Do you remember the CBeebies/Entertainment Rights/Millimages S.A. show called Ethelbert the Tiger? It revolves around a tiger cub named Ethelbert and his friendly Indian human companion named Dilip, They like to travel from different animals in countries by a magic waterfall, The show ran from 2000-2008, It is a follow up to… Well no, fuck this.
Without anything to do, i encountered one episode that scared the living shit out of me. Also, let me begin this abomination of a story.
So one evening when i was watching “Charmed” on Paramount+, I noticed a box, It said, “MILLIMAGES S.A. CONFIDENTIAL, DO NOT OPEN” written in black Sharpie and the box color was dark blue.
However, I opened the box, It was a Ethelbert the Tiger DVD from Millimages S.A.
The artwork looks the same as “Travelling Tails” since being released in 2003, Except when the text said, “Forgotten Classics” and the Entertainment Rights logo looks like it was from 2000s.
I opened the cover, took out the disc and popped it into my VCR/DVD Player out of excitement, I was ready.
I pressed Play on my Remote, Then there was the warning screen in all languages, and it showed the FBI warning screen, then the Entertainment Rights logo, But it was looking red instead of the usual blue, the star even had a pentagram too.
“Shit!” I muttered.
I was shocked at this moment, But the horror will never stop.
It showed the promos for any CBeebies show from the 2000s like Fireman Sam, Teletubbies and Tweenies as well as with shows produced by Warner Bros, like Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, The Big Bang Theory, Emergency Room and with shows produced by CBS like CSI: Miami, JAG, NCIS, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, The King of Queens, CSI: New York and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
It took me to the menu, but it was nothing except for the options “Play All”, “Episode Selection”, “Set Up”, “Bonus Features” and “Visit Entertainment Rights”.
I pressed Play All on my remote to watch these episodes.
The episodes were, Ethelbert and the Weasel, Ethelbert and the Black Panther, Ethelbert and the Chameleon, and Ethelbert and the Wolf.
There was a warning before playing the 5th episode, which took place in the 1st frame of the intro.
It read out:
“Warning: This lost forbidden episode of Ethelbert the Tiger you are about to see was written by Adrijana Omerovic from Bosnia and Italy, whenever she came up with the idea, But later got fired for making these kind of episodes. It was made around 2008, and it was meant to be the finale of Season 8, but was scrapped. The workers of Entertainment Rights have decided to make better episodes, until the show was on hiatus. If you are under 18 years old, then i suggest you to click away from this. You have been warned… And HAIL THE SHADOWS’ STRONGHOLD!”.
There were two options:
“Continue with the Episode” and “Go back to the Main Menu”.
“Aw shit, here we go again”, I said.
I then pressed “Continue with the Episode” and then the Ethelbert theme song played, but something is not right, The sky is at night, Ethelbert’s appearance is looking like he had scars on his back, same like Ethelbert and the Red Mist.
The music was in G-Major pitched, and Dilip did show up like normal.
The waterfall is black, but when you hear a sound of a truck coming by, It ran over, Then a loud man scream and a crash. No one, including Ethelbert and Dilip themselves, gave a fucking shit about that!
Then the intro cuts into the night sky, The title card said, “Ethelbert and the Shadow’s Stronghold”.
The writer was “Adrijana Omerovic” herself, literally a bosnian roma girl who was in Milan with other girls stealing from a metropolitan.
The scene then panned down to a river beneath land where Ethelbert and Dilip are chatting with each other, Then Ethelbert found something, He decides to take it and show it to Dilip, Ethelbert said, Hey Dilip! I found something!
Dilip said in the voice of Mr. Krabs, Ethelbert! Where did you get it from!?
Ethelbert then even said in the voice of SpongeBob, I was digging for something when I came across this, a cake.
Dilip said in the voice of Mr. Krabs, “That’s dangerous Ethelbert! You can’t touch it!”
Ethelbert sighed in confusion.
“Whatever, let’s go. It’s actually my birthday today…” He said.
Ethelbert and Dilip hopped on their raft into the magic waterfall, “They said, Waterfall with magic spray, Take us both so far away!”
The location was surprisingly, the streets where the nightclub was close to it.
Ethelbert said, “Where are we Dilip?”
Dilip said, “We’re almost in the nightclub, Through your birthday celebration…”
They began to look around the streets, They kept going until they entered the inside of the nightclub.
Ethelbert said in a scared voice, “Hello? Is there anybody in here?”
But then, Ethelbert saw the black smoke, before he could escape, it got all over Ethelbert as he screamed like SpongeBob in the episode “Graveyard Shift”. Shadow’s Stronghold from Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia can be heard as this was displayed.
Ethelbert now was a shadow version of Ethelbert, he had his same skin as Red Mist Ethelbert, albeit altered with purple fur, black eyes and black pupils, and his skin turned black as well.
He said, “I have to kill girls, THEN TO DILIP.” in a G Major tone.
“What the hell is he talking to them?” I muttered.
Then he teleported away laughing stupidly.
It then cut to New York at night.
Gossip Girl, Blair and Serena continued to walk through the streets of New York, taking in the sights and sounds of the bustling city at night.
“It’s so beautiful,” Serena exclaimed, gazing up at the twinkling lights of the city.
“It certainly is a magical place,” Blair added, a smile on her face.
Just then, they heard a soft rustling of leaves behind them and turned to see Shadow Ethelbert standing there, his dark eyes staring at them with a fierce determination.
Gossip Girl let out a small gasp, but Blair and Serena remained calm.
“Hello there, Ethelbert,” Gossip Girl greeted him with a friendly smile.
“Happy birthday!” Serena exclaimed, leaning in to give him a quick kiss on the forehead.
Blair stepped forward and took Shadow Ethelbert’s hands in hers.
“We were just talking about how we would love to sing for someone tonight,” she said.
At the mention of singing, Shadow Ethelbert charged in front of them with a angered expression on his face.
“Would you like to hear a lullaby?” Serena asked, as she and Blair began to softly sing a beautiful song.
“No thanks. At least i’m so glad you fucking wished me a happy birthday and besides, YOU THREE ARE GOING TO DIE!” Shadow Ethelbert berated as he interrupted their singing, summoned a portal that resembled hell, and pushed both girls to it, they screamed as they were falling until a fiery explosion was heard as the portal closed.
“I’m not letting anyone fucking hear your voices, bitches!” Shadow Ethelbert yelled as he teleported away, laughing stupidly.
It then cut to Stella Bonasera’s house, she was doing her business until Shadow Ethelbert teleported in front of her.
Shadow Ethelbert was shocked as he stood in front of Stella’s house, wondering how he got there. But before he could think of an explanation, Stella turned to him with a warm smile.
“Hey there, cutie pie!” she said playfully. “Want some milk?”
“NO!” Shadow Ethelbert berated. “Try eating this!”
Shadow Ethelbert grabbed out a gun and shot Stella in the throat, killing her instantly.
He then teleported away.
It then cut to Las Vegas at night.
It cut to Sara and Catherine’s house, they were doing their business until Shadow Ethelbert teleported in front of them. When she turned to her, she smiled and kissed him in the forehead.
Shadow Ethelbert looked up at them with no eyes.
“I think he likes us, Sara.” Catherine chuckled.
“I think so too. Now let’s figure out where he came from. We don’t know what kind of trouble he could be involved in.” Sara said, getting back to business.
“Right. But first, let’s take a break and play with our new friend.” Catherine suggested with a smile.
“Look, Catherine! It’s a cutie pie!” Sara said.
“Aww… He is cute. May I hold him like a baby?” Catherine said, smiling.
“Of course!” Sara nodded.
Sara and Catherine take turns gently holding and playing with Ethelbert.
“My name is Catherine Willows. You’re so adorable.” Catherine said before humming softly.
“And I am Sara Sidle, partner to Gil Grissom. Cutie pie, you’re so sweet.” Sara replied.
“Sweet?!” Shadow Ethelbert berated. “How could you fucking call me like that?”
He then jumped out of Sara’s arms, and charged at them before mauling them to straight death.
They screamed as they were killed.
Shadow Ethelbert teleported away laughing evilly.
It then cut to Stars Hallow at night.
Rory and Lorelai were chatting about something adorable before Shadow Ethelbert teleported in front of them.
“Oh my God, what is that?!” Lorelai said, noticing Shadow Ethelbert
“That’s Ethelbert! He’s a tiger that I met earlier today.” Rory added.
“And you just invited him to hang out with us in Stars Hallow at night?” Lorelai skeptically said.
“Well, he’s harmless. Plus, he said he has a surprise for us.” Rory said.
“A surprise? I love surprises!” Lorelai added.
“Hello there, lovely ladies. As promised, I have brought you something special.” Shadow Ethelbert said sinisterly.
“Oh, what is it?” Rory asked.
Shadow Ethelbert grabbed out the same gun and shot both Rory and Lorelai with it, they screamed as they were being killed.
“As a shadow, I have the ability to KILL everyone.” He said before teleporting away.
He then teleported back to the nightclub, and then took a purple snowball that had razor blades and glass shards, but Dilip looked to Ethelbert and was shocked.
“ETHELBERT! WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU!?” yelled Dilip.
“I killed everyone including the characters from shows and the girls we don’t know! Now do you know the penalty for treason, you son of a fucking bitch?!” Shadow Ethelbert yelled in a G Major tone.
“No?” Dilip said sorrowfully.
“THEN NO ONE ESCAPES JUSTICE!” he yelled as he threw his purple snowball at Dilip & killed him.
He escaped the nightclub from inside and went outside where he mauled some of the girls to death.
He then broke the windows of the nightclub, while laughing evilly.
The screen went black for 2 seconds.
Afterwards, it faded back to the nightclub, normal as much.
Additionally, a reversed version of Heut ist mein tag by Blümchen plays, which frightened me a lot.
Just then, Shadow Ethelbert walked up to me with a macabre expression.
“Come on, assholes like you!” Shadow Ethelbert greeted.
“Why is he talking to me like that?!” I muttered.
“Oh fuck yeah, i can talk to you!” He yelled. “Also, do you see what happens when you try to interrupt me or do other things to me, you son of a bitch?! Sorry, but it’s for my own good. Now if you excuse me, then i’m out of here… Hail the shadows’ stronghold.”
Shadow Ethelbert then grabbed out a bomb, launched at the nightclub, and ran off laughing evily as the nightclub exploded in pieces while i could hear the screams of the girls playing in the background.
I got concerned by this episode, it was supposed to feature Ethelbert visiting animals, but unfortunately it never had one.
Then it cut to the credits, but the sky was the same as before and the music was the same as the one where Ethelbert turned into a shadow.
The Link Entertainment and Millimages logos are normal, but the text “LINK” was replaced with Entertainment Rights, and the copyright was 2008.
“Oh my god…” I muttered under my breath.
It faded to black, before i could grab the remote, there was a jumpscare.
It was a picture of Red Mist Ethelbert from Ethelbert and the Red Mist, albeit altered with his same shadow form from before. The godzilla roar and the howie scream were heard.
“WHAT THE HELL?!” I screamed at the jumpscare.
Then it took me back to the menu, and i was… Well, MORTIFIED! Scared, mortified… Yeah, you knew it. My childhood died due to this. The jumpscare itself? That scared the living shit out of me forever!
I was also bothered by the contents of this episode, so I took the DVD out of the VHS/DVD player, Posted proof off YouTube, put the DVD back to the DVD case and closed it, then motherfucking smashed it infuriatedly with a sledgehammer, luckily i didn’t alert anyone else.
The next day, i got a note from Millimages that said,
“Forget this incident. All we hail are the shadows.
– Millimages S.A.”
So, Whatever you do… If you ever saw a DVD like this, then don’t watch the lost episode, or you’ll end up like me. I fucking swear.