User blog comment:DJay32/On Writing Synopses/@comment-1988716-20140125120643/@comment-1988716-20140125230735

Just because TV Guides once listed it as a synopsis does not mean it is a good synopsis.

And to clarify, the "futility" one was specifically as an example for how changing the wording of a synopsis can effect how you expect the ending to go. I was saying "Note that the synopsis I gave for Finding Nemo specifically gives the impression that it has a happy ending, which is appropriate for it! Now, say, if it had a sad ending, the synopsis would go..."