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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:BookendSM64.png]]
|image=[[File:BookendSM64.png|200x200px]]<br>Model from {{a|SM64}}
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario 64]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|first_appearance={{a|SM64|l}} ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance={{a|SM3DAS|l}} ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|relatives=[[Mad Piano]]
|relatives=[[Mad Piano]]
|comparable=[[Book]]<br>[[Chair]]
|comparable=[[Book]]<br>[[Chair]]
}}
}}
'''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]] in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They are living book creatures. Their name is taken from {{iw|wikipedia|bookend|a word}} referring to a shelving accessory used to keep a row of books upright.
'''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|timestamp=02:54|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|timestamp=08:48|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>
==History==
===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:Bookend.png|thumb|left|A Bookend about to attack Mario in ''Super Mario 64'']]
Bookends appear only in the course [[Big Boo's Haunt]]. There are two types of Bookends. Members of the first type possess sharp teeth and disguise themselves as regular books within a bookshelf. If [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], or [[Wario]] gets close enough, they slide out, open their mouths, and charge through the air at him to attack. The green books disappear if they hit anything, including the player character. Attacking them gives the player character a [[Blue Coin]] and destroys the books. Members of the second type are found in only one room, the library, where they are found in infinite numbers. Members of this type are smaller, never open their mouths, and fly quickly from one shelf to the other in order to attack the player character. If the player character inputs the sequence to open the hidden door incorrectly, a Bookend hits him instead. Getting attacked by either type of Bookend results in losing two wedges of [[Health Meter|health]].
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===''Mario Party'' series===
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.
Bookends have a few minor appearances in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]]. In ''[[Mario Party 8]]'', Bookends appear in [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]], where they hover around in the rooms instead of lunging at players. In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'', Bookends are enemies in the minigame [[Book Bash]], where they flap at the player character down the corridor as they make their way to [[Kamek]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
Bookend.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario 64''
Big Boo's Haunt side image SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
Big Boo's Haunt side image SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>
</gallery>
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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=キラーブック<ref>[http://hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book9/P140325214.JPG Scan of 「スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド」 (''Super Mario 64 Kanzen Clear Guide'')]</ref>
|Jap=キラーブック
|JapR=Kirā Bukku
|JapR=Kirā Bukku
|JapM=Killer Book; compare [[Mad Piano#Names in other languages|Killer Piano]]
|JapM=Killer Book; compare [[Mad Piano#Names in other languages|Killer Piano]]
|JapC=<ref>{{cite|author=Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors|title=「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』|url=hit930.sakura.ne.jp/hitjapan/book9/P140325214.JPG|date=December 24, 1996|language=ja|location=Tokyo|publisher=Media Factory|page=13|isbn=4-88991-411-0}}</ref>
|Ger=Vampuch
|Ger=Vampuch
|GerM=From ''vamp'' ("vampire") and ''buch'' ("book")
|GerM=From ''vamp'' ("vampire") and ''buch'' ("book")
|Ger2=Taddäus<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref>
|Ger2=Taddäus
|Ita=Mad Libro<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=86}}</ref>
|Ger2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=9}}</ref>
|Ita=Mad Libro
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=86}}</ref>
|ItaM=Mad Book
|ItaM=Mad Book
}}
}}


==References==
==References==
{{NIWA|Ukikipedia=1}}
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Bookend
BookendSM64.png
Model from Super Mario 64
First appearance Super Mario 64 (1996)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Relatives
Comparable

Bookends[1] are enemies encountered within Big Boo's Haunt in Super Mario 64 and Super Mario 64 DS. They are living book creatures with sharp teeth that disguise themselves as regular books within a bookshelf. Their name is derived from 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.[2] Attacking a Bookend destroys it and releases a Blue Coin.[2] If a Bookend hurts the player character, the latter loses two wedges of health. An unlimited number of smaller Bookends appear in the library, never opening their mouths as they launch between shelves.[3][4]

The only other appearance of Bookends is in two games of the Mario Party series: Mario Party 8, where they hover around the rooms of King Boo's Haunted Hideaway, and Mario Party DS, where "flying books"[5] fly at the player character on their way to Kamek during the minigame Book Bash, attempting to hinder them.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese キラーブック[6]
Kirā Bukku
Killer Book; compare Killer Piano
German Vampuch[?] From vamp ("vampire") and buch ("book")
Taddäus[7] -
Italian Mad Libro[8] Mad Book

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 10, 52, and 54.
  2. ^ a b MrGamingZone (September 10, 2011). Super Mario 64 - Big Boos Haunt - 100 Coins - 42/120 (02:54). YouTube (English).
  3. ^ "Here, called Bookends fly off the shelves, flapping madly at our well-read hero." – Pelland, et al. Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Page 52.
  4. ^ packattack04082 (August 13, 2016). Super Mario 64 100% Walkthrough Part 5 - Big Boo's Haunt (08:48). YouTube (English).
  5. ^ "Flying books and sliding bookcases will keep you on your toes." – Book Bash instructions (2007). Mario Party DS. Nintendo (English).
  6. ^ Motomiya, Shusuke (One Up),Yasuhiro Nemoto, Hideki Endo, Yuta Naoi, and Noriko Tsuyuki, editors (December 24, 1996). 「キャラクター図鑑」 in 『スーパーマリオ64完全クリアガイド』. Tokyo: Media Factory (Japanese). ISBN 4-88991-411-0. Page 13.
  7. ^ Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors (1997). Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 9.
  8. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 86.