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* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' both [[lampshade]]s and plays this straight with ''A Really Useful Book''. The book, a small pocket sized volume that appears to have some degree of sentience, consists of various pieces of advice written on its pages. In addition, the book always opens the relevant page. {{spoiler|In fact, after Helena is forced to tear out most of the book's pages, the ''one page'' she didn't tear out still contains a piece of relevant advice. A repeated piece of advice, but still useful.}}
* ''[[Mirror Mask]]'' both [[lampshade]]s and plays this straight with ''A Really Useful Book''. The book, a small pocket sized volume that appears to have some degree of sentience, consists of various pieces of advice written on its pages. In addition, the book always opens the relevant page. {{spoiler|In fact, after Helena is forced to tear out most of the book's pages, the ''one page'' she didn't tear out still contains a piece of relevant advice. A repeated piece of advice, but still useful.}}
** More obviously lampshaded, yet (somehow) simultaneously played straighter, with a book Helena comes across earlier in the same library: ''The Complete History of Everything''.
** More obviously lampshaded, yet (somehow) simultaneously played straighter, with a book Helena comes across earlier in the same library: ''The Complete History of Everything''.
* Tobin's Spirit Guide from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and its related media.
* Tobin's Spirit Guide from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and its related media. In the second movie, Egon also references a book of occult history called ''Magicians, Martyrs, and Madmen''.
* Dana Carvey's ''Master of Disguise'' features a pop-up book which provides extremely specific information relating to any situation at hand on whichever page is randomly opened to.
* Dana Carvey's ''Master of Disguise'' features a pop-up book which provides extremely specific information relating to any situation at hand on whichever page is randomly opened to.
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' - Handbook for the Recently Deceased
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' - Handbook for the Recently Deceased
* The Book of Secrets from the second ''[[National Treasure]]'' movie. Filled with almost everything a [[Conspiracy Theorist|conspiracy nut]] would love, and more on top of that. Most importantly the information the team is currently looking for, and, a hidden detail on page 47, which may come into play in the third film, if one ever comes out.
* The Book of Secrets from the second ''[[National Treasure]]'' movie. Filled with almost everything a [[Conspiracy Theorist|conspiracy nut]] would love, and more on top of that. Most importantly the information the team is currently looking for, and, a hidden detail on page 47, which may come into play in the third film, if one ever comes out.
* Max's dream journal from ''[[The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl]]''.
* Max's dream journal from ''[[The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl]]''.



== Literature ==
== Literature ==
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