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'''Dave Bowman:''' Now I must finish this mission alone.<br />
''(STRANGE THINGS happen, and they MAKE SENSE.)''<br />
'''Reader:''' Wow. I understand the movie now.|[http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/b/clarke.2001.shtml RinkWorks condensation] of the novel version of ''[[
A [[Mind Screwdriver]] is a side-story, sequel, or piece of bonus/AllThereInTheManual material that exists at least partially for the purpose of clearing up a [[Mind Screw]] and/or [[Gainax Ending]]. When done well (and presented in such a way that viewers can easily find it), a [[Mind Screwdriver]] can make an already interesting plot that much more so, and even add a new layer of depth to the story. When done poorly, it can feel like a rather lame cop-out by writers who [[They Just Didn't Care|didn't care enough]] to solve the problems (continuity-related or otherwise) that their additional information created.
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== Comicbooks ==
* The introduction of the Graphic Novel version of the (deservedly) obscure comic book sequel to ''[[The Prisoner]]'' rationalized away the last episode in a particularly unimaginative way.
* The tie-in [[All There in the Manual|Graphic Novels]] for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' qualify; they usually take place as side-stories complimenting the concurrent episodes (helping to make sense of different viewpoints in the story), and also offer glimpses into the pasts and minds of various characters (helping to make sense of them and the Heroes-verse in general).
** Up until they're [[Retcon|RetConned]] by later comics or the series itself. Happens enough that they have next to no weight in canon.
== Fan Fiction ==
* ''[[
== Films ==
* Much of the film ''[[
* There were ''intended'' to be releases of these for ''[[Southland Tales]]'', but they never appeared. Just as well, because [[Mind Screw|trying to make sense out of that movie would probably take out at least one forest]].
** You can in fact purchase them on Amazon.com right now. It has a release date of July 11, 2006 which is well ahead of the movies US release of November 14, 2007.
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** The book was later actually published and released. It explains most of the background and events present in the movie.
* Several small scenes during the credits of ''[[Wild Things]]'' piece together the otherwise incomprehensible series of twists and turns the story takes.
* ''[[
== Literature ==
* The Book of Lost Memories was written to explain the mountains of symbolism (but not the plot) in the first three ''[[Silent Hill]]'' games. Whether this lessens the ambiguity or makes an already [[Mind Screw|Mind Screwy]] series even more impenetrable is still up for debate.
* The ''[[
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== Music ==
* The story that [[Peter Gabriel]] wrote for the liner notes of the [[Genesis (
** It actually doesn't explain things that well. For that, see [http://www.bloovis.com/music/lamb.html this site]. And prepare to walk away ''still'' [[Gainax Ending|not sure]]...
== Videogames ==
* ''[[
** Similarly, the Ansem Reports in the [[Kingdom Hearts]] game, by the same people.
*** [[Kingdom Hearts]]: [[Birth By Sleep]] is also a [[Mind Screwdriver]], filling most of the holes left by its predecessors.....of course, only to set up plot elements that evolve into an even ''bigger'' [[Mind Screw]] in the ''next'' entry of the series, [[Kingdom Hearts
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 4'' managed to clear up the plot of ''MGS2'', at the price of creating a truly spectacular [[Continuity Lock Out]] and [[Doing in
** Speaking of MGS2, the game was going to contain a Mind Screwdriver of its own in the form of Psycho Mantis' mask as an unlockable. It was going to let you hear the thoughts of other characters during cutscenes/codec calls, and those thoughts were supposedly going to give you a major clue to what was really going on in the game's plot. But alas, [[Executive Meddling|the game was rushed for the holidays]], so it didn't get implemented.
* ''[[The Umbrella Chronicles]]'' is a retelling of several games in the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series which attempts to fill in the plot holes the previous games left behind. (''Resident Evil: Code Veronica'' featured a video, on a bonus disc, which tried to do the same; "The Wesker Report" was subsequently made obsolete when the next games retconned the story in a different way.)
** And Resident Evil 5 had a nice Author's Saving Throw, though it might be a [[Voodoo Shark]], explaining what was up with how Wesker got better, one of the main parts that was kept. {{spoiler|Original Version. Wesker got a secret formula that turns people into sentient uber-not-zombies. Second explanation, turns out Wesker was part of an old Umbrella project, the formula only works for him, and was leaked to him.}}
* The game version of ''[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]'' was made to further flesh out the characters in the original story as well as answer the question as to why AM was doing what it was.
* The "True Ending" of ''[[Ever 17]]'' clears up just about every mystery in the game. And some things that weren't, but were probably misinterpreted.
* The Once Upon A Time chapter that shows up at the end of ''[[Rule of Rose]]'' is one of these, if you get the good ending.
* Trilby's Notes, of the [[Chzo Mythos]],ended with the title character being saved by an unknown man in red. The identity of this man was not revealed until the ending of the next game, and it was a mind screw. It also explains how the man was able to revive Trilby.
** The Special Edition versions of the games (especially 6 Days) provide a few other Screwdrivers as well, most notably {{spoiler|why Chzo was interested in the [[Failure Is the Only Option]] [[Plan]] at all.}}
* ''[[
* ''Hand in [[Killer 7]]'' was ''supposed'' to be this, but because it was made before the game was finished, some of the material in it wasn't used in the game. So, while reading Hand in Killer7 makes sense of some of the plot, it makes the rest of it [[Mind Screw|even more mind screwy]].
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
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