SpongeBob Hijack 7/25/2005 Retake

A broadcast signal intrusion (or signal hijacking) is a term to describe television cable broadcast signals being suddenly interrupted by a usually unknown party without permission. Such events of this topic that are of notoriety are the 1987 Max Headroom Hijacking and the 2007 Playhouse Disney Pornographic film incident.

This incident in particular has less coverage on the internet and media, due to the scarcity of information given. On the morning of the 25th of July 2005, on the Nickelodeon channel, what was intended to be a casual, uninterrupted rerun of the animated series SpongeBob Squarepants, would be unexpectedly disrupted, and would display bizarre visuals in its place along with "unsettling glitches".

This broadcasting glitch was only isolated in the northeastern region of Washington so this wasn't a nationwide event. It's currently unknown what the hijacking contained, although according to a few archived news posts, where a parent stated that all that was mainly featured was typical distorted imagery and "confusing subliminal messaging". Nickelodeon and world renowned cable broadcast company "CloudyCAST" would respond, apologizing for the inconvenience and CloudyCAST even stating it to be an isolated issue that occurred at a nearby facility. No other details were provided, on exactly what the hijacking contained or its length. Nickelodeon and CloudyCAST would conclude that they will try to figure out the source of the incident, and try to catch the culprit responsible. Unfortunately, no other updates or further details on the aftermath ever surfaced, at least not to the public, and the broadcast itself was never found, becoming lost media.

On October 11th of 2007, a video would be uploaded onto the internet via YouTube and frequently shared on 4chan by user "Brianmatthews4", presenting the entire hijacking that occurred that morning. The video spread across the web like wildfire. However, all known traces of the video would be removed off of YouTube for an unknown reason at the start of 2008, becoming lost to time...

Until now.

I have just got into contact with the original uploader on Discord, now going under the username "Ternip". They have just provided me the original video that was left on one of their old flash drives and have given me permission to reupload it here today.

This is the only surviving recording of this hijacking left. Please do the best you can to prevent this video from getting lost, share it to other media-sharing sites, save it to your computer, prevent it from any terminations.

Keep 7/25/2005 alive.

A retake of a well known SpongeBob creepypasta video. Original concept and music by @niceANDcooll .

VHS filter originally by @igiroitsu1771 .

I do not own any footage used in this video, all rights go to Nickelodeon and Paramount. Therefore it is protected under fair use.

#spongebob #analoghorror #vhs

[PigPigGamer]

Idk why I haven’t commented on this yet but HOLY THIS ONE IS AWESOME

[myfilthybean]

One thing I really like about this one is how the hijack feels like it's not directed to us, but a person that we know nothing about. There is no context given but it still feels like the person this was done towards knows the full meaning and reason behind the hijack. Very freaky

[aydenchannel]

10/10, you remastered everything about mid 2000s tv and late 2000s youtube, one true media, windows movie maker, tv guide, nick bumpers from the time, screenbugs, EVERYTHING! You even included tv errors like the tv rating not showing on cartoon network by accident. Just beautiful, PERFECT! Great Job!

[KoopaFan]

That was one unsettling analog horror video. Absolutely nailed the OG creepypasta! After looking at this video, I realized it's from Trollpasta, but wow, you really turned this into a huge fright fest! Kudos to you!

[YourlocalWerido]

"If you get scared easily turn off this video now."

Me: -sitting down on my couch in the dark at 2:59AM watching -

[cat_]

4:57 Gary starts dancing from the lag 💀💀💀

[calebgaming]

"Dude I saw that too"
-little Timmy born in 2015

[CookieporkLIVE]

This feels like an excited SpongeBob kid fan getting home from school and screen recording an episode to watch with his friends, but instead documents on what he finds instead. Really love this one

[TommyHills-zm]

3:53 Bro is rapping💀..

Edit: Omg 95 Likes 💀
Edit #2: Omg 98 Likes Also guys Those
"Bro Did This Skull" Never Gets Old.
#Skull
#Bro
#Cool

[EliTheGamer]

Bro hated Jerry so much that he had to hijack the Nickelodeon channel💀💀💀

[LAV_M_ALN]

Imagine seeing this actually on Nickelodeon
I would never be able to sleep at night😃

[dibbingsauce]

I love this take so much. I love how you incorporated the original arg/story into it, and how well you did it.

[Inkdkid]

“then spongebobs eyes became hyper-realistic, with blood coming out of them”

[emwgamer]

This turned from a nice innocent SpongeBob episode to a whole FNAF storyline💀💀

[Abrasive_Bear]

My god this is amazing, easily the best 7/25/2005 remake. it all feels as if it were to genuinely someone making a video in the early 2000's reacting to a hijacking on nickelodeon. The tv menu, static, and switching channels adds even more to the immersion. But out of everything, when the Gary takes a bath episode started, this felt more than a 7/25/2005 retake. It felt like something straight out of Needlem0use, like a Needlem0use Spongebob, and I loved it. I loved it so much in fact that I had made designs for what they could look like. So overall I would give this a ten out of ten, and if you're wondering yes I did find this from PigPigGamer's video lol.

[brunomcleod]

3:47 This just seems like the start of a typical SpongeBob YTP 😂

[ashuraconla]

I love in the tv guide for ed edd n eddy, it shows “Luck be an Ed Tonight/Room With an Ed" which never got finished and never aired. just a nice little detail that adds to it all. also seeing house of mouse and rolie polie ollie on the guide hit me in the face with nostalgia. this whole thing is very well made

[jhonception]

This is definitely a masterpiece, it’s a 2008 vibes, perfection arg, and feels like a analog horror, great job for this one!

[TheRealBlooper]

I love how you gave a little ''Walten Files'' type reference, it gave me a lot of goosebumps.

[BrettRandomStuff]

The hijack has a creepy tone on it and it is just great. This goes in the best tier for me aswell. Great job