Honor’s Contempt

As an avid enjoyer of Spongebob related horror media, I always enjoyed the concept of ‘Lost Episodes’ or old plots coming out about it. Even if they were fake, I always liked the thought of darker episodes being completed but being scrapped last second because of the content inside. It always was a fantastic concept, but I never knew that sometimes that really IS the case sometimes within the real world. Before I get into the meat and bones, I have to explain how I managed to get my hands on this episode.
I was walking around one day where I decided to go run an errand, as I made it to the nearest Gas Station to get something to drink. As I was ordering and checking out my purchases, I spotted a whole ass VHS system within the garbage. Yup, you heard that right, a whole **VHS** system just conveniently in the garbage can along with a VHS Tape. I pointed that out to the Cashier and said that they didn’t know why it is there either and honestly wouldn’t mind if I just took it for myself. But I figured since this was vintage, I decided to leave them a tip of thirty dollars. I later made it home and began trying to set the system up, and after a while, I eventually got it working. I looked at the VHS and it was colored a deep blue, and labeled “Honor’s Contempt” on it. I figured that there’d be no harm in putting it in so I did. Boy was I in for a ride.
The Intro played out as normally intended, as the music seemed pretty normal except for a few more instruments. I don’t really remember all of that but I remember hearing a banjo being played near the end of the song where Spongebob uses his nose as a whistle. After that came the title card, and it gave me a feeling of dread I never felt before. But a fear but a weird feeling that something might or not happen.
It transitioned towards Mr Krabs’ house where he is sleeping, looking peaceful almost. Until he is woken up by his alarm clock where he slams his claw onto it and stops it, and gets up and yawns. Krabs eventually prayed and drank a glass of what appeared to be the goo from Goo Lagoon but more purer and fizzy, and get off his best in order to do the normal routines. Showering, brushing teeth, basically a normal morning routine.
Eventually he makes breakfast for himself and Pearl, who looks ecstatic as usual, as compared to Krabs who looks tired and clammy. A bout of dialogue broke out between the characters.
P: “So how did you sleep Dad?”
K: “Honestly, the best part was me thinkin’ that I would stay asleep for a teensy bit longer y’know?”
P: “Yikes, so that’s why not much people set up their alarms on weekends?”
K: “Yyyyyyup.”
Krabs grabs a pill bottle from his cabinet and puts one pill into his coffee and drinks it, Pearl looking confused as he does it.
P: “Dad, I have a question? What was the medication you put into your coffee?”
K: “Anti-Anxiety Meds, it’s to help me not think of the awful things that happened back in my prime. I would rather not question it, it is quite a hard pill to swallow.”
P: “Was that pun intended?”
K: “Heheh, sorta.”
Eventually Krabs gets his business outfit on and begins saying his goodbyes to Pearl as he’s off to work, as Pearl says goodbye back. Krabs is walking down the street until he gets to the Krusty Krab where Spongebob is just about to enter inside, as they say hi to eachother before entering inside and begin to start business. Krabs sits in his office most of the time and this where was no different, however, it shows what he does usually when he is inside. He just checks the cameras and the parking lots to make sure that no suspicious activities are going on, especially with Plankton trying to steal his secret formula. Eventually, Squidward comes inside as another bout of Dialogue begins to play out.
S: “Hey, Krabs?”
K: “Yes Squidward?”
S: “..Do you ever pay your employees in secret or-“
K: “Yeah, I do. Look-I may be greedy but I do have standards Squidward!.. I’ve been not quite a good boss to you eh?”
S: “..Pretty much.”
K: “..I might leave early today to be completely honest with ya Squidward, don’t tell Spongebob about it. I just have a few errands to run and a kid to parent.”
S: “..Understood but-Is there any reason why??”
K: “I’ve been kinda in a mucky mood lately and I think I’ll take a little.. break, so to speak. Not retirement, because we both know how that turned out. But just simple break for me to just breathe and relax.”
S: “..Got it sir, you have my word.”
K: “Thank you me boy.”
Krabs soon leaves, not before Squidward walks out of the room and still manages the cashier. Krabs walks to a nearby store, where War Memorabilia is present. Mr Krabs slightly tenses up over it but enters inside, looking for something to put on his desk to help him sleep. Eventually he finds himself a hat, made for veterans and alike. He walks up to the cashier and the Cashier looks oddly familiar to him, blue eyes, green skin and a Purple Checkerboard styled shirt. Krabs freezes up, before calming down. His face going pale like snow, before it resets into the usual red.
He pays for the hat and eventually walks back home, where the sun is now setting. Now looking deeply distressed, as reverberated dialogue begins to play. Insinuating that this is his mind now being heard.
”Jesus, almost gave me a heart attack. She almost looked like.. her. Thank Neptune that she wasn’t THAT particular person, heheh.. poor lady though.”
Eventually he enters the home and makes Dinner, for his beloved Pearl and himself. They were mostly silent, Krabs shaking a tad bit as he eats while Pearl looked concerned. Eventually Pearl asked how Krabs was doing now and he simply replied with a muttered and incoherent response, as Pearl looked kinda sorry for him. Eventually Krabs hopped back into bed after getting Pearl tucked in. A timeskip occurred saying “3 Hours Later..” as Krabs is shown sleeping, before he gets woken up by a noise from outside. Krabs woke up and began to investigate, looking for a self defense weapon. Eventually, the only thing he found was a Rifle he had during his time at the Navy. He immediately hesitated, before grabbing it off the shelf it was safely housed in before he heads outside with a flashlight. Krabs asked questions like “Hello?” and “Is anyone there?”
Eventually something moves behind him, growling like a live bear. It taps Krabs in the shoulder, as Krabs now stares at the thing staring at him. He screamed as the thing roared at him, before shooting it in the face with the rifle. He looks at the thing, and barely realizes what that particular thing is. A Seabear, now with its right side of its face blasted off with cartoonish bone being underneath. Krabs dropped the rifle, as he began to shake. It reminded him of something.
”N-No.. N-No I must be dreaming! Why must that be WHERE the damage is most present!?” Krabs shouted in anger, fear, and confusion. Eventually he runs back into the house and cleans off the Rifle before heading immediately back to bed. He was shivering, gripping onto the sheets.
Eventually Krabs awoke in a foggy forest, sounds of Birds Chirping and wind blowing through the leaves. Krabs began to walk around. He soon found the outside to the forest, where it was just a field. Flowers wilted and crumpled. Krabs eventually felt a sick feeling of discontent, looking at the place with a familiarity he cannot describe. Before he heard a voice.
”Why do you run?”
A close up of his eye in seen, but not within the normal gross out way either. He looked back at whatever was watching him, and what I was expecting was blown out of the water. 
It was one of the dead fish people, wearing similar clothing to the fish at the War Memorabilia shop but with a Poke-A-Dot pattern. The fish’s design looked decrepit and distorted, its mouth opened with teeth decayed. Her eye was blackened out, while her other eye was missing. The right side of her brain was exposed, skull showing as well. I was plenty freaked out by this.. thing, honestly made me want to vomit. Another bout of Dialogue happened.
K: “..You-..You’re her aren’t you?”
DF: “In the flesh, Hero. Now tell me.. why do you live like something is about to change for the better? We both know what will happen next.”
K: “You don’t get to decide that, it was a mistake and nothing more.”
DF: “..Nothing more huh? Is that how I am to you? A ‘accidental’ casualty now left forgotten?”
K: “I didn’t mean it like that but-“
DF: “You and your ‘buddies’ brutalized our homes-Our culture-OUR LIVES just for the sake of pure greed, and you say it was a ACCIDENT? You are no damn hero, you’re a joke.”
K: “If I were a joke, would I still BE here!?”
One thing to note is that the scenery slowly became more and more like the aftermath to a war, artillery everywhere as fishes and crabs lay about. Krabs sweated more and more and the entity began to have her smile conform into an angry frown. 
DF: “How can you live yourself knowing that THIS is the consequences of your actions!? YOU KNEW THE RISKS AND YET YOU STILL TOOK THEM.”
K: “I-..”
Krabs froze up, as the sounds of war began to roar around him as the being began to twitch and shake violently. The ghost teared into him mentally like a lion, the very accumulation of anger and resentment being infront of him as he stands there.
DF: “IF YOU TRULY CARED ABOUT THOSE WHO DIDN’T DESERVE THIS TREATMENT YOU’D NEVER HARM ANYONE, YOU ARE NO HERO. YOU DON’T DESERVE ANYTHING FROM THAT POINT ONWARD. YOU ARE A PARASITE, LEECHING OFF THE LUCK OF EVERYONE AROUND YOU LIKE A SPOILED LEECH. DO NOT FORGET WHO YOU GOT KILLED, LUGENE KRABS.”
All of the other souls on the battlefield look to Krabs, and begin insulting him. Berating him for not saving them, as Krabs backed away in horror. He looked like he was about to start crying as he stuttered to even make a coherent sentence. Before he fell to his knees as the souls surround him, laughing and angerly shouting at him. Krabs soon started to yell at them, telling them to stop. Before he woke up in a cold sweet, his eyes bloodshot. He stood up immediately, before calming down. He slumped into the kitchen and made himself some cereal before Pearl walked in, concerned for her father.
P: “..Dad? Are you alright?”
K: “Pearl.. not now. I-I can handle myself.”
P: “But you look terrible and-“
K: “What? Think I’m a joke?.. I-I’m sorry I’m just not in the moo-“
Pearl walks up to Krabs and hugs him, softly. She sheds a single tear, as Krabs freezes up again, but noticeably starts tearing up. Pearl then said this.
“Dad, you done have to tell me anything you don’t want to alright? You are gonna be okay, I promise. There’s nothing I can believe in more than you getting through this.”
The episode after that ended with the outro sounding more melancholic but hopeful, and honestly left me in tears. It was beautifully written for what it was and I’m pretty sure Nick wouldn’t ever make this, must’ve been something fanmade I presume. I still have the VHS and sometimes I rewatch it to just get me into the feels, it overall was a tragic episode but was probably one of the best things I’ve ever watched. But that’s enough out of me, I got work to do in the morning. But remember.. if you see anything interesting in places they shouldn’t be, my best advise is to get it and see for yourself. Terrible advice but, what can I do? Later.
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