These ‘Lord of the Rings’, ‘Moneyball’ Memes Are Incredible Content
The fall of Twitter like a biblical kingdom of yore is ongoing but sometimes good stuff still comes across the feed. Hard emphasis on “sometimes.” For every funny meme out there you get a dozen horrific exchanges that make you question humanity. But every once in a while something great happens, where it feels like everybody in a certain corner of the Internet is teaming up to make us all laugh. The most recent example of this was last week, when everyone you knew was posting 30 Rock clips.
On Wednesday, it happened again, and it is targeted at a very particular segment of the population– people who like Brad Pitt’s Moneyball and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. An unusual crossover, I know. But it’s absolutely tremendous content. If you don’t like Moneyball then you won’t find it funny but you will probably find it funny if you like Lord Of The Rings.
It appears to have started when Tom Ley, co-founder of Defector, tweeted out a meme about The Fellowship Of The Ring with a sports crossover aspect. Funny stuff alone, to be sure.
Saruman seeing that Elrond spent 4 Fellowship roster spots on hobbits pic.twitter.com/Rbt3Rr7uHE
— Tom Ley (@ToLey88) December 26, 2023
But for whatever reason it didn’t just spark more LOTR sports jokes. Instead it inspired very specific Moneyball jokes. Perhaps starting with this tweet.
Elrond putting together the Fellowship roster https://t.co/Ov5cQT7Iiz pic.twitter.com/bVe4aYsNS8
— QQ (@HeylKatme) December 26, 2023
Once the ball gets rolling it’s very hard to stop. Here’s a sampling of some of the best LOTR x Moneyball memes out there.
“We might not have Bilbo Baggings, but we can recreate him in the aggregate”
— Ronen Lahat (@Ronenl) December 26, 2023
Samwise Gamgee? WHY? pic.twitter.com/w7dxLiEPva
— Jamie Ahloy Dallaire (@JamAhlDall) December 26, 2023
“I don’t want my Hobbits paying for soda” pic.twitter.com/fiw2XYJ1nj
— Gary the Gourd Butcher (@LandoLebowski) December 27, 2023
“there is an epidemic failure within middle earth to understand what is really happening and this leads to those who run kingdoms to misjudge the strength of men and mismanage their realms” https://t.co/pyt7WjHOPD pic.twitter.com/bftQcsdOfP
— atia of the julii fanpage (@j_w_h3ron88) December 27, 2023
Gandalf: “It is in men that we must place our hope”
Elrond: https://t.co/IdMn7RBQHM pic.twitter.com/BHYAHCZIZJ
— Liam Fennessy (@LiamFennessy_) December 27, 2023
Elrond letting Glorfindal walk only to sign a random ranger from the north to a vet min and then find out that he is the rightful king of Gondor https://t.co/zudvHBRkF6 pic.twitter.com/oMl6ZTkipM
— Ryan Lynch (@rlynch2013) December 26, 2023
Other elves: “Elrond why do you want Samwise Gamgee? We didn’t even intend for him to be here, why do you like him?”
Elrond: *points at Gandalf*
Gandalf and everyone in unison: “Because he will support Frodo.”
Elrond: https://t.co/cEZDPFXoUU pic.twitter.com/uTuJxhn7JQ
— Rev. Dr. Spookas ???? (@LukasFields) December 27, 2023
This one is a personal favorite. Really captures the spirit of both films.
Billy, this is Frodo Baggins. He’s less tempted by the ring than any men, elves or dwarves in the fellowship. His defect is that he’s four feet tall. https://t.co/Xg8GUpYWI5 pic.twitter.com/cesodjm4xp
— L.C. Norton (@ByLCNorton) December 26, 2023
But wait. There’s more!
Gandalf returning as Gandalf the White https://t.co/nzHWIebAM1 pic.twitter.com/2dJWLKVJ55
— Mike Pointer (@HockeyStickMike) December 27, 2023
“If we try to play like Mordor in here, we will lose to Mordor out there” https://t.co/8U5mKMHZzF pic.twitter.com/wdZlaJiYu7
— Conor Sheeran (@conor__sheeran) December 27, 2023
“Tell them how easy it is to walk into Mordor, Boromir.”
“It’s incredibly difficult.” https://t.co/SomBMcOzm8 pic.twitter.com/dbIQwPKa0Y
— BK (@TheBennettK) December 27, 2023
Gimli: And my Axe!
Elrond: https://t.co/xXqYsfskHb pic.twitter.com/L6vBP9JjSN
— Josh Elrick (@JoshElrick) December 27, 2023
We even got some Tom Bombadil action. Only the real ones know.
“Billy, we have Tom Bombadil practically signed already. He’s got some years on him, sure, but he was never once tempted by the One Ring.”
“If we give Tom Bombadil the ring, he’ll just forget he has it. No, we take his 1 spot and bring in *sharpie noises* 4 halflings.”
*groans* https://t.co/cCm4WVVRnn pic.twitter.com/adTCcKMfKY— Ben Crew (@BenjaminCrew1) December 27, 2023
Just excellent, excellent stuff. Sometimes the Internet can be a good place. Sometimes.
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