Editing Mysterious book

[[File:Paper Mario Book- MLPJ.png|thumb|150px]]
{{quote2|Snap out of it, [[Luigi]]! That book is doing something weird!|[[Toad (species)|Toad]]|[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]}}
The '''mysterious book'''<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/media/pics/mario-luigi-paper-jam-story/ Luigi’s at it again | ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'' Story - Play Nintendo]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20210810004458/https://play.nintendo.com/media/pics/mario-luigi-paper-jam-story/ Archived] August 10, 2021, 00:44:58 UTC via Wayback Machine)</ref> is a key plot element in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. It contains the characters from the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' universe,<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mario-and-luigi-paper-jam-3ds/ ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'' eShop description]. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160201093408/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/mario-and-luigi-paper-jam-3ds/ Archived] February 1, 2016, 09:34:08 UTC via Wayback Machine)</ref> as well as its paper world.

While searching for the source of a draft in the attic of [[Peach's Castle]], [[Luigi]] and a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] discover the book on the bookshelf. Startled by a [[Scaredy Rat]], Luigi knocks the book down, causing it to open and release various Paper characters into the real world. [[Mario]] and Luigi team up with [[Paper Mario (character)|Paper Mario]] to track down the various [[Paper Toad]]s that have been released, while [[Bowser]] unites with [[Paper Bowser]].

After making their way through [[Doop Doop Dunes]], the protagonists lose the book to [[Bowser Jr.]] and [[Paper Bowser Jr.]], who intend to destroy it so they can stay together, but they ultimately decide to keep it. Bowser and Paper Bowser discover the book themselves and intend to trap the Mario Bros. in the book and then destroy it. However, prior to that, the Bowsers plan to betray each other afterward, trapping the other in the book along with the trio, which they fail in doing.

After the final battle with [[Shiny RoboBowser]], Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario trap Paper Bowser back in the book and ultimately use the book to return all of the Paper characters and Paper terrain back to their own world.

The storybook that tells the events of ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', as shown in the game's opening, resembles the mysterious book, the main difference being that the former depicts a [[Sticker Comet]] on its cover instead of a [[Mushroom]].

==Gallery==
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Luigi - MarioLuigi-PaperJam.png|Luigi holding the mysterious book
MLPJ story01.png|The mysterious book glowing
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Ita=Misterioso libro magico<ref>''"Rovistando nella soffitta del Castello di Peach, Luigi apre casualmente un misterioso libro magico, dalle cui pagine saltano fuori amici e nemici di carta!"'' ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.]]'' page on [https://www.nintendo.com/it-it/Giochi/Giochi-per-Nintendo-3DS/Mario-Luigi-Paper-Jam-Bros-1026143.html#Storia_e_personaggi Nintendo.it], retrieved on May 2nd, 2024</ref>
|Ita2=Misterioso libro<ref>''"Personaggi di carta sono venuti fuori da un misterioso libro nel Castello di Peach! Aiuta i nostri eroi, Mario e Luigi!"'' [[List of Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam story summaries|summary]], ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros.]]''</ref>
|ItaM=Mysterious magic book
|Ita2M=Mysterious book
}}

==References==
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