# 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:** 982
### Author:  [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19623 "2013-09-03T18:38:53Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Faraway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, _Myth Adventure_, apprentice magician
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3. _Johnny Tremain_, apprentice silversmith
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19624 "2013-09-03T18:57:04Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in _ **The Pirates of Penzance** _
\*He was supposed to be apprenticed to a pilot
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19625 "2013-09-03T19:01:48Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, _Suits_
yeah, he has the title of associate, but he never actually went to law school . . .
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19626 "2013-09-03T19:02:59Z")
Fictional Apprentices
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Faraway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, _Myth Adventure_, apprentice magician
3. _Johnny Tremain_, apprentice silversmith
4. Nathaniel Bowditch, _Carry On, Mr. Bowditch_, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
Bowditch was real, but this is a fictionalized account of his youth and young adulthood. Jean Lee Latham’s book won the Newbery Medal in 1956.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19627 "2013-09-03T19:04:47Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Fa\*\*raway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, _Myth Adventure_, apprentice magician
3. _Johnn\*\*y Tremain_, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, _Suits_
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, _Carry On, Mr. Bowditch_, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, _The Phantom Menace_
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19628 "2013-09-03T19:13:55Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Fa\*\*raway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, _Myth Adventure_, apprentice magician
3. _Johnn\*\*y Tremain_, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in _The Pirates of Penzance_
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, _Suits_
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, _Carry On, Mr. Bowditch_, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, _The Phantom Menace_
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19629 "2013-09-03T19:16:22Z")
On a sidetrack, is there some reason for the unusual italization commands?
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19630 "2013-09-03T19:18:56Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
>
> On a sidetrack, is there some reason for the unusual italization commands?
Not really, just felt like it.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19631 "2013-09-03T19:23:05Z")
Titles ought to be italicized, but we usually dispense with them in these games, given all the cutting and pasting.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19632 "2013-09-03T19:41:56Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, Suits
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, The Phantom Menace
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
9. Young Ebenezer Scrooge, an apprentice to old Fezziwig in\*\*\* A Christmas Carol\*\*\*
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19633 "2013-09-04T11:54:31Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Faraway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, Suits
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, The Phantom Menace
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
9. Young Ebenezer Scrooge, an apprentice to old Fezziwig in\*\*\* A Christmas Carol\*\*\*
10. Menolly, apprentice harper, _Dragonsinger_
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19634 "2013-09-04T14:06:27Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, Suits
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, The Phantom Menace
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
9. Young Ebenezer Scrooge, an apprentice to old Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol
10. Menolly, apprentice harper, Dragonsinger
11. Gendry, apprentice blacksmith, Game of Thrones
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19635 "2013-09-04T14:08:46Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, Suits
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, The Phantom Menace
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
9. Young Ebenezer Scrooge, an apprentice to old Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol
10. Menolly, apprentice harper, Dragonsinger
11. Gendry, apprentice blacksmith, Game of Thrones
12. Mary Russell, apprentice to a retired Sherlock Homes, _The Beekeeper’s Apprentice_
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19636 "2013-09-04T14:24:48Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, Faraway Dream, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, Myth Adventure, apprentice magician
3. Johnny Tremain, apprentice silversmith
4. Frederic, apprentice to a pirate\*, in The Pirates of Penzance
5. Mike Ross, “apprentice” to Harvey Spector, Suits
6. Nathaniel Bowditch, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, apprentice clerk ashore and navigator at sea
7. Darth Maul, apprentice Sith, The Phantom Menace
8. Robin, Batman’s apprentice
9. Young Ebenezer Scrooge, an apprentice to old Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol
10. Menolly, apprentice harper, Dragonsinger
11. Gendry, apprentice blacksmith, Game of Thrones
12. Mary Russell, apprentice to a retired Sherlock Homes, _The Beekeeper’s Apprentice_
13. Harry Dresden, apprentice Mage to Justin DuMorne, Dresden Files
Next: obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19637 "2013-09-04T14:27:34Z")
Next: obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19638 "2013-09-04T14:36:47Z")
obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19639 "2013-09-04T14:43:42Z")
obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19640 "2013-09-04T14:49:31Z")
obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19641 "2013-09-04T15:12:05Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
(I believe he was the only cat who actually appeared in the strip. The “Cat Next Door” was never shown)
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19642 "2013-09-04T15:21:35Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
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