Peregrin Took

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., Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
Through his father, Pippin was the second-cousin once-removed of Frodo Baggins, and the first-cousin twice-removed of Bilbo.
=== 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., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. III: "Three is Company" Meriadoc Brandybuck later joined them once they reached Buckland. They were waylaid by Old Man Willow in the Old Forest,, Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. VI: "The Old Forest" and Tom Bombadil rescued them and took them into his house., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. VII: "In the House of Tom Bombadil" 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., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. VIII: "Fog on the Barrow-downs"
In The Prancing Pony, Frodo accidentally slipped the One Ring upon his finger, drawing the attention of the Black Riders., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. IX: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony" 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., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. X: "Strider"
Aragorn led them to Weathertop, where the group was once again attacked by the Black Riders., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. XI: "A Knife in the Dark" In haste to get an injured Frodo to Rivendell, the Elf-lord Glorfindel arrived and guided them., Vol. I: , Book One, Ch. XII: "Flight to the Ford"
After the Council of Elrond, Pippin and Merry were allowed by Elrond to join the Fellowship of the Ring., Vol. I: , Book Two, Ch. II: "The Council of Elrond"
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., Vol. I: , Book Two, Ch. IV: "A Journey in the Dark"
==== 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., Vol. I: , Book Two, Ch. X: "The Breaking of the Fellowship" 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,, Vol. II: , Book Three, Ch. III: "The Uruk-hai" 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., Vol. II: , Book Three, Ch. IV: "Treebeard" Pippin and Merry eventually befriended Treebeard and told him what had happened to them. After the Entmoot, the Ents decided to march against Isengard., Vol. II: , Book Three, Ch. VII: "Helm's Deep" Pippin and Merry were reunited with Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf after Isengard's destruction., Vol. II: , Book Three, Ch. VIII: "The Road to Isengard"
==== 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., Vol. II: , Book Three, Ch. XI: "The Palantír" 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., Vol. III: , Book Five, Ch. I: "Minas Tirith"
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., Vol. III: , Book Five, Ch. VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
==== 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., Vol. III: , Book Five, Ch. X: "The Black Gate Opens" 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., Vol. III: , Book Six, Ch. VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
=== 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., 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"
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.
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").An Introduction to Elvish, The Giving of Names
Razanur Tûk was the Westron of Pippin, from raza ("stranger") and razan ("foreign"). It was a name of a legendary traveller., Vol. XII: , II: "The Appendix on Languages"
=== Titles ===
*Thain Peregrin - Pippin's title when he became Shire-thain
*Ernil i Pheriannath - Sindarin for "Prince of the Halflings"; given to Pippin by the people of Minas Tirith
*Guard of the Citadel - Given to him by Denethor II, Ruling Steward of Gondor
*Knight of Gondor - Given by King Aragorn II Elessar, Vol. III: , Book Six, Ch. VI: "Many Partings"
*Counsellor of the North-kingdom - Granted to him when he became Thain of the Shire, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "Later Events concerning the Members of the Fellowship of the Ring"
== 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 , 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 he becomes increasingly mature and courageous.
== 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 ===
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Dominic Guard voiced Meriadoc, in Ralph Bakshi’s (1978 film).
=== In Rankin/Bass's Return of the King ===
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Sonny Melendrez voiced the character of Pippin in Rankin/Bass's 1980 animated short of .
=== In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
In , 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 .
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
=== In radio ===
*Basil Jones voiced the character in the 1955 of The Lord of the Rings.
*Mac McCaddon voiced the character in the of The Lord of the Rings.
*John McAndrew voiced the character in the 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.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.
*Robert Roth voiced the character in the 2001-2003 three-season Slovak radio serial adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.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.
=== 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 video game, Pippin's basic speed attack is by far the strongest in the game. He uses throwing knives instead of rocks.
* In , 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.https://www.personalityclub.com/blog/lord-of-the-rings-personality-chart/
* Steve Peregrin Took (born Stephen Ross Porter), an English musician and songwriter, took Pippin's name.
== Gallery ==
== 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
== References ==
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
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Category:Fellowship members
Category:Hobbits
Category:Major characters (The Lord of the Rings)
Category:The Lord of the Rings characters
Category:The Fellowship of the Ring (film) characters
Category:The Two Towers (film) characters
Category:The Return of the King (film) characters
Category:Thains of the Shire
Category:Tooks
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