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A sequel that happened first, written by someone who already knew the ending.
means A story released after the original work but set chronologically before it, showing events that led up to it.
from A 20th-century Hollywood coinage, built by swapping 'sequel' (from Latin 'sequi,' to follow) with the prefix 'pre-' (before) — a word invented because the movie business needed a way to sell you the beginning of a story after you'd already paid for the end.
- irony
- Every twist must end exactly where you knew it would
- origin
- Term coined for 1979 film Butch and Sundance
- trap
- Explains mysteries nobody actually needed explained
- tension
- Suspense dies when the outcome is pre-known