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Lord Of The Rings: How Bilbo And Frodo Are Actually Related - Looper
Lord Of The Rings: How Bilbo And Frodo Are Actually Related - Looper

Bilbo and Frodo Baggins are major characters in Lord of the Rings, but they're not uncle and nephew. Here's how Bilbo and Frodo are actually related.

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Sept 22nd 1400 (by Shire-reckoning) - Bilbo Baggins celebrated his "eleventy-first" birthday. On the same day Bilbo's cousin, Frodo Baggins, celebrated his 33rd birthday. 📽️📆 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2021) #HobbitDay

3 Screens from the movie. First, a close up of a map with the caption "The 22nd day of September in the year 1400 by Shire reckoning". Second, A close up of a bearded wizard talking to another person. They are saying "You didn't think I'd miss your Uncle Bilbo's birthday?". Third, an overhead shot of an outside party with the banner "Happy Birthday Bilbo Baggins"
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Sept 22nd 2004 - 20 Years ago today, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, carrying 324 passengers, deviated from its original course and disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. 📺📆 Lost (2004) #Lost

2 Screens from the show. First, close up of a man saying "September 22nd". Second, a close up of a piece of paper. Printed on the paper is "System Failure" repeated, along with "922044:16"
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Sept 17th - The date of the giant vegetable competition at Tottington Hall. 📽️📆 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

2 Screens from the movie. First, a close up of a dog staring directly at the camera. It's in a greenhouse with vegetables around it. Second, we see the dog is looking at a calendar with "Giant Vegetable Competition At Tottington Hall" in letters at the top, with September 17 circled
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Sep 1st 1885 - Doc Brown, trapped in the past, wrote a letter to Marty explaining what had happened when the DeLorean was struck by lightning and where he had hidden the car. 📽️📅 Back to the Future Part II (1989) #BackToTheFuture

2 screens from the movie. First, a close up of an old letter, signed "Emmett L. Brown" and dated September 1, 1885. Second, a young man wet from the rain, reading the letter
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Aug 29th 1997 - 27 years ago today Skynet become self aware. 📽️📅Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) #Terminator#JudgementDay

A screenshot from the movie with the terminator saying “it becomes self aware at 2:14am Eastern time, August 29
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Aug 27th 1980 - Identical twins, Kermit and Fozzie, are fired from The Daily Chronicle after failing to report on the theft of Lady Holiday's jewels. 📽️📅 The Great Muppet Caper (1981) #Muppets

3 Screens from the movie. First, a close up of "The Daily Chronicle" newspaper with the headline "Identical Twins Join Chronicle Staff". The newspaper is dated Aug 27th 1980. Second, a newspaper editor sat behind their desk looking at 3 muppets saying "How could you miss a story like that?". Third, A shot of the faces of the 3 muppets, one of them is saying "I guess this would be the wrong time to ask for a raise"
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Aug 18th 1973 - 5 kids give a hitchhiker a lift, then get invited to dinner as a thank you. 📽️📅 Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

4 Screenshots from the movie. First, a black screen with "August 18, 1973" written on it. The other 3 are famous scenes from the movie. The hitchhiker in the van, Leatherface opening the door scaring a girl and the family sat around the dinner table
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Aug 16th 1977 - Elvis Presley impersonator Sebastian Haff died. Elvis tiring of fame, had swapped lives with Sebastian. While the world mourned "Elvis", the real Elvis was alive and well impersonating himself. 📽️📅 Bubba Ho-Tep (2003)

3 screens from the movie showing "the real" Elvis Presley in bed in a retirement home. He's saying "And this boy Sebastian Haff...he was an Elvis imitator. He was the best of 'em. He took my place. So it was him that died, not me. I just took his place."
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Aug 15th 1981 - Rocky Balboa's trainer, Micky Goldmill, died following Rocky's first fight with Clubber Lang. 📽️📅 Rocky 3 (1982)

2 Screens from the movie. First, Rocky with a heavily beaten face looks over the body of his trainer Mikey, which is lying down. Second, a close up of a funeral plaque which says "In Loving Memory Mickey Goldmill April 7, 1905 - August 15, 1981"
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