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A spoiler is the revelation of important plot details. This mostly applies to episode related articles.
What is a spoiler?
Giving away the ending of an episode, or revealing plot details that were meant to be hidden from the viewer until they saw it from themselves, are considered spoilers on this Wiki. When writing episode synopsis, care should be taken to mark the spoilers.
The resolution of the episode should be marked as a spoiler. To get a good idea of what exactly the resolution is, read the official brief description (usually found on the Season guide page of the corresponding episode) and that will usually detail the plot of the episode up until the resolution, so anything beyond that point (i.e. Whatever fixes the problem) should be marked as a spoiler.
Spoiler tags
Hiding a spoiler
The {{HideSpoiler}} tag is the most commonly used template for hiding spoilers on this Wiki.
- Usage
{{Hide Spoiler
|Content= Insert the spoiler here!
}}
- Example
==Synopsis==
Timmy was riding the bus to school one day. Cosmo and Wanda, disguised as two doodles Timmy had drawn onto a piece of line paper, were talking to Timmy about his school
project, or lack of thereof. Timmy was about to wish for a school project, when Francis came over and snatched the paper, crumpled it up, and tossed it out the window. His
fairies gone, and at the mercy of his bully, Timmy now had to figure out how to get project together for school or else he was going to get another F.
{{HideSpoilers
|Content=Timmy manages to put something together with some glue, elbow macaroni, and glitter, but it turned out to be really crappy. But then Cosmo and Wanda, still as a
crumpled out paper, are blown through the window by the wind and land on Timmy's project. They transform it into the best project in the classroom, and Timmy gets an A.
}}
{{Spoiler End}}
Minor spoilers
For lesser spoilers that are not important enough to be hidden, use the {{Spoiler}} tag.
- Example
Timmy made a wish that caused trouble.
{{Spoiler}}
He wished everything back to normal.
{{Spoiler End}}
Spoiler end tag
Remember to mark where the spoiler ends! This should be used for both the {{Spoiler}} and {{HideSpoiler}} tags. This will create a box that marks where the spoilers have ended. This is useful for making hidden spoilers easier to spot.
- Usage
Simply insert {{Spoiler End}} after the spoiler.