diff --git a/app/styles/base.sass b/app/styles/base.sass
index 663326fcc..f26501f6a 100644
--- a/app/styles/base.sass
+++ b/app/styles/base.sass
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 @import "bootstrap/variables"
 @import "bootstrap/mixins"
 
+// https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/9237 -- need a version that's not !important
+.secret
+  display: none
+
 h1 h2 h3 h4
   letter-spacing: 2px
 
diff --git a/app/templates/account/settings.jade b/app/templates/account/settings.jade
index ba1ab1757..483b35f88 100644
--- a/app/templates/account/settings.jade
+++ b/app/templates/account/settings.jade
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ block content
     p(data-i18n="account_settings.not_logged_in") Log in or create an account to change your settings.
 
   else
-    button.btn#save-button.disabled.hide(data-i18n="account_settings.saveBackups") Changes Save Automatically
+    button.btn#save-button.disabled.secret(data-i18n="account_settings.saveBackups") Changes Save Automatically
   
     ul.nav.nav-pills#settings-tabs
       li
diff --git a/app/templates/account/unsubscribe.jade b/app/templates/account/unsubscribe.jade
index 8f4eaebe8..5eeee57cc 100644
--- a/app/templates/account/unsubscribe.jade
+++ b/app/templates/account/unsubscribe.jade
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ block content
   
   button.btn.btn-warning#unsubscribe-button(data-i18n="account.unsubscribe_button") Do it
 
-  .progress.progress-striped.active.hide
+  .progress.progress-striped.active.secret
     .progress-bar
       
-  p.hide#fail-alert(data-i18n="account.unsubscribe_failed").alert.alert-danger Failed
+  p.secret#fail-alert(data-i18n="account.unsubscribe_failed").alert.alert-danger Failed
     
-  p.hide#success-alert(data-i18n="account.unsubscribe_success").alert.alert-success Success
+  p.secret#success-alert(data-i18n="account.unsubscribe_success").alert.alert-success Success
diff --git a/app/templates/editor/level/thang/edit.jade b/app/templates/editor/level/thang/edit.jade
index beb9fbfa2..467a00a20 100644
--- a/app/templates/editor/level/thang/edit.jade
+++ b/app/templates/editor/level/thang/edit.jade
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ div.well
   span#thang-props
     a#thang-name-link
       span= thang.id
-      input.hide(value=thang.id)
+      input.secret(value=thang.id)
     |  ( 
     span(data-i18n="editor.level_components_type") Type
     | : 
     a#thang-type-link
       span= thang.thangType
-      input.hide(value=thang.thangType)
+      input.secret(value=thang.thangType)
     |  ) 
 
 #thang-components-edit-view
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/editor/level/thangs_tab.jade b/app/templates/editor/level/thangs_tab.jade
index 431c1e27e..af1ab989e 100644
--- a/app/templates/editor/level/thangs_tab.jade
+++ b/app/templates/editor/level/thangs_tab.jade
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@
           - path = '/file/db/thang.type/'+thangType.original+'/portrait.png'
           img(title="Add " + thangType.name, src=path, alt="")
       div.clearfix
-#editor-level-thang-edit.hide
\ No newline at end of file
+#editor-level-thang-edit.secret
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/templates/editor/thang/colors_tab.jade b/app/templates/editor/thang/colors_tab.jade
index 3c517093e..503d4a681 100644
--- a/app/templates/editor/thang/colors_tab.jade
+++ b/app/templates/editor/thang/colors_tab.jade
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 div#color-groups-treema
 
-div#color-group-settings.hide
+div#color-group-settings.secret
   div#shape-buttons
     
   canvas#tinting-display(width=400, height=400)
diff --git a/app/templates/kinds/search.jade b/app/templates/kinds/search.jade
index 15728c47b..89d64d25b 100644
--- a/app/templates/kinds/search.jade
+++ b/app/templates/kinds/search.jade
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ block content
         .modal-footer
           button.btn(data-dismiss="modal") Cancel
           button.btn.btn-primary.new-model-submit Create
-        .modal-body.wait.hide
+        .modal-body.wait.secret
           h3 Reticulating Splines...
           .progress.progress-striped.active
             .progress-bar
diff --git a/app/templates/modal/contact.jade b/app/templates/modal/contact.jade
index 00cb24b94..7143520c2 100644
--- a/app/templates/modal/contact.jade
+++ b/app/templates/modal/contact.jade
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ block modal-body-content
       textarea#contact-message.form-control(name="message", rows=8)
 
 block modal-footer-content
-  span.sending-indicator.pull-left.hide(data-i18n="common.sending") Sending...
+  span.sending-indicator.pull-left.secret(data-i18n="common.sending") Sending...
   a(href='#', data-dismiss="modal", aria-hidden="true", data-i18n="common.cancel").btn Cancel
   button.btn.btn-primary#contact-submit-button(data-i18n="contact.send") Send Feedback
diff --git a/app/templates/modal/modal_base.jade b/app/templates/modal/modal_base.jade
index ac0b92600..caebe847c 100644
--- a/app/templates/modal/modal_base.jade
+++ b/app/templates/modal/modal_base.jade
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           img(src="http://www.manbitesgod.com/images/picturecoupleb.jpg")
           img(src="http://www.manbitesgod.com/images/manrantb.jpg")
 
-      .modal-body.wait.hide
+      .modal-body.wait.secret
         block modal-body-wait-content
           h3 Reticulating Splines...
         .progress.progress-striped.active
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level.jade b/app/templates/play/level.jade
index 276d9fc80..7abc94dd5 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level.jade
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
     #canvas-left-gradient.gradient
     #canvas-top-gradient.gradient
   
-  a.btn.btn-primary.banner.hide#level-done-button(data-i18n="play_level.done") Done
+  a.btn.btn-primary.banner.secret#level-done-button(data-i18n="play_level.done") Done
   
-  #goals-view.hide
+  #goals-view.secret
   
-  #gold-view.hide.expanded
+  #gold-view.secret.expanded
 
   #level-chat-view
   
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level/chat.jade b/app/templates/play/level/chat.jade
index e974cd3e0..a3ba76174 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level/chat.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level/chat.jade
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   table
     tbody
 
-.open-chat-area.hide
+.open-chat-area.secret
   table
     tbody
 
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level/modal/victory.jade b/app/templates/play/level/modal/victory.jade
index 1b7969473..afdd19f88 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level/modal/victory.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level/modal/victory.jade
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         button.btn.btn-success.sign-up-button.btn-large(data-toggle="coco-modal", data-target="modal/signup", data-i18n="play_level.victory_sign_up") Sign Up to Save Progress
         span(data-i18n="play_level.victory_sign_up_poke") Want to save your code? Create a free account!
     else
-      div.rating.hide
+      div.rating.secret
         span(data-i18n="play_level.victory_rate_the_level") Rate the level:
         i.icon-star-empty
         i.icon-star-empty
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     else
       a.btn.btn-primary(href="/", data-dismiss="modal", data-i18n="play_level.victory_go_home") Go Home
     if !me.get('anonymous')
-      div.review.hide
+      div.review.secret
         span(data-i18n="play_level.victory_review") Tell us more!
         br
         textarea
diff --git a/app/templates/play/level/playback.jade b/app/templates/play/level/playback.jade
index 7a1755ac4..84801141f 100644
--- a/app/templates/play/level/playback.jade
+++ b/app/templates/play/level/playback.jade
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ button.btn.btn-xs.btn-inverse#music-button(title="Toggle Music")
   | ♫
 
 .scrubber
-  .progress.hide
+  .progress.secret
     .progress-bar
       .scrubber-handle
   
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ button.btn.btn-xs.btn-inverse#music-button(title="Toggle Music")
       li(title="Ctrl/Cmd + \\: Toggle debug display").selectable#debug-toggle
         i.icon-globe
         | Debug Mode
-        i.icon-ok.hide
+        i.icon-ok.secret
     li(title="Ctrl/Cmd + G: Toggle grid display").selectable#grid-toggle
       i.icon-th
       span(data-i18n="play_level.grid") Grid
-      i.icon-ok.hide
+      i.icon-ok.secret
     li.selectable#edit-wizard-settings
       i.icon-user
       span(data-i18n="play_level.customize_wizard") Customize Wizard
diff --git a/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee b/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
index 763a5f629..bb028c0cf 100644
--- a/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/account/settings_view.coffee
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = class SettingsView extends View
     @updateWizardColor()
     wizardSettingsTabView = new WizardSettingsTabView()
     wizardSettingsTabView.on 'change', @save, @
-    @insertSubView wizardSettingsTabView 
+    @insertSubView wizardSettingsTabView
 
   chooseTab: (category) ->
     id = "##{category}-pane"
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ module.exports = class SettingsView extends View
     res = me.save()
     return unless res
     save = $('#save-button', @$el).text($.i18n.t('common.saving', defaultValue: 'Saving...'))
-      .addClass('btn-info').removeClass('hide').removeClass('btn-danger')
+      .addClass('btn-info').show().removeClass('btn-danger')
 
     res.error ->
       errors = JSON.parse(res.responseText)
diff --git a/app/views/account/unsubscribe_view.coffee b/app/views/account/unsubscribe_view.coffee
index f9320e216..9c951abb0 100644
--- a/app/views/account/unsubscribe_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/account/unsubscribe_view.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ template = require 'templates/account/unsubscribe'
 module.exports = class UnsubscribeView extends RootView
   id: "unsubscribe-view"
   template: template
-  
+
   events:
     'click #unsubscribe-button': 'onUnsubscribeButtonClicked'
 
@@ -15,21 +15,21 @@ module.exports = class UnsubscribeView extends RootView
     context
 
   onUnsubscribeButtonClicked: ->
-    @$el.find('#unsubscribe-button').addClass 'hide'
-    @$el.find('.progress').removeClass 'hide'
-    @$el.find('.alert').addClass 'hide'
-    
+    @$el.find('#unsubscribe-button').hide()
+    @$el.find('.progress').show()
+    @$el.find('.alert').hide()
+
     email = @getQueryVariable 'email'
     url = "/auth/unsubscribe?email=#{encodeURIComponent(email)}"
-    
+
     success = =>
-      @$el.find('.progress').addClass 'hide'
-      @$el.find('#success-alert').removeClass 'hide'
+      @$el.find('.progress').hide()
+      @$el.find('#success-alert').show()
       me.fetch()
-      
+
     error = =>
-      @$el.find('.progress').addClass 'hide'
-      @$el.find('#fail-alert').removeClass 'hide'
-      @$el.find('#unsubscribe-button').removeClass 'hide'
-      
+      @$el.find('.progress').hide()
+      @$el.find('#fail-alert').show()
+      @$el.find('#unsubscribe-button').show()
+
     $.ajax { url: url, success: success, error: error }
diff --git a/app/views/account/wizard_settings_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/account/wizard_settings_tab_view.coffee
index a26c1452f..ea0462761 100644
--- a/app/views/account/wizard_settings_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/account/wizard_settings_tab_view.coffee
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SpriteBuilder = require 'lib/sprites/SpriteBuilder'
 module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
   id: 'wizard-settings-tab-view'
   template: template
-  
+
   events:
     'change .color-group-checkbox': (e) ->
       colorGroup = $(e.target).closest('.color-group')
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
   constructor: ->
     super(arguments...)
     @loadWizard()
-    
+
   loadWizard: ->
     @wizardThangType = new ThangType()
     @wizardThangType.url = -> '/db/thang_type/wizard'
     @wizardThangType.fetch()
     @wizardThangType.once 'sync', @initCanvas, @
-    
+
   initCanvas: ->
     @render()
     @spriteBuilder = new SpriteBuilder(@wizardThangType)
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
   getRenderData: ->
     c = super()
     wizardSettings = me.get('wizard')?.colorConfig or {}
-    
+
     colorGroups = @wizardThangType.get('colorGroups') or {}
-    f = (name) -> { 
+    f = (name) -> {
       dasherized: _.string.dasherize(name)
       humanized: _.string.humanize name
       name: name
@@ -42,26 +42,26 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
     }
     c.colorGroups = (f(colorName) for colorName in _.keys colorGroups)
     c
-    
+
   afterRender: ->
     wizardSettings = me.get('wizard') or {}
     wizardSettings.colorConfig ?= {}
-    
+
     @$el.find('.selector').each (i, slider) =>
       [groupName, prop] = $(slider).attr('name').split('.')
       value = 100 * (wizardSettings.colorConfig[groupName]?[prop] ? 0.5)
       @initSlider $(slider), value, @onSliderChanged
-      
+
     @$el.find('.color-group').each (i, colorGroup) =>
       @updateSliderVisibility($(colorGroup))
-      
+
   updateSliderVisibility: (colorGroup) ->
     enabled = colorGroup.find('.color-group-checkbox').prop('checked')
-    colorGroup.find('.sliders').toggleClass 'hide', not enabled
-    
+    colorGroup.find('.sliders').toggle Boolean(enabled)
+
   updateColorSettings: (colorGroup) ->
     wizardSettings = me.get('wizard') or {}
-    wizardSettings.colorConfig ?= {} 
+    wizardSettings.colorConfig ?= {}
     colorName = colorGroup.data('name')
     wizardSettings.colorConfig[colorName] ?= {}
     if colorGroup.find('.color-group-checkbox').prop('checked')
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
     me.set('wizard', wizardSettings)
     @updateMovieClip()
     @trigger 'change'
-    
+
   onSliderChanged: (e, result) =>
     @updateColorSettings $(result.handle).closest('.color-group')
 
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
     @updateMovieClip()
     createjs.Ticker.setFPS 20
     createjs.Ticker.addEventListener("tick", @stage)
-    
+
   updateMovieClip: ->
     return unless @wizardThangType.loaded
     wizardSettings = me.get('wizard') or {}
     wizardSettings.colorConfig ?= {}
-    
+
     @stage.removeChild(@movieClip) if @movieClip
     options = {colorConfig: wizardSettings.colorConfig}
     @spriteBuilder.setOptions options
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ module.exports = class WizardSettingsTabView extends RootView
     @movieClip.scaleY = @movieClip.scaleX = 1.7 * (castAction.scale or 1)
     reg = castAction.positions?.registration
     if reg
-      @movieClip.regX = reg.x 
+      @movieClip.regX = reg.x
       @movieClip.regY = reg.y
     @stage.addChild @movieClip
     @stage.update()
 
   destroy: ->
-    @stage?.removeAllEventListeners()
\ No newline at end of file
+    @stage?.removeAllEventListeners()
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/thang/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/thang/edit.coffee
index cd0ee3a14..2a92fd0b1 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/thang/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/thang/edit.coffee
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ module.exports = class LevelThangEditView extends View
   Everything below is part of the ThangComponentEditView, which is shared with the
   ThangType editor view.
   ###
-  
+
   id: "editor-level-thang-edit"
   template: template
-  
+
   events:
     'click #all-thangs-link': 'navigateToAllThangs'
     'click #thang-name-link span': 'toggleNameEdit'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelThangEditView extends View
     context = super(context)
     context.thang = @thangData
     context
-    
+
   afterRender: ->
     options =
       components: @thangData.components
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelThangEditView extends View
       level: @level
       world: @world
       callback: @onComponentsChanged
-      
+
     @thangComponentEditView = new ThangComponentEditView options
     @insertSubView @thangComponentEditView
     thangTypeNames = (m.get('name') for m in @supermodel.getModels ThangType)
@@ -57,35 +57,35 @@ module.exports = class LevelThangEditView extends View
       thangData: @thangData
       id: @oldID
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level-thang-edited', event
-    
+
   navigateToAllThangs: ->
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level-thang-done-editing'
-    
+
   toggleNameEdit: ->
     link = @$el.find '#thang-name-link'
     wasEditing = link.find('input:visible').length
     span = link.find('span')
     input = link.find('input')
     if wasEditing then span.text(input.val()) else input.val(span.text())
-    link.find('span, input').toggleClass('hide')
+    link.find('span, input').toggle()
     input.select() unless wasEditing
     @thangData.id = span.text()
     @saveThang()
-    
+
   toggleTypeEdit: ->
     link = @$el.find '#thang-type-link'
     wasEditing = link.find('input:visible').length
     span = link.find('span')
     input = link.find('input')
-    span.text(input.val()) if wasEditing 
-    link.find('span, input').toggleClass('hide')
+    span.text(input.val()) if wasEditing
+    link.find('span, input').toggle()
     input.select() unless wasEditing
     thangTypeName = input.val()
     thangType = _.find @supermodel.getModels(ThangType), (m) -> m.get('name') is thangTypeName
     if thangType and wasEditing
       @thangData.thangType = thangType.get('original')
     @saveThang()
-    
+
   onComponentsChanged: (components) =>
     @thangData.components = components
     @saveThang()
diff --git a/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
index 05865634e..45fbb8d6e 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/level/thangs_tab_view.coffee
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangsTabView extends View
       thangData = @thangsTreema.get "id=#{e.thangID}"
     @editThangView = new LevelThangEditView thangData: thangData, supermodel: @supermodel, level: @level, world: @world
     @insertSubView @editThangView
-    @$el.find('.thangs-column').addClass('hide')
+    @$el.find('.thangs-column').hide()
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'level:view-switched', e
 
   onLevelThangEdited: (e) ->
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangsTabView extends View
 
   onLevelThangDoneEditing: ->
     @removeSubView @editThangView
-    @$el.find('.thangs-column').removeClass('hide')
+    @$el.find('.thangs-column').show()
 
 
 class ThangsNode extends TreemaNode.nodeMap.array
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
index 125ca2ab7..4f42a15fc 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/colors_tab_view.coffee
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 CocoView = require 'views/kinds/CocoView'
 template = require 'templates/editor/thang/colors_tab'
 SpriteBuilder = require 'lib/sprites/SpriteBuilder'
-{hexToHSL} = require 'lib/utils' 
+{hexToHSL} = require 'lib/utils'
 
 module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
   id: 'editor-thang-colors-tab-view'
   template: template
   className: 'tab-pane'
-  
+
   offset: 0
-  
+
   constructor: (@thangType, options) ->
     @thangType.once 'sync', @tryToBuild, @
     @thangType.schema().once 'sync', @tryToBuild, @
     @colorConfig = { hue: 0, saturation: 0.5, lightness: 0.5 }
     @spriteBuilder = new SpriteBuilder(@thangType)
-    f = => 
+    f = =>
       @offset++
       @updateMovieClip()
     @interval = setInterval f, 1000
@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
     @initStage()
     @initSliders()
     @tryToBuild()
-    
+
   # sliders
 
   initSliders: ->
     @hueSlider = @initSlider $("#hue-slider", @$el), 0, @makeSliderCallback 'hue'
     @saturationSlider = @initSlider $("#saturation-slider", @$el), 50, @makeSliderCallback 'saturation'
     @lightnessSlider = @initSlider $("#lightness-slider", @$el), 50, @makeSliderCallback 'lightness'
-    
+
   makeSliderCallback: (property) ->
     (e, result) =>
       @colorConfig[property] = result.value / 100
       @updateMovieClip()
-        
+
   # movie clip
-  
+
   initStage: ->
     canvas = @$el.find('#tinting-display')
     @stage = new createjs.Stage(canvas[0])
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
       aHSL = hexToHSL(a)
       bHSL = hexToHSL(b)
       if aHSL[0] > bHSL[0] then -1 else 1
-      
+
     for color in colors
       button = $('<button></button>').addClass('btn')
       button.css('background', color)
@@ -130,23 +130,23 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
     @thangType.set('colorGroups', @colorGroups.data)
 
   onColorGroupSelected: (e, selected) =>
-    @$el.find('#color-group-settings').toggleClass('hide', not selected.length)
+    @$el.find('#color-group-settings').toggle selected.length > 0
     treema = @colorGroups.getLastSelectedTreema()
     return unless treema
     @currentColorGroupTreema = treema
-    
+
     shapes = {}
     shapes[shape] = true for shape in treema.data
-    
+
     colors = {}
     for key, shape of @thangType.get('raw')?.shapes or {}
       continue unless shape.fc?
       colors[shape.fc] = true if shapes[key]
-    
+
     @buttons.find('button').removeClass('selected')
     @buttons.find('button').each (i, button) ->
       $(button).addClass('selected') if colors[$(button).val()]
-      
+
     @updateMovieClip()
 
   updateColorGroup: ->
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ module.exports = class ColorsTabView extends CocoView
       return unless $(button).hasClass('selected')
       window.button = button
       colors[$(button).val()] = true
-    
+
     shapes = []
     for key, shape of @thangType.get('raw')?.shapes or {}
       continue unless shape.fc?
diff --git a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
index 905099fd3..dcff0dee2 100644
--- a/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/kinds/CocoView.coffee
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
     visibleModal.willDisappear() if visibleModal
     visibleModal.destroy()
     visibleModal = null
-    $('#modal-wrapper .modal').off 'hidden.bs.modal', @modalClosed
+    #$('#modal-wrapper .modal').off 'hidden.bs.modal', @modalClosed
     if waitingModal
       wm = waitingModal
       waitingModal = null
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
   # Loading RootViews
 
   showLoading: ($el=@$el) ->
-    $el.find('>').addClass('hide')
+    $el.find('>').hide()
     $el.append($('<div class="loading-screen"></div>')
     .append('<h2>Loading</h2>')
     .append('<div class="progress progress-striped active loading"><div class="progress-bar"></div></div>'))
@@ -136,18 +136,18 @@ module.exports = class CocoView extends Backbone.View
   hideLoading: ->
     return unless @_lastLoading?
     @_lastLoading.find('.loading-screen').remove()
-    @_lastLoading.find('>').removeClass('hide')
+    @_lastLoading.find('>').show()
     @_lastLoading = null
 
   # Loading ModalViews
 
   enableModalInProgress: (modal) ->
-    $('> div', modal).addClass('hide')
-    $('.wait', modal).removeClass('hide')
+    $('> div', modal).hide()
+    $('.wait', modal).show()
 
   disableModalInProgress: (modal) ->
-    $('> div', modal).removeClass('hide')
-    $('.wait', modal).addClass('hide')
+    $('> div', modal).show()
+    $('.wait', modal).hide()
 
   # Subscriptions
 
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/goals_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/goals_view.coffee
index 6c2ce9dc1..44e82d655 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/goals_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/goals_view.coffee
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ module.exports = class GoalsView extends View
       li.prepend($('<i></i>').addClass(stateIconMap[state.status]))
       list.append(li)
       goals.push goal
-    if goals.length then @$el.removeClass('hide') else @$el.addClass('hide')
+    @$el.toggle goals.length > 0
 
   render: ->
     super()
     @$el.addClass('hide').addClass('expanded')
 
   onSetLetterbox: (e) ->
-    if e.on then @$el.hide() else @$el.show()
+    @$el.toggle not e.on
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/gold_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/gold_view.coffee
index f552db431..e5fcaf03e 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/gold_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/gold_view.coffee
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ module.exports = class GoldView extends View
     goldEl.text(e.gold)
 
   onSetLetterbox: (e) ->
-    if e.on then @$el.hide() else @$el.show()
+    @$el.toggle not e.on
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/hud_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/hud_view.coffee
index e12903c72..a3282beb4 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/hud_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/hud_view.coffee
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ module.exports = class HUDView extends View
     @bubble.removeClass(@lastMood) if @lastMood
     @lastMood = mood
     @bubble.text('')
-    group = $('<div class="enter hide"></div>')
+    group = $('<div class="enter secret"></div>')
     @bubble.append(group)
     if responses
       @lastResponses = responses
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ module.exports = class HUDView extends View
     if @animator.done()
       clearInterval(@messageInterval)
       @messageInterval = null
-      $('.enter', @bubble).removeClass("hide").css('opacity', 0.0).delay(500).animate({opacity:1.0}, 500, @animateEnterButton)
+      $('.enter', @bubble).removeClass("secret").css('opacity', 0.0).delay(500).animate({opacity:1.0}, 500, @animateEnterButton)
       if @lastResponses
         buttons = $('.enter button')
         for response, i in @lastResponses
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ module.exports = class HUDView extends View
 
   switchToDialogueElements: ->
     @dialogueMode = true
-    $('.thang-elem', @$el).addClass('hide')
-    @$el.find('.thang-canvas-wrapper').removeClass('hide')
+    $('.thang-elem', @$el).addClass('secret')
+    @$el.find('.thang-canvas-wrapper').removeClass('secret')
     $('.dialogue-area', @$el)
-      .removeClass('hide')
+      .removeClass('secret')
       .animate({opacity:1.0}, 200)
     $('.dialogue-bubble', @$el)
       .css('opacity', 0.0)
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ module.exports = class HUDView extends View
 
   switchToThangElements: ->
     @dialogueMode = false
-    $('.thang-elem', @$el).removeClass('hide')
-    $('.dialogue-area', @$el).addClass('hide')
+    $('.thang-elem', @$el).removeClass('secret')
+    $('.dialogue-area', @$el).addClass('secret')
 
   update: ->
     return unless @thang and not @speaker
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ module.exports = class HUDView extends View
           changed = true
           break
       return unless changed
-    ael.toggleClass 'hidden', not timespans.length
+    ael.toggleClass 'secret', not timespans.length
     @lastActionTimespans[action] = timespans
     timeline = ael.find('.action-timeline .timeline-wrapper').empty()
     lifespan = @thang.world.totalFrames / @thang.world.frameRate
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/level_chat_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/level_chat_view.coffee
index 2412f7d84..d3ca03a90 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/level_chat_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/level_chat_view.coffee
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelChatView extends View
 
   updateMultiplayerVisibility: ->
     return unless @$el?
-    if @session.get('multiplayer')
-      @$el.removeClass('hide')
-    else
-      @$el.addClass('hide')
+    @$el.toggle Boolean @session.get('multiplayer')
 
   afterRender: ->
     @chatTables = $('table', @$el)
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelChatView extends View
         row.fadeOut(1000, -> $(this).remove())
 
   onNewMessage: (e) ->
-    @$el.removeClass('hide') unless e.message.system
+    @$el.show() unless e.message.system
     @addOne(e.message)
     @trimClosedPanel()
     @playNoise() if e.message.authorID isnt me.id
@@ -108,16 +105,10 @@ module.exports = class LevelChatView extends View
       return false
 
   onIconClick: ->
-    openPanel = $('.open-chat-area', @$el)
-    closedPanel = $('.closed-chat-area', @$el)
     @open = not @open
-    if @open
-      closedPanel.addClass('hide')
-      openPanel.removeClass('hide')
-      @scrollDown()
-    else
-      openPanel.addClass('hide')
-      closedPanel.removeClass('hide')
+    openPanel = $('.open-chat-area', @$el).toggle @open
+    closedPanel = $('.closed-chat-area', @$el).toggle not @open
+    @scrollDown() if @open
     if window.getSelection?
       sel = window.getSelection()
       sel.empty?()
@@ -134,4 +125,4 @@ module.exports = class LevelChatView extends View
     key.deleteScope('level')
     @session.off 'change:multiplayer', @updateMultiplayerVisibility, @
     clearInterval @clearOldMessagesInterval if @clearOldMessagesInterval
-    @clearOldMessages = null
\ No newline at end of file
+    @clearOldMessages = null
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/modal/multiplayer_modal.coffee b/app/views/play/level/modal/multiplayer_modal.coffee
index 1006c44ee..80ec95ad1 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/modal/multiplayer_modal.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/modal/multiplayer_modal.coffee
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.exports = class MultiplayerModal extends View
   updateLinkSection: ->
     multiplayer = @$el.find('#multiplayer').prop('checked')
     la = @$el.find('#link-area')
-    if multiplayer then la.show() else la.hide()
+    la.toggle Boolean(multiplayer)
     true
 
   onHidden: ->
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ module.exports = class MultiplayerModal extends View
 
   destroy: ->
     super()
-    @session.off 'change:multiplayer', @updateLinkSection, @
\ No newline at end of file
+    @session.off 'change:multiplayer', @updateLinkSection, @
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/playback_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/playback_view.coffee
index a10363fbf..7053cc010 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/playback_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/playback_view.coffee
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ module.exports = class PlaybackView extends View
     @$el.find('#music-button').toggleClass('music-on', me.get('music'))
 
   onSetLetterbox: (e) ->
-    button = @$el.find '#play-button, .scrubber-handle'
-    if e.on then button.css('visibility', 'hidden') else button.css('visibility', 'visible')
+    buttons = @$el.find '#play-button, .scrubber-handle'
+    buttons.css 'visibility', if e.on then 'hidden' else 'visible'
     @disabled = e.on
 
   onWindowResize: (s...) =>
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ module.exports = class PlaybackView extends View
 
   onNewWorld: (e) ->
     pct = parseInt(100 * e.world.totalFrames / e.world.maxTotalFrames) + '%'
-    @barWidth = $('.progress', @$el).css('width', pct).removeClass('hide').width()
+    @barWidth = $('.progress', @$el).css('width', pct).show().width()
 
   onToggleDebug: ->
     return if @shouldIgnore()
     flag = $('#debug-toggle i.icon-ok')
-    Backbone.Mediator.publish('level-set-debug', {debug: flag.hasClass('hide')})
+    Backbone.Mediator.publish('level-set-debug', {debug: flag.hasClass('invisible')})
 
   onToggleGrid: ->
     return if @shouldIgnore()
     flag = $('#grid-toggle i.icon-ok')
-    Backbone.Mediator.publish('level-set-grid', {grid: flag.hasClass('hide')})
+    Backbone.Mediator.publish('level-set-grid', {grid: flag.hasClass('invisible')})
 
   onEditWizardSettings: ->
     Backbone.Mediator.publish 'edit-wizard-settings'
@@ -145,13 +145,11 @@ module.exports = class PlaybackView extends View
 
   onSetDebug: (e) ->
     flag = $('#debug-toggle i.icon-ok')
-    flag.removeClass('hide')
-    flag.addClass('hide') unless e.debug
+    flag.toggleClass 'invisible', not e.debug
 
   onSetGrid: (e) ->
     flag = $('#grid-toggle i.icon-ok')
-    flag.removeClass('hide')
-    flag.addClass('hide') unless e.grid
+    flag.toggleClass 'invisible', not e.grid
 
   # to refactor
 
diff --git a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_palette_entry_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_palette_entry_view.coffee
index 381dd12e0..4f26afc17 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_palette_entry_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level/tome/spell_palette_entry_view.coffee
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module.exports = class SpellPaletteEntryView extends View
     content.replace /\#\{(.*?)\}/g, (s, properties) => @formatValue downTheChain(owner, properties.split('.'))
 
   formatValue: (v) ->
-    return '<Function>' if @doc.type is 'function'
+    return '[Function]' if not v and @doc.type is 'function'
     unless v?
       if @doc.owner is 'this'
         v = @thang[@doc.name]
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index 2d32d1901..80031b796 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
     window.onPlayLevelViewLoaded? @  # still a hack
     @loadingScreen = new LoadingScreen(@$el.find('canvas')[0])
     @loadingScreen.show()
+    @$el.find('#level-done-button').hide()
     super()
 
   onLevelLoaderLoaded: =>
@@ -197,8 +198,7 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
   onDonePressed: -> @showVictory()
 
   onShowVictory: (e) ->
-    console.log 'show vict', e
-    $('#level-done-button').removeClass('hide')
+    $('#level-done-button').show()
     @showVictory() if e.showModal
     setTimeout(@preloadNextLevel, 3000)