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| “ | They broke my comedy mask... | „ |
| ~ Gangle's first words in the Pilot. |
| “ | I... don't really trust myself that much with it. And I also just... really want to be able to fire a tommy gun while laughing maniacally, and I don't- I don't want to break it before I get that chance. | „ |
| ~ Gangle trusting Zooble with her comedy mask. |
Gangle is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Ragatha and Zooble) of Glitch Productions' indie animated psychological black comedy/surreal web series, The Amazing Digital Circus.
She is a human made up of ribbons and wears theatrical masks, and one of the humans trapped in the Digital Circus along with Pomni, Kinger, Jax, Zooble and Ragatha. She is well-known for her dissociative nature and her timidness, being the weakest out of the six, often subjected to Jax's torments, and she also likes to hang out with Zooble most of the time.
By the end, she is revealed to be a brain scanned copy of Zoey Raghavan; a former fast food manager who now currently works as a graphic designer, publishing webcomics on the Internet.
She is voiced by Marissa Lenti, who also voiced Moze in Borderlands 3, Joanna Greenleaf in RWBY, Princess Celestia in My Little Pony: Twilight's Kingdom, and Financier Cookie from Cookie Run: Kingdom. Her life counterpart is portrayed by Mantra Radhakrishnan.
Appearance
Gangle appears to be made up of four candy red ribbons that form a humanoid shape. Her face is a white porcelain mask with black eyes and mouth. Her body consists of the main mass of the ribbons that curl, making a spring shape that spirals four times, two ribbons that form her legs, and a single ribbon for her arms (one end is the right arm, while the other end is her left arm). Whenever her comedy mask gets damaged, her next mask appears, switching to a discomforted or sad version of the former, clarified by Gooseworx as her tragedy mask.
Personality
When Gangle is wearing her comedy mask, she seems to be fairly reserved and cheerful. When her comedy facade breaks, she becomes very sad, depressed, and overly emotional. Her tone of voice changes as well, becoming more scratchy and high-pitched like she's on the brink of tears. As shown in Episode 4, her depressed state is her true personality, and trying to "mask" her more pessimistic aspects for too long causes her to become manic, controlling, and temperamental from the stress, to the point she will occasionally willingly take off her happy mask to regain her equlibrium.
Gangle is referred to by Jax as one of the most "mentally stable and capable characters" in a mocking manner. Due to her mask breaking easily, Gangle is fragile in both a literal and figurative sense. Although the digital circus has more masks, some yet to be shown, as evident by zoobles body parts pile in her room. Including a "normal everyday" one that's seen in episode 4.
Quotes
| “ | Gangle: And with that out of the way, let's get to work, guys! Jax: (sarcastically) Oh, no! Looks like I've taken Ragatha... and dropped her in the deep fryer. Gangle: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! We can't anything like that going on around here. Jax: What are you gonna do about it? Gangle: I'm calling upper management. (calls Caine with her flip phone) Caine: Mmmyello? Gangle: Hey, Caine. We're having a bit of an issue with the employees, and I was wondering if you could have a punishment waiting for them if they do a horrible job? Jax: Wait, what? Caine: MOTIVATION! That's what my adventures have been missing! Great idea, Gangle! I'll be able to come up with something TRULY awful for your rotten employees. (Call end) Jax: (horrified) Why would you do this? Gangle: It's called a "manic episode", and you're getting three more seasons!! Hahaha! Anyway. Jax, it's your job to set up the drink station, make new coffee and iced tea, and fill the ice cream machine, so get to it!! Jax: ...This is really weird. |
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| ~ Gangle showing she means business to Jax as shift manager of Spudsy's. |
| “ | Jax: Oh, I haaaate this guy. Gangle: Never say you hate the customer while the customer is still here. We wait until afterhours for that. |
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| ~ Gangle lecturing Jax to not express their hatred upon customers like Orbsman while they're still present. |
| “ | Gangle: What? Ragatha, where's Pomni? Ragatha: (slurring) Huh? Oh, she's flirting with the gummy guy, 'cause she'd rather be with an NPC than with us or something. Gangle: Hmm... Well, that won't do. |
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| ~ Gangle, questioning a stupidified Ragatha why Pomni wasn't at the register. |
| “ | Gangle: Pomni We need you on the register! Stop weirding the customers out. Pomni: But it's... Gummigoo. Can't the job wait a bit? It's... not like this is real. Gangle: (laughs wearingly) And next you're gonna say my authority isn't real. (A small "tink" can be heard from her Normal Mask) Anyway, put away that breakfast menu, because it's lunch time! |
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| ~ Gangle starting to lose her sanity declaring Breakfast over. |
| “ | Zooble: How's it feel? Gangle: It feels... normal. Like in a good way. |
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| ~ Gangle's reaction to her new mask. |
| “ | Alright, fellas, it's lunch rush. Get your game faces on! | „ |
| ~ Gangle starting the Lunch Rush. |
| “ | Gangle: Oh, Jaaaax! The bathroom looks like a biohazard and needs a good scrubbing! Jax: I dunno, shouldn't, like, a biohazard crew take care of that? Gangle: Oh, Jaxy boy, don't you wanna be a model employee? Jax: No. I don't care about any of this. Gangle: Well, that doesn't sound like a can-do attitude to me. Jax: It's not. Gangle: (laughs), bad. Jax: I like you better when you're sad. Gangle: (Cracking is further heard) ... Well, looks like you need some more... (there is silence for a bit) Jax: More-? Gangle: Training! |
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| ~ Gangle deciding to punish Jax after the latter refuses to scrub the bathroom. |
| “ | Gangle: (On TV) Hi! Welcome to Spudsy's. In this video, you're gonna learn the ins and outs of what makes YOU a good crew member, AND a valuable asset to the Spudsy's Corporation! Jax: When did you make this? Gangle: Now, I know what you're thinking, "I don't want a career in fast food. I want to be a comic artist and eventually launch my own manga-inspired webcomic!" And it's cool to have dreams, but you also need to remember that they're completely unrealistic, and you need to stop trying. But before we get into all that, first things first! Are you smiling? Jax: Uh, no? Gangle: Why not? Jax: Uh-uh- wait, uh, wait, wait, uh, wait, um- No- nobody can see this, right? Gangle: It's time for your employee reevaluation. |
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| ~ A recording of Gangle torturing Jax for being a bad employee. |
| “ | Zooble: Gangle! Can you help Ragatha? I think she... huffed paint or something. Gangle: Huffing paint and not waiting until a designated break? I'll be right there! Ragatha: (drunken) No, wait! I can do it. I just need to grab the horseradish sauce. (laughs drunkingly then sighs) I miss my horses. Gangle: Here, lemme help you with that. Ragatha: Why are you the boss anyway? I feel like I'm way more responsible than you. Gangle: Well, if you underperform now, you might end up hurt later. Ragatha: Hurt nothin'! I'm hurt enough: Packages landing on my head, tea parties, dancin' lessons... Gangle: (to Zooble) What's wrong with her? (Zooble immediately shrugs) (to Ragatha) You know, a team works much better when we're giving 110% instead of, uh... 5%. Ragatha: No offense, but... you're kind of annoying when you have your happy mask. (Cracking is further heard even further) Wait, is that mean to say? Gangle: Zooble, help Ragatha with assembly. I'm gonna go over here now. |
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| ~ Gangle trying to get Ragatha only to be inadvertently insulted by her drunken state. |
| “ | Jax: Oh, are you kidding me?! Hey, Gangle! I think the clock's broken! Gangle: Is it broken, or are we the broken ones? Jax: Oh, great. Gangle: How long has this shift really gone on for? Six hours? Eight? Twenty-four? A week? A year? Does time even more in here? Will we ever go home? Will we ever achieve our dreams??? *clock beeps* Gangle: Oh, wait... Yeah, that clock's broken. |
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| ~ Gangle's mental breakdown when Jax asks her about the clock; after she gets inadvertently insulted by drunken Ragatha. |
| “ | Gangle: (She takes off her Normal Mask and a deep breath and muffles her screaming. She then notices Pomni was right next to her as she was taking out the trash) Pomni: You, uh... you good?? Gangle: ...My Comedy Mask is usually broken by now. Pomni: (to herself) We're doing another one of these. (to Gangle) Is the mask not making you happy? Gangle: ... Pomni: Do you have anybody to talk to? Like, in regards to your issues? I'm sure... Ragatha would like to help you out. Gangle: Heh. Oh, Ragatha. I love her, but... after a while, it gets kind of hard to tell how genuine she's actually being. Pomni: Well, maybe- Gangle: (Puts her Normal Mask back on) Anyway, we can't spend all night out here talking about our feelings. We've got work to do! (laughs weakly) |
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| ~ Gangle's confrontation with Pomni about her emotional mask issues. |
| “ | Zooble: You know, when Ragatha gets off, I feel like she might need a designated driver. Gangle: Why are you asking me? I'm closing tonight. Zooble: Oh, no, I meant I'd drive her home. Gangle: Oh. I think she gets off in an hour. Zooble: Okay. I can stick around until then. |
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| ~ Gangle's exhaustion, having to close the restaurant after hours. |
| “ | Pomni: Hey. You know... I can close for you, if you want. Gangle: Huh? Pomni: If you want to get out of here, you can. You don't have to be stuck here alone. I can handle closing. Gangle: Would that... be okay? Pomni: I think so. You should go home and get some rest. |
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| ~ Pomni, upon saving Gangle from abstracting. |
| “ | Zooble: Hey, what are you all the way out here for? Gangle: I messed everything up. The mask didn't work. (sniffles) And now, I don't think anybody wants to talk to me anymore. Zooble: I still like talking to you. Look, the new mask was a bust. So what? I'm sure we'll find something that works eventually. Gangle: (sniffles) I don't deserve a friend like you. Zooble: (chuckles) Well, you've got one. Now, come on over and hang out with the rest of us. Bring your art, too. I always like seeing what you draw. |
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| ~ Gangle being reassured by Zooble after the events of Episode 4. |
| “ | You discourage us from thinking outside the box and doing things our own way! | „ |
| ~ Gangle's emotional breakdown towards Caine for always rebuking them for their own ideas unless it aligns with Caine's point of view. |
Trivia
- Gangle is said to enjoy drawing, specifically anime. Her favorite anime is Azumanga Daioh.
- Gangle's mask is based on a Sock and Buskin, which are theater masks that represent comedy or tragedy, which are the 2 of the 9 Muses (daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne).
- The comedy mask is known as Thalia, and the Tragedy mask is known as Melpomene.
- Her tragedy mask appears to be more durable than her comedy mask; while the latter broke after a single fall, the former endured two similar hits with no visible damage.
- Gangle has a place where she stores her broken comedy masks.
- Gangle's name is a play on the words referring to her gangly, ribbon body.
- It was confirmed by Gooseworx on Tumblr that Gangle has a body pillow with an unspecified character on it.
- It was mentioned by Gooseworx in a Tumblr post that Gangle and the others were talking about compost at the table at the end of the pilot episode.
- In one of the TADC photos published by Glitch, Gangle wearing a Dorceless mask is intended as an easter egg.
- Her favorite One Piece character is Chopper.
- According to Gooseworx on GLITCHX 2023, Jax came up with her name. (revealing that Jax was in the Digital Circus before her)
- The word gangle is a verb for moving ungracefully. I.e. "Gangle gangled down Gangle street."
- It was stated by Gooseworx during GLITCHX 2023 that Gangle only has two masks.
- Gangle is inspired by Kedamono from Popee the Performer.
- Thanks to his rabbit-like design, it's also possible that Jax is based off the titular Popee, hence why he keeps tormenting Gangle, mirroring Popee and Kedamono's relationship in the original show.
- In "Candy Carrier Chaos", it is revealed that Gangle has a figurine thing that she doesn't want Ragatha to know about.
- On January 22, 2025, Gangle's voice actor Marissa Lenti would host a charity stream for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, playing a fast food simulator game similar to Episode 4's plot along with the voice actors for Pomni, Zooble, Ragatha and Jax: Lizzie Freeman, Ashley Nichols, Amanda Hufford and Michael Kovach. While Marissa retained her role as the "manager" of the team, Amanda would spend most of their time causing chaos while Michael attempted to help as much as possible, reversing the roles of their characters in the original episode.
- She is the only character who does not have an "evil" counterpart, presumably because her character is capable of showing both positive and negative counterpart just within herself. Additionally, an Evil Gangle was seen in Episode 4.
- Compared to the overall episodes, Episode 4 is where Gangle talks more often.
- Gangle's character is a parellel to Gorrister in I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream as both are depressed and have lost all hope within their current predicaments and are both tortured by an AI.
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