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| {{disambig-more|Tom|[[Tom (disambiguation)]]}}
| | #REDIRECT [[William, Tom, and Bert]] |
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| | image=[[File:Liz Danforth - Tom.jpg|250px]]
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| | name="Tom"
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| | destroyed={{TA|2941}}
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| | gender=Male
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| | race=[[Troll]] (probably [[Stone-troll]]<ref name=RF>[[Robert Foster]] (1978), ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'', p. 366</ref>)
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| | appearance=Large, brutish
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| | accomplishments=Almost killed [[Thorin and Company]]
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| '''Tom''' was one of the three [[Trolls]] (with [[Bert]] and [[William]]) that captured [[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Dwarves]]. Tricked by [[Gandalf]], he was turned to stone by the light of the [[Sun]].<ref>{{H|2}}</ref>
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| ==Etymology==
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| Following [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s use of modern names, logically "Tom" would be a "translation" of the troll's "real", [[Westron]] name, which is not recorded.{{fact}}
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| ==Portrayal in adaptations==
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| '''[[1968]]: [[The Hobbit (1968 radio series)|''The Hobbit'' (1968 radio series)]]:'''
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| :The Trolls are encountered in the second episode, "[[Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire (episode)|Out of the Frying-pan into the Fire]]". [[Brian Haines]] plays [[Bert]], [[Victor Lucas]] [[William|Bill]], and [[Francis de Wolff]] Tom. The scene is taken verbatim from the book.
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| '''[[1979]]: ''[[The Hobbit (1979 radio series)]]'':'''
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| :The troll's scene is adapted without alterations. No actors are credited for the individual parts of the three trolls.
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| '''[[1982]]: ''[[The Hobbit (1982 video game)]]'':'''
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| :The three trolls are the first obstacle encountered after leaving Bag End.
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| '''1982-97: ''[[Middle-earth Role Playing]]'':'''
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| :Tom is a member of the Hugath tribe of Stone Trolls of the Trollshaw. In Hobbit lore he is known as "Tom Huggins", while his real name is ''Tûma''.<ref>{{ICE|8004}}</ref>
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| '''1995-8: ''[[Middle-earth Collectible Card Game]]'':'''
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| :Tom is playable both as an Hazard Creature and as a Minion. The troll is also given the [[Middle-earth Role Playing|MERP]] variant name, ''Tûma''.
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| [[File:Tom Bert Bill.jpg|thumb|250px|Bert, Tom and Bill, turned to stone (''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'')]]
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| '''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
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| :[[Aragorn]] and the Hobbits rest at the petrified Trolls after Frodo is stabbed by the [[Witch-king]].
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| '''2003: ''[[The Hobbit (2003 video game)]]'':'''
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| :Bert, Bill and Tom are the first bosses of the game, though they cannot be fought. Bilbo has to sneak around the Trolls, waiting for them to turn or walk away.
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| '''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
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| :Bert, Tom and Bill, turned to stone, can be found in the wilderness of the [[Trollshaws]].
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| {{references}}
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| [[category:Trolls]]
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| [[category:Characters in The Hobbit]]
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