Types of fiction with multiple endings

A narrative typically ends in one set way, but certain kinds of narrative allow for multiple endings.

Comics

  • The Death-Ray by Daniel Clowes
  • Cliff Hanger[1]

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.

Films 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
  • 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

  • Crown Court
  • Do the Right Thing (BBC TV series, 1994-1995)

Animation

Video games

See also

References

  1. ^ by Jack Edward Oliver. Oliver, Jack Edward (25 June 1983). Buster. Fleetway.
  2. ^ Branden, Barbara (1986). The Passion of Ayn Rand. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. pp. 122–124. ISBN 0-385-19171-5. OCLC 12614728.
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