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The butterfly effect is a metaphor for sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory.

Butterfly effect may also refer to:

Books

• Butterfly Effect, a collection of poetry by Harry Humes
• Murder in Maine: The Butterfly Effect, a novel by Mildred B. Davis and Katherine Roome
• A Sound of Thunder, 1952 short story by Ray Bradbury

Film and television

• El efecto mariposa, a 1995 Spanish film whose title translates to "The Butterfly Effect"
• The Butterfly Effect, a 2004 film, followed by two sequels
• "The Butterfly Effect" (Heroes), an episode of Heroes
• Two episodes of Ugly Betty:
  • "The Butterfly Effect Part 1"
  • "The Butterfly Effect Part 2 (Ugly Betty)"
• "Butterfly Effect" (Unforgettable), an episode of Unforgettable
• "Butterfly Effect", a season 1 episode of The Loud House

Music

• The Butterfly Effect (band), an Australian hard rock band
  • The Butterfly Effect (EP), a 2001 EP by the band
• Butterfly Effect (Ashley Roberts album), 2014
• Butterfly Effect, a 2020 album by Koven
• The Butterfly Effect (Moonspell album), 1999
• The Butterfly Effect, a 2009 album by Diana Yukawa
• "Butterfly Effect" (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku song), 2014
• "Butterfly Effect" (Travis Scott song), 2017
• "Butterfly Effect", a song by Bolbbalgan4
• "Butterfly Effect", a song by Exo on the album Obsession
• "Butterfly Effect", a song by VIXX on the album Hades

See also

• Butterfly effect in popular culture