| NOTE: This page only gives information about The Hobbit trilogy as part of Peter Jackson's six-film saga, as the original version and the version from the Rankin-Bass cartoon are not considered Inconsistently Admirable, thus only the information of the live-action version of Thorin Oakenshield should be put here. |
| “ | If this is to end in fire, then we will all burn together. | „ |
| ~ Thorin Oakenshield before facing Smaug, and his most famous quote. |
| “ | Farewell, Master Burglar. Go back to your books, and your armchair. Plant your trees. Watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place. | „ |
| ~ Thorin's last words, as well as his second-most famous quote. |
Thorin Oakenshield is one of the two tritagonists (alongside Aragorn) of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film series. He is the deuteragonist of The Hobbit trilogy.
He is the king of Erebor and alongside his twelve dwarven brethren, he recruits Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey to take back the mountain and ensure Smaug receives his comeuppance. Despite being extremely cantankerous and prejudicial, he is ultimately a courageous and noble king who is willing to do absolutely anything for his people.
He is portrayed by Richard Armitage.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Admirable?[]
Background[]
- For decades, he has contributed greatly to the prosperity of Erebor.
- He spends decades helping the dwarves rebuild their lives after Smaug the Terrible ruthlessly conquered the Lonely Mountain.
- He singlehandedly wins the Battle of Azanulbizar by courageously amputating the extremely malevolent warlord Azog the Defiler. This epic triumph earns Thorin the epithet of "Oakenshield".
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey[]
- He accepts Gandalf's call to take up the cause and claim the long-forgotten mountain where Smaug slumbers unopposed.
- While he was originally a huge jerk to Bilbo Baggins, he subverts this and thanks him for being helpful. He also interferes when he's about to get eaten by some disgusting trolls and saved the Hobbit's life from certain death while crossing mountains.
- When Bilbo gains time against the Cavern Trolls, Thorin catches up to the act and gives a kick to Kili to ensure they must play along. Gloin, Oin, Kili and the others near Thorin join Bilbo in winning time while Gandalf secures a safe position.
- When Radagast provides a diversion with his bunnies, Thorin and Gandalf get everyone away.
- While at first he distrusted elves like Elrond, because of Thranduil's actions, he subverts his distrust over Elrond in a few ways proving that he respects the Lord of Rivendell. He is respectful when Elrond allows him to keep a Great Sword forged by his people.
- When fighting against the Goblins, Thorin bravely takes the lead, alongside Dwalin, Bofur, Kili, Gloin and the others, he kills several minions of the Goblin King by standing on the frontlines.
- He and Bilbo defy Azog when not even Gandalf would dare face the Pale Orc.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug[]
- In the beginning, he is the one who opens the lock of Beorn's house, thus saving everyone.
- While travelling in the Dark Forest, he asks for his dwarves to carry Bombur who had fallen asleep, proving he leaves no one behind.
- When Bilbo interrupts the man-eating spiders, Thorin gets everyone out of the webs and to safety.
- After Bilbo rescues the dwarves from the Elven Dungeon, Thorin shouts: ''Well done, master Baggins!''
- When they escaped Thranduil's kingdom, he saved Balin from an orc. Furthermore, Thorin saves Legolas' life from a backstabbing orc, proving that while he is prejudiced against elves he is willing to compromise.
- He and the dwarves pay Bard twice his normal fare for smuggling them into Lake-town, which is being run by what are some pretty typical examples of corrupt officials.
- At the entrance way of Erebor, while at first he discarded Bilbo's claims, he later returned and prevented the Key from falling off the Mountain.
- After he is rescued by Dwalin and Nori, he steadfastly urges for Nori to scurry away with him to evade Smaug.
- During the battle against Smaug, Thorin, along with Dwalin and Nori, stands at the lead while the dwarves try to stop him with improvised bombs. Thorin and the others would have died if Gloin had not intervened. After Smaug is temporarily stunned, Thorin rushes in complete courage to finish the trap against Smaug.
- He tries to bury Smaug in molten gold, and while this would be an agonizing way to die, the dragon would have absolutely deserved it.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies[]
- He grants Bilbo with Mithril armor, which is later acknowledged as a kingly gift.
- He overcomes the Dragon Sickness.
- When Azog is about to overrun everybody, he rents apart his rock barrier with a giant bell, silently acknowledging he never should have built it at all, and rallies everyone to live to fight another day.
- During the battle, he rides to Ravenhill alongside Dwalin, Kili and Fili, slaying many orcs.
- When an Orc nearly ambushes Legolas, Thorin stops him, in spite of his petty prejudice against elves.
- He saves Dale from being wiped out by Azog and defeats him once and for all, preventing him from participating in the War of the Ring and avenging not only his nephew Fili, but all of the skin-changers the orc has killed for fun. Even when Dain says he is their king, Thorin correctly says that's exactly why he felt obligated to do this.
- He apologizes to Bilbo, acknowledging only a true friend would risk his life to withhold the Arkenstone and expressing his desire to part with him in friendship; the fact he admits to having treated everyone atrociously means he is accountable enough to accept that he was wrong instead of putting all the blame on dragon sickness.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]
- He is way too much of a jerk.
- He is extremely foul-tempered, condescending, and cantankerous. Gandalf even calls him out on friendliness not being a strong suit of his, hence why the elderly Balin constantly tries to be a voice of reason, but Thorin rarely listens.
- He calls Bilbo helpless several times and calling him a "miserable rat" as well. He later subverts this by forming a strong bond with the Hobbit.
- He says that Thranduil is the definition of dishonorable to his face. However, Thranduil had acted in a selfish way in the past which angered Thorin.
- He insults Smaug's weight and calls him a slug (although the dragon doubtlessly deserved it after everything he had done to him).
- He mocks Bard and rubs it in his face that he has nothing at all, only for him to unsheath the Arkenstone in response.
- He directs all of the dwarves to break into Bilbo's house and pillage his pantries, even making a song out of being as atrocious of guests as possible.
- He reneges on his promise to Bard when thousands of innocent lives are at stake, ignoring the fact that he unleashed Smaug in the first place. Thranduil calls him out on the fact that he has proven that his word means absolutely nothing.
- He pulls his blade on his own brother Dwalin and threatens to murder him in cold blood, and Dwalin can tell he's not bluffing.
- He is extremely foul-tempered, condescending, and cantankerous. Gandalf even calls him out on friendliness not being a strong suit of his, hence why the elderly Balin constantly tries to be a voice of reason, but Thorin rarely listens.
- He is very stubborn, prejudicial, speciesist, and irreasonable.
- Even if his prejudice against Orcs is justified since they are literally spawn of the Dark Lord of Mordor, he has made it crystal-clear that he hates all elves, and while his grudge against Thranduil sounds reasonable on paper, Gandalf repeatedly reminded him that unlike Thranduil, Elrond has never done anything to wrong him before, and Thorin still won't listen and only relents when Gandalf makes him go to Rivendell against his wishes.
- Him allowing his own bitterness to condemn his own company to Mirkwood's dungeons and later withholding white gems of starlight show just how petty and unjustified his hatred of Thranduil is.
- To compound the issue, the feeling was mutual because Thranduil harbored equal petty and unjustified hatred toward Thorin and his clan ever since the latter's grandfather King Thrór claimed the elven king's gems from him and demanded payment from the former for return of his jewels. In fact, both Gandalf and Bilbo had a hard time to make them see reason.
- He can be lethal since he tried to throw Bilbo off of a balcony for giving the Arkenstone to Bard and Thranduil behind his back in an attempt to settle things peacefully as well as rightfully calling him out for all his negative behavior while under the effects of "dragon sickness"; even if he apologized, he still tried to betray Bilbo and murder him in cold blood.
Trivia[]
- He is one of three Middle-earth characters to be Inconsistently Admirable, with the others being Galadriel and Isildur.
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