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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: In the first episode, Bilbo ''instantly'' knows the answer to Klonkku's third riddle (the one about darkness), and calmly proceeds to recite his next riddle while Klonkku makes angry noises in the background.
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* {{Narm}}:
** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
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* {{Narm}}: Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
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** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
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* {{Narm}}:
** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
**{{Narm}}: Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
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** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache.PornStache, thus making him probably the furthest thing from what Tolkien envisioned Bilbo Baggins to look and sound like.
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** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes, a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice.]] voice]] and a pretty ridiculous looking PornStache.
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** Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this. Not helped by the actor having crooked fish eyes and a [[SimpletonVoice less than intelligent sounding voice.]]
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The series includes a neat little detail that wasn't originally in ''The Hobbit'': Klonkku's VerbalTic is "treasure" (aarre) instead of "precious", so when Bilbo tells him a riddle that mentions a golden treasure, Klonkku suddenly becomes fixated on the word.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The series first episode includes a neat little detail that wasn't originally present in ''The Hobbit'': the original ''Hobbit'': Klonkku's "precious" VerbalTic is translated into "treasure" (aarre) instead of "precious", (aarre), so when Bilbo tells him a riddle that mentions a golden treasure, Klonkku suddenly becomes fixated on the word.
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* {{Woolseyism}}: The series includes a neat little detail that wasn't originally in ''The Hobbit'': Klonkku's VerbalTic is "treasure" (aarre) instead of "precious", so when Bilbo tells him a riddle that mentions a golden treasure, Klonkku suddenly becomes fixated on the word.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCcYaPsfh7Y&t=450s The song Frodo sings at The Prancing Pony,]] at least once the instruments kick in.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Several shots are done with rather obvious models, and ChromaKey is [[SpecialEffectsFailure frequently and noticeably used]], even for simple things like ''characters walking through a forest!'' For more examples, see "ConspicuousCG" and "{{Narm}}" above.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Several shots are done with rather obvious models, and ChromaKey is [[SpecialEffectsFailure frequently and noticeably used]], even for simple things like ''characters walking through a forest!'' For more examples, see "ConspicuousCG" and "{{Narm}}" above.forest!''
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* ConspicuousCG: The series does use some CGI occasionally, and it's pretty noticeable.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The fact that this is one of very few adaptations of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' to ''not'' cut out Tom Bombadil or The Scouring of the Shire.
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGTV4RFZqVw&t=450s The song Frodo sings at The Prancing Pony,]] at least once the instruments kicks in.
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGTV4RFZqVw&t=660s com/watch?v=uGTV4RFZqVw&t=450s The song Frodo sings at The Prancing Pony,]] at least once the instruments kicks in.
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* FanDisservice: Gollum / Klonkku being half-naked is nothing new, but this series is not as good at utilizing a SceneryCensor as other adaptations, meaning that there are times when his... [[UnusualEuphemism precious]] is shown quite clearly to the audience. Needless to say, it doubles as {{Squick}}.
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* {{Squick}}: Klonkku/Gollum's junk. That is all.
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* HeartwarmingMoments: The fact that this is one of very few adaptations of Literature/TheLordOfTheRings ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' to ''not'' cut out Tom Bombadil or The Scouring of the Shire.
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** Gandalf the White looks like a Kabuki actor.
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* WTHCostumingDepartment: Most of the costumes look pretty good, considering that the series had NoBudget. But some of its' character designs were just... a bit strange.
** Boromir is a caucasian Samurai with an rather [[AnachronismStew anochronistic,]] [[RuleOfCool but still pretty cool dragon tattoo.]]
** Boromir is a caucasian Samurai with an rather [[AnachronismStew anochronistic,]] [[RuleOfCool but still pretty cool dragon tattoo.]]
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* WTHCostumingDepartment: Most of the costumes look pretty good, considering that the series had NoBudget. But some of its' its character designs were just... a bit strange.
** Boromir is acaucasian Caucasian Samurai with an a rather [[AnachronismStew anochronistic,]] anachronistic,]] [[RuleOfCool but still pretty cool dragon tattoo.]]
** Boromir is a
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* HeartwarmingMoments: The fact that this is one of very few adaptations of Literature/TheLordOfTheRings to ''not'' cut out Tom Bombadil or The Scouring of the Shire.
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* NarmCharm: Practically a requirement for enjoying the series. For instance, during the journey down the Great River, it's ''very'' obvious that the actors are not actually in a boat, but rather in front of a Greenscreen, and [[TheComicallySerious Boromir's overly serious expression]] is outright {{Narm}}, but Galadriel's song still gives the scene a sense of beauty.
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* NarmCharm: Practically a requirement for enjoying the series. For instance, during the journey down the Great River, it's ''very'' obvious that the actors are not actually in a boat, but rather in front of a Greenscreen, and [[TheComicallySerious Boromir's overly serious expression]] is outright {{Narm}}, but Galadriel's song still gives the scene a sense of beauty.beauty.
* OlderThanTheyThink: While he doesn't have the same body type, Klonkku is quite similar to Gollum from [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings the New Line Cinema Movie Trilogy]] both in terms of looks and demeanor, moreso than other incarnations of the character. These are also the ''only'' two versions of the story where Merry and Pippin suddenly run into the Council of Elrond, offering to join Frodo on his quest. Maybe a certain [[Creator/PeterJackson New Zealand director]] took some inspiration from this series [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings when making his own adaptation of the story?]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: Several shots are done with rather obvious models, and ChromaKey is [[SpecialEffectsFailure frequently and noticeably used]], even for simple things like ''characters walking through a forest!'' For more examples, see "ConspicuousCG" and "{{Narm}}" above.
** Just about every wig / beard to appear in the series also look pretty fake.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: Most of the costumes look pretty good, considering that the series had NoBudget. But some of its' character designs were just... a bit strange.
** Boromir is a caucasian Samurai with an rather [[AnachronismStew anochronistic,]] [[RuleOfCool but still pretty cool dragon tatoo.]]
** Tom Bombadil is beardless, and resembles a Native American Shaman.
** Bilbo is given a ''huge'' mustache, making him look more like a dwarf than the groups actual dwarf Gimli, who merely has PermaStubble by comparison.
* OlderThanTheyThink: While he doesn't have the same body type, Klonkku is quite similar to Gollum from [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings the New Line Cinema Movie Trilogy]] both in terms of looks and demeanor, moreso than other incarnations of the character. These are also the ''only'' two versions of the story where Merry and Pippin suddenly run into the Council of Elrond, offering to join Frodo on his quest. Maybe a certain [[Creator/PeterJackson New Zealand director]] took some inspiration from this series [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings when making his own adaptation of the story?]]
* SpecialEffectFailure: Several shots are done with rather obvious models, and ChromaKey is [[SpecialEffectsFailure frequently and noticeably used]], even for simple things like ''characters walking through a forest!'' For more examples, see "ConspicuousCG" and "{{Narm}}" above.
** Just about every wig / beard to appear in the series also look pretty fake.
* WTHCostumingDepartment: Most of the costumes look pretty good, considering that the series had NoBudget. But some of its' character designs were just... a bit strange.
** Boromir is a caucasian Samurai with an rather [[AnachronismStew anochronistic,]] [[RuleOfCool but still pretty cool dragon tatoo.]]
** Tom Bombadil is beardless, and resembles a Native American Shaman.
** Bilbo is given a ''huge'' mustache, making him look more like a dwarf than the groups actual dwarf Gimli, who merely has PermaStubble by comparison.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: No, the title has nothing at all to do with a halfling's bosom. It simply means "The Hobbits"
* ConspicuousCG: The series does use some CGI occasionally, and it's pretty noticeable.
* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGTV4RFZqVw&t=660s The song Frodo sings at The Prancing Pony,]] at least once the instruments kicks in.
* FanDisservice: Gollum / Klonkku being half-naked is nothing new, but this series is not as good at utilizing a SceneryCensor as other adaptations, meaning that there are times when his... [[UnusualEuphemism precious]] is shown quite clearly to the audience. Needless to say, it doubles as {{Squick}}.
* {{Narm}}: Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
* NarmCharm: Practically a requirement for enjoying the series. For instance, during the journey down the Great River, it's ''very'' obvious that the actors are not actually in a boat, but rather in front of a Greenscreen, and [[TheComicallySerious Boromir's overly serious expression]] is outright {{Narm}}, but Galadriel's song still gives the scene a sense of beauty.
* ConspicuousCG: The series does use some CGI occasionally, and it's pretty noticeable.
* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGTV4RFZqVw&t=660s The song Frodo sings at The Prancing Pony,]] at least once the instruments kicks in.
* FanDisservice: Gollum / Klonkku being half-naked is nothing new, but this series is not as good at utilizing a SceneryCensor as other adaptations, meaning that there are times when his... [[UnusualEuphemism precious]] is shown quite clearly to the audience. Needless to say, it doubles as {{Squick}}.
* {{Narm}}: Some of the acting - particulary that of the young Bilbo - has been criticised for this.
** The Ringwraiths, given that their horses contantly spin around on the spot whenever they're onscreen. This is not helped by the fact that the same pieces of footage are reused constantly.
** Gandalf and Klonkku's [[DisneyVillainDeath Disney Villain Deaths,]] [[SpecialEffectsFailure due to how fake they look.]] Especially the former's, since his confrontation with the Balrog was cut, which makes it look like he just clumsly falls down into a hole. It also doesn't help that they both spin around as if they're being flushed down a toilet.
* NarmCharm: Practically a requirement for enjoying the series. For instance, during the journey down the Great River, it's ''very'' obvious that the actors are not actually in a boat, but rather in front of a Greenscreen, and [[TheComicallySerious Boromir's overly serious expression]] is outright {{Narm}}, but Galadriel's song still gives the scene a sense of beauty.
