# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**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:** [May 18, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34864 "2015-05-18T17:23:18Z")

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Movies featuring elephants

1. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
2. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
3. Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
4. Dumbo (1941)
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
6. Water For Elephants (2011)
7. Larger Than Life (1996)
8. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
9. Aladdin (1992)
10. [Pooh’s Heffalump Movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407121/) (2005)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34865 "2015-05-18T19:04:35Z")

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Movies featuring elephants

1. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
2. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
3. Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
4. Dumbo (1941)
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
6. Water For Elephants (2011)
7. Larger Than Life (1996)
8. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
9. Aladdin (1992)
10. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005)
11. Hatari!

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**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:** [May 18, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34866 "2015-05-18T19:12:12Z")

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Movies featuring elephants

1. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
2. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
3. Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
4. Dumbo (1941)
5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
6. Water For Elephants (2011)
7. Larger Than Life (1996)
8. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
9. Aladdin (1992)
10. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005)
11. Hatari!
12. Ice Age (2002)

Do mammoths count as elephants?

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**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34867 "2015-05-18T20:40:05Z")

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Movies featuring elephants

1. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)

2. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)

3. Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)

4. Dumbo (1941)

5. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

6. Water For Elephants (2011)

7. Larger Than Life (1996)

8. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

9. Aladdin (1992)

10. Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005)

11. Hatari!

12. Ice Age (2002)

13. The Jungle Book (1967)  
New! Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

14. Francis (1950)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34868 "2015-05-18T20:41:28Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34869 "2015-05-18T20:47:52Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene

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**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:** [May 18, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34870 "2015-05-18T20:56:20Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. [Pinocchio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmfV5VLHvs) (1940)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34871 "2015-05-18T21:04:18Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)

Several scenes, and one gets blamed for kicking Harpo after he tries to beat Sophia.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34872 "2015-05-18T21:44:22Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.

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**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:** [May 18, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34873 "2015-05-18T21:59:39Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34874 "2015-05-18T22:48:28Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)

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**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:** [May 19, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34875 "2015-05-19T02:03:02Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)
9. Maria Full of Grace (2004)

Maria was a drug mule.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34876 "2015-05-19T03:37:01Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)
9. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34877 "2015-05-19T12:40:55Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)
9. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11. Honky Donkey (1934) - Little Rascals with Algebra the mule

As a kid we often repeated Stymie’s line “Come on, Algebra. This is no place for you.” which we thought was hilarious… not sure why though.

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**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:** [May 19, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34878 "2015-05-19T13:10:06Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)
9. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11. Honky Donkey (1934) - Little Rascals with Algebra the mule
12. Jackass: the Movie (2002)

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34879 "2015-05-19T13:24:39Z")

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Movies featuring donkeys, jackasses or mules.

1. Francis (1950)
2. Shrek (and its sequels)
3. Patton (1970) features a mule in one memorable scene
4. Pinocchio (1940)
5. The Color Purple (1985)
6. Superman III (1983) - Richard Pryor was scared of flying, so he rode a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon rather than ballooning down.
7. Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
8. Gus (1976)
9. Maria Full of Grace (2004)
10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
11. Honky Donkey (1934) - Little Rascals with Algebra the mule
12. Jackass: the Movie (2002)
13. The Mule

Next up: NON-Christmas movies with reindeer

1. Frozen (Sven)

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**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:** [May 19, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34880 "2015-05-19T13:42:30Z")

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Next up: NON-Christmas movies with reindeer

1. Frozen (Sven)
2. The White Reindeer (1952)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34881 "2015-05-19T15:31:58Z")

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Next up: NON-Christmas movies with reindeer

1. Frozen (Sven)
2. The White Reindeer (1952)
3. Never Cry Wolf

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34882 "2015-05-19T18:10:40Z")

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1. Frozen (Sven)
2. The White Reindeer (1952)
3. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) White Reindeer pulling Jadis’ sleigh, and brown ones for Father Christmas.

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**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:** [May 19, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34883 "2015-05-19T18:13:55Z")

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1. Frozen (Sven)
2. The White Reindeer (1952)
3. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) White Reindeer pulling Jadis’ sleigh, and brown ones for Father Christmas.
5. Hanna (2011)

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