Lies

A day in June 2008, I think, I turned on my television and switched to Nickelodeon. It was playing SpongeBob SquarePants, the episode "Gone". I knew from hearsay a rumor about an alternate version of "Gone" called "Lies", which was supposed to be the original "Gone" episode, but the people working on it either went insane or committed suicide. Thus, "Lies" was cancelled.
Initially, nothing happened, until the scene where SpongeBob checks the houses at a street in Bikini Bottom and nobody was there. When SpongeBob was on top of the cliff crying, saying "Everybody's gone!", the audio started glitching and the episode went back a few seconds, back to the start of the scene, only to glitch again 5 seconds later.
The screen then went entirely black, and the Nickelodeon logo was displayed, then changing into different variants, initially at a slow pace, then faster.
After that, the screen went once again fully black and the Nickelodeon logo re-appeared in the bottom right, however, something was off. It was red and the text was black. A second or two later, a title card that read "Lies" appeared, however something was off as well, with the text being red and the background being dark red. An eerie, ambient intro music also started playing.
It was then that I realized that no, this whole thing wasn't a technical problem, but a hijacking as well as that "Lies" wasn't a rumor and actually existed.
After the title card, the Bikini Bottom panorama which is used to show various contributors to the episode was shown, but without any names on it. The eerie music still playing. After a few seconds, the camera cut with the bubbles transition to SpongeBob being taken up by his alarm, dressing up and then going to feed Gary, although most of the food falls to the ground, creating a large pile. SpongeBob then calls Gary to eat.
Normal up until now, right?
The camera then cuts to a panoramic view of the living room and the picture stays still for a couple of seconds, while the audio also stops. Then everything besides SpongeBob disappears and an eerie ambience starts playing. Something like a fish which has the Nickelodeon logo also fades in for a second, but then the camera cuts to black and the audio stops. 
Then, it goes back to normal, with SpongeBob being outside Squidward's house with a speaker and telling him not to be late. SpongeBob then excuses Squidward, saying he needs a "beauty sleep" and bragging about his good looks. Then, once again, the video freezes and it gets dark, with the Nickelodeon fish also fading in again and the ambience playing again.
As with the first time, it goes back to normal again, with Spongebob returning to his home (it's night now) and seeing the pile of food he left for Gary not being touched. Spongebob then freaks out, realizing that Gary's missing, and goes to Squidward's house, only to find it empty as well. Then, while the audio continues, the image stops, being plain black.
The audio then stops, with the eerie ambience starting again and the Nickelodeon fish appearing, this time moving toward the screen and stopping, instead of fading in. Then some red text appears in the bottom of the screen, saying:
"Fascinating. He still hasn't figured it out yet. All of his friends are GONE, nowhere to be seen. Yet he doesn't realize that his world is all LIES. Maybe now he'll comprehend it through his tiny brain."
Then it goes back to normal, with SpongeBob checking everyone's house realizing everyone's gone, akin to the actual "Gone" episode. Thus, it felt like a loop. But when SpongeBob goes to the hill, being sad, then the entire background disappears, the eerie ambience starts, albeit louder and more intense, and SpongeBob looks up scared after a second. The Nickelodeon fish then moves in again and then the text "Hello, Sponge" appears. Then a dialogue starts (all in text, no audio): 
FISH: We've finally met eye to eye, yet this isn't the first time we've met. 
SPONGE: What do you mean? Who... are you? 
FISH: Who I am is not important, why I am HERE is. Tell me something, Sponge, where are your friends? You seem to be upset that they are missing.
SPONGE: I've looked everywhere for them; I can't find them...
FISH: I see... and do you want to know WHERE they are?
SPONGE: Please tell me...
FISH: Well, let's just say little Sponge... (the camera shifts to SpongeBob's anxious face) THEY'RE DEAD!
(The sound effect of a breaking glass and also a goofy cord plays, while SpongeBob's pupils become extremely small.)
SPONGE: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY'RE DEAD?
FISH: I slaughtered them and turned them into my puppets! And it appears that you are the last one in Bikini Bottom.
(SpongeBob slowly moves towards the right part of the screen, while his pupils focus on the fish, which fades in, in the top left part of the screen.)
FISH: You see... You can't always rely on the world to be your safe place Sponge. The world is nothing but a big... LIE!
(The scene once again changes, with SpongeBob now being sad and the fish being behind him.)
FISH: Don't feel sad Sponge... THEY WE'RE [sic] BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU!
(Images of SpongeBob characters appear, however they are all red and something is off about their faces as well.)
FISH: Not even THEY would want to spend an ENTIRE DAY with you! Stop listening to their lies.
SPONGE: The only lies I'm hearing is you... My friends love me... they wouldn't just abandon me...
FISH: That's not what I heard once I saw them talking about you behind your back. You can see them again Sponge... You can be at peace again, if you just stop this entire facade.
SPONGE: No, I'd NEVER join you! You may have taken everything that I loved... But I will save them, and make sure you NEVER come back!
FISH: Fine, if that's the way things are going to be... Then enjoy being trapped in permanent darkness as your precious Bikini Bottom crumbles to dust!
After this dialog, the image goes black, with a laugh being heard (probably that of the fish) and SpongeBob screaming, then getting slaughtered.
An image of Spongebob then appears, however it is red and distorted, just like the images of his friends, with his eyes being black. After a while, he says "Help..." a couple of times, but now the text color used while he is speaking is not yellow, as it was previously, but red. Furthermore, his voice can be heard now.
The last "help" was a long one, and the audio glitched.
After a couple of seconds of the image being black, the end card appeared, although red and black, whereas the music which played in the title card started again. Then, in red color, this text appeared:
"HE'S GONE.
YOU BELIEVED HE COULD SAVE EVERYONE.
WHAT A JOKE.
NOW THEY ALL BELONG TO ME.
HIS FRIENDS ARE GONE.
THIS ENTIRE CHANNEL IS LIES.
THEY CAN'T STOP MY WORDS.
ONE DAY YOU WILL ALL UNDERSTAND".
A distorted credit card then appeared, playing along with distorted music. After that, the "technical faults" card of Nickelodeon appeared, meaning that the hijacking ended.
Thing is, the incident made headlines, as children either got traumatized or started disappearing.
Category:Spongebob
Category:Remake
Category:Nickelodeon
Category:Hijackings