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Original poster

To invite you to reveal the 'solutions' to the fictional character thread

73 replies

Yonionekanobe · 15/08/2013 08:08

Following on from ProudAs's wonderful fictional parents thread I am dying to know what some of the novels, plays and films that I don't recognise are.

Having stayed up far too late last night trying to work some of them out, I thought I'd start a 'solutions' thread separately as not to spoil the original. (Hope you don't mind ProudAS!).

I invite you to put me out of my misery! I managed to get a decent English Lit degree but clearly learnt nothing...!

To get things going, mine are easy, but are:

Sleeping Beauty
Ursula Bear
Dirty Dancing

OP posts:
VeryDullNameChange · 15/08/2013 08:35

It's going to be a faff fishing through to find the one you're looking for, but I guess it'll work if you're desperate.

Mine were:
Harry Potter (Hermione)
Venetia by Georgette Heyer

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Yonionekanobe · 15/08/2013 08:50

Thank you!

They can be matched quite quickly with 'ctrl + f' on PC or posted by search.

OP posts:
Morgause · 15/08/2013 08:51

Mine were Pride and Prejudice and The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Tanith · 15/08/2013 08:58

Mine were

Farmer Boy (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers (F. Anstey)

wanderings · 15/08/2013 09:05

Yes, I agree, I wanted to know these too! Indeed, I was tempted to write the solutions with my own items. And yes, easy to find the posts concerned, searching with Ctrl-F.

Mine were:

  • Emil gets into mischief
  • Thomas the Tank Engine (Old Iron)
  • The Wizard of Oz (specifically afterwards, in the film Return to Oz)
  • The story of little suck-a-thumb (in the book Struwwelpeter)
  • Puddle Lane
  • Reply to "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4"
Panzee · 15/08/2013 09:05

Mine was Malory Towers, Sally's mum.

dragongirlx · 15/08/2013 09:06

Mine was Little house on the Prairie

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HoneyDragon · 15/08/2013 09:22

Twilight Series
Labyrinth (movie)
George's Marvellous Medicine

cory · 15/08/2013 09:23

Mine were Bedknob and Broomsticks and The Borrowers.

muppetthecow · 15/08/2013 09:24

Mine were The Ugly Duckling and oh so predictably The Muppet Show (Robin's mum)

Didactylos · 15/08/2013 09:38

mine were

the little old lady who lived in a shoe
Ulysses (James Joyce, not greek myth)
and Jack and the Flum-Flum tree

that thread has cheered me so much over the last few days

vladthedisorganised · 15/08/2013 09:40

Mine were:
Aladdin
Milly-Molly-Mandy
Lord of the Flies
Flat Stanley (which was ably spotted by the eponymous character!)

I was happy to see Molesworth and Grimble mentioned Grin

saffronwblue · 15/08/2013 09:53

Mine were:

Little Women
Charlotte's Web
Jane Eyre
Hamlet

I also joined in a conversation about I Capture the Castle.

LadyBryan · 15/08/2013 09:58

Mine were

Harry Potter (Petunia Dursley)
Game of Thrones (Tywin Lannister)

thebody · 15/08/2013 09:59

mine was The Chalet School.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 15/08/2013 10:09

Mine were

Emily of New Moon
The Little White Horse
White Boots

I thought it was Cinema Paradiso, Blazin, but I wasn't quite sure.

Loved the Game of Thrones one about Cersei and Jaime being unnaturally close.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 15/08/2013 10:12

Oh, and the last one was a Chrestomanci book - The Lives of Christopher Chant.

ipswichwitch · 15/08/2013 10:17

mine was Star Wars
i got DH a book for christmas that has a series of cartoons showing life with Darth Vader and a toddler Luke Skywalker. its hilarious, and having a 22month old I can relate to it! (not that I rule the universe or anything...)

LurcioLovesFrankie · 15/08/2013 10:33

Mine was the Cat in the Hat.

So far I've replied to the AIBUs for Venetia, Busman's Honeymoon (with refs to other DLS Harriet Vane novels) and the Bible (Genesis ch. 1).

LurcioLovesFrankie · 15/08/2013 10:38

Oh, I'd forgotten this one - I also tried starting a POAS for Arwen from the Lord of the Rings, but no one picked up on it Sad.

I am loving Molesworth, Flashman, Pride and Prejudice, and of course the Naughty Norman as Fireman Sam's bastard posts!

SmiteYouWithThunderbolts · 15/08/2013 10:46

Mine was Little Women, specifically the burning of Jo's manuscript by Amy.

SalaciousBCrumb · 15/08/2013 10:57

Ipswichwitch - thanks for that, I've just found the book I think you must mean (by Jeffrey Brown), have ordered it for DH. I'm always stuck for birthday presents for him...

Whitershadeofpale · 15/08/2013 11:08

Mine was Harry Potter. Lily and Petunia's mum.