Diversity is the spice of life, and just to prove how far apart things can go I had this one with a virtually uncountable number of crowns:
thats interesting, ive never seen that, ive only been growing pineapples for about 7 years and theyre whenever i type in "pineapple" and "crown" into google i get flooded with guides on growing pineapples from the tops. probably the reason why i wasnt able to find anything that was relatable to whats happening with mine.