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* [[Neil Gaiman]]'s short story "Other People" {{spoiler|has only one character.}}
* In a similar vein, in Agatha Christie's short story {{spoiler|"The Four Suspects"}}, the killer turns out to be {{spoiler|a fifth character not counted among the so-called suspects}}.
* The titular Goblet
* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' makes sense if properly analyzed, but is never explained in the book or film and its origins involve a murky anecdote about the author's experiences in Africa and the term "orange" being used as slang for "man" because of the Malay and Indonesian word "orang" meaning "person", which is also connected to the etymology of the word "orangutan", a species which is only ''coincidentally'' known for its orange fur. Could something like ''Ludwig Van Villainous'' have proven a bit less complicated?
** Burgess also said it came from his hearing the slang term "as queer as a clockwork orange" and that he intended it as a metaphor for "...an organic entity, full of juice and sweetness and agreeable odour, being turned into an automaton." Clearly even Burgess doesn't know what the title "really" means.
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