about these characters enough to really care about what happens, it’s all just spectacle. I also personally dislike that this was the beginning of the show being weirdly indifferent to V’s sadism.

[@varsovianspy2992]

@@Birdyboys The morality of MD characters is something I have the most issues with. It's funny how J is supposed to be the bad guy when in comparison she's not much worse than the rest of her crew, yeah she was an ass towards N, I'm not condoning that, but V straight up just killed a random student and she's supposed to be the good one?

[@VenIGuess]

A part of me finds this episode to feel a little flat on execution due to the overabundance of tell based writing. So much of what we're supposed to be feeling and thinking is told to us instead of allowing us to come to these conclusions on our own. I see this issue in regard to modern animation in general, but having more silent moments within Kinger's monologue of him just pondering more would do wonders for the episode. This issue extends to Zooble as well as how Kinger's plot progresses. So much of how both progress is through so much tell based dialogue, I don't mind it on paper, but in execution it felt contrived. ESPECIALLY for Zooble's subplot. Bojack has this exact issue, but a lot of its tell based dialogue can still convey an underlying idea within its work. The View From Halfway Down is the perfect example of this, in my opinion. Lackadaisy: Inguene is also another good example of this as well! It has a higher emphasis on quieter moments and using its environment to explore the short's plot, and the character driven approach of the story.

[@waffie6785]

@@VenIGuess “come up with these conclusions on our own” is the most boring Trope in media im sorry I don’t really get what’s flat? It’s a wonderful life lesson that is being told by the character People thought was insane and a joke the lesson being “don’t take people for granted because you don’t know when they won’t be here anymore” it’s a beautiful message in my opinion

[@VenIGuess]

​@waffie6785 Allowing the audience to come up with their own conclusions is... a trope now? What? It's a writing tool allowing the audience to connect more with the media that they watch. My issue isn't the lesson either. It's the ways in which it was delivered that felt so expository and forced.

[@VenIGuess]

​@@waffie6785 failed @ first time around lol

[@Parris807]

"Vanity hates digital circus" Uhhh no? There's this thing called criticism people.

[@Birdyboys]

Unfortunately cartoon communities have normalized “criticism = this guy hates the show, hates the creator and wants the world to burn” it’s sad

[@Parris807]

@ Yeah. And I'm embarrassed that I was once part of that group -_-. I luckily know better now and even though I don't really agree with most of his criticisms I can still see where they come from (minus whatever the N video was 😭)

[@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy]

⁠@@Birdyboys somebody on Reddit said that he’s a rage bait channel, and if he was a rage bait channel then why the hell did he make a positive review on a very well receive episode? you expected that if everybody liked it, he would say something negative to attract peoples attention if he was a rage bait channel, but no, he didn’t.

[@Birdyboys]

@@The_gaslight_district_Fanboy I saw that too! It annoys me so much. The guy clearly loves/respects these shows and just wants them to be better. I hate how the indie animation space expects people to shut up and only praise them blindly

[@cringeopedia]

@@Birdyboys Agreed. It shows a severe lack of Media literacy many fans have. Instead of trying to understand Vanity’s point of view, they exclude and villainize him. Now I can understand others not always agreeing with his actions or stances on a few things, but to make it feel like a scary thing to even mention that I like Vanity’s channel (especially in MD spaces) and find myself agreeing with a few of the opinions others hate him for is a completely different thing that should never happen.

[@EndyDino]

*Underrated ngl

[@Sleepy-Stars]

woah a positive review? :3 :clueless: :3

[@justaseal]

a positive TADC review from Vanitymoth. i guess there really is a first for everything. gotta admit, i'm not the biggest TADC fan, and i think the show was insanely overrated, but episode 3 is actually really good in my opinion and made me actually like the show a lot more. also gotta love the dig at MD episode 8 at 26:00 - 26:19 as soon as he started talking about removing all the great scenes and reducing this episode to 20 minutes with barely any character interaction. still can't get over that trainwreck.

[@gono4806]

Kinger is a chad

[@muserweaver]

For someone whose previous animations barely had any sane plots and dialogue Goose is doing surprisingly well with writing. Or at least learning to.

[@sonicmas3]

Episode 4 is the gangle episode

[@80yearoldman98]

13:15 not sure what he meant by not being overly convoluted, can someone explain?

[@Birdyboys]

I think he means when a story tries way too hard to make a character seem tragic that it’s almost comical. Think those shitty webtoons where a character is hated by their entire family and they’re sold as a slave and idk their dog was fed to lions. Just silly and over the top

[@Keomaster000]

positive review?! (real)

[@jerryvegas3353]

I genuinley believe that vanitymoth gets paid to be a hater, surely he’s a millionaire by this point.

[@TotallyNot0020]

You know, I think this is the first time I strongly disagree with Vanity. TADC episode 3 is mid. Overall, the episode is fine, Kinger and Pomni's scene together is a great example of how to make a seemingly cliche scene into an emotional driven moment that is easily the best scene in the series, this is without a doubt Caine's best episode cuz *lore* But this episode can feel PAINFULLY dragged out, the horror style is really good, but the writing for the horror is a hit or miss, and its mostly missing, Zooble feels like a plot device for Caine (I know they does get a little more characterization, but after 2 EPISODES of doing nothing, I wanted them to at least do something instead of just telling us their problems), and this is more of a nitpick but I think its worth mentioning cuz this is in the dark psychological comedy genre that this episode fails at comedy. Maybe this video will change my mind slightly, maybe not, but thinking of it THIS HIGHLY of it caught me tf out guard. Still respect the opinion tho, and I can't wait to hear your explanation.

[@Bisan624]

Fails as comedy? Respect your opinion but i think the comedy was great but it wasn't on mainly focused.

[@firechillbro720]

Nah this episode was great ngl

[@SD-R_IC-0nSimp]

The episode is awesome and the comedy is great

[@CrazyAnimatic]

Comedy was great especially the “ok I won’t”

[@animatorofswordman3256]

@@Bisan624thank you comedy wasn’t even the main focus on this episode and the comedy scenes we had then were solid and didn’t detract much of the main plot of the episode.

[@AriaKyuKyu]

I hope to hear you that you regret calling the show the "worst indie cartoon" Edit: 1. He didnt regret saying that 2. Zooble's take was the worst he has ever said 3. How is it even he liked the episode, sounds way too agressive and condescending. Says he likes it but somehow judging like the show still needs to prove itself

[@Birdyboys]

This is going to shock you but sometimes people can praise something and still find issues with it. I do agree with your take on Zooble though it’s pretty bad.

[@aethermaster1153]

Sometimes i feel like im the only one who thinks this episode was lowkey the worst of the 3 so far 😅

[@waffie6785]

@@aethermaster1153 that’s because you are your the only person here who thinks this episode was the “worst” it’s phenomenal

[@ethanpena2030]

Okay I guess it is cool youblike the episodes, yet you still make it seem like this show from the very beginning was this overrated trash when it fucking wasn't whatsoever :/

[@riskopalfi801]

I agree with basically everything said here (and more). This episode was truly great and I cannot stress this enough. That being said, it might just be a me thing, but I kind-of still don't really like Pomni. I feel like she only truly shines when she's in the company of others (see this episode, or her coming up with the collision idea in Episode 2 when she's with Gumigoo). But when she's alone, she's panicking all the time. It's because of this that my feelings on her shift drastically. I strongly disliked in Pilot, grew to somewhat like her in Candy Carrier Chaos, only to feel indifferent towards her here. To me, she's definitely the weakest GLITCH main character, because she does not truly shine on her own. It's just her panicking endlessly and she never truly establishes herself beyond that.

[@runajain5773]

Well three episode are there 5 more left so we have wait for character development

[@waffie6785]

@@riskopalfi801 so are ignoring how she literally calmed down an NPC about to have a mental breakdown and existential crisis without panicking orrr….?

[@riskopalfi801]

@@waffie6785 That's why I said I liked her In Candy Carrier Chaos.

[@cohengamertv6548]

YOU ARE A TRAITOR TO THE MD FANDOM

[@vanitymoth]

I have been called that since my cabin fever review released. I don't expect that to change.

[@Bisan624]

Wait huh?

[@omgvindacator999]

Nope! He’s just speaking facts

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

It’s honestly hilarious how many times we have the opposite opinion. I liked the second episode but the third one felt like it tried way too hard to be dark and serious when it still has the tone of something for middle schoolers

[@DX-222]

I wasnt trying to be dark, gooseworx said that it was just another silly episode with some spooky stuff on it and also she said that it was to scare 5 years old kids, so yeah the episode was good

[@waffie6785]

@@user-x7dc2pq7n that’s the thing People tend to forget gooseworx literally said on her tumblr she may have overhyped episode 3 and she is sorry if it’s not some masterpiece of psychological horror she said it wasn’t going to be that scary but yet people expected it to…

[@wetburntbagel]

14:53 wdym the “age demographic” of the show, its stated by gooseworx that it’s for teens and weird young adults