Types of fiction with multiple endings
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Anarrativetypically ends in one set way, but certain kinds of narrative allow for multiple endings.
Comics[edit]
Literature[edit]
Theater[edit]
- Ayn Rand's 1934 playNight of January 16thallowed the audience to affect the ending by acting as the "jury" and voting the defendant "innocent" or "guilty".[2]
- The 1985 musicalThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Dario Fo's 1970 play,Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- The long-running playShear Madnesshas multiple, audience-selected endings.
Films[edit]
DVDs and Blu-ray discs may include analternate endingas a special feature. These are usually not consideredcanon.
Films which include multiple endings within the main cut of the film:[clarification needed]
- Clue
- Wayne's Worldand its sequel,Wayne's World 2
- Scarface
- Sliding Doors
- Run Lola Run
- Harikrishnans
- The Messiah,which includes one account of Jesus' crucifixion according to Christian teaching and one according to Muslim teaching.
- 28 Days Later
- Unfriended: Dark Web
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- 1408
Television[edit]
- Crown Court
- Do the Right Thing(BBC TV series, 1994-1995)
Animation[edit]
- Dragon's LairandSpace Ace
- Thefifth seasonfinale of theRooster Teethweb-series,Red vs. Blue
Video games[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^byJack Edward Oliver.Oliver, Jack Edward (25 June 1983).Buster.Fleetway.
- ^Branden, Barbara(1986).The Passion of Ayn Rand.Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. pp. 122–124.ISBN0-385-19171-5.OCLC12614728.