The Amazing Digital Circus (2023) s01e03 Episode Script

1
[upbeat techno music plays]
[upbeat, goofy music plays]
[gasping]
I can't hold it any longer.
Sure you can.
We can't die from
oxygen deprivation, remember?
But it still feels like I'm gonna die.
-[Kinger] Try not thinking about it.
-Or you could toughen up!
I wanna see
what your funny cartoon body does.
Hey, take it easy.
[falsetto] "Ooh, take it easy!"
[normal voice] That's you.
[Pomni] All right.
Here I go.
[inhales deeply]
♪♪
[Zooble] All right,
we've entered the blue zone.
Hey, there's something new.
[Zooble] Okay, we're getting red.
Ooh, orange.
[Zooble] Yellow.
Green.
[Kinger] Whoa, look!
Now she's turning blue!
[Zooble] She was already blue.
-[gasps] [panting]
-Huh.
Guess the hue shift just gets faster.
Why am I the one doing this?
Why not one of you guys?
Because something different
happens with each person!
For instance, Kinger starts glowing
Ragatha's hair noodles stick up
Gangle's mask starts spinning
and Zooble turns straight.
[Zooble] My limbs straighten up
[boink!] off.
What about you?
[Zooble] He refuses to show us
because he's a coward.
I wanna keep the mystery alive.
What do you,
the viewers, think it is?
[Zooble] Will you stop doing that?
Why is everybody just standing around
when there's adventure to be had?
Today's adventure is
That's right!
This big, spooky mansion
has been rumored to be filled
to the brim with paranormal activity!
It's up to you to solve
the house's deep mysteries
and capture all the ghoulish
ghost activity you can.
And for the first time ever, you can
[gritty scraping]
Where's Zooble?
I made this adventure really cool
and "m-m-matoor" just for them.
[low growling]
[speaking backwards]
What?
The NPCs aren't gonna
become self-aware in this one, right?
How should I know?
I'm not the boss.
Oh, wait yes, I am!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Anyway, everybody into the fractal noise.
It's adventuring time!
[spooky organ music plays]
♪♪
Oh, this place is spooky.
I wonder how hard Caine's gonna go
with the scare-factor?
I hope this adventure doesn't end up
being another horrible nightmare.
I'm not really a fan of horror,
and I don't really
handle jumpscares that well.
-Boo!
-[stammers]
HA! [chuckles]
Come on!
That wasn't even scary.
What, you scared
of the vacuum cleaner, too?
Hey, be nice to her.
She's had a rough couple of days.
Her and everyone else.
-Right, Gangle?
-[spooky giggle]
-Does anybody hear that?
-[giggling continues]
♪♪
[loud giggling]
[shrieks]
Hey, I'm Ghostly!
-Wha?
-[splat!]
And I'll be your guide today!
Why won't they go back in?
[Kinger chuckles]
I remember my first wild take.
I don't know why
they're not retracting, though.
That didn't happen for me.
Before you continue on your adventure,
you have to choose
which door you're gonna go through!
The door on the left is the normal door!
[Caine v/o]
Rated WOW for all ages!
The door on the right
is the really scary door.
[Caine v/o]
Rated AAAAA for mature Zoobles only!
It's up to you to deci
[shrieking]
[vacuum whirs]
-[stammers] Jax!
-What?
I thought we were supposed
to capture all the ghosts.
Uhh
which door should we choose?
Hmm, not sure.
Let's try this out.
[door snarls]
-Aww
-[Kinger] Don't worry, Gangle!
I'll get it for you!
Eh?
[grunts] [stammers]
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUGHH
Oh, that's the scary door.
[sing-song]
Zooble, come on out!
[normal voice]
I just want to talk to you!
Hmm.
Oh, I know!
[snap!]
[mystical shimmering]
[Zooble] What th [scoffs]
Could you have done that the whole time?
Zooble, I-I just want
to get to the bottom
of why you keep skipping
all my amazing adventures.
You could end up
really hurting Bubble's feelings.
[Zooble] Uh, Bubble's feelings?
E-Enough about Bubble's feelings!
How about your feelings?
[snap!]
-[Zooble] I
-So, what's on your mind, Zooble?
[Zooble] I would rather not.
Hahahahaha!
That's hilarious!
Go on.
[Zooble] No, I mean,
I've already told you what my problem is.
You just never remember because
Oh, never mind.
My mind is a beeswax-polished coconut.
Nothing ever escapes these cakes.
So, what can I do
to make my adventures more
appealing to you?
[Zooble] See?
This is exactly what I'm talking about.
All you're thinking about
is your adventures.
It has nothing to do with the adventures.
It's more just
Ugh, forget it.
You're probably not even listening.
Zooble, look at this cool bee I drew.
[groans] Wha?
Where are we?
[thunder crashes]
[eerie music plays]
♪♪
Oh, that's
Noooo
♪♪
[Kinger] I wonder what this thing is?
[tape player clunks]
[Mildenhall over speakers throughout]
My name is Baron Theodore Mildenhall.
Hunting has been a hobby of mine
for as long as I can remember--
although one could say it eventually
became more of an obsession.
The creature you see before you
is one I've been pursuing for years.
Not quite a man
but not quite an animal.
Something unholy.
Something evil.
I took it upon myself
to spend every waking moment
doing all I could to protect my family
from the creature,
hoping that when I'd eventually killed it,
I would be freed from this awful feeling.
This inescapable dread.
I was wrong.
[tape clicks]
[Kinger] You know,
I'm starting to think
How about we try to find a way
back up to the others?
[eerie music]
Okay, cool.
That's great.
I love these adventures.
[Kinger] We could always
ride this thingy up.
[grunting manically]
It's locked.
It's locked of course!
It's locked!
I love that it's locked!
[door creaks]
[suspensful music]
[objects rattling]
[Mildenhall over speakers]
Tuesday, December 4th.
Although I had shot the creature
multiple times in its vitals
and severed its head
to keep as a prize on my wall
my troubles were just beginning.
I took my eyes off the body
for what felt like only a minute,
and when I looked back,
the body was gone.
The creature was not dead,
and it would be back
to reclaim what I'd taken from it.
If anyone is listening to this,
all I ask of you is one thing
do not let the head out of your sight.
[eerie music]
You have been warned.
[Kinger] Well, this is some
rather inconvenient lore placement.
-I got it!
-[bzzt!]
[Kinger] And this is some
rather inconvenient darkness.
[Pomni] [groans] [wails]
AHH!!! What was that?
Was that you?
[Kinger] No
Oh, wait you mean me
grabbing you right now?
Yeah, that was me.
-I-Is this your hand?
-[Pomni] Ugh!
That's my eye.
[Kinger] Yes, but which eye?
[Pomni] I really don't think that ma
Will you stop touching my eye?
[Kinger] Oh, yeah. Sorry.
-[shrieks]
-[Pomni] Wh W-What happened?
[Kinger] I just remembered
a really funny joke.
[Pomni] Ah Y-You [sighs]
Why did you scream, then?
[Kinger] Maybe it wasn't
actually that funny.
[Pomni] Oh, my God.
[Kinger] I thiiiiiink
we should hold on to each other
and slowly make our way
back into the trophy room.
[Pomni] U-Uh, sounds fine to me.
[suspenseful music plays]
♪♪
[creaking]
[whispering]
What was that?
[Kinger whispering]
What's what?
[creaking]
[Pomni] That!
[Kinger] It's probably just magnets.
-Or a boat.
-[Pomni stammers]
A boat?
[Kinger] W-Whatever the case,
I think we should be completely quiet.
[Pomni] I Okay, yeah.
I agree.
You know, you're really hit-and-miss
with these things, sometimes.
[fly buzzing]
[slap!]
[stammers]
[Kinger] There's a fly in here.
-[slapping]
-[Pomni stammers]
Don't you think that's
making a lot of noi
Oh, God, there is a fly.
[slap!]
[Kinger] Aaaaaand
Gotcha!
[buzzing stops]
I think I got him.
I can't see my hands.
[shrieks]
[silence]
[Kinger] I'm sorry, could you speak up?
I couldn't quite make that out.
[boink!] The fly! Run!
[shrieking]
Come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on!!
[Kinger] Pomni, I think this might be
the creature from the tapes!
[stammers]
[groans]
Come on come on come on
come on come on come on come oooon!!
[Kinger] Ah!
[wailing]
[Kinger dazed]
You look beautiful, honey
Got it!
Come on!
-[Kinger stammers]
Huh? Oh, yeah.
Prepare for take-off,
'cause this boat is going up!
Huh??
That's not up!
That's not up at all!
Why aren't we going up?!
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!
I do not use my adventures
to torture my guests!
Any torment I inflict is 100% accidental,
like any good war criminal!
[Zooble scoffs]
We weren't even talking about that!
I really couldn't give less of a crap
about the adventures.
Then what is your problem, Zooble?!
I'm trying my best to remember,
but both you and my brain won't tell me!
[Zooble sighs]
It's me, remember?
I don't like
myself.
I hate this body.
I hate all these stupid removable pieces.
I just want to find something that feels
good.
Oh, yeah now I remember
why I couldn't remember.
It's because that problem
is already solved!
Simply swap out your undesirable
Zooble parts for better ones!
[Zooble] I've been trying to find
parts I like since the day I got here.
So, back to the adventures!
[Zooble] Forget it.
"Forget it"?
[Zooble] Just forget it.
Forget what?
[Zooble] Caine, nobody likes
your stupid adventures.
Ha-ha!
Good one, Zooble.
[Zooble] Ragatha's just too nice
to say anything.
Jax just likes to [bonk!] with everybody.
Gangle's too shy to speak up.
Kinger's insane.
And And Pomni
She looks traumatized
every time she comes back from one.
Oh, Zooble, Zooble, Zooble.
Making adventures is my art!
It's all I exist to do!
All I'm
good at.
A-And, uh [chuckles]
w-what you're saying could imply that
I'm bad at the only thing I'm good at,
and that [chuckles weakly]
[stammers] That'd be
[static crackling]
[ominous rumbling]
[Zooble] U-Uh,
whose therapy session is this, again?
Oh, yeah!
We need to get to the bottom
of your behavioral issues!
I'm gonna show you some ink blots,
and you're gonna say the first word
that comes to your mind.
[groans]
What?
Oh, God, where are we now?
[Kinger] I'm not sure.
A cellar of some kind.
♪♪
[Mildenhall] Things have gotten far worse
than I could ever have imagined.
My paranoia had driven me to the point
where I was no longer the protector
my wife and theoretical children needed.
Jumping at every shadow, every noise.
I ended up shooting the love of my life,
mistaking her for the creature.
It's ironic, isn't it?
In my attempts to protect her,
I ended up becoming the monster myself.
Now I wait down in my cellar,
no longer having anything
to protect but my own soul.
If nothing else
I will slay the beast
that took everything from me.
[tape clicks]
[Kinger] How's about we take his gun?
Yeah, sounds good to me.
[tense music]
Please don't come alive
Okay, I won't.
♪♪
[Kinger] Looks like we've got two shots.
Let's make them count.
Uh, yeah.
[distant clang]
[Kinger] Stay behind me.
[wet squelching]
[edgy tense music]
[music crescendos]
[shrieking]
[Pomni laughs nervously]
Uh, Kinger?
I-I think we may have
a problem this way, too.
[Kinger] Just leave it to me.
I can handle this.
♪♪
[shrieks]
[Kinger] Well.
That wasn't so bad.
[tape clicks on]
[Mildenhall] Which is what
I would be saying if I didn't know
that the creature was actually
one of God's angels.
[Kinger] What.
[Mildenhall]
And anyone who brings harm to it
will be dragged down
into the cold, spiraling pits of Hell,
where my soul resides.
I apologize, dear listener,
but I need a living host
in order to escape the hall of the damned,
and your bodies will be
my only means of doing so.
[Kinger] Now, wait.
How did he record this if he was in Hell?
-[shrieks] Oh, no! Let go of me!
-[Kinger wailing]
[Mildenhall] I hope you're ready,
because the next breath
you take down there will be your last,
and your bodies will belong to me.
Let go of me!
[both wailing]
I hate this stupid adventure!!!
[peaceful piano music]
[tea pours]
Mmm, good tea.
Sorry again about your husband
killing you, and everything.
[voice echoing softly]
Oh, you know how men are.
Always having the silliest priorities.
[chuckles wryly]
Don't I know it.
[muffled shouting]
If your friends see him,
I only hope he doesn't bore them to death
with his endless monologues.
That man could turn a 57-second story
into a Greek tragedy.
I'll be sure to ask them
next time I see 'em.
Thanks again for the tea.
I had a really nice time here.
[chuckles]
Oh, don't mention it.
Feel free to visit any time.
Definitely!
♪♪
[Caine v/o] Congratulations,
my little ironclad waffle cones!
You've taken the Pacifist route,
and you should be proud
of what good people you are.
Unfortunately, we still need to wait
until your other teammates
finish their adventure
before I can grant you
permission to leave.
I wonder how long that'll be?
[water dripping]
[Kinger] Not really typical
of what you'd think Hell would be.
We
are literally in Hell right now.
Hell!
Of course I'd be in Hell.
How could I not be
in literal Hell right now?
[Kinger] Just try to stay calm.
I'm sure Caine included a way to escape.
Hold on.
[soft rushing]
Let me try something.
Hey, there's actually
a staircase down there.
It could be a way out.
Maybe it'll work for us
since we still have our bodies?
Though, I'm worried about
what that tape said earlier.
-I'm just gonna try going fast.
-[Kinger] Wait, Pomni!
[grunts]
[dark music plays]
♪♪
[Kinger] Pomni!
♪♪
[distorted voice]
[cackling]
Freeeeedooooom.
[Kinger] Pomni!
♪♪
-[cackling]
-[Kinger] Hey!
You get out of her,
you damn evil souls!
How's your wife, Kinger?
[coughs]
-[normal voice] [coughs]
-[Kinger] Hey.
-You all right there?
-[panting]
No.
[Kinger] I'm guessing
the souls are attracted to living things.
Just want a vessel
to be able to leave with.
Man
Seven years of computer science
for this, huh?
-[chuckles]
-Why?
Every day I spend here
is one nightmare after the next!
I knew it would end up like this!
He
He just wants me to suffer.
I really am in Hell.
[Kinger] Don't say that.
You're not in
Well, I-I guess we are technically in
Eh, forget about that.
How about we just relax for a bit
while nothing's chasing us?
[sobbing quietly]
[Kinger] It was my fault
we went down this path, wasn't it?
I'm really sorry for that.
Why have you been
acting so different lately?
-[Kinger chuckles]
I have, haven't I?
I'm normally not too good with memories.
But being surrounded by darkness always
brings me back to a certain time.
Right after my wife had
had abstracted
I don't recall the exact string of events,
but we both ended up in the fort together.
And it was dark.
The darkness seemed
to calm her down a bit.
The harsh, jagged edges smoothed out,
and she didn't seem aggravated anymore.
She wasn't the same as before,
but she was calm enough
to touch one last time
before she got sent to the cellar.
I'm always taken back to that moment
when engulfed in darkness.
You had a wife?
Like, here in the circus?
[Kinger] Yeah.
She was funny, creative
really into entomology.
I used to hate bugs, but
she somehow got me to like them.
[chuckles] It's not the most
cheerful memory, but
it's one I at least have control over.
I know how it can feel in this
circus.
Sometimes it all just feels
pointless.
Yeah.
[Kinger] But it's not.
Not if you have people who care about you.
Good memories can do a lot.
Hold onto them.
And cherish the people around you.
You never know when they'll be gone.
In this world,
the worst thing you can do is
make someone think
they're not wanted or loved.
I'm glad you're here with me.
[Kinger] You know, I've been
thinking about that last tape.
He said, "The next breath
you take down there
will be your last."
Maybe we can get through
if we don't breathe.
I'm not very good at holding my breath.
[Kinger] Well
How about we try
not thinking about it?
[hopeful music plays]
[stammers]
♪♪
If we leave and we go back to the circus
you're just gonna go back to being crazy.
You're not gonna remember any of this.
Are you?
[Kinger] Don't worry about me.
As long as you remember it,
things will be okay.
You're very strong, Pomni.
And I know you'll be able
to get through this.
Just hold onto me.
We'll get through it together.
You ready?
[gentle heartfelt piano music]
[piano music continues]
[music fades]
[door opens]
Oh, Pomni! Kinger!
Are you guys okay? Was it scary?
I'm fine, actually.
What happened up here?
Uh, don't worry about that.
[Kinger] Pomni was very brave.
At least, I think she was.
Were you?
Something like that.
Hey, Ragatha.
-Yeah?
-I just want to say
[sighs] Thanks for always being
concerned about me.
I feel like, through everything,
I haven't really been
appreciative enough about that.
Oh!
Thank you, Pomni.
I just want to make sure
you're doin' all right.
You know, we care about you.
Did you remember to get my comedy mask?
[bonk!]
And And now,
I-I'm just starting to wonder
if the "Wild West" was
e-even a real direction at all.
Whoopsie-daisy!
Looks like everybody completed
the adventure and they're coming home!
Quick, pretend we weren't
having a therapy session!
[Zooble] Okay?
Welcome back, my meowing milkmaids!
Don't ever call us that again.
Heh, so, what was it like
being stuck with the nutcase?
It wasn't that bad, actually.
♪♪
[upbeat, jazzy music plays]