If there’s one thing that can’t be denied about Lord of the Rings, it’s that it has more lore than you can shake a (walking) stick at. This doesn’t just go for all the detail in the books, either; with six whole movies based around this series and The Hobbit, there is more than enough behind the scenes gossip to go around in that respect, too. Nobody can forget a classic like Viggo Mortensen breaking two toes during the filming of Two Towers, not least because they decided to leave it in the final cut.

However, at the end of the day few of these tidbits will ever be as juicy as the multitude of memes that the ultimate fantasy series inspires. One thing about Tolkien fans in 2023 is that they love making and distributing funny internet pictures about his work. We’re simply here to aid in that process with the examples below. Enjoy!