# Gandalf In TFOTR: "\_\_\_\_\_\_, You Fools!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777 "2003-08-31T06:48:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/1 "2003-08-31T06:48:14Z")
What’s in the blank? “Fly”? “Follow”? This line of dialogue appears just after the **Balrog** snares Gandalf with that whip-looking thing and he’s hanging from the edge of that rock bridge. I loaned the book to a friend or I’d look it up myself. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/2 "2003-08-31T07:09:04Z")
Fly! Fly, Fleance, fly! Okay, maybe not all that, but it’s definitely “fly.” ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/3 "2003-08-31T07:33:33Z")
Well, the subtitles on my DVD say “Frodo, you fool”. Then again, it also claims Aragorn, son of God, was being pursued by ravers. Go figure. 😃 Yep, it’s “fly”. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/4 "2003-08-31T07:35:39Z")
[rain man]Fly, fly, it’s definately fly, yep, fly, definately definately fly[/rain man] ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/5 "2003-08-31T07:37:52Z")
‘definately’ is one of a set of words I regularly spell wrong. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/6 "2003-08-31T10:53:29Z")
It’s “fly,” in the sense of “get the hell out of here NOW”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/7 "2003-08-31T11:48:25Z")
> [@](#): > > With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, and its shadow plunged down and vanished. But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard’s knees, dragging him to the brink. He staggered, and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. “Fly, you fools!” he cried, and was gone. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/8 "2003-08-31T13:27:24Z")
I thought this was going to be some sort of game: **Lord of the Wings** : Fly, you fools! **Lord of the Flies** : Flies, you fools! **Swords in the rings** : Your flies, you fools! ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/9 "2003-08-31T13:32:24Z")
**Bored of the Rings** The Orcs are yelling, **“Fly you fool!”** to the Ballhog. ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/10 "2003-08-31T14:32:27Z")
Take off, ay? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/11 "2003-08-31T16:53:45Z")
“Make like an Ent and LEAVE!!” ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/12 "2003-08-31T17:44:59Z")
I always thought it was, **"Fly, you tools!** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/13 "2003-08-31T18:12:55Z")
I thought he said A little help here guys?!? I’m falling and if maybe one of you would get off your sorry ass and help me I wouldn’t faaaaaallllllll (pervy hobbit fanciers) ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/14 "2003-08-31T18:18:26Z")
“Shit! I just got the horse and carriage paid off!” ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/15 "2003-08-31T20:03:32Z")
You _think_ he’s shouting ‘Fly, you fools!’, but he’s _actually_ screaming at the tumbling Balrog not to look up his skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Gumbercules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gumbercules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gumbercules)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/16 "2003-09-01T03:06:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Einmon \* > \*\*Well, the subtitles on my DVD say “Frodo, you fool”. > > \*\* That’s odd, the subtitles on my DVDs of both TFOTR and TTT say “Fly, you fools” ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/17 "2003-09-01T04:39:01Z")
**Iron Chef of the Rings** : Fry, you fools! ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/18 "2003-09-01T05:05:46Z")
**Monty Python and the Pervy Hobbit Fanciers** : “Smile, you loons!” I, too, thought this was going to be a game. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/19 "2003-09-01T05:46:21Z")
Gandalf in _Cheech and Chong’s Fellowship of the Ring_: “I’m high, you fools!” ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777/20 "2003-09-01T06:08:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*Gandalf in _Cheech and Chong’s Fellowship of the Ring_: “I’m high, you fools!” \*\* That would be _Cheech and Chong’s Fellowship of the **Bong** _. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gandalf-in-tfotr-______-you-fools/198777.md?page=2)