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Template:Middle-earth portal Bilbo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.
He is the central character in the author's first novel, The Hobbit, and a minor character in its sequel, The Lord of the Rings. He is the first Ring-bearer in the history of Middle-earth to give up the One Ring voluntarily. While Bilbo is the chief protagonist in Tolkien's first published major work of fiction (The Hobbit), Bilbo later takes under his wing (and into his home) the chief protagonist of Tolkien's second published major work (The Lord of the Rings), Frodo Baggins.
Bilbo Baggins is the editor of NME
in dec 2007 bilbo baggings became the editor of music mag NME, mr baggins is very happy now
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According to the Appendices of the Lord of the Rings, Bilbo was born on September 22, 2890 of the Third Age, son of Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took. The Bagginses were sub-aristocratic landowners, quite rich and (until Bilbo's adventures) supremely respectable. In 2941, he joined Gandalf the Grey, Thorin Oakenshield and his 12 Dwarves on the quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the Dragon Smaug. This led to an adventure which takes Bilbo and his companions to Rivendell and through the forest of Mirkwood, eventually reaching Erebor. Here, after the mountain has been reclaimed by Thorin Oakenshield, the Battle of Five Armies takes place.
During his adventures in The Hobbit, Bilbo also found the One Ring, and escaped from Gollum when he won a riddle competition with the question "What have I got in my pocket?" The answer of course being "a ring," which Gollum could not guess. However, during the contest, he also revealed the names of Baggins and The Shire to Gollum. Bilbo was the Ring-bearer for 60 years afterward, with no idea of its significance, and it prolonged his life beyond normal limits. He used the Ring to its fullest ability when the expedition was captured by giant spiders in Mirkwood, and also when Thorin and his companions were imprisoned by the Wood-elves. At the Battle of Five Armies, Bilbo used the Ring to prevent himself getting hurt. However, he was struck by a flying rock, rendering him unconscious and invisible, making it difficult for his companions to find him after the battle. Eventually he regained consciousness and took the Ring off himself.
In 2989, Bilbo adopted Frodo Baggins, the orphaned son of his first cousin Primula Brandybuck and his second cousin Drogo Baggins, and made him his heir. Though Frodo was actually "his first and second cousin once removed either way", the two thought of each other as uncle and nephew.
As time passed, Bilbo mostly used the Ring to hide from his obnoxious cousins, the Sackville-Bagginses, when they came to visit. While the Ring didn't initially corrupt Bilbo as it had its previous owners, it did have some negative effects upon him; over the years, he began to obsess over it, losing sleep and feeling "stretched out and thin", as he said to Gandalf, when he was out of its sight. On the night of his 111th birthday party, the opening event of The Fellowship of the Ring, he reacted with panic and suspicion when Gandalf tried to persuade him to leave behind with Frodo along with his other belongings. The last straw was when Bilbo referred to the Ring as his "precious" — the same name the wretched Gollum had given it — and Gandalf lost his temper with his old friend, putting some sense into him. Bilbo then admitted he would have liked to be rid of it, and left it behind.
In The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo left the Shire on the night of his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, (September 22, 3001), leaving the Ring and all the rest of his estate, including his home, Bag End in Hobbiton, to Frodo. He put on the Ring and vanished from sight at his own birthday party, and was never seen in Hobbiton again. This, coupled with his (for a hobbit) eccentric doings and a flash that Gandalf, in on the joke, set off at the moment of his disappearance, led to him being immortalized in hobbit folklore as "Mad Baggins", who disappeared with a flash and a bang and returned with gold and jewels.
He travelled to Rivendell, accompanied by three Dwarf friends, where he lived a very pleasant life of retirement: eating, sleeping, writing poetry, and working on his memoir, There and Back Again, known to us as The Hobbit. He also wrote a book called Translations from the Elvish, which formed the basis of what is known to us as The Silmarillion.
At the end of The Return of the King, Bilbo accompanied Frodo, Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel to the Grey Havens, there to take ship for Eressea across the sea, on September 29, 3021. He had already celebrated his 131st birthday, becoming the oldest living Hobbit ever in Middle-earth.
The poem "Bilbo's Last Song" was published after Tolkien's death.
Translations
The name "Baggins" has often been changed for translated versions of the books, although most translations keep the bag part of the name.
- In the Slovak he is called Bilbo Bublík (but Bilbo Lazník in the first edition of The Hobbit).
- In the Czech it is Bilbo Pytlík (pytlík = small bag).
- In the Danish translation he is called Bilbo Sækker (sæk = bag).
- In the Estonian translation he is called Bilbo Paunaste (paun = bag). (In the first edition of The Hobbit he kept his original name.)
- In the German translation he is called Bilbo Beutlin (created from Beutel=bag).
- In the French translation he is called Bilbo (or Bilbon) Sacquet (sac = bag).
- In the Fareoese translation he is called Bilbo Pjøkjin
- In the Icelandic translation he is called Bilbó Baggason (Bilbo, son of Baggi, baggi = sack, pack), see Icelandic name. In later translations, Bilbó does not have a patronym but a family name.
- In the Norwegian translation he is called Bilbo Lommelun. (lomme = pocket)
- In most of the Finnish translations he is called Bilbo Reppuli (reppu = backpack). In Risto Pitkänen's early Finnish translation of The Hobbit (1973) he is called Kalpa Kassinen (kalpa = sword, kassi = bag)
- In the Dutch version he is called Bilbo Balings. (baal = bag)
- In the Catalan version he is called Bilbo Saquet.
- In the Brazilian Portuguese translation he is called Bilbo Bolseiro (but Bilbo Bolsin in the first edition of The Hobbit).
- In the Spanish translation he is called Bilbo Bolsón. (bolso = handbag)
- In the Hungarian translation he is called Zsákos Bilbó. (zsák = bag)
- In one of three Polish translations of The Lord of the Rings he is called Bilbo Bagosz. In the other two translations and in The Hobbit he keeps his original name.
- In Åke Ohlmarks' 1959-1961 Swedish translation he is called Bilbo Bagger (bagge = male sheep). In Erik Andersson's 2004-2005 translation he is more appropriately called Bilbo Secker (säck = sack/bag).
- In the Russian translation he is also called Торбинс or Сумкинс (торба, сумка = handbag).
- In the Ukrainian translation he is called Торбинс, Торбінз) or Злоткінс. (торба = handbag).
- In the Slovene it is Bilbo Bogataj (bogat = rich)
- In the Bulgarian translation he is called Билбо Торбинс (торба = bag).
- In the Mewari translation he is called Bilbo Thelo (Thelo = bag).
Going by the conceit that Tolkien's books were translated from the Red Book of Westmarch, his true name in Westron was Bilba Labingi. Labingi is related to the Westron laban, bag.
Portrayals in adaptations
In the 1966 BBC Radio serialization of The Hobbit, Bilbo was played by Paul Daneman.
In the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Hobbit, Bilbo was voiced by Orson Bean. Bean also voiced both the aged Bilbo and Frodo in the same company's 1980 adaptation of The Return of the King.
In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo was voiced by Norman Bird. Billy Barty was the model for Bilbo, as well as Frodo and Sam, in the live-action recordings Bakshi used for rotoscoping.
In the BBC's 1981 radio serialization of The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo is played by John Le Mesurier.
In the Peter Jackson films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Bilbo is played by Ian Holm, who had played Frodo in the BBC radio series 20 years earlier.
Family tree
Balbo Baggins
= Berylla Boffin
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Mungo Pansy Ponto Largo Lily
= Laura Grubb = Fastolph Bolger = Mimosa Bunce = Tanta Hornblower = Togo Goodbody
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Bungo Belba Longo Linda Bingo Fosco
= Belladonna = Rudigar = Camellia = Bodo = Chica = Ruby Bolger
Took Bolger Sackville Proudfoot Chubb |___________________
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Bilbo Otho Sackville-Baggins Falco Dora Drogo Dudo
= Lobelia Bracegirdle Chubb- = Primula = Tulip
| Baggins Brandybuck Longhole
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Lotho Poppy Frodo Daisy
= Filibert Bolger = Griffo Boffin
Appearances in popular culture
In 1968, Leonard Nimoy released a record, "The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy," which contained the song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins."
In 2006, The TV Show Class of 3000 came out. In one episode the class is looking for Sunny's home. While looking in a deep forest the main character Li'l D bumps into an invisible thing which turns out to be Bilbo Baggins with the stolen ring from Gollum on. Philly Phil acknowledges him, but no one listens. There were also other mentions of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in the episode.
In the episode of the TV show The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, one of the many crossed out spellings of a new student's name (Bolbi) was Bilbo, an apparent reference to Bilbo Baggins.
In an episode of Mind of Mencia in which the main character plays an Indian electronic store clerk, right before he badmouths a nerd, he says "Oh Mighty Krishna, please look the other way while I verbally kick Bilbo in the Baggins."
References
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (1954a). The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. "A Long-expected Party". OCLC 9552942.
- The Fellowship of the Ring, book I, Chapter 2: "The Shadow of the Past".
External links
- Template:Imdb character
- For an alternate, fuller, version of Bilbo's family tree see Rodovid Engine.
- A brief character study of Bilbo Baggins
