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=== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ===
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' does this to me on a semi-regular basis, but the one that I realized this morning is so simple that it should have struck me years ago: nine members of the fellowship, nine black riders, nine rings... and nine fingers on Frodo's hands when he finishes his journey. In the end, ''everything'' bows to symbolism.
** Sauron also has nine fingers after the one with the ring gets cut off.
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* The alarm call that rouses the Shire when the Black Riders attack in the first book: FEAR! FIRE! FOES! Or, to put it another way, [[Jack and the Beanstalk|Fe fi fo!]]
=== [[Fridge Horror]] ===
* Aragorn's son is half-elven; so his childhood will be roughly 60-70 years long. He grows up in Gondor, so, all of his friends will grow old and die before he even reaches adulthood.
** Where is it ever indicated that Elven children take longer to reach adulthood?
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Saruman: "Until you reveal to me where the One may be found. I may find means to persuade you". }}
Of course, you may, Saruman. Of course, you may. The White Wizard just loves him some good old torture.
* [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] would not have been familiar with the idea because he served in a comparatively civilized (yes, mud, shells, trench-foot and all) war between organized states but the orcs who were kidnapped from elves and tortured into being orcs are almost an exact prediction of Third World [[Child Soldiers]] today.
=== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ===
* In ''The Two Towers'', there's a scene where Saruman is preparing explosives. Wormtongue is curious (he's never heard of explosives before), and leans over, and Saruman looks at him funny. I always thought Saruman was implying "You're an idiot for not knowing what explosives are." But then I realized that Wormtongue is holding a candle, and if he had leaned just a little bit father over it would've ''really'' changed the plot of the movie. =)
** That scene was a reference to [[Evil Dead|Army of Darkness]], which has a nearly identical scene with Ash mixing gunpowder and stopping someone from bringing a candle too close to it.
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** Well, except for Sam. He carried/wore it while Frodo was being held prisoner in the tower.
* There's european folklore explaining you have to kill a wizard three times to keep him dead. Interestingly, Saruman in the movie is stabbed with a knife, falls from a great height, and impaled on a spike. Naturally, an actor famous for playing Dracula gets impaled right in the chest...
=== [[Fridge Logic]] ===
* In the Extended version scene in the Paths of the Dead, there are a ''lot'' more skulls buried there than actual ghosts. Where did they all come from?
** The people who were brave/foolish enough to attempt to travel the Paths of the Dead without having the authority to command the dead.
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