# When you hear the phrase form ("Person) and the (x)" what does it bring to mind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 4, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557 "2025-01-04T18:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/41 "2025-01-05T16:21:44Z")
Freebie and the Bean ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/42 "2025-01-05T16:33:22Z")
Good to know I have allies in this Battle Royale. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/43 "2025-01-07T13:42:26Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Josie and the Pussycats. This was my first thought as well — for real! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/44 "2025-01-07T13:43:58Z")
Great minds? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/45 "2025-01-07T14:03:30Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Beauty and the Beast. Fascinating thread. I thought of Beauty and the Beast and thought that everyone else would think of it, too. Apparently I was very, very wrong, seeing as how **CairoCarol** is the only person who even mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/46 "2025-01-07T14:56:58Z")
From the Oxford English Dictionary: **second childhood** ; plural noun: **second childhoods** a period in someone’s adult life when they act as a child, either for fun or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/47 "2025-01-07T15:02:34Z")
Late to the game but also first thing I thought of. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/48 "2025-01-07T15:04:46Z")
The novelizations of the original run of Doctor Who were all called “Doctor Who and the (title of the serial).” Only one serial actually had that one of those as the title when broadcast, _Doctor Who and the Silurians_, which might have been titled like that because the director was new to the show and didn’t understand the title formatting. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/49 "2025-01-07T15:20:21Z")
_Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557/50 "2025-01-07T15:34:16Z")
I think of a band name for both singular and plural words or short phrases (“Trump and the Deficit”, “Marino and the Wide Receivers”). For phrases longer than 2 words, it’s Harry Potter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-hear-the-phrase-form-person-and-the-x-what-does-it-bring-to-mind/1012557.md?page=2)