Editing Jiminy's Journal

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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 a Computer System report which holds all information collected within the game and statistics.

Jiminy is assigned by [[Queen Minnie]] to chronicle [[Donald]] and [[Goofy]]'s quest to find the "[[Keyblade|key]]". Jiminy introduces his journal to Sora after defeating the [[Guard Armor]] in [[Traverse Town]]. Jiminy rewrites the journal entries as the party learns more about the ongoing situation, and does not keep records of prior drafts.

===''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''===

When Sora and his friends awaken in the [[Old Mansion]], they look through the Journal for hints as to how they got there, but only find Jiminy's message about Naminé. In response, Jiminy begins a second journal to begin chronicling their continuing journey, but keeps the old journal with him.

[[File:Opening 01 KHREC.png|thumb|left|The mysterious message found in the journal by Jiminy.]]

After the team vanquishes Xemnas and Jiminy returns to [[Disney Castle]], he goes to organize his journals, but finds a message that he did not write: "Their hurting will be mended when you return to end it."<ref>In ''Kingdom Hearts coded'', the message is "We must return to free them from their torment."</ref> Jiminy asks [[King Mickey]] what to make of the message, but the King does not know, so at Chip and Dale's suggestion they decide to digitize the contents of the journal. Discovering that the data is filled with bugs, they create a [[Data-Sora]] to explore the [[Datascape]] created from the journal's contents and debug the data.

[[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|thumb|Jiminy's Journal in Data-Riku's Form.]]

After the loss of the Data-Sora's memories, Mickey finds him in Traverse Town and takes him to a data version of Castle Oblivion. There, they meet and battle a Data-Roxas and eventually find a Data-Naminé. She tells them that the bugs were a side-effect of the real Naminé's tampering with Sora's memories, and that she summoned them there to inform them that those connected to the real Sora's heart are hurting and that Sora must venture out to save them from their individual fates.

 

After Sora is sent the [[Gummiphone]] by [[Chip and Dale]], Jiminy decides to write his journal entries on it instead of on paper.

 

Jiminy's Journal has many contents pages, 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 Square Enix franchise or a Disney film, their first appearance is noted as well.

[[File:Journal KH.png|thumb|Main sections of Jiminy's Journal in ''Kingdom Hearts''.]]

**'''Characters I''': general ''Kingdom Hearts'' characters such as [[Donald Duck]] or Sora, and characters from ''Final Fantasy''.

===''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''===

[[File:Journal KHCoM.png|thumb|The journal as it appears in ''Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories''.]]

[[File:Journal KHII.png|thumb|Main sections in Jiminy's Journal in ''Kingdom Hearts II''.]]

The contents of the new Jiminy's Journal are separated by world. All world-specific characters may be viewed under "Characters" while viewing their world. For example, the player may choose [[Beast's Castle]] and then choose "Characters" if they want to view [[Beast]]'s entry. The Characters screen is different than in the previous games. Instead of a list of characters, it shows a small square with a picture of the character, divided into related groups. Sora, Donald, and Goofy all have entries under every world, with little difference in all world entries other than that of the [[Timeless River]], [[Atlantica]], [[Halloween Town]], the [[Pride Lands]], and [[Space Paranoids]]. Any non-world specific characters, such as the Summon characters and discarded entries, such as that of a cloaked Organization XIII member after the real identity receives an article, or the defeated Heartless and Nobodies, appear under the "Jiminy" selection, symbolized by a picture of Jiminy.

The enemies and characters which Roxas encounters during his week in the simulated Twilight Town are not recorded in the journal until Sora either encounters them himself, or in the case of the [[Twilight Thorn]], enters the simulated Twilight Town. Meanwhile, in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the Organization XIII members who died in Castle Oblivion (Vexen, Lexaeus, Zexion, Marluxia, Larxene) are added to the journal once Sora enters the password for the [[DTD]] and accesses Ansem's computer files. In ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', these journal pages are instead added individually, when Sora fights the respective [[Absent Silhouette]].

 

The main sections of Jiminy's Journal are:

*'''Ansem Reports''': displays the [[Secret Ansem Reports]].

*'''The Nobodies''': displays information and tips on the breeds of Nobodies.

*'''Treasures''': displays treasures found and still hidden in each world.

*'''Puzzles''': shows puzzle pieces collected and still hidden in each world, and allows player to solve the puzzles for rewards. Only in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''.

*'''Limits'''<ref>Titled '''Combo Attacks''' in the original ''Kingdom Hearts II''.</ref> displays each Limit and the record of maximum hits for those Limits.

*'''Character Links''': displays the characters for each world and the game as a whole in a grid-like sociogram, depicting their roles and relationships to other characters.

In the "Character Links", the colors of the squares containing the faces of the characters determine the characters' alignment, except for several profiles in [[Port Royal]] and [[Halloween Town]].

*[[Maleficent]], [[Pete]], [[Xehanort]], and the [[Lingering Will]]{{FMII}} are in the lower left corner.