Peregrin Took the Shire, and thus achieved much greater fame in their homeland than Frodo. In , Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, when she was 32 and he was 37. They had one son, Faramir, who later married Samwise Gamgee's daughter Goldilocks. Pippin's father died in , and Pippin became 32nd Thain of the Shire. He held that position for 51 years. In Pippin retired, and was succeeded by his son Faramir. In the same year his friend Merry stepped down as Master of Buckland, and the two Hobbits travelled to Rohan and Gondor. After they died in Gondor several years
Batman (military) number called "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman", which went Top 5 in the UK. Despite a title that baffled most Americans (who no doubt were thinking of the other Batman), the tune hit number 20 on the "Billboard" charts. J. R. R. Tolkien took the relationship of his characters Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins from his observations while in military service during World War I of the relationship between a batman and his officer. In the musical film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", Caractacus Potts's father was Lord Scrumptious's batman. In the television series "Downton Abbey", Lord Grantham's valet, Mr Bates,