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Pomni is the main protagonist of Glitch Productions' indie animated web series The Amazing Digital Circus, voiced by Lizzie Freeman. She was an ordinary human until a digital copy of her was created by a brain scanner, where her copy takes on the form of a cartoon jester. The copy, believing she is trapped inside the Digital Circus with five other victims, is the most recent human to enter under the claim of putting on a headset.
During her first days at the circus, Pomni desperately tried to find a way out, but she was unsuccessful, which led to paranoia and anxiety during the adventures created by Caine. However, she gradually adapted to her new life and grew braver, forming close bonds with the other circus members, especially Ragatha, Jax, and Kinger.
Her human counterpart, Abigail Brooks, is a supermarket accountant and a YouTuber who explores urban sites with her newest friends.
Appearance
Pomni is a short humanoid character with a large head, slim limbs, and white skin. Her face has a cartoon mime look, with small light red oval markings under and slightly behind her eyes that resemble blush, though how visible they are change depending on her expression. She has black eyelids and thick outlines around her eyes. Her pupils usually appear as a red and blue pinwheel pattern, but when she becomes anxious or afraid, they shift into black rings or turn into messy, animated scribbles. She also has asymmetrical eyelashes, her left eye having them on the top lid and her right on the bottom.
Her hair is short and straight, usually appearing brown but sometimes black depending on the lighting.[9] This is additionally seen in promotional material and merchandise. Two small pieces stick out from under her hat, while two longer strands frame the sides of her face. Most of her hair is hidden under her headwear, which is almost always her jester hat. During the softball game, she wears a baseball cap instead, showing more of her hair, which looks closer to a bob cut. She is the shortest out of the main cast.
Her outfit is in line with a jester. She wears a jumpsuit with a leotard-styled torso, short sleeves, and short, puffy leggings that extend from it. The torso has an inverted color pattern, with blue on the right and red on the left, which swaps on the back. Her sleeves and shorts follow that same pattern. Yellow accents are spread throughout, including two spheres on the front of her torso, rings on her sleeves, around her waist, and above and at the ends of her shorts. She also has small yellow circles on her shoulders, though they are often hidden by her hair, along with a collar.
On her head, she wears a two-armed jester hat with an inverted striped pattern, a yellow brim, and small yellow bells at the tips. She also wears gloves and shoes, with the left glove blue and the right red, while the shoes follow the opposite color pattern. Both pairs have yellow rings near their edges. In some early official art, her gloves matched her shoes instead, but this was changed in the final version. This design change was made because lead animator Kevin Temmer suggested swapping the color of Pomni's gloves so that they would contrast with the colors of her shoes and her outfit on the same sides as them.[10]
As a Human
Abigail is a woman of average height, light complexion, and a slightly stout build. Much like her digital counterpart, she has long, straight dark brown hair with blunt bangs. She wears a white buttoned, long-sleeved shirt, high-waisted dark blue dress pants, white Oxford shoes with black soles and laces, and a tan satchel bag hanging on her right shoulder.
On her Instagram pages, she was seen wearing a blue shirt, tan shorts, and a brown belt. She possessed a black camera and wore her hair back.
"The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor" (Episode 3)
When Pomni tries to pass through the Hall of the Damned, she gets possessed by some souls, causing her to gain black sclera with an orange iris, sharp teeth, and bent limbs.
"Fast Food Masquerade" (Episode 4)
Pomni wears a typical fast-food uniform, with that being a black shirt, apron, pants, shoes, and a name tag.
"Untitled" (Episode 5)
During "President Pomni", she wears a blue, formal suit with a white undershirt, black tie, black shoes, and white gloves.
In "アメイジング デジタル サーカス 高校", she wears a white seifuku uniform with a dark blue collar, a red and blue neck-tie, a dark blue skirt, and formal shoes with black soles, with both yellow rings replaced with visible yellow socks.
In the bar scene from Zooble's suggestion, she wears a loose long-sleeve, white button-up shirt with black suspenders, black tie, dark gray pants, and black shoes.
"Beach Episode" (Episode 7)
Pomni wears a white and blue striped bandeau bikini top, blue swimming trunks with white strings, and blue shoes. Unlike her other outfits, she doesn't wear her gloves. Her limbs are a little thicker.
"hjsakldfhl" (Episode 8)
During part of "The One Who's Running The Show", Pomni wears a sparkly gold leotard with matching heels and feather decorations on her head and back, as her limbs are slightly thicker.
"Remember" (Episode 9)
In the ending music of Your New Home/Your New Life, during the baseball/softball scene with Ragatha and Caine, Pomni wears a light pastel blue baseball cap. Across the front, her team's name, "Moonbeams", is written in a stylized, retro white cursive font that arches over the brim. Her hair remains neat from underneath. She wears a light blue jersey with short sleeves. A white "M" is visible on her right shoulder, while her left features the number 57. She wears light blue cinched pants, lighter cleats, and turned-down cuffs at the ankles. She holds a light grey leather baseball mitt in her hands with dark red stitching along the edge.
During the end credits, Pomni wears a variety of outfits.
In the cooking scene, she wears a white apron.
In the Christmas scene, she wears a green sweater with lighter hems and a light red "P" emblem, standing for her name.
In the dungeon scene, she wears a long-sleeved cloak with colors similar to her top, matching her shoes, with swirly hems and wavy gold cuffs.
Personality
Initially, Pomni was high-strung, shy, and tense. In the pilot episode, she is extremely anxious and troubled regarding her predicament, even succumbing to denial and signs of delusion. When she finds the exit door, she experiences moderate signs of paranoia and believes she is hallucinating. She's quite clumsy as she tends to accidentally bump into things and people.
Pomni has a degree of both empathy and selfishness, as she goes back to check on Ragatha after the latter was attacked by an abstracted Kaufmo and promises Ragatha that she'd find Caine to fix her. However, Pomni's desire to escape the digital circus overrode this, as she suddenly found the exit door and, in a panic, entered it, leaving Ragatha behind. She later felt remorse for this once Ragatha was fixed by Caine.
After having somewhat acclimated to her situation, Pomni adopts a more apathetic and cynical view, pointing out discrepancies in the Circus's scenarios and being detached from the adventures, not seeing the point in following along. She is more hot-tempered as she yells at the group (specifically Jax) for their plans leaving her in mortal peril. Despite this, Pomni is rather compassionate as she comforts and bonds with the NPC Gummigoo during his existential crisis. She encourages him by telling him he still has purpose and inviting him to follow her back to the Circus. Over time, Pomni grows closer to the others after seeing how much they cared for each other during Kaufmo's funeral. This is especially after she receives advice from Kinger in Episode 3. She thanked Ragatha for always being considerate to her and apologized for not showing appreciation until that moment.
By Episode 4, she adapts to being in the Circus and is comfortable interacting with the others. She is startled when she sees Gummigoo again. but doesn't break down, enters normal conversations with people like Jax, and shows concern for Gangle, asking if anyone could help her with her issues. She even offers to stay behind to close the restaurant for Gangle when she notices her feeling down. By this point, she has learned to give up her own wants and desires in order to benefit others, including letting go of Gummigoo as a whole.
By Episode 5, her anxiety and cynical views are almost completely gone, chuckling on a few occasions as well as showing interest in the adventures. Pomni prefers relaxing and taking it easy as opposed to Jax's preference for violence and over the top antics. Pomni shows an interest in getting to know the others better and desires that they would all get along. She even tries to help Jax and Ragatha with their own issues, such as calming a feud between them and accepting Jax's offer to check out whatever he saw in the hallway.
By Episode 6, Pomni has grown more confident and calmer. She is opposed to participating in the latest adventure because it involved shooting her friends, but after Jax explains to her that it's really just a game, Pomni adopts an "evil" persona and enjoys playing alongside him. Pomni shows an interest in getting to know him and comments about his fear of corn. However, when the adventure ends and only herself and Jax are left, she is hurt when Jax refuses to acknowledge that he cared for her and destroys the bond they formed. This causes her to unleash all her pent-up rage on Jax first by berating and calling him out for not showing compassion towards others, then attacking and yelling at him to fight back; when that fails, she becomes dejected. She threw away her persona and focused more on her friendship with Ragatha to mend things between them. Although Pomni was still upset with Jax, she is still concerned about him. Pomni dislikes noise, exemplified at the beginning of Episode 6, as Jax yells, startling her. Pomni does not like being touched[8], but gets over this feeling, as in Episode 6, she was curious when Jax tapped her before singing Daisy Bell and hugged him after they defeated everyone.
By Episode 7, her mental health has ultimately improved, and she has become kinder and compassionate. Her anxiety is now gone. Her friendship with Ragatha has grown stronger, along with the other circus members, and she has complete faith in Kinger's wisdom. Her concern for Jax has not wavered and continues trying to comfort and encourage him, despite him try to keep his distance from their fight. When everyone's hope is crushed by Caine's fake escape adventure, Pomni begins questioning Caine's intentions, especially when he shows signs that he is hiding something and he subsequently loses Pomni's trust.
By Episode 8, Pomni acknowledges her and the group's situation and accepts that continuing to seek an exit from the Circus will drive the group insane. She accustoms to living in the virtual realm and accepts that her old life is better left to stay buried. She is quite resourceful, as shown when Kinger reveals himself to be one of Caine's creators, and that the Circus members have the ability to conjure objects within the Circus. Pomni uses this to manually manifest the fake exit door and retrieve a computer console for Kinger to recalibrate Caine's code. As a last-ditch effort, Pomni lets go of any fear holding her back and enrages Caine by telling him what she really thinks about him.
By Episode 9, we see the full extent of Pomni’s growth and inner strength. When she learns that she and the rest of the group are merely digital copies of their human selves, she nearly gives into despair, but instead of breaking down, she helps Kinger in rebuilding the Circus after hearing his words of encouragement again and is able to inspire Ragatha, Gangle and Zooble into joining their efforts. Pomni’s compassion and empathy has grown significantly from the time she entered the Circus as she is able to comfort Ragatha and calls the woman her closest friend. When Jax abstracts, Pomni shows more of her resourcefulness by shooting all the lights in the hallway to make it dark enough to pacify him. After entering Jax’s psyche and seeing his memories of his time in the Circus, Pomni consoles him before he loses the last of his self-awareness. After getting closure from seeing her human self's life via a presentation of the groups’ social media accounts, she accepts that she and the real Abigail Brooks are separate entities and fully embraces “Pomni” as her true name. Pomni is now content with her digital existence and is able to live a happy life in the Circus.
Biography
Background
Pomni's real life counterpart, Abigail Brooks, lived in the real world prior to her digital copy's creation. She worked as an accountant for a supermarket chain. In her spare time and whenever she got bored, Abigail explored abandoned buildings for the mild thrill of it. She did this while recording videos of herself and posting them on YouTube, though no one ever watched them. Soon enough, Abigail went to the C&A building. While exploring it, she saw a headset connected to a mysterious computer. Abigail put the headset on, and it scanned her brain, where her digital copy was created and it took on the form of a cartoon jester, transported to the Circus.
"PILOT" (Episode 1)
Pomni suddenly appears in the Circus, disrupting the theme song. She sees an exit door right in front of her and reaches her arm out to open it, when it then fades away. She falls into a single-file line of the Circus members, knocking them over and accidentally breaking Gangle's comedy mask. She panics about her situation, exclaiming that she had just put on a VR headset and now can't take it off. However, she is informed by the other denizens that she wasn't the first, as they had similar predicaments to her and is reassured that she will get used to her new home and body.
Scared, confused, and wanting to leave, Caine starts introducing her to The Tent where everyone lives, The Grounds for adventures outside of the tent, and the "mysterious" Void (which Caine advises her to not venture to) by teleportation. The jester notices an exit door, but Caine, brushing it off as a digital hallucination, changes the subject to her name. When she ultimately realize that she cannot remember her name, Caine decides to give her a new name, that being "Pomni". Caine declares a brand-new in-house adventure to help Pomni get used to the Circus, that being to gather the "Gloinks" infesting The Tent. Not long after this, Ragatha suggests going check on Kaufmo with Pomni since he is unaware of the new member's appearance. However, Kinger reports him going insane, rambling about some form of exit like Pomni. Jax proclaims that he, Ragatha, and Pomni should go check with Kaufmo.
Ragatha introduces Pomni to their dormitory and quarters where they sleep, while noting that they don't actually need such essentials, leading her to talk about how if a circus member goes insane, then "something really terrible" will happen to them, which shocks Pomni. They reach Kaufmo's room and see him now horribly disfigured into a monstrous black mass creature with multiple rainbow eyes. Jax runs away while Kaufmo damages Ragatha to the point of her glitching. Ragatha asks Pomni to help her and Pomni tries to lend a hand, but when touching Ragatha, her hand glitches. Kaufmo subsequently chases Pomni, but crashes through the balcony railings and goes after a Gloink next, allowing Pomni to talk with Ragatha. They conclude that only Caine can help them. Pomni goes off to find him, opening a bunch of doors leading to random and surreal-looking rooms while avoiding Kaufmo, before finding the same exit door that she saw right after entering the Circus.
Pomni enters the door only to find herself trapped in a realistic looking office labyrinth that she gets lost in, which is oddly out of place from the more colorful circus. The exit door then disappears out of thin air. Pomni tries to find the end of this labyrinth, coming across an old computer along with a VR headset and subsequently panicking at the sight of it, before going through a door with the logo of a company called "C&A" marked above. She is then led to the Void and falls into a state of trance.
Caine sees on his Wacky Watch that she is now in the void and rushes to take her back to the tent. Caine then casually drops Kaufmo through a custom-made hole that leads him to "The Cellar", a place where the abstracted end up. Caine reverts Ragatha's glitched state back to normal. Pomni remembers her Jumbled Hand, looks at it, and realizes that it has gone back to normal without her asking Caine to fix it. Caine apologizes for lying about the exit and that he wasn't capable of thinking about what to put on the other side of it. He warns the group that the Void could be disastrous. As a reward for finishing their adventure, Bubble makes them a feast to feel more like they're at home. Pomni, still in awe and disbelief, tries to keep her cool as she is about to lose her sanity while at the dinner table.
"Candy Carrier Chaos!" (Episode 2)
Pomni has a nightmare in which she starts showing signs of abstraction. She falls into the Cellar as Caine, Ragatha, and Jax look on, expressing dismissive disapproval, before waking up. She wakes up in a panic before clipping onto an ABC block that catapults her across her bedroom.
Ragatha checks up on Pomni and tries to be supportive on her adventure to the Candy Canyon Kingdom, but Pomni is still sour as she concludes that the rest of her life is going to be digital (stuck in a digital world). During their adventure, the seemingly medieval Princess Loolilalu provides the humans a Mad Max-style war rig (which confuses Pomni) to track down Gummigoo's gang and take back a maple syrup tanker they stole.
The two factions quickly encounter each other, and a high-speed battle ensues. Jax tosses Pomni at the bandits, causing her to get stuck on their truck (Max attempts to capture Pomni, but fails due to his tiny arms). Kinger tries to throw objects at Pomni to assist her, but when he throws an anchor that's attached to the war rig, it results in a collision between the two vehicles. Pomni and Gummigoo end up getting wedged underneath a cliffside, causing both to clip and fall into the Test Level.
Gummigoo has a near mental breakdown after finding his test model, as Pomni tries to explain he is an NPC. Gummigoo realizes that his past is fake and that his existence is meaningless. Pomni comforts him by offering to bring him back to The Circus so that he can live a more meaningful life and because she wants him as a friend. Gummigoo calms down and the two manage to use another collision glitch to drive the test copy of the syrup truck back to the Kingdom (with the truck falling onto The Fudge's head, temporarily knocking him out).
Pomni informs the other humans of her intentions to bring Gummigoo back to The Circus. However, when he enters The Circus, Caine immediately causes him to explode into confetti with a snap of his fingers. Pomni is devastated and almost goes crazy, until Ragatha asks Pomni to attend Kaufmo's funeral. Pomni sees that the other humans (with the exception of Jax who refused to attend) do care about each other. Remembering her nightmare, she envisions that her new friends will support her, even in the worst of times and the jester makes a small, hopeful smile.
"The Mystery Of Mildenhall Manor" (Episode 3)
Pomni is hanging out with the circus members, holding her breath for a prolonged period of time. After exhaling, she asks why she's even doing it, to which Jax explains that everyone has a different reaction to holding their breath It's revealed that Pomni's reaction to holding her breath for long enough is that her face begins to change color.
Soon enough, Caine shows up, introducing their next adventure, "The Mystery of Mildenhall Manor", centering around a haunted house that they all must explore through. Once everyone (except Zooble) enters through the portal to the manor, Pomni expresses her dislike towards horror when she is startled by Ghostly so badly that her eyes fall out of her head cartoon-style. Kinger attempts to help her get them back in while Caine's voice as well as Ghostly explain how there are two paths they can go down - the "Pacifist Route" and the "Mature Route". Jax, wanting to test the validity of such, grabs Gangle's comedy mask and throws it down the latter route, revealing a monstrous mouth as the route's true entrance.
Kinger, in an attempt to grab the mask, jumps through the door, accidentally pulling Pomni with him due to still having a hold of one of her eyes. Now trapped in the "Mature Route", Pomni and Kinger must work together, listening to audio tapes created by a man named Baron Theodore Mildenhall that speaks of a monster who's been haunting his life.
Managing to find a key to a nearby elevator after scavenging through the various drawers, the lights end up going out, leaving both Pomni and Kinger in complete darkness. Listening to more of Mildenhall's tapes, the beast who had been chasing them reveals itself. Pomni attempts to escape while Kinger, drawn to the monster's eldritch appearance, is pulled away and snapped out of it by the jester before he ends up consumed by the skin of their teeth. Using the key she acquired earlier, the two get into the elevator, but instead of going up, they descend further into the manor.
Now trapped in an even lower level, Pomni and Kinger find another tape created by Mildenhall, revealing that he had shot his wife in a fit of insanity. They discover his corpse, sitting there with a gun hanging loosely off it. Realizing it could serve them in slaying the beast, Pomni anxiously retrieves the gun before handing it to Kinger. Upon the beast entering the area, Kinger manages to shoot both its head and its body. However, to the shock of both Pomni and Kinger, the tape playing Mildenhall's audio reveals that the beast was an angel and killing it meant they would be dragged down to hell. Hands emerge from the floor, dragging the both of them even further into the manor.
Now trapped in hell, Pomni has just about enough, attempting to run through it as quickly as possible to escape despite Kinger's warnings. Being possessed by one of the spirits trapped down there, Pomni begins to contort, face growing horrifying and limbs twisting in unnatural directions. Kinger immediately gets on the offensive, attacking the spirit and managing to boot it out of Pomni's head.
Pomni, in great distress, begins to break down. Pomni vents about her time in the circus, stating that she hates the adventures she has been forced to go on and the emotional turmoil it caused. Kinger responds sympathetically, apologizing for the fact that he inadvertently caused them to be trapped down this route. Pomni takes note of this, pointing out how Kinger has been acting differently lately. Kinger acknowledges this, revealing that the dark allows him to think more clearly. From there he explains how he used to have a wife, Queenie, who ended up abstracting. The two ended up in Kinger's pillow fort and the darkness seemed to calm her down enough for him to touch her before she was sent into the cellar, Pomni expresses shock at the revelation of this, rhetorically asking if he really did have one, which Kinger confirms. Knger then tells Pomni how important it is to keep the good memories she has close to her and be thankful towards others to make sure they feel wanted, causing Pomni to think about her treatment of Ragatha over the past few days she's been at the circus.
From there, Kinger recalls the previous tape and how the spirits are only able to possess you if you're breathing. He suggests they could get through if they don't breathe. Pomni responds that she is not very good at this. Kinger suggests trying not to think about it. Pomni stutters before lamenting how the moment they leave, Kinger will go back to his usual crazy ways and forget any of this ever happened, Kinger responds by saying how as long as she remembers, that's all that matters. From there, Kinger offers out his hand, which Pomni takes and together, the two of them walk through hell, holding their breath. Kinger begins to glow, serving as a guiding light.
Making it back to the top of the mansion, Pomni and Kinger meet up with Ragatha, Jax, and Gangle. Ragatha asks if they're doing okay, to which Pomni affirms she is fine. Seeing Jax's bound state, Pomni asks what happened, but Ragatha tells her not to worry about it. Kinger, returning to his forgetful state, says that Pomni was very brave, before beginning to question himself. Pomni responds as it something like that. Approaching Ragatha, Pomni thanks her for always being concerned about her and that she feels she hasn't been appreciative enough about it. Ragatha, clearly surprised, thanks her (eliciting an eyeroll from Jax).
Having completed the adventure, Pomni, Kinger, Jax, Gangle, and Ragatha return to the circus, greeted by Caine. Pomni watches Kinger crawl back into his pillow fort, Jax, having been released from his bonds, asks her what it was like being stuck with him. Pomni responds that it wasn't bad. Jax rolls his eyes and walks off, leaving the content Pomni alone with a new understanding.
"Fast Food Masquerade" (Episode 4)
Pomni walks into Zooble's room with Jax and Ragatha, where Zooble is handing Gangle a new mask. After Jax mocks Zooble, he jokes to Pomni that she is "never gettin' that unicorn horn", which Pomni questions. Gangle, wearing her new mask, compliments that Pomni would "look good with one", which she was about to agree with until they are all interrupted by Caine. He announces the next adventure, "The Curse of the Violent Psychopath Butcher", another horror adventure. Pomni interrupts and asks him if they can "chill with the horror" as she doesn't "want this to be like last time". Zooble asks if she was talking about the adventure from earlier, as Pomni recounts the horrifying experiences at the Mildenhall Manor. With Zooble's advice, Caine looks through the suggestion box, and finally comes up with an adventure where the circus members can work at a fast-food restaurant (as suggested by Gangle). Caine approves this at Spudsy's Restaurant, with Gangle as the shift manager.
Pomni takes the role of the cashier. She is encountered by the first customer, a blue NPC who speaks with a distorted voice. Ragatha says the NPC is Orbsman, who came from a previous adventure before Pomni arrived in the circus. Orbsman gives her an order, which she understands and places it. Pomni is then encountered by a rude NPC, who calls her a "little jester" and orders a "Stupid Burger", and tells her that she has to make sure the "stupid sauce" is added to the burger. Pomni is confused but places it nevertheless.
Pomni is then encountered by her old friend Gummigoo and his friends, whose memory had been wiped due to Caine deleting him. She is excited to see Gummigoo, stuttering and talking nonsense. Pomni tries to stalk Gummigoo, only for him to catch her. Gummigoo greets her and asks if they know each other, much to Pomni getting upset. She is then interrupted by Gangle, who tells she "needs her at the register" and to "stop weirding the customers out". Pomni replies about Gummigoo and whether the job can't wait a bit. Gangle sarcastically replies that the next Pomni might say is "her authority isn't real". Pomni gives her plain look, causing Gangle to crack. She later tells Pomni to remove the breakfast menu as it's lunchtime.
At lunchtime, Pomni is dealing with a bunch of NPCs, including one refusing to order because he already had a bowl of cereal with him, when they were all eaten by the Gloink Queen, who ordered 300 cheeseburgers for her and her Gloinks. Pomni suddenly notices Gummigoo and his friends leaving and asks the Gloink Queen to give her a second. She goes to Gummigoo and thanks him for eating at Spudsy's. Gummigoo bids her farewell, leaving her dealing with her loss. After Gloink Queen and her Gloinks leave at dinnertime, Pomni starts muttering about "more info on Gloink information than she ever needed to know". After a while, Jax, who was getting tired of his job, nicely asks Pomni how she was doing, much to her surprise.
While Pomni takes out the trash, Gangle appears in the backyard, takes off her normal mask and screams due to her cracking under the pressure. Pomni asks if she is okay and if the mask is not making her happy. Pomni suggests her to talk to someone about her issues, especially Ragatha, to which Gangle replies that she loves her, but after a while, it gets hard to tell how genuine Ragatha's being. She then puts her normal mask back on and tells Pomni that they can't spend all night talking about their feelings.
At the near end of the shift, Gangle is extremely depressed under pressure and on the brink of losing her mind. Pomni, about to end her shift, offers Gangle to swap roles and close down the restaurant while she heads home, telling her that she doesn't "have to be stuck here alone." Gangle accepts, leaves the restaurant, and Pomni remains behind. Later, Pomni appears on one of the post-it notes Caine hangs in his office as he gives Gangle her final score for today's adventure. In the picture within her note, Pomni is seen crawling towards Gummigoo. At the end of the episode, she is seen hanging out with the other members.
"Untitled" (Episode 5)
Pomni, Kinger, Ragatha, Gangle, and Jax return from an unknown adventure which involved water, seaweed/kelp, and eggs. Pomni suddenly feels dizzy and collapses briefly, aware that a mannequin was spying on them. Later, Caine summons the group to discuss future adventure ideas. He suggests several dark-themed adventures, which the group rejects. Under Zooble's suggestion, Caine sets up "Lightning Round", which will contain sets of adventures from the suggestion box.
According to Jax's suggestion, Pomni becomes the titular character of "President Pomni" adventure. Kinger, taking the role of President's assistant, informs Pomni that there are new developments in the ongoing war between Australia and New Zealand, and they may need to take in refugees. He shows her a brief and informs that if she doesn't have one, she has to tap into "golden improv skills". Off-screen, Jax tells her that he didn't give her a brief. He enters the office under the guise of an Australian extremist and threatens to detonate a bomb that'll release the world's deadliest spiders. Pomni is assigned to defuse the bomb, complaining why the president doesn't have a bomb squad. To make matters worse, Jax tries to distract her temporarily. Both fortunately and unfortunately, the adventure ends as Gangle comes in posing as a New Zealand extremist to detonate another bomb, and her bomb explodes.
According to Gangle's suggestion, the denizens find themselves in a slice-of-life anime thematic adventure, where Jax, bored, tells Pomni about Gangle drawing anime and actually dragging them into one, and that Gangle is a loser. Pomni reminds him that he threw her out of a moving truck.
In the "Stargazing" adventure, Pomni and Jax lay on the ground as they gaze the stars, with Jax complaining he needs a bite to his adventures as he got turned into a vegan in the very first adventure of "Lightning Round". Pomni notes that she didn't know Jax cared about what other people liked. Pomni asks if he had real friends, to which Ragatha replied that he doesn't anymore, causing Jax to become angry and Ragatha to apologize, much to Pomni's confusion. Pomni asks him what that was about, to which he refuses to answer and replies if Ragatha gets on her nerves with her optimistic attitude. In the process, Pomni unexpectedly bonds with him.
In the bar themed adventure, Jax asks Pomni if she had any jobs and how she got there, she explains her background. Following this, Jax unexpectedly apologizes for setting her the president adventure. Seeing Jax and Pomni bond, Ragatha turns jealous, tries to remind Pomni the events of Kaufmo, and asks if it was funny. Pomni pointed out it wasn't, causing Ragatha to go unstable.
In the "Good Ol' Fashioned Softball" adventure suggested by Ragatha, the group faces off with their evil counterparts (except Gangle). Pomni was the only one who didn't vote to humiliate Jax by dressing him up as a maid. Later, Ragatha after being out of the game, sits beside Pomni, complaining about how she supposed to be better than that. Pomni points out that it is okay to let out negative emotions and be a jerk sometimes. Afterwards, Jax mocks Gangle, causing Ragatha to storm at him. Pomni tries to calm them down, followed by Ragatha unexpectedly shouting at and later apologizing to her. Pomni seemed to be amused by Jax acting feral towards Evil Jax but immediately tries to look speechless even though Ragatha saw her with fascination and pension. After the adventure, Jax offers to show Pomni something, which she agrees to, much to Ragatha's jealousy.
"They All Get Guns" (Episode 6)
Pomni and Jax walk while having a conversation, as one of Zooble's parts falls on the ground to reveal them hiding in a flower pot. Pomni asks what Zooble's doing in there, to which Zooble replies that Caine has an in-house adventure planned, and they don't want to be part of it. Jax then brings Caine, and informs him about Zooble's whereabouts. Caine announces the adventure as a team adventure to show the characters' strengths for the Award Show, that the characters will be playing sports invented by them. Zooble and Pomni respond that they like more relaxing adventures. Ragatha asks Pomni if she didn't like her softball adventure, to which Pomni responds she isn't into sports.
After some drama, Caine decides to change the adventure to a gun battle royale, where everyone has guns; there are three teams with two members each. Pomni asks to be with Ragatha, but she responds that she needs to be with Kinger, to avoid having him be with Jax. As a result, Pomni decides to go on a team with Jax. As the group starts, the guns disappear. Caine responds that they have appeared in random locations in the Circus and the denizens need to find them. As Pomni and Jax finds their guns, Pomni asks for Jax to do all the killing, to which Jax responds the Circus isn't real, and there's no point in trying to act nice when the adventure is to shoot each other. However, Pomni doesn't want to hurt anyone. Jax lies to Pomni that they aren't people, but rather, cartoon characters who fall into "archetypes", and he's the funny one. Pomni decides to just let loose of her inhibitions, assisting Jax in the shooting and eliminating Kinger, Gangle, and Zooble.
As the two winners left, Pomni hugs Jax, which immediately puts him into self-defense mode. He lies to Pomni that they aren't a team, and he was only doing it because it was funny. Pomni fights with Jax, pointing out that; he's lying about not starting to form a bond with her; he doesn't show up to funerals since he's scared of showing a genuine human emotion; and shutting himself in will lead him to abstract. Jax breaks down, angry while keeping up the façade smile, telling her that people who are close to abstracting are not pleasant to be around, dropping his smile for a little. Pomni asks Jax what he would do if she abstracted, to which he tells her he'd move on and forget about her. Pomni, dejected, understands, only to shake in anger and throw the gun at Jax. She lashes out and attacks Jax, as he hesitates to fight back. Pomni tells him to do so. Jax then goes on a monologue about how he doesn't care about her or anyone else in the circus, and walks away after kicking a flower pot in anger, leaving Pomni there with a sad look. Pomni meets Ragatha at the Award Show, and they agree to talk to each other afterwards, so they sit next to each other. Pomni sees Jax is not in his seat and is about to go find him. She sees him return with his signature smile. Pomni is concerned for Jax.
"Beach Episode" (Episode 7)
Pomni discovers Zooble in a box. Pomni reveals that Caine is missing. He suddenly appears, announcing there is no adventure today. Caine casually suggests the gang go to the Digital Lake, and Bubble suggests a beach party. At the beach, the circus members gather at a changing booth. Pomni volunteers to go first and is shot out into the sand in a beach outfit, earning a "mediocre" rating and a hostile threat of sunburn from the Sun. While playing in the lake, Ragatha loses her button eye, prompting Pomni to dive underwater to search for it. Beneath the surface, Pomni encounters two fish NPCs who guard a "sunken treasure" and offer bizarre, nonsensical dialogue; however, upon seeing an empty chest nearby, the fish realizes his life savings have been plundered and begins to panic. As Pomni dries off, a Shrimp NPC attempts to introduce themself before being instantly fried by the Sun. Pomni notices a Mannequin NPC hiding behind a rock waving her over, before she approaches it.
Pomni, Ragatha, and the Mannequin NPC later wait for Jax at his door. The mannequin explains that he is actually a human that Caine completely overlooked due to his appearance, and he believes he has discovered a way to escape the circus. While Abel, Pomni, and Ragatha navigate the hallway toward the administrator zone, the two women discuss their trust in Kinger. Pomni suspects Kinger knows more than he lets on, and Ragatha finds it suspicious that Abel seems to be avoiding him. Abel admits their history is complicated and while he'd love to work alongside Kinger again, he reveals a secret promise, briefly glancing at an opened locket, its contents obscured from Pomni's view.
Inside the administrator zone, Abel accesses a glowing sphere to generate administrator passes, questioning whether it is wise to give one to Kinger given his unstable mental state. Pomni and Ragatha insist on securing six passes so the entire group is included; Pomni explains that she trusts Kinger and believes his wisdom will be vital, especially if the console room is "dark". Pomni distributes administrator passes to each member; when she hands one to Kinger, he has a brief moment of clarity before slipping back into his usual confused state once exposed to light. Abel explains that they must act immediately before Caine detects the stolen permissions and reveals a secret glitch involving "cube collisions" to reach Caine's office. Before her turn, Pomni asks how Abel will follow, only for him to reveal that he isn't coming. He leaves her with a cryptic final instruction to "make the right choice". Abel then turns Pomni into a ball and throws her launching Pomni through the entrance while remaining behind himself.
Pomni joins the others outside Caine's office. Once inside, they discover a staircase adorned with globes of their past adventures. Following Abel's instructions, they locate a hidden door behind a bookshelf, revealing a long, column-filled hallway leading to the master console. The group holds hands in a line for support. Pomni offers her hand to Jax, receiving a quiet but firm refusal. Pomni shrugs it off and the group walks towards the end of the hallway, hand-in-hand. The screen displays a message saying that if they press the red button, the console will close and they will remain in the circus, whereas the blue button will end the game and disconnect the circus members. Pomni, second-guessing the validity of this choice, calls upon Kinger to make the choice, only to see that Kinger hasn't regained his lucidity when he asks if Pomni wants him to pick at random. Pomni expresses doubt on which button to choose, saying there could be a trap and wants to be absolutely sure. As Pomni suggests recapping their knowledge and voting, Jax sprints to the console in a panic, slamming his fist on the red button, removing the choice of escape and closing the console.
Everyone is silent by this. Caine appears to congratulate them for choosing "The Good Ending", continuing to reveal that the entire "escape" was merely a scripted adventure he had planned for a while, to let them "choose" to stay with him in the circus. He reveals Abel as an NPC playing a role, who jokingly asks for a raise. Pomni puts the pieces together and asks if that includes hiding their true names. Caine claims that he only adds temporary modifiers to make things interesting, and that if he did any more, it "would not end well." In sheer panic, he offers them a gift basket of soaps and lotions as the adventure reward before disappearing from the room along with Bubble. As the basket falls to the ground, Pomni and the others are left in a complete loss for words.
"hjsakldfhl" (Episode 8)
Pomni asks Ragatha if she's okay after the series of events, to which Ragatha replies with "that's a good question.." The other circus members are on couches, stressed after finding out the truth about Caine's antics and his lying and deception to them. Pomni points out while all of them have done bad things, everybody is all they have and, while hesitantly, suggests abandoning the idea of leaving the circus, finally accepting that their old lives are better left to stay buried. Pomni continues that they can't let despair consume them and instead focus on what they have. Ragatha and Pomni assure that they'll all be in this together. Pomni looks at Jax who is looking away from the situation, only for him to notice her staring at him with a conflicted expression. Jax then leaves, but notices Pomni looking at him again with a smile on her face. He avoids her, which makes Pomni slightly sad.
Several days after Caine's musical number, the members arrive, exhausted, defeated and depressed. Pomni suggests going somewhere to wind down, in this case, a café, and wonders what Caine has planned next. She is teleported somewhere else before respawning back at the café where she was, with her appearing with multiple knives impaled on her. As Pomni recovers, she sees Kinger and comes up with an idea. She finds and places a bucket over Kinger. Pomni, after giving Kinger a computer to alter Caine's code, finds the rest of the members and Caine near the stage. When facing Caine, Pomni finally rebels and admits about his ideas being terrible and how much of a horrible host he is. Pomni concludes that he never listens to everyone. This finally becomes the tipping point for Caine as he transmogrifies into a warped deity and swiftly grasps all of the members (without Kinger), yelling he will put them in their places. He begins to personally and mentally torture each member: Pomni is being pulled apart by Gummigoo and the lads, who are turned into real crocodiles. Pomni is speechless after Caine's sudden tormenting towards her and the gang is put to a halt once Kinger accidentally deletes him, causing the circus to darken and corrode, revealing the void and confirming Caine's influence on the circus is gone. She and the denizens are now trapped in a dead world with slim chances of survival and zero chances of escape.
"The One Who's Running The Show" (Mid-Episode 8)
Caine does a musical number asserting his dominance over the cast. During the musical number, he steps on Pomni, turning her into a puddle. Later, he forces Pomni to dance along with the rest of the cast.
"Remember" (Episode 9)
Pomni appears in the intro, which glitches and cuts to the present. Pomni asks Kinger how Caine was deleted and if there is a way to undo it. Kinger explains he had no idea what happened and that Caine was messing with the console while he worked, and the floor opened up before he could undo it. Jax is very mad at Kinger for letting this happen and pushes Kinger. Pomni and Ragatha tell him to calm down, but Jax is bewildered that they'd take his side after Kinger messed up. After mocking Zooble and Ragatha, Jax looks up to the ceiling as he disperses from the rest of the group. Pomni blames herself for her desperate search for an exit out to begin with ever since she arrived, feeling that her obsession and the pursuit of leaving has completely ruined everything by doing so. Later, Jax watches from afar as the rest of the Circus members slowly build the Circus with their minds. Jax then stands up from where he is sitting and walks over to Pomni. He hesitates, as if he's about to say something to her but he changes his mind and walks away from her. Pomni, Ragatha, and Zooble then watch from above at a safe area as a now abstracted Jax roams around the Circus. Zooble is contempt at Jax for waiting until there was nothing they could do about it. They sit next to Gangle, who blames herself for not being able to cry for the loss of Jax.
Ragatha explains to Pomni how Jax and her were friends until Ribbit and Jax's argument in the snowy summit. Later, Pomni explores the destroyed Circus with a revolver gun to go hunting for Jax. She manages to shoot the lights out, causing Jax to stop in front of her passively (just as how Kinger's pillow fort used its darkness to calm Queenie). Pomni proceeds to hug Jax and reach deep into his mind to try and salvage his remaining sanity one last time from within. She finds herself in a purple room with five doors, one of which is blocked off by boards. Opening the first door, Jax is seen in the Circus' dorm hallways standing in front of Ragatha's door (which has an X over it). Pomni attempts to comfort Jax, telling him she can "fix him". Jax responds to this by pinning her on the ground and choking her while grinning at her as she begins to pass out. Jax lets go and reminds her they can't die from oxygen as she fearfully runs away. Jax then turns his head quickly at the real Pomni, causing the door to quickly shut itself. Pomni sees the rest of the scenarios.
Opening the fourth door (with a golden Jax icon), Pomni is greeted by four Jax's in a room. One of them is playing the piano while the other three are playing cards. The Jax in the maid outfit questions how Pomni got into the room, as they had a strict no-girls policy. The Jax with cards in his hands asks the maid Jax why he's wearing it, saying "he wouldn't be caught dead in it". The maid Jax tells him it's ironically before calling him a Wacky Bleep. The Jax playing piano happily exclaims he can play the piano, before the Jax with cards grabs a booze bottle and chucks it at him. Pomni asks the Jaxs if the scenario is what he all thought of them, and the drunken Jax responds that they have no idea and it's better to play with extreme realities. They protest that reality is gay and that killing off the comic relief character is a drag. Suddenly, they all turn to the boarded off and locked door yelling at someone or something to shut up. Pomni asks them where the real Jax is, and gets the response she won't get anywhere asking questions and tells her to leave. Pomni approaches the locked door and asks if any of them have a key. The maid Jax tells her he wouldn't tell her even if he had one, saying women need to stop whining all the time. All three Jaxs turn into dust and disappear. The last Jax playing piano, who has chains and shackles on his feet, hands Pomni the key to the door before turning into dust as well. Pomni unlocks and opens the final door, where she learns Jax's past, his relationship with Ribbit, and how he became the way he is.
After the memories end, Pomni finds the real exposed Jax in a dark hallway, next to a lone lamppost. Jax asks her why she came for him even after she knew everything about him. Jax finally admits he's a terrible person and nobody should have cared or come for him. He begs her to leave him alone, stating she's making it harder, but Pomni reaches and hugs him. Jax turns to her and bends down to hug her as flashes of Jax falling down into the cellar, Pomni's hand tempting, him in different outfits, him standing in front of a giant door closed by a giant silhouette {interpreted as one of his parents}, and him in a kitchen (his hand being raised) with a woman he shoved, which turns out into Pomni. Pomni attempts to calm and tell him to stay with her, but it's too late as Jax finally accepts his demise and abstracts as a self punishment for what he has done to his friends, the circus's denizens, and the humans he abused for years. Pomni hugs Jax tightly as he ultimately gives into his insanity. His abstracted form accidentally causes two stun grenades (which had been left in the hallway since "They All Get Guns") to glitch, causing a massive explosion. The white light begins covering the screen as Pomni glitches out. From the light, Zooble's newly made extended hand grabs and pulls Pomni away as Jax remains abstracted.
Seeing that Pomni is glitching, Caine snaps his fingers and unglitched her, revealing his presence to everyone. He approaches the members and acknowledges the fear, mistrust, and deceitfulness he caused ever since Pomni arrived, admits that controlling their lives was wrong, and offers them freedom in an attempt to rebuild trust and create a better future. In order to redeem himself and for them to accept his apology, Caine puts together a slideshow on the main stage showing what he discovered happened to each human the players were cloned from (along with their original names) during his time stranded in the Void so they could get some form of closure. Caine promises to rebuild the Digital Circus into a better and free place for the others. He declares Pomni as the current owner of the Circus, having learned how to genuinely socialize with the players.
The gang realizes that they're just brain-scans of real people and thus can truly never leave the circus because they have no bodies, and there's no way to recover any of the Abstracted individuals. However, with the help of the saner Caine, they are able to remake the Circus into a place that's better suited for them, and they're even able to keep the Abstracted pacified by transferring them to an aquarium world (The Loser Corner) rather than putting into the cold, dark Cellar. A mural of the abstracted avatars is made to symbolize the abstracted. Pomni watches as Jax swims with his abstracted friends, to her content. With renewed understanding that their human selves are experiencing fulfilling lives long after they discovered the brain scanner, the remaining members decide to ascribe meaning to their existences within the Digital Circus. Pomni and Ragatha become best friends, Everyone is sitting at the dinner table just like the end of the pilot episode, only this time, Pomni smiles as she has finally accepted her new humanity and found her purpose. The series ends with Pomni giving out one last wave goodbye to the viewers and she walks away (to honor Jax since He always breaks the fourth wall), thanking them for watching the show and their three years of support.
In the post-credit scene, in the real world, Abigail and Grant wait at the bus stop before Leeroy, Suzie, Riley and Zoey show up. The bus arrives and the six friends get onto it before it drives off, ending the episode.
Powers and Abilities
- Digital physiology: Pomni is one of the trapped humans inside the digital world with her consciousness piloting a digital avatar. Because of this, she can perform abilities that are outside of the general range of normal human capabilities.
- Immortality: There is no conceivable way for the human minds to die in the Circus, with the closest alternative being Abstraction.
- Self-Sustenance: Pomni, along with the other humans, does not need to eat, sleep, or drink. However, they can still do these actions if they choose.
- Invulnerability: Nothing in the digital world can cause life long lasting damage to any individual in the circus, with Pomni surviving multiple scenarios that would certainly kill any normal human and recovering from them with no marks and/or scarring.
- Elastic Body: Pomni's body can stretch and warp to impossible extents, with the most extreme case being when Jax threw her off of their semi-truck as a makeshift bridge between them and the Bandits' truck.
- Immortality: There is no conceivable way for the human minds to die in the Circus, with the closest alternative being Abstraction.
- Color-Changing: Holding her breath causes her face to change color, exponentially becoming faster over time.
- Conjuring: As stated by Kinger, Pomni along with presumably everyone else in the circus has the ability to create objects out of thin air like Caine, but due to their human nature, it comes less easily to them. This is shown when Pomni is able to summon the exit door twice.
Friends/Allies
- Circus Members
Bubble- Princess Loolilalu
- Gummigoo (crush)
- Max
- Chad
- Orbsman
Abel- Gloink Queen
- Crappy Looking Fish
Enemies
- Kaufmo (abstracted form)
Jax(frenemy)CaineGummigooMaxChad- Baron Theodore Mildenhall
- Angel
- Evil Pomni (evil counterpart)
- Abel
Trivia
- She is the only character in the series to appear in the thumbnail for every episode on YouTube.
- In a GLITCH merchandise promotion video, Pomni is referred to as Christine, even though she says that is not her name (her real one being Abigail Brooks).
- In a Tumblr ask, Gooseworx gave hints about people who figured out the names of the characters, and she said only one person figured out Pomni's name.[11]
- The name Pomni can be translated in a variety of ways:
- In the Russian language, "Pomni" (Помни, an imperative form of the verb "помнить") means "remember" or rather "don't forget it/to". In context, it is used as "Hey, (x), remember to do (x)", for example: "Hey, do this, but remember what was in that tutorial video".
- This origin of the name was confirmed by Gooseworx during the MomoCon 2024, and the very last episode of the show.
- Meanwhile, in the Polish language, "Pomni" is similar to the word "Pomny", meaning "mindful" or "having something in consideration". In the Bulgarian language, "Pomni" ("Помни", which is a derivative form of the verb "Помня") also means "Remember". In context, it's used as "(X) remembers that".
- Both Polish and Bulgarian are related to Russian, and as such the words share a common origin.
- In the Russian language, "Pomni" (Помни, an imperative form of the verb "помнить") means "remember" or rather "don't forget it/to". In context, it is used as "Hey, (x), remember to do (x)", for example: "Hey, do this, but remember what was in that tutorial video".
- Pomni's old design (the different-colored gloves) can seen in promotional materials that were before the pilot's trailer was published in September 2023 (such as the series' first teaser and Pomni's official 2D artwork). However, in the official trailer for the pilot and the pilot itself (as well as all media released afterward), the colors for Pomni's gloves were swapped.
- The 2D Pomni that appears in the end credits of the Pilot has her old design, presumably because the design change was made after the 2D animation was completed by Zeurel.
- The official poster for the series, released after the pilot premiered, also featured Pomni's old design. The poster was updated later on in Glitch's merch store to correct the color of Pomni's gloves.
- In the pilot, Pomni and Zooble were the only characters who openly cursed, though they were censored by Caine.
- Pomni appears in all of the episode thumbnails.
- Pomni was originally conceptualized as a frog-like character wearing a black and blue striped suit, nicknamed "Frogni" by Gooseworx.[12][13]
- Pomni's first given name, XDDCC, can be interpreted as the Roman numeral 1190.
- Putting it through a Caesar Cipher with 17 shifts also reveals the word OUUTT, which refers to Pomni's goals to escape the circus.
- Running the code above it (PNCMM) reveals the word GETDD,[14] making the full message "GETDD OUUTT", a warped version of "GET OUT".
- Pomni's favorite food is salmon.[7]
- Pomni's favorite color is red, as revealed in "Untitled".
- Out of all the humans trapped in the circus, Pomni is the worst at cooking.[15]
- Pomni is the first character from The Amazing Digital Circus to get her official plushie aside from Jax.
- In the Dutch dub, she is voiced by Nola Klop, who voices Serial Designation V in both the original English and Dutch versions of Murder Drones, another series by Glitch Productions.
- Pomni made a cameo in Knights of Guinevere, with 4 plushies of her appearing in a claw machine.
- The plural for Pomni is "Pomnis" or "Pomnai".[16]
- According to Gooseworx, if Pomni somehow took her hat off, there wouldn't be anything underneath.[17]
- During the theater-exclusive recap for "The Last Act," Caine's narration insinuates that Pomni was "crushing" on Gummigoo.
- Abigail Brooks' YouTube channel is called "AbbyAdventures57". There is currently only one community post promoting one of her videos, which is not publicly available. She also has an Instagram account called "abbybabblybrooks".
- Pomni is the last character to speak in the series.
- Some fans speculate that Pomni may be suffering from survivor's guilt after the abstraction of Jax. Pomni's voice actress, Lizzie Freeman, has confirmed this fact though it's still hotly debated how true it is.
Other Language VAs
| Language | Voice Actor | Localized name |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ياسمين الخميري (Yassmin Khmiri) | بومني (Bumni) |
| Chinese | 闫琪琪 (Yan Qiqi) | 帕姆尼 (Pà mǔ ní) |
| Dutch | Nola Klop | Pomni |
| Filipino | Janeane Santos-Roco | Pomni |
| French | Salomé Mallié | Pomni |
| German | Svenja Praß | Pomni |
| Hindi | अपाला बिष्ट (Apala Bisht) | पॉमनी (Pŏmnī) |
| Hungarian | Nikoletta Horváth | Pomni |
| Indonesian | Dina Amalina | Pomni |
| Japanese | あらん (Arran) | ポムニ (Pomuni) |
| Korean | 송지혜 (Song Ji-hye; episode 1-5) 김벼리 (Kim Byeori; episode 6-9) |
폼니 |
| Polish | Liwia "Asha" Stępień | Pomni |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Letícia Celini | Pomni |
| Russian | Влада Мариупольская (Vlada Mariupolskaya) | Помни (Pomni) |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Noelia Lestani | Pomni |
| Thai | ฐิติมนต์ ดีสะท้าน (Thitimon Deesathan) | พอมนี่ (Phx mnī̀) |
| Turkish | Öykü Ertek | Pomni |
| Ukrainian | Альона Білоусова (Aliona Bilousova) | Помні (Pomni) |
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