History WesternAnimation / TheHobbit

-->'''Bilbo''': "Personally, I'd rather be back in Hobbiton."

%%* AsideComment: "Personally, I'd rather be back in Hobbiton." (Who says this, and in what context?)

* CatlikeDragons: Smaug [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1dtoP3E__8/Uq_nYR36GVI/AAAAAAAAFcE/kmjvpwWQuC4/s1600/original-smaug.jpg is depicted as very mammalian]], with a distinctly catlike face sporting a short muzzle, prominent triangular ears, bushy cheek fur and slit-pupiled feline eyes. Interestingly, this is a design similar to East Asian dragons, so it could be an influence from the Japanese animators.

* BadassAdorable: Bilbo establishes himself as one when he killed GiantSpider for the first time, and named his blade Sting since then. Then he rescues the dwarves from other giant spiders, kills some more of the spiders, and rescues the dwarves ''again'' from the wood-elves. Too bad he doesn't participate in the Battle of the Five Armies, though it's pretty accurate to the book as well.

** Most of the songs are musical adaptations of text-only songs from the book (which is not to suggest that they aren't thoroughly excellent). Some of these songs are at or near EarWorm status, [[NightmareFuel/WesternAnimationFilm especially]] "Goblin Town" (and the Rivendell song in a way that is potentially more annoying).

* CatlikeDragons: Smaug [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d1dtoP3E__8/Uq_nYR36GVI/AAAAAAAAFcE/kmjvpwWQuC4/s1600/original-smaug.jpg is depicted as very mammalian]], with a distinctly catlike face sporting a short muzzle, prominent triangular ears, bushy cheek fur and slit-pupiled feline eyes.
** Interestingly, this is a design similar to East Asian dragons, so it could be an influence from the Japanese animators.

* AnimatedAdaptation: [[Literature/TheHobbit Of the book]].

* AsideComment: "Personally, I'd rather be back in Hobbiton."
* AudibleSharpness: Sting. And how!!

* BadassBaritone: Richard Boone and his depiction of Smaug.

* BigOlUnibrow: Gandalf.

* AdaptedOut: The stone giants, the Master of Laketown, Roäc the raven, Bolg, and, most notably, Beorn are omitted. Dáin is mentioned but does not appear. Also, the Arkenstone is omitted, and Gandalf never mentions the Necromancer.

* {{Cephalothorax}}: The Goblins. Less so in ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing''. Canonically, the Chief Goblin could bite your head off.

* FreakOut: Gollum has a rather epic one upon discovering that his "precious" [[https://youtu.be/HN--EzTdXEA?t=469 has gone missing]].

* EvilSoundsDeep: Creator/ThurlRavenscroft provides the bass in "Goblin Town" and "Fifteen Birds", likely pushing those songs [[NightmareFuel over the edge]]. Then there's Smaug of course and finally the trolls.

%%* BadassBoast: ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Smaug]].''

* AdaptationDistillation: Generally, the movie does a ''very'' nice job boiling down the novel into a good seventy minute movie, and some of the voicework is absolutely legendary - particularly Orson Bean as Bilbo, the aforementioned John Huston as Gandalf, "Brother" Theodore Gottlieb in a ''defining'' turn as Gollum which informed virtually every other Gollum that followed (yes, even the Serkis Gollum), and ''Richard Freaking Boone'' as Smaug.

* AnAesop: The film's theme song, "The Greatest Adventure".
-->''The man who's a dreamer, and never takes leave\\

* AdaptationDistillation: Generally, the movie does a ''very'' nice job boiling down the novel into a good seventy minute movie, and some of the voicework is absolutely legendary - particularly Orson Bean as Bilbo, the aforementioned John Huston as Gandalf, Brother Theodore in a ''defining'' turn as Gollum which informed virtually every other Gollum that followed (yes, even the Serkis Gollum), and ''Richard Freaking Boone'' as Smaug.

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* AnimatedAdaptation: [[Literature/TheHobbit of the book]].

** This is a function of the various magic swords, and which death animation is used depends on the weapon. We see a few enemies just die at the battle in the end.

The Creator/RankinBass adaptation of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has an {{animesque}} style similar to their adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn''. It might have to do with the fact it was animated by Creator/{{Topcraft}}, which would later make ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind ''. It also has a lot of {{Celebrity Voice Actor}}s, including Creator/JohnHuston as Gandalf.

* AdaptationDistillation: Generally, the movie does a ''very'' nice job boiling down the novel into a good seventy minute movie, and some of the voicework is absolutely legendary (particularly Orson Bean as Bilbo, the aforementioned John Huston as Gandalf, Brother Theodore as Gollum, and ''Richard Freaking Boone'' as Smaug).

* TheFilmOfTheBook

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Inverted with the wood elves, who are described as beautiful in Tolkien's writings, but here are shown as ugly and having green skin. Elrond and his elves remain fair.

* BadassBoast: ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Smaug]].''

* BadassBaritone / BadassBoast: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Smaug]].

** Most of them were musical adaptations of text-only songs from the book (which is not to suggest that they aren't thoroughly excellent). Some of these songs are at or near EarWorm status, [[NightmareFuel/WesternAnimationFilm especially]] "Goblin Town" (and the Rivendell song in a way that is potentially more annoying).

* OurGoblinsAreDifferent / OurOrcsAreDifferent: The goblins in this film look very unique, with their large throats and bull-like horns.

* SecretPassage / SundialWaypoint: "Stand by the grey stone when the thrush knocks and the last light of the setting sun will shine upon the key-hole."

* AdaptationalVillainy: The trolls are far more menacing and much more intelligent, having their decision over how to cook them not be an argument but each following their own personal preference.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole:
** The first meeting with the wood elves was left out... and then alluded to in the second meeting as "the wood elves had returned."

** Since the Arkenstone is never mentionned, Bilbo is sent in the mountain to steal... ''something'', anything (he opts for a small cup). How this was supposed to help the Dwarves retake Erebor is anyone's guess.

* ForgMen: Gollum is depicted as particularly frog-like.