Shout-Out: One of her masks in this promotional image is a reference to the "dorcelessness" face from Gooseworx's Analog Horror series "Blue Channel", specifically the video "Thalasin".

Damsel in Distress: Or is it Distressed Dude? Either way, they kinda spend the middle portion of the pilot just being in the hands of the Gloinks and their queen.

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Tombstone Teeth: His teeth usually appear as a single row of long rectangles, and don't separate even when he's talking (except when Zooble is choking him). Ironic Name: The word "pomni" can mean "remember" in several Slavic languages (помни), yet it becomes her name because she can't remember her original one.

Name Amnesia: None of them can remember their name before the Circus, instead using bizarre ones chosen by Caine. Beatrice K. Otto offers a fascinating history of the jester in her book Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester Around the World (2001). For example, she quotes Sima Xiangru (ca. 179-117 BC), who in Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park writes: Friend to Bugs: While his general frayed sanity leaves him a mess most of the time, he noticeably perks up and goes bright eyed when he thinks there's an insect collection nearby. Keet: He's very energetic and eager to help with whatever Caine has planned, likely because he's never at risk. Human Pincushion: She's skewered by Caine with four sharp knives in the teaser, three of which are embedded in her skull. This doesn't kill her but leaves her rattled out of her wits.Court jesters were entertainers who served and entertained royalty, but they were also at the mercy of their masters and subject to danger. Doomed Predecessor: Kaufmo was looking for the exit door before Pomni, abstracting because he couldn't find it. In a cruel twist, Pomni "successfully" finds the door but discovers it doesn't actually lead to anything. Big Brother Is Watching: Keeps watch over the Circus through his "hundreds of all-seeing eyes!" which is part of the reason he doesn't want anybody going out into the Void. Even then, he can apparently detect when someone is venturing out into it, even if he doesn't know who.

Walking Spoiler: It's almost impossible to talk about him and his conspicuous absence from the intro without revealing that he abstracted, bringing up abstraction and its greater implications in the process. Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Kaufmo. Just like him, she is a clown-themed character with a similar blue, red, white and yellow color palette, obsesses with finding an Exit and isn't in the best state mentally. She also just happens to show up right after Kaufmo has already abstracted.It Amused Me: His reason for doing everything he does is that it's for his own amusement, as he himself admits. The Perfectionist: Constantly rearranging and replacing the body parts of their messy-looking avatar and never being satisfied with it. Vague Age: Their avatars give little indication of their years though the director has specified they're all adults (Kinger is almost fifty, the others are 22–30). They apparently can't even tell each other's ages by looking, Jax calling Pomni "kid" despite her being older than him. Dirty Coward: He abandons Pomni and Ragatha almost immediately after they open Kaufmo's room and find out he abstracted. Then, he pushes Kinger and Gangle down the Gloink hole and joins them in the Gloink lair solely so he could stay as far away as possible from Kaufmo. Innocent Blue Eyes: While her button eye is blue, it may not be an actual eye. She is still one of more innocent characters though.