Every SCP-001 Proposal Explained

Thank you all for watching and please let me know what you think!

[Wendigoon]

Side note: during editing I remembered I heard “faeries” mentioned somewhere and realized they are the creatures from SCP-4000 aka “Taboo”. Just a link I didn’t remember until now. Also ty all you’re the best lol

[The_real_pyhtagoras]

for some reason the fact that the scp foundation put someone through an incinrator just to see if theyd die is funny to me

[Gamer_Dylan_]

SCP-001: literally the origin or death of the universe.
SCP-002: "living" room haha

[metroid]

Hearing Wendigoon saying he’s blown away by having 7k subscribers really puts into perspective how fast he grew. You deserve all your success man, thank you for all your work

[MisterTV]

Here's a few neat facts for you about some of these that people tend to forget:

1. "The Prototype" is called that because the article itself is a prototype, written during the Foundation's earliest days. It doesn't use the normal format of "how to contain it is more important than what it actually is, and therefore must come first". It instead gives a designation number, a warning of aggressive behavior, a description, and THEN details of its containment, before finishing with a report of its capture and an addendum which mentions the possible need for censorship in further articles.
2. "The Spiral Path" implies that the Administrator used it to discover how anomalies work, and therefore implies that Foundation does not DISCOVER anomalies, it CREATES them. Or rather, it did, until they started appearing on their own.
3. "God's Blind Spot" is important not just because people there cannot die, but because supposedly God literally cannot see into it, and therefore any sins committed while on its premises can never be judged. Perfect for a group of people who commit horrible atrocities on a daily basis.
4. The computer in "A Good Boy" was given the designator "Type AK9 Computational Engine". In other words, it thinks it's a dog. This is why it's obsessed with the idea of "good boys". And also why it hates cats.
5. In "The Sky Above the Port", the shadow represents the audience, and therefore you, the viewer. Without new stories, the Foundation's world would cease to exist. Because of course it would, it's a writing project.

[johnkapwn]

I like to imagine that 001 is something completely innocent. Like a sandwich that always reappears after being eaten or something.

[taxcollector]

SCP-001 is the guy on 4 Chan who made the 173 document, without him the scp universe would have never existed.

[X-SPONGED]

8:00
Wendigoon glossed over one of the coolest part about The Factory Proposal. It was not only the supposed origins of the foundation. It was also the supposed origins of EVERY other GOI in the canon. From Marshall, Carter, & Dark to The Church of The Broken God. They were all once part of the group who initially infiltrated the factory, that separated into different groups with different ideologies.

[ChampionGames]

4:30 Hey all, Lockpicking Lawyer here. I’ve been enlisted by the SCP Foundation to unlock this “unpickable” lock.

[TheSkyGuy]

SCP 001 is probably [ REDACTED ] and located at [ redaction noises ].

Upon reading this you shall [ REDACTED ]

[fandyus]

"The World's Gone Beautiful" is the most melancholic idea I've ever witnessed in my life. Everybody just stops and reminisces of the good things they've had for 24 hours with abundance of of beautiful scenery around them before they're inevitably wiped out by some lovecraftian abomination. It sounds like it could be a movie.

[intouchninu]

I just realized, the reason why “A Record” is an 001 proposal is because it was forced to the top of the list there fore being a 001 anomaly.

[ATFprdepartment]

I can’t get over how much I love Gate Guardian as an SCP, just a fucking massive guardian and the only containment procedures are “stay away and idk pray i guess?”

It can somewhat defy your free will by imprinting thoughts in you to leave but even if you come close enough it annihilates you at the atomic level with a sword measured in kilometers long.

[GermanKinsmen]

The sheer mental image of an 05 having to saying "I'm a good boy".

[MilkWaffle]

This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today what I have here is a lock that was given to me that is supposedly called SCP-001. Just by looking at this lock I can already tell that there are some very inexcusable flaws in it's design. I will try to open it as fast as I can with a simple raking technique.

[agc]

My idea for SCP-001 is something that would be seen as an anomaly a few centuries ago but can be explained now like a one way mirror. It would give the foundation hope that we could fine the answers to other SCPs in the future.

[DecoNoirFilm]

Hi there! I just wanted to say that I am the person who created the artwork used for The Prototype!

Absolutely crazy, I made that yeeeears ago on a deviantArt I'd long forgotten about. I'm actually working on some new pieces now and had this playing in the background. My apologies if you had asked about it a long time ago and I'd just forgotten about that interaction. Anyway, it was very surreal, but cool, to look up from what I'm working on to see that blast from the past!

Keep up the good work.

[mrworthygoldie]

SCP: 001 "Good Boy" in nutshell:
"Hey what if i pour concrete on people organ"
"What"
"What"

[Jman]

I believe the true reason for the multiple proposals is because the enormous importance of the 001 slot, they didn't want to give it to any one person and instead made it a gallery of top works.

[MarkusManon]

Awwhh. I really liked The Record when its gimmick was just automagially going to the top of any list it's added to. I thought that simple mechanic was a perfectly fun explanation for why it'd be SCP-001.