Caine and Pomni Rob a Bank

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About

Caine and Pomni Rob a Bank refers to short fan animation of Caine and Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus robbing a bank. The animation became popular after Pomni's actual voice actor voiced it, inspiring parodies of it.

Origin

On October 23rd, 2023, Twitter / X^[1] user @DeputyRustArt uploaded fan art about Caine and Pomni robbing a bank inspired by an old Halo skit by Machinima uploaded to YouTube^[2]. The post received more than 49,300 likes and 8,000 reposts in three months (shown below).

ARE WE ROBBING A F# BANK?! @DEPUTYRUSTART WE'RE ADVENTURING A BANK, POMNI! KEEP UP.

On October 31st, 2023, YouTube^[3] user KHtheKARTOONiST uploaded an The Amazing Digital Circus fan animation based on @DeputyRustArt's post. The video received more than 1.1 million views in three months (shown below, left). On November 7th, 2023, the same YouTube^[4] user uploaded another version, which featured the show's official voice actors. The video received more than 1.1 million views in two months (shown below, right).

Spread

Starting in November 2023, the video became popular with similar parodies using KHtheKARTOONiST's audio. For example, on November 14th, 2023, YouTube^[5] user Triumbrush uploaded the 3D version that received more than 1.3 million views in two months (shown below, left). On November 28th, 2023, YouTube^[6] user Coda uploaded a version and received more than 527,000 views in one month (shown below, right).

On December 12th, 2023, YouTube^[7] user FazFunnies uploaded a parody video using Five Night's at Freddy's artstyle and received more than 1 million views in one month (shown below).