Bilbo Baggins

Avoid war by trading away the Arkenstone (failed) and break thorin out of his gold sickness (succeeded)

### Powers/Skills

Intelligence
Resourcefulness
Cunning
Swordsmanship
Invisibility through use of the One Ring (formerly)Naïve innocence (protects against corruption)

### Possessions

Sting
the One Ring

## Behind the Scenes

### Movie(s)

*The Hobbit* (1977)
*The Lord of the Rings* (1978)
*The Return of the King* (1980l)
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*

**Bilbo Baggins** is one of the supporting characters in The*Lord of the Rings* film series and the titular protagonist of *The Hobbit.*

## Background

### Personality

Initially, Bilbo was very skeptical of himself being on the journey in the first place, similar to what the other dwarves thought of. However, Gandalf had confidence that his Hobbit friend was more capable than they thought including himself. Bilbo eventually had a self-confidence as the series went on, proving to be quite more resourceful than they he let on. It's especially at the end that Bilbo proves his resourcefulness when he helps save his friends, for example, saving Thorin from beheading from Azog's Executioner, showing his self confidence accelerated even further. As he returned home, Bilbo's confidence had been better, as he strongly stood up against the Sackville-Bagginses.

Bilbo has proven that his bravery and resourcefulness has gotten out of dangerous situations. Unlike the dwarves, who use their weapons to get themselves out of tricky situations, Bilbo used his wits and thoughts to get himself and others out of trouble. For instance, he was able to stall Smaug for a very long time, being able to keep a long conversation with him. Bilbo only uses weapons when necessary when dealing with an unreasonable individual. He was also very inspirational, even among his Dwarven friends. Bilbo had leadership skills among his friends, who willingly followed his lead on several occasions.

Throughout the series, Bilbo found himself struggling between the Baggins half as well as his Took half.

On terms of the Took side of his family, Bilbo inherited most of his mother's adventurous nature. For example, he wished of a life outside of a shire and even as a child, would stay past his curfew to look for elves and also ask Gandalf about the outside world, even on his disappeared uncle. Even in adulthood and letting his father's side get over him, Bilbo still longed for adventure, as the Dwarves' singing about the Lonely Mountain moved him. He took an opportunity on adventures when the dwarves came and couldn't help but feel their plight. Eventually, Bilbo made it his goal to get the dwarves their homeland after realizing they had no home to go to like Bilbo did rather than out of adventure.

On the terms of his Baggins side of the family, Bilbo was raised to a gentlehobbit, just like his father. Growing up, Bilbo grew to love the comfortable life in Bag End but always found he was deep down his mother's son rather than his father's. He was very protective of his family's possessions and found it absurd that Gandalf was looking for someone (i.e. him) for an adventure. However, he always found conflicting between both his Baggins and Took sides.

In the term of friends, Bilbo didn't seem to have any prior towards Thorin and Company arriving at his doorstep. However, he was still very friendly and well-to-do with the neighbors, except for the Sackville-Bagginses, who just naturally despised their cousin for owning Bag End. He also had friends in several hobbits, such as Hamfast Gamgee and farmer Mr Worrywort. Though a bit of a rough start at first, Bilbo came to consider the dwarves as friends and companions, especially to Tthorin, Bofur, Balin and Fili and Kili. However, out of the five friends, Bofur and Balin were the only ones initially friendly to Bilbo. Bofur showed fondness for Bilbo, especially pointing out that Bilbo was missing to Thorin. As for Fili and Kili, though they often teased their hobbit companion, Bilbo grew very fond of them, and grieved when they were killed by Azog. Even during his exchange with Bard for the Arkenstone, Bilbo expressed that he was very fond of the Dwarves and would save them if he could. Though they could be rude and have the worse manners he noted that they were kind, noble and loyal to a fault. Bilbo also traded away the Arkenstone to protect them and to attempt to avoid a war that friends he would lose.

He eventually became brutal when it came to enemies, especially those to his friends. For example, Bilbo showed no mercy in killing the Orc that almost executed Thorin and also viciously stabbed an orc that nearly killed Nori. However, his anger was sometimes exemplified when he was under the Ring's influence, even killing a baby spider that neared the Ring and didn't even attack him. However, it should be noted that Bilbo was more pitiful towards his enemies than the other individuals he knew, for when Bilbo also wanted to kill Gollum, he felt nothing but pity for the creature after looking to his eyes.

Regarding additional information to his wit and resourcefulness, Bilbo also used them both when facing danger, even using manipulative means but only as a way to save a friend in mortal danger. He put this to good use when in the face of the trolls, Gollum and Smaug, using flattery for the last of the three enemies and also using a riddle game for Gollum and causing the trolls to bickering for them to get distracted. Even the dwarves were manipulated into thinking Bilbo was trying to help the Trolls figuring out how to cook them all until Thorin Oakenshield realized what Bilbo was doing. Also, when dealing with Gollum, he manipulated the creature to play a game of riddles in order to distract him and flattering Smaug, the most dangerous dragon of all time. However, they could sometimes see through Bilbo, who had identified himself "a burglar but an honest one." One of the trolls was able to see what Bilbo was doing and Smaug on the other hand knew Bilbo was lying about the Dwarves not being there.

Finally, Bilbo had no knowledge of the outside world nor how to use a weapon. However, he was aware of what a dragon was and how dangerous the outside world was due to Gandalf's stories. He was also easily scared by Fili and Kili teasing him on how orcs would kill everyone in the middle of the Night and fainted when Bofur mentioned Smaug could turn him to a pile of ash in an instant. However, Bilbo learned all about the outside world through the adventures and the events surrounding the fall of Erebor.

After adopting Frodo, Bilbo came to see him as something of a son rather than a nephew, since he raised Frodo since childhood. He became much more secretive and odd, so much that Frodo noticed his uncle changing. Bilbo became the first person to willingly give up the Ring rather than have it being taken from him like Isildur and Gollum.

Even in old age, Bilbo was adventurous spirit, as he would say with pride that he was ready for "one last adventure" before going on the ship with Elrond.

### Physical Appearance

Bilbo has curly brown hair, green eyes and stands short, about four feet tall.

In the beginning of the *Hobbit* film series, Bilbo had a plain white shirt, with a yellow waistcoat and grey knee-length pants and wore a blue jacket when going out.

Throughout two thirds of *An Unexpected Journey* and half-way through *The Desolation of Smaug*, Bilbo had a plain wine-red jacket, white, long-sleeved shirt with an olive green waistcoat that had acorn buttons and knee-length brown pants. In the second half of *Desolation* and all the way through the *Battle of the Five Armies*, Bilbo traded in his red jacket with a blue robe he acquired from Bard.

Bilbo later wore a white Mithril shirt given to him by Thorin Oakenshield, but it was only his only armor.

### Abilities

* **Keen hearing:** Because of his leaf-like hobbit ears Bilbo is able to hear from a long distance and can hear things before anyone else does. He hears the Spider's whispers from the trees very far away.\*
* **Keen sight:** Because of his hobbit eyes and younger self, Bilbo can see things for miles. He has an excellent eye sight without anyone interfering with it. In the book, Bilbo locates a boat to see to that they can get across the enchanted River and found the boat before everyone else did. At their journey's end, Bilbo catches the sight of the stairs the Stone dwarves hold and Thorin comments on Bilbo's eyesight.
* **Limited Longevity:** During his life with the One Ring, Bilbo was granted a longer life then his normal life, living up to 131 years, surpassing his grandfather the Old Took as the oldest hobbit living known to man. He was also said to have not aged a day since Gandalf met him, as Bilbo still looks fifty years old when he was in his hundreds.
* **Multilingual:** Because Bilbo has been a friend of the Elves for years, Bilbo learned their language, speaking Sindarin. It is unknown if Bilbo knows any other language except the Elven language and Common speech. While wearing the ring, though, Bilbo understands the spiders completely without any trouble due to them being a creature of Evil.
* **Resilience:**\*According to Elrond, Hobbits are very resilient. Bilbo is able to bounce back up very fast and also has been able to quickly.
* **Stealth:** Bilbo is able to be sneaky as being a burglar and no one is able to hear or see Bilbo coming. He treads lightly, and no one suspects whether he is there or not. One of which was the trolls, and he was able to sneak into their camp without being detected and the creatures did not expect it until Bilbo had in fact been caught by Bert when he was going to blow his nose ion his rag. The lightness on his feet also worked for him to spy on Azog the Defiler and allowed to slip away without anyone noticing. He was also capable of sneaking up on Smaug and also during the Dwarves imprisonment from Mirkwood, Bilbo was also able to quietly walk and invisible and makes it easier for him to steal the Arkenstone from Smaug and for the dwarves.
* **Sword fighting:** Bilbo does have an experience of sword fighting but didn't at the beginning of the entire series. Bilbo later received Sting from Gandalf the Grey in the trolls' hoard. Later in the misty Mountains, he used it to fight of a goblin and threaten Gollum with it from him coming to them. Bilbo's limited combat skills worked defeating an Orc from killing Thorin Oakenshield. Bilbo's sword fighting improved overtime, probably having taught himself.
* **Throwing:** As a child, Bilbo practiced his throwing skills, so whenever a bird saw him pick up a stone it flew away. Bilbo threw one driftwood very far to distract the spiders while he freed Thorin and Company. He also throws a pine cone set ablaze, easy for it to have been able to throw it, striking a Warg on the face. Bilbo also threw rocks during the Battle of the Five Armies, hitting at least several Orcs.

## *The Lord of the Rings*

#### *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

Bilbo leaves the Ring for Frodo and reunited with him in Rivendell. Before his quest to destroy the Ring, he gives Frodo a Mithril shirt he once wore and his sword, Sting.

When he sees the ring, he briefly turns to a creature and nearly attacks Frodo. A Guilt-ridden Bilbo breaks down crying and apologizes for leaving this heavy burden on Frodo.

#### *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*

At the harbor, he asks Frodo if he can hold his ring one last time, but Frodo lied and said that he lost it, as Bilbo had forgotten about Frodo's quest to destroy it. Bilbo departs from Middle-Earth with Frodo and Gandalf, Galadriel, Elrond and Celeborn on the way to the Undying Lands

## *The Hobbit​​​​*

#### *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*

Ian Holm reprised his role to portray Bilbo Baggins, while his younger self is portrayed by Martin Freeman

Bilbo is first seen in the movie writing down his journey in the Red Book of Westermarch. In the present-day timeline, his nephew Frodo sees him working and attempts to read the book, but Bilbo does not let him look at it. He begins to hide things around the house and acknowledges Frodo goodbye when he goes to go meet Gandalf at East Farthing Woods.

The flashback begins to when Bilbo was fifty years old, approached by Gandalf, who is an old family friend of both Bilbo's parents' sides of his family. However, after Gandalf offers for Bilbo to take up a chance at an adventure, the hobbit refuses and retreats back into his house.

While traveling to the market place located near the Green Dragon, Mr. Baggins believes the wizard to be stalking him and what he thought was Gandalf's hat was really hobbits carrying a sack.

Later that evening, he met the four dwarves, Dwalin, Balin, Fíli and Kíli. After a while, Bilbo loses his patience at the fifth bell and finds at least nine more dwarves at the door. None of the dwarves treat his possessions none too kindly, as most of them use it for throwing it around. Mr. Baggins is then introduced to their leader, Thorin Oakenshield, who has an unexplained contempt over their newly found member. When they bring up the fact of a burglar position for the hobbit, Bilbo initially refuses, even after Gandalf tries to convince him otherwise. The next morning, Bilbo finds the dwarves gone. Having made up his mind, Bilbo decides to go on an adventure after hearing the dwarves sing their song from the night before.

On their first night of the quest to reclaim Erebor, Bilbo goes to pamper his pony, who he had affectionately named "Myrtle". After he heard a shriek from a long distance, Fíli and Kíli take this opportunity to scare him before Thorin puts an end to it. Balin comes to the three boys and explains to them Thorin's hatred of Orcs. This possibly causes Bilbo to see Thorin more than a stern prince, but one who is a benevolent leader and meant to be King. When he asks whatever happened to the Pale Orc, Thorin states Azog died of his wounds a long time ago, but Thorin couldn't be ever more wrong.

Sometime later, the Company moves on. Bilbo and his companions were covered by rain. After Gandalf telling Dori to find another wizard to change the weather of the world, Bilbo inquires of the other four. One he takes particular interest in was Radagast, and asked Gandalf if Radagast is a great wizard or more like the grey wizard himself.

Later that day, Gandalf and Oakenshield have a massive argument leaving the dwarves and Bilbo to fend for themselves. Bilbo is later sent by Bofur to give Fíli and Kíli their portion of dinner. However, the boys had misplaced three of their sixteen ponies. They send Bilbo to try to free the poor creatures while they leave him behind and go to retrieve the company. Mr. Baggins doesn't make it in time to avoid the Trolls. Before they torture the poor hobbit, Kíli and the others rescue Bilbo. During the skirmish, Bilbo goes to release the ponies, before he and the other dwarves are captured by the trolls, who are ready to eat them. However, Mr. Baggins manages to keep them at bay until dawn, which Gandalf splits the boulder in half.

Later, Gandalf emerges from the Troll's cave and presents Bilbo with a sword, which would later glow blue when either Orcs or Goblins came closer. As Mr. Baggins unsheathed his sword, Radagast appeared and talked to Gandalf. There is the sound of a wolf, Bilbo thought, until Bofur says that it was not a wolf, but a pack of Wargs. They attempt to finish off the group, however, the dwarves subdue their attackers and are quick to realize they are being followed. With assistance from Radagast, Bilbo and his companions makes their escape. However, they are soon chased by the Wargs and Orcs, before they go through a hidden entrance. Before he takes another step, Bilbo stops to tell Gandalf that he feels a magical presence, to which the wizard responds to it being a "very powerful magic". They eventually emerge out of the cave and into Rivendell. Everyone decides that Gandalf should do all the talking.

When Bilbo first sees Rivendell, Bilbo immediately falls in love with the city, as well as the Elves who live there. Just at that moment, when Elrond appears, Bofur safely pulls Bilbo to the center of the circle. During their feast, Bilbo overhears the Lord of Rivendell talk of Thorin's and Gandalf's weapons. However, Balin advises against it, as it is not a proper weapon. He is present at the meeting in Rivendell, along with his companions Thorin, Balin and Gandalf and Lord Elrond himself. Bilbo is amazed at the moon runes and inquires of Durin's Day and what they will have time for.

Over the next couple of days, the company stayed in Rivendell, with Bilbo admiring its beauty. Elrond approached Bilbo and allowed him to stay in Rivendell, if that was what he wished. On the night before the Company leaves for the Misty Mountains, Bilbo continues to adventure in Rivendell, but overhears a conversation between Elrond and Gandalf, with Thorin present behind Bilbo's back. They depart for the mountains afterwards, where they are caught up in a stone-giant battle scene. Bilbo nearly fell off the cliff twice before Bofur and Dwalin pushed him back. When the mountains collide together, while his companions remain unharmed, Bilbo hangs on for dear life before Thorin saves him. Because Bilbo almost put both him and Thorin at risk, the dwarf king denounces Bilbo before the rest of the company. Thorin's claims take too much of a hold over Bilbo, and he makes for home. However, Bofur stopped him from leaving, but Bilbo refused. After seeing that they do not belong anywhere, Bofur lets him leave. However, they all fall into Goblin-town. After being able to evade capture, Mr. Baggins goes to save his companions, who are slowly becoming more like friends. However, he falls down a whole after colliding with a dead goblin. After seeing a creature named Gollum drop the Ring, Bilbo takes it for himself and confronts the Former Hobbit into a game of riddles. Before Gollum attacks him, Bilbo makes a run for it and even escapes him while knocking out the villainous Gollum to the ground.

Bilbo returns to his friends, apparently never abandoning them in a worse time of need. Their reunion is short-lived as Azog's hunting party attacks them. On the final stand, Thorin charges at Azog and is nearly killed by his would-be executioner before Bilbo jumps from the burning tree and kills Thorin's almost-killer while defending the dwarf king's broken body. Just before the orcs attack them, the eagles arrive and saves the company from Azog's men. Seeing the Hobbit in a new light, Thorin literally embraces Bilbo as a friend and apologizes for his previous ill-treatment of the Hobbit. The group looks into the horizon and spots the lonely mountain, all unaware of what the future has in hold for them.

#### *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*

Bilbo is first mentioned in the beginning of *The Desolation of Smaug*, where Gandalf tells Thorin they're going to need a burglar to retrieve the Arkenstone for Thorin.

He first physically appears one year later in The Desolation of Smaug where he is sent by Thorin Oakenshield and their company to spy on Azog. While not being spotted, he sees Beorn standing there, watching the Wargs and the Orcs as well. Bilbo goes to warn the dwarves of their enemies' recent movement, but every time he does, he is either interrupted by a dwarf or a wizard. When Bilbo tells Thorin and the others that there is something else out there, which Gandalf guesses is in the form of a bear, shocking both Bilbo and the other dwarves.The company is forced to take refuge with a man named Beorn, who was the bear Bilbo saw a few seconds ago. Gandalf tells them that this man will either help them or destroy them. The team reluctantly agrees, but they are tracked down by Azog and chased to Beorn's house.

During the night, Bilbo takes out the Ring, swearing he could hear it whisper while inspecting it. The next morning, Bilbo and his friends meet Beorn, but one by one, starting with him and Gandalf while slowly introducing their companions. Learning of their ordeals, Beorn decides to aid Bilbo and his friends by giving them ponies. However, when the company reaches Mirkwood, Bilbo is shocked to learn that Gandalf is leaving them yet again, but the wizard reveals he has no choice. Before Gandalf departs, he senses that Bilbo has indeed changed and that he is not the same Hobbit as the one who left the Shire. Mr Baggins attempts to tell his friend about the Ring he found while he was separated from the company in the Goblin tunnels. However, he decides against it and claims that he found his courage, which appears to satisfy Gandalf, who secretly knows Bilbo has the Ring with him. He leaves the company at the gates of Mirkwood and warns them not to touch the water and not to stray clear of the path, stay on it at all times.

After days of travelling, the woods' dangerous spell begins to slowly take effect on Bilbo and his companions. During one of their obstacles, they find they cannot cross the enchanted river.

#### *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*

Bilbo makes his last appearance in *The Battle of Five Armies*.

Along with his nine companions, Bilbo watches the destruction of Lake-town from afar, but also worries about Thorin more. He sees the dragon fall dead and announces it to the others, who rejoice. However, Thorin is not impressed and walks towards the Lonely Mountain. Like Thorin did before when Thrór was under dragon sickness, Bilbo watched from the shadows as Thorin fell into the dragon sickness, affecting all those around him. He once confronted Thorin one night to convince him to do something other than hunt the treasury room all day, but Thorin doesn't listen to Bilbo.

When the four dwarf companions who stayed in Lake-town were found, Bilbo quickly ran up to the four who were coming. When one of them see him alive, Bilbo warns that all of them need to leave. When Bofur reasons that they had just got there, Bilbo tells them how Thorin has been misbehaving, spending his days in the treasure room and not bothering to get a nibble or a wink of sleep. Kíli asks what kind of sickness has possessed his uncle while his brother, Fili runs past them to the treasure room with Bilbo, Bofur, Óin and Kíli following Fili down to the treasure room. While the dwarves look at it in awe, Bilbo feels nothing but contempt and disgust for the gold and scared for what Thorin has become.

Bilbo later sits alone in a secluded area, where it is revealed in a flashback that Bilbo stole the Arkenstone shortly after he disappeared when putting the Ring on. After seeing what danger Thorin has been in, Bilbo pulls the Arkenstone out of his pocket, contemplating on what to do with it. The gold sickness gets worse. Thorin begins sulking in the Throne room hour after hour, waiting for the Stone's return. Little does he know Bilbo still is in possession of the Arkenstone. Bilbo grows even more concerned after the fact that Thorin will kill whomever withholds the king's jewel from him. He later comes across a crying Balin, who voices his concerns. Bilbo asks if finding the Stone will help Thorin, Balin points out that finding the Arkenstone will only make Thorin worse and that it's best if it remains lost, and sending signals he knows Bilbo has the stone. Because Thorin is unaware of the Orcs that are going to attack from the north, and Thranduil refuses to dispatch the forces to Ravenhill, Bilbo instead volunteers to go there and warn him, but Gandalf will not allow Bilbo to complete it. Despite everything they have been through, Bilbo still cares for his friends and tells him he doesn't care if the wizard allows it or not. Bilbo then takes the ring and runs to Ravenhill.

Bilbo tries to warn Thorin of the oncoming orcs led by Bolg, but is too late. Azog kills Fili in front of him, Thorin, Dwalin and Kíli. He stays behind where he is attacked by Bolg and his mercenaries, as well as several bats. Before more are able to kill him, Dwalin comes to Bilbo's rescue. As he fights off the other Orcs, Bilbo is suddenly struck in the head with the handle of Bolg's mace, and he passes out. Sometime after the Battle in Ravenhill ends, Bilbo wakes up to find the Eagles are flying over him and that the battle is won. Overlooking the valley, he sees Azog has been killed, but Thorin has been mortally wounded. Bilbo goes by his side, where Thorin spends his last moments with Bilbo, apologizing to the Hobbit of his rude behavior towards him. Despite the Hobbit's efforts to keep Thorin alive, the dwarf king succumbs to his wounds.

Bilbo also comes to their funeral to pay his respects for his fallen friends. When he comes across Thorin's body, he breaks down crying. Bilbo is also one of the others who show their respect to the new King under the Mountain.

Later, Bilbo returns home to see the Sackville-Bagginses selling his stuff, but Bilbo is able to prove he's himself by the contract. When Bag End is cleared out, Bilbo finds his parents' portraits thrown on the ground and picks them up, putting them back up where they belong. He pulls out the ring one last time. Flash-forward sixty years later, Bilbo now an old man reminiscent of his journey when a knock is at the door. Though Bilbo tells the stranger to go away, he immediately perks up when it is actually Gandalf and goes out to greet him, thus ending the *Hobbit* trilogy and beginning of the *Lord of the Rings*.

## Relationships

### Thorin Oakenshield

Bilbo and Thorin initially got off the wrong foot, meeting in Bag End. Thorin openly mistrusted Bilbo and didn't believe Bilbo was a valuable asset to the company, but Bilbo was unaware of Thorin's desire to not look out for him during their journey. After learning the tragic backstory of how Thorin lost his family and his homeland, Bilbo found a new form of respect for Thorin but they remained at odds with each other. He rescued Bilbo at least twice: once by not risking Bilbo's life when the Trolls held him hostage and a second time when Bilbo nearly fell off of the cliff. Despite Thorin's mistreatment of him earlier, Bilbo saves Thorin's life once when battling Azog's warrior. In gratitude for Bilbo saving him, Thorin's view of Bilbo changed: instead, a person who can defend themselves, and what Thorin asked for: loyalty, honor and a willing heart. He apologizes that he was wrong about Bilbo and literally and physically embraces him, something that shocks Bilbo, who quickly forgives Thorin and returns the favor.

Their friendship continues throughout the trilogy, close to the point where Thorin lets Bilbo goes on his own and scouting for Azog the Defiler and most of the time, Bilbo saved Thorin and the other dwarves. At this point, Bilbo respects Thorin, and vice versa. Bilbo defends Thorin against the Men of Lake-town and has regarded him as a friend. Later on, Smaug tried to take away Bilbo's friendship with Thorin by lying to him, claiming that the dwarf was using him and found his fate worth nothing, but the hobbit refused to believe him and was also worried that Thorin would fall to the same gold sickness his grandfather suffered.

### Parents

Bilbo's father was Bungo Baggins and his mother was Belladonna Took.  Each he loved very much, which included keeping their various possessions

He thought highly of his parents as their portraits were known to have hung over their son's fireplace. When returning home, Bilbo returned the pictures back in their original place and kindly looked at them after his return journey.

They continued hanging in the smial, even after Bilbo left.

Bilbo appears to have inherited his mother's taste for adventure and yet inherit his father's side of the family. Gandalf often mentioned Bilbo's mother and her relatives up in conversation, especially recruitng Bilbo in the first *Hobbit* film

### Frodo Baggins

Out of all his family members, apart from his parents, Bilbo was closest to his cousin Frodo, whom he identified as his nephew as opposed to their actual relations. He adopted his orphaned nephew after Primula and Drogo, Frodo's parents, died in the Brandywine River. Bilbo loved Frodo like his own son since he did not have children of his own. Bilbo told his nephew stories with his adventures with Thorin Oakenshield, leading Frodo to pretend to be his uncle on his own. However, he never told Frodo the full story, and even wrote the Red Book to share the true story to Frodo. Later, Frodo tried to take Bilbo's book while he is writing and a portrait of Bilbo when he was young.

Also, Bilbo did not have the heart to ask Frodo to come with him to Rivendell, showing that he wanted to bring his nephew along but also putting Frodo first before since leaving the Shire would break Frodo's heart. Even though Frodo was suspicious of Bilbo, he showed a very small contempt and was saddened that Bilbo left for Rivendell. However, Frodo and Bilbo reunited in the mentioned Elven city, when Frodo was wounded by the Witch-king of Angmar. Bilbo later gave Frodo Sting and his Mithril shirt for him to use during his quest. Bilbo nearly killed Frodo due to seeing the Ring again, but he immediately broke down into tears, guilty for putting that burden on Frodo, who instead of being upset, comforted his uncle as he cried.

When Bilbo asked of the Ring, Frodo, to spare his uncle's feelings, said he lost it.

### Primula Brandybuck

Primula is one of Bilbo's many maternal cousins through their mothers, Belladonna Baggins and Mirabella Brandybuck.Meanwhile, Drogo is the second cousin of Bilbo through their fathers and his cousin-in-law through his marriage to Primula.

Their true relationship was presumably a loving one, as Bilbo adopted Primula's and Drogo's son,

### Sackville-Baggins

Bilbo had a rather comlicated relationship with his cousin, Otho, his wife Lobelia and their son, Lotho. Otho craved for Bag End, causing tensions between both cousins. Otho was particularly outraged when Bilbo adopted Frodo as an heir and ruined his chance in becoming owner of Bag End.

He regarded Lobelia a "dreadful woman"  when discussing her with Frodo. He mentioned that she once tried to make off with his silver spoons. It was revealed when they were younger that Bilbo actually pointed this out to Lobelia when he returned from his adventures with Tthorin and Company. Bilbo was outraged when she denied knowing who he was and called her out on it while taking his spoon back

Bilbo possibly mentions them as the relatives he wants to get away from. He later gave Lobelia his silver spoons she attempted to take.

### Balin

Upon first meeting Balin, the two were cordial with one another. However, Bilbo was unsure of why he was there in the first place. Throughout the series, the two shared a mutual friendship and respect for one another. Balin was polite to Bilbo, even asking if he was alright after Bilbo was told of what Smaug could do if he ever went through Smaug's hoard. After the hobbit changed his mind, Balin smiled as he proudly announced Bilbo as an official member of Thorin's company.

Balin often acted as a mentor, often informing Bilbo of the dwarves' culture and their stories, especially during the day Smaug came to Erebor and the tale of Thorin's deeds in battle. However, Balin was somewhat skeptical of Bilbo, as he expressed his concern that it was probably best if the hobbit did not accompany them. However, they did consider each other fairly close friends.  Additionally, the courage of hobbits never ceases to amaze Balin, as he hopes that Bilbo can muster enough luck. He also expressed genuine concern for Bilbo when he was still stuck in Smaug's lair and urged Thorin to go into the cave to not only save Thorin but Bilbo himself.

When Thorin fell ill, Bilbo saught advice from Balin about the gold sickness and that if the Arkenstone would help. However, Balin told Bilbo that it would be best if it remained lost and it is heavily implied Balin knew Bilbo had the stone with him the whole time.

Bidding the hobbit farewell, Balin and the other dwarves sadly watched as Bilbo departed, with him inviting them to his house any time.

### Gandalf

Bilbo met Gandalf when he was a child. They remained good friends throughout the years, even when Gandalf returned to the Shire from time to time, friends through Bilbo's mother. Gandalf was quite fond of Bilbo as a friend, and Bilbo loved hearing his stories of the outside world and remembered his fireworks years later from the parties Gerontius Took used to throw.

Bilbo wouldn't meet Gandalf for many years when he was an adult Hobbit. Bilbo did not immediately recognize Gandalf until his name was mentioned. He tried politely to shoo Gandalf away, not wanting to do with adventures and preferred to stay at home.

### Bofur

Bofur and Bilbo are good friends. Bofur has a brotherly, protective streak for Bilbo when he pulled the hobbit into the center of the group when the Elves returning to Rivendell. One night, he realized that Bilbo was trying to leave. Bofur unsuccessfully convinces Bilbo to leave, as he's part of the company. He unintentionally hurts Bofur's feelings and tries to apologize. He just encourages Bilbo with all the luck in the world before they are captured by the trolls. Bofur also points out Bilbo's disappearance to Thorin and relieved to be free. He gets angry that Bilbo's leading them into the cellars and his idea of the barrels. As of the Quest continues, Bofur stays behind, Bilbo asks where he is, but the dwarf had drunk too much.

After they are victims of Lake-town's destruction, Bilbo reunites with Bofur and the others but warn them they need to leave because of Thorin's madness. They originally had a scene together in The Battle of the Five Armies, in which Bofur encourages Bilbo to leave Erebor, saying goodbye to him, knowing it would be the last time they would see each other. Bofur also helped Bilbo escape from Erebor to the battlefield, seeing him off for a second time. After the Battle at the funeral, Bofur tearfully says good-bye to the Hobbit, and invites him and the other dwarves to "come in and don't bother knocking."

### Fili

Fíli and Bilbo first meet in An Unexpected Journey, where Fíli introduces himself and his younger brother to Bilbo.

Fíli truly became one of Bilbo's friends, along with the other dwarves. He was at first are not that respectable to Bilbo's possessions. He treats Bilbo as if he was their third piece of their siblings. He abandoned Bilbo to the trolls, but they both came back with the rest of the Company. Fili was frantically looking for Bilbo and relieved to see him alive. They are reunited before the Battle of the Five Armies, where Bilbo calls out Fili's name. Fíli refused to throw Bilbo off the gates and comforted the fallen hobbit before he left. Bilbo is scared when his friend is captured and killed right in front of him and his friends. After Fili is killed right in front of Bilbo, the hobbit mourns him for a second, closing his eyes and about to cry, showing that the young dwarf's death is what strikes Bilbo the hardest,

### Dwalin

Bilbo was awkward when he first met Dwalin, who in fact bowed to Bilbo, showing that he earned Bilbo's respect a little. The hobbit was awkward when they first and found it odd that a dwarf was there. At first, Dwalin doubted Bilbo and his skills, but eventually came to respect Bilbo. He put a protective arm over Bilbo when they were hunted and Radagast was distracting the Wargs. Relieved that he was alive, and even helped Bilbo regain his footing when he was about to fall off of the Misty Mountains Dwalin defended Bilbo and the unconscious Thorin when Azog finally cornered them. Sometimes, the hobbit can get annoyed by Dwalin's distrust in Bard the Bowman, and sometimes just annoyed by Dwalin himself. Bilbo says he's grown very fond of them.

In the Incident on Ravenhill, Dwalin charges at Orcs that were about to kill the hobbit, and also says his goodbye to Bilbo at the end of the final film. Bilbo says that he can eat his out of food whenever they come to visit.

### Bard

Bilbo met Bard when he and the company were 'attacked' in Bard's "raid". He seems to have no problem with distrust, unlike Dwalin. Bilbo is also the one aware of Bard's name. He also seems annoyed by how the dwarves don't respect him at all. During Bilbo's time when he gives away the Arkenstone, Bard is fond of Bilbo by smiling when he jokes about being sorry about stealing the keys under the nose of his guard. He is also feared for Bilbo's safety when Thorin almost kills Bilbo.

### Companions

Bilbo thought that the dwarves were messy and ruining all his prized possessions. They all want Bilbo to be their burglar and lucky number in the end but some of them doubted Bilbo would return. Gandalf said that the dwarves and Bilbo would get to know each other and become friends. He offered them food for the supper and the afternoon tea in the book. Most of them were worried that Bilbo was not around when the spiders attacked them. His idea of them fallowing through the barrels was thought to be insane until Thorin told them to do as Bilbo said. They all hope that Bilbo will find the Arkenstone, but then Ori worried that Bilbo was being burnt alive by Smaug. They did manage to get back in to Bilbo's aid.

### Smaug

Bilbo came to fear and dislike Smaug, who enjoys taunting Bilbo. It first began for the Arkenstone, two for the alliance between the dwarves and the Lake-men, and how he plays his emotions on how Thorin just doesn't care about Bilbo at all. His titles are declared "lovely" and even Smaug is impressed with these as well. Smaug attacks Bilbo nearly six times. The first was when he was running from him. The second was when Bilbo outran the beast. The third time was almost attacking Bilbo and his companions. The fourth time was the attack on Bilbo, Thorin and Balin. The fifth time was also an attack on Bilbo at the pillars before Thorin shouted to unleash the water. On the last and sixth time was when Smaug attacked the fallen Bilbo on the floor before he ran again. Later the hobbit was horrified as Smaug flies off to destroy Lake-town

### Azog the Defiler

Bilbo only encountered Azog the Defiler once, however, he was very defiant to the Orc Warlord. After saving Thorin from his would-be execution, Azog showed that he was infuriated towards the Hobbit and ordered the orcs to have Bilbo killed, but he and Thorin were saved by Dwalin, Kíli and Fíli. The feeling of hatred appears mutual between the two enemies, especially after Azog killed Fíli, one of Bilbo's friends.

## Trivia

* Ian Holm portrayed Bilbo Baggins in the *Lord of the Rings* trilogy, appearing in *The Fellowship of the Ring* and *The Return of the King.*  Martin Freeman portrayed a younger version of Bilbo in *The Hobbit* trilogy, appearing in *An Unexpected Journey*, *The Desolation of Smaug* and *The Battle of the Five Armies*. A child version of Bilbo was portrayed by Oscar Strik in *An Unexpected Journey* but his scene was cut in the theatrical version. However, his scenes were restored in the Extended Edition.
* Bilbo is the first individual to give up the Ring willingly.
* Bilbo's farewell to the dwarves was some of the actor's last day filming on set, including Martin Freeman's.
* Bilbo's original name in Westron is *Bilba Labingi.* His name is associated with the term bilbao, a Spanish sword
* Bilbo is often called "The Hobbit" by those outside of his species *(An Unexpected Journey, The battle of the Five Armies)*
* By the time of the quest of Erebor, Bilbo is fifty years old.
* Bilbo is the first individual to give up the Ring willingly.
* According to Dwalin, Bilbo's cooking is "very good."
* Out of all the Hobbits, Bilbo is the only one to be seen as a child.
* According to Elrond, Bilbo and his species are very resilient and want the comforts of home. *(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)*
* Bilbo possesses his mother's doilies, dish clothes, and his grandfather's chairs and other furniture. *(The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)*
* Adam Brown originally auditioned for Bilbo. However, he was given the role of Ori instead.
* Daniel Radcliffe was considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins.
	+ Ironically, Ian McKellen was offered to play Albus Dumbledore but never accepted.
* Shia LaBeouf, James McAvoy, Erryn Arkin and Tobey Maguire (who portrays Spider-Man) were also considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins. Martin Freeman was already Jackson's choice at first.
* Martin Freeman also didn't get the role for younger Bilbo due to scheduling conflicts with the TV show *Sherlock*.
* Originally, Bilbo was going to have Black hair like Frodo's before being changed to a lighter brown because it fit better with the character and Martin Freeman himself.
* The ending scene between Gandalf and Bilbo in *The Battle of the Five Armies* is the same scene where both old friends reunite with one another in *The Fellowship of the Ring*, but told Bilbo's point of view
* Shortly after Thorin's death, there was dialogue written between Bilbo and Gandalf in the shot where they are sitting together. However, the writers felt the silence was much better between the two as the dwarves mourned Thorin together.