| | The NitPicker's Guide to the Lord of the Rings |
 | | the obvious: Bombadil, the Barrowdowns, etc.; nor the less obvious, how the party ended up with Bill the pony or the arrows bouncing off Frodo's mithril shirt as the party flees the Terror at the Bridge of Khazad-dum). |
 | | Tom Bombadil gives the Hobbits blades taken from the Barrowdowns (FOTR p.200-201), blades of Westernesse, one of which--Merry's--plays a significant role in Eowyn's confrontation with the Witch-King at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields (ROTK p.143,146). |
 | | Jackson has Aragorn arm the Hobbits at Weathertop. |
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