The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy trilogy written by English author, J.R.R. Tolkien. The trilogy inspired many today fantasy books and the Simpsons often reference it.
== Citations ==
===Episodes===
Image	Season	Episode number	Episode name 	Description
 	13 	270 	"Treehouse of Horror XII" 	A hobbit that is smoking is seen at the Gypsy's and Leprechaun's wedding.
 	14 	309 	"Dude, Where's My Ranch?" 	Cleanie crawls out of a wagon and puts dirty dishes in a sack, saying "Ahh, my precious!", like Gollum does in the trilogy. Also, Cleanie is voiced by Andy Serkis, who is Gollum's portrayer.
 	18 	393 	"Rome-Old and Julie-Eh" 	The battle scene with Bart, Lisa (protecting their Box Fort) and the box salesmen (trying to get boxes back) is a parody of the Hornburg from The The Two Towers and the Battle of the Pelennor Fields from The Return of the King with The Fields of Pelennor playing as background music. One of the A.S.S. delivery men even flies a fell beast like the Nazgûl.
 	18 	395 	"Marge Gamer" 	Bart's character in Earthland Realms, Shadow Knight, acts similar to the Nazgûl.
 	 	 	The Simpsons Movie 	An orc is a member of the Springfield Angry Mob.
 	19 	441 	"That '90s Show" 	Comic Book Guy is seen saying "And that is why The Lord of the Rings can never be filmed" in a flashback to 1990s, although an animated film adaptation was produced in 1978. The trilogy was released as live-action movie series from 2001 to 2003 for the first time.
 	21 	447 	"Pranks and Greens" 	Homer's line to Marge "You found the precious!" is a reference to Gollum.
 	23 	495 	"Holidays of Future Passed"	The Living tree that holds Bart's treehouse looks similar to an Ent.
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