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A character sheet in progress for the novel ''[[The Hobbit (Literature)|The Hobbit]]'' by [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]] and [[The Hobbit (Film)|its upcoming movie adaptation]]. Film-only tropes should be marked as such.▼
▲A character sheet in progress for the novel ''[[The Hobbit (
Many of the characters also appear in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', so be sure to check [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)/Characters|that character sheet]] out too. And while we're at it, ''[[The Silmarillion (Literature)|The Silmarillion]]'' is set in the same universe as well, [[The Silmarillion (Literature)/Characters|the character sheet being here.]]▼
▲Many of the characters also appear in ''[[
== ''The Hobbit'' ==▼
Tropes that they have in common:
* [[Badass Beard]]: All of the dwarves, plus Gandalf, possess one of these.
* [[Badass Crew]]: In their own way they're all [[Badass]] when it's needed.
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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: ...but you couldn't always tell it from just watching them.
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See ''[[The Lord of the Rings
* [[Anti-Hero]] > [[The Hero]]
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* [[In the Blood]]
* [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]
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* [[Anti-Hero]]
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* [[The Exile]]: Of the [[Noble Fugitive]] variety.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]: Along with Gimli in ''[[
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To his nephews Fili and Kili.
* [[Pride]]
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
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* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: It's good to be a merry young Dwarf heading for his first grand adventure...
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Blond in the book, dark in the movie.
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Bilbo.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Doomed
* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The Lonely Mountain.
* [[The Lancer]]: To Thorin.
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* [[The Reliable One]]: He's the first dwarf to take Bilbo seriously and later is the only one to stand up for him when he falls out with the other dwarves.
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* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Notably carries two large axes on his back in the movie.
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Balin's blue.
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* [[Doomed
* [[Only in It For
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* [[The Cameo]]: His appearance in ''[[
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: In the movie.
* [[My Girl Back Home]]: He's one of the few married dwarves, though his wife is never named, only implied.
* [[Only in It For
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: In the film, to his son Gimli.
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* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards Ori in the movie, and towards Bilbo in the book.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Strongest of the Dwarves.
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]] / [[Jerk
* [[The Reliable One]]: Dori is often the last person to escape a though situation, and also often the one to risk himself to help out Bilbo.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: In the movie
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* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: In the movie.
* [[Trickster]]: In the movie
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* [[Adorkable]]: In the movie.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: [[The Lord of the Rings
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: He has beautiful handwriting too!
* [[Doomed
* [[Geek Physique]]: Seems to have this in the movie.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: In the movie.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
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* [[Amusing Injuries]]: In the movie, he has a chunk of axe sticking out of his head.
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* [[Working Class Hero]]: In the movie.
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* [[Big, Thin, Short Trio]]: In the movie, he's the short one.
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* [[Working Class Hero]]: In the movie.
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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Bombur exists for fat jokes. However, he's still a sympathetic character.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: His character design in the movie seems to be based on [[Asterix|Obelix]].
* [[Death
* [[Frying Pan of Doom|Soup Ladle of Doom]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]] in the movie.
* [[The Load]]: He's heavy, slow, and complains a lot.
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== Friends... ==
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See his character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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See his character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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* [[Back for
* [[Big Badass Bird of Prey]]: A giant eagle.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[Fanon]]: Contrary to popular belief, it is never stated in the text of ''[[
* [[Giant Flyer]]
* [[No Name Given]]
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Anti-Hero]]
* [[Back for
* [[The Berserker]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Forces information out of a Goblin and a Warg, then kills them.
* [[Jerk
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different|Our Werebears Are Different]]
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]
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* [[Anti-Hero]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: As revealed in ''[[Unfinished
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Always referred to as "the Elvenking". He only gets a name in ''[[
* [[The Fair Folk]]: The king of it.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Jerk
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Ultimately.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Anti-Hero]]
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: ''A bird'' version.
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* [[Talking Animal]]
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Doomed
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]
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* [[Posthumous Character]]
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Him winning the War of Dwarves and Orcs.
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* [[Riches to Rags]]
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]
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* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Doomed Hometown]]: The Lonely Mountain
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* [[Fearless Fool]]: Walks alone into the Orc-infested Moria against advice, gets killed.
* [[Noble Fugitive]]
* [[Off
* [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]
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== ...And Foes ==
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* [[Achilles' Heel]]: The single weak point in his armour.
* [[Affably Evil]]
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* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Baritone]]:
** [[Badass Boast]]
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* [[Compelling Voice]]: Comes with the [[Badass Baritone]] territory
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: "The Quest of Erebor" in ''[[Unfinished
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]
* [[Draconic Demon]]: Smaug is a huge, greedy, sociopathic red dragon who rests upon a hoard of gold and jewels plundered from Dale and Erebor. He's prideful to a fault, and the smallest insult or instance of theft from his hoard is enough to throw him into a murderous rage.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: In the cartoon, in which he is voiced by the very intimidating Richard Boone, and now in the Jackson film, by [[Benedict Cumberbatch]].
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: From the description it comes close to [[Eye Beams]]. ''Literally'' [[Eye Beams]] in the animated 1970s movie.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: They talk for one.
* [[Pride]]
* [[Red Baron]]: Aside from "the Golden" above, Bilbo reels off a whole list of titles for Smaug at one point. The most common is "the Magnificent".▼
* [[Serkis Folk]]: In the movie, to match his and Benedict's facial expressions. From interviews that Benedict's done, it sounds like the motion capture will involve more than just facial expressions, possibly even up to full body suit.
* [[Smug Super]]
▲* [[
* [[Stronger
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'''William''': “Poor little blighter! Let him go!” }}
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* [[All Trolls Are Different]]
* [[Badbutt]]
* [[The Cameo]]: Their petrified forms are stumbled upon by Frodo and company in ''[[
* [[Dumb Muscle]]
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]
* [[Taken for Granite]]
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* [[Adipose Rex]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Our Goblins Are
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* [[
* [[Beneath the Earth]]
* [[Our Goblins Are
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See his character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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* [[Big Badass Wolf]]
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* [[Talking Animal]]
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* [[Giant Spider]]
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* [[Talking Animal]]
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* [[Corrupt Bureaucrat]]: Even when he is helping the heroes he is ultimately after his own selfish interests.
* [[Greed]]: His [[Fatal Flaw]]
* [[Hoist
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* [[Our Goblins Are
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Also see Sauron's character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
* [[Bigger Bad]]
* [[Cryptic Background Reference]]: All that the reader learns of him during the book, and yet he is the link that connects ''[[The Hobbit (
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Mentions of him hint of even greater dangers and older evils than what is seen on-page.
* [[The Ghost]]: In the book. Changed for the movie it would seem.
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* [[The Necrocracy]]: Dol Guldur, his domain.
== Movie
Some of these characters are from [[
==
Also see her character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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Also see his character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: In the movie.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: From ''[[
* [[Cryptic Background Reference]]: In the book, Gandalf only briefly mentions him as an old friend and "cousin" (not literally, as it turns out), with whom Beorn is also acquainted.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: The Id to Saruman's Superego and Gandalf's Ego.
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* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]
* [[Time Abyss]]
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: In ''[[
* [[The Wonka]]: Promises to be one.
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* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[Fair Folk]]
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Also see his character sheet in ''[[The Lord of the Rings
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* [[Ascended Meme]]: Probably wouldn't have got a role at all if it wasn't for the fandom's fondness for [[Fan Nickname|Figwit]].
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: From ''[[
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* [[Canon Foreigner]]
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* [[Canon Immigrant]]: From the Appendixes of ''[[
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