"Frodo Baggins Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of ""The Lord of the Rings"". Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin (referred to as his uncle) Bilbo Baggins and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom. He is also mentioned in Tolkien's posthumously published works, ""The Silmarillion"" and ""Unfinished Tales"". Frodo did not appear until the third draft of ""A Long-Expected Party"" (the first chapter of ""The Lord of the Rings""), when he was named Bingo (after"
"Flame was in Flo's arms. Flame disappeared shortly after she was born; before Flo's death. Freud (May 1971 – March 2014) was Fifi's oldest son. His father was a male from outside the Kasakela community. As a juvenile, he benefited from a high-ranking mother and an uncle, Figan, who was the alpha male. In 1993, Freud became the alpha male by unseating his childhood playmate Wilkie. While the alpha male, his younger but larger brother Frodo became the second highest-ranking male in the community. In 1997, while Freud was afflicted by sarcoptic mange, Frodo was able to take over the"
"was Drogo Took. He was later renamed Vigo, and the name Drogo reassigned to Frodo's father. After that, he was renamed Marmaduke, and finally Meriadoc Brandybuck. Frodo and Merry are first cousins once removed. Their common ancestors are Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took Brandybuck. Merry was born T.A. 2982 (or, in the Shire-reckoning, in 1382), in Buckland. He is the only child of Saradoc Brandybuck (T.A. 2940-F.A. 11), who was a Master of Buckland, and Esmeralda Brandybuck (née Took) (T.A. 2936- ?), the younger sister of Paladin Took II (T.A. 2933–3034), making him first cousin to Paladin's son Peregrin Took."
"his displays. Freud died in March 2014, at more than 42 years old, which made him the oldest male whose age was known in the history of the community. Freud was one of the first wild chimpanzees whose entire life from birth to old age was documented by researchers. Frodo (June 30, 1976 – November 10, 2013) was Fifi's second oldest son. His father was the relatively low-ranking male Sherry. Even from a young age, Frodo was large and aggressive. He learned to throw rocks as a juvenile, sometimes throwing them at and hitting and bruising his human observers. As"
"each other, and eventually the southern community became totally separate, and was referred to by researchers as the Kahama community. By 1974, the Kasakela males began to attack the Kahama chimpanzees in what was referred to as the ""Four Year War."" Figan, Faben, Humphrey, Frodo's father Sherry, and Sherry's brother Jomeo were often among the ringleaders of the attacks. Researchers describes these attacks as being of the nature of raids, as opposed to simply defending their territory. The Kasakela chimpanzees did not collect food during these ""raids,"" although at least three Kahama females were brought back to the Kasakela community."
"Ben Jonson, and George Chapman. A character, broadly inspired by the historical Rollo but including many events before the real Rollo was born, played by Clive Standen, is Ragnar Lothbrok's brother in the History Channel television series ""Vikings"". Rollo appears in Laura Frankos' satirical fantasy sketch ""The Old Grind"" in ""Chicks in Chainmail"". Rollo Rollo or Gaange Rolf (Norman: ""Rou""; Old Norse: ""Hrólfr""; ; 860 – 930 AD) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France. He is sometimes called the first Duke of Normandy. His son and grandson, William Longsword and Richard I,"
"Elijah Wood Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, film producer, and DJ. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the ""Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy (2001–03). Wood made his film debut in 1989 with a small part in ""Back to the Future Part II"". He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in ""Avalon"" (1990), ""Paradise"" (1991), ""Radio Flyer"", ""Forever Young"" (both 1992), ""The Adventures of Huck Finn"" and ""The Good Son"" (both 1993). As a teenager, he starred in films such as ""North"", ""The War"""
"cousin to Meriadoc's father, Saradoc Brandybuck. Their common ancestors are Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took Brandybuck. Frodo is moreover second (through her paternal grandfather Hildigrim Took) and third (through her paternal grandmother Rosa Baggins) cousin to Meriadoc's mother, Esmeralda Took. Frodo is also related to Peregrin Took, being his second and third cousin once removed (Peregrin's father, Paladin Took is, like his sister Esmeralda, second and third cousin to Frodo, as explained above). Even Fredegar Bolger (through his mother Rosamund Took) is second cousin once removed to Frodo. Frodo also shares a close relationship with his gardener Samwise Gamgee although"
"Fredo Corleone Fredo (Frederico) Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"". Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation and in the sequel, ""The Godfather Part II"". He is the second son of the mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and the elder brother to Michael (Al Pacino) and sister, Connie (Talia Shire). Being weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has little power or status within the Corleone crime family. The infant Fredo had"
"Samwise Gamgee Samwise ""Sam"" Gamgee (later known as Samwise Gardner) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Samwise is one of the main characters of ""The Lord of the Rings"", in which he fills an archetypal role as the sidekick of the primary protagonist, Frodo Baggins. Sam is a member of the Fellowship of the Ring, which also includes Frodo Baggins, Merry Brandybuck, Pippin Took, Legolas Greenleaf, Gimli son of Gloin, Boromir, Aragorn son of Arathorn, and Gandalf. At the beginning of the story, Sam is Frodo's gardener, and is drawn into Frodo's adventure by Gandalf while"
"the story). The latter suggestion was linked to an early comment of Bingo: ""I keep on feeling that I have seen him somewhere before"". Tolkien considered that Trotter might be Bilbo Baggins himself, but soon rejected that idea after Aragorn identified himself. Another suggestion was that Trotter was Fosco Took (Bilbo's first cousin), who ""vanished when a lad, owing to Gandalf"". This story was further elaborated, making Trotter a nephew of Bilbo, named Peregrin Boffin, and an elder cousin of Frodo. He was said to have run away after he came of age, some 20 years before Bilbo left the"
"Frederick Dickens Frederick William Dickens (4 July 1820 – 20 October 1868) was the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens and was Charles Dickens's younger brother, who lived with Charles when he moved on to Furnival's Inn in 1834. He was the inspiration for two different Freds in his brother's books: the jovial nephew of Ebenezer Scrooge in ""A Christmas Carol"" and the dissolute brother of Little Nell in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"". While Fred was a child and a youth, Charles Dickens often described him as his favourite brother, showing great concern for his welfare. As a boy, Fred"
"Wilkie was overthrown in 1992 by his childhood playmate Freud, who was in turn deposed by his brother Frodo in 1997 while Freud was ill. Freud, at , was larger than Wilkie and relied on a mixture of moderate force and grooming to become alpha and maintain his stautus. Frodo, at , was one of the largest males ever seen in the group, relied primarily on brute force to attain and maintain alpha status. After Frodo became ill in 2002, he was brutally beaten by a coalition of males led by Sheldon and spent two years traveling away from the"
"to the Weinstein effect phenomenon and the #MeToo campaign. Elijah Wood Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor, film producer, and DJ. He is best known for his portrayal of Frodo Baggins in the ""Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy (2001–03). Wood made his film debut in 1989 with a small part in ""Back to the Future Part II"". He went on to achieve recognition as a child actor with roles in ""Avalon"" (1990), ""Paradise"" (1991), ""Radio Flyer"", ""Forever Young"" (both 1992), ""The Adventures of Huck Finn"" and ""The Good Son"" (both 1993). As a teenager,"
"Uncle Fred Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a fictional character who appears in short stories and novels written by P. G. Wodehouse between 1935 and 1961. An energetic and mischievous old chap, his talent for trouble is the bane of his nephew Pongo Twistleton's life. The Uncle Fred stories comprise one short story and four novels, two of which are set at Blandings Castle: Uncle Fred is a tall, slim, distinguished-looking man, with a jaunty moustache, and an ""alert and enterprising eye"". As a child he gambolled at Mitching Hill, his"
"Michael learns that Fredo had an illegitimate child with Michael's ex-girlfriend Rita Duvall. Fredo Corleone Fredo (Frederico) Corleone is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"". Fredo is portrayed by American actor John Cazale in the Francis Ford Coppola film adaptation and in the sequel, ""The Godfather Part II"". He is the second son of the mafia don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro). Fredo is the younger brother of Sonny (James Caan) and the elder brother to Michael (Al Pacino) and sister, Connie (Talia Shire). Being weaker and less intelligent than his brothers, Fredo has"
"he had been. ""The Fellowship of the Ring"", the first volume of ""The Lord of the Rings"", begins with Bilbo's ""eleventy-first"" (111th) birthday, 60 years after the beginning of ""The Hobbit"". The main character of the novel is Frodo Baggins, Bilbo's cousin, who celebrates his 33rd birthday and legally comes of age on the same day. In (), Bilbo, a lifelong bachelor, adopted Frodo, the orphaned son of his first cousin Primula Brandybuck and his second cousin Drogo Baggins, and made him his heir. Though Frodo was actually ""his first ""and"" second cousin once removed either way"", the two regarded"
"was the One Ring. Frodo inherited the Ring from his uncle Bilbo Baggins. In Tolkien's earlier novel, ""The Hobbit"", Bilbo found the Ring in the caverns beneath the Misty Mountains. It had been lost in the caverns by Gollum, who used the invisibility it conferred to hunt orcs to eat. Gollum, a hobbit previously known as Sméagol, had kept the Ring for hundreds of years. He had murdered his friend Déagol to get the Ring shortly after Déagol found it in the river Anduin. Many centuries earlier the Ring had betrayed Isildur and fallen from his finger into the Anduin"
"his ""sting"". Gollum is afraid of Sting, which aids Bilbo in his confrontation with Gollum under the Misty Mountains. Bilbo gives Sting to his nephew Frodo Baggins in ""The Fellowship of the Ring"" (1954). When Frodo is betrayed at the pass of Cirith Ungol, Samwise Gamgee takes the blade to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, but later returns it to Frodo. In ""The Return of the King"" (1955), Frodo gives Sting and all of his other possessions to Sam before Frodo departs for the Undying Lands. Sting has the magical ability to detect orcs or goblins nearby, glowing"
"Frank Oz Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, director and producer. His career began as a puppeteer, where he performed the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in ""The Muppet Show"", and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in ""Sesame Street"". He is also known for the role of Yoda in the ""Star Wars"" series, in which he has performed and provided the voice for the character in several films and television series. His work as a director includes ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"" (1988),"
"Herleif Herleif (Latinized as Herleifus) was one of the earliest legendary Danish kings according to Arngrímur Jónsson's Latin summary of the lost Skjöldunga saga. He was the son of Frodo I and the father of Havardus ""hinn handramme"" and Leifus ""hinn frekne"". He supposedly ""left behind many sons"" but their names are not recorded and they seem to be excluded from the royal line of succession. Originally, Herleif was named simply Leif (Leifus) after his grandfather, but later in life he became known as Herleif due to his courage in battle. Herleif derives from the Old Norse elements herr ""army"""
"died in infancy. Fred was fathered by one of Fifi's other sons, Frodo. Five-year-old Fifi was the focal point of the documentary ""People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe"", in which her mother and siblings also featured, attempting to gain access to her infant brother Flint. All four of Fifi's surviving sons had all held the alpha and/or beta positions in the community. Grandson Fudge (by Fanni) also attained alpha male status. Late in Frodo's reign as alpha male Fifi helped defend him against attacks and suffered some injuries in the process, Flint (1964–1972) was Flo's third son, and"
"Eobard Thawne Eobard Thawne, otherwise known as Professor Zoom and the Reverse-Flash, is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The most well-known character to assume the ""Reverse-Flash"" mantle, he is the archenemy of Barry Allen (the second superhero to be called the Flash), a descendant of Malcolm Thawne, and a maternal forefather of Bart Allen, Thaddeus Thawne, and Owen Mercer. He has been established as one of the fastest speedsters in the DC Universe. IGN ranked Eobard Thawne as the 31st Greatest Comic Book Villain Of All Time in 2009 and #2 on their"
"""guest stars"" in his works and often used the relatives/descendants of his characters to create spin-off series. He backs the existence of these guest stars with frequent references to ""fictionist-genealogist"" Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton family. His first hero, Ole Devil, is the maternal uncle of his Civil War & Floating Outfit hero, Dusty Fog. Fog in turn is the first cousin of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin—supposedly Ole Devil's paternal nephew. Lon Ysabel's cousin is ""Bad Bill"" Longley. Alvin Fog was Dusty's grandson; Rockabye County hero Bradford Counter was Mark Counter's great-grandson, and Bunduki was Bradford Counter's cousin and another"
"Hrólfr Kraki Hrólfr Kraki, ""Hroðulf"", ""Rolfo"", ""Roluo"", ""Rolf Krage"" (early 6th century) was a legendary Danish king who appears in both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian tradition. Both traditions describe him as a Danish Scylding, the nephew of Hroðgar and the grandson of Healfdene. The consensus view is that Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian traditions describe the same people. Whereas the Anglo-Saxon ""Beowulf"" and ""Widsith"" do not go further than treating his relationship with Hroðgar and their animosity with Froda and Ingeld, the Scandinavian sources expand on his life as the king at Lejre and on his relationship with Halga, Hroðgar's brother. In ""Beowulf"""
"also establish that Del, as a young man, only ever knew Robdal as ""Uncle Fred"", which explained why Del was unfamiliar with Robdal's real name until Uncle Albert drunkenly told him the truth about Robdal's past with the Trotters. The Frog's Legacy ""The Frog's Legacy"" is the sixth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was first broadcast on 25 December 1987. In the episode, the Trotters search for the hidden gold legacy of Frederick ""Freddie the Frog"" Robdal, an old friend of their mother's. Del Boy, Rodney and Albert go to Hampshire to attend"
"as ""Haldan"" or ""Haldanus"", while his brother Halga appears as ""Helghe"" or ""Helgo"". Hroðulf appears with an epithet as ""Roluo Krage"" or ""Rolf Krage"". Their Swedish enemy, King Eadgils, appears as ""Athislus"" or ""Athisl"" (the ""Chronicon Lethrense"" calls him ""Hakon"".) The only Danish work that retains traditions of the feud with Ingeld and Froda is the ""Gesta Danorum"". The ""Chronicon Lethrense"" and the included ""Annales Lundenses"" report that Ro and Helghe were the sons of Haldan, who died of old age. The two brothers shared the rule, Ro taking the land and Helghe the water. They also tell that Ro"
"as his ancestor. The Hatrocks later appear in the follow-up fifth-season episode ""The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes"", where they visit Bedrock. The last of the Arkanstone Flintstones was Fred's great-great-uncle Zeke Flintstone. Other relatives of Fred include: Giggles Flintstone, a rich, eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage; Uncle Tex Hardrock, Fred's rich Texan uncle; Tumbleweed and Mary Lou Jim, Fred's rich Texan cousins; Rockbottom ""Rocky"" Flintstone, Fred's grand dad, who was a veteran of Stone World War One; Stony Flintstone, Fred's grandfather and James Hardrock, Edna's father. Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph"
"on his earlier life. The action concerns the events leading up to the ""awakening"" of Moonshadow, the child of a hippy mother and an enigmatic alien father. The alien, who resembles a glowing orb of light bearing a stylized human face, abducted Moonshadow's mother from Earth in 1968 along with her black pet cat, Frodo. When the idealistic and naive Moonshadow is orphaned at approximately age 15, he becomes friends with a venal and opportunistic furry humanoid named Ira. Moonshadow and Ira and Frodo the cat set out to find a life for themselves in the stars. Moonshadow loses his"
"foot in London, a prohibition which, of course, Uncle Fred flouts at the earliest opportunity. Pongo is the brother of Valerie Twistleton. He is known for having an open heart with a large welcome mat, which women frequently flit in and out of. However, in ""Uncle Dynamite"", he finally got himself engaged to the truly ghastly Hermione Bostock, though exactly how he managed to do so is still a mystery. With the help of his Uncle Fred and the knowledge that she regularly wakes up at 6 in the morning, he realised that they were not meant to be and"
"The Frog's Legacy ""The Frog's Legacy"" is the sixth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, ""Only Fools and Horses"". It was first broadcast on 25 December 1987. In the episode, the Trotters search for the hidden gold legacy of Frederick ""Freddie the Frog"" Robdal, an old friend of their mother's. Del Boy, Rodney and Albert go to Hampshire to attend the wedding of Trigger's niece, Lisa, who appeared in the episode ""Tea for Three"". Whilst there, Trigger's Aunt Reenie (Joan Sims) tells Del about a known local gentleman thief, Freddie ""The Frog"" Robdal. It transpires that Del and Rodney's"
"Uncle Scrooge Uncle Scrooge (stylized as Uncle $crooge) is a comic book starring Scrooge McDuck (""the richest duck in the world""), his nephew Donald Duck, and grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and revolving around their adventures in Duckburg and around the world. It was first published in Four Color Comics #386 March 1952, as a spin-off of the popular ""Donald Duck"" series and is still presently ongoing. It has been produced under the aegis of several different publishers, including Western Publishing (initially in association with Dell Comics and later under its own subsidiary, Gold Key Comics and its Whitman imprint),"
"Frank Welker Franklin Wendell Welker (born March 12, 1946) is an American voice actor best known for his role as Fred Jones from the ""Scooby-Doo"" franchise since its inception in 1969 and as the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002. He is also known as the voice of Megatron in the Transformers franchise and as the voice and vocal effects of Nibbler on ""Futurama."" In 2016, Welker was honored with an Emmy Award for his lifetime achievement. Welker was born in Denver, Colorado, on March 12, 1946. He moved to California and attended Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, where"