History Characters / MiddleEarthFilmTheCompany

* AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler: He receives one from Azog, just before stabbing the Orc in turn. It proves fatal]].

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inverted, as dressing the part of king only serves to demonstrate his madness. As Dwalin says, the kingly Thorin is even lower than the common man he started the quest as. It's only when Thorin casts off the crown and returns to The Company as the great leader and warrior they respected him as that he is truly a king worth following.

* BeardOfSorrow: According to Word Of God, the short beard is a sign of mourning, and Thorin will grow the beard again should he succeed in claiming back Erebor, ([[spoiler: although this didn't happen due to the short amount of time he spent on the throne]]). Doesn't explain why he has the same short beard during the prologue when everything is going hunky-dorey for him, though.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is initially resentful of Bilbo, until [[spoiler: he thanks the hobbit for saving his life]]. However, [[spoiler: once he gets to the Mountain, the Heart of Gold part starts diminishing further and further until he snaps out of it.]]
* KubrickStare: Kind of inevitable when one is a dwarf.
* TheLeader: Of the dwarves; a Type IV, according to Balin, though with some shades of a Type I.
* LightningBruiser: He's a lot faster, agile, and more durable than you'd expect a dwarf to be, and doesn't seem to have sacrificed any strength for it.

* MasterSwordsman: He was shown using a heavy, two-handed dwarven sword before he found the slimmer and more elegant Orcrist.

* NoBadassToHisValet: While Thorin is idolized and king to his dwarven Company, Bilbo couldn't care less about his royal status and regularly scolds him for acting rashly or being rude to others. When he descends into gold madness, it's Bilbo who [[TheHeart continues to stand at Thorin's side]] and speak sense when he can, even telling Gandalf that he doesn't fear Thorin and will do everything in his power to save him.

* ThePatriarch: The Dwarves are fiercely patriarchal since they are all descended from the original Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Thorin, as king of the eldest clan (the Longbeards, or Durin's Folk,) is the symbolic father of the entire race. In ''The Hobbit'', he displays all the qualities of a more literal patriarch among his Company, including the tragically late expression of his respect for the black sheep, Bilbo.

* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Bilbo's red. However, the lines start to blur as the quest progresses, especially after Thorin starts to descend into gold madness. He also has a bad habit of flying into a rage whenever Elves are mentioned, which Bilbo (and at one point Balin) scolds him for.

** Taking back Erebor is no easy task, but Thorin firmly believes that it is his responsibility as the Dwarven king to reclaim his people's homeland. And despite his sometimes arrogant behavior, Thorin is also willing to do the same work and menial jobs as his fellow Dwarves in exile.

** Of Aragorn in terms of appearance, leadership ability, fighting prowess, and determination to take his place as the rightful King. But the burden of his quest is more closer to Frodo's, both of them sharing bouts of SanitySlippage (including turning their swords on a friend) as well as being carried by the eagle's talons after the rescue from the fire, and they both leave Middle-earth -- though in Thorin's case, he dies. It also helps that they both have piercing blue eyes and dark hair.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The closer he gets to Erebor, the more he becomes obssessed with it. It gets to the point where [[UndyingLoyalty Balin]] has to [[WhatTheHellHero call him out on it when he refers to Bilbo as simply a burglar, and his initial refusal to help him when they realize Smaug woke up.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: Let's see, the guy saw his grandfather descending into dragon sickness, powerless to do anything over Thrór's impaired judgement. Was forced to flee by a marauding Dragon taking over his kingdom and riches. His call for help went unanswered by the Elven army; heck, it's even implied said Elves refused aid to the displaced Erebor refugees. Thorin had to toil away laboring in villages of men, reduced from a prince to a pauper. He then lost both his father and grandfather in the Battle of Azanulbizar. Later, when he called for the other dwarf kingdoms to aid his quest to reclaim Erebor, none answered save for the company of his 13 dwarves. His brief stint as King of Erebor was marred with dragon sickness. In the following battle, he watched his oldest nephew and Crown Prince of Erebor get ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and then he likely died thinking his line survived through Kíli. [[spoiler: It didn't]].
* UnflinchingWalk: Thorin does one [[spoiler:as he confronts Azog for the second time, while surrounded by flaming trees and attacking wargs.]]
* WarriorPrince: He's easily one of the most skilled warriors in the Company and charges into battle alongside his fellows without a second thought.

** Thorin is known to be on the receiving end of this; first by Balin for planning to abandoning Bilbo to Smaug, by Bard for the fact that his actions caused the destruction of Laketown and the deaths of hundreds -- or even thousands -- of innocent people, by Bilbo for not keeping his word or being himself after the latter learns [[spoiler:the former bargained the Arkenstone]], by Dwalin for becoming ever more obsessed with reclaiming Erebor to the exclusion of everything else, including the well-being of everyone, and by Kíli for letting others fight their battles for them while they hide inside the safety of Erebor. Yikes.

* BadassInCharge: As King of Durin's Folk and rightful King Under the Mountain.

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]: And then [[spoiler:dropped off a cliff.]]

A group of thirteen dwarves, one wizard, and one hobbit in Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheHobbit'' trilogy that are on their way to the lost Dwarven kingdom of Erebor to slay the dragon Smaug and reclaim Thorin's birthright. Their journey ends up changing the fate of Middle-Earth forever...

[[folder: In General]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: More like "It's All About Me and My People" among the Dwarves of The Company, which is not an uncommon norm among the Dwarves of Middle-Earth. When Thorin's GoldFever sets in, Kíli (who was present at Laketown's destruction) is the only member of The Company who calls Thorin out on turning the survivors of Laketown away after they aided the dwarves.

[[folder: Bilbo]]

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[[caption-width-right:249:''"I think I'm quite ready for another adventure!''"]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Thorin. It's particularly apparent in the third film [[spoiler: when Thorin delivers a speech while dying in his arms.]] Notably, Bilbo is one of the few primary characters in ''Lord of the Rings'' who doesn't have one of these, or at least a best friend and close confidante. The [[spoiler: death]] of Thorin would explain that particular absence, which is quite rare in Tolkien's primary works about the One Ring and Middle-Earth.
* HeroismMotiveSpeech : He gives one near the end of the first film when he explains why he wants to go on with Thorin and Company despite the danger:

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When it comes to preventing a costly and unnecessary war between the other factions of Middle-Earth, he readily admits to secreting away the Arkenstone from Thorin's grasp. By this point, all the other Company members can see how bad their leader's greed is getting, and they're not as outwardly angry with him; some even agree with his necessary betrayal.

[[folder: Gandalf]]

[[folder: Thorin]]

** Of Aragorn in terms of appearance, leadership ability, fighting prowess, and determination to take his place as the rightful King. But the burden of his quest is more closer to Frodo's, both of them sharing bouts of SanitySlippage (including turning their swords on a friend) as well as being carried by the eagle's talons after the rescue from the fire, and they both leave Middle-Earth -- though in Thorin's case, he dies. It also helps that they both have piercing blue eyes and dark hair.

* StarCrossedLovers: With Tauriel, being a Dwarf and an Elf whose nations have hated each other for over a century, and whose races have been on bad terms since the First Age of Middle-Earth, thousands of years ago. [[spoiler: Also, Kíli dies in the Battle of the Five Armies.]] Tragically, their species do not even share the same afterlives according to Tolkien lore.

** When he sees Sting is glowing blue and remembers what that means, and when he realizes that Gollum figured out where his 'precious' is.

* BeardOfSorrow: According to Word Of God, the short beard is a sign of mourning, and Thorin will grow the beard again should he succeed in claiming back Erebor ([[spoiler: although this didn't happen due to the short amount of time he spent on the throne]]). Doesn't explain why he has the same short beard during the prologue when everything is going hunky-dorey for him, though.

[[folder:In General]]

* BusCrash: Balin, Óin, and Ori die years after the events of ''The Hobbit'' trilogy, during an effort to reclaim ''another'' lost dwarf-realm: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Moria]].
* ColorCodedCharacters: Averted away from the book's dwarves' colored hoods in lieu of distinguishable beard- and hairstyles and weapons.

* ItsAllAboutMe: More like "It's All About Me and My People" among the dwarves of the Company, which is not an uncommon norm among the dwarves of Middle-Earth. When Thorin's GoldFever sets in, Kíli (who was present at Laketown's destruction) is the only member of the Company who calls Thorin out on turning the survivors of Laketown away after they aided the dwarves.

* MidfightWeaponExchange: Each dwarf has his own set of weapons in the film but during the Goblin Town scene where their weapons get tossed around and mixed up. For instance, Ori ends up with Dwalin's hammer and does alright with it.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Somehow played straight while simultaneously subverted. While the Dwarves are all short, hairy, and crusty, they have great variety in their faces, beards, clothing, body types, personalities, and weaponry. They also have accents that range throughout the British Isles -- Yorkshire (Thorin, Fíli, Kíli, Dori), Estuary (Ori), SE London/Cockney (Nori), Scottish (Balin, Dwalin, Óin, Glóin), and Northern Irish (Bofur). The production team actually thought out how each set of dwarves should appear progressively less rich and refined the more distantly they are related to the royal line, ranging from Balin and Dwalin (Thorin's third cousins and close companions), to Dori and his brother in the middle (related, but distant cousins), to Bofur, Bombur, and Bifur (working class slobs -- with the exception of Bombur, according to his actor -- not related to the royal line at all).
* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: On its way to glory! This is even lampshaded by Balin. Thorin's response is also pretty sweet: he's a dignified warrior-prince and many of the Company are just merchants, toy-makers, miners, and goofballs -- but he's glad to accept any one of them over an entire dwarf army. Why? Because when he called the armies to follow him, they didn't come, but these few misfits did. One willing toy-maker who chose to be by his side on this dangerous journey is worth more than an entire army who stayed safe at home in their beds.

[[folder:Bilbo]]

A hobbit of The Shire chosen by the wizard Gandalf to accompany the 13 dwarves on their quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its treasure from the dragon Smaug. Although he enjoys his peaceful life in the Shire, Bilbo still accepts to participate in the journey, knowing that it is a unique opportunity. Bilbo doesn't even imagine that his actions will forever change the fate of Middle-earth...

* ChangedMyMindKid: Bilbo attempts to leave the Company while in the goblin cave, feeling he doesn't belong among them on this adventure. After his adventures in the mountain, he forgoes the chance to escape with the Ring and returns to the Company.

* TheChosenZero: Initially treated this way by the dwarves.

* CoolSword: Sting, an elven long knife that glows when orcs are near, although Balin thinks it's "more like a letter-opener".
* CowardlyLion: Although he does [[TookALevelInBadass get braver and more effective at fighting through the adventure]], he still believes that [[ImNotAHeroIm he's not really a hero or a warrior or even a burglar]], just a hobbit who decided to stick by his friends, and generally prefers to avoid fights whenever possible.

* FireForgedFriends: His relationship with the rest of the Company.

* GiantsKnifeHumansGreatsword: [[NamedWeapons Sting]] is an elven dagger that is discovered in a troll hoard. It makes for a good shortsword at his size; for a troll, it would be only "a tiny pocket-knife.

* GuileHero: Unlike his dwarven companions, Bilbo prefers to use his words and brain to get him out of tight situations. His tiny size and his dislike of battle also make this trope necessary to his survival throughout the quest. This starts from distracting the trolls long enough to let Gandalf come in, to playing a "game of riddles" with Gollum, and eventually to try and flatter Smaug.
* HardHead: [[spoiler:Takes a spike to the head from the end of Bolg's mace and is merely knocked out. Bolg killed Kíli with a similar application of force.]]
* TheHeart: He's a Hobbit so he's been set up to be one, anyway. Gandalf even lampshades this -- Bilbo represents a better world to strive for. In the ''Battle of the Five Armies'', it's Bilbo who comes closest to breaking Thorin out of his gold madness, and without any threat of violence or war being involved. When Bilbo shows Thorin the acorn he'd taken from Beorn's place and states that he'll take it back to his home, plant it, care for it, let it grow, and remember his amazing journey with them whenever he looks at the tree, Thorin's sickness visibly begins to fade and Bilbo nearly gets through to him. And later, Bilbo's voice and words are the last hallucinations that Thorin sees and hears before he throws off the gold madness and finally [[HesBack returns to himself]].

* HeroicWillpower: Managed to give up the One Ring after owning it for sixty years, though it was clearly wearing on him towards the end. To a lesser extent, while shaken, he was able to resist Smaug's BreakingSpeech about the dwarves only using him for their own gain.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Thorin. It's particularly apparent in the third film [[spoiler:when Thorin delivers a speech while dying in his arms.]] Notably, Bilbo is one of the few primary characters in ''Lord of the Rings'' who doesn't have one of these, or at least a best friend and close confidante. The [[spoiler: death]] of Thorin would explain that particular absence, which is quite rare in Tolkien's primary works about the One Ring and Middle-Earth.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When it comes to preventing a costly and unnecessary war between the other factions of Middle-Earth, he readily admits to secreting away the Arkenstone from Thorin's grasp. By this point, all the other company members can see how bad their leader's greed is getting, and they're not as outwardly angry with him; some even agree with his necessary betrayal.

* InelegantBlubbering: He breaks down miserably after [[spoiler: Thorin’s death]], and begins to cry-whine in grief.

** Though he never outright says it, you can tell from his facial expressions that Bilbo immediately regrets it when he tells Bofur that the dwarves should be used to living on the road and having "nowhere to belong", briefly forgetting that they lost their home to Smaug.

* NiceGuy: Benevolent, humble and sincere, Bilbo doesn't have one bad bone in his body.

** As Smaug stirs, and he gets an idea of just how ''huge'' the dragon is.

* ScheherezadeGambit: He keeps Gollum from eating him by proposing him a game of riddles, and tries the same thing on Smaug, which doesn't go as well.

* TheSneakyGuy: The reason why Bilbo was chosen as the Company's burglar in the first place. Since the Company is only composed of thirteen dwarves of varying occupations, they were inevitably going to need a non-dwarf to sneak into Erebor's treasure chamber. So, even though Bilbo has never stolen anything in his life, he does turn out to be ''surprisingly'' good at sneaking and stealing and manages to sneak behind ''three'' mountain trolls without them noticing him. He only got caught because one of the Trolls happened to have an itchy nose and grabbed him by accident to use as tissue paper.
* SpannerInTheWorks: It was his presence and intervention in Gollum's cave that caused the Ring to shift towards him so that it could escape its confinement, which would begin the long, ''long'' path towards its destined fate into the hands of Frodo some sixty years later, and [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom the wars that follow in Sauron's return]]. However, it's also his sparing of Gollum [[spoiler:that ends up being the final key instrument in the Ring's destruction once and for all by way of Gollum's sad fate inspiring Frodo to try to resist the Ring, and Gollum eventually pushing himself and the Ring by accident into the fires of Mount Doom. Without Gollum, among many other steps involved, there would likely have been no sacrifice to end Sauron's machinations once and for all.]]
* StaringDownCthulhu: Bilbo does this with Smaug because running would earn him instant death, so he uses flattery to stay alive. He's also the only member of the Company who's willing to stand up to a deranged and ''very'' gold-obsessed [[spoiler: Thorin]], bluntly stating that he's not afraid of him and if no one else is willing to talk some sense into him, then Bilbo will try to do it himself.

* UndyingLoyalty: To Thorin and the Company. Bilbo makes it clear to the Elves and Men that everything he's doing is to help and protect his Dwarven friends, including giving away the [[spoiler: Arkenstone]], which he is afraid will drive Thorin even deeper into gold madness. He even sneaks up to Ravenhill and under the nose of Azog, something Gandalf thought was suicidal, in order to warn Thorin and his nephews about the White Orc's [[spoiler: ambush]].

* WhatTheHellHero: In the third film, he calls Thorin out on not keeping his word to help out the lakemen as well as not being himself after [[spoiler: the former bargained the Arkenstone to Bard and Thranduil.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When he doesn't kill Gollum, and when [[spoiler: he's listening to the Dwarves talking about him deserting them after they all escape the goblins in the mountains. He's wearing the Ring at the time, so he's free to let them believe he's gone for good and go back to Rivendell. Of course, he reveals himself and continues the journey.]] The latter's only a minor case, though.

[[folder:Gandalf]]

[[folder:Thorin]]

The leader of the Company of Dwarves who have set out to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. As King of [[TheClan Durin's Folk]] he is the rightful King under the Mountain and the uncle of Fíli and Kíli, who are the sons of his sister Dís.

* AdaptationalJerkass: This Thorin is a lot more aggressive and rude than he is in the books. Him holding Bilbo at sword point when suspecting he was lying was added by the films.

* AgeLift: The oldest dwarf in the original novel, but here he looks younger than several of the other ones.
* AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler:He receives one from Azog, just before stabbing the Orc in turn. It proves fatal]].

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Inverted, as dressing the part of king only serves to demonstrate his madness. As Dwalin says, the kingly Thorin is even lower than the common man he started the quest as. It's only when Thorin casts off the crown and returns to the Company as the great leader and warrior they respected him as that he is truly a king worth following.

-->"''Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu!''" or "''The axes of the dwarves! The dwarves are upon you!''"

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: He manages to kill Azog at the end of the Battle of the Five Armies, but is fatally wounded during the fight and dies shortly afterwards.]]
* ByronicHero: Thorin's AdaptationPersonalityChange turns him into this. He's an exiled king who's intensely driven by the desire to reclaim his people's homeland of Erebor from the dragon Smaug despite nearly everyone around him viewing his quest as a fool's errand, has suffered through watching his brother and many other brethren die, and is a charismatic and inspiring leader to his company but also a hard-headed dwarf whose pride makes things more difficult than they needed to be at several points. He succeeds in reclaiming Erebor but tragically succumbs to the [[GoldFever dragon sickness]] of his family line in doing so and dies after finally defeating his hated nemesis Azog.

* CoolSword: Orcrist, an elven sword of Gondolin, in addition to his Dwarven blade, Deathless. He loses both when the Company is imprisoned by Thranduil and gets a new sword from the armory of Laketown. He gets it back in the end for his final fight with Azog.
* TheCorruptible: Like his grandfather, large amounts of gold and Thorin are not a good mix, not helped by the fact Smaug has been sitting on it for years. Thráin appears very much aware of this, as in the extended version of The Desolation of Smaug he angrily declares Thorin should never go back to Erebor.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Poor Thorin's had a pretty rough life. His kingdom was taken over by a dragon that either killed most of the Erebor dwarves in the initial attack or forced them to flee to distant lands; much of his life afterwards was spent working in menial, dead-end jobs that brought little respect from the humans around him; and then, when his people finally tried to retake Moria, Thorin not only witnessed the mass slaughter of his fellow Dwarves in battle but also the beheading of his grandfather at the hands of an orc, the death of his younger brother Frerin, and the disappearance of his father whom he never sees again. Very little seems to ever go right or come easy to the poor guy.

* DisappearedDad: His father, Thráin, disappeared during the Battle of Azanulbizar, leaving Thorin to care for and guide the exiled Dwarves of Erebor alone.

* FantasticRacism: Thorin ''really'' doesn't like elves or anything made by elvish hands.
* AFatherToHisMen: He actively protects the Company and feels great responsibility for them. When they were escaping underground from the wargs, Thorin made sure he was last to jump.
* FireForgedFriends: With Bilbo, [[spoiler: after Bilbo rescues him from being beheaded by one of Azog's mooks.]] They become even closer as the films progress with Bilbo repeatedly saving Thorin and the Company as they near and finally reclaim the Lonely Mountain.

-->'''Gandalf''': Destroy the dragon. Take back your homeland.

* HonorBeforeReason: Balin points out that Thorin doesn't need to put his life on the line to reclaim Erebor, since he's done well by his people, building them a new life in the Blue Mountains. Thorin replies that he has no choice in the matter because it is the will of his forefathers. He looks rather sad when he says this, showing what a burden carrying the honour of his line has become.

** He refuses to honor his deal with the people of Laketown while Thranduil's army is present, while Bilbo tries to get him to help out of compassion. Thorin points out that it wasn't ''compassion'' that motivated the people of Laketown to help the dwarves, it was a selfish desire for wealth. When Bard points out that Thorin gave his word, Thorin reminds Bard that they had no choice but to bargain with promises of wealth or remain locked up against their will.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Is initially resentful of Bilbo, until [[spoiler: he thanks the hobbit for saving his life]]. However, [[spoiler: once he gets to the mountain, the Heart of Gold part starts diminishing further and further, until he snaps out of it.]]

* NotHimself: Under the effects of Gold Fever, Thorin would rather hide in his throne which contrasts with his usual bravery and willingness to fight and defend his people until his last breath - [[spoiler:which he does once he throws off the sickness.]]

** Played straight and subverted. While Thorin is correct that people will be coming to Erebor for the sake of the treasure, he is incorrect that the others wish to rob him. Bard the Bowman only wishes for enough gold to rebuild Dale, which has been burned down ''twice'' by Smaug as a direct response to the dwarves' greed and treasure hoard. And Thranduil the Elvenking only wishes to reclaim his late wife's necklace, the White Gems of Lasgalen, which Thorin's grandfather Thror had and withheld from Thranduil. His "enemies" actually have very reasonable requests.
** Also, he was correct that someone among the Company (namely, Bilbo) had taken the Arkenstone, but he was incorrect when he thought it was done with sinister intentions. Bilbo was trying to save Thorin from himself when he withheld it.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He hears out his kinsmen and will listen to reason from others when he can see past his {{Pride}} and his old grudges, which is mercifully quite often (until [[spoiler:his SanitySlippage sets in, although in that instance it's ultimately a massive build-up of criticism and WhatTheHellHero from others and from those closest to him that eventually makes Thorin snap back to his senses]]).
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The dragon sickness turns him into a JerkAss after retaking Erebor. It gets so bad that [[spoiler: he attempts to kill Bilbo after finding out he took the Arkenstone, and refuses to assist in battle, (even leaving his cousin Dáin to die, trying to justify it by saying that all life is cheap). Thorin eventually shakes off the dragon sickness and leads his company of dwarves into battle, but he dies shortly after killing Azog. Before he died, he and Bilbo make peace with each other.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Bilbo's red. However, the lines start to blur as the quest progresses, especially after Thorin starts to descend into gold madness. He also has a bad habit of flying into a rage whenever elves are mentioned, which Bilbo (and at one point Balin) scolds him for.

** After being defeated by Smaug, Thorin humbled himself and took whatever work he could while resettling the survivors in the Blue Mountains. Balin says that their new home isn't as grand as Erebor but that Thorin made sure that his people could live in comfort and start working to regain their prosperity.
** Taking back Erebor is no easy task, but Thorin firmly believes that it is his responsibility as the dwarven king to reclaim his people's homeland. And despite his sometimes arrogant behavior, Thorin is also willing to do the same work and menial jobs as his fellow Dwarves in exile.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Tall for a dwarf, that is. The Dark and Snarky parts are well in evidence throughout the films.

* TraumaCongaLine: Let's see, the guy saw his grandfather descending into dragon sickness, powerless to do anything over Thror's impaired judgement. Was forced to flee by a marauding dragon taking over his kingdom and riches. His call for help went unanswered by the elven army; heck, it's even implied said elves refused aid to the displaced Erebor refugees. Thorin had to toil away laboring in villages of men, reduced from a prince to a pauper. He then lost both his father and grandfather in the Battle of Azanulbizar. Later, when he called for the other dwarf kingdoms to aid his quest to reclaim Erebor, none answered save for the company of his 13 dwarves. His brief stint as King of Erebor was marred with dragon sickness. In the following battle, he watched his oldest nephew and Crown Prince of Erebor get ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and then he likely died thinking his line survived through Kíli. [[spoiler: It didn't]].

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: At Azanulbizar. In the words of Balin: "And I thought to myself then, there is one who I could follow. There is one I could call King."
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Thorin's most definitely this for the dwarves, who all look up to him both because of his leadership and his prowess in combat.

* TheUnintelligible: Due to his head injury, Bifur only speaks in Ancient Dwarvish (Khuzdul). [[spoiler: He later reverts to common tongue after his embedded axe was removed.]] He also appears to communicate through Iglishmêk, which is the dwarven version of sign language that all dwarves learn simultaneously with Khuzdul in early childhood. [[spoiler: He gets ''one'' line of intelligible English in ''The Battle of the Five Armies'' after the axe in his head is removed and Bombur offers it back to him]].

!!! '''Voiced by:''' Óscar Flores (Latin American Spanish dub, for Martin Freeman in ''The Hobbit''), Francisco Colmenero (Latin American Spanish dub, for Ian Holm in LOTR and ''The Hobbit''), Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese dub, for Martin Freeman in ''The Hobbit''), Fubito Yamano (Japanese dub, for Ian Holm in LOTR and ''The Hobbit''), Julien Sibre (French dub), Marc Cassot (French dub, old)

* BeardOfSorrow: According to Word Of God, the short beard is a sign of mourning, and Thorin will grow the beard again should he succeed in claiming back Erebor ([[spoiler: although this didn't happen due to the short amount of time he spent on the throne]]).

* SufferTheSlings: He uses is a slingshot.

* UnfazedEveryman: It takes a long time and even at the end there are many things he finds awkward and frightening, but he does get there. Fittingly as he's played by the same actor as Arthur Dent, the original trope namer.

* AnAxeToGrind: An axe is also in his arsenal.

* AnAxeToGrind: Notably carries two large axes named Ukhlat and Umraz ("Grasper" and "Keeper") on his back in the movie.

* AnAxeToGrind: As mentioned, his weapon of choice are the family axes.

* AnAxeToGrind: His backup weapon.

* AnAxeToGrind: He later gains such a weapon.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Averted away from the book's dwarves' colored hoods in lieu of distinguishable beard- and hairstyles and [[WeaponOfChoice weapons of choice]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Each dwarf has his own set of weapons in the film but this trope becomes subverted during the Goblin Town scene where their weapons get tossed around and mixed up. For instance, Ori ends up with Dwalin's hammer and does alright with it.

* BadassBookworm: See Astrology, CombatMedic, and WeaponOfChoice entrees for more info.

* SufferTheSlings: His WeaponOfChoice (see below).
* WeaponOfChoice: His is a [[SufferTheSlings slingshot]].

* WeaponOfChoice: He wields a mattock that has [[DropTheHammer a hammer]] on one side and [[PowerfulPick an adze]] on the other.

* TheConfidant: Bilbo heavily hints to him about the Arkenstone's whereabouts while asking for his advice as to whether finding it would cure Thorin's gold-sickness. Balin clearly catches onto the double-meaning but doesn't say so out loud.

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* KnifeNut: He's ''covered'' in them. Look closely when he first arrives at Bilbo's house, right after he shoves his sword in Bilbo's arms: he continues to produce three knives hidden in his coat and shoes and dumps them on him. This also leads to a humorous ExtendedDisarming sequence when he's captured by the Mirkwood elves. And the funniest part? They still missed some knives, as shown in the barrel chase.

* KnifeNut: And a knife. Talk about CrazyPrepared.

* KnifeNut: Óin carries a couple knives as backup weapons and tools for harvesting herbs.

* DualWielding: A pair of [[KnifeNut knives]].

* KnifeNut: As well as a hunting knife.

* KnifeNut: A meat cleaver, specifically.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He is played by Creator/RichardArmitage, after all. He also looks far less like a traditional Dwarf, barely having a beard, and looks more like a short human man. Possibly a subversion according to WordOfGod.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Thorin is notably much more [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[StopHavingFunGuys grim]] in the movie version, compared to his original characterization.

* SavedByCanon: He can't die in this trilogy ... because he gets slain by orcs when he attempts to retake Khazad-dûm in between ''Film/TheHobbit'' and ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing''. It was in his tomb that the Fellowship fought the troll.

* SimpleStaff: A steel staff with a strap attached so that he can swing it around his head.

* FutureBadass: Is one of the last surviving dwarves of Balin's expedition to Khazad-dûm, which automatically makes him a badass. In one of the flashback missions in ''VideoGame/TheLordOfTheRingsOnline'', you play as Ori, who wields a massive two-handed axe, is nearly unkillable, and can destroy hordes of Orcs single-handed (literally, because he wields the two-hander [[UpToEleven in one hand]]).

* NiceHat: Its floppy ears match Bofur's own braided pigtails.

* ParentalSubstitute: Tries to be a father to his nephews, Fíli and Kíli, with varying degrees of success.

* AdaptationalBadass: A special example compared to the rest of the company. The Bombur from the book isn't exactly incompetent, with some decent fighting skills hinted at in his contribution to the book's rendition of the troll incident. And keeps up well with the others (when he's not realistically very fatigued wasting away in his sleep for a week) But he does suffer considerably more misfortune. However, the film gives him focus as a prodigious fighter that not only uses his fatness to his advantage but also might perfectly be the best athlete of the entire company.

* KavorkaMan: AllThereInTheManual, but apparently, this unbelievably fat dwarf has ''fourteen children'', as mentioned above./

* OldSoldier: He's one of the older members of the company but it still capable of holding his own in a fight.

* OldSolider: He's one of the older members of the company but it still capable of holding his own in a fight.

One of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor, and second-in-command. He is the older brother of Dwalin.

One of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. He is the younger brother of Balin.

One of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. He is the older brother of Glóin and the uncle of Gimli.

One of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo on the Quest of Erebor. He is the brother of Óin and the father of Gimli.