In addition to the Figwit nickname, people have also called him “Melpomaen”, the Elvish word-to-word and very loose translation from Fig (Melpo) and Wit (Maen). The character of Figwit also inspired a number of Lord of the Rings-related fan merchandise, such as trading cards, action figures and even a lego figurine. In 2004, a documentary about the phenomenon titled "Frodo Is Great… Who Is That?!!" was released with footage of Bret McKenzie and his bandmate Jermaine Clement meeting his fans at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as well as interview clips with the director Peter Jackson and other cast members from the trilogy. The Figwit fandom continued to grow as more fans of Lord of the Rings saga began noticing the handsome, dark-haired elf and a similar fan site Fans of Figwit was launched that same year. The article also noted that a Google search query for "Figwit" yielded more than 1,310 results, including other chatrooms and fan sites like "The Adventures of Figwit" and "The Secret Diary of Figwit." The story was also picked up by the UK daily Guardian and New Zealand's 3 News channel. Months later on December 13, 2002, UK newspaper Telegraph published an article titled "Elf who launched a thousand hits," which explained the growing fandom surrounding the elf character and Hadad's website. In August 2002, New Zealander magazine NZ Dominion published a feature article introducing the online phenomenon of Figwit as well as Brett McKenzie. In March 2002, Hadad and her friend Sherry de Andres launched the fan site FigwitLives for McKenzie's character, which featured a variety of fanart and songs about the mysterious elf character.
All other thoughts are whisked away by that elf – who is THAT?! He's gorgeous! When Frodo says "I will take it!", we are so impressed we start to think “Frodo is great!" But before we finish, the camera pans and we see Figwit, smoldering enigmatically in the background. She described him as “perfect, pouty and gorgeous” and dubbed him Figwit, a made-up acronym for "Frodo Is Grea… Who Is THAT?!" which is meant to convey the swoons of viewers upon seeing his face in the film. The Instagram account middleearth_official posted an edited version of the scene where Aragorn was swapped with Ricardo Milos (shown below) on June 2nd, 2019, and received 1,881 likes.The name "Figwit" was first conceived in early 2002, when an Israeli college student named Iris Hadad noticed McKenzie in the background of the Council of Elrond scene. On June 22, 2017, another image macro meme was uploaded to the Funny section of 9GAG under the title, “Who the hell is Frodo?” The post received 74 points and two comments. On Reddit, an r/photoshopbattles thread from September 29th, 2016, spawned an edited version of the scene dubbed “Star War of the Ring – Aragorn vs TR-8R.” Redditor LVMagnus posted the image (seen below) in the chain and received 24 upvotes.
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On July 28th, 2013, Soup.io (an Austrian social site) user Isjaki posted a version (seen below) referencing the death of Sean Bean’s character Ned Stark from the TV show Game of Thrones, and it was subsequently reposted by numerous users on the site.Īn image macro variant (shown below) was made by an unknown user on Imgflip in 2015 with the bottom text “Leeroy Jenkins!” in reference to the World of Warcraft meme and was viewed 686 times. On January 8th, 2013, an unknown user on Imgur uploaded an edit of the scene (shown below) with the caption “For Frodo” changed to “Yolo.” Though various images of the scene appear online several times before it was used as a meme, some of the earliest examples come from 2013. He then turns away from Sauron’s gaze and says, “For Frodo,” as he leads the charge and rushes into the opposing forces. Aragorn delivers his epic speech, emboldening the warriors, and dismounts his horse before turning to his companions and drawing his sword Andúril. The gate then opens and the army begins to surround the forces of good as they exchange worried looks of despair. The original clip the meme is pulled from is seen during the third and final Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King, specifically near the ending when the final battle for Middle Earth is underway and the remnants of humanity march towards Mordor to distract Sauron, thus providing Frodo and Sam a chance to sneak into Mount Doom so they can destroy the One Ring.ĭuring the scene (featured below), members of the Fellowship are gathered around the Black Gate alongside the remaining warriors of Gondor and Rohan in what is essentially a suicide mission to provoke Sauron and his orc army into leaving the lands of Mordor.
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