History Characters / MiddleEarthFilmOtherCharacters

* HappilyMarried: With Sam at the end of ''The Return of the King''. Anyone who has read the [[AllInTheManual appendices]] of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' knows that they went on to have ''thirteen'' children together.

* EnglishRose: She definitely has shades of this, in a GirlNextDoor kind of way, being a very pretty female hobbit who has pale skin, rosy cheeks and golden ringlets of hair. It's even in her name!

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The culture of the Shire is based on Tolkien's idealized view of the English countryside... though they're also not without rural England's perceived faults as well, such as small-mindedness and an overly provincial worldview.

!!! '''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

Giant and sentient birds that are the heralds of Manwë and were originally sent to Middle-earth by the Valar to keep an eye on the exiled Ñoldorin Elves. They have since aided the Free Peoples in their fight against the evil of Morgoth and Sauron for millennia.

* HappilyMarried: With Sam at the end of ''The Return of the King''.
* MyGirlBackHome: She is this for Sam, one of the reasons he is so determined to complete the quest and get back home to the Shire is so that he marry her.

!The Shire

[[folder:In General]]
!!Hobbits

->''"Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream..."''
-->--'''- Samwise Gamgee'''

Hobbits are the main focus of the first half of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and supply the primary characters of the rest of the story. They're merely an offshoot of Men, but they and everybody else (except Elves) view them as a separate people. They're most notable for their small size, about three or four feet tall; Hobbits usually have curly brown hair (on their heads ''and'' the tops of their feet) and a light tan complexion, looking very much like small, plump Men. They live primarily in the Shire, where they blissfully ignore the rest of Middle-earth aside from the occasional traveling Dwarves, living lives of leisure, gossip, feasting, and frequent parties. Despite their softness, Hobbits have good common sense and sober up quickly when trouble comes calling, taking up arms to protect their communities.
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A few Hobbits also live in the town of Bree, east of the Shire, where they mingle freely with the local "Big People" and are on the whole a little more worldly.
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Like all Mortals, Hobbits have the "Gift of Men" (see below).

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Varies, but the Fellowship Hobbits (arguably aside from Sam) pretty much play this straight. Frodo ''[[PrettyBoy especially]]''. In the books, Hobbits are widely plain and portly but good-natured.
** ''Film/TheHobbit'' has the younger Bilbo hit with this, too, even if he is kept as middle-aged.
* {{Arcadia}}: Subverted in that it is no more a utopian paradise than any other nice place to live. While the Shire does have the idyllic, rural and unspoiled look of the typical Arcadia, the Hobbits are portrayed as very parochial, somewhat small-minded, and generally uncaring of what goes on outside the Shire.
* AudienceSurrogate: The Shire is the rural hinterland of nowhere as far as most big, important historical events of Middle-earth are concerned, and the Hobbits are largely ignorant of what's been going on outside their borders. They are thus used (and intended) to receive some of the exposition the audience needs. (Of course, lots of other exposition had to go into the Appendices.)
* BadassNormal / BadassAdorable: Oh yes. Just ask the ones who ventured 'there and back again'.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Hobbits will fight if push comes to shove.
* BigEater: Hobbits are really, really into food. Maybe it's their small size giving them a hyperactive metabolism, but they eat more than full-sized Men.
* TheClan: Prefer to live in large family groups almost like Scottish clans, although usually not for self-defense reasons.
* CloseKnitCommunity: Gandalf's appreciation for Hobbit-kind began when, in the brutal Long Winter of 2758-2759, he saw neighbors who had little enough for themselves taking pity on their neighbors and sharing. It was through this community spirit that the Shire survived.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Hobbits don't usually wear shoes since the tops of their feet grow curly hair and the soles are thick as well. When they do wear shoes, Dwarf boots are good enough.
* TheEveryman: Specifically created, more or less, to be an AudienceSurrogate, splicing modern Englishmen into sprawling fantasy epics without overly straining the elaborate fantasy mythology that supported them.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The culture of the Shire is based on Tolkien's idealized view of the English countryside... though they're also not without rural England's perceived faults as well, such as small-mindedness and an overly provincial worldview.
* {{Hobbits}}: TropeNamer, TropeCodifier, and quite likely the UrExample.
* HomeGuard: Their primary defense is from a militia called the Shire-muster. Only a few times in the Shire's history has the Muster ever been called to military duty. The last time before the story opens was hundreds of years ago.
* {{Jerkass}}: Only a couple, like the Sackville-Bagginses and Déagol. Sméagol rather transcends Jerkass.
* MadeOfIron: They are adapted to volcanic regions, and so the fumes in the Sammath Naur did not kill Frodo, Sam, or Gollum.
* MustHaveNicotine: All Hobbits are prone to this, with the Shire being a major producer of excellent pipeweed.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: The upper-class hobbits, like the Baggins and Brandybuck families.

[[folder:Rosie Cotton]]
!!Rose "Rosie" Cotton
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!!! '''Species:''' Hobbit
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Sarah [=McLeod=]
!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''

->''"Rosie Cotton dancing. She had ribbons in her hair. If ever I were to marry someone, it would have been her. It would have been her."''
-->--'''Samwise Gamgee'''

The barmaid of the Green Dragon and the beloved of Samwise Gamgee.

* EnglishRose: She definitely has shades of this, in a GirlNextDoor kind of way, being a very pretty female hobbit who has pale skin, rosy cheeks and golden ringlets of hair. It's even in her name!
* FloralThemeNaming: Like a majority of female hobbits, she is named after a flower.
* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a crown of flowers on her wedding day.
* HappilyMarried: With Sam at the end of ''The Return of the King''.
* MyGirlBackHome: She is this for Sam, one of the reasons he is so determined to complete the quest and get back home to the Shire is so that he marry her.
* TheyDo: We see her and Sam get married right at the end of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy.

[[folder:Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Erin Banks, Elizabeth Moody
!!! '''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]]''

A rather unpleasant but very wealthy hobbit whose family has a rocky history with the Bagginses of Bag End. Wife of Otho Sackville-Baggins.

* 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.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries a dainty parasol, similarly fussy as her dress.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Bilbo.
* 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:Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Otho Sackville-Baggins

!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Brian Hotter, Peter Corrigan
!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''

Another wealthy but rather unpleasant hobbit; husband of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

* 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.

[[folder:Gerontius "The Old" Took]]
!!Gerontius "The Old" Took
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Dan Hennah
!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

Patriarch of one of the two greatest Hobbit families and Thain of the Shire, the last (ceremonial) representative of the fallen Kings of Arnor. Grandfather of Bilbo and great-grandfather of Frodo.

* BadassFamily: Clan-leader of an uncharacteristically adventurous hobbit family, he's Bilbo's grandfather.
* TheClan: The head of it, in fact.
* CreatorCameo: Played by Weta's Dan Hennah.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No one calls him Gerontius, just The Old Took.
* GagNose: Sports the most ridiculously extreme nose in the movie -- the special features reveal Peter Jackson did this deliberately as a joke on Dan Hennah.
* HappyFlashback: He appears in a very sweet scene added to special edition of ''An Expected Journey'', which depicts a typically merry hobbit gathering.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's deceased long before ''The Hobbit'' takes place, at least by several decades.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: A non-malevolent example, used out of respect.

[[folder:Belladonna Took]]
!!Belladonna Took
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Sonia Forbes-Adam

One of the Old Took's four daughters and Bilbo's mother.

* FloralThemeNaming: Like most female hobbits, she's named after a flower. Despite the negative connotations of "deadly nightshade", the name is derived from the Italian for "beautiful woman".
* GoodParents: By all accounts, Bungo and Belladonna were very loving and attentive parents who raised Bilbo to be a strong-minded and compassionate person. Her willingness to accept a little bit of adventure in life also contributed to Bilbo's curiosity and thirst for exploration, something that Belladonna actively nurtured in him.
* HappyFlashback: Appears in the above mentioned flashback, where we see her gently admonish a very young Bilbo after he whacks Gandalf with his wooden sword. It's a sweet cameo, and nice to see she and Bilbo together in less troubled times.
* PosthumousCharacter: Whilst she appears in the flashback, mentioned above, by the time of the events depicted in the main story, she has been dead for around ten years.

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[[folder:Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Erin Banks, Elizabeth Moody
!!! '''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]]''

A rather unpleasant but very wealthy hobbit whose family has a rocky history with the Bagginses of Bag End. Wife of Otho Sackville-Baggins.

* 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.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries a dainty parasol, similarly fussy as her dress.
* 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.]]
* 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.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Bilbo.
* 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:Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Otho Sackville-Baggins

!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Brian Hotter, Peter Corrigan
!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''

Another wealthy but rather unpleasant hobbit; husband of Lobelia Sackville-Baggins.

* 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.

[[folder:Gerontius "The Old" Took]]
!!Gerontius "The Old" Took
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Dan Hennah
!!! '''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

Patriarch of one of the two greatest Hobbit families and Thain of the Shire, the last (ceremonial) representative of the fallen Kings of Arnor. Grandfather of Bilbo and great-grandfather of Frodo.

* BadassFamily: Clan-leader of an uncharacteristically adventurous hobbit family, he's Bilbo's grandfather.
* TheClan: The head of it, in fact.
* CreatorCameo: Played by Weta's Dan Hennah.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No one calls him Gerontius, just The Old Took.
* GagNose: Sports the most ridiculously extreme nose in the movie -- the special features reveal Peter Jackson did this deliberately as a joke on Dan Hennah.
* HappyFlashback: He appears in a very sweet scene added to special edition of ''An Expected Journey'', which depicts a typically merry hobbit gathering.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's deceased long before ''The Hobbit'' takes place, at least by several decades.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: A non-malevolent example, used out of respect.

[[folder:Belladonna Took]]
!!Belladonna Took
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!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Sonia Forbes-Adam

One of the Old Took's four daughters and Bilbo's mother.

* FloralThemeNaming: Like most female hobbits, she's named after a flower. Despite the negative connotations of "deadly nightshade", the name is derived from the Italian for "beautiful woman".
* GoodParents: By all accounts, Bungo and Belladonna were very loving and attentive parents who raised Bilbo to be a strong-minded and compassionate person. Her willingness to accept a little bit of adventure in life also contributed to Bilbo's curiosity and thirst for exploration, something that Belladonna actively nurtured in him.
* HappyFlashback: Appears in the above mentioned flashback, where we see her gently admonish a very young Bilbo after he whacks Gandalf with his wooden sword. It's a sweet cameo, and nice to see she and Bilbo together in less troubled times.
* PosthumousCharacter: Whilst she appears in the flashback, mentioned above, by the time of the events depicted in the main story, she has been dead for around ten years.

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!!! '''Species:''' Maiar

* BadassNormal/BadassAdorable: Oh yes. Just ask the ones who ventured 'there and back again'.

* AdaptationalVillainy: While not a villain, Beorn is harsher and more menacing to the dwarves than he was in the book, and is introduced attacking them in bear form.

* ShapeShifter: Known as a "skin-changer" in-universe, Beorn can assume the form of a giant black bear. It's difficult to see, but it seems that his clothes change with him, something which is never addressed in the book as he never changes skin off-screen there.

* BadassGrandpa: He's so old that he refers to the wizards as "young Saruman" and "young Gandalf."

* BadassGrandpa: Much like Gandalf and Saruman.

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mikael Persbrandt
->'''Voiced by:''' Octavio Rojas (Latin American Spanish dub)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnRhysDavies
->'''Voiced by:''' Maynardo Zavala (Latin American Spanish dub)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy
->'''Voiced by:''' Eduardo Tejedo (Latin American Spanish dub)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Erin Banks, Elizabeth Moody
->'''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]]''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Brian Hotter, Peter Corrigan
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Dan Hennah
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Sonia Forbes-Adam
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't like dwarves, they're greedy, and care nothing about the lives of creatures they deem lesser than themselves. But I hate Orcs more. What do you need?"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:248:''"There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"A dark power has found its way back into the world."'']]

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* NeutralNoLonger: Marches against Saruman in response to the direct attack on Fangorn.

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* NonActionGuy: Zig-zagged. It's clear that at least Saruman doesn't have a lot of faith in Radagast's skills, but then we are shown the Wizard fending the Witch-King and escaping from Sauron himself; and then, when he appears with the White Council raiding Dol Guldur, he is the only who doesn't fight, only appearing to evacuate the weakened Gandalf.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Apart from Gandalf he doesn't get that much respect from the rest of the Wise and is never part of the (onscreen) White Council (it's implied Saruman had something to with that). Indeed, [[spoiler: when Gandalf is rescued from Dol Guldur he's in a non-combatant role. He gets Gandalf out and that's it.]]

[[folder:Durin's Bane]]
!!Durin's Bane, a Balrog of Morgoth
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndySerkis
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]''

A Balrog of Morgoth, a monster of the First Age, awoken by the dwarves in their delvings beneath Khazad-dûm, who killed Durin VI and drove the dwarves from their oldest and greatest realm. Encountered by the Fellowship as they leave Khazad-dûm. Slain by Gandalf in a titanic battle that began at the lowest abyss of Moria and ended on Durin's Tower, its highest point.

* 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 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]].
* 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.
* TheLeader: Although the goblins are afraid of it, the Balrog seems to see them as guards, given that he tolerated them when they arrived in Moria.
* WhipItGood: He uses a flaming whip [[DualWield in conjunction with]] a FlamingSword.

[[folder:Smaug the Golden]]
!!Smaug the Golden
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"'''I''' am King under the Mountain!"'']]
->'''Portrayed By: '''Creator/BenedictCumberbatch
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

-->''"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 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.

* AchillesHeel: 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.]]
* 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.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Smaug takes some pleasure in barbecuing literally everything that opposes him. Or vaguely related to those who oppose him.
* 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.
* 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.
** 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.
** Does this regarding Thorin's motivations, with the added bonus of being right about a lot of it.
* BreathWeapon: He's a dragon, you kinda have to expect he can breathe fire.
* 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.
** 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.
* 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.
* {{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, WILL 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 will 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.
* OneManArmy: 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.
* 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: The shape of his mouth gives him a permanent example of this trope, though when he bares his teeth it looks like a SlasherSmile.
* SmugSnake: 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."
* StealthyColossus: He can be real quiet and stealthy when he is not [[UnstoppableRage shaking the earth with his rage.]] At one point he is even able to go unnoticed by the dwarves while climbing above them until a loose coin falls off his scales, drawing their notice.
* 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.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: His eyes are gold, reflecting his magical nature.
* 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.]]
* 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]].
* UnstoppableRage: Which just gets worse and worse as the dwarves humiliate and insult him.
* 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.
* VisualPun: Though not used in the film, one of Smaug's titles is "Smaug the Golden", named after his vast wealth. One of the dwarves' attempts to kill him is to drown him in molten gold. Smaug emerges out of the bath completely coated in liquid gold, thus truly making him Smaug the Golden.
* 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 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.
* 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.

[[folder:The three Trolls]]
!!The Trolls: Bert, Tom, and William
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Nothing wrong with a bit of raw Dwarf! Nice and crunchy!"'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mark Hadlow, William Kircher, Peter Hambleton
->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''[[note]]as statues[[/note]]

Three trolls from the Ettenmoors that the Company encounter in the Trollshaws west of Rivendell. Extremely stupid, they attempted to eat the Company, but fail due to Bilbo's stalling, a smidge of Gandalf's magic, and [[WeaksauceWeakness sunlight]].

* 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).
* 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 savvy. 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.
* 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: 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).
* NotSoHarmless: Which they remind everyone of when they threaten to tear Bilbo limb from limb.
* RoarBeforeBeating: 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.
* SerkisFolk: Portrayed by Mark Hadlow, William Kircher and Peter Hambleton via motion capture.
* 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.
* StealthPun: "Lay down your arms! Or we'll rip his off!"
* TakenForGranite: When exposed to sunlight.
* TastesLikeChicken: William and Tom complain that all of Bert's cooking tastes like chicken. Except for his chicken, which tastes like fish.
* 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:The Great Goblin]]
!!The Great Goblin
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Abominations, disfigurations, mutilations, and repulsions... That's all you're going to find down here."'']]
->'''Portrayed by:''' Barry Humphries
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''

-->''"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 Town!"''

A powerful Goblin chieftain of Goblin-town. Surprisingly [[AffablyEvil personable]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] for a goblin.

* {{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.
* 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. Furthermore, he composes songs and makes the entire community perform them.

[[folder:The Goblins of Goblin-Town]]
!!The Goblins of Goblin-Town
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->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''

The countless inhabitants of Goblin-Town and the Great Goblin's minions.

* BambooTechnology: Their city's bridges, platforms, and torture machines are all made of wood.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Their infinite number is nothing compared to the dwarves' weapons and combat skills, let alone Gandalf.
* 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.
* ZergRush: Their only tactic.

[[folder:Gollum]]
!!Gollum/Sméagol
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Give us that, Deagol, my love."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AndySerkis
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''

-->''" 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 at the Crack of Doom.

* 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 one in ''The Two Towers'', aiding Frodo and Sam on their quest after the two spare his life, before slipping back to his old ways.
%%* AntiVillain
* BreakoutCharacter: Was essentially a OneSceneWonder in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', 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: He struggles between his loyalty to Frodo who spared his life and was kind to him, and his temptation by the Ring. In the end, the temptation wins, and he becomes a full-on villain by the third movie.
* 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. 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.
* 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
* LoinCloth: His only clothing is a small loincloth - presumably what's left of his pants from the time he was a hobbit. He still has a pocket on it he can put the ring into.
* 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.
* 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.
* PreInsanityReveal: Gollum is a prime example. Originally a hobbit named Sméagol, he was corrupted mentally and physically by the Ring by the time Bilbo meets him in The Hobbit.
* 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: He lost his sanity from spending too much time by himself, with the Ring as his only company, and developed two distinct personalities: the curious, loyal and often playful Sméagol, and the hateful, murderous Gollum. [[TalkingToThemself The two selves often engage in arguments with each other]].
* StarringSpecialEffects: He is one of the main characters of ''The Two Towers'' and ''The Return of the King'', and he's created [[SerkisFolk by motion capture]].
%%* 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. During the hundreds of years he spent in his cave, his primary food source was raw fish, which he grew really fond of.
%%* 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: He is only known as "Gollum" from the gurgling sound he makes in his throat.
* 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:The Watcher in the Water]]
!!The Watcher in the Water

->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''

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 it is not exactly a squid.
* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: Unlike the book, the film monster emerges fully and even completely leaves 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: The Watcher has a multitude of tentacles, each ending in a grasping three fingered claw.
* 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 like a 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: It is not called by its name in the film.

[[folder:Shelob]]
!!Shelob
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4755481_std_7240.jpg]]

->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''

Shelob was one of the countless brood of Ungoliant, a Great Spider and a relic from a time before Sauron's Shadow. Shelob was the greatest of Ungoliant’s spawn, many times larger than even the largest of Mirkwood's spiders. A purely neutral character, she only served herself, and her hunger and bloodlust would be satisfied by any creature she could consume.
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* AchillesHeel: Her underside is not as tough as the rest of her body; when she gives up trying to paralyze Sam with her venom and decides to crush him, he shoves Sting into her guts. The book emphasizes that unlike dragons, Shelob has no weak spots save for her eyes. Sam is only able to pierce her skin and tissue because she unwittingly slams on his blade with her own, massive strength.
* 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. After she injures herself on Sting and Sam regains the vial, Shelob does screech "Nooooooo!" as she drags herself away, though.
* WeakenedByTheLight: The thing that finally makes her flinch is the phial of starlight Galadriel gave Frodo.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Spiders of Mirkwood]]
!!The Spiders of Mirkwood

->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]''

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:Beorn]]
!!Beorn
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't like dwarves, they're greedy, and care nothing about the lives of creatures they deem lesser than themselves. But I hate Orcs more. What do you need?"'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Mikael Persbrandt
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

->''"What did you go near goblins for? Stupid thing to do!"''

Chieftain of the Beornings of Western Mirkwood. Also a shapeshifter with the ability to transform into a [[BearsAreBadNews bear]].
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: The scenes at Beorn's house are some of the funniest in the book with Gandalf's elaborate scheme to gain the cranky-but-decent Beorn's hospitality and he's quite cheerful. There's no LastOfHisKind, either -- in fact, there may have been more like him, because his sons formed their own clan by the time of ''Lord of the Rings''.
** The elaborate scheme made it into the extended edition. Beorn, however, still acts quite hostile rather than the BoisterousBruiser he is in the book.
* {{Animorphism}}: Has the ability to transform into a giant, savage bear.
* AntiHero: He may be a decent guy with an affinity to animals, but he doesn't like Dwarves and only agrees to help the Company having heard of Azog's pursuit.
* BadassBaritone: As befitting a man of his stature.
* BadassBeard: A massive one, including a truly prodigious quantity of body hair, due to his alternate form.
* BearsAreBadNews: His bear form is "unpredictable" - read: liable to chase down and eat passersby, and he's not easy to kill.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He isn't evil by any means, but once he turns into his bear form he knows neither friend nor foe.
* TheBigGuy: He's of immense size and strength for a man, and retains his size and strength in bear-form.
* BigOlEyebrows: His enormous, fluffy brows obscure most of his forehead.
* TheCavalry: Arrives at the Battle of the Five Armies riding one of the eagles. Then jumps off the eagles, turns into a bear mid-air and rampages through the Orc army.
* TheDreaded: Orcs refer to his bear form as "The Beast", and Azog was so afraid of him he wouldn't go after the company while he was nearby.
* DemotedToExtra: After a decent showing in ''Desolation'', his appearance in ''Five Armies'' [[spoiler: is sadly reduced to a mere cameo.]]
** He was planned to feature a subplot in the film, but it was cut out.
* EnemyMine: With the Dwarves because of the Orcs.
* GentleGiant: ZigZagged. His bear form is vicious, and he dislikes Dwarves and Orcs. On the other hand, he cares deeply for animals, and is seen cradling a tiny mouse in his huge hands. He's also genuinely intrigued by Bilbo and doesn't appear to harbor any hostility towards hobbits and other small, peace-loving creatures.
* LastOfHisKind: He's the last living skin-changer in Middle-Earth, as many of the others were slain by Azog.
* LightningBruiser: He turns into a giant bear so it's a given.
* MadeASlave: A former slave of Azog, like many others of his race. He still has cuffs on his wrists in human form.
* MeaningfulName: "Beorn" is an Anglicisation of ''bjørn'', Danish/Norwegian for "bear". It also means 'warrior' in Old English.
* MorphicResonance: The design team were keen that he didn't simply appear as a large, bearded man in his humanoid form. He was therefore given a mane-like hairstyle and facial prosthetics that suggested a bestial, AmbiguouslyHuman quality to help distinguish him as a race apart.
* NatureLover: Given his lines when he grabs a mouse.
* ProductionForeshadowing: Some promotional material prior to the release of ''An Unexpected Journey'' featured Gandalf talking to Beorn in his bear form. The character first appears in ''The Desolation of Smaug''. [[http://heroisx.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/thehobbit_1024x768_beorn.jpg See here]].
* ShapeShifter: Known as a "skin-changer" in-universe, Beorn can assume the form of a giant black bear. It's difficult to see, but it seems that his clothes change with him, something which is never addressed in the book as he never changes skin off-screen there.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The orcs caged and tortured his people for sport, and he's now the only survivor.
* TraumaInn: His giant-sized home provides a much needed respite for the Company, following their escape from the Goblin King's brood and Azog's wargs at the close of ''An Unexpected Journey''.
* YouShallNotPass: A variant, the orcs aren't foolhardy enough to tangle with him in bear form which allow the Company to reach the forest without resistance.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Treebeard]]
!!Treebeard
[[quoteright:248:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/248px-Treebeard_6197.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:248:''"There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of men for this treachery."'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JohnRhysDavies
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Two Towers]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]''

->''"I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side. Nobody cares for the woods anymore."''

Treebeard, or Fangorn in Elvish, is the second-oldest being in Middle-earth (after the very first Elf to awaken far in the east, Círdan the Shipwright, still living in Middle-Earth), and the namesake of one of the only remaining primordial forests in Middle-earth. Despite his great age, Treebeard is not counted among the Wise, and is quite unsophisticated.
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* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Like anything to do with Ents, Treebeard's discussion to join the war would have taken quite a bit longer. Saruman's burning of Fangorn sped that up significantly.
* BadassBaritone: Voiced by John Rhys-Davies.
* BadassGrandpa: He's so old that he refers to the wizards as "young Saruman" and "young Gandalf."
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gentle and kindly most of the time. Can tear up stone like tissue paper when protecting his forest. Pippin even points this out to Merry.
%%* ConstantlyCurious
* GaiasRevenge: Ents were made specifically to protect the forests from mortal depredations. No surprise that he and the Ents destroy the huge indstrial factory that's been deforesting their "herd".
%%* GreenAesop
* HeroicNeutral: As he says, he's not participating in any of this War of the Ring stuff because everyone's forgotten about caring for the woods he loves.
%%* HiddenDepths
* TheLastDance: He calls the attack on Isengard "The Last March of The Ents", believing that he and his brothers all walk to their doom. Rather inaccurate, [[CurbStompBattle considering they stomp so badly the Ents take almost no casualties in the attack]].
* NeutralNoLonger: Marches against Saruman in response to the direct attack on Fangorn.
* OverlyLongName: His real name is the story of his life, according to him. Like most Ents, he's therefore [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Only Known By His Nickname]].
-->'''Treebeard:''' "You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in [[StarfishLanguage Old Entish.]] And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say."
* PlantPerson: Essentially a big mobile tree. (Other Ents look more specificlly like particular tree species.)
* TimeAbyss: Perhaps the third-oldest physical creature (not counting [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Maiar]]) in Middle-Earth. Círdan, having awoken with the first generation of Elves at Cuiviénen way back in the [[TheTimeOfMyths Years of the Trees]], is older still, and Tom Bombadil is older than the world.
* VerbalTic: Hmmmm, don't be hasty, now...
* WhenTreesAttack: With a vengeance! When Saruman has burned down the trees near Fangorn, Treebeard and the rest of the living Ents decide to 'go to war' by flooding Isengard.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Radagast]]
!!Radagast the Brown
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"A dark power has found its way back into the world."'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SylvesterMcCoy
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug The Desolation of Smaug]]'' | ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''

->''"Just give me a minute. Um...Oh! I had a thought and now I've lost it. It was...it was right there, on the tip of my tongue! Oh! It's not a thought at all! It's a silly old... stick insect."''

One of the five Istari sent to Middle-earth to aid the Free Peoples by the Valar. In addition to combating Sauron, Radagast was also given the additional task of watching over Middle-earth's flora and fauna by the Vala Yavanna (who he served as a Maia). By far the silliest-looking of their number, he is [[BewareTheSillyOnes nonetheless a formidable foe of the evil infesting Mirkwood]], and the first to realize the threat growing in Dol Guldur.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Apart from Gandalf he doesn't get that much respect from the rest of the Wise and is never part of the (onscreen) White Council (it's implied Saruman had something to with that). Indeed, [[spoiler: when Gandalf is rescued from Dol Guldur he's in a non-combatant role. He gets Gandalf out and that's it.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: The books never show how capable he is, as he barely appears at all, but in the first film he fights off [[spoiler:the Witch-King himself]] with ease!
* AdaptationalComicRelief: His book counterpart was more of a mysterious character than a funny one.
* BadassAdorable: To an extent. His rabbits, on the other hand, are ''definitely'' this.
* BadassGrandpa: Much like Gandalf and Saruman.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He may seem silly, but he's still a Wizard, which puts him on equal footing with Gandalf and Saruman.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up to [[spoiler:rescue Gandalf from Dol Gurdur in the third movie, and again with the eagles in the climax.]]
* BunniesForCuteness: The movies invented the idea that he travels on a sled pulled by giant rabbits, who can outrun wargs and bats.
* CanonImmigrant: From ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''; in the book of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' he is only mentioned in passing. However, he was cut out of TheMovie of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', so perhaps it's only fair.
* TheCavalry: Arrives at the Battle of the Five Armies with the Eagles and Beorn. As Gandalf told him to gather the birds and beasts it's likely he was responsible for this.
* CharacterExaggeration: He wasn't described much in Tolkien's writings other than being more interested in the forests than the people of Middle-earth. In the film, he's clearly more absent-minded and even rides a sled pulled by rabbits.
* ChekhovsGun: WordOfGod says that his staff is the second one used by Gandalf in ''LOTR'', the first having been taken from him by Saruman. [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mf54ackBnm1ql00oy.png See here]].
** ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' Extended Edition adds a scene where Radagast loans his staff to Gandalf, [[spoiler:whose own staff was disintegrated by Sauron in ''Desolation of Smaug'']].
* CloudCuckoolander: He lets birds nest under his hat, for starters.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: People like Elrond and Saruman don't take him seriously at all, but he [[spoiler: banishes a herd of marauding spiders from his home with [[MagicalIncantation arcane power-word incantations]] (and brings an adorable hedgehog named Sebastian ''back from the dead'' -- well, ''mostly'' dead), faces off against the Witch-king without blinking and leads a warband of orcs on a merry chase with his rabbit sled without a care in the world.]]
* {{Druid}}: The basis of his design and character, albeit a highly eccentric variation.
* {{Foil}}: To Saruman. They both live in isolation as opposed to wandering around Middle-earth like Gandalf. But while Saruman lives in the regal tower of Orthanc, Radagast lives in a humble ramshackle cottage called Rhosgobel. Radagast cares for the trees and animals as his friends, while Saruman with his mind of "metal and wheels" sees trees as only fuel for his war engines, including the ones inside Isengard's park.
* FreudianTrio: The Id to Saruman's Superego and Gandalf's Ego. He's also played by Sylvester [=McCoy=].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: His hair is a bird's nest, so you know it. He also uses his powers to bring back a hedgehog from near death.
* GRatedDrug: Mushrooms, according to Saruman.
* TheHermit: Lives alone except for his animal friends
* HorseOfADifferentColor: In the movie, he drives a sled pulled by rabbits.
* NatureLover: He spends most of his time in the Greenwood looking after the plants and animals (in addition to defeating Sauron, he was also tasked by Yavanna to look after the wildlife of Middle-earth). When the Necromancer's Shadow turns it into Mirkwood he freaks out, because not even he can stop it.
** His home Rhosgobel has a tree growing through it -- it wasn't built ''around'' the tree, a sapling sprouted up in his house and over many years grew into a huge tree and deformed the walls of his home, which he just modified and repaired to fit around it. As Jackson explained in a behind-the-scenes video, it's not that Radagast didn't ''notice'' that the sapling was getting too big, but he is firmly against taking ''any'' life if he doesn't have to, he doesn't destroy, so he just adapted to make space and let nature be. A complete contrast with Saruman's future views about nature, that forests as just fuel to burn.
* NiceHat: An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka ushanka]], specifically.
* NonActionGuy: Zig-zagged. It's clear that at least Saruman doesn't have a lot of faith in Radagast's skills, but then we are shown the Wizard fending the Witch-King and escaping from Sauron himself; and then, when he appears with the White Council raiding Dol Guldur, he is the only who doesn't fight, only appearing to evacuate the weakened Gandalf.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: In ''The Desolation of Smaug'' he persuades Gandalf that helping the Company is less important than saving the world.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: He gets this in ''The Desolation of Smaug''. His silly aspects are mostly gone, and he becomes more grim and serious as he says "the world is in grave danger" when he realizes the full extent of the threat.
* ThePigPen: He's got a bird's nest in his hair, so it's natural that he's got a huge trail of accumulated and dried-up bird dung down the side of his head.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: His only mentioned power. Most characters seem to think it's a bit useless.
** As [=McCoy=] explained in his behind-the-scenes video on Radagast, this is sort of in real life, too: [=McCoy=] already knew how to make very accurate bird-calls and has been doing so for years. So when Radagast whistles and chirps at birds, that ''isn't'' an added sound effect, that's the actor actually "speaking fluent Bird".
* StealthHiBye: When Gandalf is investigating [[spoiler: the tomb of the Nazgûl]], Radagast suddenly appears behind him, very effectively startling him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No explanation is ever given why he never appears in ''The Lord of the Rings''. The last we see of him is leading the Eagles into battle against the Orcs in ''The Battle of Five Armies'' or, in the extended edition, standing besides to Gandalf and Beorn in Thorin's funeral.
* TheWonka: He certainly doesn't ''look'' like an angelic emissary of the gods, [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass but...]]
* TrapIsTheOnlyOption: To Gandalf:
-->'''Radagast''': What if it's a trap?
-->'''Gandalf''': It's ''undoubtedly'' a trap.
* TheWorfEffect: He's a very powerful Wizard, but that fact he's unable to stop the Necromancer from corrupting the Greenwood into Mirkwood save for his home in Rhosgobel shows just how deadly that threat to Middle-earth is.
* WillfullyWeak: Like the rest of the Wizards, Radagast is actually operating at only a fraction of his full power. This is deliberate as the Valar decided to clothe the Wizards in the bodies of old men as they are meant to combat Sauron by wisdom and persuasion not brute strength or force.
* WizardBeard: Not of the cleanest kind.
[[/folder]]

!The Shire

[[folder:Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Erin Banks, Elizabeth Moody
->'''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]]''

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.
* ParasolOfPrettiness: She carries a dainty parasol, similarly fussy as her dress.
* 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.]]
* 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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[[folder:Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
!!Otho Sackville-Baggins

->'''Portrayed by:''' Brian Hotter, Peter Corrigan
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]'' | ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''

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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[[folder:Gerontius "The Old" Took]]
!!Gerontius "The Old" Took
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Dan Hennah
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

Patriarch of one of the two greatest Hobbit families and Thain of the Shire, the last (ceremonial) representative of the fallen Kings of Arnor. Grandfather of Bilbo and great-grandfather of Frodo.
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* BadassFamily: Clan-leader of an uncharacteristically adventurous hobbit family, he's Bilbo's grandfather.
* TheClan: The head of it, in fact.
* CreatorCameo: Played by Weta's Dan Hennah.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: No one calls him Gerontius, just The Old Took.
* GagNose: Sports the most ridiculously extreme nose in the movie -- the special features reveal Peter Jackson did this deliberately as a joke on Dan Hennah.
* HappyFlashback: He appears in a very sweet scene added to special edition of ''An Expected Journey'', which depicts a typically merry hobbit gathering.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's deceased long before ''The Hobbit'' takes place, at least by several decades.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: A non-malevolent example, used out of respect.
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[[folder:Belladonna Took]]
!!Belladonna Took
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Sonia Forbes-Adam
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney An Unexpected Journey]]''[[note]]Extended Edition only[[/note]]

One of the Old Took's four daughters and Bilbo's mother.
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* FloralThemeNaming: Like most female hobbits, she's named after a flower. Despite the negative connotations of "deadly nightshade", the name is derived from the Italian for "beautiful woman".
* GoodParents: By all accounts, Bungo and Belladonna were very loving and attentive parents who raised Bilbo to be a strong-minded and compassionate person. Her willingness to accept a little bit of adventure in life also contributed to Bilbo's curiosity and thirst for exploration, something that Belladonna actively nurtured in him.
* HappyFlashback: Appears in the above mentioned flashback, where we see her gently admonish a very young Bilbo after he whacks Gandalf with his wooden sword. It's a sweet cameo, and nice to see she and Bilbo together in less troubled times.
* PosthumousCharacter: Whilst she appears in the flashback, mentioned above, by the time of the events depicted in the main story, she has been dead for around ten years.

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* InformedAbility: Not outright brought up, but in the book it speaks a counterspell to Gandalf, so it is reasonable that in both the book and film, it can speak English and other languages and is just roaring for fear.

->'''Portrayed by: '''Creator/BenedictCumberbatch

->''"My teeth are swords! My claws are spears! My wings are a '''HURRICANE!'''"''

%%* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: He had it coming.]]

!!Gollum
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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]]!"'']]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AndySerkis

->''" 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."''