Orcs Of Moria React To Pippin's Mistake

Three-panel perspective flip comic referencing the iconic Mines of Moria scene from Lord of the Rings

This is a three-panel meme featuring two orcs from The Lord of the Rings franchise, that recontextualizes the iconic Mines of Moria scene from the orcs' perspective. In the first panel, the orcs notice a strange noise and ask "What's that noise over there?". In the second panel, one orc dismisses the noise, saying that in the old mines of Moria, things are always falling and breaking, so there is no need to worry. In the third panel, a distant shout of "Fool of a Took!" (Gandalf's famous line after Pippin Took accidentally drops a stone that alerts orcs to the Fellowship's presence) is heard, and the orcs change their mind, deciding to go investigate the shouts. The joke works because Pippin's famous mistake directly contradicts the orc's assumption that the noise is just routine wear and tear in the mines.

This meme is a user-created joke originally posted on 9GAG, as noted in the source information. It reinterprets the classic scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, flipping the perspective to follow the patrolling orcs instead of the Fellowship of the Ring, playing on audiences' foreknowledge of Pippin's iconic mistake that leads to the orcs discovering the group. It uses edited stills of orcs from a Lord of the Rings on-screen adaptation to create the three-panel comic format.