SCP-5488

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Item # SCP-5488

Object Class: Safe

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-5488 is to be kept in a straight tab folder locked in a fire-proof safe within the Anomalous Items Archive of Site-43. The lock combination must be changed every two weeks. Interaction is restricted to Clearance Level-2 and above. All media affected by SCP-5488 must be reported to Dr. Nicholas Cann or Dr. Helen Dray immediately.

As of Incident 5488-1, images of SCP-5488 are not to be uploaded to any electronic device. Any device found to contain such images must be immediately disconnected from all networks, quarantined, and reset to factory specifications.

Further testing of SCP-5488 is postponed indefinitely.


Description: SCP-5488 is a set of eight custom-made stickers (designated SCP-5488-A through H) resembling film industry rating labels. No physical anomalies beyond the failure to lose adhesive properties after multiple uses and extreme resistance to damage have been observed.

When an instance of SCP-5488 is placed onto any form of media (movies, books, video games etc.) the physical appearance and contents of the media will be altered drastically, corresponding to the SCP-5488 instance. Examples of alterations include:

  • addition or removal of coarse language in dialogue;
  • addition, expansion or censoring of scenes featuring violence and/or nudity;
  • addition, alteration or removal of plot elements.

When an image of SCP-5488 is uploaded to an electronic device, it will propagate itself virally throughout the device's data storage and across any available network connections. All propagated instances of SCP-5488 must be removed to prevent the spread of this virus; to date, only the complete shutdown of affected devices and networks has proven effective at achieving this.

The Foundation was alerted to the existence of SCP-5488 when user "falcon_crazy" of the conspiracy forum Parawatch claimed to own something "legit magical." The user supposedly discovered a set of anomalous rating stickers while performing spring cleaning in an under-the-stairs closet. MTF Kappa-43 ("The Mediators") recovered SCP-5488 and amnesticized its former owner, while the Identity and Technocryptography Section of Site-43 deleted the relevant forum posts.


Incident 5488-1: After extensive testing, Dr. Cann uploaded an image of SCP-5488 to 43NET in preparation for the file's final publication. This resulted in the immediate colonization of 43NET by SCP-5488. After reversion to an earlier backup erased the offending files, the present Special Containment Procedures were put in place.


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