Types of fiction with multiple endings

Multiple endings refer to a case in entertainment where the story could end in different ways.

Comics

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

Literature

• The Choose Your Own Adventure series.
• Life's Lottery
• The French Lieutenant's Woman

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

Movies

DVDs/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 and its sequel, Wayne's World 2
• Scarface
• Sliding Doors
• Run Lola Run
• Harikrishnans
• 28 Days Later
• Unfriended: Dark Web
• The Lion King[3][4]
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
• 1408 (film)

Animation

• Dragon's Lair and Space Ace
• The fifth season finale of the Rooster Teeth web-series, Red vs. Blue

Video games

See also

• Alternate ending
• Interactive fiction
• Visual novel

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.
3. Jones, Meghan (14 December 2018). "There's an Alternate Ending to "The Lion King"—and It's Terrifying". Reader's Digest. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
4. Opie, David (25 July 2019). "The Lion King's original ending was too dark even for the remake". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 February 2021.