# 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\
**Page:** 2463

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49246 "2017-01-27T22:00:55Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 27, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49247 "2017-01-27T22:18:31Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold
9. Sub-Zero

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 27, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49248 "2017-01-27T23:07:06Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold
9. Sub-Zero
10. Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49249 "2017-01-28T00:12:33Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold
9. Sub-Zero
10. Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia
11. Blizzard

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49250 "2017-01-28T13:04:00Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold
9. Sub-Zero
10. Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia
11. Blizzard
12. Coldsnap

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49251 "2017-01-28T13:33:03Z")

</div>

Characters with cold-based powers/abilities/weapons.

1. Iceman
2. Killer Frost
3. Jack Frost
4. Victor Fries/Mr Freeze
5. Polar Boy
6. Frozone
7. Queen Elsa
8. Captain Cold
9. Sub-Zero
10. Jadis, the White Witch of Narnia
11. Blizzard
12. Coldsnap
13. Abominable Snowman

Next

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49252 "2017-01-28T14:33:16Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49253 "2017-01-28T14:40:03Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49254 "2017-01-28T15:14:20Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49255 "2017-01-28T15:24:34Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. _Light of Day_, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49256 "2017-01-28T15:27:57Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. _Friends_ one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49257 "2017-01-28T21:39:22Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49258 "2017-01-28T21:41:44Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Benny and Joon

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 28, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49259 "2017-01-28T22:17:35Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49260 "2017-01-29T01:02:27Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare

A very odd occurrence of fraternal identical twins.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49261 "2017-01-29T02:17:47Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
10. Hansel and Gretel

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 29, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49262 "2017-01-29T02:41:39Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
10. Hansel and Gretel
11. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (and other Narnia Chronicles)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 29, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49263 "2017-01-29T04:36:31Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
10. Hansel and Gretel
11. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (and other Narnia Chronicles)
12. Jem and Scout in “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 29, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49264 "2017-01-29T04:48:59Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
10. Hansel and Gretel
11. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (and other Narnia Chronicles)
12. Jem and Scout in “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
13. _The Mill on the Floss_ by George Eliot (1860): Maggie and Tom Tulliver

New

Composers, in alphabetical order by last name, A-M

1. Tomasso Albinoni

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [January 29, 2017, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49265 "2017-01-29T04:50:08Z")

</div>

Fiction in which the main characters were brother and sister

1. “You Can Count on Me” film
2. Star Wars
3. Flowers in the Attic, and all the rest of the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series
4. Catherine, Her Book (Well, half-brother and sister. Novel by John Wheatcroft)
5. Light of Day, 1987 film starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett
6. Friends one of the rare non-family sitcoms with a brother and sister (Ross and Monica)
7. The Book of Daniel, by E L Doctorow, and the film adaptation, with Timothy Hutton and Amanda Plummer.
8. Spiderweb for Two by Elizabeth Enright.
9. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
10. Hansel and Gretel
11. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (and other Narnia Chronicles)
12. Jem and Scout in “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
13. Peter, Valentine & Ender in “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scot Card

Next: Country songs about getting drunk.

1. Toby Keith “Drunk Americans”

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2462)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2464)
