History Characters / TheLordOfTheRingsFilmTrilogy

* ActionGirl: As a shield-maiden of Rohan, she definitely qualifies. Her exploits in the Battle of Pelennor Fields get taken up a notch in the movies. Not only does Éowyn take down an oliphaunt pretty much single-handedly, she also temporarily disables Gothmog in a duel, decapitates a Nazgûl dragon, '''and''' defeats the Witch-King of Angmar (with an assist from Merry).

* BadassPrincess: She charges into battle alongside her uncle and brother, taking down orcs and oliphants alike. And she slays the Witch-King.

* ActionGirl: Film only. After [[AFateWorseThanDeath what happened to her mom]] in the book, it's unlikely Elrond would allow it.

* TheHunter: His goal is to hunt down the Fellowship and bring the Ring to his master.

* BiggerBad: In ''The Hobbit Trilogy''. He's Azog and Bolg's boss, but he's not responsible for most of the company's problems.

* TimeAbyss: She is said to have been around when the earth was born. Although that is more so her mother [[BiggerBad Ungoliant]].

* HeroicWillpower: [[GenreSavvy Although he knows better then to even consider it]], when Frodo flat out offers the ring to him, Aragorn manages to fight it's power to tell Frodo not to. Considering how afraid he is of it's power, it's telling.

* GenreSavvy: To an extent, as he knew Théoden would flee to Helm's Deep with the people of Rohan.

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* MessianicArchetype: Died and came back three days later, wearing white robes? Yep.

* WasOnceAMan: The origin that made it into the books is that they were once elves. This is only one possibility, though, and [[FlipFlopOfGod it kept changing right up until Tolkien's death]] -- he didn't like the implications that had for their eternal souls, even though he did not want evil to be capable of independent creation, which would have conflicted with his Christianity.

* BrownEyes: He is arguably the most down to earth and stable member in an adventuring party full of blue-eyed/grey-eyed individuals with divine lineage and/or royal titles.

* BrownEyes: He is arguably the most down to earth and stable member in an adventuring party full of blue-eyed individuals with divine lineage and royal titles.

* LargeHam: "''A NEW POWER IS RISING. ITS VICTORY IS AT HAND! THIS NIGHT, THE LAND WILL BE STAINED WITH THE BLOOD OF ROHAN! MARCH TO HELM'S DEEP! LEAVE '''NONE''' ALIVE!''"

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* {{Badass}}: The entire Fellowship in their own ways, although they all rack up a body count in one form or another. Be it Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, or Demon spiders.

* {{Badass}}: Saves Gandalf from an Uruk at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, and later leads the hobbits in the Scouring of the Shire against Sharkey's men in the decisive Battle of Bywater.

* {{Badass}}: By far the most powerful of the Fellowship.

* {{Badass}}: In the first film, he manages to drive 4 Nazgûl away from Weathertop, while most other pepople hide in fear from a single one. And that's just one of his feats.

* {{Badass}}: Of the Fellowship, Legolas arguably racks up the highest body count.
** SubmissiveBadass: Not counting Gandalf, Legolas is easily the strongest and most capable fighter in the Fellowship. He's also devoted to Aragorn and always defers to his leadership.

* {{Badass}}: A BoisterousBruiser capable of matching [[TheAce Legolas]] in their killing competition.
** BackToBackBadasses: With Aragorn, during the Battle of Helm's Deep fighting the Uruk-hai.
** BadassBeard: He's a dwarf and the son of Glóin; of course he's got one. And as an added bonus, he's also a prominent member of the Longbeards, which is the dwarven clan that's infamous for producing long, impressive beards.

* {{Badass}}: There's a reason Denethor highly favors him.

* {{Badass}}: The Mumakil are devastating Rohan's forces at the Pelennor Fields. What does Éomer do? He takes down TWO of them ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome just by throwing a spear.]]''

* {{Badass}}: Although he, unlike his brother, does not like combat.

* {{Badass}}: She banishes '''Sauron''', albeit with great effort.
** BadassInCharge: She is a Queen of Lothlórien, after all.
** [[BadassGrandpa Badass Grandma]]: She's Elrond's mother-in-law and grandmother to Arwen, Elladan, and Elrohir.

* {{Badass}}: Like his wife, Celeborn's an accomplished warrior and is instrumental in driving Sauron's forces out of Dol Guldur.
** BadassGrandpa: He's Elrond's father-in-law and grandfather to Elladan, Elrohir, and Arwen.
** BadassInCharge: He is the Lord of Lothlórien, one of the last elven realms left in Middle-Earth.
** SubmissiveBadass: He's easily one of the oldest, strongest, and most capable fighters in Middle-Earth, but ultimately defers to his wife on most issues.

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* DirtyCoward: Notable ''aversion''. While basically all non-Uruk-Hai Orcs seem to be cowards, Gothmog is the [[{{Badass}} exception.]]

* BadAss: Fights an entire room full of bigger Uruks on his own, starting by dropkicking an Uruk out of the window and down into the courtyard below and alerting his men to Shagrat's betrayal, and survives until Sam stabs him in the back.

* TheObiWan: He serves as a mentor figure for Frodo - and Bilbo before him - and is killed by the Balrog.

* WhatTheHellDad: Elrond tells her only ''half'' of the vision he had about her unhappy future; she sees her own vision of having children, which she does in fact consider worth staying for.

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* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: She is Arwen's grandmother and later Aragorn's grandmother-in-law.

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* BiggerBad: In ''Literature/TheHobbit''.

* LightEmUp: Even in the finished product, his eye forms a spotlight of sorts.
* TheDragon: In his backstory, he was TheDragon to Morgoth. This is indeed revealed to be canon in the film verse as of ''The Battle Of The Five Armies'', when Galadriel explicitly mentions Morgoth's name for the first time in film history [[spoiler:as she banishes Sauron]].

* HumanoidAbomination: Sauron's physical form at the beginning is a black-armoured humanoid warrior, but he's anything but human.

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* BigOlEyebrows: In the films.

* IWantThemAlive: Says this word for word when he orders Lurtz to capture the hobbits, though everyone else is fair game.

* YouCantMakeAnOmelette: Discussed. [-[[KirkSummation "He who breaks a thing to discover what it is has left the path of wisdom."]]-]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness / PrettyBoy: He's young and beautiful (and being played by ElijahWood doesn't hurt!); in the books, hobbits are more pleasant-looking than beautiful. Then again, Frodo is explicitly described as fairly good-looking for a hobbit. Somewhat justified in that Hobbits do age more slowly than humans.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It's been noted that Tolkien was quite fond of parallels in his stories, and the burden of Frodo's quest is quite similar to Thorin's in ''The Hobbit''. Both of them share bouts of SanitySlippage (including turning their swords on a friend) as well as being carried by the eagle's talons after a rescue from fire, and they both leave Middle-Earth -- though in Thorin's case, he dies. It also helps that they both have piercing blue eyes and dark hair as well as fairly quiet and somber dispositions throughout their respective journeys.

* WeaponOfChoice: An elven dagger, [[NamedWeapons named Sting]]. He inherits it from Bilbo, who had found it in a troll hoard during the Quest for Erebor.

* WeaponOfChoice: An elven dagger, [[NamedWeapons named Sting]].

* MementoMacGuffin: The Ring of Barahir. Not explained in the films, but he is shown wearing it as an EasterEgg or MythologyGag for readers. Elaborated in the Extended Edition of ''Two Towers'', where Wormtongue mentions it to Saruman, who quickly figures out who he is.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to Númenórean descent, he's at his prime at 87.