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{{about|the ''Donkey Kong 64'' enemy|other uses|[[Book (disambiguation)]]}}
{{about|the ''Donkey Kong 64'' enemy|a list of books based on the ''[[Mario (franchise)|Mario franchise]]|[[List of publications]]|the item from [[Mario's Time Machine]]|[[Book (item)]]|the book in [[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]] containing the paper world|[[Paper Mario book]]}}
{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Ghost Book.png|200px]]
|image=[[File:Ghost Book.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1999|1999]])
|comparable=[[Bookend]]
}}
}}
'''Books'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000304110632/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/creepy.html#d Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide on Nintendo.com], ''Nintendo''. Retrieved April 16, 2015.</ref> are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''. These large red library books appear only in a library passage within [[Creepy Castle]]. A [[Golden Banana]] appears at the end of the passageway, which can be accessed only by [[Donkey Kong]], but several Books are blocking the path to it. The Books endlessly and rapidly flap between two adjacent bookcases. Donkey Kong can safely pass through the Books only by using his [[Strong Kong]] ability. Books cannot be defeated, and they vanish if they hit Donkey Kong, who is injured by the attack unless his Strong Kong ability is active. If Donkey Kong stands in the path of a Book, it does not fly through him and instead glares at him, then vanishes.
'''Books'''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000304110632/http://www.nintendo.com/n64/donkeykong64/creepy.html#d Donkey Kong 64 Banana Guide on Nintendo.com], ''Nintendo''. Retrieved April 16, 2015.</ref> are large red library books that appear only in a library passage within [[Creepy Castle]] in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.


==Names in other languages==
A [[Golden Banana]] appears at the end of the passageway, which can be accessed only by [[Donkey Kong]], but several Books are blocking the path to it. The Books endlessly and rapidly flap between two adjacent bookcases. Donkey Kong can safely pass through the Books only by using his [[Strong Kong]] ability. Books cannot be defeated, and they vanish if they hit Donkey Kong, who is injured by the attack unless his Strong Kong ability is active. If Donkey Kong stands in the path of a Book, it does not fly through him and instead glares at him, then vanishes.
{{foreign names
|Jap={{ruby|本|ほん}}<ref>「ドンキーコング64任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Donkey Kong 64 Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), page 111.</ref>
|JapR=Hon
|JapM=Book
}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Books bear a strong resemblance to [[jiggywikki:Cheato|Cheato]] from the ''{{wp|Banjo-Kazooie}}'' series, which have an overlapping development team and period with ''Donkey Kong 64''.
*Books bear a strong resemblance to [[jiggywikki:Cheato|Cheato]] from the ''Banjo-Kazooie'' series. Furthermore, their Japanese name is the same as that of Cheato's.{{ref needed}}
*The book title on a Book's front cover reads ''DK64 Players Guide'', a reference to ''Donkey Kong 64''{{'}}s corresponding ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guide. The title is too faint to read within the game itself.
*The book title on a Book's front cover reads ''DK64 Players Guide'', a reference to ''Donkey Kong 64''{{'}}s corresponding ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guide. The title is too faint to read within the game itself.
*The attack patterns of Books are similar to those of [[Bookend]]s in the library of [[Big Boo's Haunt]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.
*The attack patterns of Books is similar to that of [[Bookend]]s in the library of [[Big Boo's Haunt]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''.


==References==
==References==

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