History Funny / THELORDOFTHERINGS

* Also from the foreword: "The most critical reader of all, myself, now finds many defects, minor and major, but being fortunately under no obligation either to review the book or to write it again, he will pass over these in silence, except one that has been noted by others: the book is too short."

--->'''Serkis:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne I'm not fat...]]

* Then came the bloopers:

** Then, out on the Morgai, Frodo and Sam overhear the conversation between an uruk captain and a lower caste tracker orc.

** Another Lobelia moment: after taking the spoons and being caught trying to take other items, she's terribly fed up with Frodo and is trying to come up with a sufficiently devastating insult to leave on. The best she can do is tell Frodo "You're [[NoTrueScotsman not a Baggins at all]], you're a... Brandybuck!" Frodo turns to Merry (Brandybuck) and asks Merry what he thought of that insult. Merry's response is "[[DeadpanSnarker It was a compliment. And so, of course, not true]]."

* At the "Prancing Pony," Frodo's attempts to go incognito quickly go awry. First, his chosen pseudonym of a "Mr. Underhill" researching for a book on Bree-hobbits attracts ''lots'' of attention as the actual Underhill family has many members in Bree and want to discuss genealogy, so that if Frodo actually wanted to write a book he had more material than he could ever possibly use. Then Pippin starts [[LooseLips getting overtalkative]] at the bar, so Frodo [[WeNeedADistraction diverts everyone's attention]]... by pretending to be drunk and dancing on a table with a proto-version of "The Cat and the Fiddle".

* When we first see Edoras, Creator/BradDourif remarks that at the time they were shooting the scene where Wormtongue banishes Eomer, Karl Urban was 'just about to have a baby', and that despite his eagerness to shoot the scene, Brad nonetheless shooed him off, rightfully pointing out that a new baby was more important. Obviously, he means that Karl's ''girlfriend'' was about to have the baby, but the AmbiguousSyntax makes it sound like [[MrSeahorse Karl himself was heavily pregnant and on the verge of going into labour]] and Brad was concerned about him possibly giving birth on set.

-->"He solves crimes........very slowly."

-->(As Aragorn charges into battle with the Army of the Dead) Oh, you're full of confidence, aren't you, Aragorn? An army of invincible dead guys right behind you.

* Rather HilariousInHindsight (most read ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' after the trilogy), but Bilbo is composing a song about Earendil to perform in Rivendell and asks for Aragorn's help. Aragorn obliges in that he says Bilbo should include a green stone, but comments that it's rather cheeky of Bilbo to write verses about Earendil in the House of Elrond. Earendil happens to be Elrond's father, a fact stated later, but knowing the whole story about him and his family just makes Aragorn's warning funnier.

** The always dignified Christopher Lee losing his composure and exclaiming he cannot get up the the damned steps. According to the commentary, Jackson's simple response was: "Well, you did it yesterday."

* When Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Gandalf arrive at Edoras, they are told to leave behind their weapons. After Aragorn gets incredibly possessive over Anduril, he finally consents to lay it down with the others. Gandalf puts down his sword as well, and Hama, the door warden, tells him to leave behind his wizard's staff. Gandalf clutches it tightly, leans over, and says surely Hama wouldn't be cruel enough to part an old man from his walking stick, would he? He threatens that if Theoden will be rude enough to take away his stick, he'll just sit outside and wait until Theoden decides to hobble out and talk to him. Hama's response is basically, "I know you're full of rubbish, but since you're Gandalf, I trust you. Go on in."

* Bill Ferny's a real jerk. First he rats on the hobbits to the Black Riders, then he capitalizes on the subsequent loss of transportation by selling them a near-useless pony for three times its worth. (When Frodo asks whether this is a trick and maybe the pony will run back to Ferny with all their stuff, Aragorn responds: "I wonder. But I cannot imagine any animal running home to him, once it got away.") And then, when Frodo & Co. are leaving town, he's got the gall to insult them all in public. Bad move, buddy. When he gets to Sam, Sam insults him right back, and then beans him with an apple.

* When Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Gandalf arrive at Edoras, they are told to leave behind their weapons. After Aragorn gets incredibly possessive over Anduril, he finally consents to lay it down with the others. Gandalf puts down his sword as well, and Hama, the door warden, tells him to leave behind his wizard's staff. Gandalf clutches it tightly, leans over, and says surely Hama wouldn't be cruel enough to part an old man from his walking stick, would he? He threatens that if Theoden will be rude enough to take away his stick, he'll just sit outside and wait until Theoden decides to hobble out and talk to him.
** Hama's response is basically, "I know you're full of rubbish, but since you're Gandalf, I trust you. Go on in."

-->'''Gimli:''' "No, no! Do as you like in your madness, but first let me get down off this horse!"

* Sméagol and Samwise discuss the fine art of cooking:
-->'''Sam:''' "...Fish and chips, served by S. Gamgee. You couldn't say no to that."
-->'''Sméagol:''' "Yes we could! Spoiling nice fissh, burning it! Give us fissh ''now,'' and keep nassty chips!"
-->'''Sam:''' "You're hopeless!"

** It's a cross between hilarious and awesome that Sam gets a reputation as [[TheDreaded a fearsome warrior armed with all manner of terrifying power]], possibly more scary than [[EliteMook the Nazgul]], completely by accident.

* The scene in the Houses of Healing, with Gandalf steadily getting more and more frustrated with Ioreth.
** And then with the Herb-master who regales him with the entire litany of useless knowledge about ''athelas'' rather than actually coughing any of it up, since it's useless except as an infusion that old folks sometimes use as a headache remedy.

** 'Abridging' that scene is hilarious:
--->'''Bilbo:''' I'm turning eleventy-one today!\\
'''Crowd:''' Yaaaaaaay.\\
'''Bilbo:''' And you're all kinda cool!\\
'''Crowd:''' Yaaaaaaaaay.\\
'''Bilbo:''' [[MindScrew I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve]].\\
'''Solitary Cricket in Silent Crowd:''' <chirp>

** All of Bilbo's will gifts are a subtle insult in some way. To a young hobbit with a bit of a narcisist streak, he gives a mirror. To an older cousin who's known to write letters with advice, he gives a waste basket ("Dear cousin. Your advice is trash"), and to a guy who's known to borrow books but not give them back, he gives an empty bookshelf ("From a contributor").

-->She took the point at once, but she also took the spoons.

-->'''Frodo''': I thought you were Lobelia come back!\\

** Hama's response is basically, "I know you're full of BS, but since you're Gandalf, I trust you. Go on in."

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdXQJS3Yv0Y Where There's a Whip, There's a Way]]". Both the laughably catchy song and when Sam goads the orcs and mens into fighting each other.

* Gandalf berating Pippin for dropping rocksdown a well in Moria.

* After Sam and Gollum's argument and the latter's "sneaking atound", Frodo wakes up and asks Gollum kindly what he's up to. Gollum haughtily retorts, "SNEAKIN'! ''hmph''", even turning his nose up in offense.

--> '''Gandalf''': Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time! Be quiet!" (starts walking away while muttering and flailing his arms)"Fool of a Pippin!"

--> '''Gandalf''': Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time!" (starts walking away while muttering and flailing his arms)

* Frodo and his friends eat one last meal before leaving Bag-End... then leave the dirty dishes for Lobelia.

--->"[My beer] has been uncommon good, since you ... put a good word on it."

* Gandalf after his reincarnation - he gets a bit... spaced out: "I have remembered much I had forgotten and forgotten much I had remembered."

* Théoden is astonished to see hobbits guarding Isengard and comments that his folk do have stories about the "Holbytla" who live in holes dug in sand, but none of them say that they smoke. Merry instantly begins telling the history of pipeweed cultivation, which only started a few generations ago, and how Old Toby came by the plant... and then Gandalf interrupts.

* While tempted by the Ring, Gollum fantasizes about becoming a dark lord in his own right. [[EvilIsPetty It's...less than impressive]]:

** "We're just standing by...standerbys? Stand-by-ees?"

-->(As Théoden watches the approaching oliphaunts in shock) Oh, now, what's this? What...the f'...are these?
-->(As Aragorn charges into battle with the Army of the Dead) Oh, you're full of confidence, aren't you, Aragorn? An army of invincible dead guys right behind you...

--> "So...apparently, the Uruk-Hai have been to a restaurant, that restaurant had a menu, and that menu was exclusive enough to have had meat taken ''off'' of it at one point..."

* During the very dramatic and awe-inspiring fall of Gandalf and the Balrog at the start of the second movie, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan complain that the Balrog was a nightmare to work with, never came out of his trailer, never paid for drinks...

'''Elijah''': ...Maybe?\\

* The computer software used to animate tens of thousands of soldiers and run complex strategies with them... made an entire army run away. For some reason, this is freaking hysterical.

-->'''Creator/ElijahWood:''' It's spontaneous, violent love...

* As an extension to the "What about second breakfast" line in the Fellowship Of The Ring, Aragorn just walks them onward... [[PetTheDog only to chuck a few apples at them from offscreen]]. Merry catches his and reassuringly pats Pippin on the shoulder, but the second apple bounces off Pippin's skull with an audible THUNK. And he looks with up a 'Is it raining apples?' expression.

** All of Bilbo's will gifts are a subtle insult in some way. To a young hobbit with a bit of a narcisist streak, he gives a mirror. To an older cousin who's known to write letters with advice, he gives a waste basket ("Dear cousin. Your advice is trash"), and to a guy who's known to borrow books but not give them back, he gives an empty bookshelf.

!!Crowning Moment Of Funny in Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''

!!Crowning Moment Of Funny in Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' films

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