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
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