The Lord of the Rings (film)/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Robe and Wizard Hat]]: One of the most memorable.

* [[The Strategist]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Staff and Sword.

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: [[Trope Namer]]

* [[Bishounen]]: In the movie, oh so '''very''' much.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: In the Peter Jackson film.

* [[Elves vs. Dwarves]]: Averted, eventually.

* [[The Fair Folk]]

* [[Battle Cry]]

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]

* [[Foil]]: To Denethor. Where Denethor went mad from grief from Boromir's death, Theoden managed to pull himself out of his despair and find the courage to save the day. He's also a lot more noble than the more devious Denethor.

* [[He's Back]]

** [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]: She literally broke her arm in the struggle, but she also nearly died from contact with the Witch King.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]

* [[Go Through Me]]

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Loving a Shadow]]: Aragorn's response to her is the [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Sanity Slippage]]

* [[Self-Immolation]]

* [[24-Hour Armor]]: Seen as a symbol of his stubbornness and pride, but also redeeming values thereof.

 

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: She gives up her immortality to stay with Aragorn, but it's indicated that he eventually dies, and she follows him not long afterward.

* [[Composite Character]]: Takes over Glorfindel's role as the Elf who takes Frodo to Rivendell, and some aspects of Luthien.

* [[Heroic Lineage]]

* [[Hero's Muse]]: She functions in this role for Aragorn: the driving force behind his striving to regain his crown is his love for Arwen and the fact that he can only marry her once he is king.

* [[Good Counterpart]]

* [[The Lady's Favour]]: Three [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|golden hairs]] from her head. Which is more than [[Ubermensch|Feanor]] got, [[Take That|incidentally]]...

* [[Large Ham]]: "You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this... {{spoiler|In place of a dark lord you would have a QUEEN! NOT DARK, BUT BEAUTIFUL, AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN! TREACHEROUS AS THE SEA! STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH! ALL SHALL LOVE ME, AND DESPAIR!"}}

* [[Leave Your Quest Test]]

* [[Sanity Slippage]]

* [[Serkis Folk]]: [[Trope Codifier]] (in the Jackson-films)

* [[Split Personality]]

* [[Starring Special Effects]]

* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]

* [[Trademark Favourite Food]]: Fisssh.

* [[Tragic Villain]]

* [[Heroic Neutral]]

* [[Hidden Depths]]

* [[Plant Person]]

* [[Time Abyss]]: Perhaps the third-oldest physical creature ([[Our Angels Are Different|Maiar]] don't count) in Middle-Earth. Cirdan, having awoken with the first generation of Elves at Cuivienen way back in the [[The Time of Myths|Years of the Trees]], is older still, and Tom Bombadil is older than the world.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: "Sauron" is Quenya for "abomination". His less-often-seen Sindarin name, Gorthaur, means "terrible dread".

* [[Obviously Evil]]

* [[Out-Gambitted]]: He Out Gambits everyone, and then is in turn [[Out-Gambitted]] by Gandalf. See [[Unwitting Pawn]] below.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Red Eye Take Warning]]

* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: Wearing the Ring makes you invisible in the normal world, but you become visible in the Wraith-World, where you can be seen by Sauron and his Ringwraiths.

* [[Lust Object]]

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]

* [[Ring of Power]]: THE Ring of Power.

* [[Soul Jar]]

 

== Saruman ([[Christopher Lee]]) ==

* [[Compelling Voice]]: Especially when played by [[Christopher Lee]].

** [[Most Wonderful Sound]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Gandalf. He even says that he is what Saruman should have been.

* [[Evil Old Folks]]

* [[Prophecy Twist]]

* [[The Undead]]

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Sunlight, fire, non-men.

* [[Was Once a Man]]

* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: Pretty much his whole "negotiation" with Gandalf.

* [[Mouth of Sauron]]: [[Trope Namer]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]

* [[Slasher Smile]]

** The book emphasizes that unlike dragons, Shelob has no weak spots save for her eyes. Sam is only able to pierce her skin and tissue because she unwittingly slams on his blade with her own, massive strength.

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Like her mother, she weaves webs of unlight that are perceptible to the Hobbits.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: In spider-form, but an abomination nonetheless.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Sam stabs her in one eye with Sting during their fight.

* [[The Voiceless]]: The fact that she was able to work out a deal with Gollum implies she ''can'' speak, but she never does during her appearance in the text.

** Or just that she understands speech, and relented her attack when Gollum begged for his life and promised to bring her tasty things to eat.

 

== The Balrog ==

* [[Large and In Charge]]: Much larger than the orcs and trolls in Moria, and they seem to be almost as afraid of him as the Fellowship is. In the [[Peter Jackson]] films, Durin's Bane is nearly twenty feet tall.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: A lot of the people will remember the scene where Gandalf sacrifices himself in order to save the Fellowship from the beast.

** And [[Casting a Shadow|shadow]].

* [[Rasputinian Death]]: Falls down a deep pit along with Gandalf, as they try to stab one another as they plummet down to the bottom. Once they land, they are immediately submerged, carried down the stream presumably, until they reached the base of a mountain, climb the [[Endless Corridor|Endless Stair]] to the peak of Celebdil, where they fought until Gandalf manages to pierce its heart, causing it to fall down to its death.