# Lateral Thinking Puzzles. Let's do it again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 23, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193 "2019-10-23T21:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 147
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2922 "2020-05-22T16:56:49Z")
Were the kids in a band? Did they solve mysteries? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2923 "2020-05-22T16:59:25Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Were the kids in a band? Did they solve mysteries? **No.** ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2924 "2020-05-22T18:13:58Z")
Were the characters supposed to be the same, but later retconned as being parent and children (as in Black Canary becoming at some point the daughter of the original Black Canary)? Were the characters written as completely unrelated until there was a retcon making one the parent of the others (as in Magneto happening to be Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s father)? Is there a retcon of any kind involved? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2925 "2020-05-22T18:17:04Z")
Was Roy a superhero? Were at least some of the children superheros? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2926 "2020-05-22T18:37:49Z")
**reply to Go\_Arachnid\_Laser** Were the characters supposed to be the same, but later retconned as being parent and children (as in Black Canary becoming at some point the daughter of the original Black Canary)? **No** Were the characters written as completely unrelated until there was a retcon making one the parent of the others (as in Magneto happening to be Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch’s father)? **Yes** Is there a retcon of any kind involved? **Yes** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2927 "2020-05-22T18:38:58Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Was Roy a superhero? > > Were at least some of the children superheros? **No to all** ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2928 "2020-05-22T18:42:43Z")
Is Disney involved? Roy is widely known, the sons are widely known: is the connection between Roy and the sons widely known? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2929 "2020-05-22T18:43:44Z")
Is the medium of their stories: A comic book? A newspaper comic strip? prose fiction? A radio show? A TV show? Different mediums for Roy and his kids? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2930 "2020-05-22T18:44:36Z")
Where the characters well known for: Comic books? Novels? Television? Cinema? Cartoons? Theatre? Radio play? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2931 "2020-05-22T18:46:23Z")
I would like to accuse Larry Borgia of time travelling in order to steal my post. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2932 "2020-05-22T18:53:42Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Is this a true story? **Not exactly** Is it a fictional story loosely based upon a real one? Is Roy or any of his children a real person with a fictional story told about them? Does Roy appear in a single work? Several works? A long series? Does Roy appear in a poem? a book? a play? a comic? a TV show? a movie? a video game? > [@](#): > > I would like to accuse Larry Borgia of time travelling in order to steal my post. So would I. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2933 "2020-05-22T19:35:17Z")
A reminder: We don’t yet know that the children were “sons”. Just to clear that up: Were the children all male? All female? A mix? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2934 "2020-05-22T20:17:40Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > I would like to accuse Larry Borgia of time travelling in order to steal my post. I have eerie powers. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2935 "2020-05-23T00:18:00Z")
**reply to Ulf the Unwashed** Is Disney involved? **No** Roy is widely known, the sons are widely known: is the connection between Roy and the sons widely known? **Roy’s connection to his offspring is not so well known.** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2936 "2020-05-23T00:27:11Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Is the medium of their stories: > > A comic book? > > A newspaper comic strip? > > prose fiction? > > A radio show? > > A TV show? > > Different mediums for Roy and his kids? **Yes to TV. No to the rest**. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2937 "2020-05-23T00:31:55Z")
**reply to Peter Morris** : Is it a fictional story loosely based upon a real one? **No** Is Roy or any of his children a real person with a fictional story told about them? **No** Does Roy appear in a single work? Several works? A long series? **A long series** Does Roy appear in a poem? a book? a play? a comic? a TV show? a movie? a video game? **TV** ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2938 "2020-05-23T00:36:03Z")
**reply to Chronos** : Just to clear that up: Were the children all male? **No** All female? **Yes** A mix? **No** ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2939 "2020-05-23T01:52:57Z")
Were Roy and his children both part of the same show? Different shows in the same universe? A show with more than one version (reboots, spinoffs, etc) Was the show animated or live-action? Was the show primarily for kids or adults or neither/both? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2940 "2020-05-23T03:31:04Z")
**reply to Surrender Dorothy** : Were Roy and his children both part of the same show? **No** Different shows in the same universe? **No, if you mean in the same “storytelling” universe, like _Breaking Bad_ and _Better Call Saul_. But yes in the same actual universe as you or I or _Seinfeld_ or _The Hardy Boys_ or _Ozark_ or _Rhoda_ or _Garfield_.** A show with more than one version (reboots, spinoffs, etc). **They were never together in any show, spinoff or reboot.** Was the show animated or live-action? **All shows live-action I think. Actually there was probably animation at some point but it does not matter.** Was the show primarily for kids or adults or neither/both? **Both, though again we are not talking about one show.** Hint: Go back and read the original riddle. Why didn’t Roy or his children know of each other’s fame-- and the reason I am looking for is not that they were fictional. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193/2941 "2020-05-23T04:24:35Z")
Is “Roy” the name the first character you mentioned was known as? Is “Roy” the name of the actor that played the first character you mentioned? Is it Roy Rogers? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=146) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lateral-thinking-puzzles-lets-do-it-again/842193.md?page=148)