Took clan Took clan In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Took clan () was one of the most famous Hobbit families. Pippin of the Fellowship of the Ring was a member of this family. Other famous Hobbits including Bilbo Baggins, Frodo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck were also related. The first recorded Took (Tûk of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) was an Isumbras Took, who became the 13th Thain of the Shire in after Gorhendad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland, becoming Master there. After Isumbras, the office of Thain became hereditary in the Took family, and at the beginning of the Fourth
Bromance targeted non-sexual homosocial behavior and masculinity in inventive ways, David Dobkin's "Wedding Crashers" (2005), "Zoolander", "Funny People" (2009), John Hamburg's "I Love You Man" (2009), Todd Phillips' "The Hangover" (2009), and Gordon's "Horrible Bosses" (2011). Although J. R. R. Tolkien's novels predate what could technically be called the ""bromance era"", the portrayal of the lifelong close relationships between Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, and Gimli and Legolas in the novels have been characterized as bromance, as well as the depictions in the films based on them. The theme remains popular, with different genres looking at