Jiminy's Journal (Book)

**Jiminy's Journals** are journals written by Jiminy Cricket, containing information on Sora and the countless number of things he meets and discovers on his journeys through the Universe of Kingdom Hearts.

It contains sections on the Heartless, other characters, story plots, notes on the worlds, mini-games, treasure chests opened, Trinity Marks (*Kingdom Hearts*), and hints of what to do next (*Kingdom Hearts II*). However, Jiminy's first journal is wiped clean at the beginning of *Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories*, and again at the end, with only one sentence left: "Thank Naminé."

The Journal is the first object to become a character in the *Kingdom Hearts*series, first appearing in *Kingdom Hearts coded*. Because of the Journal being used as both a character and plot device in *Kingdom Hearts coded*, it is replaced in actual gameplay with the Debug Reports which holds all information collected within the game and statistics. According to Maleficent, the journal has a connection to the Book of Prophecies.

## Content

Jiminy's Journal has many contents, slightly differing between games. In general, each game's Journal includes entries on defeated Heartless and (in the case of *Kingdom Hearts II*) Nobodies. The entries feature a brief description of the Heartless, sometimes mentioning an attack of theirs or the main world that they appear in, and mentioning how many have been defeated.

They all also include entries on the characters encountered over the course of the game; anybody that Sora meets is added, unless they are generic characters (such as Traverse Town's townsfolk). If the character added is from a *Final Fantasy* game or a Disney film, their first appearance is noted as well.

## Categories

* **Ansem's Report**: documents the pages from Ansem's Reports for the player to read.
* **Story**: tells Sora's adventure world-by-world in story format, with the exclusion of the Destiny Islands, Traverse Town, and End of the World.
* **Characters**: provides character profiles and brief descriptions.
	+ **Characters**: general *Kingdom Hearts* characters such as Donald Duck or Sora, and characters from *Final Fantasy*.
	+ **Characters II**: all the world-specific Disney characters and the Summon characters.
	+ **Heartless**: all defeated Heartless.
* **101 Dalmatians**: checks off each of the 99 Puppies that Sora finds.
* **Trinity Marks**: numbers Sora's usage of Trinity Marks.
* **Mini-Games**: records Sora's records on mini-games.
* **Story**: summarizes each world's storyline, as well as Sora's own story as he goes through Castle Oblivion.
* **Card Index**: separates the cards by types, such as Attack, Magic, Map, and Enemy. It gives a description of each card and what it does.
* **Characters**: gives brief descriptions of the game's characters.
	+ **Characters I**: main characters, *Final Fantasy* characters, summons, and appearing members of Organization XIII.
	+ **Characters II**: characters for each world Sora visits.
	+ **Heartless**: gives information about each Heartless.
* **Minigames**: Displays quantitative records and data on Sora's performance in mini-games.
* **Ansem Reports**: displays the Secret Ansem Reports.
* **Character Files**: displays brief character descriptions.
* **The Heartless**: displays information and tips on the breeds of Heartless.
* **The Nobodies,**: displays information and tips on the breeds of Nobodies.
* **Treasures**: tells how many treasures have been found in each world.
* **Maps**: shows world maps.
* **Synthesis Notes**: displays data on past items synthesized.
* **Minigames**: displays Sora's records on mini-games.
* **Missions**: displays missions available throughout the game.
* **Combo Attacks**: displays limits used and amount of hits each attack has.
* **Character Links**: displays characters in a grid-like format, in which their background tells about their alignment in the story.
* **Puzzles**:

## Character Links

**Character Links** section, which the portraits of the major characters are grouped in a page to show their relation, with heroes at the top while villains at the bottom.

* Ansem and King Mickey are grouped on the upper left corner.
* Naminé is on the upper right corner.
* Donald Duck, Goofy, Riku, Sora, and Kairi are grouped at the top center.
* Maleficent, Pete, Xehanort, and the Lingering Will (only in *Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix*) are in the lower left corner.
* Finally, Organization XIII is arranged in rows of multiples of two, except Xemnas, for he is slightly under the middle right side.

The colors of the squares containing the faces of the characters determine the characters' alignment:

* **Blue** indicates that they are **heroes**.
* **Green** indicates that they are **friends**.
* **Yellow** could very well indicate that they are **neutral characters**.
* **Red** indicates that they are **enemies**.
* **Black** indicates that they are **other characters**.
* **Grey** indicates that they are a member of **Organization XIII**.

## Role in Sora’s Adventures

Jiminy's Journal is chronicled on the Gummiphones Chip and Dale provided Sora and his friends. It is now called the Jiminy's Journal App and includes more information in the Character sections: age, place of birth, weapons, special powers, powers and abilities, laterality (handedness), favorite food and favorite color.