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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 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 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 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 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.

by neon-nick

A redesign AU by neon-nick that recasts the digital circus as a digital festival. The cast become the festival's players, with Kaine as the AI owner and Balloon as a guide and watcher. Mostly character and world concept art, rebuilt from an earlier version of the AU.

by revolver-d

A science fiction AU set in the Digital World, where the cast are the Amazing Digital Guardians who protect it. Caine is the Alpha class AI that administrates the world and aids them, Bubble is a B class AI, and Pomni is the newest Guardian after she fell in through a breach in her reality.

by pikavani

A slice of life AU where the circus cast work ordinary corporate jobs at a company called C and A. A calm, tame take on the characters in an anime and manga influenced style, with character sheets, office shenanigans, and a Jax and Ragatha romance the artist calls Bunnydoll.

by lilla-flo

A wholesome TADC family AU by lilla-flo where the cast are an ordinary, cartoony family instead of trapped in a game. Papa Kinger and the late mama Queenie raise five kids: eldest Ragatha, the triplets Gangle, Pomni and Zooble, and baby Jax. Mostly fluff and chaos, with a rare bit of angst.

by justwantswafflefries

A TADC AU by justwantswafflefries. A slasher-horror AU that drops the cast into classic horror movies, one bloody 'adventure' at a time, told through character cards, art and comics. Blood, weapons and gore throughout.

by raggstosketches

raggstosketches drops the TADC cast into Tumble Town, a frontier hit by a water shortage. Ragatha runs it as sheriff with help from Pomni, the new corn farmer, while Jax and his bandits make trouble and Emmy keeps the saloon.

by 0104-vikita

A TADC reimagining where the circus is a vast VR fantasy game. Caine grows it into many realms, and the cast live there as sentient NPCs building lives of their own. Worldbuilding-heavy, with slice-of-life and ship art. Mature themes: suggestive content and some gore.

by iamespecter

A grimdark sci-fantasy TADC AU by iamespecter where the cast are Puppets: soul-infused robots trying to regain their humanity in a broken world. Pomni, a Combat Harlequin, explores the city of Circuits with Caine the Puppetmaster through Souls-like boss fights, uncovering his secrets.

by snuffydoo

Pomni is a licensed detective pulled into an old game cartridge to find people who went missing inside a circus. One of the circus members is behind the disappearances, and she has to work out who, without dragging the threat back to the real world. Inspired by ARGs, RPGs and murder mysteries.