Talking a bit on TADC episode 8 bc HOLYYYYYYYYYYY.
Starting off with probably the best thing I realized (for once I may be the first???) It's mostly 100% Kinger's real name
Here, you can see a name blurred out, G-an-. The only name I could possibly think of that would fit here is Grant. Later on there was a leak with other cricus member names (Pomni=Elizabeth, Jax=Liam, etc, but it couldve been for April Fools, but it also probably wasnt because it mentioned Kinger as Grant)
Also to mention Scratch, it was mentioned he had a tumor. The circus in a way was made to help extended Scratch's life, was it not?
Another big thing is the AI mentions. At the very beginning, with all the pictures and stuff being fed into Caine, it really did remind me of MPHFPC. Like, 2 medias with really creepy as clown pics? No thanks. But on one of them, the monkey inflatable pic, actually had the date in the corner (Oct 15, 95). This is one year before Kinger and the others made Caine. Exactly.
Here, you can see several things, but starting with the bottom 2 lines; 1999 [Scratch], and 2008 [Ragatha]. All October 15. But, nothing really notable happened on this day. Sure, China launched their first manned flight, and I Love Lucy premaired that day in 1951, but nothing relevant that would be important to the circus.
Another thing to the very first frames and things Caine says. When Caine says 'I'm the original', like with the red dot at the beginning of the episode. This directly references the biblical story of Cain and Abel, one of the two main stories TADC is based off of (the other being the story I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Really cool story that could honestly apply to current times...).
So, the full story of Caie and Abel. So Adam and Eve, the first humans made by God, had two sons; Cain and Abel. Cain was the older son, the 'original' son. But, Cain had a flaw, which was jealousy. One day, God asked for a gift from each of the sons. Cain brought God crops, while Abel brought Him a lamb. God favored Abel over Cain because Abel brought Him something that wasn't of the ground, something God produced. Cain, in return, murdered Abel, like what we see the red dot do to the blue dot at the beginning.
Another theory I had is that Kinger and Queenie represented Adam and Eve, being the creators of Caine, and the other AI (pressumably the Abel AI, the one that wasn't defective like Caine.) Like I said earlier about not believing Kinger's real name is Grant, I think it's more likely his name is along the lines of Adam, while Queenie's is along the lines of Eve.
Another small thing is that Caine's piano scene was actually animated correctly! And that the piano song was based off of a TADC music video (I can't remember the name, but I know it was Minecraft-styled)
Finally, about I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Several references to this story are made in the show, like in Caine's song 'theres no need to scream if you ain't got a mouth." (Fun fact, for this part, Kinger and Zooble both looked at Jax because they already didn't have mouths). IHNMAIMS is a story from the 80s (I believe), about how different countries make highly advanced AI nicknamed 'AM', who take over the world. Theres 6 humans left in the world, which this one AM tortures for it's own sadistic fun. At the end, one of them sacrifices themself for the rest of the humans to escape (contrary to the ending, where everyone sacrifices themselves for Kinger to save them)
