# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1222
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24424 "2014-03-31T20:28:10Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from _Ben and Me_ 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from _A Night In The Lonesome October_ 8. Simba (Lion King) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24425 "2014-03-31T20:45:38Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from _Ben and Me_ 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from _A Night In The Lonesome October_ 8. Simba (Lion King) 9. Lassie ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24426 "2014-03-31T21:36:16Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from Ben and Me 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from A Night In The Lonesome October 8. Simba (Lion King) 9. Lassie 10. Undercover Elephant ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24427 "2014-03-31T21:43:51Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from Ben and Me 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from A Night In The Lonesome October 8. Simba (Lion King) 9. Lassie 10. Undercover Elephant 11. Dangermouse ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24428 "2014-03-31T21:52:56Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from Ben and Me 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from A Night In The Lonesome October 8. Simba (Lion King) 9. Lassie 10. Undercover Elephant 11. Dangermouse 12. Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer Well, he did save Christmas, and went down in historeeeee… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24429 "2014-03-31T21:53:30Z")
Fictional heroes that are animals 1. Underdog (dog) 2. Krypto the Superdog 3. Crusader Rabbit 4. Elmer Elephant 5. Ben, from Ben and Me 6. Mighty Mouse 7. Snuff, from A Night In The Lonesome October 8. Simba (Lion King) 9. Lassie 10. Undercover Elephant 11. Dangermouse 12. Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer 13. Bianca and Bernard, from The Rescuers I’ll pass ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24430 "2014-03-31T22:00:21Z")
:: Well, hey… :: Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24431 "2014-03-31T22:15:37Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Movies that were actually about your father Okay but I’m going to need you to explain what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24432 "2014-04-01T00:01:56Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24433 "2014-04-01T01:11:37Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24434 "2014-04-01T02:06:42Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > :: Well, hey… :: > Movies that were actually about your father > > 1. The Man Who Would Be King Yes, please explain this one - this is one of my favorite movies, and hopefully the part about Daniel’s head doesn’t apply to your father. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24435 "2014-04-01T02:09:20Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24436 "2014-04-01T02:24:55Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24437 "2014-04-01T02:58:07Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > :: Well, hey… :: > Movies that were actually about your father > > 1. The Man Who Would Be King > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Okay but I’m going to need you to explain what you mean. > [@Bullitt](#): > > Yes, please explain this one - this is one of my favorite movies, and hopefully the part about Daniel’s head doesn’t apply to your father. All answers are fine, I guess, but I was taken with the joke about summarizing my take on my father–of course as expressed from a psych perspective. ETA: and in typical persiflagilistic tradition, I was going only on the title, re-applied. I’ve never even seen that movie. :: sigh :: ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24438 "2014-04-01T03:26:08Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24439 "2014-04-01T03:35:11Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) 7. Mississippi Burning (My Dad was an FBI agent, who helped with the investigation) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24440 "2014-04-01T04:17:09Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) 7. Mississippi Burning (My Dad was an FBI agent, who helped with the investigation) 8. Battle of the Bulge (Dad was there) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24441 "2014-04-01T06:54:17Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) 7. Mississippi Burning (My Dad was an FBI agent, who helped with the investigation) 8. Battle of the Bulge (Dad was there) 9. _Salute to the Marines_ (Dad grew up in the Philippines and was a child during WWII, watching dogfights in the skies above; this WWII movie is about The Battle of the Philippines) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24442 "2014-04-01T15:40:57Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) 7. Mississippi Burning (My Dad was an FBI agent, who helped with the investigation) 8. Battle of the Bulge (Dad was there) 9. Salute to the Marines (Dad grew up in the Philippines and was a child during WWII, watching dogfights in the skies above; this WWII movie is about The Battle of the Philippines) 10. _ **Welcome Back Kotter.** _ My Dad was a teacher in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24443 "2014-04-01T15:48:09Z")
Movies that were actually about your father 1. The Man Who Would Be King 2. Twelve O’Clock High (My dad flew bombers in WW II, and as a kid, I imagined this movie was about him) 3. The Manchurian Candidate (Actually, my father in law, who looked a LOT like Frank Sinatra in his younger days. My wife’s mother was the spitting image of Janet Leigh. I am a lucky man.) 4. The Paper Chase (My dad was a college perfesser, but not Harvard Law) 5. To Kill A Mockingbird (my father was and is a small-town lawyer, just as honest and upright as Atticus if perhaps not quite as perfect) 6. Frequency (Stubborn, hard-working single father who tinkered with shortwave radios, and whose smoking ended his life too early.) 7. Mississippi Burning (My Dad was an FBI agent, who helped with the investigation) 8. Battle of the Bulge (Dad was there) 9. Salute to the Marines (Dad grew up in the Philippines and was a child during WWII, watching dogfights in the skies above; this WWII movie is about The Battle of the Philippines) 10. Welcome Back Kotter. My Dad was a teacher in Brooklyn. 11. The Quiet Man [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1223)