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->'''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]]''
->'''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]]''
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* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but notably with the Hobbit Bilbo, Gwaihir (Lord of the Eagles) and the Eleven Lady Galadriel.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but notably with the Hobbit Bilbo, Gwaihir (Lord of the Eagles) and the Eleven Elven Lady Galadriel.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but especially has one with Bilbo and with Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but especially has one notably with Bilbo and with Gwaihir, Lord the Hobbit Bilbo, Gwaihir (Lord of the Eagles.Eagles) and the Eleven Lady Galadriel.
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* TheTeam / TrueCompanions / FireForgedFriends / UndyingLoyalty: ...but overtime they would [[IOweYouMyLife risk their lives]] for each other repeatedly. When they're forced to separate, they still remain close and have a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming at the end of the movie when they [[BackFromTheDead all meet up again]]. This group mainly consists of the following...
** TheHero: Frodo
** SideKick: Sam (to Frodo's Hero)
** ThoseTwoGuys / PluckyComicRelief
*** TheStraightMan: Merry
*** TheFool: Pip
** BigGood: Gandalf
** PowerTrio
*** TheLeader / TheKirk: Aragorn
*** TheSmartGuy / TheSpock: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy / TheMcCoy: Gimli
** TheLancer: Boromir (to Aragorn's Leader)
** TheHero: Frodo
** SideKick: Sam (to Frodo's Hero)
** ThoseTwoGuys / PluckyComicRelief
*** TheStraightMan: Merry
*** TheFool: Pip
** BigGood: Gandalf
** PowerTrio
*** TheLeader / TheKirk: Aragorn
*** TheSmartGuy / TheSpock: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy / TheMcCoy: Gimli
** TheLancer: Boromir (to Aragorn's Leader)
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sam.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sam.Sam as they trekked to Mordor. It's implied that they've known each other for years.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Frodo.Frodo as they trekked to Mordor. It's implied that they've known each other for years. But he still calls him "Mr. Frodo" out of respect, due to the latter being a gentle-hobbit.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pippin.He has been this with Pippin since childhood. Merry himself states that he was always the one to get both of them in trouble, but also the one to pull Pippin out.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Galadriel, as evidenced during ''the Hobbit'' when she's the only one who is supportive of Gandalf's quest to slay Smaug.
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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Galadriel, as evidenced during ''the Hobbit'' when she's the only one who is supportive of Gandalf's quest to slay Smaug.Smaug and the one who rescued him from Dol Guldur.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy. He and Aragorn have been implied to be and are frequently portrayed as this by [[{{Fandom}} fans]]. His final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy. He Legolas and Aragorn have been implied to be and are frequently portrayed as this by [[{{Fandom}} fans]]. His final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.precursor.
** He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy.
** He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Legolas eventually become this by the end of the trilogy.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Legolas eventually become forms a trio version of this by with Aragorn and Legolas, starting with their search for Merry and Pippin in the end of the trilogy.Rohan plains.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the books, he gradually becomes a more passive character due to his damaging experiences with the One Ring and eventually swears never to wield a sword again, which means something, because his earlier feats include hacking the hand off a barrow-wight and stabbing a cave-troll in the foot. None of this appears in the films.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the books, he gradually becomes a more passive character due to his damaging experiences with the One Ring and eventually swears never to wield a sword again, which means something, because his earlier feats include hacking the hand off a barrow-wight and stabbing a cave-troll in the foot. None of this appears in the films.
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* {{Badass}}: In the first film, he manages to drive 4 Nazgûl away from Weathertop, while most other pepople hide in fear from a single one. And that's just one of his feats.
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* {{Badass}}: In the first film, he manages to drive 4 Nazgûl away from Weathertop, while most other pepople people hide in fear from a single one. And that's just one of his feats.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness / PrettyBoy: He's young and beautiful (and being played by ElijahWood doesn't hurt!); in the books, hobbits are more pleasant-looking than beautiful. Then again, Frodo is explicitly described as fairly good-looking for a hobbit. Somewhat justified in that Hobbits do age more slowly than humans.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness / PrettyBoy: He's young and beautiful (and being played by ElijahWood Elijah Wood doesn't hurt!); in the books, hobbits are more pleasant-looking than beautiful. Then again, Frodo is explicitly described as fairly good-looking for a hobbit. Somewhat justified in that Hobbits do age more slowly than humans.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Speaking of the latter, he and Pippin are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Speaking of the latter, he He and Pippin are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
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-->''Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?''
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* PlotArmor: In ''TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', he's practically invincible. No enemy can even scratch him and he seemingly has gravity defying powers, simply because he must survive to be in the next trilogy.
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* SavedByCanon: In ''TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', he's practically invincible. No enemy can even scratch him and he seemingly has gravity defying powers, simply because he must survive to be in the next trilogy.
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* DualWielding: The only other weapons he ever carries is a pair of knives, and at one point Orcrist.
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* PlotArmor: In ''TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'', he's practically invincible. No enemy can even scratch him and he seemingly has gravity defying powers, simply because he must survive to be in the next trilogy.
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---> ""Boromir"": [[spoiler: Gandalf's death]] was not in vain...
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** He's also the only member of the Fellowship to directly try to comfort Frodo after [[spoiler: Gandalf's death]]
---> ""Boromir"": [[spoiler: Gandalf's death]] was not in vain...
---> ""Boromir"": [[spoiler: Gandalf's death]] was not in vain...
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* BringIt: Not the most mobile of warriors, so he likes to taunt enemies into coming to him.
--> '''Gimli:''' Bring yer pretty face to my axe.
--> '''Gimli:''' Bring yer pretty face to my axe.
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* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: When Elrond declares that the One Ring must be destroyed, Gimli ''immediately'' attempts the most obvious solution. Sure, it didn't work and cost him a perfectly good axe... but it sure would have saved a ''lot'' of time and trouble if it ''had'' worked.
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->''"I ask only for the strength to defend my people."''
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-->''"I ask only for the strength to defend my people."''
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!!Peregrin "Pippin" Took [-(Billy Boyd)-]
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!!Peregrin "Pippin" Took [-(Billy Boyd)-]
Took
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->''"What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?"''
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->''"They have feelings, my friend. The elves began it, waking up the trees, teaching them to speak."''
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Greenleaf
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->''"They have feelings, my friend. The elves began it, waking up the trees, teaching them to speak."''
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-->''"The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving.
->''"They have feelings, my friend. The elves began it, waking up the trees, teaching them to speak.
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->''"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."''
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->''"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."''
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->''"Ime!"'']]
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-->''"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."''
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-> ''"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. Go back to the shadow. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn! You shall not pass!"''
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->''"Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold! The Sword of Elendil!"''
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A.K.A. Strider
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-->'''Arwen:''' Why do youhunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold! fear the past? You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate.
-->'''Aragorn:''' TheSword of Elendil!"''
same blood flows in my veins. The same weakness.
-->'''Arwen:''' Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it.
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* TragicHero: He dies at the end of the first film after attempting to take the Ring for himself. He's been obsessing over it since being included in the Fellowship and it is not at all helped by the fact that it's his father who's wanting it in the first place.
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* TragicHero: He dies at the end of the first film after attempting to take the Ring for himself. He's been obsessing over it since being included in the Fellowship and it is not at all helped by the fact that it's his father who's wanting it in the first place. Moreover, it's not greed or lust for power that makes him desire the ring, simply the need to protect his people.
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** In ''The Two Towers'' when a particularly antagonistic Eomer confronts the PowerTrio, Aragorn's immediate reaction is to put a restraining hand on Gimli, who speaks up first. But when Eomer states that he'd kill Gimli without hesitation, ''Legolas'' goes full-on TranquilFury and draws an arrow point-blank on Eomer, telling him in no uncertain terms that he'd die first if he tried it.
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* BoisterousBruiser: In a deleted scene we see him as the champion of Gondor, leading the army to victory and keeping his speech afterwards short so there's "more time for drinking." He's much less happy when he's around the Ring, or his father.
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* ActOfTrueLove: The entirety of the trilogy is one of these for Samwise. He followed [[TheNotLoveInterest Frodo]] into Mordor, being his keeper for the whole trip.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Even though he died early on, his background and character is explored by the other characters. It also has a major influence on the plot, with both Denethor and Faramir being heavily effected by Boromir's death.
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A group of nine companions that set out from Rivendell on the Quest of Mount Doom, to return the One Ring to the fire that created it and destroy the Dark Lord Sauron once and for all.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Sean Astin was already stocky but gained some more weight for the role of Sam, while the rest of the Hobbits are portrayed by slender actors. In the books, Hobbits are generally portly and said to look friendly rather than handsome or beautiful, which cannot be said for the Fellowship Hobbits here.
* {{Adorkable}}: All Hobbits are generally this but the special mention goes to Sam, as this accounts for a lot of his popularity. Gimli also, whenever he's around Galadriel. He grumbles nervously after asking her for three locks of her hair.
* {{Badass}}: The entire Fellowship in their own ways, although they all rack up a body count in one form or another. Be it Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, or Demon spiders.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: All the Hobbits. Especially Sam.
* InterspeciesFriendship: The Fellowship is composed of four hobbits, two men, an elf, a dwarf and a Maia. There was already a strong friendship between Aragorn (a human) and Legolas (an elf), and one would develop between Legolas and Gimli (a dwarf).
* LetsSplitUpGang: Frodo and Sam separate from the rest of the Company so the Ring would not corrupt them like it did Boromir.
* PapaWolf: All warriors -- especially Aragorn and Gandalf -- have become this toward the Hobbits, who are the youngest in the company and not very battle-experienced (at first).
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Many of the members don't even know each other at first...
* TheTeam / TrueCompanions / FireForgedFriends / UndyingLoyalty: ...but overtime they would [[IOweYouMyLife risk their lives]] for each other repeatedly. When they're forced to separate, they still remain close and have a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming at the end of the movie when they [[BackFromTheDead all meet up again]]. This group mainly consists of the following...
** TheHero: Frodo
** SideKick: Sam (to Frodo's Hero)
** ThoseTwoGuys / PluckyComicRelief
*** TheStraightMan: Merry
*** TheFool: Pip
** BigGood: Gandalf
** PowerTrio
*** TheLeader / TheKirk: Aragorn
*** TheSmartGuy / TheSpock: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy / TheMcCoy: Gimli
** TheLancer: Boromir (to Aragorn's Leader)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frodo]]
!!Frodo Baggins [-(Creator/ElijahWood)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."'']]
->''"I spent all my life pretending I was off somewhere else. Off with you, on one of your adventures. But my own adventure turned out to be quite different."''
The protagonist of ''The Lord of the Rings''. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from his uncle (technically, cousin once removed) and adoptive father Bilbo Baggins and undertook the quest to destroy it in Mount Doom.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness / PrettyBoy: He's young and beautiful (and being played by ElijahWood doesn't hurt!); in the books, hobbits are more pleasant-looking than beautiful. Then again, Frodo is explicitly described as fairly good-looking for a hobbit. Somewhat justified in that Hobbits do age more slowly than humans.
* AllWebbedUp: This happens to Frodo after he manages to escape from Shelob's hair.
* BadassNormal: Just like his uncle before him, Frodo's an ordinary hobbit who's thrust into extraordinary circumstances that end up changing his once-peaceful and boring life forever.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:He does not get better.]]
* TheChosenOne: Frodo is ''THE'' Chosen One of the series. He inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo Baggins and is the one meant to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom.
* CoolSword: Sting, an elven long knife that glows when orcs are nearby. It was given to him by Bilbo, who acquired it during his quest 60 years prior to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.
* TheCorruption: One of the major themes of the story. [[http://www.slashfilm.com/potd-elijah-woods-frodo-had-he-kept-the-one-ring/ Cut images]] from ''The Two Towers'' show what [[WhatIf would have happened if he had kept the Ring]], portraying his transformation into a creature similar to Gollum.
* {{Determinator}}: Poor Frodo goes through absolute hell (with Sam at his side) to destroy the Ring and kick Sauron out of Middle-Earth for good.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: He and Sam disguise themselves as orcs during the last leg of their journey.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the flash-forward beginning of ''[[Film/TheHobbit The Hobbit]]''.
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Gets his finger ''chewed off'' by Gollum in a desperate attempt to get the One Ring.]]
* FreudianTrio: With Sam and Gollum; represents the Ego.
* GeekPhysiques: Judging from his capture on Cirith Ungol in the films.
* GoodIsNotSoft: "Release him, or I'll cut your throat!"
* HappilyAdopted: Frodo was adopted by his uncle Bilbo several years after the drowning deaths of his parents. Uncle and nephew are shown to have a very close and loving relationship, with Bilbo doting on Frodo at every opportunity and then appointing him as the official heir to Bag End.
* TheHero: In a sense that he is chosen to destroy the One Ring.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sam.
* HiddenDepths: This applies to all the hobbits, but Frodo in particular is very well-educated thanks to his uncle's careful and extensive instruction on a wide range of subjects.
* HitchhikerHeroes: He and Sam are this as they trek towards Mordor.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Laments that he wished the Ring had never come to him at one point (before he's anywhere near his darkest hour), [[DiscussedTrope prompting Gandalf to respond that all who live to see such times wish this]], and that all he has to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to him.
* KubrickStare: [[spoiler:When he claims the One Ring for himself, he sports this stare for only an instant.]]
* MessianicArchetype: Though he differs from most in that he is flawed and fallible.
* MoralityPet: Has several as he falls into the Ring's influence. Sam is the most obvious one, but in the very beginning the other members of the Fellowship fell into this role as well. Interestingly enough, ''Gollum'' of all people becomes one for him, but for a more interesting reason: seeing what Gollum has become and believing that both he and himself could one day be saved from what the Ring has done to them spurs him to reject its influence at times.
* MoreHeroThanThou: He attempts to abandon all the rest so he doesn't drag them into danger, and almost succeeds entirely.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He has a couple moments of this: first when was talked down by Sam after threatening him while under the Ring's influence, [[spoiler:after he fails to destroy the Ring, instead knocking Gollum off the ledge by accident in the scuffle to possess it. The look he gives Sam makes it clear that he's deeply saddened by what he did.]] He has another one when he is [[spoiler: betrayed by Gollum in Shelob's cave, and realizes his horrible mistake in sending Sam away.]]
* MyGirlBackHome: Well, his ''uncle'' back home to be exact. Bilbo stays behind in Rivendell to finish his tale while Frodo takes off to Mordor.
* NamedWeapons: The aforementioned Sting.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents drowned in the Brandywine River. This gets a lot less attention than it does in the books, but elements of it remain.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Sam's loyalty is what keeps Frodo going.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Sam's Red.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: Towards Gollum/Sméagol.
* WeaponOfChoice: An elven dagger, [[NamedWeapons named Sting]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Frodo realizes at the end of his [[TheQuest quest]] that he is [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand irreversibly changed]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sam]]
!!Samwise "Sam" Gamgee [-(Creator/SeanAstin)-]
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[[caption-width-right:220:''"Hey! Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me!"'']]
->''"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."''
Frodo's loyal servant and gardner, who was determined to follow his master wherever he went, even when he was not invited. Sam proved to be a brave and loyal companion and became Frodo's closest friend. His Hobbit-sense and his love for Frodo saw them both through danger and hardship to the end of the quest. Sam was unwilling to give up hope even when things seemed darkest.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He may be on the pudgy side (even Gollum calls him a 'fat Hobbit'), but he can keep up with the others because he's a Hobbit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Along with Merry, he is fairly blond in the films, whereas in the books blond Hobbits are a rarity.
* {{Adorkable}}: This accounts for his popularity among {{Fandom}}.
* AndThisIsFor: He, the [[LetsGetDangerous normally]] non-threatening gardener, even did this, dedicating Orc kills: "This is for Mr. Frodo!" (stab) "And this is for the Shire!" (slice) "And this is for my old Gaffer!" (thrust)
* AudienceSurrogate: Along with the other hobbits.
* BadassBookworm: Bilbo taught Sam to read and write, abilities that are relatively rare in the Shire. (Sam’s dad hopes that “no harm will come of it.”) Sam proceeds to [[HiddenDepths surprise his fellow hobbits with his book-lore]], and Frodo winds up leaving the Red Book to him to finish.
* BadassNormal: He beats up orcs with a frying pan and kicks a spider's ass.
* BattleButler: For Frodo.
* BerserkButton: Trying to hurt, kidnap, or kill Frodo in front of him is a mistake you won't live to regret...because you won't live much longer.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gardener? Check. Loving father and husband? Check. Terrifying opponent to anyone or anything that threatens his beloved master? ''Big'' check.
* TheCassandra: The fact that Frodo becomes sympathetic towards Sméagol doesn't help, either.
* CoolSword: When he wields Sting in Frodo's defence.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually he's rather polite, but when he gets angry, annoyed or impatient with someone, he displays a surprising creativity in thinking up biting comments. Unsurprisingly, he's at his snarkiest when dealing with Gollum.
* {{Determinator}}: "Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry ''you''!"
* DressingAsTheEnemy: He and Frodo disguise themselves as orcs during the last leg of their journey.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Did a hobbit just kick the crap out of a GiantSpider? [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''Oh'' yes.]]
* FreudianTrio: With Frodo and Gollum; represents the Superego.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Sam uses this to whack some goblins in Moria.
* HappilyMarried: At the very end [[spoiler:with his longtime crush, Rosie, alluded to a few times early on.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Frodo.
* HiddenDepths: He has spent most of his life being educated by Bilbo.
* HotBlooded: He definitely has moments of this.
* IgnorantOfTheCall: Doesn't consider himself any sort of hero at all, despite the fact that he performs heroic actions as easily as regular people breathe. The only time he comes close to acknowleding that he's a hero is when, during the fight in Balin's Tomb, he kills a goblin with a frying pan and says, "I think I might be getting the hang of this." Apparently, Tolkein himself considered Sam more of a hero than Frodo.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: All he wants to do is to go back home and be with his friends.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Along with Faramir, he's just about the only character in the story who the Ring cannot tempt. It should be noted that when he saves Frodo from Cirith Ungol he was tempted very briefly, but gave it back nonetheless.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Indeed, Gandalf gave him [[CallToAdventure the call]] seeing how eager he was.
* TheLancer: To [[TheHero Frodo]].
* MyGirlBackHome: Rosie Cotton, who Sam brings up in the last film after they destroyed the Ring as he describes her dancing and wishes to marry her. [[spoiler:He eventually did.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: He uses this time and again to see Frodo's journey through.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Frodo's Blue.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: When he ventures into the tower of Cirith Ungol to rescue Frodo.
* {{Sidekick}}: [[BreakoutCharacter Ascended]] to hero.
* SimplemindedWisdom: Sam is protected by the power of just a little hobbit common-sense.
* SupremeChef: All hobbits can cook, and they're such gourmands one imagines that most hobbits are good cooks, but Sam is a good cook even by hobbit-reckoning — able to whip up a good meal with just a brace of coneys (that is, a couple of rabbits) and herbs of Ithilien.
* TeamChef: He is seen cooking for the Fellowship once before Saruman's crebain fly in to look for them.
* TenderTears: More prominent in the movie adaptation, though.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from a timid gardener who had never wandered further than a few miles from home to maiming giant spiders and beating orcs in a fight. Lampshaded when he's beating up goblins with a frying pan in Moria, about halfway between the two: "I think I'm getting the hang of this!"
* UndyingLoyalty: Sam almost defines this trope.
* WorkingClassHero: Out of the four main hobbits, two are the sons of chieftains (Merry and Pippin) and the other is a very wealthy heir (Frodo); Sam is the only one who is not a "gentlehobbit."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Merry]]
!!Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck [-(Dominic Monaghan)-]
->'''Played By:''' Dominic Monaghan
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[[caption-width-right:200:''"We're under orders from Treebeard, who has taken over management of Isengard."'']]
->''"But you're part of this world, aren't you?... You must help... please."''
A sensible yet adventurous Hobbit whose concern for his cousin Frodo led him to mastermind the "conspiracy" that ensured that Frodo embarked on his quest with his friends at his side. Despite his feelings of uselessness and self-doubt, Merry becomes a Knight of the Riddermark and plays a significant role in the War of the Ring. Through his loyalty and courage, he helped defeat one of the Dark Lord's most terrible servants, the Witch-King.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Along with Sam, he is fairly blond in the films, whereas in the books blond Hobbits are a rarity.
* AdaptationalComicRelief: Speaking of the latter, he and Pippin are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the books, he was a more serious character. Here, he is more carefree and comical.
* BadassNormal: Merry, just a normal hobbit, is the one who defeats the Witch-King along Éowyn, out of all the trained soldiers, ProudWarriorRaceGuys and other larger-than-life figures present at the Battle.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He, along with Éowyn (who also literally breaks her arm), nearly dies from contact with the Witch-King.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Witch-King of Angmar vs a Hobbit. Merry (teamed up with Éowyn) won.
* TheFool: Together with Pippin; their personalities are less distinct in the movies.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pippin.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: When the battle lines are forming, he is dismissed as being unable to fight. But when it goes down, he's the first to march into an army.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With King Théoden and Éowyn.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Also counts as this. He and Pippin also have this with Treebeard.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He and Pippin share their willingness to protect Frodo.
* KubrickStare: When he's yelling at the Ents for refusing to fight, though it's actually incidental due to him having to look up at them.
* TheMcCoy: When convincing the Ents to fight.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Éowyn, when they both joined the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Pippin's Red, though it's less noticeable in the films.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Hobbit foursome. He at least knows his way around more than the other three.
* TheStraightMan: When he and Pippin are left alone, Merry is shown to be very capable and sensible, even wise, at times.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Pippin.
* TookALevelInBadass: The first film showed him as a troublemaker and general nuisance. The third had him facing down the armies of Mordor without the slightest hesitation or fear.
* TricksterArchetype: With Pippin, especially since Merry is the one who starts trouble.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pippin]]
!!Peregrin "Pippin" Took [-(Billy Boyd)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing."'']]
->''"What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?"''
A silly and reckless Hobbit who insisted on accompanying his cousin Frodo on his quest to destroy the One Ring. Pippin's youth and curious nature gets him into trouble on occasion, but his steadfast friendship and unquenchable cheerfulness helps carry him and his companions through the darkest times. During the quest, he grows up quickly and becomes an important member of the Fellowship, a member of Gondor's elite Citadel Guard, and later made a Knight of Gondor by Aragorn.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: He and Merry are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
* {{Badass}}: Saves Gandalf from an Uruk at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, and later leads the hobbits in the Scouring of the Shire against Sharkey's men in the decisive Battle of Bywater.
* BigEater: Even more than most hobbits are. See his quote above.
* BreakTheCutie: He suffered from looking into the Palantír, for starters.
* BuffySpeak: During the creation of the Fellowship: "You need people of intelligence in this sort of mission... quest... thing."
* ConstantlyCurious: He tries grabbing a key from a dwarf's corpse before it falls down the well, then looks into the Palantír just to see it once.
* FireForgedFriends: With Gandalf, who didn't seem to like him very much until their siege of Minas Tirith when they saved Faramir's life.
* TheFool: Being the youngest and most impressionable of the bunch, he's more prone to foolishness than his companions.
* GreenEyes: Film version only. They sometimes look blue, though.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Merry.
* InterspeciesFriendship / OddFriendship: He and Merry have this with Treebeard. Once he's brought to Gondor, he befriends Faramir as well.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He and Pippin share their willingness to protect Frodo.
* ManChild: He is the youngest of the Fellowship, after all.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pippin's curiosity has him attempting to pull a key from a corprse, only for it to fall into the wall which end up catching the attention of several orcs as well as a cave troll.
* PluckyComicRelief: His humor is the one thing that keeps himself and his friends going.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Merry's Blue, though it's less noticeable in the films.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Merry and Pippin stole Gandalf's best firework and light it prematurely — [[EpicFail while inside a tent]]. When it actually goes off, Pip lets out the girliest scream you can imagine. Billy Boyd didn't know that the thing was [[EnforcedMethodActing actually going to explode]], so the scream is real.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Merry.
* TookALevelInBadass: From foolish young Took to Troll-slayer. Although his troll-slaying doesn't actually appear in the film, he has to make do with uber-orc slaying.
* TricksterArchetype: An innocent version, with Merry, though this toned down as they make their transition to [[BadassNormal badasses]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gandalf]]
!!Gandalf [-(Creator/IanMcKellen)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide."'']]
-> ''"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. Go back to the shadow. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn! You shall not pass!"''
A wizard who assisted both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in their quests across Middle-Earth. Gandalf is a member of the Istari, a group of Maiar that were specially chosen by the Valar to aid the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth in the fight against evil. The Istari, who are often called wizards by various races, take the form of elderly but hale Men, but possess much greater physical, mental, and magical power (though the Valar prevent them from confronting Sauron with the full force of their power). For over 2,000 years, Gandalf worked faithfully against the rising powers of evil in Middle-Earth.
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* {{Badass}}: By far the most powerful of the Fellowship.
* BadassBeard: He ''is'' a wizard after all.
* BadassBoast: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
* BadassBookworm: Even being of the lesser Maiar, he was one of the wisest.
* BadassGrandpa: Takes the guise of an old man when he comes to Middle-Earth.
* BearerOfBadNews: Wormtongue names him 'Láthspell'; "ill news is an ill guest."
* BigGood: Gandalf is the main "power behind the scenes" manipulating and directing events to help people resist Sauron, and make sure that they have the information and allies they need, as much as he can.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He dies from the Balrog ordeal. ([[BackFromTheDead Don't worry]], [[CameBackStrong he gets better]].)
* ButNowIMustGo: In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', as well as the ''Fellowship of the Ring''.
* CameBackStrong: As Gandalf the White, the head of his Order.
* TheChessmaster: He has been playing chess with Sauron over Middle-Earth for ''centuries''.
* CoolHorse: Shadowfax.
* CoolOldGuy: To the hobbits, before they learn of his HiddenDepths.
* CoolSword: Glamdring, which he found during ''Film/TheHobbit''.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: When he falls into the abyss in Moria. Done again when he confronts the Necromancer in Dol Guldur.
* DeadlyNosebleed: After his fight with the Balrog, his body is shown lying on the mountain peak with blood coming out of his nose.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Old guy vs. Balrog. Old guy wins.
* DotingParent: Towards the younger Heroes and Warriors in the band.
* DualWielding: Wields both his staff and Glamdring at times.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: YouShallNotPass
* EccentricMentor: To Bilbo and Frodo. He becomes less of it by the time [[spoiler:he was revived.]]
* EruditeStoner: The movies treat the hobbit pipeweed as a GRatedDrug which turns Gandalf into this, especially in ''Film/TheHobbit'', where he at one point encourages Radagast to calm down by giving him a toke.
* FamousLastWords: YouShallNotPass, but technically "Fly, you fools!".
* TheFettered: Per WordOfGod, he's not supposed to use his magic powers without good reason, but instead [[GuileHero outwit the Enemy whenever he can]].
* FireForgedFriends: With Pippin, who he didn't seem to like very much until their siege of Minas Tirith when they saved Faramir's life.
* FriendToAllChildren: When he arrives in the Hobbiton at the beginning of ''Fellowship of the Ring'', the hobbit children are delighted to see him and shout for him to set off fireworks; he happily obliges.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Beats up Denethor when the latter starts raving.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Definitely Good Smoking. When he's relaxing, he'll usually get out his pipe and start making smoke rings. ''Or smoke ships''.
* GrumpyOldMan: Lampshaded by Gimli when he comes back as Gandalf the White. "This new Gandalf's even grumpier than the old one!"
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: Implied by [[ShootTheMessenger his critics]] to be this.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Moria to save the rest of the Fellowship.
* HolyHandGrenade: His powers also exhibit an explosive quality, as seen in ''An Unexpected Journey'' when he completely ''flattens'' the goblin horde with a deafening blast of white light, right before they are about to hack Thorin's head off.
* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but especially has one with Bilbo and with Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles.
* LargeHam: He can be quite bombastic at times.
* LightEmUp: Seems to be his main power, ranging from simple white light to illuminate his path, to protective light bubbles to [[ThePowerOfTheSun sunlight]] manipulation. Predictably, it grows more powerful as he becomes Gandalf the White.
* LiteralMinded: He toys with this in ''Film/TheHobbit'', when he meets Bilbo and their conversation about the meaning of "Good morning." However, it is revealed that Gandalf was doing it intentionally, partly to remind Bilbo of who he was and partly because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him to do so.]]
* ManInWhite: After he [[CameBackStrong comes back stronger]].
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Though he [[BackFromTheDead gets better]].]]
* MessianicArchetype: Died and came back three days later, wearing white robes? Yep.
* NamedWeapons: Glamdring, meaning "foe-hammer" in [[ConLang Sindarin]].
* NiceHat: His wide-brimmed, conical hat is iconic to the character and appears in virtually all artwork and, of course, the films.
* TheObiWan: He serves as a mentor figure for Frodo - and Bilbo before him - and is killed by the Balrog.
* OhCrap: In the Desolation of Smaug:
-->'''Gandalf''': We've been blind. And in our blindness, our enemy has returned.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks like he's about 80, but he's been in Middle-Earth for upwards of 2000 years and is in fact older than Arda itself.
* OnlySaneMan: Part of this is [=McKellan=]'s often weary delivery, but Gandalf still often shows himself to be the only one with his mind together and in the right place throughout his many adventures - particularly in situations where he is desperately trying to give good advice to others and nobody will listen to him, most obviously with Thorin and Denethor. Sometimes feels like SurroundedByIdiots instead - such as in the Hobbit where attempting to reason with the bullheaded Thorin results in him just leaving for a few hours to vent steam.
--> '''Bilbo''': Where are you going?\\
'''Gandalf''': To seek the company of the only one around here who's got any sense!\\
'''Bilbo''': Who's that?\\
'''Gandalf''': ''Myself'', Mr. Baggins!
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Wizards are really angels disguised as elderly humans.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Galadriel, as evidenced during ''the Hobbit'' when she's the only one who is supportive of Gandalf's quest to slay Smaug.
* PowerEchoes: When an outraged Thorin is about to throw Bilbo from the battlements in ''Film/TheHobbit'', Gandalf lets a bit of his true self show when shouting at him to let his burglar go.
* ShutUpHannibal: Delivers an epic and hilarious one to Denethor after the Steward starts ranting about the hopelessness of the coming battle.
* TookALevelInBadass: He's [[CameBackStrong much stronger]] when he comes back as Gandalf the White.
* TookALevelInKindness: Bilbo mellowed Gandalf out a lot. Prior to meeting him, Gandalf wasn't just grumpy, he was a cantankerous {{Jerkass}}.
* TakingYouWithMe: He and the Balrog both die in their fight, [[BackFromTheDead but only he returns to life]].
* TimeAbyss: He's older than time itself.
* WalkingTheEarth: He's not called "The Grey Wanderer" for nothing, being possibly even more well-traveled than Aragorn is.
* WeaponOfChoice: Staff and his sword, Glamdring.
* WillfullyWeak: Like the rest of the Wizards, Gandalf is actually operating at only a fraction of his full power. This is deliberate as the Valar decied 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.
* WizardClassic: One of the most iconic modern examples and a TropeCodifier.
* TheWorfEffect: His staff is destroyed by the Witch-King of Angmar in the extended edition of ''Return Of The King''[[spoiler: and by Sauron in ''The Desolation of Smaug'', just before Gandalf is captured.]]
* YouShallNotPass: [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aragorn]]
!!Aragorn [-(Creator/ViggoMortensen)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail."'']]
->''"Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold! The Sword of Elendil!"''
The 16th Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North. As the heir of Elendil, the first High King of Arnor and Gondor, Aragorn is the rightful king of both realms, though Arnor fell long ago, and Gondor has been without a king for nearly 1000 years. Aragorn lived much of his life as Ranger, but was eventually crowned King Elessar Telcontar in Minas Tirith as the 26th King of Arnor, and the 35th King of Gondor and First High King of the Reunited Kingdom. He was a great warrior, and as the heir of Isildur (Elendil's eldest son) bore the shards of Narsil, reforged and renamed Andúril ("Flame of the West"), in the War of the Ring.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Aragorn is more unsure about returning to the throne of Gondor, and must be convinced by Elrond to do so. His reason is his ancestor Isildur's failure to destroy the One Ring, and Aragorn fears this weakness has been passed down to him.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the Heir of Isildur and rightful King of the Dúnedain. He's a better tracker and woodsman than the Wood-elf Legolas, a deadly warrior, a skilled battlefield medic, strong-willed enough to use a Palantír and even wrench it out of Sauron's control, and wise enough to know he can't and must not use the One Ring.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Gimli, during the Battle of Helm's Deep fighting the Uruk-hai.
* {{Badass}}: In the first film, he manages to drive 4 Nazgûl away from Weathertop, while most other pepople hide in fear from a single one. And that's just one of his feats.
* BadassGrandpa: He's eighty-seven years old, but looks like he's in his forties thanks to his Númenórean ancestry.
* TheCaptain: Of the Rangers of the North, and of the Fellowship after Gandalf's passage. Also serves as one to the army and navy of Gondor as 'Thorongil'.
* CoolSword: Andúril, reforged from the shards of Narsil, an ancient heirloom of his line.
* DeathWail: Aragorn lets out one when he finds Merry and Pippin's elven belts on the Orc funeral pyre. [[spoiler:They're not actually dead though, as he later deduces from his Ranger tracking skills.]] In Real Life, it was because Mortensen had just broken his toe on the helmet he kicked and they decided [[ThrowItIn it fit the scene]] so they kept it.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: He must have the Enemy overthrown before he can become king and marry Arwen.
* EngagementChallenge: As above.
* FreudianTrio: With Legolas and Gimli; represents the Ego.
* HeroicLineage: He is part of the long line created by both Beren and Lúthien.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Legolas. Though it becomes a trio when Gimli enters the picture. Legolas' final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.
* HonorBeforeReason: The reason he undertakes his quest for kingship in the first place was because of his love for Arwen.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Refused to follow his destiny for many years. Of course, in the third film, he embraces it wholeheartedly.
* IHaveManyNames: Aragorn, Estel (Hope in Sindarin, given by Elrond), Elessar (elf-stone), Strider/Telcontar, Windfoot, Dúnadan (''the'' man of the West), Longshanks, and Thorongil (the name he used while serving Gondor incognito).
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Legolas for about sixty years, starting from after the Battle of the Five Armies when Legolas [[spoiler: tells is father he cannot go home with him and is in turn told to search out "a young ranger by the name of Strider"]].
* KissingCousins: Arwen is technically his first cousin...sixty-seven times removed, since Aragorn is a direct male-line descendant of Elros, the first king of Númenor and Elrond's brother (Elrond and Elros, being half-elves, were allowed to choose whether to be elf or man; Elrond chose the former, Elros the latter).
* TheLancer: To Gandalf.
* LovedINotHonorMore: Towards Arwen.
* MasterSwordsman: He is the master with a sword compared to Boromir's more brutal approach.
* TheMedic: He has HealingHands and other special healing powers due to his lineage.
* MementoMacGuffin: The Ring of Barahir. Not explained in the films, but he is shown wearing it as an EasterEgg or MythologyGag for readers. Elaborated in the Extended Edition of ''Two Towers'', where Wormtongue mentions it to Saruman, who quickly figures out who he is.
* MessianicArchetype: He shares this role along with Frodo. Also, he inspired Rohan and the rest of Middle-Earth to fight for their freedom, plus he has gained more followers as he continued his journey. Being destined to be King of Gondor, and being a descendant of Isildur, will make you this.
* MrFanservice: At least in the films.
* NamedWeapons: Andúril, "Flame of the West".
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He stops Théoden from killing Wormtongue because too much blood had already been spilled. Wormtongue turns around and gives Saruman the secret to defeating the defenses at Helm's Deep; thus, causing nearly all the defenders to be killed. Too much blood, indeed.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to Númenórean descent, he's at his prime at 87.
* OlderSidekick: To the Hobbits, at first.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia
** [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Crown of Gondor]]
** Ring of Barahir
** [[AncestralWeapon The-Sword-that-was-Broken]]
* RightfulKingReturns: Of course. Gondor's been waiting hundreds of years for The Return of the King.
* RousingSpeech: Before the Battle of the Black Gate.
-->''"By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"''
* RoyalBlood: The purest now left.
* ShutUpHannibal: Swiftly decapitates the MouthOfSauron once he gets sick of his shit.
* SupportingLeader: Former [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
* WalkingTheEarth: He has spent many years as a Ranger roaming in the Wilds.
* WarriorPrince: Like most princes of the Men, Elves, and Dwarves.
* WeaponOfChoice: Sword.
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[[folder:Legolas]]
!!Legolas Greenleaf [-(Creator/OrlandoBloom)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving."'']]
->''"They have feelings, my friend. The elves began it, waking up the trees, teaching them to speak."''
An Elf of the Woodland Realm in northern Mirkwood in the east of Middle-earth, Legolas was part of the Fellowship in the Third Age. He is the son of King Thranduil of Mirkwood and a Prince of the Woodland Realm as well as a swift messenger and master bowman. Legolas eventually became great friends with the dwarf Gimli, who was also a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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* TheAce: To almost ridiculous levels. In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'', he takes down a fully-armed War Mûmak and its crew all by himself.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Tauriel, as explored in the last two ''Hobbit'' films. Of course, never mentioning Tauriel throughout the original trilogy suggests he may have gotten over her (somewhat).
* ArcherArchetype: He uses a bow almost exclusively. Like most elves, he's elegant and graceful, and comes across as somewhat haughty. His archery is even exaggerated from the books, especially with shooting oliphaunts point-blank.
* DualWielding: The only other weapons he ever carries is a pair of knives, and at one point Orcrist.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking / WarriorPrince: He's an elven prince. He also took down what essentially amounts to a war elephant by himself.
* {{Badass}}: Of the Fellowship, Legolas arguably racks up the highest body count.
** SubmissiveBadass: Not counting Gandalf, Legolas is easily the strongest and most capable fighter in the Fellowship. He's also devoted to Aragorn and always defers to his leadership.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: All this pretty boy gets over the course of the trilogy is a bruise and a little smudge of dirt. [[spoiler:Averted in ''Desolation of Smaug'', where he receives a bloody nose while duelling Bolg.]]
* BottomlessMagazines: Over five films he's run out of arrows exactly once, and he had already killed way more orcs than he had arrows in that instance.
* CaptainObvious: "A diversion." [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname So Named]] in ''Legolas: The Very Special Diaries'', thus becoming TropeCodifier.
* CoolSword: [[spoiler: Gets to wield Orcrist when his group captures Thorin and the other dwarves.]] Which may or may not be a deliberate ShoutOut to a certain Legolas Greenleaf leading Glorfindel's (i.e. the original wielder of Orcrist) group away from Gondolin after it fell and Glorfindel himself died at the hands of a Balrog. Also leads to FridgeBrilliance, as this could be the reason how this as well as Glamdring and Sting survived the fall of the city in the first place.
* CharacterDevelopment: It is evident he used to be something of a {{Jerkass}} in his youth, as shown in Desolation of Smaug. Compare to the much gentler soul he is in the Trilogy. This is apparent even in his appearance - Legolas is much paler in Film/TheHobbit with particularly icy blue eyes, making for a visual [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Elf Prince]] between the two trilogies.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Makes his appearance in [[Film/TheHobbit the last two Hobbit films]]. He's a supporting protagonist who arguably gets the best fights of the entire second film.
* ElvesVsDwarves: Averted, eventually. Played straight in ''Film/TheHobbit'', however.
* FantasticRacism: As shown in the second ''Hobbit'' movie, Legolas originally shared his father's disdain for anyone who wasn't an elf, especially dwarves.
* TheFairFolk: His father is the king of them.
* FreudianTrio: With Aragorn and Gimli; represents the Superego. But he is the Ego in the group with Tauriel and Thranduil in ''Film/TheHobbit'' films.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy. He and Aragorn have been implied to be and are frequently portrayed as this by [[{{Fandom}} fans]]. His final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Regular in the original, [[UpToEleven taken to a ridiculous level]] in the PJ films.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Gimli. He's also been this with Aragorn for about sixty years, starting from after the Battle of the Five Armies when Legolas [[spoiler: tells is father he cannot go home with him and is in turn told to search out "a young ranger by the name of Strider"]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In ''The Hobbit'' films, he's clearly in love with the elf Tauriel[[spoiler: but when he sees that she's in love with the dwarf Kíli he does his best to warn her that it can't work out]]. Apart from that he doesn't interfere, and he feels sorry for Tauriel [[spoiler: when Kíli is killed in the course of trying to rescue her from the CurbStompBattle she's getting from Bolg. He goes on to save her himself, and finally succeeds in killing Bolg only after an epic battle. Not that it does him any good.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''The Hobbit'' films. He's callous and insulting towards the dwarves, but he also doesn't share his father's class prejudices and cares about the wellbeing of the world beyond their borders. As of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, he's mostly dropped the "jerk" part of it and become a nice, if mildly aloof, guy.
* LonghairedPrettyBoy: He's an Elf, so having long hair is kinda inevitable.
* MissingMom: His mother was killed by the orcs in Gundabad and he at one point tells Tauriel that his father has never even mentioned her since. It isn't until the end of the third ''Hobbit'' film that Thranduil notes that she loved her son more than anything else in the world -- which is probably about half of what Legolas wanted to hear.
* MrExposition: When he's not being CaptainObvious.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: While Legolas shared his species FantasticRacism, he did call out his father on their willingess to ignore what's happening in the outside world.
* NotSoStoic: When fighting Bolg in Laketown, his reaction to injury and that for the first time he was left unable to defeat an Orc in single combat leaves him stunned.
** He's very quiet and calm, even in battle, but when Aragorn falls during his fight with the amored troll in ''Return of the King'' you can see him really panicking. You can't hear what he's saying but even if you aren't an expert at lip-reading you can make out that he's screaming his friend's name. In three movies, he loses his cool exactly ''twice''.
* OddFriendship: With Gimli.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: Is the Long Range of the pair.
* OhCrap: The only time he ''ever'' appears [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/legolas%20scared/jewbie/Legolas_mad_2.jpg frightened]] in the trilogy is at the mention of the [[HeroKiller Balrog.]] With good reason: [[AllThereInTheManual any and all military encounters between elf and balrog]] end with the death of the elf, and [[TakingYouWithMe in ONE case, the death of the balrog as well]]. Glorfindel was one of only two elves to successfully slay a balrog (the other was Ecthelion, Second-in-Command of Turgon, High King of the Noldor), and for this deed, he was actually allowed to return to Middle-Earth after his resurrection in Aman.
** In ''The Hobbit'' trilogy, he has another moment of panic when Tauriel is in danger and, for the first time, he has run out of arrows.
* OnlySaneMan: Though Tauriel was first, he pretty quickly realises that [[WhatTheHellHero his father has flaws]], seems to pay attention when Thorin saves his life, and agrees to help Tauriel with the orcs without much of an argument.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Tauriel. It is implied by Thranduil that Legolas has grown quite fond of her.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Gimli's [[spoiler: and Tauriel's]] red.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Though it only gets an offhand mention in the movies, Legolas is the Prince of Mirkwood and son of King Thranduil. Gets expanded upon in ''Film/TheHobbit'', where he disputes with his father over the course the Mirkwood elves should take after the escape of Thorin and Company.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Disobeys his father and leaves the Mirkwood with Tauriel to help fight the darkness, rather than [[SomeoneElsesProblem close their borders and hide from it]].
* TheSmartGuy: Given his advanced age compared to everyone except Gandalf, it often falls to Legolas to give explanations or elaborate on complicated subjects.
* TheStoic: Like his father and most of his elven kin, it takes quite a bit to surprise or frighten Legolas. His NotSoStoic expression when he first hears the Balrog in Moria speaks volumes about how dangerous an opponent it is.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Aside from the various wigs and prosthetics, both Orlando Bloom and Lee Pace have strikingly similar facial features, so this is definitely the case in the films.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: He throws the Orcrist at a troll to save Thorin's life.
* TookALevelInKindness: He still has some CharacterDevelopment to go through in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', but he's far nicer there than he is in ''Film/TheHobbit'' sixty years earlier.
* TranquilFury: In ''DOS'', he falls into one of these after Bolg successfully injures him, something that ''nobody else'' has managed. It was only a nosebleed, but the look on Legolas' face was of barely contained rage, and the last we see of him, he's on his horse, trying to run Bolg down and kill him in retribution. Which, given that Bolg is likely fleeing toward the Orc army moving out from Dol Goldur, is probably a bad thing.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Gimli. The fact that Legolas' father kept Gimli's father captive in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' doesn't help, either. Legolas even asks if Gimli is an orc mutant before being told that he is Glóin's wee lad.
* WeaponOfChoice: Bow and [[DualWielding long knives.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Thranduil after the latter decapitated Narzug, despite having vowed to [[ExactWords release him]].
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He nails Bolg with a hurricanrana during their duel on the tower bridge.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: When the battle's done and the mourning starts, Legolas flat out tells Thranduil that, after all that's passed between them, [[spoiler:he can't return to the forest]].
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[[folder:Gimli]]
!!Gimli [-(Creator/JohnRhysDavies)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"'']]
->''"I'm wasted on cross-country! We Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances."''
A Dwarf of Erebor, descended from Durin the Deathless, the eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Gimli is a high dwarven nobleman and a mighty warrior, as well as the son of Glóin, who helped reclaim the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo Baggins sixty years prior to the War of the Ring. Gimli was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring and was the only dwarf to readily fight alongside elves in the war against Sauron at the end of the Third Age. After the defeat of Sauron, he was given lordship of the Glittering Caves at Helm's Deep and founded a flourishing Dwarven colony there.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: From the second film onwards, Gimli takes on more of a comic relief role, still giving one-liners as in the first film but also providing physical comedy. His book counterpart is a much more dignified, well-respected character, although some of his funny moments in the films came from the books (such as his Orc-slaying competition with Legolas, though even that one was altered to his detriment). WordOfGod confirms that Gimli, being a Dwarf, is given this role due to Merry and Pippin maturing.
* AncestralWeapon: He wields the same axes that Glóin did in ''Film/TheHobbit'', who apparently passed them down to his son. It's also revealed that Glóin's father, Gróin, had these in his possession as well.
* {{Badass}}: A BoisterousBruiser capable of matching [[TheAce Legolas]] in their killing competition.
** BackToBackBadasses: With Aragorn, during the Battle of Helm's Deep fighting the Uruk-hai.
** BadassBeard: He's a dwarf and the son of Glóin; of course he's got one. And as an added bonus, he's also a prominent member of the Longbeards, which is the dwarven clan that's infamous for producing long, impressive beards.
* TheBigGuy: He is one of the fiercest fighters in the Fellowship despite his size.
* BodyCountCompetition: UrExample, with Legolas.
* BoisterousBruiser: See TheBigGuy and RatedMForManly for more info.
* ButtMonkey: Most evident in ''The Two Towers'' and ''The Return of the King''.
* CourtlyLove: To Galadriel.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DualWielding: Carries somewhere between seven and eleven axes. The two he uses most often are Balin's double-bladed great axe (that he picked up in Moria) and his 'walking' axe (used as a walking stick). Frequently, however, he dual wields the walking axe and his bearded axe. He also carries a variable number of throwing axes.
* ElvesVsDwarves: Initially, but subverted when he becomes friendly with Legolas and admires Galadriel's beauty.
* FieryRedhead: Just like his father before him.
* FreudianTrio: With Legolas and Aragorn; he represents the Id.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Legolas eventually become this by the end of the trilogy.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Obviously. They are the first elf and dwarf to have a friendship of any type in thousands of years.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He is usually the most eager to enter a battle and always has a fighting spirit.
* OddFriendship: With Legolas.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: TropeCodifier. Just like his father, he's quite the prototypical dwarf: a stout, truculent, proud, and gold-loving guy with an axe and an impressive beard.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Dwarves are very strong for their size.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni of the pair.
* RatedMForManly: Gimli's personality in the film as [[WarriorPoet opposed to the book]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Through his father Glóin, he's distantly related to the line of Durin and the royal family of Erebor.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: Is the Short Range of the pair.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To his father, Glóin.
* ViolentGlaswegian: In the film.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Legolas. The fact that Legolas' father kept Gimli's father captive in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' doesn't help, either.
* WeaponOfChoice: [[AnAxeToGrind An axe]]. He wields about five in the films. Also see AncestralWeapon above.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boromir]]
!!Boromir [-(Creator/SeanBean)-]
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[[caption-width-right:220:''"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king."'']]
->''"I ask only for the strength to defend my people."''
Eldest son and heir of Denethor, the Ruling Steward of Gondor. Boromir is a Captain of the White Tower, Captain-General of Gondor, a masterful soldier and natural leader who led his beleaguered people to dozens of great victories over the forces of Mordor. Still, Boromir is more concerned with feats of arms than his wiser and more bookish little brother, Faramir.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: He was dark-haired in the books. Here, his hair's a light brown bordering on blond.
* AnnoyingArrows: Subverted, just like in the book. [[spoiler:It takes a lot of arrows to bring Boromir down, but Lurtz slays him in the end.]]
* AntiHero: Type III. He's only in the Fellowship to have them take the Ring to Gondor under his father's orders.
* {{Badass}}: There's a reason Denethor highly favors him.
* BadassBeard: Compared to the book version who has no beard whatsoever.
* BadassNormal: Even a hail of arrows does not stop this guy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very quick to defend Faramir from their father's cruel detractions and shows his brother open affection whenever possible. Faramir's visible devastation at learning of his brother's death says a lot about their relationship. He also develops this for Merry and Pippin during the first movie.
-->'''Boromir''': You give him no credit and yet he tries to do your will! He loves you, Father. \\
'''Denethor''': Do not trouble me with Faramir. I know his uses and they are few.
* TheBigGuy: He's not only a fierce fighter using a sword and shield, but he's also quite hammy.
* BrokenAce: He was a proud, gallant warrior, but the pressure put on him by his father eroded his common sense, and he never thought Sauron could be beaten, which fed his obsession with the Ring.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: No matter how many [[spoiler:arrows are shot into him, he does ''not give up''.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Lurtz is about to deliver the coup de grace, Boromir looks him in the eye as he waits for the uruk to get it over with.
* FallenHero: He was a valiant warrior trying to save his country, his people's champion, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the Ring.
* FamousLastWords: "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king."]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Remember that brief moment where Aragorn sees Boromir left his shield when they land? [[spoiler: Probably would've been better if he had remembered.]]
* KilledOffForReal: The only Fellowship member [[spoiler:to remain dead and never come back.]]
* TheLancer: To Aragorn. The fact that he's been a jerk to him in the first film doesn't help, either. His fighting style's also a bit clunkier compared to Aragorn's more elegant swordplay.
* ManlyTears: As he lays dying, no less. He sheds some earlier after realizing he has tried to seize the Ring from Frodo.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After realizing that he tried taking the Ring from Frodo by force.
* NiceGuy:
** While he's rather prickly towards Aragorn, he's far more supportive of the Hobbits inclusion in the party, while everyone else (including Aragorn) seems to considers them TheLoad at first. Not only does he teach Merry and Pippin some fencing, but in the aftermath of Moria and Gandalf's death, when Aragorn pushes the devastated Hobbits to keep moving.
---> '''Boromir''': Give them a moment for pity's sake!
** He's also shown to have a very good relationship with his younger brother, who is routinely dismissed or outright ridiculed by their father. When Denethor describes Faramir as being useless, Boromir is visibly angered and doesn't hesitate to come to his brother's defense. He's quite willing to hug and display open affection to Faramir as well.
* ParentalFavoritism: He is often on the receiving end of this treatment from Denethor. The Extended Edition of ''Two Towers'' shows that Boromir ''hates'' being the favorite and his father's tendency to act dismissive of and find fault in everything Faramir does.
* PlayingGertrude: A male example. Sean Bean is only 11 years younger than John Noble, who plays his father Denethor. Somewhat justified in-universe, seeing as Denethor has Dúnedain (i.e. Númenórean) blood and that, like Aragorn, he is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Eighty-Nine Years Old]] to Boromir's forty-one years at the time of the War of the Ring.
* PosthumousCharacter: Even though he died early on, his background and character is explored by the other characters. It also has a major influence on the plot, with both Denethor and Faramir being heavily effected by Boromir's death.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: See the book for more details.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After trying to take the One Ring (under the Ring's influence, no less), [[spoiler:he dies defending Merry and Pippin from the Uruk-hai.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Aragorn and Faramir's Blue.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething / WarriorPrince: While the son of the Steward, Boromir is one of fiercest fighters in Middle-Earth, which is why his father favors him over Faramir. He firmly believes that it's his duty to protect and save Gondor from the continued expansion of Mordor's influence.
* SanitySlippage: Happens gradually as his desire for the Ring slowly drives him mad until he finally snaps and attacks Frodo. He gets better though, for a short time.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Boromir is the manly of this pair.
* SiblingYinYang: He's the polar opposite of his brother Faramir, who is a capable warrior but prefers books and other scholarly pursuits over combat and the battlefield. This doesn't harm their relationship at all, though.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Creator/SeanBean's delivery of the line "They have a cave troll" in the movie is all ''over'' this trope.
** In the Extended Edition of ''The Two Towers'', he has this reaction upon learning that Denethor has come to congratulate them for retaking Osgiliath. The fact that Faramir is standing right there with him doesn't help matters, especially since Boromir is quite aware of his father's dismissive and cruel nature.
* TragicHero: He dies at the end of the first film after attempting to take the Ring for himself. He's been obsessing over it since being included in the Fellowship and it is not at all helped by the fact that it's his father who's wanting it in the first place.
* WeaponOfChoice: Sword and shield.
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[[folder:In General]]
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Sean Astin was already stocky but gained some more weight for the role of Sam, while the rest of the Hobbits are portrayed by slender actors. In the books, Hobbits are generally portly and said to look friendly rather than handsome or beautiful, which cannot be said for the Fellowship Hobbits here.
* {{Adorkable}}: All Hobbits are generally this but the special mention goes to Sam, as this accounts for a lot of his popularity. Gimli also, whenever he's around Galadriel. He grumbles nervously after asking her for three locks of her hair.
* {{Badass}}: The entire Fellowship in their own ways, although they all rack up a body count in one form or another. Be it Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, or Demon spiders.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: All the Hobbits. Especially Sam.
* InterspeciesFriendship: The Fellowship is composed of four hobbits, two men, an elf, a dwarf and a Maia. There was already a strong friendship between Aragorn (a human) and Legolas (an elf), and one would develop between Legolas and Gimli (a dwarf).
* LetsSplitUpGang: Frodo and Sam separate from the rest of the Company so the Ring would not corrupt them like it did Boromir.
* PapaWolf: All warriors -- especially Aragorn and Gandalf -- have become this toward the Hobbits, who are the youngest in the company and not very battle-experienced (at first).
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Many of the members don't even know each other at first...
* TheTeam / TrueCompanions / FireForgedFriends / UndyingLoyalty: ...but overtime they would [[IOweYouMyLife risk their lives]] for each other repeatedly. When they're forced to separate, they still remain close and have a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming at the end of the movie when they [[BackFromTheDead all meet up again]]. This group mainly consists of the following...
** TheHero: Frodo
** SideKick: Sam (to Frodo's Hero)
** ThoseTwoGuys / PluckyComicRelief
*** TheStraightMan: Merry
*** TheFool: Pip
** BigGood: Gandalf
** PowerTrio
*** TheLeader / TheKirk: Aragorn
*** TheSmartGuy / TheSpock: Legolas
*** TheBigGuy / TheMcCoy: Gimli
** TheLancer: Boromir (to Aragorn's Leader)
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frodo]]
!!Frodo Baggins [-(Creator/ElijahWood)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."'']]
->''"I spent all my life pretending I was off somewhere else. Off with you, on one of your adventures. But my own adventure turned out to be quite different."''
The protagonist of ''The Lord of the Rings''. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from his uncle (technically, cousin once removed) and adoptive father Bilbo Baggins and undertook the quest to destroy it in Mount Doom.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness / PrettyBoy: He's young and beautiful (and being played by ElijahWood doesn't hurt!); in the books, hobbits are more pleasant-looking than beautiful. Then again, Frodo is explicitly described as fairly good-looking for a hobbit. Somewhat justified in that Hobbits do age more slowly than humans.
* AllWebbedUp: This happens to Frodo after he manages to escape from Shelob's hair.
* BadassNormal: Just like his uncle before him, Frodo's an ordinary hobbit who's thrust into extraordinary circumstances that end up changing his once-peaceful and boring life forever.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:He does not get better.]]
* TheChosenOne: Frodo is ''THE'' Chosen One of the series. He inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo Baggins and is the one meant to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom.
* CoolSword: Sting, an elven long knife that glows when orcs are nearby. It was given to him by Bilbo, who acquired it during his quest 60 years prior to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.
* TheCorruption: One of the major themes of the story. [[http://www.slashfilm.com/potd-elijah-woods-frodo-had-he-kept-the-one-ring/ Cut images]] from ''The Two Towers'' show what [[WhatIf would have happened if he had kept the Ring]], portraying his transformation into a creature similar to Gollum.
* {{Determinator}}: Poor Frodo goes through absolute hell (with Sam at his side) to destroy the Ring and kick Sauron out of Middle-Earth for good.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: He and Sam disguise themselves as orcs during the last leg of their journey.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the flash-forward beginning of ''[[Film/TheHobbit The Hobbit]]''.
* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Gets his finger ''chewed off'' by Gollum in a desperate attempt to get the One Ring.]]
* FreudianTrio: With Sam and Gollum; represents the Ego.
* GeekPhysiques: Judging from his capture on Cirith Ungol in the films.
* GoodIsNotSoft: "Release him, or I'll cut your throat!"
* HappilyAdopted: Frodo was adopted by his uncle Bilbo several years after the drowning deaths of his parents. Uncle and nephew are shown to have a very close and loving relationship, with Bilbo doting on Frodo at every opportunity and then appointing him as the official heir to Bag End.
* TheHero: In a sense that he is chosen to destroy the One Ring.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Sam.
* HiddenDepths: This applies to all the hobbits, but Frodo in particular is very well-educated thanks to his uncle's careful and extensive instruction on a wide range of subjects.
* HitchhikerHeroes: He and Sam are this as they trek towards Mordor.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Laments that he wished the Ring had never come to him at one point (before he's anywhere near his darkest hour), [[DiscussedTrope prompting Gandalf to respond that all who live to see such times wish this]], and that all he has to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to him.
* KubrickStare: [[spoiler:When he claims the One Ring for himself, he sports this stare for only an instant.]]
* MessianicArchetype: Though he differs from most in that he is flawed and fallible.
* MoralityPet: Has several as he falls into the Ring's influence. Sam is the most obvious one, but in the very beginning the other members of the Fellowship fell into this role as well. Interestingly enough, ''Gollum'' of all people becomes one for him, but for a more interesting reason: seeing what Gollum has become and believing that both he and himself could one day be saved from what the Ring has done to them spurs him to reject its influence at times.
* MoreHeroThanThou: He attempts to abandon all the rest so he doesn't drag them into danger, and almost succeeds entirely.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He has a couple moments of this: first when was talked down by Sam after threatening him while under the Ring's influence, [[spoiler:after he fails to destroy the Ring, instead knocking Gollum off the ledge by accident in the scuffle to possess it. The look he gives Sam makes it clear that he's deeply saddened by what he did.]] He has another one when he is [[spoiler: betrayed by Gollum in Shelob's cave, and realizes his horrible mistake in sending Sam away.]]
* MyGirlBackHome: Well, his ''uncle'' back home to be exact. Bilbo stays behind in Rivendell to finish his tale while Frodo takes off to Mordor.
* NamedWeapons: The aforementioned Sting.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents drowned in the Brandywine River. This gets a lot less attention than it does in the books, but elements of it remain.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Sam's loyalty is what keeps Frodo going.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Sam's Red.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: Towards Gollum/Sméagol.
* WeaponOfChoice: An elven dagger, [[NamedWeapons named Sting]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Frodo realizes at the end of his [[TheQuest quest]] that he is [[StrangerInAFamiliarLand irreversibly changed]].
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[[folder:Sam]]
!!Samwise "Sam" Gamgee [-(Creator/SeanAstin)-]
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[[caption-width-right:220:''"Hey! Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me!"'']]
->''"I made a promise, Mr Frodo. A promise. "Don't you leave him Samwise Gamgee." And I don't mean to. I don't mean to."''
Frodo's loyal servant and gardner, who was determined to follow his master wherever he went, even when he was not invited. Sam proved to be a brave and loyal companion and became Frodo's closest friend. His Hobbit-sense and his love for Frodo saw them both through danger and hardship to the end of the quest. Sam was unwilling to give up hope even when things seemed darkest.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: He may be on the pudgy side (even Gollum calls him a 'fat Hobbit'), but he can keep up with the others because he's a Hobbit.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Along with Merry, he is fairly blond in the films, whereas in the books blond Hobbits are a rarity.
* {{Adorkable}}: This accounts for his popularity among {{Fandom}}.
* AndThisIsFor: He, the [[LetsGetDangerous normally]] non-threatening gardener, even did this, dedicating Orc kills: "This is for Mr. Frodo!" (stab) "And this is for the Shire!" (slice) "And this is for my old Gaffer!" (thrust)
* AudienceSurrogate: Along with the other hobbits.
* BadassBookworm: Bilbo taught Sam to read and write, abilities that are relatively rare in the Shire. (Sam’s dad hopes that “no harm will come of it.”) Sam proceeds to [[HiddenDepths surprise his fellow hobbits with his book-lore]], and Frodo winds up leaving the Red Book to him to finish.
* BadassNormal: He beats up orcs with a frying pan and kicks a spider's ass.
* BattleButler: For Frodo.
* BerserkButton: Trying to hurt, kidnap, or kill Frodo in front of him is a mistake you won't live to regret...because you won't live much longer.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gardener? Check. Loving father and husband? Check. Terrifying opponent to anyone or anything that threatens his beloved master? ''Big'' check.
* TheCassandra: The fact that Frodo becomes sympathetic towards Sméagol doesn't help, either.
* CoolSword: When he wields Sting in Frodo's defence.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually he's rather polite, but when he gets angry, annoyed or impatient with someone, he displays a surprising creativity in thinking up biting comments. Unsurprisingly, he's at his snarkiest when dealing with Gollum.
* {{Determinator}}: "Come on, Mr. Frodo. I can't carry it for you, but I can carry ''you''!"
* DressingAsTheEnemy: He and Frodo disguise themselves as orcs during the last leg of their journey.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Did a hobbit just kick the crap out of a GiantSpider? [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome ''Oh'' yes.]]
* FreudianTrio: With Frodo and Gollum; represents the Superego.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Sam uses this to whack some goblins in Moria.
* HappilyMarried: At the very end [[spoiler:with his longtime crush, Rosie, alluded to a few times early on.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Frodo.
* HiddenDepths: He has spent most of his life being educated by Bilbo.
* HotBlooded: He definitely has moments of this.
* IgnorantOfTheCall: Doesn't consider himself any sort of hero at all, despite the fact that he performs heroic actions as easily as regular people breathe. The only time he comes close to acknowleding that he's a hero is when, during the fight in Balin's Tomb, he kills a goblin with a frying pan and says, "I think I might be getting the hang of this." Apparently, Tolkein himself considered Sam more of a hero than Frodo.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: All he wants to do is to go back home and be with his friends.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Along with Faramir, he's just about the only character in the story who the Ring cannot tempt. It should be noted that when he saves Frodo from Cirith Ungol he was tempted very briefly, but gave it back nonetheless.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Indeed, Gandalf gave him [[CallToAdventure the call]] seeing how eager he was.
* TheLancer: To [[TheHero Frodo]].
* MyGirlBackHome: Rosie Cotton, who Sam brings up in the last film after they destroyed the Ring as he describes her dancing and wishes to marry her. [[spoiler:He eventually did.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: He uses this time and again to see Frodo's journey through.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Frodo's Blue.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: When he ventures into the tower of Cirith Ungol to rescue Frodo.
* {{Sidekick}}: [[BreakoutCharacter Ascended]] to hero.
* SimplemindedWisdom: Sam is protected by the power of just a little hobbit common-sense.
* SupremeChef: All hobbits can cook, and they're such gourmands one imagines that most hobbits are good cooks, but Sam is a good cook even by hobbit-reckoning — able to whip up a good meal with just a brace of coneys (that is, a couple of rabbits) and herbs of Ithilien.
* TeamChef: He is seen cooking for the Fellowship once before Saruman's crebain fly in to look for them.
* TenderTears: More prominent in the movie adaptation, though.
* TookALevelInBadass: Went from a timid gardener who had never wandered further than a few miles from home to maiming giant spiders and beating orcs in a fight. Lampshaded when he's beating up goblins with a frying pan in Moria, about halfway between the two: "I think I'm getting the hang of this!"
* UndyingLoyalty: Sam almost defines this trope.
* WorkingClassHero: Out of the four main hobbits, two are the sons of chieftains (Merry and Pippin) and the other is a very wealthy heir (Frodo); Sam is the only one who is not a "gentlehobbit."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Merry]]
!!Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck [-(Dominic Monaghan)-]
->'''Played By:''' Dominic Monaghan
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[[caption-width-right:200:''"We're under orders from Treebeard, who has taken over management of Isengard."'']]
->''"But you're part of this world, aren't you?... You must help... please."''
A sensible yet adventurous Hobbit whose concern for his cousin Frodo led him to mastermind the "conspiracy" that ensured that Frodo embarked on his quest with his friends at his side. Despite his feelings of uselessness and self-doubt, Merry becomes a Knight of the Riddermark and plays a significant role in the War of the Ring. Through his loyalty and courage, he helped defeat one of the Dark Lord's most terrible servants, the Witch-King.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Along with Sam, he is fairly blond in the films, whereas in the books blond Hobbits are a rarity.
* AdaptationalComicRelief: Speaking of the latter, he and Pippin are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the books, he was a more serious character. Here, he is more carefree and comical.
* BadassNormal: Merry, just a normal hobbit, is the one who defeats the Witch-King along Éowyn, out of all the trained soldiers, ProudWarriorRaceGuys and other larger-than-life figures present at the Battle.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He, along with Éowyn (who also literally breaks her arm), nearly dies from contact with the Witch-King.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Witch-King of Angmar vs a Hobbit. Merry (teamed up with Éowyn) won.
* TheFool: Together with Pippin; their personalities are less distinct in the movies.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pippin.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: When the battle lines are forming, he is dismissed as being unable to fight. But when it goes down, he's the first to march into an army.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With King Théoden and Éowyn.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Also counts as this. He and Pippin also have this with Treebeard.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He and Pippin share their willingness to protect Frodo.
* KubrickStare: When he's yelling at the Ents for refusing to fight, though it's actually incidental due to him having to look up at them.
* TheMcCoy: When convincing the Ents to fight.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Éowyn, when they both joined the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Pippin's Red, though it's less noticeable in the films.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Hobbit foursome. He at least knows his way around more than the other three.
* TheStraightMan: When he and Pippin are left alone, Merry is shown to be very capable and sensible, even wise, at times.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Pippin.
* TookALevelInBadass: The first film showed him as a troublemaker and general nuisance. The third had him facing down the armies of Mordor without the slightest hesitation or fear.
* TricksterArchetype: With Pippin, especially since Merry is the one who starts trouble.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pippin]]
!!Peregrin "Pippin" Took [-(Billy Boyd)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing."'']]
->''"What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?"''
A silly and reckless Hobbit who insisted on accompanying his cousin Frodo on his quest to destroy the One Ring. Pippin's youth and curious nature gets him into trouble on occasion, but his steadfast friendship and unquenchable cheerfulness helps carry him and his companions through the darkest times. During the quest, he grows up quickly and becomes an important member of the Fellowship, a member of Gondor's elite Citadel Guard, and later made a Knight of Gondor by Aragorn.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: He and Merry are given funnier moments, such as getting into Gandalf's fireworks and setting them off.
* {{Badass}}: Saves Gandalf from an Uruk at the Battle of Pelennor Fields, and later leads the hobbits in the Scouring of the Shire against Sharkey's men in the decisive Battle of Bywater.
* BigEater: Even more than most hobbits are. See his quote above.
* BreakTheCutie: He suffered from looking into the Palantír, for starters.
* BuffySpeak: During the creation of the Fellowship: "You need people of intelligence in this sort of mission... quest... thing."
* ConstantlyCurious: He tries grabbing a key from a dwarf's corpse before it falls down the well, then looks into the Palantír just to see it once.
* FireForgedFriends: With Gandalf, who didn't seem to like him very much until their siege of Minas Tirith when they saved Faramir's life.
* TheFool: Being the youngest and most impressionable of the bunch, he's more prone to foolishness than his companions.
* GreenEyes: Film version only. They sometimes look blue, though.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Merry.
* InterspeciesFriendship / OddFriendship: He and Merry have this with Treebeard. Once he's brought to Gondor, he befriends Faramir as well.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He and Pippin share their willingness to protect Frodo.
* ManChild: He is the youngest of the Fellowship, after all.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Pippin's curiosity has him attempting to pull a key from a corprse, only for it to fall into the wall which end up catching the attention of several orcs as well as a cave troll.
* PluckyComicRelief: His humor is the one thing that keeps himself and his friends going.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Merry's Blue, though it's less noticeable in the films.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Merry and Pippin stole Gandalf's best firework and light it prematurely — [[EpicFail while inside a tent]]. When it actually goes off, Pip lets out the girliest scream you can imagine. Billy Boyd didn't know that the thing was [[EnforcedMethodActing actually going to explode]], so the scream is real.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Merry.
* TookALevelInBadass: From foolish young Took to Troll-slayer. Although his troll-slaying doesn't actually appear in the film, he has to make do with uber-orc slaying.
* TricksterArchetype: An innocent version, with Merry, though this toned down as they make their transition to [[BadassNormal badasses]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gandalf]]
!!Gandalf [-(Creator/IanMcKellen)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide."'']]
-> ''"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. Go back to the shadow. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn! You shall not pass!"''
A wizard who assisted both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in their quests across Middle-Earth. Gandalf is a member of the Istari, a group of Maiar that were specially chosen by the Valar to aid the Free Peoples of Middle-Earth in the fight against evil. The Istari, who are often called wizards by various races, take the form of elderly but hale Men, but possess much greater physical, mental, and magical power (though the Valar prevent them from confronting Sauron with the full force of their power). For over 2,000 years, Gandalf worked faithfully against the rising powers of evil in Middle-Earth.
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* {{Badass}}: By far the most powerful of the Fellowship.
* BadassBeard: He ''is'' a wizard after all.
* BadassBoast: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
* BadassBookworm: Even being of the lesser Maiar, he was one of the wisest.
* BadassGrandpa: Takes the guise of an old man when he comes to Middle-Earth.
* BearerOfBadNews: Wormtongue names him 'Láthspell'; "ill news is an ill guest."
* BigGood: Gandalf is the main "power behind the scenes" manipulating and directing events to help people resist Sauron, and make sure that they have the information and allies they need, as much as he can.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: He dies from the Balrog ordeal. ([[BackFromTheDead Don't worry]], [[CameBackStrong he gets better]].)
* ButNowIMustGo: In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', as well as the ''Fellowship of the Ring''.
* CameBackStrong: As Gandalf the White, the head of his Order.
* TheChessmaster: He has been playing chess with Sauron over Middle-Earth for ''centuries''.
* CoolHorse: Shadowfax.
* CoolOldGuy: To the hobbits, before they learn of his HiddenDepths.
* CoolSword: Glamdring, which he found during ''Film/TheHobbit''.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: When he falls into the abyss in Moria. Done again when he confronts the Necromancer in Dol Guldur.
* DeadlyNosebleed: After his fight with the Balrog, his body is shown lying on the mountain peak with blood coming out of his nose.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Old guy vs. Balrog. Old guy wins.
* DotingParent: Towards the younger Heroes and Warriors in the band.
* DualWielding: Wields both his staff and Glamdring at times.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: YouShallNotPass
* EccentricMentor: To Bilbo and Frodo. He becomes less of it by the time [[spoiler:he was revived.]]
* EruditeStoner: The movies treat the hobbit pipeweed as a GRatedDrug which turns Gandalf into this, especially in ''Film/TheHobbit'', where he at one point encourages Radagast to calm down by giving him a toke.
* FamousLastWords: YouShallNotPass, but technically "Fly, you fools!".
* TheFettered: Per WordOfGod, he's not supposed to use his magic powers without good reason, but instead [[GuileHero outwit the Enemy whenever he can]].
* FireForgedFriends: With Pippin, who he didn't seem to like very much until their siege of Minas Tirith when they saved Faramir's life.
* FriendToAllChildren: When he arrives in the Hobbiton at the beginning of ''Fellowship of the Ring'', the hobbit children are delighted to see him and shout for him to set off fireworks; he happily obliges.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Beats up Denethor when the latter starts raving.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Definitely Good Smoking. When he's relaxing, he'll usually get out his pipe and start making smoke rings. ''Or smoke ships''.
* GrumpyOldMan: Lampshaded by Gimli when he comes back as Gandalf the White. "This new Gandalf's even grumpier than the old one!"
* HarbingerOfImpendingDoom: Implied by [[ShootTheMessenger his critics]] to be this.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Moria to save the rest of the Fellowship.
* HolyHandGrenade: His powers also exhibit an explosive quality, as seen in ''An Unexpected Journey'' when he completely ''flattens'' the goblin horde with a deafening blast of white light, right before they are about to hack Thorin's head off.
* InterspeciesFriendship: He has many, but especially has one with Bilbo and with Gwaihir, Lord of the Eagles.
* LargeHam: He can be quite bombastic at times.
* LightEmUp: Seems to be his main power, ranging from simple white light to illuminate his path, to protective light bubbles to [[ThePowerOfTheSun sunlight]] manipulation. Predictably, it grows more powerful as he becomes Gandalf the White.
* LiteralMinded: He toys with this in ''Film/TheHobbit'', when he meets Bilbo and their conversation about the meaning of "Good morning." However, it is revealed that Gandalf was doing it intentionally, partly to remind Bilbo of who he was and partly because [[ItAmusedMe it amused him to do so.]]
* ManInWhite: After he [[CameBackStrong comes back stronger]].
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Though he [[BackFromTheDead gets better]].]]
* MessianicArchetype: Died and came back three days later, wearing white robes? Yep.
* NamedWeapons: Glamdring, meaning "foe-hammer" in [[ConLang Sindarin]].
* NiceHat: His wide-brimmed, conical hat is iconic to the character and appears in virtually all artwork and, of course, the films.
* TheObiWan: He serves as a mentor figure for Frodo - and Bilbo before him - and is killed by the Balrog.
* OhCrap: In the Desolation of Smaug:
-->'''Gandalf''': We've been blind. And in our blindness, our enemy has returned.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks like he's about 80, but he's been in Middle-Earth for upwards of 2000 years and is in fact older than Arda itself.
* OnlySaneMan: Part of this is [=McKellan=]'s often weary delivery, but Gandalf still often shows himself to be the only one with his mind together and in the right place throughout his many adventures - particularly in situations where he is desperately trying to give good advice to others and nobody will listen to him, most obviously with Thorin and Denethor. Sometimes feels like SurroundedByIdiots instead - such as in the Hobbit where attempting to reason with the bullheaded Thorin results in him just leaving for a few hours to vent steam.
--> '''Bilbo''': Where are you going?\\
'''Gandalf''': To seek the company of the only one around here who's got any sense!\\
'''Bilbo''': Who's that?\\
'''Gandalf''': ''Myself'', Mr. Baggins!
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Wizards are really angels disguised as elderly humans.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Galadriel, as evidenced during ''the Hobbit'' when she's the only one who is supportive of Gandalf's quest to slay Smaug.
* PowerEchoes: When an outraged Thorin is about to throw Bilbo from the battlements in ''Film/TheHobbit'', Gandalf lets a bit of his true self show when shouting at him to let his burglar go.
* ShutUpHannibal: Delivers an epic and hilarious one to Denethor after the Steward starts ranting about the hopelessness of the coming battle.
* TookALevelInBadass: He's [[CameBackStrong much stronger]] when he comes back as Gandalf the White.
* TookALevelInKindness: Bilbo mellowed Gandalf out a lot. Prior to meeting him, Gandalf wasn't just grumpy, he was a cantankerous {{Jerkass}}.
* TakingYouWithMe: He and the Balrog both die in their fight, [[BackFromTheDead but only he returns to life]].
* TimeAbyss: He's older than time itself.
* WalkingTheEarth: He's not called "The Grey Wanderer" for nothing, being possibly even more well-traveled than Aragorn is.
* WeaponOfChoice: Staff and his sword, Glamdring.
* WillfullyWeak: Like the rest of the Wizards, Gandalf is actually operating at only a fraction of his full power. This is deliberate as the Valar decied 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.
* WizardClassic: One of the most iconic modern examples and a TropeCodifier.
* TheWorfEffect: His staff is destroyed by the Witch-King of Angmar in the extended edition of ''Return Of The King''[[spoiler: and by Sauron in ''The Desolation of Smaug'', just before Gandalf is captured.]]
* YouShallNotPass: [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Aragorn]]
!!Aragorn [-(Creator/ViggoMortensen)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail."'']]
->''"Long have you hunted me, long have I eluded you. No more. Behold! The Sword of Elendil!"''
The 16th Chieftain of the Dúnedain of the North. As the heir of Elendil, the first High King of Arnor and Gondor, Aragorn is the rightful king of both realms, though Arnor fell long ago, and Gondor has been without a king for nearly 1000 years. Aragorn lived much of his life as Ranger, but was eventually crowned King Elessar Telcontar in Minas Tirith as the 26th King of Arnor, and the 35th King of Gondor and First High King of the Reunited Kingdom. He was a great warrior, and as the heir of Isildur (Elendil's eldest son) bore the shards of Narsil, reforged and renamed Andúril ("Flame of the West"), in the War of the Ring.
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Aragorn is more unsure about returning to the throne of Gondor, and must be convinced by Elrond to do so. His reason is his ancestor Isildur's failure to destroy the One Ring, and Aragorn fears this weakness has been passed down to him.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the Heir of Isildur and rightful King of the Dúnedain. He's a better tracker and woodsman than the Wood-elf Legolas, a deadly warrior, a skilled battlefield medic, strong-willed enough to use a Palantír and even wrench it out of Sauron's control, and wise enough to know he can't and must not use the One Ring.
* BackToBackBadasses: With Gimli, during the Battle of Helm's Deep fighting the Uruk-hai.
* {{Badass}}: In the first film, he manages to drive 4 Nazgûl away from Weathertop, while most other pepople hide in fear from a single one. And that's just one of his feats.
* BadassGrandpa: He's eighty-seven years old, but looks like he's in his forties thanks to his Númenórean ancestry.
* TheCaptain: Of the Rangers of the North, and of the Fellowship after Gandalf's passage. Also serves as one to the army and navy of Gondor as 'Thorongil'.
* CoolSword: Andúril, reforged from the shards of Narsil, an ancient heirloom of his line.
* DeathWail: Aragorn lets out one when he finds Merry and Pippin's elven belts on the Orc funeral pyre. [[spoiler:They're not actually dead though, as he later deduces from his Ranger tracking skills.]] In Real Life, it was because Mortensen had just broken his toe on the helmet he kicked and they decided [[ThrowItIn it fit the scene]] so they kept it.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: He must have the Enemy overthrown before he can become king and marry Arwen.
* EngagementChallenge: As above.
* FreudianTrio: With Legolas and Gimli; represents the Ego.
* HeroicLineage: He is part of the long line created by both Beren and Lúthien.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Legolas. Though it becomes a trio when Gimli enters the picture. Legolas' final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.
* HonorBeforeReason: The reason he undertakes his quest for kingship in the first place was because of his love for Arwen.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Refused to follow his destiny for many years. Of course, in the third film, he embraces it wholeheartedly.
* IHaveManyNames: Aragorn, Estel (Hope in Sindarin, given by Elrond), Elessar (elf-stone), Strider/Telcontar, Windfoot, Dúnadan (''the'' man of the West), Longshanks, and Thorongil (the name he used while serving Gondor incognito).
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Legolas for about sixty years, starting from after the Battle of the Five Armies when Legolas [[spoiler: tells is father he cannot go home with him and is in turn told to search out "a young ranger by the name of Strider"]].
* KissingCousins: Arwen is technically his first cousin...sixty-seven times removed, since Aragorn is a direct male-line descendant of Elros, the first king of Númenor and Elrond's brother (Elrond and Elros, being half-elves, were allowed to choose whether to be elf or man; Elrond chose the former, Elros the latter).
* TheLancer: To Gandalf.
* LovedINotHonorMore: Towards Arwen.
* MasterSwordsman: He is the master with a sword compared to Boromir's more brutal approach.
* TheMedic: He has HealingHands and other special healing powers due to his lineage.
* MementoMacGuffin: The Ring of Barahir. Not explained in the films, but he is shown wearing it as an EasterEgg or MythologyGag for readers. Elaborated in the Extended Edition of ''Two Towers'', where Wormtongue mentions it to Saruman, who quickly figures out who he is.
* MessianicArchetype: He shares this role along with Frodo. Also, he inspired Rohan and the rest of Middle-Earth to fight for their freedom, plus he has gained more followers as he continued his journey. Being destined to be King of Gondor, and being a descendant of Isildur, will make you this.
* MrFanservice: At least in the films.
* NamedWeapons: Andúril, "Flame of the West".
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He stops Théoden from killing Wormtongue because too much blood had already been spilled. Wormtongue turns around and gives Saruman the secret to defeating the defenses at Helm's Deep; thus, causing nearly all the defenders to be killed. Too much blood, indeed.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to Númenórean descent, he's at his prime at 87.
* OlderSidekick: To the Hobbits, at first.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia
** [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning Crown of Gondor]]
** Ring of Barahir
** [[AncestralWeapon The-Sword-that-was-Broken]]
* RightfulKingReturns: Of course. Gondor's been waiting hundreds of years for The Return of the King.
* RousingSpeech: Before the Battle of the Black Gate.
-->''"By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!"''
* RoyalBlood: The purest now left.
* ShutUpHannibal: Swiftly decapitates the MouthOfSauron once he gets sick of his shit.
* SupportingLeader: Former [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]].
* WalkingTheEarth: He has spent many years as a Ranger roaming in the Wilds.
* WarriorPrince: Like most princes of the Men, Elves, and Dwarves.
* WeaponOfChoice: Sword.
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[[folder:Legolas]]
!!Legolas Greenleaf [-(Creator/OrlandoBloom)-]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving."'']]
->''"They have feelings, my friend. The elves began it, waking up the trees, teaching them to speak."''
An Elf of the Woodland Realm in northern Mirkwood in the east of Middle-earth, Legolas was part of the Fellowship in the Third Age. He is the son of King Thranduil of Mirkwood and a Prince of the Woodland Realm as well as a swift messenger and master bowman. Legolas eventually became great friends with the dwarf Gimli, who was also a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
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* TheAce: To almost ridiculous levels. In ''Film/TheReturnOfTheKing'', he takes down a fully-armed War Mûmak and its crew all by himself.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Tauriel, as explored in the last two ''Hobbit'' films. Of course, never mentioning Tauriel throughout the original trilogy suggests he may have gotten over her (somewhat).
* ArcherArchetype: He uses a bow almost exclusively. Like most elves, he's elegant and graceful, and comes across as somewhat haughty. His archery is even exaggerated from the books, especially with shooting oliphaunts point-blank.
* DualWielding: The only other weapons he ever carries is a pair of knives, and at one point Orcrist.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking / WarriorPrince: He's an elven prince. He also took down what essentially amounts to a war elephant by himself.
* {{Badass}}: Of the Fellowship, Legolas arguably racks up the highest body count.
** SubmissiveBadass: Not counting Gandalf, Legolas is easily the strongest and most capable fighter in the Fellowship. He's also devoted to Aragorn and always defers to his leadership.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: All this pretty boy gets over the course of the trilogy is a bruise and a little smudge of dirt. [[spoiler:Averted in ''Desolation of Smaug'', where he receives a bloody nose while duelling Bolg.]]
* BottomlessMagazines: Over five films he's run out of arrows exactly once, and he had already killed way more orcs than he had arrows in that instance.
* CaptainObvious: "A diversion." [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname So Named]] in ''Legolas: The Very Special Diaries'', thus becoming TropeCodifier.
* CoolSword: [[spoiler: Gets to wield Orcrist when his group captures Thorin and the other dwarves.]] Which may or may not be a deliberate ShoutOut to a certain Legolas Greenleaf leading Glorfindel's (i.e. the original wielder of Orcrist) group away from Gondolin after it fell and Glorfindel himself died at the hands of a Balrog. Also leads to FridgeBrilliance, as this could be the reason how this as well as Glamdring and Sting survived the fall of the city in the first place.
* CharacterDevelopment: It is evident he used to be something of a {{Jerkass}} in his youth, as shown in Desolation of Smaug. Compare to the much gentler soul he is in the Trilogy. This is apparent even in his appearance - Legolas is much paler in Film/TheHobbit with particularly icy blue eyes, making for a visual [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Elf Prince]] between the two trilogies.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Makes his appearance in [[Film/TheHobbit the last two Hobbit films]]. He's a supporting protagonist who arguably gets the best fights of the entire second film.
* ElvesVsDwarves: Averted, eventually. Played straight in ''Film/TheHobbit'', however.
* FantasticRacism: As shown in the second ''Hobbit'' movie, Legolas originally shared his father's disdain for anyone who wasn't an elf, especially dwarves.
* TheFairFolk: His father is the king of them.
* FreudianTrio: With Aragorn and Gimli; represents the Superego. But he is the Ego in the group with Tauriel and Thranduil in ''Film/TheHobbit'' films.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He eventually becomes this with Gimli by the end of the trilogy. He and Aragorn have been implied to be and are frequently portrayed as this by [[{{Fandom}} fans]]. His final scene in ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'' seems to confirm this, making them actually the second generation with their fathers as precursor.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Regular in the original, [[UpToEleven taken to a ridiculous level]] in the PJ films.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With Gimli. He's also been this with Aragorn for about sixty years, starting from after the Battle of the Five Armies when Legolas [[spoiler: tells is father he cannot go home with him and is in turn told to search out "a young ranger by the name of Strider"]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In ''The Hobbit'' films, he's clearly in love with the elf Tauriel[[spoiler: but when he sees that she's in love with the dwarf Kíli he does his best to warn her that it can't work out]]. Apart from that he doesn't interfere, and he feels sorry for Tauriel [[spoiler: when Kíli is killed in the course of trying to rescue her from the CurbStompBattle she's getting from Bolg. He goes on to save her himself, and finally succeeds in killing Bolg only after an epic battle. Not that it does him any good.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''The Hobbit'' films. He's callous and insulting towards the dwarves, but he also doesn't share his father's class prejudices and cares about the wellbeing of the world beyond their borders. As of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, he's mostly dropped the "jerk" part of it and become a nice, if mildly aloof, guy.
* LonghairedPrettyBoy: He's an Elf, so having long hair is kinda inevitable.
* MissingMom: His mother was killed by the orcs in Gundabad and he at one point tells Tauriel that his father has never even mentioned her since. It isn't until the end of the third ''Hobbit'' film that Thranduil notes that she loved her son more than anything else in the world -- which is probably about half of what Legolas wanted to hear.
* MrExposition: When he's not being CaptainObvious.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: While Legolas shared his species FantasticRacism, he did call out his father on their willingess to ignore what's happening in the outside world.
* NotSoStoic: When fighting Bolg in Laketown, his reaction to injury and that for the first time he was left unable to defeat an Orc in single combat leaves him stunned.
** He's very quiet and calm, even in battle, but when Aragorn falls during his fight with the amored troll in ''Return of the King'' you can see him really panicking. You can't hear what he's saying but even if you aren't an expert at lip-reading you can make out that he's screaming his friend's name. In three movies, he loses his cool exactly ''twice''.
* OddFriendship: With Gimli.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: Is the Long Range of the pair.
* OhCrap: The only time he ''ever'' appears [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/legolas%20scared/jewbie/Legolas_mad_2.jpg frightened]] in the trilogy is at the mention of the [[HeroKiller Balrog.]] With good reason: [[AllThereInTheManual any and all military encounters between elf and balrog]] end with the death of the elf, and [[TakingYouWithMe in ONE case, the death of the balrog as well]]. Glorfindel was one of only two elves to successfully slay a balrog (the other was Ecthelion, Second-in-Command of Turgon, High King of the Noldor), and for this deed, he was actually allowed to return to Middle-Earth after his resurrection in Aman.
** In ''The Hobbit'' trilogy, he has another moment of panic when Tauriel is in danger and, for the first time, he has run out of arrows.
* OnlySaneMan: Though Tauriel was first, he pretty quickly realises that [[WhatTheHellHero his father has flaws]], seems to pay attention when Thorin saves his life, and agrees to help Tauriel with the orcs without much of an argument.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Tauriel. It is implied by Thranduil that Legolas has grown quite fond of her.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Gimli's [[spoiler: and Tauriel's]] red.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Though it only gets an offhand mention in the movies, Legolas is the Prince of Mirkwood and son of King Thranduil. Gets expanded upon in ''Film/TheHobbit'', where he disputes with his father over the course the Mirkwood elves should take after the escape of Thorin and Company.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Disobeys his father and leaves the Mirkwood with Tauriel to help fight the darkness, rather than [[SomeoneElsesProblem close their borders and hide from it]].
* TheSmartGuy: Given his advanced age compared to everyone except Gandalf, it often falls to Legolas to give explanations or elaborate on complicated subjects.
* TheStoic: Like his father and most of his elven kin, it takes quite a bit to surprise or frighten Legolas. His NotSoStoic expression when he first hears the Balrog in Moria speaks volumes about how dangerous an opponent it is.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Aside from the various wigs and prosthetics, both Orlando Bloom and Lee Pace have strikingly similar facial features, so this is definitely the case in the films.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: He throws the Orcrist at a troll to save Thorin's life.
* TookALevelInKindness: He still has some CharacterDevelopment to go through in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', but he's far nicer there than he is in ''Film/TheHobbit'' sixty years earlier.
* TranquilFury: In ''DOS'', he falls into one of these after Bolg successfully injures him, something that ''nobody else'' has managed. It was only a nosebleed, but the look on Legolas' face was of barely contained rage, and the last we see of him, he's on his horse, trying to run Bolg down and kill him in retribution. Which, given that Bolg is likely fleeing toward the Orc army moving out from Dol Goldur, is probably a bad thing.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Gimli. The fact that Legolas' father kept Gimli's father captive in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' doesn't help, either. Legolas even asks if Gimli is an orc mutant before being told that he is Glóin's wee lad.
* WeaponOfChoice: Bow and [[DualWielding long knives.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers one to Thranduil after the latter decapitated Narzug, despite having vowed to [[ExactWords release him]].
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: He nails Bolg with a hurricanrana during their duel on the tower bridge.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: When the battle's done and the mourning starts, Legolas flat out tells Thranduil that, after all that's passed between them, [[spoiler:he can't return to the forest]].
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[[folder:Gimli]]
!!Gimli [-(Creator/JohnRhysDavies)-]
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gimli_3365.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"'']]
->''"I'm wasted on cross-country! We Dwarves are natural sprinters, very dangerous over short distances."''
A Dwarf of Erebor, descended from Durin the Deathless, the eldest of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves. Gimli is a high dwarven nobleman and a mighty warrior, as well as the son of Glóin, who helped reclaim the Lonely Mountain with Bilbo Baggins sixty years prior to the War of the Ring. Gimli was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring and was the only dwarf to readily fight alongside elves in the war against Sauron at the end of the Third Age. After the defeat of Sauron, he was given lordship of the Glittering Caves at Helm's Deep and founded a flourishing Dwarven colony there.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: From the second film onwards, Gimli takes on more of a comic relief role, still giving one-liners as in the first film but also providing physical comedy. His book counterpart is a much more dignified, well-respected character, although some of his funny moments in the films came from the books (such as his Orc-slaying competition with Legolas, though even that one was altered to his detriment). WordOfGod confirms that Gimli, being a Dwarf, is given this role due to Merry and Pippin maturing.
* AncestralWeapon: He wields the same axes that Glóin did in ''Film/TheHobbit'', who apparently passed them down to his son. It's also revealed that Glóin's father, Gróin, had these in his possession as well.
* {{Badass}}: A BoisterousBruiser capable of matching [[TheAce Legolas]] in their killing competition.
** BackToBackBadasses: With Aragorn, during the Battle of Helm's Deep fighting the Uruk-hai.
** BadassBeard: He's a dwarf and the son of Glóin; of course he's got one. And as an added bonus, he's also a prominent member of the Longbeards, which is the dwarven clan that's infamous for producing long, impressive beards.
* TheBigGuy: He is one of the fiercest fighters in the Fellowship despite his size.
* BodyCountCompetition: UrExample, with Legolas.
* BoisterousBruiser: See TheBigGuy and RatedMForManly for more info.
* ButtMonkey: Most evident in ''The Two Towers'' and ''The Return of the King''.
* CourtlyLove: To Galadriel.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DualWielding: Carries somewhere between seven and eleven axes. The two he uses most often are Balin's double-bladed great axe (that he picked up in Moria) and his 'walking' axe (used as a walking stick). Frequently, however, he dual wields the walking axe and his bearded axe. He also carries a variable number of throwing axes.
* ElvesVsDwarves: Initially, but subverted when he becomes friendly with Legolas and admires Galadriel's beauty.
* FieryRedhead: Just like his father before him.
* FreudianTrio: With Legolas and Aragorn; he represents the Id.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Legolas eventually become this by the end of the trilogy.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Obviously. They are the first elf and dwarf to have a friendship of any type in thousands of years.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He is usually the most eager to enter a battle and always has a fighting spirit.
* OddFriendship: With Legolas.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: TropeCodifier. Just like his father, he's quite the prototypical dwarf: a stout, truculent, proud, and gold-loving guy with an axe and an impressive beard.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Dwarves are very strong for their size.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni of the pair.
* RatedMForManly: Gimli's personality in the film as [[WarriorPoet opposed to the book]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Through his father Glóin, he's distantly related to the line of Durin and the royal family of Erebor.
* ShortRangeGuyLongRangeGuy: Is the Short Range of the pair.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: To his father, Glóin.
* ViolentGlaswegian: In the film.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Legolas. The fact that Legolas' father kept Gimli's father captive in ''Literature/TheHobbit'' doesn't help, either.
* WeaponOfChoice: [[AnAxeToGrind An axe]]. He wields about five in the films. Also see AncestralWeapon above.
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[[folder:Boromir]]
!!Boromir [-(Creator/SeanBean)-]
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[[caption-width-right:220:''"Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king."'']]
->''"I ask only for the strength to defend my people."''
Eldest son and heir of Denethor, the Ruling Steward of Gondor. Boromir is a Captain of the White Tower, Captain-General of Gondor, a masterful soldier and natural leader who led his beleaguered people to dozens of great victories over the forces of Mordor. Still, Boromir is more concerned with feats of arms than his wiser and more bookish little brother, Faramir.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: He was dark-haired in the books. Here, his hair's a light brown bordering on blond.
* AnnoyingArrows: Subverted, just like in the book. [[spoiler:It takes a lot of arrows to bring Boromir down, but Lurtz slays him in the end.]]
* AntiHero: Type III. He's only in the Fellowship to have them take the Ring to Gondor under his father's orders.
* {{Badass}}: There's a reason Denethor highly favors him.
* BadassBeard: Compared to the book version who has no beard whatsoever.
* BadassNormal: Even a hail of arrows does not stop this guy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's very quick to defend Faramir from their father's cruel detractions and shows his brother open affection whenever possible. Faramir's visible devastation at learning of his brother's death says a lot about their relationship. He also develops this for Merry and Pippin during the first movie.
-->'''Boromir''': You give him no credit and yet he tries to do your will! He loves you, Father. \\
'''Denethor''': Do not trouble me with Faramir. I know his uses and they are few.
* TheBigGuy: He's not only a fierce fighter using a sword and shield, but he's also quite hammy.
* BrokenAce: He was a proud, gallant warrior, but the pressure put on him by his father eroded his common sense, and he never thought Sauron could be beaten, which fed his obsession with the Ring.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: No matter how many [[spoiler:arrows are shot into him, he does ''not give up''.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Lurtz is about to deliver the coup de grace, Boromir looks him in the eye as he waits for the uruk to get it over with.
* FallenHero: He was a valiant warrior trying to save his country, his people's champion, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the Ring.
* FamousLastWords: "[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king."]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Remember that brief moment where Aragorn sees Boromir left his shield when they land? [[spoiler: Probably would've been better if he had remembered.]]
* KilledOffForReal: The only Fellowship member [[spoiler:to remain dead and never come back.]]
* TheLancer: To Aragorn. The fact that he's been a jerk to him in the first film doesn't help, either. His fighting style's also a bit clunkier compared to Aragorn's more elegant swordplay.
* ManlyTears: As he lays dying, no less. He sheds some earlier after realizing he has tried to seize the Ring from Frodo.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After realizing that he tried taking the Ring from Frodo by force.
* NiceGuy:
** While he's rather prickly towards Aragorn, he's far more supportive of the Hobbits inclusion in the party, while everyone else (including Aragorn) seems to considers them TheLoad at first. Not only does he teach Merry and Pippin some fencing, but in the aftermath of Moria and Gandalf's death, when Aragorn pushes the devastated Hobbits to keep moving.
---> '''Boromir''': Give them a moment for pity's sake!
** He's also shown to have a very good relationship with his younger brother, who is routinely dismissed or outright ridiculed by their father. When Denethor describes Faramir as being useless, Boromir is visibly angered and doesn't hesitate to come to his brother's defense. He's quite willing to hug and display open affection to Faramir as well.
* ParentalFavoritism: He is often on the receiving end of this treatment from Denethor. The Extended Edition of ''Two Towers'' shows that Boromir ''hates'' being the favorite and his father's tendency to act dismissive of and find fault in everything Faramir does.
* PlayingGertrude: A male example. Sean Bean is only 11 years younger than John Noble, who plays his father Denethor. Somewhat justified in-universe, seeing as Denethor has Dúnedain (i.e. Númenórean) blood and that, like Aragorn, he is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Really Eighty-Nine Years Old]] to Boromir's forty-one years at the time of the War of the Ring.
* PosthumousCharacter: Even though he died early on, his background and character is explored by the other characters. It also has a major influence on the plot, with both Denethor and Faramir being heavily effected by Boromir's death.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: See the book for more details.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: After trying to take the One Ring (under the Ring's influence, no less), [[spoiler:he dies defending Merry and Pippin from the Uruk-hai.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Aragorn and Faramir's Blue.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething / WarriorPrince: While the son of the Steward, Boromir is one of fiercest fighters in Middle-Earth, which is why his father favors him over Faramir. He firmly believes that it's his duty to protect and save Gondor from the continued expansion of Mordor's influence.
* SanitySlippage: Happens gradually as his desire for the Ring slowly drives him mad until he finally snaps and attacks Frodo. He gets better though, for a short time.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Boromir is the manly of this pair.
* SiblingYinYang: He's the polar opposite of his brother Faramir, who is a capable warrior but prefers books and other scholarly pursuits over combat and the battlefield. This doesn't harm their relationship at all, though.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Creator/SeanBean's delivery of the line "They have a cave troll" in the movie is all ''over'' this trope.
** In the Extended Edition of ''The Two Towers'', he has this reaction upon learning that Denethor has come to congratulate them for retaking Osgiliath. The fact that Faramir is standing right there with him doesn't help matters, especially since Boromir is quite aware of his father's dismissive and cruel nature.
* TragicHero: He dies at the end of the first film after attempting to take the Ring for himself. He's been obsessing over it since being included in the Fellowship and it is not at all helped by the fact that it's his father who's wanting it in the first place.
* WeaponOfChoice: Sword and shield.
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