32 Lord of the Rings Memes from the Depths of Middle-Earth (September 21, 2024)

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John Summers • Contributor
Sep 21, 2024 9:00 PM EDT

You want to know how long Lord of the Rings memes have been popular? Well, you might think they started with the rise of social media, when people began posting and sharing memes on their timelines, but it actually began much earlier. We're talking while the movies were still in theaters. Return of the King came out in December 2003, and by January 2004, we already had our first big meme template that had caught the attention of most internet users—"One does not simply." This was quickly followed by the immortal "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard" and "You have no power here." These memes became wildly popular while the third movie was still showing in theaters.

Fast forward 20 years, and Lord of the Rings memes are still going strong, just like the films themselves. Both have proven to be timeless classics. It amazes me how, after so much time, people still find endless ways to use moments from those movies to generate funny, relatable memes.

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  • 01
    I don't know how long they tortured him. But amidst the stifled laughter and inane babble, they discerned two words...
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  • 02
    "The world of men will fall." "Wait, is that the Rohirrim Meme by Claire dat Saurian "I gotta see this."
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  • 03
    Remember the boys made us watch that movie about gay guys on the mountain? Lord of the Rings. - Yeah.
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  • 04
    Merry, do you think they'll come rescue us? I mean we are only a few hundred metres away. Don't worry Pippin, if I know Aragorn, he won't waste any time. *Singing intensifies"
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    Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. What, Gandalf? See what? THIRD breakfast. The ShireDweller
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    Denethor II July 22 at 6:31pm. Awesome battle. Once again we kept the forces of Mordor at bay. Here's my son Boromir and one of his friends. LL Like Comment Share
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  • 08
    Therapist: Doll Pippin isn't real he can't hurt you. Doll Pippin
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  • 09
    rohirrimofthenorth jrr tolkien: i really love my wife. i will make her into a beautiful, unearthly half-angel princess who beat satan almost single-handedly and won an argument with the keeper of the halls of the dead jrr tolkien: i really love my best friend. i will make him into a grumpy old tree who never gets to the point triss19 If this isn't the best example of the difference between the relationship you should have with your wife and your best friend I don't know what is.
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    JEFFP @thatjeffp27. Jun 4 I like 'Lord of the Rings', but I don't find the characters relatable. 17 17 39 400 Sususuzy @sususuzy • Jun 4 how about when bilbo uses themost powerful object in the world to yeet from his own birthday party and escape his family? 453 17567 ... ... 4.1K ↑ JEFFP @thatjeffp27-Jun 4 I don't know whether to delete my tweet, or just delete my account. 16 17 63 2.8K ↑
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    When you're having dinner with your girlfriend's family and she asks, "can you pass the salt, daddy?" and you and her father both reach for the salt 753
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  • 12
    Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid! And Titanic will answer
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  • 13
    When you just want to play dress up with your friends but your mom says your gotta walk the dog
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    Where was Gondor when the WestFold fell?!. where was gonder when # 3: Images Videos Reddit Meme Where was Gondor when Westfold fell? Gondor was defending the passes of Anduin the Great at Cair Andros and Osgiliath and was in no possition to offer military aid to the west of Rohan
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    Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van. On through the dark night they rode, ever slower as the d and their man 1:1 Why didn't we just drive the van to Mordor?
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  • 16
    Don't claim to be from the 90s if you don't know this boy band.
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  • 17
    Tolkien if he saw the length of the movies. (extended, of course): 11 hours and 26 minutes. Less than half of what I'd hoped for.
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  • 18
    Frodo: All right, we put it away. We keep it hidden. We never speak of it again. No one knows it's here, do they? Do they Gandalf:
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    The worst possible Lord of the Rings cast Frodo Sam Gandalf Pippin Merry Aragorn Legolas Gimli Boromir Gollum RD Arwen C Elrond Galadriel Theoden Saruman
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    For Frodo You can do it Aragorn
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  • 21
    Whiterun Guard: Ugh. Your breath is foul. What've you been eating? LORD RINGS ShiReposting
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  • 22
    A DAY MAY COME WHEN MEN DON'T UNDERSTAND A MEME WITHOUT BOTTOM TEXT
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  • 23
    [Speaking Elvish] These men look ready for battle. I believe we can win this fight. I don't wanna die. Then I shall die as one of them! Wait, I never sai.. That one hurt. And the man on my left isn't that overweight! Typical That's elf twat. just Why would he say that? mean. You cruel elf. Even Grima was better than this.
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  • 24
    When you haven't seen your bro in a while but you hang out again and it's exactly the same
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  • 25
    Cast it into the batter! Fry it! No.
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  • 26
    Anyone: says the word "potatoes" in public LOTR fans: I shouldn't.
    via u/Same-OldMantra
  • 27
    Celebrimbor in Shadow of Mordor Celebrimbor in Rings of Power
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  • 28
    The rest of the world when they see frogs They are not for eating! The French when they see frogs What about their legs? They don't need those.
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  • 29
    "It takes a looong time to say anything when you're a cold Ent”
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  • 30
    WHEN I ASK MY JACKED FRIEND HOW HE STAYS FIT AND HE SAYS "DIET, SLEEP AND EXERCISE." All right, then. Keep your secrets.
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  • 31
    Frodo: Gandalf: There's nothing. Wait...
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  • 32
    SHIREFOLK I hold your oath fulfilled. Go, be at peace6 Wait what
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