Rejected 2004 VHS Release of Ethelbert The Tiger - Ethelbert and the Red Mist

DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A REMAKE TO BOTH OG AND TANNER'S TAKE. I SUGGEST YOU READ BOTH OG AND TANNER'S TAKE BEFORE READING THIS!
I’m pretty sure you all know that one CBeebies/Klasky Csupo/Nickelodeon show named Ethelbert The Tiger right? For a brief backstory the show revolves around a tiger cub named Ethelbert and his friendly Indian human companion, Dillip as they go traveling to different animals in a specific country by a magic waterfall. The show ran from 2000-2008, roughly 8 years as it was originally a follow up to the original Wild Thornberry series. 
Finders Keepers! ANOTHER REJECTED EPISODE!
Anyways I was watching Jimmy Neutron on Paramount +, until I noticed a box beside my couch, which had a note that said, “PARAMOUNT/NICKELODEON CONFIDENTIAL, DO NOT OPEN” written in black sharpie as the box was colored orange. However curiosity got within me as I opened the box, turns out there was a rare Ethelbert VHS tape from 2004. The artwork in the front cover looked similar to the Traveling Tales DVD, only that it looked like Paramount released it. 
So I turned on my VCR/DVD combo player as I inserted the VHS in. I pressed play as the tape began.
At first it showed a preview of the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, VHS releases of Peanuts, Dora the Explorer, and Rugrats. However during one of the promos, I heard what sounded like whispering. If you could hear closely the whispers sounded like, “DO IT” and “THE RED MIST IS COMING”. I felt disturbed and slightly concerned, as this was certainly a bootleg tape.
Then after the previews and promos, the Paramount Feature Presentation ident was shown, only for it to be very gruesomely frightening. The entire background was tinted a disgusting red color as it was rusted. The Paramount font was bloody like, alongside the “A Viacom Company” byline too. Asides that there wasn’t music, just the faint sounds of multiple, if not many distant echoed screams. The “Feature Presentation” announcer was still present, and the “Feature Presentation” text looked yet again bloody and horror like. The distant screams began to grow louder and louder to the point where your eardrums are at the point of burning out. 
What happened next scared the living shit out of me. The “Feature Presentation” text zoomed in very quickly, as a loud static noise emitted out of my speakers. I jumped so high out of my seat due to the fact that my speakers emitted out a VERY loud noise. Anyways the warning screen WASN’T there, but rather a message fading on screen 10 seconds later reading out, “YOUR HOPE IS LIMITED. JOIN US IN THIS DEGRADING DAMNATION. YOU MUST DO IT, THE RED MIST IS COMING.” It shortly cuts to black.
Then the Paramount logo was shown, except it was dark red as fire was seen arising in the back of the mountains.
The Nick Jr frogs ident surprisingly came up, but the frogs were too scared to croak, therefore they stood silent, as the lily pads were caught on fire. The Nick Jr text appears on the frogs as it pans down to the bottom right corner as usual.
The Nickelodeon fish ident had the fish red, alongside its word mark black, as the fish’s eyes were soulless black with an eye drooling out of its eye socket as it was also drooling black tears.
Lastly the Nelvana logo has the bear injured with bruises and scars noticeable.
Afterwards it started at “Ethelbert and the Polar Bear” and ended at “Ethelbert and the Wolf”. Before the last never before seen episode played, there came a warning message; 
“This lost forbidden episode of Ethelbert The Tiger shall not be viewed by those under 18. Cover your kid’s eyes, whatever you can possibly do. You have been warned.”
Then suddenly the intro played again.. ho boy how am I supposed to explain every bit of this exactly..? The sky was in a nighttime setting, we see Ethelbert with a few scratches and scars on his back. Somehow Dillip wasn’t shown for some reason, as the waterfall was tinted blood red, representing blood itself. 
Afterwards it cutted out into the night sky as the title card was shown, “Ethelbert and the Red Mist”. The creators of the episode were Andrew Skinner and Cleeny Brown.
The scene pans down to a river beneath land where we see Ethelbert and Dillip chatting with each other, until Ethelbert mysteriously finds a red moonstone! He makes a decision to bring it to Dillip and show him. Dillip was surprised as he asked the tiger where’d he get it from. Ethelbert then told him that he founded it while digging. Dillip soon tells him not to touch it due to the fact that it’s dangerous. Ethelbert sighs in confusion as they both hop into their raft into the magic waterfall. 
Surprisingly their location they were headed to was in fact Nigeria. Ethelbert asked Dillip, “Where are we Dillip?”. Dillip told the tiger, “We are in Nigeria, through the land of the Lost Lion.” They both ventured into the shadows of the forest, Ethelbert’s senses heightened by an eerie presence looming in the air. Unbeknownst to them, a sinister force known only as the Red Mist had descended upon the land, seeking vessels to enact its malevolent will.
As Ethelbert prowled through the underbrush, a crimson haze enveloped his mind, twisting his thoughts into a nightmarish frenzy. He tried running away from the mist, but it just wasn’t enough as he was in full possession of the deranged mist. The once noble tiger succumbed to the insidious influence of the Red Mist, his eyes ablaze with madness as he embarked on a path of havoc and destruction.
With each thunderous roar, Ethelbert unleashed a wave of terror upon the unsuspecting inhabitants of Nigeria. His claws became like daggers, tearing through the depths of flesh and bone with merciless precision. Villages lay in ruins, their streets stained crimson with the blood of the innocent.
Driven by an insatiable hunger for chaos, Ethelbert foamed the land with reckless abandon, his presence casting a shadow of fear across the entire region. The people whispered tales of a vengeful spirit, a creature born from the depths of hell itself.
It cuts to darkness, pitch black, only for it to fade into the aftermath of the destruction in Nigeria, with the flag itself torn and shredded, as the country was blown up into flames. The screams of the damned were heard as a slowed version of Libet's Delay played in the background, which frightened me a lot.
“YOU DECEIVIER.”
The credits soon rolled in, except it was red toned as disturbing and distressing piano music played while faint screams were heard. When the Link Entertainment and Millimages logos scrolled in, it got darker before the logo changing to horror and bloody like quickly while screams played roughly. 
After a near second of agony it glitches out and immediately cuts to the Canadian Television tax credit companies, which were dusted n’ rusted and tinted red.
A Nick Jr logo popped in, which had the orange figure standing by the blue figure, which looked like if he was burnt and was deceased.
The Teletoon logo came up, which had the logo’s eyes soulless with an eye popping out of its eye socket and its teeth humanly realistic as the logo itself was splattered with blood.
The Klasky Csupo “Splaat!” logo from 1998 was shown, with a disturbing twist. The purple static was red, alongside the blob splat being maroon. The hand that swiped into the splat looked injured and had broken fingers with scabs and scars. What made it disturbing was that Splaat’s eyes were soulless, black eyes with realistic pupils, as he said in a demonic tone, “I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE BRYON!” Before the logo continued as usual. 
It then faded into the Impact Studios logo before showing an altered version of the Nickelodeon logo.
The Nickelodeon logo was then shown which had the splat dark red, the word mark reversed spelling out, “noedolekciN”, blood was seen dripping from the screen that it almost made it seem realistic, and in the splat an eye was visible.
Afterwards it fades to black, only for it to fade back into Red Mist Ethelbert, with text above him reading out, “The blood moon will rise again and reach havoc”, in which an distorted image of what seemed like Kirk Odd faded into the screen before immediately cutting to black.
Then out of nowhere the Nelvana logo was seen, more in fact worse than the opening version. The bear was more injured with bruises and a stitch on its neck, as a scramble of text was shown, “9/17/2005, The Red Mist Incident of 05” while the jingle was replaced by a broken music box record.
Followed by the Paramount logo, except it was worse than the opening version, which had the Paramount font bloody and horror like, alongside the Viacom byline, as fire was seen arising behind the mountains, only larger than before as a red, blood moon was seen. Even the mountain was soaked in blood, while distressing and muffled music was playing.
After a while, what seemed like 40 seconds, the Astral Media logo came up, but it was in shades of dark red, as the entertainment-like byline was instead replaced with a text that said, "the red mist is coming". 
After that it fades to black, only for me to faintly hear a retro telephone dial before cutting to a color bar screen as the tape abruptly ends there with distorted static. I didn't bother watching the static, so I ejected the tape out and yeeted it out of my house and watch it got ran over by a semi truck. I was far from disbelieving by the look of the tape. Luckily I myself had screen recorded the footage on my TV and posted it onto my Youtube channel. 
That night I couldn’t sleep due to that heavy mess I’ve met, Ethelbert killing everyone brutally, the disturbing altered versions of both the opening and closing logos, and much more.
Meanwhile, I had a note sent to me from Paramount and Nickelodeon;
“We’re deeply sorry for your encounter with that disturbing Ethelbert VHS tape. We ask you that you hide the tape at its fuller contents and not share it with anyone at all costs. Thank you for your patience and we hope that you understand.”
~Paramount Global, Nickelodeon, & Millimages S.A.
So uh never find bootleg tapes or you’ll end up like that one Tanner guy who had to go through that same issue, only that it was a DVD😱😱. 
I FOUND A PINY DVD.
Category:Lost Episodes
Category:Ethelbert the Tiger
Category:VHS