History Main / FlyingBooks

* In one episode of ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', by using the 'Hypnotizing Megaphone', Nobita and Suneo make their comic books take on the characteristics of birds, specifically those of swans, so that the books can escape by themselves from being dumped by their owners' mothers. Cue all the books flying south and just not coming back even when their owners want them to, as swans are migratoty birds and the time is winter.

* In one episode of Anime/{{Doraemon}}, by using the 'Hypnotizing Megaphone', Nobita and Suneo make their comic books take on the characteristics of birds, specifically those of swans, so that the books will escape from the fate of being dumped by their owner's mothers. Cue all the books flying south and just not coming back even when Nobita and Suneo want them to, as swans are migratoty birds and the time is winter.

* The [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', which is shown as capable of hovering around from one place to another on its own. Subverted and PlayedForLaughs in the Movie a la Carte manga, where it's revealed that the book is actually being held up by an invisible Reinforce Eins (who trips at one point).

* The [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', which is shown as capable of hovering around from one place to another on its own.

Whether [[AWizardDidIt by magic]] or by haunting, books are many times portrayed as being able to fly. This is usually done by the book turning with its spine facing up, splitting its pages down the middle, and then flapping its halves like a bird. If in a video game, may be used as a minor mook.

* In ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil'', the book makes its exit at the end of almost every epidode by flapping off down the high-school's corridors.

* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore'' is an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning animated short film by Creator/WilliamJoyce about a man who discovers an entire library of flying books, and becomes their friend and guardian.

* The haunted library in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'' has books moving themselves from shelf to shelf by levitation.

* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore'' is an AcademyAward-winning animated short film by Creator/WilliamJoyce about a man who discovers an entire library of flying books, and becomes their friend and guardian.

* ''EternalDarkness'': One of the Sanity effects in the Roivas mansion involves books in the library flying between the shelves.

* The Necronomicon in ''[[Franchise/EvilDead Army of Darkness]]'' does this.

* The haunted library in ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}'' has books moving themselves from shelf to shelf by levitation.

* VideoGame/EpicMickey has a level in the Lonesome Manor, where, as an extra mission, Mickey can chase down flying books and [[AbnormalAmmo spray them with paint]], gumming up their pages and making them fall out of the sky so they can be collected.
* VideoGame/SuperMario64 has a few of these show up in the original BigBoosHaunt
* In ''BanjoKazooie'', Cheato, the big book of cheat codes hovers in place while flapping his pages.

* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore'' is an AcademyAward-winning animated short film by WilliamJoyce about a man who discovers an entire library of flying books, and becomes their friend and guardian.

* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' (and possibly some of the other SeikenDensetsu games) has animated books that flutter around. They also flip their pages to cast spells.

* ''SecretOfMana'' (and possibly some of the other SeikenDensetsu games) has animated books that flutter around. They also flip their pages to cast spells.
* In ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}'', flying books can be found in Daemonheim as minions of the feared [[WhateverMancy libraromancer]] Lexicus Runewright.

* The haunted castle setting for ''CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' has a library with hostile flying books.
** SuperCastlevaniaIV has these in the Library level as well, as FloatingPlatforms .

* The Necronomicon in ArmyOfDarkness does this.

* Some earlier versions of ''HarryPotter'' 's video game have flying book present as enemies (they try to ram you out of certain platforms) and others serving as platforms.

* ''The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore'' is an AcademyAward-winning animated short film by WilliamJoyce about a man who discovers an entire library of flying books, and becomes their friend and guardian.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Magic The Gathering}}'' has [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=157412 this card]].

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Whether [[AWizardDidIt by magic]] or by haunting, books are many times portrayed as being able to fly. This is usually done by the book turning with its spine facing up, splitting its pages down the middle, and then flapping its halves like a bird. If in a video game, may be used as a minor mook. See also BooksThatBite.

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* The CGI opening of ''Series/AmazingStories'' featured this.