- "No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees."
- —Pippin[3]
Peregrin Took, more commonly known as Pippin, was a hobbit of the the Shire, and one of Frodo Baggins' youngest and closest friends. He was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring and, after the War of the Ring, became the thirty-second Shire-thain.
Biography
Pippin was born to Paladin II Took and Eglantine Banks on the spring of TA 2990 (SR 1390). He was the youngest of four children and had three older sisters, Pearl, Pimpernel, and Pervinca. His father's sister, Esmeralda Took, was the mother of Meriadoc Brandybuck, thus making Pippin and Merry first cousins.[4]
Through his father, Pippin was the second-cousin once-removed of Frodo Baggins, and the first-cousin twice-removed of Bilbo.[4]
Billy Boyd portrays Peregrin in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
War of the Ring
Fellowship of the Ring
While on their way to Buckland, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Peregrin Took encountered a Black Rider, who was warded off by the presence of a company of Elves, led by Gildor Inglorion.[5] Meriadoc Brandybuck later joined them once they reached Buckland. They were waylaid by Old Man Willow in the Old Forest,[6] and Tom Bombadil rescued them and took them into his house.[7] On the way to Bree, Pippin was caught up with the Barrow-wights on the Barrow-downs. After the encounter, Pippin acquired a Dagger of Westernesse.[8] In The Prancing Pony, Frodo accidentally slipped the One Ring upon his finger, drawing the attention of the Black Riders.[9] Their group met a Ranger of the North, Strider. The inn was attacked by the Nazgûl at night, and the four hobbits were successfully led away by Strider, whose real name was Aragorn.[10] Aragorn led them to Weathertop, where the group was once again attacked by the Black Riders.[11] In haste to get an injured Frodo to Rivendell, the Elf-lord Glorfindel arrived and guided them.[12] After the Council of Elrond, Pippin and Merry were allowed by Elrond to join the Fellowship of the Ring.[13] In Moria, Pippin thoughtlessly dropped a stone down a well, which roused goblins in various caverns and revealed the Fellowship's presence to them. It incurred Gandalf's wrath, and he called Pippin a "fool of a Took". The battle of the Chamber of Mazarbul followed.[14]
Pippin and Merry in Fangorn Forest, by Raoul Vitale
Capture by the Uruk-hai
In the Skirmish at Amon Hen, Pippin and Merry were protected by Boromir, who was killed in the process. The two hobbits were taken away by the Uruk-hai, mistaking them to be the Ring-bearer.[15] On their way to Isengard, Pippin dropped the Elven-brooch he received from Lothlórien, as a sign for Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli, who were in pursuit. When a company of the Rohirrim ambushed the Uruk-hai,[16] Pippin and Merry were able to escape into Fangorn Forest, where they meet the Ent Treebeard. They both drank Ent-draughts during their time in Fangorn, which increased their heights substantially.[17] Pippin and Merry eventually befriended Treebeard and told him what had happened to them. After the Entmoot, the Ents decided to march against Isengard.[18] Pippin and Merry were reunited with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf after Isengard's destruction.[19]
Guard of the Citadel
In Orthanc, Pippin picked up Saruman's palantír, which Gríma Wormtongue threw. As he looked into the stone, Pippin had a first-hand encounter with Sauron himself, leading the Dark Lord to assume Pippin was the Ring-bearer. Gandalf and Pippin then rode on Shadowfax to Gondor, for the latter's protection from Sauron's forces.[20] Pippin met Denethor II, the Ruling Steward of Gondor and Boromir's father. In recompense for Boromir's death, Pippin pledged his allegiance to Denethor and became a Guard of the Citadel.[21]
Pippin wearing the Citadel Guard livery in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
While in Minas Tirith, Pippin befriended Beregond, a fellow Guard of the Citadel, his son Bergil, and Faramir, Boromir's younger brother. During the Siege of Gondor, Pippin witnessed Denethor preparing a pyre in the Hallows for himself and an unconscious Faramir. Pippin quickly went out in search for Gandalf, with whom he was able to save Faramir from being burned to death. Denethor, however, burned to death in the pyre he had made.[22]
Last days of the war
Pippin was among the army of the West, which was led by Aragorn. They assaulted the Black Gate to divert the attention of Sauron and give Frodo enough time to destroy the Ring. In the Battle of the Black Gate, Pippin managed to kill one of the Olog-hai, a troll-race bred by Sauron, the first hobbit ever to do so. He was knocked unconscious when the troll fell on him. Gimli later recognized the Hobbit feet under the Troll and brought him to the healers, saving his life.[23] After his coronation, King Elessar knighted him and granted him and his fellow hobbits leave to return home, as well as leave to return to Gondor whenever they liked. Later, he, Merry, Frodo, and Sam were instrumental in overthrowing the small remainder of Saruman's forces during the Scouring of the Shire.[24]
After the war
In the year FO 6 of the Fourth Age Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, when she was 32 and he himself was 37. They had one son, Faramir Took, who later married Samwise Gamgee's daughter Goldilocks Gardner.[25] In the year FO 13, Pippin became the 32nd Shire-thain, a position he held for fifty years before renouncing it in FO 63, when he revisited Rohan and Gondor with Merry. He remained in Gondor for the rest of his life.[25] Pippin died some time after the year FO 63 and was laid to rest with Merry in Gondor. After the great King Elessar died in FO 120, Merry and Pippin were entombed next to him.
Etymology
J.R.R. Tolkien derived the name Peregrin from the Latin word peregrinus ("pilgrim").[26]
Razanur Tûk was the Westron of Peregrin, from raza ("stranger") and razan ("foreign"). It was a name of a legendary traveller.[27]
Titles
- Thain Peregrin - Pippin's title when he became Shire-thain[4]
- Ernil i Pheriannath - Sindarin for "Prince of the Halflings"; given to Pippin by the people of Minas Tirith[21]
- Guard of the Citadel - Given to him by Denethor II, Ruling Steward of Gondor
- Knight of Gondor - Given by King Aragorn II Elessar[28]
- Counsellor of the North-kingdom - Granted to him when he became Thain of the Shire[29]
Character
The hair on his head and feet (which were exceptionally hairy even for a Hobbit) was curly and almost golden. At the beginning of Quest of the Ring, he was smaller than the rest of the Hobbits because he was the youngest. But after he and Merry drank the draught from Treebeard, they became some of the tallest hobbits in history, towering at over four and a half feet. It was said he should stop growing as hats would become very expensive. In The Fellowship of the Ring, he was a worthy accomplice to Merry's plans, although he showed his age as well; he was a cheerful if not a sometimes thoughtless Hobbit, and seemingly had a knack for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time, but throughout The Lord of the Rings he becomes increasingly mature and courageous.
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"..but what about second breakfast?"
Weapons
Pippin, like Merry, used a sword of Westernesse he obtained from the Barrow-downs. After he slew a troll with it at the Battle of the Black Gate he later referred to as a "troll's bane."
In adaptations
In Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings
Peregrin Took (1978)
Dominic Guard voiced Meriadoc, in Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings (1978 film).
In Rankin/Bass's Return of the King
Peregrin Took (1980)
Sonny Melendrez voiced the character of Pippin in Rankin/Bass's 1980 animated short of The Return of the King.
In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Pippin is portrayed by Billy Boyd, the oldest of the actors portraying the four protagonist Hobbits (Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, is the youngest). Pippin's foolish acts serve as comedic relief. Generally weaker than the rest, he matures and overcomes his foolishness in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
In the films, Pippin loses his sword given by Aragorn at Weathertop, and later receives a short sword of Gondor, and the helmet and livery of the Citadel Guard.
Voice dubbing actors
| Foreign Language | Voice dubbing artist |
| Spanish (Latin America) | José Joel |
| Spanish (Spain) | Hernán Fernández |
| Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD) | Silvio Giraldi |
| Italian (Italy) | Corrado Conforti |
| Hungarian | László Lippai |
| French (France) | Pierre Tessier |
| Czech (Czech Republic) | Matěj Hádek |
| Slovak | Štefan Richtárech (FOTR)
Dušan Cinkota (TTT, ROTK) |
| Japanese | Masaki Iizumi |
| German | Stefan Krause |
| Turkish | Yekta Kopan |
Wētā Workshop Miniature of Pippin by Mauro Santini
In radio
- Basil Jones voiced the character in the 1955 BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
- Mac McCaddon voiced the character in the 1979 radio series of The Lord of the Rings.
- John McAndrew voiced the character in the 1981 BBC Radio serial of The Lord of the Rings.
- Rufus Beck voiced the character in the 1991-1992 German radio serial adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.[30]
- Robert Roth voiced the character in the 2001-2003 three-season Slovak radio serial adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.[31]
In video games
- In the 1994 SNES game J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Volume 1, Pippin will join your party once you defeat enough wolves north of Hobbiton.
- In the The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game, Pippin's basic speed attack is by far the strongest in the game. He uses throwing knives instead of rocks.
- In The Lord of the Rings Online, the player catches up with Pippin at several points in his journey: in Rivendell, at Cerin Amroth in Lothlorien, at the ruins of Isengard, and in Minas Tirith. The adventures of Merry and Pippin from after being captured by the Uruks up to the destruction of Isengard by the Ents are related in a series of Session Plays. After the destruction of the Ring but before the departure of the Fellowship from Minas Tirith, Merry and Pippin become involved in additional adventures in Gondor and Mordor.
Trivia
- He has been determined by some fans to be a member of the ESFP personality type.[32]
- Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter), an English musician and songwriter, took Pippin's name.
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Translations
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ጰረግሪን ጦኦክ |
| Arabic | بيريجرين "بيبن" توك |
| Armenian | Պերեգրին "Պիպինին" Տօկ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Перэгрын "Пі́пін" Тук |
| Bengali | পেরেগ্রিন "পিপিন" টুক |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Перегрин "Пипин" Тук |
| Catalan | Peregrín Tuc |
| Chinese (China) | 皮平 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 皮聘·圖克 "皮聘" |
| Czech | Peregrin "Pipin" Bral |
| Danish | Peregrin "Pippin" Toker |
| Dutch | Peregrijn "Pepijn" Toek |
| Estonian | Peregrin Tukk |
| Finnish | Peregrin Tuk |
| French | Peregrïn "Pippin" Touque (First translation)
Peregrin "Pippin" Touc (Second translation) |
| Galician | Peregrin Tuc |
| German | Peregrin "Pippin" Tuk |
| Georgian | პერეგრინ „პიპინ“ ტუკი |
| Greek | Πέρεγκριν "Πιπίν" Τουκ |
| Gujarati | પેરેગ્રિન "પીપીન" ટૉક્ |
| Hebrew | פרגרין "פיפין" טוק |
| Hindi | पेरेग्रिन "पिप्पिन" तोओक् |
| Hungarian | Tuk Peregrin "Pippin" |
| Italian | Peregrino "Pipino" Tuc |
| Japanese | ペレグリン・トゥック "ピピン" |
| Kannada | ಪೆರೆಗ್ರಿನ್ "ಪಿಪ್ಪಿನ್" ಟುಕ್ |
| Kazakh | Перегрін Тоок (Cyrillic) Peregrin Took (Latin) |
| Korean | 툭 집안 페레그린 |
| Kurdish | Peregrîn "Pîppîn" Tûk (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Пэрэгрин Тоок |
| Latin | Peregrinus Tuuc |
| Lithuanian | Peregrinas "Pipinas" Tukas |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Перегрин Тоок |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Перегрин "Пиппин" Түк |
| Nepalese | पेरेग्रिन "पिप्पिनले" टुक |
| Norwegian | Peregrin "Pippin" Tók |
| Pashto | پېرېګرین تووک |
| Persian | پرهگرین (پیپین) توک |
| Polish | Peregrin "Pippin" Tuk (Skibniewska tr.) |
| Portuguese | Peregrin "Pippin" Tûk (Brazil)
Peregrino "Pippin" Took (Portugal) |
| Russian | Перегрин "Пиппин" Тук |
| Sanskrit | पेरेग्रिन् तोओक् |
| Serbian | Перегрин "Пипин" Тук (Cyrillic) Peregrin "Pipin" Tuk (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | පෙරෙග්රින් තෝක් |
| Slovak | Peregrin "Pipin" Bral |
| Slovenian | Peregrin Tuk |
| Spanish (Spain and Latin America) | Peregrin "Pippin" Tuk |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Перегрин Тоок |
| Tamil | பெரெக்ரிந் தோக் |
| Telugu | ప్ఎరెగ్రిన టోక్ |
| Thai | เปเรกริน "ปิ๊ปปิ้น" ตุ๊ก |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Перегрін "Піппін" Тук |
| Urdu | (پیپن) پیریگرین ٹوک |
| Uzbek | Перегрин Тоок (Cyrillic) Peregrin Oldi (Latin) |
| Yiddish | פּערעגרין תּאָאָק |
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| Preceded by Paladin II Took |
Peregrin Took | Succeeded by Faramir Took |
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References
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. IX: Sauron Defeated, Part One: The End of the Third Age, XI: "The Epilogue"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter: "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. III: "Three is Company"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. VI: "The Old Forest"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. VII: "In the House of Tom Bombadil"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. VIII: "Fog on the Barrow-downs"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. IX: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. X: "Strider"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. XI: "A Knife in the Dark"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Ch. XII: "Flight to the Ford"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. II: "The Council of Elrond"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. IV: "A Journey in the Dark"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. X: "The Breaking of the Fellowship"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. III: "The Uruk-hai"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. IV: "Treebeard"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. VII: "Helm's Deep"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. VIII: "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. XI: "The Palantír"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. I: "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. X: "The Black Gate Opens"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Chief Days from the Fall of Barad-dûr to the End of the Third Age"
- ↑ An Introduction to Elvish, The Giving of Names
- ↑ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth, II: "The Appendix on Languages"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VI: "Many Partings"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "Later Events concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
- ↑ Der Herr der Ringe (hörspiel). (German: "The Lord of the Rings (radio play)". Ardapedia.org (German-language wiki of Tolkien's Legendarium). Retrieved/cited 30 May 2021.
- ↑ Pán prsteňov. (Slovak: "The Lord of the Rings) Slovak 2001-2003 radio play. Tolkien Gateway.net (English-language wiki of Tolkien's Legendarium). Retrieved/cited 30 May 2021.
- ↑ https://www.personalityclub.com/blog/lord-of-the-rings-personality-chart/