narrative A narrative, story, or tale is any account of a series of related events or experiences, whether nonfictional ( memoir, biography, news report, documentary, travelogue, etc.) or fictional ( fairy tale, fable, legend, thriller, novel, etc ...

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

Comics

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The Death-Ray ''The Death Ray'' is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Daniel Clowes that first appeared in issue 23 of Clowes's comic book '' Eightball'' in 2004, and then as a standalone book in 2011. Plot The story, which flashes back and forth from the ...

'' by

Daniel Clowes Daniel Gillespie Clowes (; born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter. Most of Clowes's work first appeared in '' Eightball'', a solo anthology comic book series. An ''Eightball'' issue typic ...

. * '' Cliff Hanger''.

Literature

* The ''

Choose Your Own Adventure ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's acti ...

'' series. * ''

Fighting Fantasy ''Fighting Fantasy'' is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. The first volume in the series was published in paperback by Puffin in 1982. The series distinguished itself by mixing Choos ...

'' * ''

Life's Lottery {{Infobox book, , name = Life's Lottery , image = Life's Lottery.jpg , caption = First edition , title_orig = , author = Kim Newman , cover_artist = Ian Miller , country = England , language = Engl ...

'' * '' The French Lieutenant's Woman''

Theater

Ayn Rand Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum;, . Most sources transliterate her given name as either ''Alisa'' or ''Alissa''. , 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and p ...

's 1934 play ''

Night of January 16th ''Night of January 16th'' (sometimes advertised as ''The Night of January 16th'') is a theatrical play by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, inspired by the death of the "Match King", Ivar Kreuger. Set in a courtroom during a murder trial, an u ...

'' allowed the audience to affect the ending by acting as the "jury" and voting the defendant "innocent" or "guilty". *The 1985 musical ''

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...

''. *

Dario Fo Dario Luigi Angelo Fo (; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...

'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: *'' Clue'' *''

Wayne's World "Wayne's World" was originally a recurring sketch from the NBC television series ''Saturday Night Live''. It evolved from a segment titled "Wayne's Power Minute" (1987) on the CBC Television series '' It's Only Rock & Roll'', as the main charact ...

'' and its sequel, '' Wayne's World 2'' *'' Scarface'' *'' Sliding Doors'' *''

Run Lola Run ''Run Lola Run'' (german: Lola rennt}, lit. "Lola Runs") is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The story follows a woman named Lola ( Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty ...

'' *'' Harikrishnans'' *''

28 Days Later ''28 Days Later'' is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover the accidental release of a highly contagiou ...

'' *'' Unfriended: Dark Web'' *'' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' *'' 1408 (film)''

Television

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Crown Court (TV series) ''Crown Court'' is a British television courtroom drama series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network. It ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wal ...

'' *''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

References

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