Sancho Proudfoot

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{{hobbit
| image=[[Image:Sancho Proudfoot.png|250px]]
| name=Sancho Proudfoot
| othernames=
| birth={{TA|2990}}
| death=
| parentage=[[Olo Proudfoot]]
| location=[[the Shire]]
| gender=Male
| hair=
|}}

'''Sancho Proudfoot''' (b. {{TA|2990}}<ref name="AppC">{{App|Baggins}}</ref>) was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].

==History==
The son of [[Olo Proudfoot]], at the age of eleven, Sancho was present at the [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]] of his uncle [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]], along with his father and grandfather [[Odo Proudfoot|Odo]].<ref name="AppC"/> The day after, on [[23 September]], {{TA|3001}}, he went to [[Bag End]] to seek for a treasure he heard rumours about. [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] could just stop him, but not after Sancho had already started excavating the pantry, where he thought he heard an echo.<ref name="Party">{{FR|Party}}</ref>
==Etymology==
Jim Allan recognizes the name as one of the short meaningless [[Hobbitish]] names<ref>[[Jim Allan]], ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of Names, p. 192</ref> in which case it probably represents genuine Hobbitish ''Sancha''.<ref>{{App|Translation}}</ref>

[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sancho Sancho] is a real Spanish name which derives from Latin ''sanctius'' "holy". This makes Sancho one of the very few Spanish names appearing in the [[legendarium]].

==Portrayal in Adaptations==
'''2002: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|Vivendi's The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:A young Hobbit named Sancho Proudfoot - or, the "dread highwayman Sancho Proudfoot ", as he prefers to call himself - causes quite some mischief in Hobbiton and [[Bywater]]. Several of the early missions the player - as Frodo - has to do involve solving problems caused by Sancho, such as retrieving a metal pin of the [[Old Mill|Hobbiton Mill]] and [[Old Noakes]]' medicinal herbs.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]]'', levels "Hobbiton" and "Bywater"</ref>

:It should also be noted that Sancho still appears to be a young child, even though the level occurs in the year {{TA|3018}}. This means that he should be about twenty-eight years old by this point in the timeline. So I guess he's retarded.
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[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Greco-Roman names]]
[[Category:Hobbits]]
[[Category:Proudfoot]]

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