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grapebritain · 16 days

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Jax is not an npc

I've seen the idea of Jax being an npc being floated around after ep2's release, which while i ADORE this idea in concept (as some parts of it explain certain parts of his character )that doesn't mean that this is the answer as to why Jax is the way he is.

Jax is a self absorbed, sarcastic, and non-serious character who seems to know far more than he actually should so far with what we've seen. He is the only human who has broke the forth wall , not just once, but twice, and has a very performative 'vibe' to him. Like he's on some sort of stage a bit like Cain does. Due to this, and with the plot of episode 2, people have drew the conclusion that this MUST mean Jax is an npc which, eventho it is deffo plausible , there are several reasons why i do not think this is the case, and people are trying to jump to conclusion too quickly to find an explanation to these questions.

1.Pop culture reference

Jax in episode 2 makes an offhaded joke about Charlie and the chocolate factory, a popular piece of media that most people do know about. It seems pretty insignificant but boy is this a really important detail.

With the recent release of other teasers of the next episodes that are yet to come, in terms of copyrighted media showing up in the game, we can see that Cain INTENTIONALLY makes off branded versions of popular parts of our world such as McDonalds and other fast food brands

So for Jax to make a pop culture references, the names would likely have to be inaccurate from the actual piece of media, being...well...off branded versions of them. The fact he literally uses the accurate name "Augustus Gloop" adding an "ed" on the end for comedic effect shows that he HAS seen or heard of the actual piece of media, which would be impossible if he was an npc.

furthermore, say even the offbranded version was due to glitch themselves not being able to use actual brands in the show visually (which is also highly likely), the implication that Cain made an ai that was aware of these sorts of things is almost nonsensical considering that gummigoo didn't know anything outside of the established plot he needed to serve his in game purpose. When another npc doesn't even have a visual memory of his own mother, something closely linked to the established motive of an npc, why would Cain give an ncp knowledge of random pop culture reference for no reason ?

i would say this is a pretty strong point to put the argument forward Jax is not an npc.

2.NPC's immersive feature

this point is a little less strong, but is still a very important one to make.

I think people are forgetting that Gummigoo is intentionally meant to be far more immersive compared to pervious ai. We are going on the basis of Jax being an ncp , based on how intelligent Gummigoo is, which with the timeline we have, would not exactly work out that way.

Obviously, Cain establishing that the ai SHOULD be more immersive, doesn't mean it will be, but if we take into context the episode prior, it does actually seem to be somewhat more advanced in a way than it wasn't before, dialogue being a bit less generic and more fluid . With the consideration this is only Pomni's second adventure, and the ai already seemingly at least, being far better than the last, that could imply that going back a couple of adventures before Pomnis arrival , this ai was much more primitive.

Looking at when Jax arrived could give us some idea of how good the ai was at the time, and with gooseworx establishing jax arriving before zooble (who already seems to have grumpily adjusted to the world) , i would imagine that Jax, if he was an npc, would be far less advanced then he currently is and much more one dimensional as a character to hint at him being an npc....which brings me onto my next point.

3."Jax is violent and impulsive " argument

I've seen the occasional argument that Jax being violent and impulsive could be an argument for him being an npc. He realized he has no purpose, so started being violent and uncaring of the world around him, but this argument completely disregards the fact that...the human characters kind of have that 'reality shattering' moment too. Pomni does, which is why she can relate in the first place to Gummigoo.

All of the human characters have to come to the scary realization that, they are stuck here. Stuck in a fake world. Most of the characters draw closer to each other people that are real because of this as some form of comfort such as Pomni and Ragatha, but Jax is own person, and different people react differently to different situations. Jax just happens to react in a rather emotionally distanced way to the seriousness of the situation.

He seems to be the most emotionally immature character, so it makes complete sense as to why he would react in an immature manner. Not to mention he is the youngest out of all the cast, and may have been even younger when entering the digital circus.

When an emotionally immature, impulsive , frankly not very morally amazing person is told they can basically do whatever they like with little to no repercussions to their actions, what are they going to do? Cause chaos of course, which is exactly what Jax does.

he even more so causes chaos by breaking one of the only rules he's can't break, the whole keeping everything family friendly.

This seems to be his way of coping with the situation and seriousness at hand, brushing it aside and acting impulsively instead because he knows full well he couldn't do this in the real world, it also keep him emotionally distant from everyone else, which seems to be an intentional move by him as he doesn't go to Kaufmo's funeral despite briefly seeming upset about the matter.

He cares in his own weird way, but he refuses to show that to the rest of the cast (unimportant but i wanna add as well, it is common for men to be emotionally closed off due to the idea vulnerability for men esp is a bad thing, which ofc it is not ).

Which also builds up off my pervious point that despite his exterior, Jax isn't one dimensional or flat as a character, which if he was an old ai npc he probably would be 1d, and we wouldn't have this small moment of slight care from him, despite still trying to stay distant.

Final thoughts

So what about the forth wall breaking? him owning keys to all the rooms? Well quite honestly, i don't think we know enough about him or anyone to fully know why Jax is the only one to do this. It could be for some deep lore meaning, or it could be simply he is the comic relief character so is the one to do this more consistently than the rest.

Personally, i DO think it's something deeper, what that deeper thing is yet is something i'm sure will be explored in future episodes, but rn, i think jumping at the first thing is not an amazing idea (eventho it is a super interesting and exciting one).

Just thought i'd share my feelings as this is the only theory i've seen around rn abt my fav stupid purple bunny.

#the amazing digital circus #tadc theory #jax theory #tadc jax #jax npc #jax is not an npc #npc tadc

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zebracorn-chan · 6 days

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Moon from The Amazing Digital Circus!🌜🎪 🌜

‼️REPOSTS AND AI TRAINING NOT ALLOWED‼️

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chloesimaginationthings · 16 days

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Pomni and Gummigoo reunite in TADC!

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almadash · 17 days

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I like the theory of Jax being an NPC

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #jax #ragatha #pomni #tadc jax #tadc ragatha #tadc pomni #Jax is an NPC #I don’t think it will actually be true #It’s just a fun concept

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ceaselessly-mad · 4 days

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I love the "existential dread of discovering you, your family/friends, and anything else you consider 'life', were created only for entertainment of someone else" topic in media!

Though with WH, we're not sure what Eddie's behavior is after making his 'discovery', I think it'd be interesting if we saw him tread that territory, maybe even confront Wally about it?

Reference photos below!

🐊.....🎊 !

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mysterybox1000 · 18 days

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Gummigoo and Plo Koon really changed my thinking when I'm playing games with NPCs

#gummigoo #plo koon #the amazing digital circus #digital circus #star wars #npc #tadc #tadc spoilers

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an-albino-pinetree · 10 days

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That’s not how you hold the hammer

#my stuff #npc moment #someone help him #tadc carnival au #carnival au #the amazing digital carnival #carnival!jax #tadc #the amazing digital circus #tadc jax #jax #shitpost

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anonymouscheeses · 17 days

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LEE POMNI PLSSS LER GUMMIGOO OR RAGS!! <33

La Pomni!! I was lazy mid way sorry for that buuuttt here's the way I like to draw her (not redesign just a fun way to draw her I like)

Pomni y ella... amigos.... totally...

This might not be what you meant buuut I LOVE both ships equally so sooo much I couldn't let the chance go. Any funnygummy shippers??? 😭

#tadc art #tadc #tadc fanart #tadc pomni #tadc ragatha #tadc gummigoo #gummigoo #pomni #ragatha #ragapom #jesterdoll #buttonblossom #funnygummy #gummigoo x pomni #pomni x gummigoo #gummijester #funnygummi #art #fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #the amazing digital circus #amazing digital circus #PLEASE. PLEEEAASEE HEAR ME OUT ON GUMMI X POMNI PLEAAASEEE #ITS SOO SOOO CUTEEE UGHHH 😭😭 GUMMI IS THE FIRST PERSON/NPC POMNI OPENED UP TO #THE ANGST IS IMMEASURABLE AND IM SO MAD CAINE MURDERED MY POOR SWEET BOY #I love gummigoo so much. like when i saw the design reveal i was lkke oh yeab bro is cute i love already #BUT THAT WAS NOTHING IN COMPARISON TO HOW MUCH I LIVE HIM NOW #caine bitinf tbe dust 4k #also this week may be alot of tadc. and also i made a crackship i cant wait to show yall eeeeee OK. OK SEE YA!! YOU LOOK SO PRETTY!! /P

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chu-che · 19 days

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Bro 😭 He was already my favorite and they killed him.

#the amazing digital circus #gummigoo #pomni #tadc pomni #my art #my poor NPC gummigoo :')

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mariaalda · 15 days

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#fyp #comic #the amazing digital circus comic #pomni #ragatha #jax #npc #TADC #tadc #the amazing digital circus

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hasellia · 12 days

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Jax didn't change. At all. He is still the same arsehole from the first time we saw him.

From what I remember; he was dismissive of Ragatha, manipulated an emotionally vulnerable Kinger, pushed Gangle to her potential death and didn't give two fucks that Kaufmo died of dismay. All in episode 1

What changed, is that the audience saw what happens we Jax doesn't get his way.

Jax doesn't just seem "disappointed" here. He seems seething, like a child, and we get a good wide close up of his face just to make it's clear he's absolutely not happy in any way.

Episode 2 seems to be setting up how different people react to being in a seemingly inescapable scenario, a la time loop nihilism.

You have Pomni and Ragatha who try to reach out to others, trying to build a supportive collective. There's Kinger and Gangle, who are stuck in survival mode and need that support assistance. Not everyone is in the mental position to help out as they want to be. With enough time and reassurance, Gangle may be able to break out of her insecurities. Kinger... I'm saying this as someone who relates to Kinger the most out of the cast: I think my king is stuck with his chronic anxiety and neurodivergencies. Someone give him a Lexam and Intuitive. So with Jax...

Jax is playing a video game. To him, this is just Undertale with multiplayer and he wants to see what happens on the genocide route. He's so under stimulated for meaning that he wants to fuck around and find out. If you want to find out what happens in a boring co-op game, what's funnier? Jumping into the enemy pit yourself, or getting your buddy to jump in instead. He may not even see the main cast as other players. What separates Gumigoo from Ragatha? The princess? The goop monsters? ... Kaufmo? Jax just might have lost his sense of humanity in everything but himself. Cogito ergo sum. I think Jax is meant to be a criticism of people who unironically think everyone is varying degrees of those NPC roleplay videos.

So yeah, I never saw Jax as Bugs Bunny. He was always a toxic League of Legends player stuck in VR coop game to me. We're just thankfully spared of his gamer words. Maybe when we see more of Zooble, we'll see someone stand up to him. No promises.

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grapebritain · 12 days

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Jax pin theory

im not rewriting it again so ima post what i wrote up on discord

Anyway, what do u all think :D I think this is pretty solid . Proud i came up with it tbh

#jax theory #the amazing digital circus #tadc theory #tadc jax #jax pin #tadc #npc tadc

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askdemotivatedmod · 17 days

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I just wanna confirm, does anyone remember when the first time the word "NPC" was brought up in TADC?

... ok, just double-checking. Carry on.

#tadc #tadc theory #npc #jax #the amazing digital circus

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pangloss-artee · 16 days

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i had an idea

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almadash · 7 days

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Final part of the NPC Tax theory because I had to get it out of my head

#the amazing digital circus #tadc #digital circus #pomni #jax #ragatha #jax is an npc #tadc jax #tadc pomni #tadc ragatha

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cloroxcasserole · 18 days

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“Jax is an NPC” theory post with a bunch of evidence.

‼️most of this came from other posts, I’m just compiling it‼️

@fungi-rat made this post

Here are the pins so you can see what these posts are talking about

@cccccccoooooo made the below post

Also, as many people have been pointing out, Jax was really upset when there wasn’t any violence. This could either be the fact that he just.. likes violence.. or (the one that proves my theory), since this is about him being an NPC, that would make him from an adventure, and maybe the reason he craves violence so much and does something that led everyone to believe him to be getting angst in this episode, along with getting the most villain-arc looking shot towards the end, this might be because he was a villain in that adventure that he was from. Or he was supposed to be violent or it happened after he became self aware. Or I’m reading way too far into this.

Also in the pilot he just kinda.. teleported? I don’t know but it doesn’t seem like any of the other cast can do that, other than Caine, who isn’t a human. So yeah. @skekilla made the points below

Of course, every good point has a counterclaim! For the first one: I have scrolled through every post goose made since January 2023 over the course of a few hours and I don’t remember seeing anything about the members of the circus remembering anything about the outside world. And for the first one? That could have happened without him being a human. He could’ve just as easily renamed himself in order to try not be recognized and killed by Caine. I’m not going to tag this person, because I don’t want to bother them because it’s clear they don’t like this theory, so I left their handle in the screenshot.

Another point is that Jax breaks the fourth wall by looking at the ‘camera’, and referring to pomni as “a new character”. I also might be reading too far into this but it’s something that just... due to goose confirming that there’s a lot of symbolism, I don’t think they’d do that for no reason. Plus how he said “another one of your NPC’s” which is strange, because NPC’s aren’t allowed in the circus, and so there aren’t any. Maybe, if he is one, he thought that they were allowed in the circus .

Plus this point 👆🏼 I didn’t make it but I don’t remember who did

and the one below made by @zooblenation touching on the same topic.

Point below made by @strawtebby

Below points by @akumax666

Will hopefully add on to this eventually.

as I said in a post saying I would make this, I said I like this theory because of the angst potential. also because I had an au about it in November that I never posted about and I just got excited when I saw people theorizing about that.

#tadc #tadc theory #stay silly :3 #the amazing digital circus #NPC Jax

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