SCP-ES-061 "Alternative VCR" Object Class: Safe
Item #: SCP-ES-061
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-ES-061 is to be kept in a safe-deposit box in the
Storage Facility for Valuable Artifacts at Site-38.
Access and experimentation with SCP-ES-061 requires authorization from Dr. M Ozawa.
Description: SCP-ES-061 is a ██████████ brand VCR player manufactured in 1992.
Examination of SCP-ES-061 has revealed no anomalous materials; each one of its components
is common for an electrical appliance of its model, brand and age of manufacture.
SCP-ES-061 has maintained its anomalous properties even after being disassembled and reassembled
on multiple occasions.
Using components of SCP-ES-061 as replacements in similar VCRs of the same period and brand
has not resulted in the manifestation of anomalous effects in said devices.
SCP-ES-061 was discovered in ████████, Chile, in April of 20██, by a Foundation agent
investigating the presence of SCP-███ in the area.
After a local radio made the existence of the VCR player and its anomalous properties
known ―which made the use of amnestics impossible given the high number of people with knowledge
of SCP-ES-061― the agent carried out an operation in which he extracted the VCR player,
property of a local family, and replaced it with one of the same period, brand and similar
characteristics.
The operation was a success and the existence of the anomalous VCR was falsely exposed as
a fraud, with the actual SCP-ES-061 in the Foundation's custody.
In most cases when a VHS tape is introduced into SCP-ES-061, especially if it is a movie
or television series, the video displayed will show clear alterations in comparison
to the original, which can range from dialogue to notable changes in the plot, cast or even
genre.
Further investigation has revealed that changes often correspond to previous options in script,
cast or setting that were discarded during the production of the film by directors or
producers.
The movies and series in tapes used in experiments with SCP-ES-061 do not appear to show any
alterations when introduced in non-anomalous VCRs.
– hide block Experiment SCP-ES-061-1
Introduced tape: The movie “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”
SCP-ES-061 plays: The movie “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, featuring
Burt Reynolds.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-2 Introduced tape: The movie “Nosferatu”
(1922) by F.W. Murnau SCP-ES-061 plays: The movie “Dracula”
by F.W. Murnau.
Note: The director F.W. Murnau intended to adapt the novel "Dracula" as a film, but being
unable to purchase the rights he instead decided to make "Nosferatu", which was his own version
of the story but with several names changed (e.g. "Count Orlok" instead of "Count Dracula).
Experiment SCP-ES-061-5 Introduced tape: Episode of the television
series “Kung Fu”, featuring David Carradine.
SCP-ES-061 plays: Episode of the television series “Kung Fu”, featuring Bruce Lee.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-7 Introduced tape: The movie "Star Wars: Episode
V - The Empire Strikes Back" SCP-ES-061 plays: The same movie, but with
Han Solo being interpreted by Billy Dee Williams and Lando Calrissian by Carl Weathers.
In addition, all insinuations about the romance between Han Solo and the Princess Leia appear
to have been removed.
The seventies…
- Dr. M Ozawa
Experiment SCP-ES-061-10 Introduced tape: Episode from the 1969 television
series “Doctor Who”, featuring the Second Doctor.
SCP-ES-061 plays: Episode from the 1972 television series “Inspector Spacetime”, featuring
the Fifth Inspector.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-11 Introduced tape: The movie "Star Wars: Episode
IV - A New Hope" SCP-ES-061 plays: The movie "Star Wars: The
New Knights", narrating the rescue attempt of the Princess "Amidala" by "Luke Starkiller",
along with the elder jedi knight "Mace Vindu" and the mercenary Han Solo, an alien covered
in fur with a head similar to a bat.
The antagonist is the Emperor Moff Tarkin, interpreted by Vincent Price.
Still better than the prequels - Dr. Von Braun.
Experiment SCP-061-15 Introduced tape: Documentary about the Cold
War, with special emphasis on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
SCP-ES-061 plays: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Experiment SCP-ES-061-16 Introduced tape: Documentary about Nelson
Mandela's presidential campaign in the year 1994 until his inauguration as the first black
president of South Africa.
SCP-ES-061 plays: Documentary about Nelson Mandela's presidential campaign during the
years 1990 and 1991, until [DATA EXPUNGED] and the following racial riots which created
a civil war across all of South Africa.
Wow, that was like the erotic fantasy of a Ku Klux Klan member… in a way the logical
conclusion of the Apartheid policy without someone like Mandela willing to trade justice
for certain crimes in exchange of peace.
- Dr. ████████
Experiment SCP-ES-061-20 Introduced tape: Pornographic film featuring
two men and two women, each one of them being of white race.
SCP-ES-061 plays: No apparent change.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-21 Introduced tape: Pornographic film featuring
7 African-American men and a Caucasian woman.
SCP-ES-061 plays: No apparent change.
I'm a born-again Christian who has to deal with satanic abominations on a daily basis,
is it really necessary to perform these kind of experiments with these kinds of movies?-
Dr. ████████
One can learn very interesting things from these experiments…
- Dr. M Ozawa
Experiment SCP-ES-061-25 Introduced tape: Pornographic film featuring
3 Caucasian men and an Asian woman.
SCP-ES-061 plays: Pornographic film featuring 4 Caucasian men―or at least individuals
who originally were men―, in addition, the genre has changed from "Heterosexual" to what
is known in pornography as "She-male".
I'm done, I quit…
I mean, I refuse to keep on witnessing this kind of bullshit- Dr. ████████
It is recommended to Dr. ████████ to act professionally, and to remember his vow
of allegiance and obedience to the Foundation; on the other hand, considering the futility
of these experiments, it is now prohibited to use SCP-ES-061 to see pornographic material
(No, Dr. Von Braun, do not insist)- O5-█
Experiment SCP-ES-061-30 Introduced tape: English documentary about
the Punic Wars, the series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage.
SCP-ES-061 plays: An apparent historical documentary in a language with Semitic characteristics
not yet translated, with all the text written in the Latin alphabet converted into an alphabet
believed to be derived from Phoenician.
Judging by the images, the documentary appears to depict an alternative history where Carthage
won and Rome was destroyed.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-31 Introduced tape: Documentary about human evolution,
with special emphasis on other hominid species previous and contemporaneous to Homo sapiens,
like Homo neanderthalensis or Homo erectus.
SCP-ES-061 plays: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Note: From now on all experiments with SCP-ES-061 involving historical documentaries are suspended
until further notice; it is now being discussed whether or not to extend this measure to all
movies based on historical events- O5-█
Addendum: Document-ES-061-B, Extended Test Log.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-33 Introduced tape: First episode of the HBO
series Game of Thrones.
SCP-ES-061 plays: First episode of the series The Black Company, based on the novels by
Glen Cook.
With Pedro Pascal as Raven, Danny Glover as One Eye and Sean Bean as Croaker.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-34 Introduced tape: “Dr. No”, first James
Bond movie.
SCP-ES-061 plays: “Casino Royale”, a television miniseries of two episodes, the plot combines
elements from the spy genre with absurd humour, sometimes of a very childish nature.
The protagonist is "Jamie Bond”, a middle-aged female agent of MI-6 with an alcoholism problem.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-37 Introduced tape: Star Wars: A New Hope
SCP-ES-061 plays: Star Wars: A New Hope; the plot is almost identical to the original,
with the main difference being in the characters: the protagonist is “Luka Starkiller”,
a 16 years old orphan who has grown up alone in the desert planet of Tatauine, who becomes
romantically involved with the smuggler Han Solo, interpreted by Billy Dee Williams.
Suddenly, Episode VII seems even less original- Dr. M. Ozawa.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-39 Tape introduced: “Pretty Woman”
SCP-ES-061 plays: “3000”, a much darker and depressing movie than the original, scripted
by J.F. Lawton.
The character interpreted by Julia Roberts (Vivian Ward) is a prostitute with a bad attitude
and addicted to crack who is hired for 2 000 dollars for a whole week by Edward Lewis (interpreted
by Richard Gere), an ill-humored millionaire afflicted by cirrhosis, a price which ends
up rising to 3 000 dollars after prohibiting Vivian from smoking crack while she is his
escort.
The movie ends with Edward pushing Vivian, who was in love with the millionaire, out
of his limousine along with throwing her the 3000 dollars.
Note: The trailer previous to the movie indicates that Julia Roberts won the Oscar to “Best
Actress” in 1990 for her role as Vivian Ward in “3 000”.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-41 Introduced tape: “Back to the Future"
SCP-ES-061 plays: “Spaceman from Pluto”, a movie with a more serious tone in which
Marty McFly (Interpreted by Eric Stoltz) uses a time machine, with an appearance similar
to a fridge and designed by the Professor Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd), to travel
from 1982 to 1952.
There, like in the original film, he has to make sure that his father fall in love to
maintain his future existence.
The movie ends with Marty going back to his time in an epic scene involving Nevada's nuclear
testing and the help of a young Prof, to end up discovering that his father is now a famous
boxer.
I still prefer the original film, but I gotta admit that changing the dog for the sympathetic
chimpanzee named Shemp was a total hit.
I love chimps.
- ██████ ██████ ██████
Experiment SCP-ES-061-42 Introduced tape: Lolita (1997), featuring
Jeremy Irons and Dominique Swain.
SCP-ES-061 plays: Lolita (1994), featuring Jeremy Irons and Natalie Portman.
This version appears to be set in a society where incest is legal and morally accepted,
although there are limitations.
The main conflict has to do with the fact that Dolores Haze (Lolita) is only 12 years
old, while father-daughter incest is only legal past the age of 15.
It is a romantic comedy.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-43 Introduced tape: La cholita condenada (por
su manto de vicuña) (2012), featuring the Machaca family.
SCP-ES-061 plays: The exact same movie, without any kind of change or alteration.
I bet this movie couldn't be any worse… and I was right – Dr. Von Braun.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-45 Introduced tape: Episode from the comedy show
"Bienvenidos", originally filmed in 2000 and copied from a DVD compilation titled "The
Best from Bienvenidos" SCP-ES-061 plays: No changes Upon closer inspection,
the credits from the start and end of the comedy sketches mention Mariana Duque, instead
of the actual member of the cast María Antonieta Duque (both actresses are twin sisters), and
although the sketches are identical their order varies slightly compared to the original.
The clothing does not match those from the original film or any previously recorded episodes.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-48 Introduced tape: Episode from the Mexican
telenovela "Nada Personal" originally aired in 1997, featuring Christianne Gout as Camila
de los Reyes and Jose Ángel Lamas as Luis Mario.
SCP-ES-061 plays: An identical version of the episode, with the only difference being
that the role of Camila is interpreted by Ana Colchero.
It is to be noted that Ms. Colchero was the original performer of the role, but was replaced
in the middle of production because of conflicts between the actress and the producer company.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-49 Introduced tape: Episode from the Mexican
telenovela "María la del Barrio" aired in 1996.
SCP-ES-061 plays: A virtually identical version of the episode, except that the roles of María
Hernandez and Soraya Montenegro, originally played respectively by Thalia and Itati Cantoral,
have been switched.
Say what you want, but seeing Thalia playing the "maldita lisiada" scene was absolutely
hilarious – Dr. ██████
Experiment SCP-ES-061-50 Introduced tape: Episode from the Venezuelan
telenovela "Por Estas Calles", with an ensemble cast featuring Maria Alejandra Marti, originally
aired in 1992, recorded from the original transmission with advertisements included.
SCP-ES-061 plays: A completely different telenovela, titled "Eva Marina", featuring Maria Alejandra
Marti and Flavio Caballero.
Despite the plot having a more traditional tone, it does share some plot points, mainly
that the protagonist "Eva Marina" (Marti) escapes using a secret identity after being
accused of a crime she did not commit, and the presence of a character named "Dr Romero",
interpreted by Roberto Lamarca, which is very similar to "Dr. Valerio" from "Por Estas Calles"
but without his gimmick of the public being able to hear his thoughts.
Other actors from the original film also remain in this version playing different roles, with
the exception of Lamarca.
While the advertising campaigns are identical in order and advertised products to the original,
the commercials themselves are different.
The episode is abruptly interrupted by breaking news, in which it is informed to the viewers
that [DATA EXPUNGED] [DATA EXPUNGED] which lasts until the end of the recording.
Experiment SCP-ES-061-51 Introduced tape: The Lion King (1994)
SCP-ES-061 reproduce: "The Lion President", a version of the musical in which the vulture
Scar and a group of foxes join forces to hinder the political career of Simba, the lion candidate
for Africa's presidency, and prevent him from winning the election.
It's a clear reflection of today's society.
- Dr. Lentz