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The Lord of the Rings movies make sure to emphasize how strange the rest of the Hobbits who call the Shire home think Frodo and his buddies are. They also aren’t too happy when Sauron’s forces come knocking on their doors looking for the wielder of the One Ring. Well, it turns out that, at least in the books, a fifth Hobbit is working behind the scenes to ensure that everything goes off without a hitch. They have yet to get their moment to shine on the big screen, but an upcoming movie could set things right.
The Fifth Hobbit Never Gives Up on His Friends
Frodo bites off more than he can chew when he agrees to hold onto his uncle Bilbo’s ring in J.R.R. Tolkien’s book. At first, he doesn’t think much of the piece of jewelry, but Gandalf believes his friend has something very dangerous in his possession and warns him against using it. Gandalf then spends the next several years learning all he can. When he returns to the Shire, he tells Frodo to get out of dodge and head for Rivendell. That may seem easy enough, but there are a lot of loose ends in the Shire for Frodo to deal with. Thankfully, he’s got his friends by his side, including Fatty Bolger, who knows about the One Ring and the mission to destroy it.
Fatty isn’t as brave as his good pals, so he decides to stay behind while they venture on. However, he doesn’t just twiddle his thumbs. For a while, he poses as Frodo, so the residents of the Shire don’t get suspicious about his disappearance. Tolkien also considered having Fatty go into the Old Forest with the rest of the Hobbits, but that part of his story ended up on the cutting-room floor. Peter Jackson and Co. followed suit, only giving Fatty a brief appearance during Bilbo’s farewell party. But that doesn’t have to be the end for Fatty because The Lord of the Rings franchise is about to put him back in his element.
