# 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:** 1901
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38004 "2015-09-26T02:58:30Z")
Fiction in which a bullied character prevails over his/her bullies (note: “prevailed” doesn’t necessarily mean by force. Befriending counts too) 1. The Karate Kid 2. Carrie 3. The Gospel 4. Ender’s Game 5. Christine (recurring Steven King theme!) 6. Superman II (Superman regains his powers and later returns to the diner with the bully) 7. Anger Management (Sandler gets revenge on childhood bully John C. Reilly, who has since become a Buddhist monk) 8. My Bodyguard 9. Willard (but not for long) 10. Daredevil (the movie) 11. Heathers 12. It (another Stephen King) ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38005 "2015-09-26T04:06:57Z")
Fiction in which a bullied character prevails over his/her bullies (note: “prevailed” doesn’t necessarily mean by force. Befriending counts too) 1. The Karate Kid 2. Carrie 3. The Gospel 4. Ender’s Game 5. Christine (recurring Steven King theme!) 6. Superman II (Superman regains his powers and later returns to the diner with the bully) 7. Anger Management (Sandler gets revenge on childhood bully John C. Reilly, who has since become a Buddhist monk) 8. My Bodyguard 9. Willard (but not for long) 10. Daredevil (the movie) 11. Heathers 12. It (another Stephen King) 13. The Life of the Mind An immensely satisfying short story by John Scalzi. I almost cheered out loud. Next category: Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge ---
**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:** [September 26, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38006 "2015-09-26T04:21:18Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top ---
**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:** [September 26, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38007 "2015-09-26T14:57:16Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38008 "2015-09-26T15:26:39Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38009 "2015-09-26T17:13:38Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38010 "2015-09-27T02:32:43Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38011 "2015-09-27T02:47:06Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38012 "2015-09-27T02:53:38Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38013 "2015-09-27T03:04:25Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run 9. Cemetery Ridge ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38014 "2015-09-27T03:10:41Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run 9. Cemetery Ridge 10. Barlow’s Knoll ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38015 "2015-09-27T03:24:36Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run 9. Cemetery Ridge 10. Barlow’s Knoll 11. Culp’s Hill ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38016 "2015-09-27T03:44:20Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run 9. Cemetery Ridge 10. Barlow’s Knoll 11. Culp’s Hill 12. the Copse of Trees ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38017 "2015-09-27T18:59:15Z")
Named places on or features of the Gettysburg battlefield 1. Seminary Ridge 2. Little Round Top 3. Oak Ridge 4. Devil’s Den 5. Peach Orchard 6. Spangler’s Spring 7. Big Round Top 8. Plum Run 9. Cemetery Ridge 10. Barlow’s Knoll 11. Culp’s Hill 12. the Copse of Trees 13. Knoxlyn Ridge Next: Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38018 "2015-09-27T19:05:55Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38019 "2015-09-27T19:10:58Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. 3. Scarlett O’Hara; Gone With The Wind ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38020 "2015-09-27T19:28:53Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. 3. Scarlett O’Hara; Gone With The Wind 4. Veruca Sallt - _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38021 "2015-09-27T19:47:24Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. 3. Scarlett O’Hara; Gone With The Wind 4. Veruca Sallt - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 5. Delphine and Anastasie, in Balzac’S _ **Pere Goriot** _ ---
**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:** [September 27, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38022 "2015-09-27T22:02:11Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. 3. Scarlett O’Hara; Gone With The Wind 4. Veruca Salt - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 5. Delphine and Anastasie, in Balzac’S Pere Goriot 6. Cinderella’s stepsisters ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38023 "2015-09-27T22:09:13Z")
Spoiled brats in fiction 1. Frances Wellington in Nooks and Crannies by Jessica Lawson 2. Dudley Dursley: Harry Potter’s cousin. 3. Scarlett O’Hara; Gone With The Wind 4. Veruca Salt - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 5. Delphine and Anastasie, in Balzac’S Pere Goriot 6. Cinderella’s stepsisters 7. Muffy Crosswire - “Arthur” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1900) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1902)