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'''Bookends'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|language=en-us|page=10, 52, and 54}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] encountered within [[Big Boo's Haunt]] in {{a|SM64|l}} and {{a|SM64DS|l}}. They are living book creatures with sharp teeth that disguise themselves as regular books within a bookshelf. Their name is derived from {{iw|wikipedia|bookend|a word}} referring to a shelving accessory used to keep a row of books upright. If a Bookend is nearby, it slides out, opens its mouth, and charges at the player character to attack.<ref name=sm64>{{cite|url=youtu.be/PfRU3t9YWNY?feature=shared&t=174 | '''Bookends'''<ref>{{cite|author=Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|publisher=[[Nintendo Power]]|language=en-us|page=10, 52, and 54}}</ref> are [[List of enemies|enemies]] encountered within [[Big Boo's Haunt]] in {{a|SM64|l}} and {{a|SM64DS|l}}. They are living book creatures with sharp teeth that disguise themselves as regular books within a bookshelf. Their name is derived from {{iw|wikipedia|bookend|a word}} referring to a shelving accessory used to keep a row of books upright. If a Bookend is nearby, it slides out, opens its mouth, and charges at the player character to attack.<ref name=sm64>{{cite|url=youtu.be/PfRU3t9YWNY?feature=shared&t=174|title=''Super Mario 64'' - Big Boos Haunt - 100 Coins - 42/120|author=MrGamingZone|date=September 10, 2011|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> Attacking a Bookend destroys it and releases a [[Blue Coin]].<ref name=sm64/> If a Bookend hurts the player character, the latter loses two wedges of [[Health Meter|health]]. An unlimited number of smaller Bookends appear in the library, never opening their mouths as they launch between shelves.<ref>{{cite|quote=Here, called Bookends fly off the shelves, flapping madly at our well-read hero.|author=Pelland, et al|title=''Super Mario 64'' Player's Guide|page=52}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=packattack04082|url=youtu.be/aPnnTZ5MgQQ?feature=shared&t=528|date=August 13, 2016|title={{a|SM64}} 100% Walkthrough Part 5 - Big Boo's Haunt|publisher=YouTube|language=en}}</ref> | ||
The only other appearance of Bookends is in two games of the ''{{id|MP|series}}'' series: {{a|MP8|l}}, where they hover around the rooms of [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]], and {{a|MPDS|l}}, where "flying books"<ref>{{cite|quote=Flying books and sliding bookcases will keep you on your toes.|author=[[Book Bash]] instructions|date=2007|title={{a|MPDS|l}}|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> fly at the player character on their way to [[Kamek]] during the minigame [[Book Bash]], attempting to hinder them. | The only other appearance of Bookends is in two games of the ''{{id|MP|series}}'' series: {{a|MP8|l}}, where they hover around the rooms of [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]], and {{a|MPDS|l}}, where "flying books"<ref>{{cite|quote=Flying books and sliding bookcases will keep you on your toes.|author=[[Book Bash]] instructions|date=2007|title={{a|MPDS|l}}|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> fly at the player character on their way to [[Kamek]] during the minigame [[Book Bash]], attempting to hinder them. | ||
