# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 424
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**Canon Immigrants** 1. Firestar. Originally created for the show _Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends_ when the rights to the Human Torch weren’t available, she was then introduced in Marvel Comics a few years later. 2. Harley Quinn, written as a minion for Joker on _Batman: The Animated Series_ before she appeared in the comic books 3. Batgirl, created for the 1960’s TV series, and then appeared in the comics. 4. Ens. Ro Laren, from _ST:TNG_ and later series, a Bajoran largely raised in refugee camps who eventually joined Starfleet 5. Kahlee Sanders was a major character in four _Mass Effect_ novels before making her in-game debut at Grissom Academy in _Mass Effect 3._ 6. Ursula, Phoebe Buffay’s twin sister (both played by Lisa Kudrow), who was a recurring character on _Mad About You_ before making cameos on _Friends_ 7. Ambessa and Mel Medarda from the _Arcane: League of Legends_ Netflix series were later added to _League of Legends_ as playable Champions. 8. Scrappy-Doo, introduced to _Scooby-Doo_ when the show was sinking, 10 years into its run. He later appeared in several other Scooby-Doo series and films. 9. Morph, introduced in the pilot of _X-Men: The Animated Series_ to be killed off permanently, was later introduced into X-Men and other Marvel comic books, and even resurrected for the revival animated series _X-Men '97_. 10. The US version of Godzilla from the 1998 movie became a part of the Japanese franchise in the 2004 movie _Godzilla: Final Wars._ He was given the name Zilla and was a kaiju but not THE Godzilla. 11. Grand Admiral Thrawn was originally introduced in a fantastic trilogy of novels by Timothy Zahn before being incorporated into _Star Wars_ canon in _The Clone Wars_ animated TV show. He made his live-action debut in _Ahsoka_ after brief mention in _The Mandalorian_. 12. Ellery Queen’s secretary Nicky Porter started out on the radio show but was then incorporated in two of the novels as well as the short stories. ---
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**Canon Immigrants** 1. Firestar. Originally created for the show _Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends_ when the rights to the Human Torch weren’t available, she was then introduced in Marvel Comics a few years later. 2. Harley Quinn, written as a minion for Joker on _Batman: The Animated Series_ before she appeared in the comic books 3. Batgirl, created for the 1960’s TV series, and then appeared in the comics. 4. Ens. Ro Laren, from _ST:TNG_ and later series, a Bajoran largely raised in refugee camps who eventually joined Starfleet 5. Kahlee Sanders was a major character in four _Mass Effect_ novels before making her in-game debut at Grissom Academy in _Mass Effect 3._ 6. Ursula, Phoebe Buffay’s twin sister (both played by Lisa Kudrow), who was a recurring character on _Mad About You_ before making cameos on _Friends_ 7. Ambessa and Mel Medarda from the _Arcane: League of Legends_ Netflix series were later added to _League of Legends_ as playable Champions. 8. Scrappy-Doo, introduced to _Scooby-Doo_ when the show was sinking, 10 years into its run. He later appeared in several other Scooby-Doo series and films. 9. Morph, introduced in the pilot of _X-Men: The Animated Series_ to be killed off permanently, was later introduced into X-Men and other Marvel comic books, and even resurrected for the revival animated series _X-Men '97_. 10. The US version of Godzilla from the 1998 movie became a part of the Japanese franchise in the 2004 movie _Godzilla: Final Wars._ He was given the name Zilla and was a kaiju but not THE Godzilla. 11. Grand Admiral Thrawn was originally introduced in a fantastic trilogy of novels by Timothy Zahn before being incorporated into _Star Wars_ canon in _The Clone Wars_ animated TV show. He made his live-action debut in _Ahsoka_ after brief mention in _The Mandalorian_. 12. Ellery Queen’s secretary Nicky Porter started out on the radio show but was then incorporated in two of the novels as well as the short stories. 13. Five new sets of suits appeared in _Power Rangers: Super Megaforce_ that had never been used in _Power Rangers_ before, but _had_ been canon in _Super Sentai._ New category: **Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8467 "2025-09-03T04:07:07Z")
**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8468 "2025-09-03T04:14:01Z")
**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar 9. Craig Kilborn ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar 9. Craig Kilborn 10. Betty White ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar 9. Craig Kilborn 10. Betty White 11. Jay Leno ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar 9. Craig Kilborn 10. Betty White 11. Jay Leno 12. Dick Cavett ---
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**Talk show hosts past and present** 1. Arsenio Hall 2. Johnny Carson 3. Craig Ferguson 4. Stephen Colbert 5. David Letterman 6. Conan O’Brien 7. Jimmy Kimmel 8. Jack Paar 9. Craig Kilborn 10. Betty White 11. Jay Leno 12. Dick Cavett 13. Joan Rivers Next **Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue ---
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**Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Mike Douglas ---
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**Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Mike Douglas 3. Merv Griffin Griffin’s syndicated show was shown at all hours of the day, but his first talk-show gig was a daytime show on CBS that lasted only one season. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8477 "2025-09-03T13:40:08Z")
**Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Mike Douglas 3. Merv Griffin 4. Ricki Lake ---
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**Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Mike Douglas 3. Merv Griffin 4. Ricki Lake 5. Sally Jessy Raphael ---
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**Daytime talk show hosts past and present** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Mike Douglas 3. Merv Griffin 4. Ricki Lake 5. Sally Jessy Raphael 6. Oprah Winfrey ---
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