# 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:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36904 "2015-08-12T19:48:17Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in _Spider-Man_
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36905 "2015-08-12T19:48:58Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36906 "2015-08-12T19:52:42Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36907 "2015-08-12T19:53:27Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” [scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NnyVc8r2SM) in _X-Men: Days of Future Past_

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36908 "2015-08-12T19:55:15Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
7. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.

Sitting in the theater when he caught it, the thought going through my mind was: “I know what’s going to happen.” And it did.

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36909 "2015-08-12T19:56:22Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in _X-Men: First Class_.
7. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
8. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in _ **Age of Ultron.** _

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36910 "2015-08-12T20:27:39Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God” [Hulk Vs Loki - Puny God - YouTube](https://youtu.be/DsUCRcK7QYc)
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” [scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NnyVc8r2SM) in _X-Men: Days of Future Past_
7. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
8. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
9. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in _ **Age of Ultron.** _  
Poor **Little Nemo**. Everyone keeps skipping you

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36911 "2015-08-12T20:38:49Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God”
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
8. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
9. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in Age of Ultron.
10. Another Age of Ultron moment: Vision hands Thor his hammer

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**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:** [August 12, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36912 "2015-08-12T20:52:58Z")

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Interesting how all of these are Marvel movies (though Spidey and X-Men are not Marvel studios)

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36913 "2015-08-12T21:06:39Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> Interesting how all of these are Marvel movies (though Spidey and X-Men are not Marvel studios)

Just proof of the assertion that Marvel is better than DC

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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:** [August 12, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36914 "2015-08-12T21:14:18Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God”
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
8. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
9. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in Age of Ultron.
10. Another Age of Ultron moment: Vision hands Thor his hammer
11. The Joker’s bank robbery at the start of _The Dark Knight_.

…but I didn’t care for Christian Bale’s Batman at all

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36915 "2015-08-12T21:56:09Z")

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> [@anyrose](#):
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> Just proof of the assertion that Marvel is better than DC

Better is a matter of taste (though I agree with you), but it’s pretty inarguable that DC’s films are generally much more grim and self-serious than Marvel’s, which doesn’t lend itself to many “neat” moments.

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**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:** [August 12, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36916 "2015-08-12T22:39:03Z")

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Neat moments in superhero movies

1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God”
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
8. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
9. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in Age of Ultron.
10. Another Age of Ultron moment: Vision hands Thor his hammer
11. The Joker’s bank robbery at the start of The Dark Knight.
12. “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.” – Batman (1966)

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36917 "2015-08-13T00:13:07Z")

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1. Captain America says “I can do this all day” in Captain America: The First Avenger
2. The upside-down kiss in Spider-Man
3. The Avengers, Loki vs Hulk… “puny God”
4. The shawarma scene at the end of The Avengers.
5. Stan Lee’s cameos in many, if not all, of the Marvel movies
6. Quicksilver in the “Time in a Bottle” scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past
7. Charles and Erik trying to recruit Wolverine in X-Men: First Class.
8. The Avengers, Loki catches Hawkeye’s arrow and smiles, and then it explodes.
9. The Vision’s “I WAS born yesterday” in Age of Ultron.
10. Another Age of Ultron moment: Vision hands Thor his hammer
11. The Joker’s bank robbery at the start of The Dark Knight.
12. “Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb.” – Batman (1966)
13. Loki: “This usually works…”

Somebody else think of something, please…

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**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:** [August 13, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36918 "2015-08-13T01:24:58Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel

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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:** [August 13, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36919 "2015-08-13T01:40:11Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel
2. Edith

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**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:** [August 13, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36920 "2015-08-13T01:51:21Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel
2. Edith
3. Ulysses

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**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:** [August 13, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36921 "2015-08-13T01:57:55Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel
2. Edith
3. Ulysses
4. Shecky

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36922 "2015-08-13T01:59:11Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel
2. Edith
3. Ulysses
4. Shecky
5. Grover

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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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36923 "2015-08-13T02:04:08Z")

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Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore

1. Ethel
2. Edith
3. Ulysses
4. Shecky
5. Grover
6. Manfred

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