Talk:TV & Movies

Guidelines for Writing Articles about TV Episodes
Okay, since there's basically a set-in-stone way of writing articles for episodes of TV shows now, you'd better listen up. Here are the requirements for these aricles. --Waluigi Freak 99 18:05, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

General Overview
Should go like this:

*episodetitle* is an episode of *tvshow*.

Plot Summary
Briefly describe the summary of the plot.

Script
Here's the confusing part. Basically, just write a script of what every character says in the episode -- make it like you're writing one of those crappy Internet cartoons. Divide it into scenes. Before each scene begins, briefly describe what's happening.

Guidelines:


 * Each line must be indented with a colon.
 * Capitalize the names of all the characters.
 * When a character's saying something, make their name in bold.
 * Italicize all scene descriptions.
 * Link to a character's article on this wiki when he enters the script, unless they don't have an article here and shouldn't. (See the example.)
 * End each script with, "THE END!"

Try it like this:

==Script==

Scene 1

 * ''WARIO is watching TV.


 * WARIO: I am watching TV!


 * ''He changes the channel.


 * GEORGE W. BUSH: ''(from the TV) I am raising taxes!
 * WARIO: I never pay taxes!

Scene 2

 * ''The IRS headquarters.


 * GENERIC IRS AGENT: Wario never pays taxes? We must arrest him!
 * EVIL IRS BOSS: (in a deep, low voice) Wario has been insubordinant to our country's standards by not ponying up his dough. How else are we supposed to buy Mercedes for our fat asses* while the people starve to death?

Scene 3

 * Back in Wario's living room.


 * GENERIC IRS AGENT: You're under arrest, Wario!
 * WARIO: Dangit!


 * THE END!


 * If a character swears in your script, be sure to make a big deal out of it in the trivia section.

Morals of the Story
Even if your story is totally stupid, there's at least some way to find a moral takeaway in it -- even if it's common sense that everybody knows. Briefly summarize two or three morals in the story. Examples:

==Morals of the Story==
 * Always pay your taxes.
 * If you don't pay your taxes, don't announce it to the world.

Trivia
Include a few trivial points that you can take out of the script. Example:

==Trivia==
 * The Evil IRS Boss cussed -- that's very bad.
 * Wario is fat.

All right, that example sucked, but you get the point. Try to make your articles conform to this.