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[[File:bilbopipe_2387.jpg|frame|Surely no one with such a [[Distinguished
{{quote| ''Far o'er the Misty Mountains cold / To dungeons deep and caverns old...''<br />▼
''We must away, ere break of day / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwqAhwqWkUk To seek the pale, enchanted gold!]'' }}▼
▲[[File:bilbopipe_2387.jpg|frame|Surely no one with such a [[Distinguished Gentlemans Pipe]] goes on grand adventures.]]
▲''We must away, ere break of day / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}EwqAhwqWkUk To seek the pale, enchanted gold!]'' }}
The [[Rankin
Followed up by R-B's adaptation of ''[[The Return of the King (
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Generally, the movie does a ''very'' nice job boiling down the novel into a good seventy minute movie, and some of the voicework is absolutely legendary (particularly Orson Bean as Bilbo, Brother Theodore as Gollum, and ''Richard Boone'' as Smaug). The only truly noticeable plot point left out is Beorn, who is totally absent.
* [[Adaptation
* [[Adapted Out]]: Beorn, Blog, Roäc, and the Master of Lake-Town do not exist in this film.
* [[An Aesop]]: The film's theme song, "The Greatest Adventure".
{{quote|
''Who thinks of a world that is just make-believe''
''Will never know passion, will never know pain''
''Who sits by the window will one day see rain'' }}
* [[Animated Adaptation]]
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* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|Thorin}}'s [[Tear Jerker]] [[Final Speech]].
* [[Call to Adventure]]: "We don't need any adventures here, thank you."
* [[Cephalothorax]]: The Goblins. Less so in ''[[The Return of the King (
* [[Death
* [[Definitely Final Dungeon]]: Smaug.
* [[Distinguished
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Explicitly parodied at the end of the film.
{{quote|
'''Thorin:''' Oh, great Elf-king! My truest friend and ally! We must join forces ''against'' this common scourge!
'''Thranduil:''' But... of course... o noble King under the Mountain. Your people are like brothers unto mine.
'''Bard:''' And my Men and all their weapons are as one with yours. Together, we shall vanquish the foul foe!
'''All:''' TOGETHER!
'''Bilbo:''' (to himself) Thorin is correct, I simply do not understand war. }}
* [[
* [[Everythings Funkier With Disco]]: 'Goblin Town' and 'Funny Little Things'.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: See [[Thurl Ravenscroft]].
* [[Eye Beams]]: A non-lethal version; Smaug's eyes shine like spotlights, illuminating whatever he's looking at.
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* [[Gold Fever]]: {{spoiler|Smaug's loot after his defeat causes war amongst three differing races, all staking claim to the treasure.}}
** Also Gollum and the ring
* [[
* [[Hobbits]]: ''The'' Hobbit.
* [[I Call It Vera]]: "Now I will give you a name -- and I shall call you ''[[Sword of Plot Advancement|Sting!]]"''
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]
* [[In the Style Of]]: [[Word of God]] is that the look of the film was based on the art of [
* [[Limited Animation]] / [[Special Effects Failure]]: The Battle of the Five Armies as seen from space.
** In the book, the scene cuts from Bilbo being knocked unconscious and missing the rest of the battle, to him waking up. The scene works here as an "and the battle continued for some time" passage, allowing us to pick up where Bilbo regains consciousness, unaware of what's happened or how things ended.
** Also cuts down on the on-screen gore.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Fifteen Birds", a [[What Do You Mean
{{quote|
Bake and toast 'em. Fry and roast 'em 'Till beards blaze, and eyes glaze,
Till hair swells and skins crack, Fat melts and bones black
In cinders lie beneath the sky, '''''SO THE DWARVES SHALL DIE!''''' }}
* [[Made for TV Movie]]
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows|Monobrow]]: Gandalf.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Elrond.
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: When the men of Lake-town and the wood elves both demand a share of the treasure after the death of the dragon Smaug. See [[The Hobbit (
* [[The Musical]]: As with all [[Rankin-Bass]] films...
** But (almost) all the lyrics are from the book.
* [[Musical World Hypothesis]]: The Goblins.
* [[
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: A variation. There's a lot of ''talk'' about death, but to avoid showing blood on-screen for the wee ones, slain foes spin away into [[Hammerspace]] like a sprite in a video game or a burst balloon.
* [[Notable Original Music]]: "Fifteen Birds in Five Fir Trees" and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPkqjc23yqs#t=0m37s "Goblin Town"]
** Most of them were musical adaptations of text-only songs from the book<ref>(which is not to suggest that they aren't thoroughly excellent)</ref>. Some of these songs are at or near [[Ear Worm]] status, [[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUXP8VEXWMs "The Dwarf Song"], mentioned up top.
{{quote|
The heart is bold that looks on gold... And dwarves no more shall suffer wrong.
The King has come into his hall... Under the mountain dark and tall.
The worm of dread is slain and dead, and ever so our foes shall fall! }}
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Smaug
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* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Ring and Sting, after overcoming Gollum and the spiders.
* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]: When Bilbo climbs up the tree for a look.
* [[This Is Madness]]! 14 against 10,000?" [[
* [[Thurl Ravenscroft]]: Provides the bass in "Goblin Town" and "Fifteen Birds", likely pushing those songs [[Nightmare Fuel|over the edge]].
* [[Your Size May Vary]]: Gollum ''(magnified by 1000 [[Nightmare Fuel|in the darkness]])''. See [[media:bilbogollum.jpg|this alternate image, for instance]].
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