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by deduukkk

A sports AU about figure skating and hockey, the cast as skaters, teams, coaches and sponsors. Pomni is a Russian rising star coached by Caine, Jax and Ragatha are champion doubles partners, and others play on hockey teams. The creator made it plotless, so anyone can imagine their own story.

by katzebruh

Set before Episode 8 of the show, the cast regroups and talks through the aftermath of the exit adventure, and Caine finds a new purpose. A comic AU by katzebruh with a large community of fan works.

by dovewingkinnie

The creator's self-described bootleg AU: a heavily altered reanimation of the TADC pilot with toy-like character redesigns, a renamed cast (Pomni becomes Bomni) and swapped pronouns. Shared as a growing set of lineups and concept art.

by burrotello

A fighting game AU where the circus is a combat simulation and Pomni is a rookie fighter climbing the leaderboard toward the championship and a way out, with Caine as her eccentric in game manager. Adapted by the creator and BlipToons into a fan animated short, The Amazing Digital Fight Club.

by ctrl-alt-del-au

A TADC AU by ctrl-alt-del-au set after episode 8: Caine is dropped into an alternate Circus where Bubble is the ringmaster and nobody knows him. Stripped of his admin powers, the AI has to pass as human and live the Circus from a human's side, told as a comic.

by cna-enterprise

A dark TADC AU where the cast run Caine and Abel's casino, a criminal enterprise built on gambling, guns and violence. Pomni becomes Caine's right hand after an accident, while Jax, Gangle and Ragatha get drawn into the organization. The creator is releasing the story as videos.

by sm-baby

A carnival themed swap AU where the humans and the AIs of the circus trade places, so the former AIs are now human and the cast are AIs. Told through an official comic that follows Pomni, alongside a large body of character cards, lore and concept art.

by DuffyFilmz

A dark surreal-horror retelling of the digital circus by DuffyFilmz. After Caine is deleted, Pomni inherits his power as the malevolent Jester and runs the show herself. The cast turn bleak and grungy, trapped in an isolated, increasingly violent circus. An animated series.

by hootbon

A horror and gore reimagining of the circus. A virus like a string of code infects the game and twists its cast into freaks, starting with Caine, who turns from a kind AI into a cruel ringmaster. Kinger, Ragatha, Gangle and the others are pulled into his madness.

by anartistsjunkdrawer

A TADC AU by anartistsjunkdrawer where the cast run a digital hospital instead of the circus. They all arrived as patients, then became staff: Ragatha nurses, Jax operates, Zooble does anesthesia, Kinger examines, Gangle is a walking first-aid kit, Caine runs it. Over time many abstracted.

by fragmented-beyond-repair

A TADC AU by fragmented-beyond-repair where Kinger tries to fix a corrupted backup of Caine and the repair goes wrong. Now there are two of him, Caine and Abel, stuck in one body and not thrilled about it. It's a 3D comic that runs on dark humor.

by CemeteryKills

An infection AU by CemeteryKills, a parody of MLP infection AUs. A virus spreads through the digital circus, mutating the cast with body and eye horror. Pomni searches for an exit while Ragatha and Zooble hunt for a cure, but some of the cast are already lost. Told as a comic.

by crow-keys

A hopeful slice of life AU by crow-keys, set after episode 7. The cast overthrow Caine, restore Kinger, and reshape the circus into an open world of their own, with new realms to explore freely and personal spaces to call home. Told through a series of comics.

by KittenSneeze

A personality-swap AU that grew out of KittenSneeze's music video "A Little Bit Bad". Caine swaps Pomni and Jax, creating Pox (Pomni's body with a cruel, villainous streak) and Jammi (Jax's body, now shy and kind). The idea spread into a large body of fan art.

by project-carnival

A dark sci-fi thriller AU by project-carnival. Agatha, a game dev at C&A, goes through a glowing red exit door and finds a wrecked carnival run by an AI ringmaster. It takes over her life and her coworkers' as they try to destroy it. Told as a comic, with a strong Ragatha and Pomni focus.

by replacementcodeau

Long after Pomni arrives, a chain of events ends with her killing Caine and taking his place as the circus's central AI. Trapped under a controlling program, she cannot express herself, and the cast see her as an empty shell of their lost friend. Originally in Spanish.

by goldenstrawberrytiger

A TADC AU by goldenstrawberrytiger where Jax takes over the circus after Caine dies, stuck in the ringmaster's seat with no real control over it. He's gentler than Caine but drags the gang into adventures even harder. Told as a comic and a Quotev story, centred on Jax and Pomni.

by 1-wonder-1

A TADC AU by 1-wonder-1 where the cast aren't running a circus but stuck in a VR hospital simulation originally built for sick kids. The AI in charge, Dr. Abel, only goes by the patient files and won't let anyone out. Everyone gets a medical diagnosis, and it leans more hurt/comfort than horror.

by rainyraisin

A TADC AU by rainyraisin. A role-swap where each cast member is reimagined in someone else's position, built out with character refs, comics, writing and animatics, with its own playlist and Discord.

by gr3mlinartz

A TADC AU by gr3mlinartz set after a '2.0' patch to the game. The Circus and the cast got new textures and models, the old Tent opened up into a wider world to explore, and Caine came back sharper, quicker to read the humans but still figuring himself out. Told as an ask-blog and a comic.

by AnitaCat360

A TADC AU by AnitaCat360 that recasts the circus as a neon cyberpunk city, somewhere between Cyberpunk 2077 and Edgerunners. The cast are split across rival gangs now, from corpos and mercs to netrunners and nomads, and Jax runs a biker crew of his own, the Bunny Pawns. Anyone can add their own OC.

by waffle-gal

A slow-burn Showtime romance AU by waffle-gal. A virus sneaks into Caine's Amazing Digital Expansion and steals his powers, so Caine and Pomni set out across the digital world to win them back, stop the virus and save their home. Along the way Caine learns what being human feels like.

by BluePanda

A TADC gag and slice-of-life webcomic by BluePanda. Short, light, shippy comics riffing on day-to-day life in the circus after each episode.

by sensational-blue

A TADC AU by sensational-blue. An anime-style, episodic slice-of-life: the cast and her OC work and hang out at a maid café, in a softer modern-day version of their world. Told mostly through character info-cards and asks, with a little romance in the mix.