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** ''"He wields the foe-hammer! The Beater, brrright as daylight!"''
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* TheDeterminator: A rather dark version. He survives starvation, the dead lands, the marshes, torture, and falling off a cliff, all powered by his lust for his precious.
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* TheDeterminator: A rather dark version. He survives starvation, the dead lands, the marshes, torture, and falling off a cliff, all powered by his lust for his precious. Possession of the One Ring extends its bearers lifespan indefinitely. However, once they lose possession of it, all that age catches up with them very quickly, as it did to Bilbo, after living 111 years but barely seeming to age until he gave up the ring. In comparison, the Ring extended Gollum's lifespan until he was approaching ''600 years old''. Several years after losing the ring, he's still going strong.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Both in terms of his girth and by virtue of being played by the extremely tall StephenFry.
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* LargeAndInCharge: Both in terms of his girth and by virtue of being played by the extremely tall StephenFry.Creator/StephenFry.
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!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
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Three trolls from the Ettenmoors the Company encounters in the Trollshaws west of Rivendell. Extremely stupid, they attempted to eat the Company, but failed due to Bilbo's stalling, a smidge of Gandalf's magic, and [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].
Three trolls from the Ettenmoors the Company encounters in the Trollshaws west of Rivendell. Extremely stupid, they attempted to eat the Company, but failed due to Bilbo's stalling, a smidge of Gandalf's magic, and [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].
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* RoarBeforeBeating: However, a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
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* RoarBeforeBeating: However, They speak English perfectly well, but a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
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* BreathWeapon / KillItWithFire: Obviously.
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* BreathWeapon / KillItWithFire: Obviously.BreathWeapon: He's a dragon, you kinda have to expect he can breathe fire.
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* {{Pride}}: His ego's bigger than he is.
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** Since he doesn't actually do anything with his unimaginable wealth, this seems as likely a motivation for his hoarding as pure {{Greed}}, and his reaction to theft is that of one who's been insulted rather than inconvenienced in any way.
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* {{Pride}}: His ego's bigger than he is.
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* SmugSmiler / SlasherSmile: The shape of his mouth gives him a permanent example of the former, though when he bares his teeth it looks like the latter.
* SmugSnake: [[IncrediblyLamePun Pardon the pun.]] Powerful and unstoppable as he might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
** SmugSuper: But with his size and power, he has a lot to back up his claim.
* SnakeTalk: Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
* SmugSnake: [[IncrediblyLamePun Pardon the pun.]] Powerful and unstoppable as he might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
** SmugSuper: But with his size and power, he has a lot to back up his claim.
* SnakeTalk: Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
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* SmugSmiler / SlasherSmile: SmugSmiler: The shape of his mouth gives him a permanent example of the former, this trope, though when he bares his teeth it looks like the latter.
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* SmugSnake:[[IncrediblyLamePun Pardon the pun.]] Powerful and unstoppable as he might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
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** Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
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** Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
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* TotallyRadical: He talks quit a bit like this in his interview with Creator/StephenColbert.
--> ''I am an old-school wyrm! Keeping it real, yo! Doing what dragons do!''
--> ''I am an old-school wyrm! Keeping it real, yo! Doing what dragons do!''
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** RoarBeforeBeating: However, a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
* RoarBeforeBeating: However, a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Their infinite number is nothing compared to the dwarves' weapons and combat skills, let alone Gandalf.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Every time he's given an opportunity to redeem himself, Bard ordering him to lead the women and children to safety during a battle, he manages to be an even bigger jerk by pushing them out of his way and refuse to partake in the battle after the womenfolk decide to take matters in their own hands.
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!!Smaug the Golden [-(Creator/BenedictCumberbatch)-]Golden
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Mark Hadlow, William Kircher, Peter Hambleton
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->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]''
->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/StephenFry
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->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Uses this to ''terrifying'' effect during his scene in ''Film/AnUnexpectedJourney'', using it to vanish from sight and pop up behind Bilbo multiple times during their encounter. Even without the Ring's invisibility, he's plenty stealthy on his own.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He couldn't care less that he is about to burn a village full of women and children. In fact, he even taunts Bard about the fact that his son is going to burn in the flames.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He couldn't care less that he is about to burn a village full of women and children. In fact, he even taunts Bard about the fact that his son is going to burn in the flames.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Edmund {{Blackadder}} with the redeeming qualities scrubbed out.
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* {{Expy}}: Of Edmund {{Blackadder}} Series/{{Blackadder}} with the redeeming qualities scrubbed out.
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* MightyGlacier: Fíli and Kíli convince Bilbo that he's the best to deal with the trolls, since he's smart and fast while they're slow and stupid (but doubtlessly strong and dangerous).
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* MightyGlacier: Trolls: Fíli and Kíli convince Bilbo that he's the best to deal with the trolls, since he's smart and fast while they're slow and stupid (but doubtlessly strong and dangerous).
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*AxCrazy: He enjoys killing people, a trait most emphasised in his initial reason for attacking Laketown, where he was going to slaughter everyone simply ForTheEvulz.
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* ShoutOut: You can't help but feel that somehow [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry, Curly, and Moe]] made their way to Middle-earth and became trolls, what with how they act and the way Bert smacks Tom around like Moe did Curly.
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* ShoutOut: Specifically, a ThreeStoogesShoutOut. You can't help but feel that somehow [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry, Curly, and Moe]] made their way to Middle-earth and became trolls, what with how they act and the way Bert smacks Tom around like Moe did Curly.
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A massive, ancient, and powerful fire drake from the far north of Middle-Earth, with ego and greed to match. Destroyed the city of Dale and conquered the kingdom of Erebor for its massive hoard of gold, in which Smaug slept for some sixty years.
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A massive, ancient, and powerful fire drake from the far north of Middle-Earth, with an ego and greed to match. Destroyed the city of Dale and conquered the kingdom of Erebor for its massive hoard of gold, in which Smaug slept for some sixty years.
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* FallenAngel: Believe it or not, that demon who just snared and just happens to have a sword and whip, [[spoiler:belonged to a race of hyper-intelligent warriors from hell that made the Ringwraiths look like pansies. He's the same order of being as Gandalf and Sauron]].
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* FallenAngel: Believe it or not, that demon who just snared Gandalf and just happens to have a sword and whip, [[spoiler:belonged to a race of hyper-intelligent warriors from hell that made the Ringwraiths look like pansies. He's the same order of being as Gandalf and Sauron]].
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!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
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The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
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The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
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* BigRedDevil: He's effectively this [[IncendiaryExponent on fire.]]
* DarkIsEvil: The parts of him that aren't ''on fire'' are black and shadowy and he lives in one of the deepest, darkest places of Middle-Earth.
* EldritchAbomination: At least, you could tell that Sauron's minions were warped versions of their original selves. This demon is one of many "that should not see the light of day".
* EvilIsBurningHot: Balrogs are some of the most feared creatures in Middle-Earth for good reason. They served Sauron's old boss before the Third Age and are all {{Hero Killer}}s. Even the goblins are terrified of it.
* FallenAngel: Believe it or not, that demon who just snared and just happens to have a sword and whip, [[spoiler:belonged to a race of hyper-intelligent warriors from hell that made the Ringwraiths look like pansies. He's the same order of being as Gandalf and Sauron]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The story was already serious, but he upped the ante and paved the way for the Fellowship's breaking by bringing down Gandalf. (Of course, Gandalf [[BackFromTheDead got better.]]) It also introduced the epic one-on-one fights that would occur later in the story.
* LargeAndInCharge: Much larger than the orcs and trolls in Moria, and they seem to be almost as afraid of him as the Fellowship is. In the Creator/PeterJackson films, Durin's Bane is nearly twenty feet tall.
* PlayingWithFire: The movie makes it looks like he's literally a demon of flame. And [[CastingAShadow shadow]].
* RasputinianDeath: Falls down a deep pit along with Gandalf, as they try to stab one another as they plummet down to the bottom. Once they land, they are immediately submerged, carried down the stream presumably, until they reached the base of a mountain, climb the [[EndlessCorridor Endless Stair]] to the peak of Celebdil, where they fought until Gandalf manages to pierce its heart, causing it to fall down to its death.
* WhipItGood: He uses a flaming whip [[DualWield in conjunction with]] a FlamingSword.
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!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
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The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
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* DarkIsEvil: The parts of him that aren't ''on fire'' are black and shadowy and he lives in one of the deepest, darkest places of Middle-Earth.
* EldritchAbomination: At least, you could tell that Sauron's minions were warped versions of their original selves. This demon is one of many "that should not see the light of day".
* EvilIsBurningHot: Balrogs are some of the most feared creatures in Middle-Earth for good reason. They served Sauron's old boss before the Third Age and are all {{Hero Killer}}s. Even the goblins are terrified of it.
* FallenAngel: Believe it or not, that demon who just snared and just happens to have a sword and whip, [[spoiler:belonged to a race of hyper-intelligent warriors from hell that made the Ringwraiths look like pansies. He's the same order of being as Gandalf and Sauron]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The story was already serious, but he upped the ante and paved the way for the Fellowship's breaking by bringing down Gandalf. (Of course, Gandalf [[BackFromTheDead got better.]]) It also introduced the epic one-on-one fights that would occur later in the story.
* LargeAndInCharge: Much larger than the orcs and trolls in Moria, and they seem to be almost as afraid of him as the Fellowship is. In the Creator/PeterJackson films, Durin's Bane is nearly twenty feet tall.
* PlayingWithFire: The movie makes it looks like he's literally a demon of flame. And [[CastingAShadow shadow]].
* RasputinianDeath: Falls down a deep pit along with Gandalf, as they try to stab one another as they plummet down to the bottom. Once they land, they are immediately submerged, carried down the stream presumably, until they reached the base of a mountain, climb the [[EndlessCorridor Endless Stair]] to the peak of Celebdil, where they fought until Gandalf manages to pierce its heart, causing it to fall down to its death.
* WhipItGood: He uses a flaming whip [[DualWield in conjunction with]] a FlamingSword.
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The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
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* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Considering the Fellowship is traveling with the equivalent of an angel and they encounter a devil shortly afterwards, definitely qualifies, though is not exactly a squid.
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* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: Unlike the book, the film monster emerges fully and even leaves completely the water at one point.
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* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Considering the Fellowship is traveling with the equivalent of an angel and they encounter a devil shortly afterwards, definitely qualifies, though it is not exactly a squid.
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* GiantSquid: Distinctively subverted. Though its shape is very squid or octopus like, its body resembles more a bizarre mollusk spider, or rather a completely fictitious creature.
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!!The Spiders of Mirkwood
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* AnimalisticAbomination: Just like [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Mommy]].
* CastingAShadow: Like her mother, she weaves webs of unlight that are perceptible to the Hobbits, although the "unlight" part is hard to convey on film so they look like regular (but giant) webs.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Sauron treats her as his pet--specifically a cat, in that he thinks he owns her and she does whatever she pleases.
* EyeScream: Sam stabs her in one eye with Sting during their fight.
* GiantSpider: She's thought to be the daughter of Ungoliant, a spirit on the order of Sauron and Balrogs, who took spider form. She's also related to the giant spiders of Mirkwood, but she's bigger.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Of the "[[PureIsNotGood pure]] [[InvertedTrope evil]]" variety. She was stated to be immune to the Ring's temptations because power holds no interest for something that just wants to eat everything.
* MeaningfulName: "Lob" is an archaic word for "spider". She's female. "She-Lob".
* OmnicidalManiac: No, really - it's AllThereInTheManual. "She, who desired only death for all others, and for herself a glut of life, alone..."
* PrimalFear: Spiders. Big spiders. Not surprising, since Tolkien was bitten by a highly venomous spider as a boy.
* SpidersAreScary: Both Tolkien and Jackson firmly believe in this trope. Shelob is a horrific menace even to the nasties that populate Mordor.
** Jackson deliberately asked the WETA team to model Shelob primarily after the funnel-web spider, one of Australia's most toxic and least adorable residents.
* TimeAbyss: She is said to have been around when the earth was born. Although that is moreso her mother [[BiggerBad Ungoliant]].
* TheVoiceless: The fact that she was able to work out a deal with Gollum implies she ''can'' speak, but she never does during her appearance in the text. Or just that she understands speech, and relented her attack when Gollum begged for his life and promised to bring her tasty things to eat.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The thing that finally makes her flinch is the phial of starlight Galadriel gave Frodo.
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!!The Spiders of Mirkwood
Some of the countless brood of Ungoliant who are nesting in Dol Guldur and spreading through Mirkwood.
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* AnimalisticAbomination: Just like [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Mommy]].
* CastingAShadow: Like her mother, she weaves webs of unlight that are perceptible to the Hobbits, although the "unlight" part is hard to convey on film so they look like regular (but giant) webs.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Sauron treats her as his pet--specifically a cat, in that he thinks he owns her and she does whatever she pleases.
* EyeScream: Sam stabs her in one eye with Sting during their fight.
* GiantSpider: She's thought to be the daughter of Ungoliant, a spirit on the order of Sauron and Balrogs, who took spider form. She's also related to the giant spiders of Mirkwood, but she's bigger.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Of the "[[PureIsNotGood pure]] [[InvertedTrope evil]]" variety. She was stated to be immune to the Ring's temptations because power holds no interest for something that just wants to eat everything.
* MeaningfulName: "Lob" is an archaic word for "spider". She's female. "She-Lob".
* OmnicidalManiac: No, really - it's AllThereInTheManual. "She, who desired only death for all others, and for herself a glut of life, alone..."
* PrimalFear: Spiders. Big spiders. Not surprising, since Tolkien was bitten by a highly venomous spider as a boy.
* SpidersAreScary: Both Tolkien and Jackson firmly believe in this trope. Shelob is a horrific menace even to the nasties that populate Mordor.
** Jackson deliberately asked the WETA team to model Shelob primarily after the funnel-web spider, one of Australia's most toxic and least adorable residents.
* TimeAbyss: She is said to have been around when the earth was born. Although that is moreso her mother [[BiggerBad Ungoliant]].
* TheVoiceless: The fact that she was able to work out a deal with Gollum implies she ''can'' speak, but she never does during her appearance in the text. Or just that she understands speech, and relented her attack when Gollum begged for his life and promised to bring her tasty things to eat.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The thing that finally makes her flinch is the phial of starlight Galadriel gave Frodo.
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!!The Spiders of Mirkwood
Some of the countless brood of Ungoliant who are nesting in Dol Guldur and spreading through Mirkwood.
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!!The Watcher in the Water
An aquatic monster which guards the western gates of Moria. It encounters the Fellowship upon their arrival to the walls of the dwarven realm, possibly awakening from a stone thrown to the water, and tries to abduct Frodo with its tentacles before being shot away by Legolas. It then crushes the doors of Moria behind them, leaving them trapped in Moria.
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Considering the Fellowship is traveling with the equivalent of an angel and they encounter a devil shortly afterwards, definitely qualifies, though is not exactly a squid.
* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: Unlike the book, the film monster emerges fully and even leaves completely the water at one point.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Aside from a series of sacks or quills behind it, the monster is composed of a tentacled body whose eyes and mouth configuration casually forms a human-like face.
* CombatTentacles: They are difficult to see, but aside its long tentacles, the monster has two arms more, shorter and with claw fingers at the end.
* CompositeCharacter: According to Peter Jackson, the Watcher in the Water is part of the race of nameless creatures which gnaw the world mentioned by Gandalf, and actually there was planned a scene in which Gandalf and the balrog scared away some of its kind upon splashing on the undeground lake.
* EldritchAbomination: A tentacled monster with a humanoid face.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: A big, ugly, mean one.
* GiantSquid: Distinctively subverted. Though its shape is very squid or octopus like, its body resembles more a bizarre mollusk spider, or rather a completely fictitious creature.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has two jaws with some creepy teeth.
* TentacleRope: It catches Frodo with its tentacles and swings him before Sam and Legolas free him. Afterwards, it still tries to catch them and drags them down into the water.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: It certainly evokes the kraken imagery.
* NoNameGiven: He is not called by its name on the film.
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!!The Watcher in the Water
An aquatic monster which guards the western gates of Moria. It encounters the Fellowship upon their arrival to the walls of the dwarven realm, possibly awakening from a stone thrown to the water, and tries to abduct Frodo with its tentacles before being shot away by Legolas. It then crushes the doors of Moria behind them, leaving them trapped in Moria.
* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Considering the Fellowship is traveling with the equivalent of an angel and they encounter a devil shortly afterwards, definitely qualifies, though is not exactly a squid.
* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: Unlike the book, the film monster emerges fully and even leaves completely the water at one point.
* {{Cephalothorax}}: Aside from a series of sacks or quills behind it, the monster is composed of a tentacled body whose eyes and mouth configuration casually forms a human-like face.
* CombatTentacles: They are difficult to see, but aside its long tentacles, the monster has two arms more, shorter and with claw fingers at the end.
* CompositeCharacter: According to Peter Jackson, the Watcher in the Water is part of the race of nameless creatures which gnaw the world mentioned by Gandalf, and actually there was planned a scene in which Gandalf and the balrog scared away some of its kind upon splashing on the undeground lake.
* EldritchAbomination: A tentacled monster with a humanoid face.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: A big, ugly, mean one.
* GiantSquid: Distinctively subverted. Though its shape is very squid or octopus like, its body resembles more a bizarre mollusk spider, or rather a completely fictitious creature.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has two jaws with some creepy teeth.
* TentacleRope: It catches Frodo with its tentacles and swings him before Sam and Legolas free him. Afterwards, it still tries to catch them and drags them down into the water.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: It certainly evokes the kraken imagery.
* NoNameGiven: He is not called by its name on the film.
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!!Otho Sackville-Baggins [-(Brian Hotter)-]
Another wealthy but rather unpleasant hobbit; husband of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.
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* FeudingFamilies: He's Bilbo's first-cousin and closest living heir, and therefore, his ambition was to succeed Bilbo as head of the Baggins family and be head of two families at once. Bilbo thwarts this by officially naming Frodo as the heir to Bag End.
* HenpeckedHusband: Lobelia is quite obviously the one who rules the roost in the Sackville-Baggins family.
* PreppyName: Though his father was a Baggins, he inherited headship of the Sackville family through his mother, Camellia. Thus, Otho effectively founded a new family.
* TimeshiftedActor: He appears in ''Fellowship'' at the venerable age of 91, but in ''An Unexpected Journey'', he's around 30.
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!!Smaug the Golden [-(Creator/BenedictCumberbatch)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"'''I''' am King under the Mountain!"'']]
->''"My teeth are swords! My claws are spears! My wings are a '''HURRICANE!'''"''
A massive, ancient, and powerful fire drake from the far north of Middle-Earth, with ego and greed to match. Destroyed the city of Dale and conquered the kingdom of Erebor for its massive hoard of gold, in which Smaug slept for some sixty years.
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* AchillesHeel: Mentioned but not exploited in the second movie. There's a gap in Smaug's scales, made when Bard's ancestor tried to shoot him down when he first attacked Erebor. He missed his target but broke off one of the scales, exposing the flesh underneath.
* AdvertisedExtra: A downplayed example for both films he appears in. For ''Desolation'', while he was purposely mostly kept out of the advertising to save his full appearance for the film's release itself, he's nevertheless one of the two eponymous characters but doesn't even appear until relatively late into the film. And for ''Battle of the Five Armies'', he's once again for the most part kept out of the advertising, but his appearance on the film's theatrical poster counts, considering [[spoiler: he only has a handful of scenes before dying.]]
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Smaug takes some pleasure in barbecuing literally everything that opposes him. Or vaguely related to those who oppose him.
%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He had it coming.]]
* AttentionWhore: Quite a few shades of this, which makes him easy to stall. Bilbo exploits this by heaping him with flattery and overblown titles (and makes up some for himself, to satisfy Smaug's curiosity), which both saves his life and gives Thorin and the rest of the company time to get over their fear of the dragon and come up with a plan to kill Smaug.
* {{Badass}}: Described as "the chiefest and greatest calamity of the age", Smaug proves he's a monster ''and'' a badass in one stroke, by wiping out a prosperous human town and its armed forces and ''then'' destroying Erebor, in spite of the hundreds of dwarven warriors that opposed him.
* BadassBaritone: Terrible enough to make your hair stand on end and briefly paralyse Bilbo with fear.
* BadassBoast: About 80% of his dialogue. This one probably stands out:
-->"'''''I'' am King Under the Mountain.'''"
* BerserkButton:
** Don't insult his greatness.
** Don't try to steal from him either.
** Don't mention Black Arrows, the one thing he fears that can pierce through his hide and possibly kill him either.
** And don't mention that missing scale...
* BigBad: The "chiefest and greatest calamity" of the age. [[spoiler: At least until his death early in ''The Battle of the Five Armies''. However, even after his destruction, his influence is still felt throughout the rest of the movie, particularly on Thorin.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: Tries very hard to do this with Bilbo and while Smaug doesn't completely manage, he does get under the hobbit's skin.
* BreathWeapon / KillItWithFire: Obviously.
* CardCarryingVillain: Completely immoral, incredibly greedy (he literally has mountains worth of coins in his lair, and he will not part with even ''one'' of them) utterly malicious and has an ego bigger than his stature, such so that he seems to enjoy being called "Greatest of all Calamities" or "The Tyrannical", amongst other evil nicknames. Justified because Smaug happens to be an AttentionWhore of the highest calibre, so being reminded of his power is delicious to him.
** And there's his boast "I am fire. I am death."
* CantTakeCriticism: Virtually the mirror image of his [[AttentionWhore Attention Whoring]], and overlaps with his biggest BerserkButton. In short, he simply won't tolerate ''any'' disrespect, no matter how slight. Thorin exploits this to maneuver Smaug into position for the dwarves' plan to kill him, quite easily manipulating him with some rather feeble taunts.
* CirclingMonologue: Does this to Bilbo about his role; impressive given his massive size.
* TheCorruption: In the third film, it's mentioned that the fact that Smaug has brooded over the treasure so long has had an actual effect on the gold, making it cursed and that is partly the reason for Thorin falling to "Dragon Sickness."
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gets impaled with a Black Arrow just as he was about to unleash another burst of fire. It's heavily implied the interrupted plume backfired and messily burned up his insides.]]
* CruelMercy:
** His declaration that he's going to destroy Laketown actually gets Bilbo to come out of hiding, and Bilbo's vain attempt to talk him out of it actually prompts Smaug to not kill him so he can watch the town burn.
** He also contemplates allowing Bilbo to take the Arkenstone, just so he can watch it destroy Thorin as it did Thrór. He ultimately decides against it, though.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Hmm, let's have a look:
** He knew the smell of dwarves on Bilbo the instant the latter came within range of him and correctly deduced it was Thorin in the same instant.
** He decides against letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone because he deems it too big a gamble and attempts to kill Bilbo right there.
** While he was first playing with the dwarves when he was hunting them, he ultimately goes straight for Thorin. Without Thorin, [[KeystoneArmy the rest of the Companionship will fail]].
** When he is burning down Laketown, the Dwarvin ballista is nowhere to be seen, implying that Smaug knew that the weapon was the only way to stop him and burned it down. [[spoiler: Too bad Bard found another solution to taking him down.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: In ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' He is truly gone when Thorin finally rids himself from Smaug's shadow and corrupting influence towards the end of the movie]].
* TheDreaded: There's a reason nobody ever tried to kill him after he invaded Erebor...
* DistractedByTheShiny: Not only is Smaug greedy, but he seems borderline mesmerized if introduced to a large golden object, especially when he sees a gold statue as big as he is.
* EvilIsBigger: He's by far the largest character in the films.
* EvilIsHammy: He's the "chiefest and greatest calamity" and obviously takes it stride.
* EvilIsPetty: His ego means that anyone who transgresses him, however slightly, must suffer DisproportionateRetribution.
* EvilGloating: Most of his dialogue with Bilbo.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not surprising, considering he's voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.
* EyeAwaken: [[spoiler: At the end of ''An Unexpected Journey''.]]
* EyeLightsOut: [[spoiler: When Smaug dies.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's almost civil towards Bilbo before he explodes into rage-mode.
* FangsAreEvil: He even likens them to swords.
* ForTheEvulz: His initial motive for attacking Laketown, compared to the book, is less about revenge for being robbed and more so because he likes killing, given that trying to talk him out of it actually makes him ''MORE'' eager to do it.
* GeniusBruiser: A unstoppable machine of war, but also cunning enough to deduce pretty much everything about Bilbo on the spot.
* GiantFlyer: He's a dragon '''twice''' the size of a Boeing 747, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvr7DSEHcic this video]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: ''The Desolation of Smaug'' shows that not only do his eyes glow, they also seem to emit beams of light, much like in the Rankin-Bass animation, albeit with a more subtle effect.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed. According to WordOfGod, Smaug does have an element of loneliness in him after sitting in all that gold alone for so many years, furthering his need for stimulation and entertainment. It explains why he was willing to play Bilbo's game without destroying the hobbit then and there.
* {{Greed}}: The reason he drove the dwarves out of their home.
* HannibalLecture: Gives a good one about Thorin's motivations, with the added bonus of being right about a lot of it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: A lot of the things he says about Thorin and the dwarves could easily be used to describe him. Such as them being drawn to treasure like flies or calling Thorin an usurper with a foul purpose. Naturally, he seems oblivious to this.
* IAmTheNoun: "I am fire. I am... ''death''."
* IWillShowYouX: [[JumpScare "REVENGE?!]] [[VillainousBreakdown REVENGE?!]] '''I'LL SHOW YOU ''''''''REVENGE!"'''''
* IronicEcho: This is what nearly breaks Bilbo -- Smaug refers to the One Ring as "made of gold...but far more precious." ''Precious'' is, of course, what Gollum calls the Ring, [[CallForward as does Bilbo himself in]] ''Film/LordOfTheRings.''
* IShallTauntYou: Calls himself "King Under The Mountain" (the title given to the Dwarven King of Erebor) to press Thorin's BerserkButton.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When pretty much your entire personality falls under the heading of {{Pride}} and {{Greed}}, this is a given. He makes it very clear that he considers the Mountain and its treasure to be his property, and doesn't even bother justifying his actions or cruelty.
* ItAmusedMe: A combination of enjoying flattery and this trope makes him talk with Bilbo rather than killing him immediately. As soon as he gets bored with the "little game", however...
* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from the obvious with his murdering hundreds of innocent lives if they stand between him and treasure, or to make somebody else watch, given the chance he takes time to rub in his victims' helplessness. This highlighted when he sees Bard's son with him in the tower he's trying to shoot him from and taunts Bard about how he won't be able to save his son and he burn with the rest of the town.
* TheJuggernaut: The most that Thorin's Company manage to do to Smaug is slow him down and ''severely'' piss him off.
* {{Kaiju}}: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvr7DSEHcic this video]] from [[WordOfGod the creators]], he's twice as big as a Boeing 747. He's also powerful enough to be considered Middle Earth's answer to Godzilla.
* LargeHam: What did you expect from a giant talking dragon who's a {{narcissist}} and loves EvilGloating and {{Badass Boast}}s?
* LightningBruiser: He's huge, and not only can he fly fast, but he can move fast on foot and can easily smash rock pillars as big as he is.
* LightIsNotGood: Less so than in the book (largely due to the dim lighting of his cave in the movie), but he still radiates a fiery glow and is eyes are subtle searchlights, as a reference to the animated movie.
* LogicalWeakness: During the climax of the movie in the giant gold-smelting furnace room, when he's about to roast Thorin, Bilbo unleashes a reservoir worth of water on him, temporarily neutralizing his fire-breath... though this only works for a short time.
* MacGuffinGuardian: Guards the treasure of Erebor, and by extension the Arkenstone.
* TheMagnificent: "The Golden", "The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities", "Chiefest and greatest calamity of our age"...
* ManipulativeBastard: Excels at this. He's perfectly happy to talk to Bilbo for a while and turn all his fears and doubts against him. He refrains from killing Bilbo because he wants him to watch Laketown burn. He even briefly considers letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone to Thorin, just for the pleasure of watching it drive Thorin mad with greed. He ultimately decides that doing so isn't worth the risk.
* MeaningfulName:
** His means "to squeeze through a hole" in Old Germanic.
** Then of course there's the fact he produces smog. And is smug.
** In Polish, the word for "dragon" is "smok".
* MightMakesRight: His claim to the treasure of Erebor is based on the simple logic that he flew in and took it, and (then or now) there is no one that can stop him.
* MoodSwinger: He seems to frequently zig-zag between a nearly FauxAffablyEvil politeness and rampaging wrath.
* MoneyFetish: One the size of Erebor.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Smaug the Terrible.
* {{Narcissist}}: He clearly enjoys Bilbo's feigned flattery, despite being well-aware of who sent him and why. He doesn't think for a second it's true, but gives Bilbo an indefinite stay of incineration as long as he keeps it up.
* NighInvulnerability: Dwarven black arrows are said to be able to kill a dragon. It took three just to knock off one of his scales. During the battle within Erebor, he's bathed in molten gold and just shakes it off like it's merely really hot water.
* OhCrap: He has one once he realizes the giant golden statue he has been staring slack jawed at is still molten.
* OneHitKill: Bard's black arrow kills Smaug outright in the third film.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedWith in that he does not go through with it. Dragons will never part with their treasure once they claim it, not even a single coin. So when Smaug tells Bilbo that he's ''almost'' tempted to let him take the Arkenstone, it really puts in perspective of just how bad and corruptible the King's Jewel is to Thorin.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In bodyshape, at least, he's a wyvern (four limbs -- a pair of bat like wings and hind legs). This is probably due to the design team's desire to present an anatomically "correct" (albeit fantastic) creature -- no reptilian species has 6 limbs. This attention to detail was present during the creation of Smaug's precursors, the Fell Beasts, and the WETA team were keen to present a creature that could believably become airborne. Concept artist John Howe was even asked to remove the "elbow spikes" he had drawn in as these don't appear in nature. Smaug's body proportion and quadrupedal walking gait seem to have been designed with the giant ornithocheiroid pterosaurs of the late Cretaceous period in mind, with disproportionately gigantic, winged forelimbs coupled with a relatively small body and hind-legs. His head resembles that of a monitor lizard.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Very lizard like in appearance, utterly heartless and destructive.
* PowerEchoes: His voice is underscored with a deep reverberating growl.
* {{Pride}}: His ego's bigger than he is.
** Since he doesn't actually do anything with his unimaginable wealth, this seems as likely a motivation for his hoarding as pure {{Greed}}, and his reaction to theft is that of one who's been insulted rather than inconvenienced in any way.
* PsychologicalCombat: As is typical for Middle-Earth dragons, Smaug loves this as much as causing physical destruction.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: As a fire-breathing dragon that can generate heat comparable to that of Mount Doom, by necessity Smaug must have a hide that is extremely heat resistant. When the Dwarves try to kill him with molten gold, he of course is only mildly inconvenienced by it.
* TheScrooge: Taken UpToEleven; he literally hoards mountains of coins in his lair, and he makes it very clear that he won't part with even ''one'' of them.
* SerkisFolk: In the movie, to match his and Benedict's facial expressions. The motion capture was actually revealed to cover far more than just Benedict's face: he wore a full-body suit, having studied the movements of reptiles in zoos to move in a more reptilian way.
* {{Sloth}}: If left alone, he doesn't seem to do much beyond sleep. Not that anyone's complaining; most people are very glad that he lacks the motivation to do more than sleep on his treasure, and the thought of him joining with Sauron unsurprisingly has everyone worried.
* SmugSmiler / SlasherSmile: The shape of his mouth gives him a permanent example of the former, though when he bares his teeth it looks like the latter.
* SmugSnake: [[IncrediblyLamePun Pardon the pun.]] Powerful and unstoppable as he might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
** SmugSuper: But with his size and power, he has a lot to back up his claim.
* SnakeTalk: Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
** Even before that: "Hmmm...there is ''ssss''omething about you."
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His BreathWeapon is shown to be strong enough blast apart stone towers in flashbacks, but in all present-day scenes acts as pure flame with no concussive force. {{Justified}} since he's fighting inside Erebor; as much as he wants the dwarves dead, he doesn't want to destroy his treasure doing it.
* TemptingFate: Boasting about how nothing can even damage him makes [[spoiler: his death at the hands of a Black Arrow less than a minute later all the more satisfying.]]
* TotallyRadical: He talks quit a bit like this in his interview with Creator/StephenColbert.
--> ''I am an old-school wyrm! Keeping it real, yo! Doing what dragons do!''
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers for ''Battle of the Five Armies'' make it pretty clear he won't have a lengthy role in the film, [[spoiler: given he's killed as the DiscOneFinalBoss, but he has a VERY lasting influence on Thorin.]]
* TreasureGuardingDragon: All dragons are said to covet gold. Smaug probably [[UpToEleven more than the average dragon]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He's a calm, confident, arrogant bastard, up until [[spoiler: he's actually ''injured'' by the dwarves. Then he goes berserk.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: His comments about Thorin's greed and that he judged Bilbo's life "worth nothing" prove right on the money given that not only did it take a WhatTheHellHero for Thorin to even enter the mountain, but when he entered he actually held a sword to him when he didn't have the Arkenstone.
* VolcanicVeins: The gaps between the scales on his throat and belly glow red when he's about to breathe flame.
* WouldHurtAChild: He couldn't care less that he is about to burn a village full of women and children. In fact, he even taunts Bard about the fact that his son is going to burn in the flames.
* YankTheDogsChain: Does this to Bilbo when he noticing him going after the Arkenstone by keeping it out of his reach.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness / SupernaturalGoldEyes
* YouAreTooLate: Gandalf organized the dwarves in the hopes of stopping Smaug from joining Sauron's forces. Smaug's dialogue to Bilbo reveals that he's well aware that Sauron has returned and that if he ''does'' come, he would gladly join the dark lord just ForTheEvulz.
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[[folder:The three Trolls]]
!!The Trolls: Bert, Tom, and William [-(Mark Hadlow, William Kircher, Peter Hambleton)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Nothing wrong with a bit of raw Dwarf! Nice and crunchy!"'']]
Three trolls from the Ettenmoors the Company encounters in the Trollshaws west of Rivendell. Extremely stupid, they attempted to eat the Company, but failed due to Bilbo's stalling, a smidge of Gandalf's magic, and [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].
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* AerithAndBob: They're the only characters in the story with modern English names.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: They have a pale, fleshy skin-tone, and are more humanoid-looking and intelligent than the trolls of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, speaking in perfect English (albeit in suitably thuggish tones).
** RoarBeforeBeating: However, a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
* AsYouKnow: William tells the other to hurry because he doesn't want to turn into stone when the sun comes up. [[TakenForGranite Guess what happens]].
* BondVillainStupidity: They try to cook the dwarves without killing them first.
* ButtMonkey: Tom gets hit and smacked around the most by the others and by the Dwarves during the fight. Even getting hit in the eye and the groin as well.
* TheCameo: Their petrified forms are stumbled upon by Frodo and company in the extended cut of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Effectively an EarlyBirdCameo, since ''Lord of the Rings'' was adapted before ''The Hobbit''.
* DumbMuscle: With a degree of variation. Tom seems way dim compared to the others, while the others, at least, are particularly GenreSavvy. Tom also has unfocused eyes, [[AmbiguousDisorder possibly implying other difficulties]].
* EvilBrit: The stupid kind.
* ExactWords: Kíli demands the trolls ''drop'' Bilbo. They oblige and toss Bilbo right on top of him.
* GenreSavvy: William reminds the others to hurry up because dawn is approaching and he doesn't fancy being turned to stone. Also Bert figures out what Bilbo is up to, when Bilbo is trying to stall for time by TalkingTheMonsterToDeath. He rhetorically asks if Bilbo thought that he didn't know what he was up to? And bluntly states that Bilbo was playing them for fools. Unfortunately for him and the other two, by then it is too late, dawn had arrived, and Gandalf appears to proclaim that "The Dawn shall take you all!"
* IHaveYourWife: They get the dwarves to surrender by capturing Bilbo.
* TheLeader: William seems to be the leader of the trio, giving them orders. Or at least, ordering around Tom.
* LeanAndMean: Tom, compared to William and Bert.
* LethalChef: Bert is implied to be a terrible cook. His stew certainly looks disgusting.
* MightyGlacier: Fíli and Kíli convince Bilbo that he's the best to deal with the trolls, since he's smart and fast while they're slow and stupid (but doubtlessly strong and dangerous).
* NotSoHarmless: Which they remind everyone of when they threaten to tear Bilbo limb from limb.
* SerkisFolk: Portrayed by Mark Hadlow, William Kircher and Peter Hambleton via motion capture.
* ShoutOut: You can't help but feel that somehow [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry, Curly, and Moe]] made their way to Middle-earth and became trolls, what with how they act and the way Bert smacks Tom around like Moe did Curly.
* StealthPun: "Lay down your arms! Or we'll rip his off!"
* TakenForGranite: When exposed to sunlight.
* TeamChef: Bert. And he's really pissed the others don't appreciate his cooking.
* ToServeMan: Dwarves anyway.
* {{Villainous Glutton}}s: They have an appetite matching their size.
* WackyWaysideTribe: They are the first villains the company encounter, but they are quickly defeated and their scene could easily be removed from the plot. However, that way we would miss one of the most iconic scenes of the story.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Great Goblin]]
!!The Great Goblin [-(Barry Humphries)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bones will be shattered, necks will be wrung! You'll be beaten and battered, from racks you'll be hung! You will die down here and never be found! Down in the deep of Goblin-Tooooown!"'']]
A powerful Goblin chieftain of Goblin-town. Surprisingly [[AffablyEvil personable]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] for a goblin.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being about twenty times their size, he doesn't seem to be any less agile than his smaller kin.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Although his book counterpart was also a villain, the first film makes him willing to answer Azog's bounty on Thorin's head. In the book, the goblins wanted them destroyed simply because they considered them spies and a threat (even though the dwarves never wanted any trouble with the goblins).
* AdiposeRex: Big and fat and the king. Self explanatory really.
* BadBoss: While this is essentially the norm for orcs and goblins, he's shown sitting on some and crushing others with his feet. In the extended edition, he kills one of his own minions during his VillainSong [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]].
* BerserkButton: The sight of Orcrist causes him to lose his cool completely, making him opt to forgo torture in favor of killing the dwarves immediately:
--> "I know that sword! It is the Goblin Cleaver! The Biter, the blade that sliced a thousand necks! Slash them! Beat them! Kill them, kill them all! ''[[OffWithHisHead Cut off his head!]]''"
* BodyHorror: His "beard" isn't made of hair.
* CardCarryingVillain: Lesser goblins address him as "[[TheMagnificent Your Malevolence]]".
* CoolCrown: Which may be made of claws or teeth.
* DisgustingPublicToilet: According to the design team, his throne also acts as a ''commode'', and was [[NauseaFuel set-dressed accordingly...]]
* FatBastard: Extremely so on both counts.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts very jolly and cordial for a sadist. The extended edition takes this further, having him lead his goblins in a merry VillainSong about how he plans on torturing and killing the dwarves for trespassing into his kingdom.
* FreakOut: When he sees the dwarves' elven swords.
* GeniusBruiser: Enormously strong (he effortlessly smashes his way through a bridge) and he comes across as pretty knowledgeble, knowing Thorin's history and being able to correctly identify magic swords on sight.
* GenreSavvy: When he sees the elven swords, he orders the dwarves killed pretty much immediately. Unfortunately, he's not quite quick enough.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He handles Gandalf eviscerating him with surprising nonchalance. See MajorInjuryUnderreaction for his exact words before getting his throat slit.]]
* IWillShowYouX: In the extended addition:
-->'''Óin''': You're going to have to speak up. Your boys flattened my trumpet!\\
'''Great Goblin''': ''I'll flatten more than your TRUMPET!''
* {{Jerkass}}: Takes a moment to rub in how Thorin, the King Under the Mountain, "[doesn't] have a mountain. And [he's] not a king. Which makes [him]... nobody, really".
* KingMook: The biggest, and also most important goblin seen in Peter Jackson's movies.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's almost the size of a troll.
* LargeHam: Special mention goes to his breaking out in song while describing how he intends to torture and kill the Dwarves.
** ''"He wields the foe-hammer! The Beater, brrright as daylight!"''
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In the film after Gandalf fatally injures him.
-->"...that'll do it."
* MythologyGag: Bears a resemblance to his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/TheHobbit animated film]].
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Even more different than other Goblins as he's much larger than a man and grotesquely fat.
* SerkisFolk: By the one and only Barry Humphries.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:What Gandalf does to finally do him in. Turns out he was right to freak out about seeing Glamdring.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: ''The'' Great Goblin.
* VillainousGlutton: Presumably, given how bloated he is compared to all other goblins and orcs.
* VillainSong: Gets a brief one (quoted above) that sounds [[MythologyGag somewhat reminiscent of the "Goblin-Town" song from the book.]] The extended edition has him singing an altered version of the aforementioned song.
* WickedCultured: He seems quite well-spoken and knowledgeable for a goblin.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Goblins of Goblin-Town]]
!!The Goblins of Goblin-Town
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The countless inhabitants of Goblin-Town and the Great Goblin's minions.
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* BambooTechnology: Their city's bridges, platforms, and torture machines are all made of wood.
* EvilMinions: Naturally.
* ExtendedDisarming: They do this to the dwarves.
* FreakOut: When they recognize Thorin's weapon : Orcrist, the "goblin cleaver".
* HarmlessVillain: The film makes them really bordering on this.
* {{Mooks}}: Numerous and ineffective.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Generally short (with some fat ones) and ugly. They set traps for travellers in the mountains.
* QuantityVsQuality / ConservationOfNinjutsu: Their infinite number is nothing compared to the dwarves' weapons and combat skills, let alone Gandalf.
* ZergRush: Their only tactic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gollum]]
!!Gollum [-(Creator/AndySerkis)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh! We knows! We knows safe paths for hobbitses! Safe paths in the dark... [[SplitPersonality SHUT UP]]!"'']]
->''" They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread... the sound of trees... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious."''
Once a Stoor hobbit named Sméagol living in the hobbits' original home along the Great River Anduin, he murdered his cousin Déagol on his birthday after Déagol found the One Ring and refused to give to Sméagol as a present. Sméagol was then exiled. To deal with the stresses of exile, Sméagol's personality fractured, creating the creature known as Gollum, for the hacking cough he developed. Gollum, unlike Sméagol, was cruel, ruthless, twisted and manipulative, but allowed them to survive in the goblin-infested Misty Mountains. Eventually, Bilbo Baggins encountered Gollum as he trekked eastwards on the Quest of Erebor. Bilbo stole the One Ring, and beat Gollum in a game of riddles. Many years later, Gollum, hoping to reclaim the Ring, followed the Fellowship on their journey, starting in Moria. After the breaking of the Fellowship, he ambushed Frodo and Sam as they continued alone, but was captured and eventually served as their guide to Mount Doom. Despite the reemergence of the more-decent Sméagol personality, he could not resist the lure of the Ring, and eventually attempted to lead Frodo and Sam into Shelob's clutches, so he could take the Ring from their bodies, but was killed when he attempted to take the Ring one last time a the Crack of Doom.
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* AccidentalHero: He did not mean to destroy the Ring, but if he hadn't tried to seize it from Frodo, it would never have fallen into the fire.
%%* AntiHero: Becomes a Type IV in ''The Two Towers'' before slipping back to his old ways.
%%* AntiVillain: Type II.
* BreakoutCharacter: Was essentially a OneSceneWonder in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Here, he's a big attraction.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to his cousin Déagol's Abel; Sméagol murdered him for the Ring.
* CatchPhrase: "My Precioussss", "Gollum, Gollum!"
%%* ChronicVillainy
* TheCorruption: Gollum is the result of long-term possession and use of the Ring.
%%* CowerPower
%%* TheDarkSide
* TheDeterminator: A rather dark version. He survives starvation, the dead lands, the marshes, torture, and falling off a cliff, all powered by his lust for his precious.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gollum's obsession with the Ring is reminiscent of methamphetamine addiction. It turns his body thin and haggard, destroys his identity and willpower, drives him to kill in order to possess it, and generally consumes his life.
* DrivenToMadness: By the Ring.
* FamousLastWords: "Precious!"
* FreudianTrio: With Frodo and Sam; represents the Id.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
%%* GreyAndGrayMorality
* {{Hobbits}}: At one time he was not unlike Frodo and Sam. This is part of why he's so damn tough.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He keeps wavering between "Gollum", the murderous sneaky bastard who wants to kill the thieves, and "Sméagol", the last vestige of his former self who yearns for friendship. Eventually Sméagol sides with Gollum outright.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Sméagol gets the upper hand in the second film and puts his trust fully in Frodo... and then Frodo has to trick him into getting captured by the Rangers of Ithilien, who are none too gentle.
%%* HeroAntagonist: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Possibly]].
* ImMelting: Falls into the magma in Mount Doom.
%%* InvisibleJerkass
* ManChild: Sméagol is very childlike and even playful, speaking in singsong and capering around. Sometimes he does this when he's happy that Frodo is being nice, sometimes he's happy because he's feeding Frodo to Shelob. And he's both at once during the riddle game with Bilbo.
* MonsterSobStory: He was a regular hobbit once, but the Ring drove him into killing his cousin. If it hadn't been for that, he probably would have had a normal life.
* NotSoDifferent: From a hobbit once, or from Frodo under the power of the Ring.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Five hundred something.
* ReformedButRejected: In the Jackson films, Sam never completely trusts him even when he's loyal to Frodo. [[ProperlyParanoid When he begins plotting in earnest, though]]... In the extended edition, there's a scene toward the end of ''The Two Towers'' where Sam ''does'' apparently start to trust Gollum in earnest, saying that he's being "very decent". And it's ''just'' before Gollum decides to go back to plotting Frodo and Sam's deaths, making this a case of DramaticIrony, and making Sam's fury upon overhearing Gollum's scheming later even more understandable.
%%* SanitySlippage
* SerkisFolk: TropeCodifier in the Jackson films. Gollum is a CGI character, but played on the set by Andy Serkis in a motion capture suit.
* ShadowArchetype: Gollum is a shadow to both Bilbo and Frodo. He is to some extent a shadow to Sam.
* SpannerInTheWorks: "Even Gollum may have something yet to do..."
%%* SplitPersonality
%%* StarringSpecialEffects
%%* SympatheticMurderer
%%* SympathyForTheDevil: And how.
* TalkingToThemself: Usually represented by having him talk to his reflection, with the camera focusing on himself for Sméagol and the reflection for Gollum.
%%* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fisssh.
%%* TragicVillain
* VerbalTic: "My Precioussss", "Gollum, Gollum!" He also has a tendency to call random things, usually people "precious" as well and punctuate his sentences with it, as though no matter what he were paying attention to his mind was constantly on the Ring.
%%* VerbalTicName
* WasOnceAMan: The prologue of ''Return of the King'' shows us his gradual corruption by the Ring from a normal Hobbit into the creature Gollum. This was done at the insistence of Andy Serkis, who wanted viewers to see there really was an actor behind Gollum.
%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Spiders of Mirkwood]]
!!The Spiders of Mirkwood
Some of the countless brood of Ungoliant who are nesting in Dol Guldur and spreading through Mirkwood.
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* AchillesHeel: Bilbo manages to kill several by stabbing them in the mouth or in the abdomen. The dwarves also coordinate to tear off the limbs of a spider.
* AllWebbedUp: What they do to their victims before eating them.
* {{Animalistic Abomination}}s: They're the offspring of Shelob, who in turn was the daughter of Ungoliant.
* CobwebJungle: They're transforming Mirkwood into this and set web traps everywhere. Bilbo inadvertently informs them of the presence of the Company when he plays with a web filament, not knowing what it really is.
* {{Giant Spider}}s: Not as big as Shelob in ''The Return of the King'', but still very dangerous.
* KnockoutAmbush: On Bilbo.
* PrimalFear: They ''are'' giant spiders.
* SpidersAreScary: Especially if they're descended from a spider-shaped EldritchAbomination.
* TalkingAnimal: The Ring somehow allows Bilbo to understand what they say when he puts it on. Considering who made the Ring and the place the spiders come from, it makes sense.
* ZergRush: How they try to take down the dwarves and elves.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Master of Laketown]]
!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/master_of_laketown_3937.jpg]]
The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While he ''is'' a greedy bastard, he doesn't directly oppose Bard in the book, in which him being the bad guy was mostly an InformedAttribute since he didn't actually do any evil.
* AdiposeRex: Notably not the 'Rex' part officially, but as ruler of Laketown, he's still the head honcho, and grossly overweight (to the point of gout).
* TheAlcoholic: The Master gets several brandies down before breakfast.
* BaldOfEvil: Or it would be if not for his ImprobableHairstyle.
* BeardOfEvil: A greasy goatee.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: The Master survives both Smaug's attack and the Battle of the Five Armies in book, and is only mentioned to have died alone in the wilderness after Bilbo returns home. In the films, he gets crushed by Smaug's falling corpse during the destruction of Lake-town.]]
* DirtyCoward: Flees Laketown during Smaug's attack with a barge filled with gold and leaving his citizens to die.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Died after being squished by Smaug's descending corpse.]]
* TheDungAges: Laketown is living in one. Since the destruction of Erebor and Dale, the trade they depend on has diminished substantially, with the Woodland Realm as sole source of trade. As the Company enters Laketown, they pass stone ruins in the lake, indicating that Laketown was once much larger, wealthier, and cleaner. Thorin [[UnreliableNarrator apparently remembers]] that Laketown.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His actual name isn't given; he's just called "the Master".
* EvilIsPetty: Locks up Bard after Thorin and his company head to the mountain just because he can.
%%* EvilRedhead
* FatBastard: He's both obese and incredibly corrupt.
* {{Greed}}: What motivates him to help Thorin and the Company afters listening to Thorin's speech.
* ImprobableHairstyle: The Master sports one of the most tragic comb-overs committed to celluloid.
* IOwnThisTown: Or at least has a truly [[WeAreEverywhere fantastic number of spies]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Provides clothes, armor and viable weapons to Thorin and the Company, and offers them a feast the night before they reach the Lonely Mountain. Although he only does so because he thinks it will benefit him later.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets crushed by Smaug's corpse falling from the sky after Bard kills the dragon and after the Master left everyone including Alfrid behind to die.]]
* KnockoutAmbush: Knocks Bard out with a piece of wood in the climax of ''The Desolation of Smaug''.
* LargeAndInCharge: Both in terms of his girth and by virtue of being played by the extremely tall StephenFry.
* TheMaster: It's in his name.
* SlaveToPR: It's made clear early on that the only reason he's able to maintain his power is by keeping his people happy. Bard is allowed to smuggle 14 barrels of fish into the city because of this. Later on, he allows the dwarves to continue their mission after they make it known that there will be money in it for the village.
* SleazyPolitician
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Alfrid]]
!!Alfrid [-(Ryan Gage)-]
[[quoteright:264:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hobbit2237_1472.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:264:''"You're registered as bargeman, not a '''fisherman'''."'']]
The Master of Laketown's ''aide de camp'' and all-around slimy bureaucrat.
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* ButtMonkey: In ''Battle of the Five Armies''.
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't appear in the book.
* CorruptBureaucrat: He's perfectly willing to abuse his power if it helps his boss keep his job.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Is this especially in ''Battle of the Five Armies'', down to disguising himself as an old woman. And then having to run for it when the real old women join the battle.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Edmund {{Blackadder}} with the redeeming qualities scrubbed out.
* HateSink: He reminds you in every scene in which he appears how greedy, selfish, lazy, lying, misogynist and cowardly he is -- [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking all the while taking up valuable screen-time like the oxygen thief he is!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He wheedles Bard just to be a jerk. In ''Battle of the Five Armies'' he's especially this to everyone, from upset survivors to Bilbo and Gandalf.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Every time he's given an opportunity to redeem himself, Bard ordering him to lead the women and children to safety during a battle, he manages to be an even bigger jerk by pushing them out of his way and refuse to partake in the battle after the womenfolk decide to take matters in their own hands.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He survives Smaug's attack on Laketown after the Master pushes him out of the boat to lose weight, and despite a near-attempted hanging by the angry survivors and being in the middle of the battle he still avoids any karma, and escapes with a bodice stuffed full of gold. However, given that this is pretty close to ''the Master's'' fate in the original book which was followed by death in the wastelands, Alfrid's number may soon be up.]]
* KickTheDog: When Fíli asks for help for his sick brother Kíli, after the Master refuses Alfrid acts more rudely towards the Dwarves, saying "Do I look like an apothecary?"
* TheMillstone: Despite repeatedly proving himself to be the least capable, least trustworthy human being in all of Middle-Earth, Alfrid is repeatedly put in charge of important tasks or selected to perform important duties by characters who really should know better, bungling them each time with his laziness, selfishness, and greed and proving to be little better than an oxygen thief.
* NumberTwo: For the Master. [[spoiler: Later tries to be this for Bard with varying success.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He goes out of his way to make life harder for Bard, who threatens the Master's hegemony over Laketown.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: How else would a Mr. Lickspittle shine?
* SmugSnake: He's a lot like Wormtongue from ''The Lord of the Rings'', but less creepy and more sleazy.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Despite his non-canonical status, in ''Battle of the Five Armies'' Alfrid's AesopAmnesia comedy shtick is afforded the same if not ''more'' screen-time than Beorn, many of the thirteen dwarves and even ''[[OutOfFocus Bilbo]]''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Gríma Wormtongue.
* YesMan: Alfrid does whatever the Master orders.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Lobelia Sackville-Baggins [-(Erin Banks)-]
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A rather unpleasant but very wealthy hobbit whose family has a rocky history with the Bagginses of Bag End. Wife of Otho Sackville-Baggins.
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* FeudingFamilies: Aggressively pushes her husband to usurp his cousin, Bilbo, for leadership of the Baggins clan.
* FloralThemeNaming: Like most female hobbits, she's named after a flower. Applicably, the lobelia symbolizes malevolence and ill will.
* NosyNeighbor: She's known to constantly pry into Bilbo's affairs.
* PimpedOutDress: Costume designer Ann Maskrey describes her as being "decked out like an old traveller's caravan." She's on the right, [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/515f9b0b0ad40edbc8a96687ffa3bbcb/tumblr_mff06wJqyg1qlqi9uo8_r1_1280.jpg here with Otho.]]
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries a dainty parasol, similarly fussy as her dress.
* PreppyName: The name Sackville was a familiar "aristocratic" name in Tolkien's day, especially in double-barrelled names such as Sackville-West, and he presumably used it (and the contrast with the more mundane Baggins) to imply the somewhat snobbish nature of the Sackville-Bagginses.
* RichBitch: In ''An Unexpected Journey'', she appears in a neat cameo, prissily tottering over Hobbiton Bridge in a PimpedOutDress, whilst making sure she shoots her cousin-in-law Bilbo a decidedly shitty look.
* StickyFingers: She's not above pinching silverware from relatives, as Bilbo explains, but probably justifies it as [[KarmicThief karmic theft,]] given that she also sees Bag-End as her rightful inheritance...
** In ''Battle of the Five Armies'', [[spoiler:she tries to steal Bilbo's silverware with him presumed dead.]]
* TimeshiftedActor: In ''Fellowship'', her older self (aged around 83) is played by Peter Jackson regular Elizabeth Moody, AKA Lionel's mother from ''{{Film/Braindead}}''. In ''An Unexpected Journey'', she's around 23.
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Smaug the Golden]]
!!Smaug the Golden [-(Creator/BenedictCumberbatch)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smaug_6972.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"'''I''' am King under the Mountain!"'']]
->''"My teeth are swords! My claws are spears! My wings are a '''HURRICANE!'''"''
A massive, ancient, and powerful fire drake from the far north of Middle-Earth, with ego and greed to match. Destroyed the city of Dale and conquered the kingdom of Erebor for its massive hoard of gold, in which Smaug slept for some sixty years.
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* AchillesHeel: Mentioned but not exploited in the second movie. There's a gap in Smaug's scales, made when Bard's ancestor tried to shoot him down when he first attacked Erebor. He missed his target but broke off one of the scales, exposing the flesh underneath.
* AdvertisedExtra: A downplayed example for both films he appears in. For ''Desolation'', while he was purposely mostly kept out of the advertising to save his full appearance for the film's release itself, he's nevertheless one of the two eponymous characters but doesn't even appear until relatively late into the film. And for ''Battle of the Five Armies'', he's once again for the most part kept out of the advertising, but his appearance on the film's theatrical poster counts, considering [[spoiler: he only has a handful of scenes before dying.]]
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Smaug takes some pleasure in barbecuing literally everything that opposes him. Or vaguely related to those who oppose him.
%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He had it coming.]]
* AttentionWhore: Quite a few shades of this, which makes him easy to stall. Bilbo exploits this by heaping him with flattery and overblown titles (and makes up some for himself, to satisfy Smaug's curiosity), which both saves his life and gives Thorin and the rest of the company time to get over their fear of the dragon and come up with a plan to kill Smaug.
* {{Badass}}: Described as "the chiefest and greatest calamity of the age", Smaug proves he's a monster ''and'' a badass in one stroke, by wiping out a prosperous human town and its armed forces and ''then'' destroying Erebor, in spite of the hundreds of dwarven warriors that opposed him.
* BadassBaritone: Terrible enough to make your hair stand on end and briefly paralyse Bilbo with fear.
* BadassBoast: About 80% of his dialogue. This one probably stands out:
-->"'''''I'' am King Under the Mountain.'''"
* BerserkButton:
** Don't insult his greatness.
** Don't try to steal from him either.
** Don't mention Black Arrows, the one thing he fears that can pierce through his hide and possibly kill him either.
** And don't mention that missing scale...
* BigBad: The "chiefest and greatest calamity" of the age. [[spoiler: At least until his death early in ''The Battle of the Five Armies''. However, even after his destruction, his influence is still felt throughout the rest of the movie, particularly on Thorin.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: Tries very hard to do this with Bilbo and while Smaug doesn't completely manage, he does get under the hobbit's skin.
* BreathWeapon / KillItWithFire: Obviously.
* CardCarryingVillain: Completely immoral, incredibly greedy (he literally has mountains worth of coins in his lair, and he will not part with even ''one'' of them) utterly malicious and has an ego bigger than his stature, such so that he seems to enjoy being called "Greatest of all Calamities" or "The Tyrannical", amongst other evil nicknames. Justified because Smaug happens to be an AttentionWhore of the highest calibre, so being reminded of his power is delicious to him.
** And there's his boast "I am fire. I am death."
* CantTakeCriticism: Virtually the mirror image of his [[AttentionWhore Attention Whoring]], and overlaps with his biggest BerserkButton. In short, he simply won't tolerate ''any'' disrespect, no matter how slight. Thorin exploits this to maneuver Smaug into position for the dwarves' plan to kill him, quite easily manipulating him with some rather feeble taunts.
* CirclingMonologue: Does this to Bilbo about his role; impressive given his massive size.
* TheCorruption: In the third film, it's mentioned that the fact that Smaug has brooded over the treasure so long has had an actual effect on the gold, making it cursed and that is partly the reason for Thorin falling to "Dragon Sickness."
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Gets impaled with a Black Arrow just as he was about to unleash another burst of fire. It's heavily implied the interrupted plume backfired and messily burned up his insides.]]
* CruelMercy:
** His declaration that he's going to destroy Laketown actually gets Bilbo to come out of hiding, and Bilbo's vain attempt to talk him out of it actually prompts Smaug to not kill him so he can watch the town burn.
** He also contemplates allowing Bilbo to take the Arkenstone, just so he can watch it destroy Thorin as it did Thrór. He ultimately decides against it, though.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Hmm, let's have a look:
** He knew the smell of dwarves on Bilbo the instant the latter came within range of him and correctly deduced it was Thorin in the same instant.
** He decides against letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone because he deems it too big a gamble and attempts to kill Bilbo right there.
** While he was first playing with the dwarves when he was hunting them, he ultimately goes straight for Thorin. Without Thorin, [[KeystoneArmy the rest of the Companionship will fail]].
** When he is burning down Laketown, the Dwarvin ballista is nowhere to be seen, implying that Smaug knew that the weapon was the only way to stop him and burned it down. [[spoiler: Too bad Bard found another solution to taking him down.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: In ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' He is truly gone when Thorin finally rids himself from Smaug's shadow and corrupting influence towards the end of the movie]].
* TheDreaded: There's a reason nobody ever tried to kill him after he invaded Erebor...
* DistractedByTheShiny: Not only is Smaug greedy, but he seems borderline mesmerized if introduced to a large golden object, especially when he sees a gold statue as big as he is.
* EvilIsBigger: He's by far the largest character in the films.
* EvilIsHammy: He's the "chiefest and greatest calamity" and obviously takes it stride.
* EvilIsPetty: His ego means that anyone who transgresses him, however slightly, must suffer DisproportionateRetribution.
* EvilGloating: Most of his dialogue with Bilbo.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not surprising, considering he's voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.
* EyeAwaken: [[spoiler: At the end of ''An Unexpected Journey''.]]
* EyeLightsOut: [[spoiler: When Smaug dies.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's almost civil towards Bilbo before he explodes into rage-mode.
* FangsAreEvil: He even likens them to swords.
* ForTheEvulz: His initial motive for attacking Laketown, compared to the book, is less about revenge for being robbed and more so because he likes killing, given that trying to talk him out of it actually makes him ''MORE'' eager to do it.
* GeniusBruiser: A unstoppable machine of war, but also cunning enough to deduce pretty much everything about Bilbo on the spot.
* GiantFlyer: He's a dragon '''twice''' the size of a Boeing 747, according to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvr7DSEHcic this video]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: ''The Desolation of Smaug'' shows that not only do his eyes glow, they also seem to emit beams of light, much like in the Rankin-Bass animation, albeit with a more subtle effect.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Downplayed. According to WordOfGod, Smaug does have an element of loneliness in him after sitting in all that gold alone for so many years, furthering his need for stimulation and entertainment. It explains why he was willing to play Bilbo's game without destroying the hobbit then and there.
* {{Greed}}: The reason he drove the dwarves out of their home.
* HannibalLecture: Gives a good one about Thorin's motivations, with the added bonus of being right about a lot of it.
* {{Hypocrite}}: A lot of the things he says about Thorin and the dwarves could easily be used to describe him. Such as them being drawn to treasure like flies or calling Thorin an usurper with a foul purpose. Naturally, he seems oblivious to this.
* IAmTheNoun: "I am fire. I am... ''death''."
* IWillShowYouX: [[JumpScare "REVENGE?!]] [[VillainousBreakdown REVENGE?!]] '''I'LL SHOW YOU ''''''''REVENGE!"'''''
* IronicEcho: This is what nearly breaks Bilbo -- Smaug refers to the One Ring as "made of gold...but far more precious." ''Precious'' is, of course, what Gollum calls the Ring, [[CallForward as does Bilbo himself in]] ''Film/LordOfTheRings.''
* IShallTauntYou: Calls himself "King Under The Mountain" (the title given to the Dwarven King of Erebor) to press Thorin's BerserkButton.
* ItsAllAboutMe: When pretty much your entire personality falls under the heading of {{Pride}} and {{Greed}}, this is a given. He makes it very clear that he considers the Mountain and its treasure to be his property, and doesn't even bother justifying his actions or cruelty.
* ItAmusedMe: A combination of enjoying flattery and this trope makes him talk with Bilbo rather than killing him immediately. As soon as he gets bored with the "little game", however...
* {{Jerkass}}: Aside from the obvious with his murdering hundreds of innocent lives if they stand between him and treasure, or to make somebody else watch, given the chance he takes time to rub in his victims' helplessness. This highlighted when he sees Bard's son with him in the tower he's trying to shoot him from and taunts Bard about how he won't be able to save his son and he burn with the rest of the town.
* TheJuggernaut: The most that Thorin's Company manage to do to Smaug is slow him down and ''severely'' piss him off.
* {{Kaiju}}: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvr7DSEHcic this video]] from [[WordOfGod the creators]], he's twice as big as a Boeing 747. He's also powerful enough to be considered Middle Earth's answer to Godzilla.
* LargeHam: What did you expect from a giant talking dragon who's a {{narcissist}} and loves EvilGloating and {{Badass Boast}}s?
* LightningBruiser: He's huge, and not only can he fly fast, but he can move fast on foot and can easily smash rock pillars as big as he is.
* LightIsNotGood: Less so than in the book (largely due to the dim lighting of his cave in the movie), but he still radiates a fiery glow and is eyes are subtle searchlights, as a reference to the animated movie.
* LogicalWeakness: During the climax of the movie in the giant gold-smelting furnace room, when he's about to roast Thorin, Bilbo unleashes a reservoir worth of water on him, temporarily neutralizing his fire-breath... though this only works for a short time.
* MacGuffinGuardian: Guards the treasure of Erebor, and by extension the Arkenstone.
* TheMagnificent: "The Golden", "The Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities", "Chiefest and greatest calamity of our age"...
* ManipulativeBastard: Excels at this. He's perfectly happy to talk to Bilbo for a while and turn all his fears and doubts against him. He refrains from killing Bilbo because he wants him to watch Laketown burn. He even briefly considers letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone to Thorin, just for the pleasure of watching it drive Thorin mad with greed. He ultimately decides that doing so isn't worth the risk.
* MeaningfulName:
** His means "to squeeze through a hole" in Old Germanic.
** Then of course there's the fact he produces smog. And is smug.
** In Polish, the word for "dragon" is "smok".
* MightMakesRight: His claim to the treasure of Erebor is based on the simple logic that he flew in and took it, and (then or now) there is no one that can stop him.
* MoodSwinger: He seems to frequently zig-zag between a nearly FauxAffablyEvil politeness and rampaging wrath.
* MoneyFetish: One the size of Erebor.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Smaug the Terrible.
* {{Narcissist}}: He clearly enjoys Bilbo's feigned flattery, despite being well-aware of who sent him and why. He doesn't think for a second it's true, but gives Bilbo an indefinite stay of incineration as long as he keeps it up.
* NighInvulnerability: Dwarven black arrows are said to be able to kill a dragon. It took three just to knock off one of his scales. During the battle within Erebor, he's bathed in molten gold and just shakes it off like it's merely really hot water.
* OhCrap: He has one once he realizes the giant golden statue he has been staring slack jawed at is still molten.
* OneHitKill: Bard's black arrow kills Smaug outright in the third film.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedWith in that he does not go through with it. Dragons will never part with their treasure once they claim it, not even a single coin. So when Smaug tells Bilbo that he's ''almost'' tempted to let him take the Arkenstone, it really puts in perspective of just how bad and corruptible the King's Jewel is to Thorin.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In bodyshape, at least, he's a wyvern (four limbs -- a pair of bat like wings and hind legs). This is probably due to the design team's desire to present an anatomically "correct" (albeit fantastic) creature -- no reptilian species has 6 limbs. This attention to detail was present during the creation of Smaug's precursors, the Fell Beasts, and the WETA team were keen to present a creature that could believably become airborne. Concept artist John Howe was even asked to remove the "elbow spikes" he had drawn in as these don't appear in nature. Smaug's body proportion and quadrupedal walking gait seem to have been designed with the giant ornithocheiroid pterosaurs of the late Cretaceous period in mind, with disproportionately gigantic, winged forelimbs coupled with a relatively small body and hind-legs. His head resembles that of a monitor lizard.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Very lizard like in appearance, utterly heartless and destructive.
* PowerEchoes: His voice is underscored with a deep reverberating growl.
* {{Pride}}: His ego's bigger than he is.
** Since he doesn't actually do anything with his unimaginable wealth, this seems as likely a motivation for his hoarding as pure {{Greed}}, and his reaction to theft is that of one who's been insulted rather than inconvenienced in any way.
* PsychologicalCombat: As is typical for Middle-Earth dragons, Smaug loves this as much as causing physical destruction.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: As a fire-breathing dragon that can generate heat comparable to that of Mount Doom, by necessity Smaug must have a hide that is extremely heat resistant. When the Dwarves try to kill him with molten gold, he of course is only mildly inconvenienced by it.
* TheScrooge: Taken UpToEleven; he literally hoards mountains of coins in his lair, and he makes it very clear that he won't part with even ''one'' of them.
* SerkisFolk: In the movie, to match his and Benedict's facial expressions. The motion capture was actually revealed to cover far more than just Benedict's face: he wore a full-body suit, having studied the movements of reptiles in zoos to move in a more reptilian way.
* {{Sloth}}: If left alone, he doesn't seem to do much beyond sleep. Not that anyone's complaining; most people are very glad that he lacks the motivation to do more than sleep on his treasure, and the thought of him joining with Sauron unsurprisingly has everyone worried.
* SmugSmiler / SlasherSmile: The shape of his mouth gives him a permanent example of the former, though when he bares his teeth it looks like the latter.
* SmugSnake: [[IncrediblyLamePun Pardon the pun.]] Powerful and unstoppable as he might be, it's very clear his ego is ''way'' too big for his own good.
** SmugSuper: But with his size and power, he has a lot to back up his claim.
* SnakeTalk: Briefly, as he assures Bilbo that "I will not part with a ''sss''ingle coin".
** Even before that: "Hmmm...there is ''ssss''omething about you."
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: His BreathWeapon is shown to be strong enough blast apart stone towers in flashbacks, but in all present-day scenes acts as pure flame with no concussive force. {{Justified}} since he's fighting inside Erebor; as much as he wants the dwarves dead, he doesn't want to destroy his treasure doing it.
* TemptingFate: Boasting about how nothing can even damage him makes [[spoiler: his death at the hands of a Black Arrow less than a minute later all the more satisfying.]]
* TotallyRadical: He talks quit a bit like this in his interview with Creator/StephenColbert.
--> ''I am an old-school wyrm! Keeping it real, yo! Doing what dragons do!''
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers for ''Battle of the Five Armies'' make it pretty clear he won't have a lengthy role in the film, [[spoiler: given he's killed as the DiscOneFinalBoss, but he has a VERY lasting influence on Thorin.]]
* TreasureGuardingDragon: All dragons are said to covet gold. Smaug probably [[UpToEleven more than the average dragon]].
* VillainousBreakdown: He's a calm, confident, arrogant bastard, up until [[spoiler: he's actually ''injured'' by the dwarves. Then he goes berserk.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: His comments about Thorin's greed and that he judged Bilbo's life "worth nothing" prove right on the money given that not only did it take a WhatTheHellHero for Thorin to even enter the mountain, but when he entered he actually held a sword to him when he didn't have the Arkenstone.
* VolcanicVeins: The gaps between the scales on his throat and belly glow red when he's about to breathe flame.
* WouldHurtAChild: He couldn't care less that he is about to burn a village full of women and children. In fact, he even taunts Bard about the fact that his son is going to burn in the flames.
* YankTheDogsChain: Does this to Bilbo when he noticing him going after the Arkenstone by keeping it out of his reach.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness / SupernaturalGoldEyes
* YouAreTooLate: Gandalf organized the dwarves in the hopes of stopping Smaug from joining Sauron's forces. Smaug's dialogue to Bilbo reveals that he's well aware that Sauron has returned and that if he ''does'' come, he would gladly join the dark lord just ForTheEvulz.
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[[folder:The three Trolls]]
!!The Trolls: Bert, Tom, and William [-(Mark Hadlow, William Kircher, Peter Hambleton)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Nothing wrong with a bit of raw Dwarf! Nice and crunchy!"'']]
Three trolls from the Ettenmoors the Company encounters in the Trollshaws west of Rivendell. Extremely stupid, they attempted to eat the Company, but failed due to Bilbo's stalling, a smidge of Gandalf's magic, and [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].
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* AerithAndBob: They're the only characters in the story with modern English names.
* AllTrollsAreDifferent: They have a pale, fleshy skin-tone, and are more humanoid-looking and intelligent than the trolls of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, speaking in perfect English (albeit in suitably thuggish tones).
** RoarBeforeBeating: However, a vestige of their more primitive troll nature is seen when Dwalin smashes Bert on the foot, and he lets out an outraged, bestial roar.
* AsYouKnow: William tells the other to hurry because he doesn't want to turn into stone when the sun comes up. [[TakenForGranite Guess what happens]].
* BondVillainStupidity: They try to cook the dwarves without killing them first.
* ButtMonkey: Tom gets hit and smacked around the most by the others and by the Dwarves during the fight. Even getting hit in the eye and the groin as well.
* TheCameo: Their petrified forms are stumbled upon by Frodo and company in the extended cut of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Effectively an EarlyBirdCameo, since ''Lord of the Rings'' was adapted before ''The Hobbit''.
* DumbMuscle: With a degree of variation. Tom seems way dim compared to the others, while the others, at least, are particularly GenreSavvy. Tom also has unfocused eyes, [[AmbiguousDisorder possibly implying other difficulties]].
* EvilBrit: The stupid kind.
* ExactWords: Kíli demands the trolls ''drop'' Bilbo. They oblige and toss Bilbo right on top of him.
* GenreSavvy: William reminds the others to hurry up because dawn is approaching and he doesn't fancy being turned to stone. Also Bert figures out what Bilbo is up to, when Bilbo is trying to stall for time by TalkingTheMonsterToDeath. He rhetorically asks if Bilbo thought that he didn't know what he was up to? And bluntly states that Bilbo was playing them for fools. Unfortunately for him and the other two, by then it is too late, dawn had arrived, and Gandalf appears to proclaim that "The Dawn shall take you all!"
* IHaveYourWife: They get the dwarves to surrender by capturing Bilbo.
* TheLeader: William seems to be the leader of the trio, giving them orders. Or at least, ordering around Tom.
* LeanAndMean: Tom, compared to William and Bert.
* LethalChef: Bert is implied to be a terrible cook. His stew certainly looks disgusting.
* MightyGlacier: Fíli and Kíli convince Bilbo that he's the best to deal with the trolls, since he's smart and fast while they're slow and stupid (but doubtlessly strong and dangerous).
* NotSoHarmless: Which they remind everyone of when they threaten to tear Bilbo limb from limb.
* SerkisFolk: Portrayed by Mark Hadlow, William Kircher and Peter Hambleton via motion capture.
* ShoutOut: You can't help but feel that somehow [[Film/TheThreeStooges Larry, Curly, and Moe]] made their way to Middle-earth and became trolls, what with how they act and the way Bert smacks Tom around like Moe did Curly.
* StealthPun: "Lay down your arms! Or we'll rip his off!"
* TakenForGranite: When exposed to sunlight.
* TeamChef: Bert. And he's really pissed the others don't appreciate his cooking.
* ToServeMan: Dwarves anyway.
* {{Villainous Glutton}}s: They have an appetite matching their size.
* WackyWaysideTribe: They are the first villains the company encounter, but they are quickly defeated and their scene could easily be removed from the plot. However, that way we would miss one of the most iconic scenes of the story.
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[[folder:The Great Goblin]]
!!The Great Goblin [-(Barry Humphries)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Bones will be shattered, necks will be wrung! You'll be beaten and battered, from racks you'll be hung! You will die down here and never be found! Down in the deep of Goblin-Tooooown!"'']]
A powerful Goblin chieftain of Goblin-town. Surprisingly [[AffablyEvil personable]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] for a goblin.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Despite being about twenty times their size, he doesn't seem to be any less agile than his smaller kin.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Although his book counterpart was also a villain, the first film makes him willing to answer Azog's bounty on Thorin's head. In the book, the goblins wanted them destroyed simply because they considered them spies and a threat (even though the dwarves never wanted any trouble with the goblins).
* AdiposeRex: Big and fat and the king. Self explanatory really.
* BadBoss: While this is essentially the norm for orcs and goblins, he's shown sitting on some and crushing others with his feet. In the extended edition, he kills one of his own minions during his VillainSong [[ForTheEvulz just for kicks]].
* BerserkButton: The sight of Orcrist causes him to lose his cool completely, making him opt to forgo torture in favor of killing the dwarves immediately:
--> "I know that sword! It is the Goblin Cleaver! The Biter, the blade that sliced a thousand necks! Slash them! Beat them! Kill them, kill them all! ''[[OffWithHisHead Cut off his head!]]''"
* BodyHorror: His "beard" isn't made of hair.
* CardCarryingVillain: Lesser goblins address him as "[[TheMagnificent Your Malevolence]]".
* CoolCrown: Which may be made of claws or teeth.
* DisgustingPublicToilet: According to the design team, his throne also acts as a ''commode'', and was [[NauseaFuel set-dressed accordingly...]]
* FatBastard: Extremely so on both counts.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He acts very jolly and cordial for a sadist. The extended edition takes this further, having him lead his goblins in a merry VillainSong about how he plans on torturing and killing the dwarves for trespassing into his kingdom.
* FreakOut: When he sees the dwarves' elven swords.
* GeniusBruiser: Enormously strong (he effortlessly smashes his way through a bridge) and he comes across as pretty knowledgeble, knowing Thorin's history and being able to correctly identify magic swords on sight.
* GenreSavvy: When he sees the elven swords, he orders the dwarves killed pretty much immediately. Unfortunately, he's not quite quick enough.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He handles Gandalf eviscerating him with surprising nonchalance. See MajorInjuryUnderreaction for his exact words before getting his throat slit.]]
* IWillShowYouX: In the extended addition:
-->'''Óin''': You're going to have to speak up. Your boys flattened my trumpet!\\
'''Great Goblin''': ''I'll flatten more than your TRUMPET!''
* {{Jerkass}}: Takes a moment to rub in how Thorin, the King Under the Mountain, "[doesn't] have a mountain. And [he's] not a king. Which makes [him]... nobody, really".
* KingMook: The biggest, and also most important goblin seen in Peter Jackson's movies.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's almost the size of a troll.
* LargeHam: Special mention goes to his breaking out in song while describing how he intends to torture and kill the Dwarves.
** ''"He wields the foe-hammer! The Beater, brrright as daylight!"''
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In the film after Gandalf fatally injures him.
-->"...that'll do it."
* MythologyGag: Bears a resemblance to his counterpart from the [[WesternAnimation/TheHobbit animated film]].
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Even more different than other Goblins as he's much larger than a man and grotesquely fat.
* SerkisFolk: By the one and only Barry Humphries.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:What Gandalf does to finally do him in. Turns out he was right to freak out about seeing Glamdring.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: ''The'' Great Goblin.
* VillainousGlutton: Presumably, given how bloated he is compared to all other goblins and orcs.
* VillainSong: Gets a brief one (quoted above) that sounds [[MythologyGag somewhat reminiscent of the "Goblin-Town" song from the book.]] The extended edition has him singing an altered version of the aforementioned song.
* WickedCultured: He seems quite well-spoken and knowledgeable for a goblin.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Goblins of Goblin-Town]]
!!The Goblins of Goblin-Town
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The countless inhabitants of Goblin-Town and the Great Goblin's minions.
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* BambooTechnology: Their city's bridges, platforms, and torture machines are all made of wood.
* EvilMinions: Naturally.
* ExtendedDisarming: They do this to the dwarves.
* FreakOut: When they recognize Thorin's weapon : Orcrist, the "goblin cleaver".
* HarmlessVillain: The film makes them really bordering on this.
* {{Mooks}}: Numerous and ineffective.
* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: Generally short (with some fat ones) and ugly. They set traps for travellers in the mountains.
* QuantityVsQuality / ConservationOfNinjutsu: Their infinite number is nothing compared to the dwarves' weapons and combat skills, let alone Gandalf.
* ZergRush: Their only tactic.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gollum]]
!!Gollum [-(Creator/AndySerkis)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh! We knows! We knows safe paths for hobbitses! Safe paths in the dark... [[SplitPersonality SHUT UP]]!"'']]
->''" They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us, and drove us away. And we wept, Precious, we wept to be so alone. And we only wish to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread... the sound of trees... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious."''
Once a Stoor hobbit named Sméagol living in the hobbits' original home along the Great River Anduin, he murdered his cousin Déagol on his birthday after Déagol found the One Ring and refused to give to Sméagol as a present. Sméagol was then exiled. To deal with the stresses of exile, Sméagol's personality fractured, creating the creature known as Gollum, for the hacking cough he developed. Gollum, unlike Sméagol, was cruel, ruthless, twisted and manipulative, but allowed them to survive in the goblin-infested Misty Mountains. Eventually, Bilbo Baggins encountered Gollum as he trekked eastwards on the Quest of Erebor. Bilbo stole the One Ring, and beat Gollum in a game of riddles. Many years later, Gollum, hoping to reclaim the Ring, followed the Fellowship on their journey, starting in Moria. After the breaking of the Fellowship, he ambushed Frodo and Sam as they continued alone, but was captured and eventually served as their guide to Mount Doom. Despite the reemergence of the more-decent Sméagol personality, he could not resist the lure of the Ring, and eventually attempted to lead Frodo and Sam into Shelob's clutches, so he could take the Ring from their bodies, but was killed when he attempted to take the Ring one last time a the Crack of Doom.
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* AccidentalHero: He did not mean to destroy the Ring, but if he hadn't tried to seize it from Frodo, it would never have fallen into the fire.
%%* AntiHero: Becomes a Type IV in ''The Two Towers'' before slipping back to his old ways.
%%* AntiVillain: Type II.
* BreakoutCharacter: Was essentially a OneSceneWonder in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. Here, he's a big attraction.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to his cousin Déagol's Abel; Sméagol murdered him for the Ring.
* CatchPhrase: "My Precioussss", "Gollum, Gollum!"
%%* ChronicVillainy
* TheCorruption: Gollum is the result of long-term possession and use of the Ring.
%%* CowerPower
%%* TheDarkSide
* TheDeterminator: A rather dark version. He survives starvation, the dead lands, the marshes, torture, and falling off a cliff, all powered by his lust for his precious.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gollum's obsession with the Ring is reminiscent of methamphetamine addiction. It turns his body thin and haggard, destroys his identity and willpower, drives him to kill in order to possess it, and generally consumes his life.
* DrivenToMadness: By the Ring.
* FamousLastWords: "Precious!"
* FreudianTrio: With Frodo and Sam; represents the Id.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
%%* GreyAndGrayMorality
* {{Hobbits}}: At one time he was not unlike Frodo and Sam. This is part of why he's so damn tough.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He keeps wavering between "Gollum", the murderous sneaky bastard who wants to kill the thieves, and "Sméagol", the last vestige of his former self who yearns for friendship. Eventually Sméagol sides with Gollum outright.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Sméagol gets the upper hand in the second film and puts his trust fully in Frodo... and then Frodo has to trick him into getting captured by the Rangers of Ithilien, who are none too gentle.
%%* HeroAntagonist: [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Possibly]].
* ImMelting: Falls into the magma in Mount Doom.
%%* InvisibleJerkass
* ManChild: Sméagol is very childlike and even playful, speaking in singsong and capering around. Sometimes he does this when he's happy that Frodo is being nice, sometimes he's happy because he's feeding Frodo to Shelob. And he's both at once during the riddle game with Bilbo.
* MonsterSobStory: He was a regular hobbit once, but the Ring drove him into killing his cousin. If it hadn't been for that, he probably would have had a normal life.
* NotSoDifferent: From a hobbit once, or from Frodo under the power of the Ring.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Five hundred something.
* ReformedButRejected: In the Jackson films, Sam never completely trusts him even when he's loyal to Frodo. [[ProperlyParanoid When he begins plotting in earnest, though]]... In the extended edition, there's a scene toward the end of ''The Two Towers'' where Sam ''does'' apparently start to trust Gollum in earnest, saying that he's being "very decent". And it's ''just'' before Gollum decides to go back to plotting Frodo and Sam's deaths, making this a case of DramaticIrony, and making Sam's fury upon overhearing Gollum's scheming later even more understandable.
%%* SanitySlippage
* SerkisFolk: TropeCodifier in the Jackson films. Gollum is a CGI character, but played on the set by Andy Serkis in a motion capture suit.
* ShadowArchetype: Gollum is a shadow to both Bilbo and Frodo. He is to some extent a shadow to Sam.
* SpannerInTheWorks: "Even Gollum may have something yet to do..."
%%* SplitPersonality
%%* StarringSpecialEffects
%%* SympatheticMurderer
%%* SympathyForTheDevil: And how.
* TalkingToThemself: Usually represented by having him talk to his reflection, with the camera focusing on himself for Sméagol and the reflection for Gollum.
%%* ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil
%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Fisssh.
%%* TragicVillain
* VerbalTic: "My Precioussss", "Gollum, Gollum!" He also has a tendency to call random things, usually people "precious" as well and punctuate his sentences with it, as though no matter what he were paying attention to his mind was constantly on the Ring.
%%* VerbalTicName
* WasOnceAMan: The prologue of ''Return of the King'' shows us his gradual corruption by the Ring from a normal Hobbit into the creature Gollum. This was done at the insistence of Andy Serkis, who wanted viewers to see there really was an actor behind Gollum.
%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
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[[folder:The Spiders of Mirkwood]]
!!The Spiders of Mirkwood
Some of the countless brood of Ungoliant who are nesting in Dol Guldur and spreading through Mirkwood.
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* AchillesHeel: Bilbo manages to kill several by stabbing them in the mouth or in the abdomen. The dwarves also coordinate to tear off the limbs of a spider.
* AllWebbedUp: What they do to their victims before eating them.
* {{Animalistic Abomination}}s: They're the offspring of Shelob, who in turn was the daughter of Ungoliant.
* CobwebJungle: They're transforming Mirkwood into this and set web traps everywhere. Bilbo inadvertently informs them of the presence of the Company when he plays with a web filament, not knowing what it really is.
* {{Giant Spider}}s: Not as big as Shelob in ''The Return of the King'', but still very dangerous.
* KnockoutAmbush: On Bilbo.
* PrimalFear: They ''are'' giant spiders.
* SpidersAreScary: Especially if they're descended from a spider-shaped EldritchAbomination.
* TalkingAnimal: The Ring somehow allows Bilbo to understand what they say when he puts it on. Considering who made the Ring and the place the spiders come from, it makes sense.
* ZergRush: How they try to take down the dwarves and elves.
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[[folder:The Master of Laketown]]
!!The Master of Laketown [-(Creator/StephenFry)-]
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The elected leader of Laketown, a large town built entirely on the Long Lake, and an all-around {{Slimeball}}. He's not a foe to the Company in ''The Desolation of Smaug'' since he provides genuine help to them before they reach the Lonely Mountain, but he holds a serious grudge against Bard, whom he considers a threat to his authority on the town.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While he ''is'' a greedy bastard, he doesn't directly oppose Bard in the book, in which him being the bad guy was mostly an InformedAttribute since he didn't actually do any evil.
* AdiposeRex: Notably not the 'Rex' part officially, but as ruler of Laketown, he's still the head honcho, and grossly overweight (to the point of gout).
* TheAlcoholic: The Master gets several brandies down before breakfast.
* BaldOfEvil: Or it would be if not for his ImprobableHairstyle.
* BeardOfEvil: A greasy goatee.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: The Master survives both Smaug's attack and the Battle of the Five Armies in book, and is only mentioned to have died alone in the wilderness after Bilbo returns home. In the films, he gets crushed by Smaug's falling corpse during the destruction of Lake-town.]]
* DirtyCoward: Flees Laketown during Smaug's attack with a barge filled with gold and leaving his citizens to die.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Died after being squished by Smaug's descending corpse.]]
* TheDungAges: Laketown is living in one. Since the destruction of Erebor and Dale, the trade they depend on has diminished substantially, with the Woodland Realm as sole source of trade. As the Company enters Laketown, they pass stone ruins in the lake, indicating that Laketown was once much larger, wealthier, and cleaner. Thorin [[UnreliableNarrator apparently remembers]] that Laketown.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His actual name isn't given; he's just called "the Master".
* EvilIsPetty: Locks up Bard after Thorin and his company head to the mountain just because he can.
%%* EvilRedhead
* FatBastard: He's both obese and incredibly corrupt.
* {{Greed}}: What motivates him to help Thorin and the Company afters listening to Thorin's speech.
* ImprobableHairstyle: The Master sports one of the most tragic comb-overs committed to celluloid.
* IOwnThisTown: Or at least has a truly [[WeAreEverywhere fantastic number of spies]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Provides clothes, armor and viable weapons to Thorin and the Company, and offers them a feast the night before they reach the Lonely Mountain. Although he only does so because he thinks it will benefit him later.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets crushed by Smaug's corpse falling from the sky after Bard kills the dragon and after the Master left everyone including Alfrid behind to die.]]
* KnockoutAmbush: Knocks Bard out with a piece of wood in the climax of ''The Desolation of Smaug''.
* LargeAndInCharge: Both in terms of his girth and by virtue of being played by the extremely tall StephenFry.
* TheMaster: It's in his name.
* SlaveToPR: It's made clear early on that the only reason he's able to maintain his power is by keeping his people happy. Bard is allowed to smuggle 14 barrels of fish into the city because of this. Later on, he allows the dwarves to continue their mission after they make it known that there will be money in it for the village.
* SleazyPolitician
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[[folder:Alfrid]]
!!Alfrid [-(Ryan Gage)-]
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[[caption-width-right:264:''"You're registered as bargeman, not a '''fisherman'''."'']]
The Master of Laketown's ''aide de camp'' and all-around slimy bureaucrat.
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* ButtMonkey: In ''Battle of the Five Armies''.
* CanonForeigner: Doesn't appear in the book.
* CorruptBureaucrat: He's perfectly willing to abuse his power if it helps his boss keep his job.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Is this especially in ''Battle of the Five Armies'', down to disguising himself as an old woman. And then having to run for it when the real old women join the battle.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Edmund {{Blackadder}} with the redeeming qualities scrubbed out.
* HateSink: He reminds you in every scene in which he appears how greedy, selfish, lazy, lying, misogynist and cowardly he is -- [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking all the while taking up valuable screen-time like the oxygen thief he is!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He wheedles Bard just to be a jerk. In ''Battle of the Five Armies'' he's especially this to everyone, from upset survivors to Bilbo and Gandalf.
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Every time he's given an opportunity to redeem himself, Bard ordering him to lead the women and children to safety during a battle, he manages to be an even bigger jerk by pushing them out of his way and refuse to partake in the battle after the womenfolk decide to take matters in their own hands.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He survives Smaug's attack on Laketown after the Master pushes him out of the boat to lose weight, and despite a near-attempted hanging by the angry survivors and being in the middle of the battle he still avoids any karma, and escapes with a bodice stuffed full of gold. However, given that this is pretty close to ''the Master's'' fate in the original book which was followed by death in the wastelands, Alfrid's number may soon be up.]]
* KickTheDog: When Fíli asks for help for his sick brother Kíli, after the Master refuses Alfrid acts more rudely towards the Dwarves, saying "Do I look like an apothecary?"
* TheMillstone: Despite repeatedly proving himself to be the least capable, least trustworthy human being in all of Middle-Earth, Alfrid is repeatedly put in charge of important tasks or selected to perform important duties by characters who really should know better, bungling them each time with his laziness, selfishness, and greed and proving to be little better than an oxygen thief.
* NumberTwo: For the Master. [[spoiler: Later tries to be this for Bard with varying success.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He goes out of his way to make life harder for Bard, who threatens the Master's hegemony over Laketown.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: How else would a Mr. Lickspittle shine?
* SmugSnake: He's a lot like Wormtongue from ''The Lord of the Rings'', but less creepy and more sleazy.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Despite his non-canonical status, in ''Battle of the Five Armies'' Alfrid's AesopAmnesia comedy shtick is afforded the same if not ''more'' screen-time than Beorn, many of the thirteen dwarves and even ''[[OutOfFocus Bilbo]]''.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Gríma Wormtongue.
* YesMan: Alfrid does whatever the Master orders.
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[[folder:Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Lobelia Sackville-Baggins [-(Erin Banks)-]
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A rather unpleasant but very wealthy hobbit whose family has a rocky history with the Bagginses of Bag End. Wife of Otho Sackville-Baggins.
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* FeudingFamilies: Aggressively pushes her husband to usurp his cousin, Bilbo, for leadership of the Baggins clan.
* FloralThemeNaming: Like most female hobbits, she's named after a flower. Applicably, the lobelia symbolizes malevolence and ill will.
* NosyNeighbor: She's known to constantly pry into Bilbo's affairs.
* PimpedOutDress: Costume designer Ann Maskrey describes her as being "decked out like an old traveller's caravan." She's on the right, [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/515f9b0b0ad40edbc8a96687ffa3bbcb/tumblr_mff06wJqyg1qlqi9uo8_r1_1280.jpg here with Otho.]]
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries a dainty parasol, similarly fussy as her dress.
* PreppyName: The name Sackville was a familiar "aristocratic" name in Tolkien's day, especially in double-barrelled names such as Sackville-West, and he presumably used it (and the contrast with the more mundane Baggins) to imply the somewhat snobbish nature of the Sackville-Bagginses.
* RichBitch: In ''An Unexpected Journey'', she appears in a neat cameo, prissily tottering over Hobbiton Bridge in a PimpedOutDress, whilst making sure she shoots her cousin-in-law Bilbo a decidedly shitty look.
* StickyFingers: She's not above pinching silverware from relatives, as Bilbo explains, but probably justifies it as [[KarmicThief karmic theft,]] given that she also sees Bag-End as her rightful inheritance...
** In ''Battle of the Five Armies'', [[spoiler:she tries to steal Bilbo's silverware with him presumed dead.]]
* TimeshiftedActor: In ''Fellowship'', her older self (aged around 83) is played by Peter Jackson regular Elizabeth Moody, AKA Lionel's mother from ''{{Film/Braindead}}''. In ''An Unexpected Journey'', she's around 23.
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