History Main / HyperlinkStory

** [[spoiler: Applejack wanted to be a sophisticated pony, but was feeling homesick until she saw a rainbow pointing back to Ponyville.]]
** [[spoiler: Fluttershy fell to the ground from Cloudsdale, but was rescued by [[ItMakesSenseInContext a swarm of butterflies.]] After an explosion scares the animals in the forest, she calms them down and discovers that she has a talent for communicating with animals.]]
** [[spoiler: Rarity was lead to a rock by her unicorn magic. An explosion breaks the rock, revealing jewels. She uses the jewels for costumes for a play.]]
** [[spoiler: Twilight wanted to be enrolled to a school for gifted unicorns and was trying to pass the entrance test, which was to use magic to hatch a dragon egg. An explosion scared her into releasing a whole mess of magic, which ceased when Princess Celestia calmed her down.]]
** [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie lived on a very boring and grey rock farm, until she saw a colorful explosion. She wanted to make her family feel as happy as she did, so she threw them a party.]]
** [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash was in a race with two mean pegasi, but she was flying so fast that she created a Sonic Rainboom.]]

* The PilotEpisode of ''ModernFamily''.

* The story of how the [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Mane Six]] got their cutie marks [[spoiler: all involve Rainbow Dash doing the Sonic Rainboom]] when they were all fillies.

* ''DeadWinter'': The webcomic follows Monday and Lizzie, who appear unrelated to each other except for one chance meeting at a diner. Later it is revealed that Lizzie's father was also employed by Monday's former employer, and then their story arcs merge.

* ''{{Dreamcatcher}}''

* Ian [=McDonald=]'s novel ''River of Gods''.

* ''{{Hereafter}}'' which was unfortunately [[TheTrailersAlwaysLie advertised as more of a star vehicle for]] MattDamon than one of these which led some viewers to be confused when it turned out to be one.

* ''{{Hereafter}}''

* ''{{Crash}}''.

* ''((Traffik))''

* ''FineStructure'' has the teleportation experiments, the Powers, and whatever the heck Mitch is. The scientists involved with each all started out working together in the first story but went off into their own occupations and storylines, only reconverging about halfway through the story.

* HarukiMurakami's AfterDark. There are about three to four different perspectives at first, then we learn how those characters and plotlines are connected.

* Several films by Robert Altman function like this, most obviously ''ShortCuts'' and ''{{Nashville}}''

** ''22 Short Films About Springfield'' took this even further, with extremely short stories, occasionally converging or affecting one another.

* The novels of Sarah Dessen, which frequently have characters from earlier novels making brief appearances in later ones.

The name comes from film critic Roger Ebert.

* ''{{Heroes}}'', especially the first season.

* ''The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen'' mainly follows Jen, but each of the artifacts he carries winds up in the possession of another character, whose story is begun and followed for only one chapter before the book goes back to Jen. All of them make an appearance and [[ChekovsGunman play a necessary part]] in the ending.