31 Lord of the Rings Memes for Tolkien Fans Whose Love of the Halflings Leaf Had Clearly Clouded Their Judgment

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John Summers • Contributor
May 17, 2025 9:00 PM EDT

Just imagine for a second that you're J.R.R. Tolkien's publisher. The guy walks into your office one day with The Hobbit—a delightful, 304-page children's book about a small, fuzzy-footed creature who goes on a whimsical adventure, fights a dragon, and learns some life lessons along the way. It's a hit! Kids love it, parents love it, bookstores can't keep it on the shelves. Naturally, you ask him to write another one—something light, fun, and easy to sell.

Seventeen years later, Tolkien comes back, drops a 1147-page trilogy on your desk, and says, "Here you go." You flip through it—large-scale battles, corrupt dynasties, cursed rings, tragic heroes, and a desperate journey where the main character slowly loses all hope and happiness. Uh… what? You were thinking maybe Bilbo fights another goblin or something, and instead, you get the most intricate fantasy epic ever written.

And that's how we got The Lord of the Rings, the greatest accidental sequel of all time. Whether you're a die-hard Tolkien fan or just in it for the memes, these 31 Lord of the Rings memes perfectly capture the absurdity, brilliance, and lasting legacy of Middle-earth.

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    I cannot allow you before Théoden King so armed
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    Another great actor who wasted his life on drugs and alcohol.
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    The power of Isengard is at your command, Sauron, Lord of the Earth. New phone who dis
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    Where the f are we, Gandalf? 37th Realm This is the route our parents took to school!
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    After all... why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?
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    When people think of the greatest chokes of all time never forget that Legolas blew a 19-2 lead at Helms Deep 42? Oh, that's not bad for a pointy-eared Evlish princeling I myself am sitting pretty on 43
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    Twist it Turn it DESTROY IT MIM w Isildur ! No
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    imgllip.com I LOVE TAKING LONG WALKS "TRY TO IMPRESS HER" "TRY TO IMPRESS HER" "TRY TO IMPRESS HER™ ONCE I WALKED UP TO MORDOR
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    When the instructor continues the lecture after the class is supposed to end Release us
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    Destroy it! No Sam
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    RULES THE ENTIRE GALAXY FOR 30 YEARS ALMOST CONQUERS ENTIRE WORLD TWICE TRIES TO TAKE OVER A HIGH SCHOOL AND FAILS
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    Find Potter and bring him to Narnia. The Deathstar is ready for our war against the Time Lords. I am Groot.
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    COME AT ME BRO I AM NO BRO
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    "Gondor calls for aid! "My thoughts and prayers are with Gondor. Sending positive energy their way." Theoden has added a temporary profile picture
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    We must do the dishes But we HATES it!
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    WHO WOULD WIN? 4000 YEAR OLD WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR imgfup.com A GIRLY BOI
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    Mr.Potter, why are you late for class? A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to. That's my boy!
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    You have my sword! And my bow! And my axe! Let's go Sam!
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    WHAT ABOUT SECOND BREAKFAST? THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND NOW THERE ARE TWO OF THEM!
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    I WILL DO IT \*•q[ཚv » I WILL TAKE THE GIG TO MORDOR YOU HAVE MY CHORD AND MY BOW AND MY SAX!
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    TRIES TO KILL HIM FORGIVES HIM THINKS HE ATE BREAD FION OFF SAM
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    Breakfast Second Breakfast
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    - It is not our fight - Are we not part of this world? No, we are not even in the book!
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    When you finally get yourself to work on that project, only to realise that you grossly underestimated how much work it is.
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    When you get fewer Christmas presents because you're not a little kid anymore. imgflip.com IS THIS IT?
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    Don't send me away, I just want to help! Seen 9:18am
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    WHO WOULD WIN? SARUMAN THE WHITE ONE LIL STABBY BOI
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    imgflip.com THE RIDE OF THE ROHIRRIM
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    WHO WOULD WIN? 3000 YEARS OLD ELF PRINCE WITH ELITE MARKSMAN SKILLS ONE URUK BOI imgilp.com
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    being noticed by hims
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    When your boy who died at the pre game shows up at the club AM
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