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  Figwit - Tolkien Gateway
Figwit is seen in the first movie during the council of Elrond.
Figwit is also seen in the third movie in the scene where Arwen is leaving for the Grey Havens and has the vision about her future son Eldarion.
Figwit's rise to fame began shortly after the first movie, and some fans believe he was given dialog in the third movie because Peter Jackson was aware of the attention given to this extra.
tolkiengateway.net /wiki/Figwit   (563 words)

  
 Growing Up ch.8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Figwit wandered over to a chair and pulled the cloak off the back and hung it on a small peg in the stone.
Figwit was leaning against the wall, watching Glorfindel cook the griddlecakes and place the cooked ones onto a platter.
Figwit and Glorfindel sat down on the chairs by the fire and watch silently as the twins and Elrond engaged in their morning meal.
doublevision.shoreless-skies.net /growingupch8.html   (2535 words)

  
 Frodo is Great ... Who is That !!? (2004)
In fact, Figwit is the name that has been given to an elvish extra that appears only in a single scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and is on screen for only about three seconds.
Figwit fandom though appears to be taking the girlish adulation that surrounds Orlando Bloom and planting its tongue ever so slightly in its cheek.
There are a host of other Figwit fansites, including Figwit is Evil, which depicts Figwit alongside Osama bin Laden and peeping out of frames of the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination.
www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/figwit.htm   (737 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - 'Lord' of the extras: Elfin charmer nets fans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Figwit the elf has only three seconds or so of screen time and no dialogue but has turned into a major cult phenom.
Hadad dubbed him Figwit, based on her initial reaction to his fleeting appearance during the Council of Elrond when hobbit hero Frodo (Elijah Wood) agrees to be the ring bearer: "Frodo is grea...
The man behind Figwit, musician McKenzie, 26, hails from Wellington, New Zealand, where much of the trilogy was shot.
www.usatoday.com /life/movies/news/2002-08-05-figwit_x.htm   (638 words)

  
 Figwit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Figwit's rise to fame began shortly after the first movie, Peter Jackson stated in the DVD commentary for The Return of the King that he was given dialogue in the third movie because Jackson became aware of the attention given to this extra.
The only 'official' place where the name "Figwit" actually appears is on a Return of the King series card from Topps #38 — "Return to Rivendell".
In 2004 a 50 minute documentary on the Figwit phenomenon "Frodo is great...
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Figwit   (563 words)

  
 Undomiel Ortanë (Evenstar Rising) by Queen of Gondor
Figwit looked across the room at Frodo, making sure that he was still sleeping.
Figwit could see something was wrong, he could see it in her eyes, and feel it in the way she spoke.
She wondered endlessly what Figwit must be up to, and even though she knew it must not be something incredibly important, she dreaded the meeting with each passing hour.
lotrscrapbook.bookloaf.net /stories/serial/arwen/contents/21-22.html   (1372 words)

  
 The elf who turned into a chick magnet - theage.com.au
They dubbed him Figwit as a result of their original reaction to catching sight of his fleeting and only appearance in the film, during the scene at the Council of Elrond when Frodo agrees to be the ring bearer.
Mark Ordesky, the trilogy's executive producer, said director Peter Jackson had been so amused by the Figwit phenomenon that he had tried to bring him back when more shooting was done for the second film, but he had not been contactable.
Two extra seconds of the character can be seen in the expanded DVD version of the first film, and he features briefly in an extra segment on one of the discs which details post-production work.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/01/10/1041990093364.html   (498 words)

  
 An Etude in C Minor
Anyway, So Figwit is about to volunteer for the misson ("Pick me! Pick me! I know a short cut to Mordor!") when Legolas gets up, flicks his blonde tresses over his shoulder and goes...
Figwit, a name bestowed on him by fans meaning “Frodo is grea...
As well as an extensive gallery with images of his character, the website features songs made up about Figwit, and online debate as to who is better looking —- Orlando Bloom’s Legolas or Figwit —- and a book where people can comment on their favourite elf.
falling0star.diaryland.com /020612_91.html   (532 words)

  
 Figwit-Club on deviantART
This is a Club to honour Figwit, the Silent One.
Figwit was the Bishounen in Lord of the Rings
Yeah, Figwit is that elf guy who just sits there and does nothing in the first movie
figwit-club.deviantart.com   (269 words)

  
 RingQuest - We need a section for Figwit!!!!
Figwit is the man-- I mean, Figwit is the elf!!!
Figwit fans have been calling out “Figwit” at Flight of the Conchords gigs and stealing the band’s promotional posters from the Gilded Balloon venue.
Among Brett’s Edinburgh admirers is a group responsible for one of the Figwit websites who came from Germany, Israel and England to meet their hero.
ringquest.com /forums/printthread.php?t=2768   (804 words)

  
 Figwit Lives! FAQ
A: Figwit is an elf who was first sighted in the Council of Elrond.
A: “Figwit” stands for "Frodo is grea...who is THAT?!?" We don't know his real name.
In the scene where we see Arwen leaving for the Grey Havens and has that Ring-flu induced hallucination about her effeminate future son, Figwit is the one that tell her to get her bony ass back with the others.
www.figwitlives.net /faq.htm   (610 words)

  
 Round Seven
And Sprite and Figwit did spot Legolas from a distance, but he was too preoccupied with his daddy to notice them.
Sprite decided to talk to Figwit about something that had been on her mind lately.
Figwit and Sprite landed on the stable roof.
newmoon22.tripod.com /id16.html   (1004 words)

  
 TheFanlistings.org Message Board > What happened to poor Figwit?
I think that Figwit getting a collector card proves how nice Peter Jackson is, not that Figwit is a real character.
Figwit as he "appears" in the first movie certainly isn't a real character.
But he does have lines in the third movie (he speaks to Arwen after her vision) and there are those three cards as well.
www.thefanlistings.org /board/lofiversion/index.php/t39195.html   (634 words)

  
 The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - Another Figwit?
It has been noted that Figwit had speaking lines this time around; he was the elf in Arwen's train that told her "We cannot delay." All well and good.

Now, most of us are happy that Narsil has been reforged at last.

I remember when that picture was first released on Council of Elrond we were trying to figure out if the smith was truely Figwit and we decided he was not but someone still said, "It doesn't matter if it isn't Figwit for those are still two very tastey looking cupcakes." I would have to agree.
Figwit on his name: Are you suggesting that I have the wit of a fig?
forum.barrowdowns.com /showthread.php?t=10200   (546 words)

  
 Figwit Lives! (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
There is a mention of Figwit on the extended DVD by none other than PJ and Fran Walsh!
TOPPS has issued another autographed Figwit card- It's different from the first one as you can see here.
Last but definitely not least- Figwit has been playing some more hockey.
www.figwitlives.net.cob-web.org:8888   (768 words)

  
 'Figwit' steals Frodo's thunder | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film
An elusive brooding elf character known as Figwit is exciting fascination among fans of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
According to the paper, the first site devoted to Figwit, www.figwitlives.net, was established last March by university friends.
Meanwhile the actor who plays Figwit, 26-year-old New Zealand musician Bret McKenzie, is as baffled as anybody over his character's curious celebrity.
film.guardian.co.uk /lordoftherings/news/0,11016,859428,00.html   (323 words)

  
 Fans of Figwit
Of course, there are enough sites that one can find on the internet about our dear Figwit to be kept content, but there's nothing like the satisfaction one gets from making their own page about the Elf they fancy most.
Lines are to your left, web-rings and updates are to the bottom, and fun is all in between.
I'm still working on the 'Which Figwit Are You?' quiz, because I had it nearly done last night, and then the page flipped out on me, so I lost all the work I did on it...
www.geocities.com /figwit_x/index.html   (743 words)

  
 10-09-03: Figwit
She dubbed him "Figwit," an acronym for "Frodo is grea...
No one knows who Figwit really is. Go ahead and type 'Figwit' in any search engine and find him.
The guy who played Figwit, Bret Mackenzie, a good looking musician from New Zealand, is on the way to stardom.
www.tolkien-movies.com /forum/forum.php?id=3336   (153 words)

  
 10-07-03: Figwit and Jarrickon
The people on that site must have watched the Council sequence in FOTR a thounsand times, because they all had a hullabalu over who the elf sitting next to aragorn was.
They found out that the elf's real name is Malfanaion, but Figwit stuck and so they keep calling him that.
Figwit has to be one of the most popular extras in this entire movie...
www.tolkien-movies.com /forum/forum.php?id=3333   (201 words)

  
 Elf on a Shelf - Kiss Figwit
And it is only a question of time before the official biography, audio book and collectable mug will be released.
Figwit, we bow in awe, and shall kiss you gently and accompanied by a tune fitting your lovely brown velvet tunic.
Move the mouse cursor to the place on Figgie's face where you'd like to kiss him, then click.
www.wozupdoc.net /kissfigwit.html   (162 words)

  
 Don't Cry for Me, Figwit Baby (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Disclaimer: Besides the usual disclaimer, I must note that Peter Jackson's film version of LotR is also referred to.
TheOneRing.net, on the basis of an Elf extra played by Bret McKenzie, who appears at the Council of Elrond in the film.
The form of the poem is modeled on the song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from the rock opera Evita, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
uci.net.cob-web.org:8888 /~kburkhol/fanfic/filks/dcfigwit.html   (240 words)

  
 Figwit, Elf at the Council of Elrond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
For those who don't know, Figwit is an Elf at the Council of Elrond.
Some fans saw him and named him "Figwit", meaning "Frodo is great, who is that?" I thought the name immensely funny.
I think he's the elf who rides up with Legolas, but I'm not sure, nor quite obsessive enough to get two TVs and two DVDs so I can compare the actors.
www.churchofbrad.com /zetal/vsdfig.html   (223 words)

  
 twisted/sister: FIGWIT LIVES!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
An extra in Fellowship of the Ring, sitting in the Council of Elrond with only a grand total of three seconds' non-closeup, non-speaking exposure, the elf christened by adoring fangirls as Figwit ("Frodo is grea...
If your eyes are sharp enough, just when Frodo jumps up and declares that he would be the one to take the Ring to Mordor, you could see Figwit sitting there in the background.
Well, at least that's what his fangirls say.
barquentine.blogon.com /archives/2003/01/000048.html   (224 words)

  
 A Meme I Missed: Figwit | DarrenBarefoot.com
There’s even a documentary to legitimize the effect the fans of Figwit have on the Lord of the Rings movie franchise.
For those not in the know, Figwit stands for “Frodo is great…who is THAT?” In the first LOTR movie, in the Council of Elrond scene, an extra playing an elf captured the attention of 2 fans who affectionately dubbed him Figwit.
To make a long story short (you can read the FAQs of Figwit-dom here) because of the fans, Peter Jackson, LOTR director, gave him a line in the LOTR:ROTK.
www.darrenbarefoot.com /archives/2004/07/a-meme-i-missed-figwit.html   (248 words)

  
 thoomcare.com: Figwit and Wigfit (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Little Figwit was born first, with Wigfit making his appearance about 45 seconds later.
I made a number of sketches during BBK's labor, which was unfortunately disrupted several times by a pie-throwing Kinon.
But as you can see, once the twins were born, many well-wishers came to watch them take their first steps and enjoy their birthday cake.
www.thoomcare.com.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/002456.html   (391 words)

  
 Pippin Took : I just realized Figwit was in Return of
I just realized Figwit was in Return of the Kings!
I never put two and two together that it was Figwit, maybe because he was talking...
Maybe Frodo is a better hobbit than Figwit.
www.greatestjournal.com /users/foolishtook/25628.html   (146 words)

  
 Mini Golf
[Figwit and Kendall go through the normal routine.
Figwit: O.O Oh no! The one enemy of rocks everywhere!
[Figwit putts and fits the small wooden church instead of through the hole]
www.4sullivans.com /kateskorner/alfirin/html/mini_golf_.html   (661 words)

  
 Legolas vs. Figwit: The Ultimate Battle (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
Legolas, Figwit, and the Liquor Cabinet of DOOM
Here you can access the chapters to Legolas vs. Figwit: The Ultimate Battle, the first installment of the Elfie-Boys Trilogy.
You will notice throughout the chapters that I say things about reviews, but that's just a fanfiction.net thing, so you can just ignore it.
newmoon22.tripod.com.cob-web.org:8888 /id7.html   (70 words)

  
 What the Folk! - Bret McKenzie
Read a write up on him over at USA Today.
Type Figwit into google and your time can be filled.
Video Kid (aka Bret aka Figwit) has recorded a few tracks in his time.
www.whatthefolk.net /bret.htm   (619 words)

  
 FIGWIT IS EVIL!!!!!!!
Incriminating photos of Figwit reveal that The Council of Elrond isn't the only top-secret summit meeting of world leaders that mysterious dark-haired elf has attended recently!
Grief-stricken formerly- swooning fangrrls worldwide from ages 11 to eleventy-one express shock and dismay!
Bring your Figwit pics, Figwit posters, Figwit Action Figure,and especially, your souvenier Pouty Figwit Pillowcases (tm) to your local shopping mall for a huge effigy burning to be held on Figwit-Free Day.
www.geocities.com /figwit_is_evil/Evil_figwit.html   (98 words)

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