ClownBunny

"Thanks for keeping an eye on it, Kaufy."

- Jax to Kaufmo as he's holding the bowling ball.

ClownBunny is the slash ship between Jax and Kaufmo from the The Amazing Digital Circus fandom.

Pilot
At first, when Ragatha decides that Kaufmo should meet Pomni, Jax splits up the remaining cast members into two groups, one to go find Zooble and one to go see Kaufmo. Jax chooses to go with Ragatha and Pomni to meet Kaufmo. As they are leaving, he tells them to come with him to ‘harass the clown’. Eventually, the three of them reach Kaufmo’s room. When he does not react to Ragatha’s knocking, Jax says that he has the key to his room (along with the keys to other places within the circus) and unlocks Kaufmo’s door.

When he opens Kaufmo’s door, Jax’s face of shock is immediately visible. However, after the camera shows Kaufmo’s various walls, Jax immediately sees a bowling ball on the floor in front of him and grabs it. He says that he has been looking for it and thanks Kaufmo for keeping an eye on it, implying that either Kaufmo had taken Jax’s bowling ball or Jax had given the bowling ball to Kaufmo for safekeeping and had forgotten. He also addresses Kaufmo with the nickname ‘Kaufy’. After this, Jax runs away, not wanting to put himself in harm’s way of the abstracted Kaufmo.

Later, when Jax stops running and meets up with Kinger and Gangle, he says ‘cool’ to Kinger’s statement about finding the Zooble hole, but does not seem to be paying much attention to what Kinger is saying, instead looking guilty. While this may be about leaving Ragatha and Pomni behind, it is possible it may have been about running away instead of thinking of a way to help Kaufmo. When Gangle asks how Kaufmo is doing, Jax is quick to lie and tells her that he is doing great, stating that he’s never ‘seen him this happy before’. Later, when Kaufmo falls through the ceiling and starts attacking the Gloink Queen, Jax tells Gangle that Kaufmo is fine. He acts fairly nonchalant about Kaufmo having been abstracted, neither showing fear nor concern in the moment. Jax is later shown with Kinger, Gangle and Zooble as they tell Caine about Kaufmo’s abstraction and he watches as Kaufmo is lowered into the basement.

Fanon
As of the pilot, Clownbunny is currently a rarepair. While it is a popular ship for Kaufmo, for Jax ships such as Jagatha and Funnybunny are more popular within the fandom. Fans of Clownbunny enjoy the possible dynamic that may have existed between the two prior to Kaufmo’s abstraction. Gooseworx stated during the GlitchX livestream that Kaufmo had a similar, joyful personality that Ragatha has. Despite this, fans have portrayed with Jax and Kaufmo with a somewhat darker dynamic considering the fact that the two eventually end up separated due to Kaufmo’s abstraction.

There are currently 6 fanfictions with the tag Jax/Kaufmo on AO3.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The name 'Clownbunny' came from the fact that Kaufmo is a clown and Jax is a bunny.
 * Gooseworx, creator of the series, doesn't mind the shipping and tells her fans to not harass anyone for their ships.
 * Jax looked disappointed or angry when he watches Kaufmo go into the cellar, implying that they had a good relationship and possibly the most canon thing to ClownBunny.