On March 25th, 2009, at approximately 3:13 P.M. EST in an act of television broadcast piracy, an organization labeled as "Painty's Pretty Pirates" evidently a reference to the titular character in the theme song for SpongeBob SquarePants hijacked Nickelodeon's satellite television signal for approximately two minutes, interrupting a rerun of the aforementioned series' episode "Krusty Love." The episode ran as normal until about halfway through playback, when erratic "stuttering" noises and sudden freezes interfered with the onscreen signal. Ultimately, the image began to demonstrate brief distortion in various manners (accompanied by strange and sudden sounds), followed by an abrupt cut to solid black. Not long after, a faded and obscured image of Painty the Pirate appeared across the screen, and a myriad of sound effects successively started to play, including but not limited to the Windows XP "Error" sound, a female texttospeech robot voice stating the loss of video input, an audio clip of Sandy Cheeks from episode "PreHibernation Week" saying "No, you ain't," audio of WWE celebrity John Cena speaking in what appears to be Korean, and Michael Jackson's muchinfamous "Heehee" from his hit single "The Way You Make Me Feel." After another cut to black and a short patch of silence, small white text appeared that stated "WE ARE COMING FOR YOU." The image yet again cut to black, which was then followed by a complete loss of signal via TV static. After this, the input apparently switches to a Packard Bell computer bootup screen (suggesting the Nickelodeon technicians attempting to combat the issue) along with a Windows Boot Manager error screen. An error message soon after appears above the Boot Manager, stating how an "illegal operation" has been performed. More TV static ensues, followed by a silent video clip of characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star standing in a white background, observing their surroundings. An abrupt cut is then made to an allcaps message in white text that reads, "WE HAVE FULL CONTROL THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO © 2009 PAINTY'S PRETTY PIRATES" as well as a screenshot of Painty the Pirate as featured in the "Truth or Square" SpongeBob SquarePants special episode in the lower right hand corner, all in front of the iconic SMPTE color bars. Another round of TV static follows. Then, a message to viewers from Nickelodeon regarding the inconvenience is displayed onscreen, accompanied by an image of a frightened SpongeBob on the left on the screen. After one final round of static, the station's regular programing resumes.

The specific identities of "Painty's Pretty Pirates" remain unknown to this date.

Also, obviously, this is fake.

Also also, more 35mm videos will be up soon.