# The Atoz Game (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 119

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2361 "2020-05-18T03:40:09Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama

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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:** [May 18, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2362 "2020-05-18T05:57:31Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep

He was only fifteen when he first appeared in _David Copperfield_.

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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:** [May 18, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2363 "2020-05-18T06:15:20Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep  
Vicki Stubing - from “The Love Boat”

She was only 12 when she first appeared on the show.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2364 "2020-05-18T07:49:54Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep  
Vicki Stubing - from “The Love Boat”  
Wee Willie Winkie

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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:** [May 18, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2365 "2020-05-18T09:10:00Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep  
Vicki Stubing - from “The Love Boat”  
Wee Willie Winkie  
Xavier Riddle, of the secret museum

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2366 "2020-05-18T11:45:45Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep  
Vicki Stubing - from “The Love Boat”  
Wee Willie Winkie  
Xavier Riddle, of the secret museum  
Young Sheldon

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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:** [May 18, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2367 "2020-05-18T11:46:01Z")

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2368 "2020-05-19T01:11:28Z")

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Children, in fiction (by first name). Anthropomorphic immature animals ok

Annie - as in Little Orphan and the stage play  
Billy Bunter - from the Greyfriars School books  
Charlie Brown  
Dondi  
Eustace Clarence Scrubb - Narnia books  
Fern Arable - Charlotte’s Web  
Gretel, of “Hansel and Gretel”  
Huckleberry Finn  
Imogene - Paper Moon  
Jack - Jack and the Beanstalk  
Kim  
Lucy and Linus Van Pelt - Peanuts  
Mowgli - from The Jungle Book  
Nancy Drew  
Oliver Twist  
Pollyanna Whittier  
Quentin - from The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey  
Ron Weasley  
Sherman, Mr. Peabody’s boy  
Tinny Tim, the invalid robot boy on Futurama  
Uriah Heep  
Vicki Stubing - from “The Love Boat”  
Wee Willie Winkie  
Xavier Riddle, of the secret museum  
Young Sheldon  
Zack Morris - Good Morning Miss Bliss

Yes, _that_ Zack Morris. “Miss Bliss” was about eighth grade kids in middle school, and was the precursor to “Saved By The Bell,” which of course, took place in high school.  
Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie Xmas

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2369 "2020-05-19T01:57:09Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2370 "2020-05-19T02:12:08Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2371 "2020-05-19T02:42:33Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2372 "2020-05-19T03:03:35Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2373 "2020-05-19T07:33:31Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2374 "2020-05-19T09:35:19Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2375 "2020-05-19T10:30:50Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon

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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:** [May 19, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2376 "2020-05-19T11:03:34Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon  
Inigo Montoya

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2377 "2020-05-19T12:17:52Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon  
Inigo Montoya  
Jtur88

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**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:** [May 19, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2378 "2020-05-19T13:47:07Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon  
Inigo Montoya  
Jtur88  
Kat

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2379 "2020-05-19T15:49:02Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon  
Inigo Montoya  
Jtur88  
Kat  
Leaffan

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/2380 "2020-05-19T16:26:01Z")

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Straight Dope Message Board posters, past or present

Annie-Xmas  
Bayaker  
Chronos  
Del March  
Elendil’s Heir  
Flora McFlimsey  
Gkster  
Hari Seldon  
Inigo Montoya  
Jtur88  
Kat  
Leaffan  
Mahaloth

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