The Orcs also work independently as the common antagonists in The Hobbit, though in that work they are more often called Goblins.

However, in the published Silmarillion it is stated that Orcs " had life and multiplied after the manner of the Children of Ilúvatar ", implying that they exist ; in The Hobbit the Orc Bolg is the son of one Azog, while Gollum is described as having eaten a young Goblin-imp ( Goblins often being synonymous with orcs ) shortly before he first met Bilbo ( which seems to be alluded to in The Lord of the Rings movie when Gollum goes on ( with himself ) about how unpleasant-tasting orcs are and that sweet Hobbit meat would suit Shelob better ).

* The Hobbit – Goblins

The Goblins of the Misty Mountains were a smaller breed of Orc, and invented horrid machines used to torture and kill things.

The protagonists were 4 heroes (" Barbarian ", " Dwarf ", " Elf " and " Wizard ") who faced a selection of monsters: Orcs, Goblins, Fimir, Chaos Warriors, a Chaos Warlock ( which represented many of the named characters for the various quests ), a Gargoyle and a number of Undead — skeletons, zombies and mummies.

In older editions of the game Forest Goblins could be taken on foot, but in the 6th edition they were removed entirely.

They were well organized, often starting rebellions and leading the other Orcs and Goblins into armed revolt.

Two games for this mode were converted directly from PC: Prince of Persia and Goblins ( computer game ), and one from Sony PlayStation: Time Gal.

Thus it is uncertain whether the myth of the Shillington Goblins or the faeryring they were supposed to have left behind appeared first.

Goblins and harpies are shown to have the potential to possess half-talents, the complementary half existing in a member of the other species, ( i. e., a goblin must team with a harpy for them to utilize their talent ); the hostility between goblins and harpies proved a major obstacle to any serious effort by them to work together to develop these potential talents.

In addition to her work in the Jicks, Weiss was the primary drummer for the group Sleater-Kinney, and has recently played with Bright Eyes, John Doe and Wild Flag, while Coomes has been working with Pink Mountain and on his solo project, Blues Goblins.

In The Father Christmas Letters, which Tolkien wrote for his children, Red Gnomes are helpful creatures who come from Norway to the North Pole to assist Father Christmas and his Elves in fighting the wicked Goblins.

Dwarfs are, likewise, hated by Goblins.

After escaping from the Misty Mountains pursued by Goblins and Wargs, the party was carried to safety by the Great Eagles.

The Battle of the Five Armies ensued when hosts of Goblins and Wargs attacked all three parties.

After the ensuing Battle of the Five Armies, in which the Eagles, the Elves of Mirkwood, the Men of Dale, and the Dwarves of the Iron Hills ( as well as Thorin's band ) defeated an invading horde of Goblins and in which Thorin was killed, his cousin Dáin II Ironfoot, already King of the Iron Hills, became King Under the Mountain, and the Lonely Mountain was not abandoned again.

He collaborated with Terry Jones, who was a screenwriter on Labyrinth, on The Goblins of the Labyrinth ( 1986, re-issued in abridged form as The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins in 1996 ), and subsequently on a number of non-Labyrinth-related books about fairies and goblins, namely of the " Lady Cottington " series, such as Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.

He has also worked with American writer Ari Berk on more recent books, including Goblins and " The Runes of Elfland ", and produced art books such as Good Faeries / Bad Faeries.

Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia.

Wirt Sikes in his book British Goblins mentions the following Welsh tale about púca.

In his afterword to The Goblins of Labyrinth, Froud wrote that Jareth references " the romantic figures of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights and a brooding Rochester from Jane Eyre " and the Scarlet Pimpernel.

The playable races in the original video game version of Blood Bowl included Dwarfs, Wood Elves, Humans, Goblins, Orcs, Chaos, Skaven, and Lizardmen.

Further, some subsidiary battles to the campaign of the Great Battle are mentioned there briefly, as well as in the tale of The Fall of Gondolin where the Battle of Tasarinan is described as a surprise attack by the Goblins on the Noldor of the Host.

Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia.

It is the sequel to Ghosts ' n Goblins and the second game in the Ghosts ' n Goblins series.

The gameplay for Ghouls ' n Ghosts is similar to that of Ghosts ' n Goblins.

* Veld Elves: horsemen from the grasslands of northeast Aventuria ; they have loose contact with humans and Goblins.

* Goblins: smaller relatives of the Orks, with red-brown fur, living mostly in northeastern Aventuria.

Goblins are second in numbers only to the humans.

In 1977, Trudeau wrote a script for a 26-minute animated special.

* The voice of Platypus in the Australian animated film Dot and the Kangaroo ( 1977 )

The Hobbit, an animated version of the story produced by Rankin / Bass, debuted as a television movie in the United States in 1977.

John Huston voiced Gandalf in the animated films The Hobbit ( 1977 ) and The Return of the King ( 1980 ) produced by Rankin / Bass.

Smaug as he appears in the The Hobbit ( 1977 film ) | 1977 animated version of The Hobbit.

In the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit, Smaug was voiced by Richard Boone.

In the 1977 Rankin / Bass animated version of The Hobbit, Bilbo was voiced by Orson Bean.

Jordan also lent his voice to Disney's animated film The Rescuers ( 1977 ).

Art Clokey also made a few highly experimental and visually inventive short clay animation films for adults, including his first student film Gumbasia ( 1955 ), the visually rich Mandala ( 1977 ) — described by Clokey as a metaphor for evolving human consciousness — and the equally bizarre The Clay Peacock ( 1963 ), an elaboration on the animated NBC logo of the time.

Some of the most famous included Larry Storch, Dallas McKennon ( best known as the voice of Archie in the Archie cartoon and as Cincinnatus, in the Daniel Boone TV series ), Adam West and Burt Ward ( who recreated their roles as " Batman and Robin " from their 1960s live-action series for Filmation's 1977 animated incarnation ), Jane Webb, and good friends and colleagues Ed Asner and Linda Gary ( Gary voiced a majority of Filmation's work in the 1980s ), along with John Erwin ( voice of Reggie Mantle, and later the voice of He-Man ), Alan Oppenheimer ( character actor in TV and film ), Ted Knight, George DiCenzo ( John BlackStar, Hordak, Bow on She-ra ), Melendy Britt, Howard Morris, Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Ed Gilbert, Susan Blu, Erika Scheimer ( daughter of Lou Scheimer ), and even Lou Scheimer himself ( either uncredited, or under the pseudonym of " Erik ( sometimes " Eric ") Gunden ").

Of all the various adaptations, Chuck Jones's 1977 animated TV short Mowgli's Brothers, adapting the first story in The Jungle Book, may be the one that adheres most closely to the original plot and dialogue.

( Both Tyrone and Gladys became animated characters in the " Nitwits " segments of the 1977 animated television show, Baggy Pants and the Nitwits.

Pleasence was the author of the 1977 children's book Scouse the Mouse ( London: New English Library ), which was animated by Canadian animator / film director Gerald Potterton ( a friend of the actor, who directed him in the 1973 Canadian film The Rainbow Boys, retitled The Rainbow Gang for VHS release in the United States ) and also adapted into a children's recording ( Polydor Records, 1977 ) with Ringo Starr voicing the book's title character, Scouse the Mouse.

Pete's Dragon ( 1977 ) is a live-action / animated musical film from Walt Disney Productions, in which he played a travelling elixir showman / salesman named Doc Terminus.

In 1977 Al Guest and Jean Mathieson of Rainbow Animation were commissioned by Capitol Records to create the first animated rock video of the Klaatu song " A Routine Day ".

* Fred Flintstone was the guest of honor at a celebrity roast for his birthday in the live-action and animated TV special Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue ( 1977 ) hosted by Roy Clark and Bonnie Franklin which featured the Ice Capades.

Ralph Bakshi used the technique quite extensively in his animated movies Wizards ( 1977 ), The Lord of the Rings ( 1978 ), American Pop ( 1981 ), and Fire and Ice ( 1983 ).

Pete's Dragon is a 1977 live-action / animated musical film from Walt Disney Productions and the first Disney film to be recorded in the Dolby Stereo sound system.

* Narrator of several Disney animated films, including those featuring Winnie the Pooh ( 1966 – 1977 )

In the 1977 animated adaption of The Hobbit, The Wood Elves are depicted as having fair hair and pale lavender skin, with clothing predominantly brown and olive coloured garb.

He played the main characters Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the 1977 and 1980 Rankin / Bass animated adaptations of J. R. R.