Squidward's Secret
"You understand why I called you in here, right?" the boss said as I sat down. "We said to stick to the script, but no, you decided to go off course. Our writers aren't going to rewrite the script, okay?"
I nodded, bottling up all my frustration with him. I couldn't freaking take it. Now, I think you should have a bit of context before I continue. Well, I am one of the animators at Nickelodeon. I'm what the upper class calls the "slaves." The reason I was called in to the office was because I was going off course of what the script for this Spongebob episode was supposed to be about. It's honestly not my fault. Ever since Steven Hillenburg passed away, my job here has only begun to get worse and worse and worse. I wish I could quit, but I still needed to support myself in terms of money.
"Ahem, are you listening?" he said, once again. "Kid's childhoods depend on this very show. So stop doing what you were, and STICK TO THE DAMN SCRIPT! I don't want to have to tell you again. GOODBYE."
I left the meeting room with my head hanging low. Sure, I was disappointed. How else would I feel when the boss just handed my ass to me?
During lunch time, another one of the animators sat down next to me. He said, "I saw what happened with you and the boss earlier. I know a way to get back at him. Follow me, and don't attract any attention."
He led me into a room with a couple of boxes filling it. He picked one up and opened it, revealing a crapton of USBs. "All of these are cancelled episodes of the show. Go on, which one pops out to you?"
I picked up a blue one and put it into his hand. "Okay, I'll swap it out with the one we're supposed to be airing. See you later."
A little bit later, everyone (including me) went to go review the footage for the episode we were working on. Guess what? He actually put in the USB of the cancelled episode and it began to play on screen. To make a long story short, I know why this episode was scrapped.
The title was "Squidward's Secret." The episode started with Squidward in his own room, playing clarinet as usual. He eventually put it down, saying, "Ugh, it's no use. I'll never get this song perfectly." He looked rather disappointed in himself. He placed it down, then walked over to his closet and peered inside. "Okay, any day now would be perfectly fine." He turned back toward the camera with a deranged expression on his face.
Meanwhile at the Krusty Krab, it was a pretty busy day, but Spongebob didn't care as usual. He was flipping patties and singing in a cheerful tune. After finishing a batch, he peered outside and said, "Squidward! These are read... huh?!"
Spongebob's expression went from happy to confused, noticing the boat Squidward usually sat in was completely empty. "Uh... Mr. Krabs? Squidward, um, he's not here..."
"It's okay, m'lad," he said. "Just serve them customers yourself."
Spongebob nodded and began to serve the patties, but not with a smile, but with a worried expression.
The screen then cut to show Squidward, still in his room, pulling something out of the closet. What happened next, well... It was another squid in his closet, except this one had a gun. "So sir," Squidward said. "I need you to go get this certain, Spongebob Squarepants, heheh..."
"Do you have the cash?" the other squid replied. Squidward then handed him a handful of money. The other squid then left, and headed toward the Krusty Krab.
Right then and there, the screen cut to show the other squid, standing in the doorway, firing his gun at the yellow sponge. Spongebob screamed. Everyone else screamed. Then the screen cut to black.
The boss ran to the front of the room. "Uh, we appeared to have a little mix-up, heh..." he started. "OK, THAT'S IT! WHO REPLACED THE USB STICK?"
Not a single person spoke, made a sound, or even raised their hand.
So, to make a long story short, the other animator who had shown me the USB has been fired from every Nick studio in the entire country. No one knows that it was really my fault. He hates me now.
Anyway, this whole experience was quite, weird. People still talk about this today. And if we hadn't reviewed the footage, this episode may have been broadcasted to the entire world, and millions to even a billion childhoods ruined. So, in a way, this has taught me a lesson. Which is don't trust anyone. I am a lot more careful now and tell people a lot less about myself.
Anyway, things are going fine now, I guess. Thank you for your time, and I will see you on the flipside.
Credited to DarwinTehFishy
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