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Site-54 camera footage still, SCP-5606 visible.
Special Containment Procedures: Site-54 as a whole is considered the active containment zone of SCP-5606. All Site-54 security personnel are to log SCP-5606 manifestations. Any observed deviations from standard behavior are to be reported immediately.
Containment breaches are unlikely due to the isolated and essentially inaccessible nature of Site-54, as well as an apparent lack of a desire to breach containment on the part of SCP-5606. Nonetheless, in the event of a containment breach, the compromised location is to be considered an extension of Site-54 and treated accordingly.
One or more episodes of the Spongebob Squarepants television show are to be screened in the Site-54 break room for the viewing of at least three individuals on a weekly basis. These individuals are to be considered the SCP-5606 containment committee, and rotated out monthly.
Description: SCP-5606 is a nonphysical entity which inhabits live video footage recorded within and in the immediate vicinity of Subaquatic Foundation Site-541. Based on analysis of affected footage, SCP-5606 is believed to measure approximately 1 m in height and 40 kg in weight. SCP-5606 bears significant visual similarities to the character Spongebob Squarepants from the televised cartoon program Spongebob Squarepants; the exact reason for this resemblance is unknown.
SCP-5606 has primarily been observed to locomote via levitation when present in video feeds, remaining roughly 0.5 meters above the surface beneath it at all times. SCP-5606 behaves as if it is physically present in the location being recorded in the feed it is inhabiting; however, while alterations of the environment such as the sealing of all exits are sufficient to temporarily arrest its movement, it has shown an ability to transport itself between live video feeds in order to escape sealed containment cells.
Footage inhabited by SCP-5606 will be subjected to a phenomenon that causes several alterations to the recorded environment. Alterations commonly include:
- the presence of auditory phenomena commonly noted in marine environments such as seabird calls, bubbling, and liquid splashing and trickling,
- the presence of a layer of water estimated to measure five inches in depth at the lowest visible elevation in the environment,
- and the presence of colonies of Semibalanus balanoides (acorn barnacles), Pterygophora californica (stalked kelp) and Mytilus californianus (California mussels) on exposed surfaces.
These alterations only appear in footage and are not present in reality. Debated- see Addendum 5606.02.
Although extensive testing has not been authorized due to security concerns, the ability of SCP-5606 to transport itself between camera feeds does not appear to be limited by distance, theoretically posing a high risk of a catastrophic breach of secrecy. However, SCP-5606 displays a notable preference towards occupying camera feeds displaying certain individuals. When interrogated, these individuals have invariably been found either to have recently watched an episode of the Spongebob Squarepants program, or to express a previous or current interest in the program.
The net result of these factors is that SCP-5606 may be controlled to a somewhat reliable degree, although it cannot be entirely contained. To this end, Site-54 personnel have developed a system of operation involving the strategic use of regular screenings of Spongebob Squarepants episodes for the specialized SCP-5606 containment committee, which has ensured SCP-5606’s continued containment inside Site-54.
To date, SCP-5606 has not displayed signs of hostility. Debated- see Addendum 5606.02.
Addendum 5606.01: The following are transcripts of security camera footage during the screening of Spongebob Squarepants episodes. At the time of writing, the SCP-5606 containment committee, consisting of Researchers Adam Smith, George Kinley and Mark Vanderbilt, have watched the first three episodes of Spongebob Squarepants Season 1.
Subjects: Researchers Adam Smith, George Kinley and Mark Vanderbilt
Time: 20:41
Episode: Help Wanted
[BEGIN LOG]
(Both Smith and Kinley are seen sitting on a couch within the Site-54 Break Room. Vanderbilt enters the room, carrying a VHS tape.)
Smith: What took ya so long?
Vanderbilt: You know how hard it is to get a Spongebob episode down here when Command only supplied us with a VHS player?
Smith: Not that, I was told you'd be here two hours ago.
Vanderbilt: I did not say that, I said I'd be here as soon as possible.
Smith: That's what George told me at least.
Vanderbilt: I never told him either.
Kinley: Yes you d- whatever, it doesn't matter, just get it over with.
(Vanderbilt walks over to the television and turns it on. After turning on the VHS player, he inputs the tape into the player, walks back to the couch and sits down.)
Smith: What season?
Vanderbilt: One.
Smith: Neat. George, you ever watch Spongebob?
Kinley: Can't say I have. How 'bout you, what's it about?
Smith: Oh all the time with my kid. That's all he'll ever watch nowadays. It's decent for a kids cartoon, I think we'll have fun.
(The theme song for Spongebob Squarepants begins to play.)
Pirate: Are ya ready, kids?
(SCP-5606 manifests behind Smith. Spongebob Squarepants’ laughter is faintly audible, as if from a great distance.)
Smith: (Quietly) Aye-aye, Cap'n.
Children: Aye-aye, Cap’n!
Pirate: I can't hear you!
Kinley: You really gonna sing the theme song? For a kid's cartoon?
Smith: You got a problem with it?
Kinley: You're a grown ass man, Adam.
Smith: So?
Vanderbilt: Shut the fuck up.
Smith: Why are you all cranky all of a sudden?
Vanderbilt: Because I don't want to be here.
Smith: Is this really the worst thing you could be doing right now?
Vanderbilt: …no, bu-
Smith: Then stop it. You'll survive.
(Vanderbilt sighs. SCP-5606 disappears. Smith takes a small glass of water and gargles the water for 25 seconds.)
Kinley: As I was saying…
[EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE REMOVED]
(On the television, the titular character Spongebob Squarepants is seen in front of the Krusty Krab.)
Spongebob: There it is. The finest eating establishment ever established for eating: The Krusty Krab, home of the Krabby Patty… with a Help Wanted sign in the window.
Kinley: Trust me, kid, you're gonna hate it there.
Smith: What do you mean?
Kinley: Underwater or not, fast food joints are still the scum of the Earth. Not as bad as retail, though.
Smith: Dude, you work at the Foundation, you have no right to talk about shitty jobs.
Kinley: I fail to see how that's related to fast food jobs being shitty.
Smith: You really think that a job you risk your life on every day of every year is better than flipping burgers?
Kinley: That's not at all what I said.
Smith: Am I going deaf, then? ‘Cause that's what I heard.
Vanderbilt: Is this really the hill you wanna die on, Adam?
Smith: I just… ugh.
(The group watches the rest of the episode in silence. The sound of a shower running is faintly audible, despite the three personnel being the only subjects in the Site during this time.)
[END LOG]
Subjects: Researchers Adam Smith, George Kinley and Mark Vanderbilt
Time: 21:01
Episode: Tea at the Treedome
[BEGIN LOG]
(Kinley is visible in the nearby kitchen, preparing a small pot of spaghetti and meatballs. Smith and Vanderbilt walk into the room. Vanderbilt is carrying another VHS tape. The shower is still audible in the distance, now slightly louder.)
Kinley: Just in time, boys, dinner's almost done.
Smith: We've already had dinner.
(Both Smith and Vanderbilt sit on the couch, which is accompanied by a very faint foghorn sound. Neither subjects react to this sound.)
Kinley: If you call that schlock "dinner" then technically, yes, you've already had dinner, but I assume that hasn't filled you up yet.
Smith: The chicken? You calling chicken a fake dinner?
Kinley: You only had two chicken nuggets worth.
Smith: That's all I need!
Vanderbilt: You were complaining that there wasn't enough earlier.
Smith: Yes, but I thought it over, and decided I was just being greedy.
Kinley: Do you want spaghetti or not?
Smith: No.
Kinley: Jesus, okay, that's all I needed to know.
[EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE REMOVED]
(All three individuals are sitting on the couch and watching the episode. Both Vanderbilt and Kinley are eating plates of spaghetti. Smith clutches his stomach; several colonies of barnacles are visible on his right arm.)
Smith: Hey, uh, could I have some?
Kinley: I remember you said you weren't hungry.
Smith: Okay look, I'm sorry, I was trying to look cool, okay, could I have some spaghetti?
Kinley: I'm sorry, dude, but I just got done five minutes ago.
(SCP-5606 appears behind Smith as he stares down at Kinley's plate, which is empty.)
Smith: You had half a plate just a second ago.
Kinley: Huh?
Smith: You had plenty of spaghetti, like, five seconds ago, did you fucking throw it behind the couch just to prove a point?
Vanderbilt: Adam, what the actual fuck are you on about now?
Smith: Kinley threw away his food just to shit on me.
(Smith regurgitates a small amount of water and a minnow onto the floor. Neither Vanderbilt nor Kinley appear to notice this.)
Kinley: I finished, likec minutes ago and told you I was done. Are you okay, dude?
Smith: No, the fuck you didn't.
Vanderbilt: Jesus fucking Christ, Adam, there's a TV dinner in the freezer, eat that and shut up.
Smith: No, I'm fine.
(SCP-5606 disappears. A leak is visible in the ceiling, which was not previously present.)
[EXTRANEOUS FOOTAGE REMOVED]
(On the television, Spongebob can be seen sitting at a picnic table, obsessively staring at a glass pitcher. At this point, Spongebob is completely shriveled up due to a lack of water.)
SpongeBob: (Thinking) I don't need it, I don't need it, I definitely don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it.
(Spongebob continues to repeat this phrase throughout the rest of the episode. The group does not comment on this.)
Smith: I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it, I do-
Vanderbilt: If you're hungry, then go fucking eat!
Smith: I DON'T NEED IT!
Vanderbilt: You obviously do, you're sweating up a storm! You're gonna fuckin' drown us in your sweat if you don't calm down.
Smith: I'm not hungry!
Kinley: Smith, I have a very serious question right now.
Smith: Yes?
Kinley: What's gotten into you? You're not normally this bitchy.
Smith: I'm not bitchy.
Vanderbilt: Yes, you are! All you've done is fucking complain and it's tiring.
Kinley: Calm down, Mark, I don't think he's mentally all there.
Vanderbilt: You were making fun of him just five minutes ago, and now you're trying to tell me how to fucking talk to him?
Kinley: I was not making fun of him.
Vanderbilt: Than what were you doing, huh? Huh?
Kinley: Cut the sass. I did not make fun of him. I was worried for him while he was freaking out about my spaghetti.
Vanderbilt: I very clearly remember you saying "I remember you saying you weren't hungry" or something like that.
Kinley: I apologize if that came off as rude, but that was a genuine statement I made.
Vanderbilt: What fucking genuine person words it like that?
Kinley: What is your fucking issue?
Vanderbilt: My issue is that you’re a hypocrite, George!
(The episode continues to show Spongebob repeating the phrase "I don't need it" over the course of several hours. Smith gets up, moves to a corner of the room and repeats the phrase as well. Vanderbilt and Kinley both continue to argue about different topics long after the episode ends.)
(SCP-5606 appears in the middle of the room, staring at the security camera. The entity appears to cry.)
[END LOG]
Subjects: Researchers Adam Smith, George Kinley and Mark Vanderbilt
Time: 19:42
Episode: Naughty Nautical Neighbors
[BEGIN LOG]
(Kinley, Vanderbilt and Smith are seen sitting on the coach, having been arguing with each other for several hours prior. The shower can still be heard in the background.)
Vanderbilt: We need to fucking watch the episode! I don't care if you're fucking scared, we have procedures we have to follow and we aren’t following them right now.
Kinley: Dude, Smith is obviously under the influence of an anomaly and Mr. "You Ate A Cookie That Wasn't Accounted For At Site-42, You Need To Go To Quarantine For Two Hours" is saying we should just say “fuck it” and keep fucking going.
Vanderbilt: That wasn't the only reason he was sent to quarantine and you know it.
Kinley: Oh, please, do tell me, why was he sent there?
Vanderbilt: Did you NOT hear him spout all that stuff that he didn't have clearance for?
Smith: Bull fucking shit…
Vanderbilt: Stay out of this.
Smith: No, fuck off, James had Level 3 clearance and the anomaly was Level 2, he was in a room filled with Level 3s or above.
Vanderbilt: No, the fuck he was not.
Smith: Yes, he was! He literally was, there was not a single level 2 in a 50 mile radius.
Vanderbilt: The janitor was there.
Kinley: No, he was in his office.
Vanderbilt: Why do you even know this?
Kinley: Because I had to do several stacks of paperwork over this shit! We don't fucking take people's word willy nilly here. We’re the Foundation..
Vanderbilt: I could SEE him! He was there, within EARSHOT of James!
Kinley: This is fucking untrue, we literally have the tapes!
Vanderbilt: I have no reason to believe you didn't fuck with it because I never saw the footage.
Kinley: Are you accusing me of tampering with evidence?
Vanderbilt: No, I'm fucking giving you a Nobel Peace Prize, you fucking idiot. The hell do you think I’m doing?
Smith: You first accused him of not having Level 3 clearance and now you're saying there were people without the clearance near him? Fucking make up your mind.
(The three continue to argue for several more minutes before the audio begins to gradually vanish. After 20 seconds, the tape is completely silent. Shortly after this, a male voice speaking in a French accent can be heard.)
Unknown: Ah, the sea… so mysterious, so beautiful, so… uh, noisy. Here we find our three friends having a useless argument over things that ultimately don't matter in the sea's eye. Even as their bleached bones are picked clean by countless fish, they will still argue over what the time was.
(SCP-5606 slowly begins to enter the frame from below. Although there is no audio beyond the unknown voice, the entity appears to be laughing.)
Unknown: Our spongy little friend doesn't really like this much at all. He wishes everyone could get along. Luckily, in the deep blue sea, there's no such thing as sapience, so petty arguments are null and void. Our absorbent pal has an idea. Say goodbye to the light. They won't be missing it.
(The screen abruptly cuts to black. The shower can still be heard in the background.)
[END LOG]
Addendum 5606.02 - Incident 5606/0318
On 2020-03-08, shortly before the scheduled screening of Spongebob Squarepants episodes, Site-54 experienced an unexpected total power failure for unknown reasons. During this time, the majority of on-site technology such as computer databases, security cameras, communications channels and reinforced doors to personnel's living quarters ceased to function.
After five hours, all power systems spontaneously reactivated. Site-54 personnel invariably expressed losing consciousness at the exact moment of the power failure, with no recollection of the ensuing events. Furthermore, during a preliminary investigation, Researchers Smith, Kinley and Vanderbilt were found to no longer be present in their living quarters. Their location and status remain unknown.
Although security cameras site-wide were discovered to be severely water-damaged for unknown reasons, several partial segments of coherent recordings could be recovered, which totaled approximately 3 hours and 20 minutes of footage. This footage, apparently of events occurring during Incident 5606/0318, is transcribed below.
[BEGIN LOG]
[END LOG]
Further investigations discovered a layer of saline water measuring one inch in depth on the floor of Site-54's break room. Additionally, the on-site VHS player utilized to show Spongebob Squarepants episodes was nonfunctional due to a large hole in the center of the screen. Genetic material identified as originating from one or more Semibalanus balanoides specimens was recovered from the edges of the hole.
Investigations into the cause of Incident 5606/0318 are ongoing.First and foremost, this SCP is a letter of love to Spongebob Squarepants and his endless enthusiasm for making friends. Originally a homage to the unknowable horror of the deep, it’s evolved since then into a tragic tale of failed friendships. What happens when three researchers just won’t get along, no matter what…?
Secondly, da bob fo today
