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* ''WesternAnimation/AThousandAndOneAmericas'': All the oneiric adventures Chris experiences over the course of the series, except for the one from the first episode (which simply kicks in when he falls asleep during class), begin after he finds the expedition book on pre-Columbian history written by his late grandfather in the attic of his house at the end of the first episode.
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* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'': In the anime (only), Sakura finds the Book of Clow in her basement and accidentally releases all but one of the mayhem-inducing magical cards inside. She is then tasked by the guardian of the book to recapture the cards.

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* ''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'': ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': In the anime (only), Sakura finds the Book of Clow in her basement and accidentally releases all but one of the mayhem-inducing magical cards inside. She is then tasked by the guardian of the book to recapture the cards.
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* ''Literature/TheBookOfEve'': The story starts when the protagonist, Beatrice, is given the titular books by a pair of dying women. Members of the Church are looking to destroy the book, as it has been declared a heretical text.
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%%* ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasInTattertown'': The strange book Debbie finds sucks her, her stuffed dog, and Muffet into Tatterown. %% This needs more context. Without more details, this is just PortalBook. You need to specify how it kickstarts the story.

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%%* * ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasInTattertown'': The strange book a girl named Debbie finds sucks her, her Little Miss Muffet doll, and [[ADogNamedDog Dog, her stuffed dog, and dog]], into Tattertown, where discarded objects—including Muffet into Tatterown. %% This needs more context. Without more details, this is just PortalBook. You need and Dog—come to specify how it kickstarts life. While Dog remains loyal to Debbie, Muffet, who has long felt oppressed by the story.wear and tear of being a toy, runs away. Muffet eludes Debbie and, calling herself Muffet the Merciless, makes up her mind to conquer Tattertown.

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* ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'': Stella and her friends find Sarah Bellow's book of scary stories on Halloween night. She took the book and it made new scary stories that come to life.


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* The main conflict in ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'' is caused when Jo publishes ''Naked Revolt'' and her readers believe what she has written using real people as inspiration for her characters is all true.
* ''Film/ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark'': Stella and her friends find Sarah Bellow's book of scary stories on Halloween night. She took the book and it made new scary stories that come to life.
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* In ''Film/TheEvilDead'', Ash and his friends find the ''Naturom Demonto'' (retconned as the ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft Necronomicon]]'' in the sequels), a mysterious book in an unfamiliar alphabet, in the basement of the cabin they are renting. They listen to a [[ApocalypticLog recording of a disappeared archeologist]] who read an incantation from the book. This sets off the plot where Ash and company fight for survival against [[TitleDrop the Evil Dead]].

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* In ''Film/TheEvilDead'', ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'': Ash and his friends find the ''Naturom Demonto'' (retconned as the ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft Necronomicon]]'' in the sequels), a mysterious book in an unfamiliar alphabet, in the basement of the cabin they are renting. They listen to a [[ApocalypticLog recording of a disappeared archeologist]] who read an incantation from the book. This sets off the plot where Ash and company fight for survival against [[TitleDrop the Evil Dead]].
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* ''Film/TheBookOfEli'': Eli is in possession of a special book, [[spoiler: one of the last remaining copies of the Bible,]] and is on a journey to deliver it to a particular place. Along the way Eli encounters Carnegie who tries to take the book, believing that he can use it to influence people towards his own ends.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'': The entire 14th issue, titled "Murder, He Wrote", which parodies ''Manga/DeathNote'', has [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deathnote/images/7/7d/Bart_Death_Note.png Bart finding a similar notebook]] that works with the same rules as the Death Note anime.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'': ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsTreehouseOfHorror'': The entire 14th issue, titled issue 14 story "Murder, He Wrote", which parodies ''Manga/DeathNote'', has [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/deathnote/images/7/7d/Bart_Death_Note.png Bart finding a similar notebook]] that works with the same rules as the Death Note ''Death Note'' anime.

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** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'': [[spoiler:The entire plot kicks off because Ginny Weasley found Tom Riddle's diary in her cauldron. It's an unusual example in that the triggering event took place off-screen, and it's only at the end of the story that it's retroactively revealed to have taken place.]]



** This also applies to ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', [[spoiler:with the entire plot kicking off because Ginny Weasley found Tom Riddle's diary in her cauldron. It's an unusual example in that the triggering event took place off-screen, and it's only at the end of the story that it's retroactively revealed to have taken place]].

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* The events of ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'' and the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' trilogy all started when Patrick Heyworth acquired the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Emigre Manuscript]] in 1898 and attempted to [[SeeksAnothersResurrection bring his late wife back to life]].



* The events of ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'' and the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' trilogy all started when Patrick Heyworth acquired the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Emigre Manuscript]] in 1898 and attempted to [[SeeksAnothersResurrection bring his late wife back to life]].
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* The events of ''VideoGame/{{Koudelka}}'' and the ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts'' trilogy all started when Patrick Heyworth acquired the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Emigre Manuscript]] in 1898 and attempted to [[SeeksAnothersResurrection bring his late wife back to life]].

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