The SpongeBob Squarepants Early Reel

Prologue
In late March of 2009, American marine educator Stephen Hillenburg created an early reel for an unaired episode of his show, SpongeBob SquarePants, but it has rarely been seen since.

What you're about to read is a recount from American actor Tom Kenny, who voices he title character, as she closely watched the early reel...

The SpongeBob Squarepants Early Reel, by Black-Woodpecker-08.
4 years ago, the animators here at Nickelodeon had made The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and to be honest, I was gob-smacked about it! ... We all observed the 5 large monitors on the wall, silently waiting for something to happen. Mr. Krabs sat alone in the fry cook section of the Krusty Krab, dumbstruck by Mrs. Puff's demonic chanting, staring at the monitors with confused expressions on their faces. And after about five minutes, I felt something...

I cannot explain what exactly it was, but a horrible feeling of dread washed over me, riddling me with fear. It was then that the computer and the ground underneath us actually began to shake subtly and the lights began to flash up and down and vice versa. Mrs. Puff continued chanting into the microphone as if nothing was off or wrong while SpongeBob began dashing around the fry cook section, screaming for help. Then suddenly the ground stopped shaking, and the monitor’s image turned into static.

The air began to become very heavy as we all stared at the monitors, waiting for them to regain their image and show us what was happening or had happened in those three rooms.

For a while all was silent, but then there was screaming. The screams of Patrick Star going through agony and unbearable pain and terror began to echo through the compound. The similar screams of men began to coincide with the woman’s terrified screams and together they mixed into an awful symphony of pain and fear that beat mercilessly into our ears.

It was 10:13 PM when the screaming finally stopped; the monitors had yet to reveal to us what had occurred in those three rooms. As soon as the screaming ended, Zimmerman stood and dismissed us all for the night, adding that we were all forbidden to come back into the compound until 10:00 AM tomorrow morning, not like any of us wanted to. We all solemnly made our way out of the compound and towards the cabins and settled in for the night. I feel it is safe to say that not all of us slept well that night, and I wasn't one of them.