Westron to have been "Kalimac Brandagamba", short "Kali" (meaning jolly, merry). 'Meriadoc', short 'Merry', is designed to maintain the reference to merriness contained in the original name. Likewise Peregrin Took's actual name was "Razanur Tûc", short "Razar" (name of a small apple). 'Peregrin', short 'Pippin' contained both the actual meaning of the full name (traveller, stranger) and the reference to an apple. Sam Gamgee (shortened from Samwise Gammidgy) was actually named "Ban Galpsi", short for "Banazîr Galbasi". The ending of the 'true' Hobbit name Bilbo was also changed: in Westron it was "Bilba", but Tolkien changed this to "-o" because "-a"
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