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| - So The Movie was a massive success, and the studio want you to make a sequel! Trouble is, you killed off all your main characters for real, blew up the Earth, destroyed the Time Machine and stopped the Big Bad from ever being born. So where do you go from here? Well, there was that one really cool side character - perhaps we could retell the story from his perspective! The POV Sequel is a sequel which, instead of putting your characters in new situation, simply retells an old one with a new protagonist. Done well, it can help you flesh out your side characters and make your Card-Carrying Villain into a sympathetic guy. Done badly, and it reeks of laziness. Compare the Perspective Flip, the non-canon equivalent; A Day in the Limelight, where the POV changes but tells an original story; Changing of the Guard, where the main character shifts to tell an original story; The Gump, when the sequel protagonist does something that retroactively affects the original's plotline; and The Rashomon, where the character's opinions can colour what the audience sees. Another Side Another Story is a video game specific subtrope where the POV Sequel is another game mode unlocked after you complete it the first time. Examples of POV Sequel include:
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