# Smackdown! Sauron vs Tom Bombadil - Who wins? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341 "2002-08-24T04:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/1 "2002-08-24T04:45:32Z")
Well? Is Tom Bombadil powerful enough to overcome Sauron or is he only powerful in his little patch of forest? ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/2 "2002-08-24T05:19:52Z")
Nope, according to Glorfindel: “I think that in the end, if all else is conquered, Bombadil will fall. Last as he was First.” But would Tim Benzedrin fall against Sorhed, given all the help he got from his friends? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/3 "2002-08-24T05:39:20Z")
Well, technically Sauron would beat him but Tom Bombadil is really cool and I like to pretend he is completely invincible 🆒 There’s another recent “Who would win in a fight?” thread over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=131382) if anyone is interested. ---
**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 24, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/4 "2002-08-24T06:40:25Z")
Tom Bombadil’s power was not based on _might_. There’s been all kinds of speculation - and Ol’ Tom did take The One Ring in his fingers, spin it in the air and - for a moment - make it dissapear.🙂 …then make it re-appear and hand it back to Frodo. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/5 "2002-08-24T10:31:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*Well? > > Is Tom Bombadil powerful enough to overcome Sauron or is he only powerful in his little patch of forest? \*\* Tom Bombadil has the power to bore the hell of out anyone. He wins by a snooze. Marc ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/6 "2002-08-24T13:36:41Z")
As I see it, Sauron would either… 1. Die of suffocation while laughing at Tom’s yellow boots. 2. Run, screaming, as soon as Tom started singing. ---
**Author:** ![Babar714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smackdown-sauron-vs-tom-bombadil-who-wins/125341/7 "2002-08-24T15:00:23Z")
Okay, Gandalf vs. Mace Windu!