# The Atoz Game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 2, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341 "2025-12-02T22:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/561 "2026-02-26T14:24:15Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/562 "2026-02-26T16:41:21Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/563 "2026-02-26T18:09:00Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/564 "2026-02-26T19:04:28Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odyesseus, _The Odyssey_ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/565 "2026-02-26T20:20:21Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/566 "2026-02-26T20:43:24Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/567 "2026-02-26T20:47:39Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/568 "2026-02-26T21:11:52Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/569 "2026-02-26T22:08:56Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/570 "2026-02-26T22:21:56Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog AKA Shoe Shine Boy ---
**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:** [February 26, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/571 "2026-02-26T23:11:32Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog Valentine Michael Smith, _Stranger in a Strange Land_ ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/572 "2026-02-27T13:40:31Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog Wilfred of Ivanhoe ---
**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:** [February 27, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/573 "2026-02-27T15:38:51Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog Valentine Michael Smith, _Stranger in a Strange Land_ Wilfred of Ivanhoe Xena, Warrior Princess ---
**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:** [February 28, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/574 "2026-02-28T21:47:05Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog Valentine Michael Smith, _Stranger in a Strange Land_ Wilfred of Ivanhoe Xena, Warrior Princess Yukon Cornelius, _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/575 "2026-02-28T22:59:05Z")
**Fictional heroes by first name** Atticus Finch, _To Kill a Mockingbird_ Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ Caspian, _Prince Caspian_ and _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ (Chronicles of Narnia) Doc Savage Elric of Melniboné, “The Dreaming City” and other novels and stories Flynn Ryder, _Tangled_ George Smiley - _Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy_, etc. Harry Potter Inigo Montoya - _The Princess Bride_ James Bond Kal-El Louis Wu, _Ringworld_ Milo, _The Phantom Tollbooth_ Nick Danger, “All Hail Marx and Lennon” Odysseus, _The Odyssey_ Philo Vance, detective Quasimodo, _The Hunchback of Notre Dame_ Robin Hood Sherlock Holmes Tom Swift Underdog Valentine Michael Smith, _Stranger in a Strange Land_ Wilfred of Ivanhoe Xena, Warrior Princess Yukon Cornelius, _Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer_ Zorro and pass… _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/576 "2026-03-01T16:17:30Z")
**Random words** Abacus ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/577 "2026-03-01T16:33:07Z")
**Random words** Abacus Barber ---
**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:** [March 1, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/578 "2026-03-01T17:53:19Z")
**Random words** Abacus Barber Colloquial ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/579 "2026-03-01T18:03:12Z")
**Random words** Abacus Barber Colloquial Determination ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-3/1025341/580 "2026-03-01T18:20:18Z")
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