31 Hilarious Lord of the Rings Memes with Extra Monty Python Shenanigans

John Summers • Contributor

Feb 26, 2025 11:00 PM EST

There's something about Lord of the Rings fans and Monty Python fans that just… overlaps. I can't quite explain it, but I know it's true. On the surface, these two legendary franchises couldn't be more different. One is an epic fantasy wrestling with the deepest themes of life, death, power, and destiny, while the other is a bunch of absurdist Brits making the silliest jokes known to humanity. And yet, if you put a room full of Lord of the Rings fans together, I guarantee that at least half of them could recite the entire Dead Parrot sketch from memory.

Maybe it's the love of British storytelling? Maybe it's that both franchises are deeply quotable? Or maybe, deep down, every Lord of the Rings fan secretly wishes the Council of Elrond scene ended with Aragorn saying, "Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who." Whatever the reason, the overlap is undeniable.

So today, we celebrate both worlds—one full of Knights on horses, the other full of knights who say Ni!—with 31 Lord of the Rings memes that come with an extra dose of Monty Python goodness. Keep an eye out, because somewhere in this list, there's probably a Balrog insisting "'Tis but a scratch!"