Types of fiction with multiple endings
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A narrative typically ends in one set way, but certain kinds of narrative allow for multiple endings.
Comics
Literature
Theater
- Ayn Rand's 1934 play Night of January 16th allowed the audience to affect the ending by acting as the "jury" and voting the defendant "innocent" or "guilty".[2]
- The 1985 musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
- Dario Fo's 1970 play, Accidental Death of an Anarchist.
- The long-running play Shear Madness has multiple, audience-selected endings
Films
DVDs and Blu-ray discs may include an alternate ending as a special feature. These are usually not considered canon.
Movies which include multiple endings within the main cut of the film:[clarification needed]
- Clue
- Wayne's World and its sequel, Wayne's World 2
- Scarface
- Sliding Doors
- Run Lola Run
- Harikrishnans
- 28 Days Later
- Unfriended: Dark Web
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- 1408 (film)
Television
- Crown Court (TV series)
- Do the Right Thing (BBC TV series, 1994-1995)
Animation
- Dragon's Lair and Space Ace
- The fifth season finale of the Rooster Teeth web-series, Red vs. Blue
Video games
See also
References
- ^ by Jack 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. ISBN 0-385-19171-5. OCLC 12614728.