Great Goblin

The Great Goblin was a large Orc chieftain of the Misty Mountains in Middle-earth during the Third Age.
==Biography==
The Great Goblin was a very large creature with a huge head, ruling a group of Northern Orcs living in the caves of Goblin-town near the High Pass. They preyed on travelers who used another, easier pass near the main gate of Goblin-town, until such people began avoiding the route. The Orcs then made another gate opening into a cave they called the Front Porch, at the top of the High Pass. On occasion, the Great Goblin ordered his Orcs to catch fish for him in the dark lake near Goblin-town, below the Mountains, and these Orcs were sometimes killed by Gollum.
In the summer of TA 2941, the Dwarves of Thorin and Company, along with Bilbo Baggins, were captured on the Front Porch and were brought before the Great Goblin in his great hall, where he was seated on a flat stone and surrounded by armed guards. The Great Goblin demanded to know what the Dwarves were doing in the mountains.
When it was revealed that Thorin carried the Elvish sword Orcrist - which the Orcs feared and which they called "Biter" - the Great Goblin was enraged and at once leapt to attack Thorin. Immediately, all the torches in the cave were extinguished and a glowing sword "bright as blue flame" appeared. It was Glamdring, called "Beater" by the Orcs, and now wielded by Gandalf. As the Dwarves were escaping, the Great Goblin leapt down in front of them, and attacked Gandalf who was at the head of the party. Gandalf then fought back, stabbing the great lord of the cave, killing him.
The death of the Great Goblin angered the Orcs of the Misty Mountains. A great army of Orcs and Wargs was amassed by Bolg, whose father Azog had been killed by the Dwarf Dáin II. Bolg's forces tracked Thorin and Company to the Lonely Mountain, where they fought in the Battle of Five Armies against the Dwarves, Elves, and Lake-men.The Hobbit, Chapter IV: "Over Hill and Under Hill"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Hobbit, "Over Hill and Under Hill: Goblin-town"
==In adaptations==
=== Rankin/Bass version ===
In the 1977 Rankin/Bass version of The Hobbit, the Great Goblin was voiced by John Stephenson.
=== The Hobbit film trilogy ===
In Peter Jackson's film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), Barry Humphries, who is more commonly known for his alter ego Dame Edna Everage, is the voice and motion-capture performer of the Great Goblin, an entirely computer-generated character. He appears as a giant, obese, bloated goblin (more akin to a troll) with lots of warts, lumps, and scars, and carries a large staff decorated with an animal skull, closely resembling a ram, adorned with shrunken heads. 
His death is portrayed quite differently than in the book. He is knocked off a cliff by Thorin when Gandalf saves the company, and is killed after the fight through Goblin-town when Gandalf slashes his abdomen and cuts his throat.
=== Voice dubbing actors ===
Foreign Language 	Voice dubbing artist
Spanish (Latin America) 	Humberto Vélez
Spanish (Spain) 	Francesc Belda
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Sérgio Fortuna
German 	Hartmut Neugebauer
Italian (Italy) 	Massimiliano Plinio
French (France) 	Paul Borne
Czech 	Karel Gult
Slovak 	Ivan Laca
Polish 	Michał Piela
Hungarian 	Faragó András
=== Radio ===
*Denis McCarthy voiced the character in the 1968 BBC Radio radio adaptation of The Hobbit.
*Joe Hughes voiced the character in the 1979 The Mind's Eye radio adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
*Heinz Theo Branding voiced the character in the 1980 German radio serial adaptation of The Hobbit.Der Hobbit (hörspiel). (German: "The Hobbit (radio play)". Ardapedia.org (German-language wiki of Tolkien's Legendarium). Retrieved/cited 30 May 2021.
*Karol Čálik seems to have voiced the character in the 1989 Slovak two-episode radio miniseries adaptation of The Hobbit, though he is not directly credited.Hobit. (Slovak: "The Hobbit") Slovak 1989 radio play. Tolkien Gateway.net (English-language wiki of Tolkien's Legendarium). Retrieved/cited 30 May 2021.
== Gallery ==
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Groot Kabouter
Albanian 	Goblin i Madh
Amharic 	ታላቅ ጎብሊን
Arabic 	عفريت كبير
Armenian 	Գրեատ Գոբլին
Azerbaijani 	Böyük Süpürgəsaqqal
Basque 	Goblin Handi
Belarusian Cyrillic 	вялікі гоблін
Bengali 	মহান অপদেবতা
Bosnian 	Veliki Gobelin
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Великият гоблин
Cambodian 	អស្ចារ្យ ក្មេងរប៉ិលរប៉ូច
Catalan 	El gran Gòblin
Cebuano 	Dakung Goblin
Chichewa 	Goblin Chachikulu
Chinese 	泡菜里克
Cornish 	Bocka Bryntin
Croatian 	Veliki Goblin
Czech 	Velký Skřet
Danish 	Den Store Goblin / Store Bjergtrold
Dutch 	Grote Aardman
Esperanto 	Granda Koboldo
Estonian 	Suur Paharet
Finnish 	Iso Hiisi
French 	Roi Gobelin or Grand Gobelin
Frisian 	Grutte Eardske (Western)
Georgian 	დიდი გობლინი
German 	Großer Ork
Greek 	Ανώτερο Γκόμπλιν
Gujarati 	મહાન ગોબ્લિન
Haitian Creole 	Gwo Goblin
Hawaiian 	Nui Goblin
Hebrew 	הגובלין גדול
Hindi 	महान भूत ?
Hungarian 	Nagy Kobold
Hmong 	Yawm Goblin
Icelandic 	Mikill Púki
Indonesian 	Goblin Besar
Irish Gaelic 	Goblin Iontach
Italian 	Grande Orco or Grande Goblin
Japanese 	大ゴブリン
Kannada 	ದೊಡ್ಡ ತುಂಟ
Kazakh 	Басты Гоблин (Cyrillic) Bastı Goblïn (Latin)
Korean 	고블린 큰
Latin 	Goblin Magna
Latvian 	Liels Goblinu
Lithuanian 	Puikus Goblin
Luxembourgish 	Grousse Gwblyn ?
Macedonian 	голема гоблин
Maltese 	Goblin Kbir
Malaysian 	Jembalang Besar
Manx 	Glashtin Mooar
Marathi 	महान भूत
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Иx Гоблин
Nepalese 	ठूलो लुटेरा
Norwegian 	Stortussen
Pashto 	ګرېات ګوبلین ?
Persian 	گابلین اعظم
Polish 	Wielki Goblin
Portuguese 	Grande Goblin (Portugal) Grão-Orc (Brazil)
Romanian 	Mare Goblin
Romansh 	Gronda Goblin
Russian 	великий гоблин
Sanskrit 	ङ्रेअत् ङोब्लिन्
Slovenian 	Veliko Goblin
Scottish Gaelic 	Mòr Goblin
Serbian 	Велики гоблин (Cyrillic) Veliki goblin (Latin)
Sesotho 	Goblin Leholo
Slovak 	Veľkoškrat
Somalian 	Goblin Weyn
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Gran Trasgo
Swahili 	Goblin Kubwa
Swedish 	Storvätten
Tajik Cyrillic 	Греат Гоблин
Tamil 	பெரிய பூதம்
Telugu 	గొప్ప గోబ్లిన్
Thai 	ผีที่ดี ?
Turkish 	Büyük Cin \ Goblin Kralı
Turkmen 	Beýik ?
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Верховний Гоблін
Urdu 	عظیم پریت
Uzbek 	Греат Гоблин (Cyrillic) Buyuk Goblin (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Vĩ đại Goblin ?
Welsh 	Goblin Mawr
Yiddish 	גרויס גאַבלין
Yoruba 	Nla Goblin
== References ==
de:Großer Ork
es:Gran Trasgo
fr:Roi Gobelin
it:Grande Goblin
pl:Wielki Goblin
ru:Верховный Гоблин
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Category:Non-canonical Servants of Sauron