alternate endings
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Alternate endings are different conclusions to a story, film, or game that diverge from the primary or released version.
They may exist as deleted scenes, bonus content, or player-determined outcomes: The DVD includes three alternate endings.
In video games, alternate endings often reward different playstyles or choices made throughout the narrative.
- plot twistSudden narrative redirection
- rewriteRevise text substantially
- what ifWords introducing a hypothesis
- road not takenPath deliberately avoided
- sliding doorsPanels moving on tracks
choose your own adventure · branching · epilogue · deleted scenes · cut scene · fan fiction · parallel universe · cliffhanger · resolution · finale · divergent · storyline · narrative · redemption arc · tragedy · bittersweet · closure · reimagined
- DVD extrasspecial features, making-of, behind-the-scenes, director commentary, outtakes
- gamebooksbranching paths, multiple endings, choices, narrative choices, page numbers
- fan videosfanvids, AMVs, tribute videos, fancams, mashups
- thoughtsthought, idea, thoughts, ideas, thinking
- video clipstrailers, stock footage, scenes, B-roll, previews
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