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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. If a Bookend is nearby, it slides out, opens its mouth, and charges at the player character to attack. Attacking a Bookend destroys it and releases a Blue Coin. If a Bookend damages 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.
In the original Super Mario 64, the pages of the book are yellowed, and have a red splatter design, mimicking the inside of a mouth. In Super Mario 64 DS, the pages fully resemble the inside of a cartoonish mouth.
Gallery
Model from Super Mario 64
Screenshot from Super Mario 64
Naming
The name "Bookend" comes from the household object that keeps rows of books in place. It may also play on "end" as a synonym for "doom".
Names in other languages
The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "Notes" column.
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | キラーブック
Kirā Bukku | Killer Book; comparable to「キラーピアノ」(Kirā Piano, "Mad Piano") | | [2][3][4][5] |
本オバケ
Hon Obake | Book Ghost | Famimaga 64 | [6] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 書怪
Shūguài (Mandarin)
Syūgwaai (Cantonese) | Book Monster | | [7] |
| German | Taddäus | From the given name "Thaddäus" and possibly täuschen ("to deceive") | | [8] |
| Italian | Mad Libro | Mad Book | | [9][10] |
| Korean | 책장유령
Chaekjang Yuryeong | Bookshelf Ghost | | [11] |
| Spanish | Bookends | - | | [12] |
References
- ^ Pelland, Scott and Dan Owsen (1996). Super Mario 64 Player's Guide. Nintendo Power (American English). Page 10, 52, and 54.
- ^ Takashi, Watanabe, Noriko Oketani, Yugo Nagasawa, and Junichiro Okubo, editors (1996). 『任天堂公式ガイドブック スーパーマリオ64』(Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario 64). Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 4-09-102554-4. Page 4.
- ^ Motoyama, Kazuki (8 Jan. 1997). Super Mario 64 2, Super Mario, vol. 37. Tokyo: Kodansha (Japanese). ISBN 4-06-319770-0. Page 6Media:Characters_list_SM642.jpg.
- ^ Noriaki, Kamiguchi, Kaisa Hitoshi, Teshiromori Nobuhito, Nagashima Kazutaka, Somoto Shitsuya, and Matsumoto Royo (2005). 『「スーパーマリオ64DS」タッチ！＆ゲット！パワースター攻略ブック』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 4-8402-2960-0. Page 87.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2015). "Super Mario 64" in『スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 86.
- ^ Naoto, Yamamoto, Takashima Toshihiro, Sone Takeshi, Murata Norio, and Yamada Masahiko, editors (12 Jul. 1996). 『スーパーマリオ64ファンタスティック攻略ブック』. Tokuma Shoten (Japanese). Page 22. (Archived 20 Jul. 2023 via Gaming Alexandria.) Supplemental for Famimaga 64, no. 1.
- ^ The Official Mario 64 Chinese Strategy Guide
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2018). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Translated by Marco Amerighi. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 86.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), and Marco Figini, editors (2025). "Super Mario 64" in Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia (2nd ed.). Translated by Alessandro Apreda. Milan: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 979-1259575760. Page 86.
- ^ 2007. 기본코스 5 : 부끄부끄의 호러하우스. 슈퍼 마리오 64 DS (Korean). Tab 3. Archived September 15, 2008, 02:55:22 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine.
- ^ Sakai, Kazuya (ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors (2017). "Super Mario 64" in Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros. 30ª Aniversario. Translated by Gemma Tarrés. Barcelona: Editorial Planeta, S.A. (European Spanish). ISBN 978-84-9146-223-1. Page 86.
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