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“SpongeBob GreyPants.”

Or maybe “Fifty Shades of SpongeBob.”

Joe Jaramillo of Johnstown sat in the MetroLux 14 theater Monday morning with his granddaughter waiting for “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” film to start. He noticed that the previews all seemed to have a romantic flavor but didn’t think much of it until the movie started and the words “Fifty Shades of Grey” appeared on screen.

“People ran out of there,” Jaramillo said with a laugh. “You could hear little kids going, ‘SpongeBob! SpongeBob!’ as the parents were dragging them out.”

He said after a few seconds, the screen abruptly went blank. Then new trailers started rolling, this time with children’s themes.

While “SpongeBob SquarePants” is about an underwater sea creature and all his silly antics, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is an R-rated erotic romance movie based on a book by the same name.

Jaramillo said he was thankful that from what he has heard, the adult themes in “Fifty Shades” don’t begin until later in the movie.

“What was interesting is they have the policy you can’t take a kid into an R-rated movie,” Jaramillo said. “Some of the trailers were coming up R-rated.”

David Corwin, president of Metropolitan Theatres, said that there was a chip problem with the server and somehow the wrong movie started playing.

“It stopped pretty quickly. Someone came out to tell the staff and they stopped it,” Corwin said. “Fortunately, the beginning (of ‘Fifty Shades’) is pretty scenic. It was obviously not intended.”

He said that both movies are played in that auditorium at different times; “SpongeBob” during the day and “50 Shades” at night, which means the films are on the same computer server. Digital theaters project digital files onto a screen, unlike older film projectors.

Corwin added that the theater managers handle every situation differently. In this case, no free passes were issued because the situation was resolved quickly and without undue harm to the children.

Jessica Benes: 970-669-5050 ext. 530, jbenes@reporter-herald.com or twitter.com/jessicabenes