Citations:Frodoesque

English citations of Frodoesque

Adjective: "having similar traits to the fictional character Frodo Baggins from the Lord of the Rings, such as unexpectedly being sent on a quest"

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• 2003 August 24, Crouching Jedi Hidden Sith, “Re: Merlin and the Dragons (1991)”, in rec.arts.animation‎^[1] (Usenet):

  No film clips were shown on-box, but the front cover had a washed-out Frazetta appeal to it (a lone Frodoesque boy drawing a sword on a hilltop).

• 2003, "Names & Faces", The Washington Post, 1 December 2003:

  The young Bates embarks on a Frodoesque mission to reclaim the kingdom of Middlefinger, of which he is the rightful heir.

• 2009, "FILM ; ARTS & BOOKS REVIEW", The Independent, 22 December 2006:

  It doesn't have a schoolboy wizard, hobbits or a talking lion but ticks most of the genre's boxes with its tale of friendship between the Frodoesque Eragon (Edward Speleers) and his dragon (voiced by Rachel Weisz).

• 2009, Ethan Gilsdorf, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, The Lyons Press (2009), →ISBN, page 131:

  One Web site, www.ourhobbithole.com, charts the progress of a Frodoesque fantasy.