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So, SpongeBob SquarePants has always been a childhood favorite of mine since I was about 7. The series revolves around a happy-go-lucky anthropomorphic sponge as the titular character, who goes on these wild and wacky adventures with his starfish best friend Patrick. He also has a job at a restaurant called the Krusty Krab with his boss, Mr. Krabs. I
The details by all accounts appear to have the animation, sound effects and even voice acting done by different people instead of the usual cast
For weeks I have been trying to find this tape through any means necessary; YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, even Lost Media Archive, but no. Until now, I have pondered the reason why this tape was never released to the public, and since I know now
I told Dave I would be right back before walking to the brown-haired man. When I got to him, I asked about any future SpongeBob episodes, and he replied in a joyful manner that there would be many more episodes to come. However, when I asked him about the original pilot episode that I had mentioned in the beginning, his entire face turned white. I saw him get out a sheet of paper, and the guy asked me for a writing instrument. I handed him a pen and he started writing a few numbers. When he was done, he told me to contact this number for the only remaining tape and to never mention it to anyone. I thanked him and walked back to the car with the folded-up piece of paper in my shirt pocket.
Upon arriving home, I watched TV for about an hour, until I remembered that I still had the number in my shirt, so I unfolded it, grabbed my cell, and dialled the number. When it answered, the voice on the other end appeared to sound like some sort of person who smoked on a daily basis. I asked him about the episode, and he shrugged it off like it
After returning from a boring flow of lessons, I arrived at home to see an orange box on my doorstep, with the words:
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[[File:Original title.jpg|thumb|310x310px|The identical title card]]
After it ended, the scene cut to Spongebob with a cheerful look while lying on his bed.
Anyways, Spongebob was seen getting out of his bed and walking to his bedroom door, when suddenly this abrupt loud noise came out of nowhere, and there was static covering the screen of VLC media player. I
After a few seconds, the same loud noise from before blasts out from my speakers, and instead of a regular screen like before, we get treated to... possibly one of the most disturbing images I've ever seen. It was a distorted image of Spongebob. He had no eyes at all, and the sponge appeared to be standing in some sort of desert-field with a sky that looked like a .gif straight from Google. He had a mouth that appeared to look like one of those Cheshire cats' grins, but closed. The distorted Spongebob did none, other than stare at the viewer for about 2 seconds.
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[[File:Disturbingsponge.png|thumb|200x200px|Reconstruction of the image]]
What was most disturbing about it was that every 2 seconds that passed, it would cut to black, and he would just move closer to the screen. I wanted to close the video, so I repeatedly pressed the X button, but to no avail, it
I was lucky that the screeching noise only lasted for 3 seconds, as my ears were aching at this point. I was horrified that this was the original pilot to a kid friendly show I've known since I was 5. Back to the point... the next scene depicts Squidward, who appears to be on his couch with the waterworks turned on. This was once again, unusual, because when I watched the series with Dave, the squid usually has absolutely no remorse in any way. He appeared to be sitting next to a fish who I
I was petrified at what I was seeing. After about 12 seconds of nothing happening, the video cuts to a poor rendition of Mr. Krabs standing on a chair, with a noose tied around his neck. He appeared to be writing something on a scrunched-up piece of notebook paper. Krabs wrote for about 7 seconds before throwing it in another direction, then kicking the chair he was standing on. I kid you not, those sounds were almost realistic. They sounded like a grown man, who appeared to be in his mid 30s, choking to death. The choking noises were excruciatingly long, that I just
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Dear Mr. Rutin,
We sincerely apologise for the content you have viewed. The tape was, of course, never meant to be released to the public due to its disturbing content, and that it would be too graphic for children. What is surprising about this tape is that it is not even the first part of the pilot, but instead the 3rd and supposedly final part, and that the other two parts are lost to this day. William Tungsten was the executive producer of the original pilot from 1996. He was a normal employee, but this was the last cartoon he made due to severe depression and anxiety issues. After handing it in to us it was said that he shot himself in the staff toilets. After, we had to close for multiple days on end because of a reported
- Sincerely, Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants...
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For many days after I would experience nightmares about the disturbing images from that episode, but today I have since recovered. The tape is still in my bottom drawer, but I'm obviously never viewing it again.
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