Frodo Lives! Frodo Lives! "Frodo Lives!" was a popular counterculture slogan in the 1960s and 1970s, referring to the character Frodo Baggins from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings". The term was used frequently in graffiti, buttons, bumper-stickers, T-shirts, and other materials. It was commonly associated with the hippie movement. Other examples of use include a "Frodo Lives" album released by Smash Records and merchandising items for the New Line Cinema "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy. The phrase was also displayed during the activation of a computer virus in the early 1990s, in which the
Frodo Baggins Inglorion calls him "Elf-friend" in acknowledgement of his ability to speak Elvish. After the Council of Elrond he is given the title "Ring-bearer". After the fulfilment of the quest bards call him "Nine-fingered Frodo" or "Frodo of the Nine Fingers", as Gollum had bitten off his finger to take the Ring from him. Frodo is the only prominent hobbit whose name is not explained in Tolkien’s Appendices to "The Lord of the Rings". In his letters Tolkien states that it is derived from Old English "fród" meaning "wise by experience". A character from Norse mythology called Fróði is mentioned in