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[[File:michale-jackson-this-is-it.jpg|link=Michael Jackson|thumb|400px|[[Retirony|This was going to be his final concert tour.]] [[Author Existence Failure|And then he died]].]]
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|'''John Greenleaf Whittier''', "Maud Muller"}}
This is when directors or writers release details about plots, characters, [[Backstory|back stories]], or other elements they ''thought'' about adding to the story at one point but ultimately never did. Unlike [[All There in the Manual]], however, this new information is not released as [[Word of God]] with the intention of being added to the [[Canon]]. These elements are only '''What Could Have Been''' but never were and never will be part of the story proper.
Some may quickly find a home in [[Fan Work]]. Many fans love hearing the possible paths their favorite story could have taken... even while breathing a sigh of relief (or feeling disappointed) that they ultimately didn't come to be.
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For further reading, see the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100808134051/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3120939 TV Moments That Never Happened] thread at Television Without Pity, the [http://originalvidjunkie.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Never%20Got%20Made%20Files Original Vid Junkie's "Never Got Made" files], and the "Movies that Never Were" series at CHUD.com, the links for all of which are included in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20100504133450/http://chud.com/articles/articles/23158/1/MOVIES-THAT-NEVER-WERE-5-SPECIAL-LOST-MOVIES-EDITION-/Page1.html lost movies entry]. This subject has also been covered by ''[[The Onion]] A.V. Club'' [http://www.avclub.com/articles/vaporware-no-more-31-lost-projects-were-hoping-to,2543/ here] and [http://www.avclub.com/articles/longedfor-unrealized-projects,51690/ here], and at OMGHorror.com [https://web.archive.org/web/20090204013853/http://omghorror.blogfaction.com/article/101788/feature-the-15-greatest-horror-movies-that-never-were/ here].
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