Editing Plot

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The term '''Plot''' refers to events on [[Neopets (website)|Neopets]] or stories in [[Neopia]] in which users can participate for prizes or experience something different from normal Neopets play. Plots first began to appear on August 15, 2000, with [[Arrival of Virtupets]].

==Overview==
In the ever growing world of Neopets, it's through plots that it's expanded the most, by introducing new characters, worlds and facts/history of Neopia which each new plot. There are many different examples of plots in Neopets, but the basic premise behind every plot is the same: a story taking place in Neopia is told, and users can participate in some way to receive prizes. Participation is different for each type of plot, which can include puzzle solving, fighting in the [[Battledome]] or a combination of both. Sometimes participation can only happen at certain times of the plot as well, either while the plot is being presented, or at the climax of the story.

One of the more popular participation methods in plots is fighting in the Battledome, in which users fight a series of special [[1-Player Challengers]] for points to be collected for prizes. Sometimes there is an official "war", in which users join with the army of a warring party in the story to fight against another, or even choose opposite sides to fight a users opposite side.

Plots almost always have lasting impressions on the world of Neopia, the most common of which being new worlds for users to explore. Characters new and old are also more defined by plots, and are the driving force by how we understand them. Depending on the world in which the plot takes place, characters make reappearances now and then, the most common of which being [[Dr. Frank Sloth]], the most notorious villain in Neopia. Most plot characters appear in only one plot.

The majority of plots today are presented through a comic book format, yet plots of the past have included animations, plain images with text, and sometimes no images at all, leaving users to use their imagination as to what is happening in the story.

==Plots by year==
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'''2000'''
*[[Arrival of Virtupets]] - August 15
*[[Sacrificers]] - August 18
*[[The Discovery of Maraqua]] - October 2

'''2001'''
*[[Ski Lodge Murder Mystery]] - February 2
*[[The Tyrannian Invasion]] - March 20
*[[Brucey B and the Lucky Coin]] - June 12
*[[Usurper!]] - July 9
*[[The Hunt for the Crown]] - July 17
*[[The Destruction of Maraqua]] - August 18
*[[Neopet Version 2]] - October 5
*[[NeoQuest I]] - October 15

'''2002'''
*[[Defenders of Neopia]] - May 21 ''(Series 1, Challenger 1)''
*[[Champions of Meridell]] - July 23

'''2003'''
*[[Gadgadsbogen Puzzle]] - April 5
*[[Mystery Island Volcano]] - September 23

'''2004'''
*[[NeoQuest II]] - January 29
*[[Battle for Meridell]] - February 2
*[[Return of Dr. Sloth Staff Tournament]] - ?
*[[Hannah and the Ice Caves (Plot)|Hannah and the Ice Caves]] - October 21
*[[The Guildmasters' Dinner Logic Puzzle]] - November 16 ''(canceled)''
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'''2005'''
*[[Curse of Maraqua]] - March 15
*[[Lost Desert Plot]] - August 30
*[[Neopets: The Darkest Faerie]] - November 15

'''2006'''
*[[Neopets: Petpet Adventures - The Wand of Wishing]] - March 14
*[[Altador Plot]] - March 28
*[[Defenders of Neopia]] - April 12 ''(Series 2, Challenger 1)''
*[[Altador Cup 2006]] - June 1
*[[The Cyodrake's Gaze]] - August 3
*[[The Tale of Woe]] - October 3
*[[Games Master Challenge 2006]] - November 22

'''2007'''
*[[Daily Dare 2007]] - March 1
*[[Journey to the Lost Isle]] - May 1
*[[Altador Cup 2007]] - June 1
*[[Games Master Challenge 2007]] - November 21
*[[NeoQuest 3D]] - ????

'''2008'''
*[[Return of Dr. Sloth]] - January 29
*[[Daily Dare 2008]] - March 1
*[[Altador Cup 2008]] - June 12
*[[Petpet Park|Petpet Park Plot]] - August 28
*[[Games Master Challenge 2008]] - November 25
'''2009'''
*[[Daily Dare 2009]] - March 2
*[[Altador Cup 2009]] - June 1
*[[New Game Challenge]] - July 8
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==Trivia==
*Plots often have references to various literary works (see the Trivia sections in the respective articles for further information).

==External links==
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=13 13], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=22 22], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=26 26], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=27 27], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=29 29], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=39 39], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=55 55], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=56 56], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=65 65], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=68 68], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=69 69], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=79 79], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=83 83], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=98 98], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=113 113], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=114 114], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=115 115], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=117 117], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=126 126], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=128 128], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=129 129], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=130 130], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=131 131], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=132 132], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=133 133], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=286 286]
*'''Selected PetPages:''' [http://www.neopets.com/~Mobian_Lily Neopets Plot Archive], [http://petpages.neopets.com/~Thur_ilin A Chronicle of Conflicts]

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