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* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', which succeeded in anticipating both Wikipedia and eBook readers several decades before their invention.
** Also the Encyclopaedia Galactica, which is much more accurate than the Guide but much less popular. This is primarily for two reasons. First, the Guide is slightly cheaper; and second, has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
*** The Guide can also be transported from place to place without the need for several freight trains.
** Also the Encyclopaedia Galactica, which is much more accurate than the Guide but much less popular. This is primarily for two reasons. First, the Guide is slightly cheaper; and second, has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
*** The Guide can also be transported from place to place without the need for several freight trains.
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* ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'':
** The eponymous guide, which succeeded in anticipating both Wikipedia and eBook readers several decades before their invention.
** Also the Encyclopaedia Galactica, which is much more accurate than the Guide but much less popular. This is primarily for two reasons. First, the Guide is slightly cheaper; and second, has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on itscover.
***cover. The Guide can also be transported from place to place without the need for several freight trains.
** The eponymous guide, which succeeded in anticipating both Wikipedia and eBook readers several decades before their invention.
** Also the Encyclopaedia Galactica, which is much more accurate than the Guide but much less popular. This is primarily for two reasons. First, the Guide is slightly cheaper; and second, has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its
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* Speaking of Filmation, these show up a lot in ''Westernanimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. Granamyr gives one of these to He-Man in ''The Dragon's Gift''.
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* Speaking of Filmation, these The Filmation also show up a lot in ''Westernanimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' and ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''. Granamyr gives one of these to He-Man in ''The Dragon's Gift''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the Fireside Girls have a guidebook that goes far and beyond camping or selling cupcakes. There are instructions on how to fix a TimeMachine or refuel a NASCAR racer or wrestle an alligator.
** They also have a Compendium Guide that's bigger than that. Way bigger. "Carried to the Fireside Girl Lodge by helicopter and would take at least a week to record" bigger. When Candace tried to (and succeeded in) recording it in only a few hours, she strains her voice.
** They also have a Compendium Guide that's bigger than that. Way bigger. "Carried to the Fireside Girl Lodge by helicopter and would take at least a week to record" bigger. When Candace tried to (and succeeded in) recording it in only a few hours, she strains her voice.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the Fireside Girls have a guidebook that goes far and beyond camping or selling cupcakes. There are instructions on how to fix a TimeMachine or refuel a NASCAR racer or wrestle an alligator.
**alligator. They also have a Compendium Guide that's bigger than that. Way bigger. "Carried to the Fireside Girl Lodge by helicopter and would take at least a week to record" bigger. When Candace tried to (and succeeded in) recording it in only a few hours, she strains her voice.
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** The ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters'' team have a Ghostbusting Manual in the first episode, which details the features of Ghost Command, the equipment, and the Ghostbuggy. It is never used again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': The book that gives the series its name was written by Chris' and Fito's late grandfather, and has been located in their house's attic for years. At the end of the first episode, Chris finds the book and, from that moment, whenever he, Fito or the former's LoveInterest Monica has any doubts about a pre-Columbian civilization, they consult the book to learn more about the subject in question. It's a very resourceful book that reflects the honed research performed by its author during his expeditions across the Americas as a whole.
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* Early attempt: ''[[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10766/10766-h/10766-h.htm Enquire Within Upon Everything]]'', a Victorian domestic reference. [[WordOfGod According to Tim Berners-Lee]], this book was one of the inspirations for the World Wide Web.
** "Whether You Wish to Model a Flower in Wax; to Study the Rules of Etiquette; to Serve a Relish for Breakfast or Supper; to Plan a Dinner for a Large Party or a Small One; to Cure a Headache; to Make a Will; to Get Married; to [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Bury a Relative]]; Whatever You May Wish to Do, Make, or to Enjoy, Provided Your Desire has Relation to the Necessities of Domestic Life, I Hope You will not Fail to '[[TitleDrop Enquire Within]].'"--Editor.
** "Whether You Wish to Model a Flower in Wax; to Study the Rules of Etiquette; to Serve a Relish for Breakfast or Supper; to Plan a Dinner for a Large Party or a Small One; to Cure a Headache; to Make a Will; to Get Married; to [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Bury a Relative]]; Whatever You May Wish to Do, Make, or to Enjoy, Provided Your Desire has Relation to the Necessities of Domestic Life, I Hope You will not Fail to '[[TitleDrop Enquire Within]].'"--Editor.
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* Early attempt: ''[[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10766/10766-h/10766-h.htm Enquire Within Upon Everything]]'', a Victorian domestic reference. [[WordOfGod According to Tim Berners-Lee]], this book was one of the inspirations for the World Wide Web.
**Web. "Whether You Wish to Model a Flower in Wax; to Study the Rules of Etiquette; to Serve a Relish for Breakfast or Supper; to Plan a Dinner for a Large Party or a Small One; to Cure a Headache; to Make a Will; to Get Married; to [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Bury a Relative]]; Whatever You May Wish to Do, Make, or to Enjoy, Provided Your Desire has Relation to the Necessities of Domestic Life, I Hope You will not Fail to '[[TitleDrop Enquire Within]].'"--Editor.
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* ''[[https://www.sequoiapublishing.com/shop/pocket-ref/ Pocket Ref]]'' is about as close to this as you can find IRL. ''Series/MythBusters'' approved!
** ''[[https://www.sequoiapublishing.com/shop/desk-ref/ Desk Ref]]'' by the same author is even more so.
** ''[[https://www.sequoiapublishing.com/shop/desk-ref/ Desk Ref]]'' by the same author is even more so.
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* ''[[https://www.sequoiapublishing.com/shop/pocket-ref/ Pocket Ref]]'' is about as close to this as you can find IRL. ''Series/MythBusters'' approved!
**approved! ''[[https://www.sequoiapublishing.com/shop/desk-ref/ Desk Ref]]'' by the same author is even more so.
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* The 44th edition of the ''CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'' is another candidate and expanded far beyond what the title suggested, unlike later editions.
** Even the later editions have ''a lot'' of data. A typical edition is 3 inches thick, printed in small type on paper so thin you can practically see through it, and contains everything from information about the solar system to tables of integral formulae to a multi-page table listing the density of water at various temperatures to six significant figures.
** Even the later editions have ''a lot'' of data. A typical edition is 3 inches thick, printed in small type on paper so thin you can practically see through it, and contains everything from information about the solar system to tables of integral formulae to a multi-page table listing the density of water at various temperatures to six significant figures.
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* The 44th edition of the ''CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics'' is another candidate and expanded far beyond what the title suggested, unlike later editions.
**editions. Even the later editions have ''a lot'' of data. A typical edition is 3 inches thick, printed in small type on paper so thin you can practically see through it, and contains everything from information about the solar system to tables of integral formulae to a multi-page table listing the density of water at various temperatures to six significant figures.
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*** Interestingly, there are three cases where the book was ''missing'' something:
*** In "''ComicBook/ALetterFromHome''", it doesn't list the order of the heads of the Knight Templar, much to their shock.
*** In another story, it was discovered that it doesn't cover information that the Woodchucks are supposed to have learned in school, and will flat-out tell them it.
*** In the stories about the Guidebook's origin, it is revealed that the guidebook doesn't contain its own history or the identity of its author.
*** In "''ComicBook/ALetterFromHome''", it doesn't list the order of the heads of the Knight Templar, much to their shock.
*** In another story, it was discovered that it doesn't cover information that the Woodchucks are supposed to have learned in school, and will flat-out tell them it.
*** In the stories about the Guidebook's origin, it is revealed that the guidebook doesn't contain its own history or the identity of its author.
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*** Interestingly, there are three cases where the book was ''missing'' something:
***something: In "''ComicBook/ALetterFromHome''", it doesn't list the order of the heads of the Knight Templar, much to their shock.
***shock. In another story, it was discovered that it doesn't cover information that the Woodchucks are supposed to have learned in school, and will flat-out tell them it.
***it. In the stories about the Guidebook's origin, it is revealed that the guidebook doesn't contain its own history or the identity of its author.
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* ''Literature/BetsyTheVampireQueen'' has the ''Book of the Dead''. It contains a series of prophecies and revelations that effectively sum up the entirety of the series, but it cannot be read more than a page or so at a time - reading any more than that in one sitting amplifies all the reader's worst traits, and since its primary readership is ''vampires'', this can have catastrophic results. When Betsy tries to read several pages at once, the first thing she does afterwards is nearly drain her best friend to death.
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* ''Fanfic/FamilyOfTheShield'' turns ''The Four Cardinal Weapons'' book that Naofumi Iwatani picked up that sent him to the other world as this, [[ForWantOfANail due to him frantically grabbing hold of the book, instead of dropping it when he was teleported]]. With the book in hand, Naofumi was able to learn more about the nature of [[RegularlyScheduledEvil The Waves of Catastrophe]], the political landscape of Melromarc, the existence of Dragon Hourglasses, knowledge of [[ALittleBitBeastly Demi-Humans and Beastmen]], learning more about the nature of the Cardinal Weapons such as them being able to unlock new forms and abilities for his Shield based on absorbing materials or [[PowerCopying touching other Shields]], along with warning him about a potential traitor that would seek to divide the Cardinal Heroes. After memorizing the information from the Book, he absorbs it and unlocks '''Prophecy Shield''', which allows for Naofumi to [[SpiderSense detect incoming or hidden danger that would affect him]], an ability [[AdaptationalBadass his Canon Self doesn't possess]] and would prove to be useful early on when it alerted him to [[EvilRedHead Malty]] when she requested to join his Party.
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* ''Fanfic/FamilyOfTheShield'' turns ''The Four Cardinal Weapons'' book that Naofumi Iwatani picked up that sent him to the other world as this, [[ForWantOfANail due to him frantically grabbing hold of the book, instead of dropping it when he was teleported]].teleported. With the book in hand, Naofumi was able to learn more about the nature of [[RegularlyScheduledEvil The Waves of Catastrophe]], the political landscape of Melromarc, the existence of Dragon Hourglasses, knowledge of [[ALittleBitBeastly Demi-Humans and Beastmen]], learning more about the nature of the Cardinal Weapons such as them being able to unlock new forms and abilities for his Shield based on absorbing materials or [[PowerCopying touching other Shields]], along with warning him about a potential traitor that would seek to divide the Cardinal Heroes. After memorizing the information from the Book, he absorbs it and unlocks '''Prophecy Shield''', which allows for Naofumi to [[SpiderSense detect incoming or hidden danger that would affect him]], an ability [[AdaptationalBadass his Canon Self doesn't possess]] and would prove to be useful early on when it alerted him to [[EvilRedHead Malty]] when she requested to join his Party.
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* The reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation The World as Will and Representation]] is such a {{Doorstopper}} and inspired as many people as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, Music/RichardWagner, Creator/MarcelProust and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer]] treated various subjects in a philosophical approach: scientific phenomena and their perception by humans, mathematics, a theory of aesthetics in arts, and the existential questions that all the previous topics pose for humans. The rest of Schopenhauer's bibliography is often considered as a way for the philosopher to make his magnum opus more accessible to newcomers.
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* The reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation The World as Will and Representation]] is such a {{Doorstopper}} and inspired as many people as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, Music/RichardWagner, Creator/MarcelProust and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer]] treated various subjects in with a philosophical approach: scientific phenomena and their perception by humans, mathematics, a theory of aesthetics in arts, and the existential questions that all the previous topics pose for humans.human psyche. The rest of Schopenhauer's bibliography is often considered as a way for the philosopher to make his magnum opus more accessible to newcomers.
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* The reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation The World as Will and Representation]] is such a {{Doorstopper}} and inspired as many people as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, UsefulNotes/RichardWagner, Creator/MarcelProust and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer]] treated various subjects in a philosophical approach: scientific phenomena and their perception by humans, mathematics, a theory of aesthetics in arts, and the existential questions that all the previous topics pose for humans. The rest of Schopenhauer's bibliography is often considered as a way for the philosopher to make his magnum opus more accessible to newcomers.
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* The reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation The World as Will and Representation]] is such a {{Doorstopper}} and inspired as many people as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, UsefulNotes/RichardWagner, Music/RichardWagner, Creator/MarcelProust and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer]] treated various subjects in a philosophical approach: scientific phenomena and their perception by humans, mathematics, a theory of aesthetics in arts, and the existential questions that all the previous topics pose for humans. The rest of Schopenhauer's bibliography is often considered as a way for the philosopher to make his magnum opus more accessible to newcomers.
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* The reason [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_as_Will_and_Representation The World as Will and Representation]] is such a {{Doorstopper}} and inspired as many people as UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, UsefulNotes/RichardWagner, Creator/MarcelProust and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein is because [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer]] treated various subjects in a philosophical approach: scientific phenomena and their perception by humans, mathematics, a theory of aesthetics in arts, and the existential questions that all the previous topics pose for humans. The rest of Schopenhauer's bibliography is often considered as a way for the philosopher to make his magnum opus more accessible to newcomers.
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* The [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former trope namer]] Book of Shadows from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. It becomes more interesting given the fact that it was written over centuries.
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* The [[Administrivia/RenamedTropes former trope namer]] Book of Shadows from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. It becomes more interesting given the fact that it was written over centuries. In a few episodes where the sisters [[TimeTravel travel backwards or forwards in time]] they note that the number of the pages in the book has changed depending on when they are, having fewer pages in the past and a ''lot'' more in the future.
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* ''Fanfic/ImNobody'':
** [[spoiler:Della Duck]] occasionally mentions things she learned from Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, though she doesn't appear to have it on her person.
** When the Normandy Crew succeeds in finding [[spoiler:Treasure Planet]], Roxas and Xion find a book that contains anything they could possibly want to know about Keyblades. The two of them study it extensively, and later they're shown to have learned [[MorphWeapon Keyblade formchanges]] from it.
** [[spoiler:Della Duck]] occasionally mentions things she learned from Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, though she doesn't appear to have it on her person.
** When the Normandy Crew succeeds in finding [[spoiler:Treasure Planet]], Roxas and Xion find a book that contains anything they could possibly want to know about Keyblades. The two of them study it extensively, and later they're shown to have learned [[MorphWeapon Keyblade formchanges]] from it.
