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Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Dominic Monaghan: Merry

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Dominic Monaghan credited as playing...

Merry

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Quotes16

  • Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop 'til nightfall.
  • Pippin: What about breakfast?
  • Aragorn: You've already had it.
  • Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
  • [Aragorn turns and walks away]
  • Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
  • Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
  • Merry: I wouldn't count on it.
  • Legolas: Lembas!
  • [nibbles a corner]
  • Legolas: One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man!
  • Merry: [to Pippin] How many did you eat?
  • Pippin: Four.
  • [burps]
  • Pippin: [to Elrond] Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of... mission... quest... thing.
  • Merry: Well, that rules you out, Pip.
  • Pippin: Are we lost?
  • Merry: No.
  • Pippin: I think we are.
  • Merry: Shh. Gandalf's thinkin'.
  • Pippin: Merry?
  • Merry: What?
  • Pippin: I'm hungry.
  • Legolas: A lament for Gandalf...
  • [heard in the background]
  • Merry: What do they say about him?
  • Legolas: I have not the heart to tell you. For me the grief is still too near.
  • [Gandalf touches the stone surface of the walls of Moria]
  • Gandalf: Now, let's see... Ithildin. It mirrors only starlight and moonlight.
  • [moonlight shines on the wall, and the doors are revealed]
  • Gandalf: It reads: The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter.
  • Merry: What d'you suppose that means?
  • Gandalf: Oh, it's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open.
  • Gandalf: [pointing to a tunnel] There!
  • Merry: He remembered!
  • Gandalf: No, but the air doesn't smell so foul here. If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose.
  • Merry: That black rider was looking for something. Or someone. Frodo?
  • [Merry appears with a large jug of ale]
  • Pippin: What's that?
  • Merry: This, my friend, is a pint.
  • Pippin: It comes in pints?
  • Merry: [confirms while drinking]
  • Pippin: I'm getting one.
  • Sam: Trust a Brandybuck and a Took.
  • Merry: What? That was just a detour, a shortcut.
  • Sam: Shortcut to what?
  • Pippin: Mushrooms!
  • [Merry and Pippin are leading the Uruks away from Frodo]
  • Pippin: It's working!
  • Merry: I know it's working! Run!
  • [after falling down a hill]
  • Merry: I think I've broken something.
  • [pulls out a broken carrot]
  • Frodo: We must leave the Shire. Sam and I must get to Bree.
  • Merry: Right... Buckleberry Ferry! Follow me!
  • [Aragorn and Hobbits are being harassed by marsh insects]
  • Merry: What do they eat when they can't get Hobbit?
  • Sam: [starts to panic] Mister Frodo? Frodo! Frodo!
  • [Frodo emerges from the bend in the path, looking puzzled]
  • Sam: I thought I'd lost you.
  • Frodo: What are you talking about?
  • Sam: It's just something Gandalf said.
  • Frodo: What did he say?
  • Sam: 'Don't you lose him Samwise Gamgee!' And I don't mean to.
  • Frodo: [amused] Sam, we're still in the Shire. What could possibly happen?
  • [Suddenly, Pippin bursts from the cornfield and knocks over Frodo. Merry, close behind, barrels out, knocking over Sam. Both have an armful of vegetables]
  • Pippin: Frodo? Merry! It's Frodo Baggins.
  • Merry: Hello Frodo!
  • Sam: Get off him!
  • [hauls Pippin off Frodo]
  • Sam: Frodo? Are you all right?
  • Pippin: What's the meaning of this?
  • Merry: Hold this.
  • [hands vegetables to Sam]
  • Sam: You've been into Farmer Maggot's crop!
  • [They hear a dog barking and an angry, yelling voice. Pippin grabs Frodo and runs, followed by Merry. Sam does a double take on the produce in his hands, drops them and runs after the others]
  • Farmer Maggot: [brandishing a scythe] OI! Maggots! You get back here! Wait till I get on this to you! GET OUT OF MY FIELD! You'll know the devil if I catch up with you!
  • Merry: 'Dunno why he is so upset. It's only a couple of carrots!
  • Pippin: And some cabbages. And those few bags of potatoes that we lifted last week and, and the mushrooms the week before!
  • Merry: Yes Pippin! My point is, he is clearly overreactin'. Run!
  • [Pippin, Frodo and Merry stops just before the edge of the hill. Sam slams into them from behind and all four hobbits roll down the hill]
  • Pippin: Ooh! That was close
  • Merry: Ow! I think I've broken something.
  • [pulls out a broken carrot]
  • Peregrin "Pippin" Took: What's that?
  • Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck: This, my friend, is a pint.
  • Peregrin "Pippin" Took: It comes in pints?
  • Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck: Mmm!
  • Peregrin "Pippin" Took: I'm getting one.
  • Samwise "Sam" Gamgee: You've got a whole half already!

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