# 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:** 651
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13002 "2012-10-31T01:11:40Z")
Movie series that had at least four movies 1. American Pie (8 movies) 2. Die Hard (Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard) 3. Rocky 4. Star Wars (Episodes 1-6…and possibly 7 coming in 2015) 5. Jaws 6. Star Trek 7. Indiana Jones (Raiders, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull) 8. Rambo (First Blood, First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo) 9. The Thin Man (And yes, I know, the actual “thin man” dies in the first movie.) 10. James Bond 11. Charlie Chan 12. Chucky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13003 "2012-10-31T02:17:37Z")
Movie series that had at least four movies 1. American Pie (8 movies) 2. Die Hard (Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard) 3. Rocky 4. Star Wars (Episodes 1-6…and possibly 7 coming in 2015) 5. Jaws 6. Star Trek 7. Indiana Jones (Raiders, Temple of Doom, Last Crusade, Crystal Skull) 8. Rambo (First Blood, First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Rambo) 9. The Thin Man (And yes, I know, the actual “thin man” dies in the first movie.) 10. James Bond 11. Charlie Chan 12. Chucky 13. Pink Panther New topic: Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13004 "2012-10-31T02:25:28Z")
New topic: Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson The archetype ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13005 "2012-10-31T03:03:04Z")
New topic: Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13006 "2012-10-31T03:35:15Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13007 "2012-10-31T04:04:20Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13008 "2012-10-31T04:26:48Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13009 "2012-10-31T05:05:17Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13010 "2012-10-31T10:41:21Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13011 "2012-10-31T12:07:22Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13012 "2012-10-31T12:46:04Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) 10. Professor Ames, in the Professor Shandy series ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13013 "2012-10-31T13:30:22Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) 10. Professor Ames, in the Professor Shandy series 11)Kinky Friedman’s Larry “Ratso” Sloman ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13014 "2012-10-31T13:30:57Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) 10. Professor Ames, in the Professor Shandy series 11. Magersfontein Lugg Campion’s servant and muscle. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13015 "2012-10-31T13:32:51Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 11)Kinky Friedman’s Larry “Ratso” Sloman Might not qualify. Friedman and Sloman are real people. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13016 "2012-10-31T13:34:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Might not qualify. Friedman and Sloman are real people. Oh, please. They are real people in real life, but they hardly live the adventures of their fictional counterparts. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13017 "2012-10-31T14:23:10Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) 10. Professor Ames, in the Professor Shandy series 11. Magersfontein Lugg 12. Kato, sidekick of Inspector Clouseau ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13018 "2012-10-31T14:23:32Z")
Fictional Detectives’ Sidekicks 1. Captain Hastings, in Hercule Poirot series 2. Dr Watson 3. Hawk, in Spenser novels 4. Bill Gannon 5. Mouse, in Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins series 6. Sally Kimball 7. Major Dr. David Q. Dawson, from The Great Mouse Detective 8. Archie Goodwin, from the Nero Wolfe series 9. Sgt Lewis (Inspector Morse) 10. Professor Ames, in the Professor Shandy series 11)Kinky Friedman’s Larry “Ratso” Sloman 11. Magersfontein Lugg 12. Bunter, Lord Peter Wimsey’s valet Since I made up the topic, I rule that Kinky and Ratso are okay- they’re real people but not “real” people. New topic: People Who’ve Played Count Dracula in Movies (For Halloween) 1. Bela Lugosi (getting the obvious guy out of the way first) Hmmmm… Looks like John DiFool was the true #13, so he can make up a different topic if he likes. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13019 "2012-10-31T15:45:07Z")
People Who’ve Played Count Dracula in Movies (For Halloween) 1. Bela Lugosi 2. Christopher Lee ---
**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:** [October 31, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13020 "2012-10-31T15:48:57Z")
People Who’ve Played Count Dracula in Movies (For Halloween) 1. Bela Lugosi 2. Christopher Lee 3. George Hamilton ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13021 "2012-10-31T15:49:02Z")
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