# 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:** 2997
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59927 "2018-06-28T20:49:28Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59928 "2018-06-28T21:19:55Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59929 "2018-06-28T21:37:03Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59930 "2018-06-28T23:13:48Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Them! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59931 "2018-06-28T23:16:28Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Arachnophobia (ok its a very loose interpretation of insects) ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59932 "2018-06-28T23:35:32Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Arachnophobia 9. Antman ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59933 "2018-06-28T23:45:05Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Arachnophobia 9. Antman 10. The Silence of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59934 "2018-06-29T00:14:05Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Arachnophobia 9. Antman 10. The Silence of the Lambs 11. The Gold Bug, by Edgar Allen Poe ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59935 "2018-06-29T00:18:32Z")
Fiction in which insects are important: 1. The X-Files (“War of the Coprophages”) 2. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein 4. The Fly by ‎George Langelaan 5. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 6. Needful Things by Stephen King 7. Bee Movie 8. Them! 9. Arachnophobia 10. Antman 11. The Silence of the Lambs 12. The Gold Bug, by Edgar Allen Poe 13. Antz I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59936 "2018-06-29T00:26:14Z")
New: Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59937 "2018-06-29T01:20:29Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59938 "2018-06-29T01:47:42Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59939 "2018-06-29T12:11:53Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59940 "2018-06-29T13:07:38Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59941 "2018-06-29T13:17:19Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59942 "2018-06-29T17:25:42Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) 7. Squirrel Girl (Marvel) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59943 "2018-06-29T17:27:55Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) 7. Squirrel Girl (Marvel) 8. Grimjack (First comics) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59944 "2018-06-29T17:55:42Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) 7. Squirrel Girl (Marvel) 8. Grimjack (First comics) 9. Princess Projectra (DC Legion of Super-Heroes) BTW I’m surprised that nobody mentioned _Charlotte’s Web_ in the Fiction in which insects are important category ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59945 "2018-06-29T17:56:06Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) 7. Squirrel Girl (Marvel) 8. Grimjack (First comics) 9. Princess Projectra (DC Legion of Super-Heroes ) 10. NFL SuperPro (Marvel) ---
**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:** [June 29, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59946 "2018-06-29T18:13:08Z")
Comic book superheroes who have never appeared in a movie or TV series 1. Moon Knight (Marvel) 2. Herbie (American) 3. Nexus (First Comics mostly) 4. Sub-Mariner (Marvel) 5. Quislet, and a whole lot more from The Legion of Super-Heroes 6. The Badger (Capital and then First Comics) 7. Squirrel Girl (Marvel) 8. Grimjack (First comics) 9. Princess Projectra (DC Legion of Super-Heroes ) 10. NFL SuperPro (Marvel) 11. The Fan (or any of the other Dial H for Hero superheroes, DC Comics) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2996) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2998)