# 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:** ![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:** [February 24, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57507 "2018-02-24T19:46:02Z")

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Nm

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**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:** [February 24, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57508 "2018-02-24T19:47:04Z")

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Fictional monarchs, realms and sources

1. King John II of Great Britain - the novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams
2. Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3. Steinbeck’s “The Short Reign of Pippin IV”, of France
4. Grand Duchess Gloriana XII of Grand Fenwick, from “The Mouse That Roared” by Leonard Wibberley, and the resulting movie.
5. Babar, King of the Elephants in the book series by Jean de Brunh
6. Edmund of England in the final episode of The Black Adder
7. Queen Helena of Great Britain - the television series The Royals.
8. King Elessar Telcontar of Gondor, aka Aragorn II son of Arathorn - The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
9. The Queen of Hearts, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
10. Porphyrion, king of the Giants in Greek mythology
11. T’Challa, king of Wakanda, Marvel universe
12. King Frank and Queen Helen, first monarchs of Narnia, in The Magician’s Nephew by CS Lewis

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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:** [February 24, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57509 "2018-02-24T22:21:42Z")

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Fictional monarchs, realms and sources

1. King John II of Great Britain - the novel Headlong by Emlyn Williams
2. Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3. Steinbeck’s “The Short Reign of Pippin IV”, of France
4. Grand Duchess Gloriana XII of Grand Fenwick, from “The Mouse That Roared” by Leonard Wibberley, and the resulting movie.
5. Babar, King of the Elephants in the book series by Jean de Brunh
6. Edmund of England in the final episode of The Black Adder
7. Queen Helena of Great Britain - the television series The Royals.
8. King Elessar Telcontar of Gondor,\* aka Aragorn II son of Arathorn - The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
9. The Queen of Hearts, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
10. Porphyrion, king of the Giants in Greek mythology
11. T’Challa, king of Wakanda, Marvel universe
12. King Frank and Queen Helen, first monarchs of Narnia, in The Magician’s Nephew by CS Lewis
13. Queen Elizabeth III, Kingdom of Manticore, in the Honor Harrington novels by David Weber

- and Arnor!

Pass.

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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:** [February 24, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57510 "2018-02-24T23:22:59Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb

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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:** [February 24, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57511 "2018-02-24T23:41:09Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57512 "2018-02-24T23:43:21Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

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**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:** [February 24, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57513 "2018-02-24T23:58:49Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57514 "2018-02-25T01:14:17Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange

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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57515 "2018-02-25T02:29:30Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb

2. The Fourth Doctor

3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)

5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange

6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)

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**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:** [February 25, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57516 "2018-02-25T02:57:52Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books

I found out only recently that his hat is a “whoopee cap” from the 1930s: [Whoopee cap - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee_cap)

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57517 "2018-02-25T03:16:19Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books
8. Yosemite Sam

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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:** [February 25, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57518 "2018-02-25T04:33:47Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books
8. Yosemite Sam
9. Col. Robert Hogan, USAAF

[![](https://rocketstreetfood.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/col-hogan.jpg?w=250) ](https://rocketstreetfood.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/col-hogan.jpg?w=250)

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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:** [February 25, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57519 "2018-02-25T13:47:02Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books
8. Yosemite Sam
9. Col. Robert Hogan, USAAF
10. Gilligan, from Gilligan’s Island

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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:** [February 25, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57520 "2018-02-25T14:47:28Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books
8. Yosemite Sam
9. Col. Robert Hogan, USAAF
10. Gilligan, from Gilligan’s Island
11. Louise Belcher from _Bob’s Burgers_

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**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:** [February 25, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57521 "2018-02-25T15:18:13Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb
2. The Fourth Doctor
3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland
4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)
5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange
6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)
7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books
8. Yosemite Sam
9. Col. Robert Hogan, USAAF
10. Gilligan, from Gilligan’s Island
11. Louise Belcher from Bob’s Burgers
12. Harry the Hat, con artist on a couple episodes of Cheers

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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:** [February 25, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57522 "2018-02-25T15:29:10Z")

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Fictional characters known for wearing hats:

1. Perry the Platypus (Agent P) in Phineas and Ferb

2. The Fourth Doctor

3. The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

4. Indiana Jones (always in the fedora)

5. Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange

6. Kyle Broflovski (from South Park)

7. Jughead Jones from the Archie comic books

8. Yosemite Sam

9. Col. Robert Hogan, USAAF

10. Gilligan, from Gilligan’s Island

11. Louise Belcher from Bob’s Burgers

12. Harry the Hat, con artist on a couple episodes of Cheers  
13.Thomas Magnum (Detroit Tigers cap)  
Next: Two different people (real or fictional) with the same trademark

13. Magnum PI and Michael Moore (Detroit Tigers cap)

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**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57523 "2018-02-25T16:39:16Z")

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Next: Two different people (real or fictional) with the same trademark

1. Magnum PI and Michael Moore (Detroit Tigers cap)
2. Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope (prominent schnozzes)

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4SIna2dxeI8/maxresdefault.jpg "The Boys With The Proboscis") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SIna2dxeI8)

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57524 "2018-02-25T22:24:44Z")

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Next: Two different people (real or fictional) with the same trademark

1. Magnum PI and Michael Moore (Detroit Tigers cap)
2. Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope (prominent schnozzes)
3. Gary Player and Johnny Cash (each dressed in all black clothing when competing and performing, respectively)

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**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:** [February 25, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57525 "2018-02-25T23:01:43Z")

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Two different people (real or fictional) with the same trademark

1. Magnum PI and Michael Moore (Detroit Tigers cap)
2. Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope (prominent schnozzes)
3. Gary Player and Johnny Cash (each dressed in all black clothing when competing and performing, respectively)
4. Bono, Anna Wintour (wearing sunglasses indoors)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57526 "2018-02-26T02:39:03Z")

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Two different people (real or fictional) with the same trademark

1. Magnum PI and Michael Moore (Detroit Tigers cap)
2. Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope (prominent schnozzes)
3. Gary Player and Johnny Cash (each dressed in all black clothing when competing and performing, respectively)
4. Bono, Anna Wintour (wearing sunglasses indoors)
5. Lucille Ball and Franklin D. Roosevelt, (cigarette holder)

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