# 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:** 2413
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48246 "2016-12-14T23:03:44Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > The two lists being uneven is _really stressing me out._ We don’t want that. Rankin-Bass Productions (Good, Bad, or Cheesy) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. Return of the King (“Frodo, of the niiiine fingerrrs…”) 4. Willy McBean and his Magic Machine 5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 6. The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town 7. Frosty the Snowman 8. The Year Without A Santa Claus 9. The Red Baron Fictional characters from a fictional military (and source) 1. Private Hudson, Colonial Marines (Aliens) 2. Miles Vorkosigan, Barraryan Imperial Military Service (Vorkosigan Saga) 3. Gimli, Aragorn’s army (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 4. Admiral James T. Kirk, United Federation of Planets (Star Trek) 5. Ender Wiggin, International Fleet (Ender’s Game) 6. Capt. John Perry, Colonial Defense Forces (Old Man’s War) 7. Cobra Commander, Cobra (G.I. Joe) 8. Colonel Scott, US Space Marines (Moonraker) 9. Sgt. Nick Fury, Howling Commandos (Marvel) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48247 "2016-12-15T01:44:41Z")
Rankin-Bass Productions (Good, Bad, or Cheesy) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. Return of the King (“Frodo, of the niiiine fingerrrs…”) 4. Willy McBean and his Magic Machine 5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 6. The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town 7. Frosty the Snowman 8. The Year Without A Santa Claus 9. The Red Baron 10. The Hobbit Fictional characters from a fictional military (and source) 1. Private Hudson, Colonial Marines (Aliens) 2. Miles Vorkosigan, Barraryan Imperial Military Service (Vorkosigan Saga) 3. Gimli, Aragorn’s army (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 4. Admiral James T. Kirk, United Federation of Planets (Star Trek) 5. Ender Wiggin, International Fleet (Ender’s Game) 6. Capt. John Perry, Colonial Defense Forces (Old Man’s War) 7. Cobra Commander, Cobra (G.I. Joe) 8. Colonel Scott, US Space Marines (Moonraker) 9. Sgt. Nick Fury, Howling Commandos (Marvel) 10. Col. Joll, Third Bureau (Waiting for the Barbarians) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48248 "2016-12-15T05:28:14Z")
Rankin-Bass Productions (Good, Bad, or Cheesy) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. Return of the King (“Frodo, of the niiiine fingerrrs…”) 4. Willy McBean and his Magic Machine 5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 6. The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town 7. Frosty the Snowman 8. The Year Without A Santa Claus 9. The Red Baron 10. The Hobbit 11. Here Comes Peter Cottontail Fictional characters from a fictional military (and source) 1. Private Hudson, Colonial Marines (Aliens) 2. Miles Vorkosigan, Barraryan Imperial Military Service (Vorkosigan Saga) 3. Gimli, Aragorn’s army (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 4. Admiral James T. Kirk, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets (Star Trek) 5. Ender Wiggin, International Fleet (Ender’s Game) 6. Capt. John Perry, Colonial Defense Forces (Old Man’s War) 7. Cobra Commander, Cobra (G.I. Joe) 8. Colonel Scott, US Space Marines (Moonraker) 9. Sgt. Nick Fury, Howling Commandos (Marvel) 10. Col. Joll, Third Bureau (Waiting for the Barbarians) 11. Capt. John Sheridan, EarthForce (Babylon 5) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48249 "2016-12-15T07:14:05Z")
Rankin-Bass Productions (Good, Bad, or Cheesy) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. Return of the King (“Frodo, of the niiiine fingerrrs…”) 4. Willy McBean and his Magic Machine 5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 6. The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town 7. Frosty the Snowman 8. The Year Without A Santa Claus 9. The Red Baron 10. The Hobbit 11. Here Comes Peter Cottontail 12. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey Fictional characters from a fictional military (and source) 1. Private Hudson, Colonial Marines (Aliens) 2. Miles Vorkosigan, Barraryan Imperial Military Service (Vorkosigan Saga) 3. Gimli, Aragorn’s army (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 4. Admiral James T. Kirk, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets (Star Trek) 5. Ender Wiggin, International Fleet (Ender’s Game) 6. Capt. John Perry, Colonial Defense Forces (Old Man’s War) 7. Cobra Commander, Cobra (G.I. Joe) 8. Colonel Scott, US Space Marines (Moonraker) 9. Sgt. Nick Fury, Howling Commandos (Marvel) 10. Col. Joll, Third Bureau (Waiting for the Barbarians) 11. Capt. John Sheridan, EarthForce (Babylon 5) 12. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stuart, UNIT (Doctor Who) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48250 "2016-12-15T10:57:14Z")
Rankin-Bass Productions (Good, Bad, or Cheesy) 1. The Last Unicorn 2. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3. Return of the King (“Frodo, of the niiiine fingerrrs…”) 4. Willy McBean and his Magic Machine 5. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 6. The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town 7. Frosty the Snowman 8. The Year Without A Santa Claus 9. The Red Baron 10. The Hobbit 11. Here Comes Peter Cottontail 12. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey 13. The Wind in the Willows Fictional characters from a fictional military (and source) 1. Private Hudson, Colonial Marines (Aliens) 2. Miles Vorkosigan, Barraryan Imperial Military Service (Vorkosigan Saga) 3. Gimli, Aragorn’s army (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) 4. Admiral James T. Kirk, Starfleet, United Federation of Planets (Star Trek) 5. Ender Wiggin, International Fleet (Ender’s Game) 6. Capt. John Perry, Colonial Defense Forces (Old Man’s War) 7. Cobra Commander, Cobra (G.I. Joe) 8. Colonel Scott, US Space Marines (Moonraker) 9. Sgt. Nick Fury, Howling Commandos (Marvel) 10. Col. Joll, Third Bureau (Waiting for the Barbarians) 11. Capt. John Sheridan, EarthForce (Babylon 5) 12. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stuart, UNIT (Doctor Who) 13. Reepicheep, warrior chief of the Talking Mice of Narnia New Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48251 "2016-12-15T12:40:27Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48252 "2016-12-15T13:37:02Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48253 "2016-12-15T13:40:49Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King ( **The Wolf King** by Joseph W. Lippincott) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48254 "2016-12-15T14:21:57Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (_White Fang_ by Jack London) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48255 "2016-12-15T14:34:35Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48256 "2016-12-15T14:39:46Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48257 "2016-12-15T14:48:45Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48258 "2016-12-15T14:58:15Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) 9. Carcharoth (Tolkien, The Silmarillion) Not to be trifled with: [Beren and Lúthien - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcharoth) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48259 "2016-12-15T16:28:32Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) 9. Carcharoth (Tolkien, The Silmarillion) 10. Akela, foster father of Mowgli in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48260 "2016-12-15T16:31:31Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) 9. Carcharoth (Tolkien, The Silmarillion) 10. Akela, foster father of Mowgli in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” 11. Frostwolves, mounts and companions of the Orcs in World of Warcraft ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48261 "2016-12-15T16:32:38Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) 9. Carcharoth (Tolkien, The Silmarillion) 10. Akela, foster father of Mowgli in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” 11. Frostwolves, mounts and companions of the Orcs in World of Warcraft 12. Two Socks, Kevin Costner’s friend in “Dances With Wolves” ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48262 "2016-12-15T21:20:38Z")
Wolves in fiction, film and legend 1. Fenris Ulf, Chief of the Secret Police of the White Witch of Narnia 2. The Big Bad Wolf (Numerous stories and cartoons) 3. The Wolf (Peter and the Wolf, cue the French horns) 4. The Wolf King (The Wolf King by Joseph W. Lippincott) 5. White Fang (White Fang by Jack London) 6. Isegrim the Blind (the Tales of Reynard the Fox) 7. Direwolves (A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin) 8. Ordinary Wolves (By Seth Kantner) 9. Carcharoth (Tolkien, The Silmarillion) 10. Akela, foster father of Mowgli in Kipling’s “The Jungle Books” 11. Frostwolves, mounts and companions of the Orcs in World of Warcraft 12. Two Socks, Kevin Costner’s friend in “Dances With Wolves” 13. The Wolf (Pulp Fiction) New: Christmas Songs That Actually Have the Word Christmas in the Title 1. Christmastime Is Here, Vince Guaraldi ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48263 "2016-12-15T22:05:47Z")
Christmas Songs That Actually Have the Word Christmas in the Title 1. Christmastime Is Here, Vince Guaraldi 2. The Christmas Song, Bob Wells and Mel Torme “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” ---
**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:** [December 15, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48264 "2016-12-15T22:18:36Z")
Christmas Songs That Actually Have the Word Christmas in the Title 1. Christmastime Is Here, Vince Guaraldi 2. The Christmas Song, Bob Wells and Mel Torme 3. This Christmas, Donny Hathaway “Hang all the mistletoe/I’m going to get to know you better/This Christmas” ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48265 "2016-12-15T22:59:36Z")
Christmas Songs That Actually Have the Word Christmas in the Title 1. Christmastime Is Here, Vince Guaraldi 2. The Christmas Song, Bob Wells and Mel Torme 3. This Christmas, Donny Hathaway 4. White Christmas, Irving Berlin (Most popular version sung by Bing Crosby) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2414)