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NOTE: This article is about the version of Smaug from the Peter Jackson continuity. You may be looking for information on his mainstream counterpart.
Revenge?! Revenge?! I will show you revenge! I am fire! I am… death.
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~ Smaug before going to destroy Laketown in the second live-action movie.
Smaug is the central antagonist of Sir Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, serving as the opening antagonist of both An Unexpected Journey and The Battle of the Five Armies, and the titular main antagonist of The Desolation of Smaug.
He is a large dragon who raided the Lonely Mountain and therefore forced the Dwarves to search for a new home, and after the death of their King Thrór at the hands of Azog the Defiler, recruited Bilbo Baggins as the newest member of their company so that they can reclaim their homeland from his dominion, and it is eventually discovered by Gandalf that Smaug had also become an ally of Sauron. He is the archenemy of Bilbo Baggins and Bard the Bowman.
Throughout the first film, Smaug is only seen in the flashback where he conquers Erebor. After that, he is not seen in the film until the end, when his eye emerges from a mound of gold.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Extended Edition confirms Gandalf's fears concerning Sauron's plans when Thráin warns him that the Dragon is waiting for the Dark Lord's return.
When Bilbo Baggins is sent into the mountain alone to retrieve the Arkenstone, he accidentally awakens Smaug. Before Smaug can spot him, however, Bilbo puts on the One Ring and turns invisible. Bilbo flatters Smaug, pretending to be an admirer, but the dragon is aware of Bilbo's true intentions. Smaug speaks of a darkness that is coming to their lands and preparing for war, hinting at his usefulness to Sauron. Smaug reveals to Bilbo that he knows that he was sent to receive the Arkenstone from Thorin and his company. Bilbo feigns ignorance, but Smaug is not fooled.
As he talks with Smaug, Bilbo sees a bare patch on the dragon's left breast. When Bilbo finds the Arkenstone, Smaug says that he is tempted to let Bilbo take it and let it drive Thorin insane as it did his grandfather Thrór. Smaug changes his mind, however, and tries to kill Bilbo, but Bilbo once again hides by using the One Ring. In the process, he steals the Arkenstone and escapes.
Smaug eventually finds Bilbo, Thorin, and the rest of the dwarf company and attempts to kill them all, but they escape. Thorin eventually conjures up a plan to kill the dragon, and the dwarves lead him to the forges and trick him into lighting up the furnaces with his fiery breath. After a long battle with the dragon, Thorin eventually confronts Smaug and reveals the giant golden dwarf statue, which they had set up as a trap; the statue melts into liquid gold and they attempt to drown Smaug in it.
Unfortunately for the dwarves, their strategy fails, as Smaug bursts out of the rivers of melted gold, and flies towards Lake-town, intending to destroy it.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Smaug attacks Lake-town, destroying everything in his path and burning the entire city to the ground. Bard the Bowman, having just escaped capture from the corrupt Master of Lake-town, attempts to pelt Smaug with normal arrows, to no avail.
Bard's son Bain suddenly appears and gives his father the last Black Arrow to use against Smaug. The dragon spots Bard and Bain and taunts them both before attempting to kill them. However, Bard spots Smaug's weak spot and fires the arrow right into the bare patch. This causes Smaug to briefly fly up into the sky while reacting to the pain before dying, which is marked by the light leaving from his eyes. His corpse then plunges into the lake and crushes the fleeing Master of Laketown.
The news of Smaug's death soon spreads around Middle-earth. With the mountain and its riches up for the taking, a war breaks out for control over it.
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Quotes
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Well, thief. I smell you. I hear your breath. I feel your air. Where are you? Where are you?!?
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~ Smaug.
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Come now, don't be shy. Step into the light!
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~ Smaug.
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There is something about you. Something you carry, something made of gold. But far more precious…
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~ Smaug feels the presence of the One Ring.
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There you are, thief in the shadows!
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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Do you think flattery will keep you alive? No, indeed.
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~ Smaug to Bilbo Baggins upon their meeting.
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You have nice manners for a thief, and a liar!
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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Did you think that I did not know that this day would come, that a pack of canting dwarves would come crawling back to the mountain?
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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The king under the mountain is dead. I took his throne. I ate his people, like a wolf among sheep.
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~ Smaug explaining his backstory.
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I kill where I wish when I wish.
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~ Smaug revealing his motives.
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My armor is iron! No blade can pierce me!
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~ Smaug boasting about himself.
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Don't bother denying it! I've guessed his foul purpose some time ago.
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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But it matters not. Oakenshield's quest will fail. The darkness is coming. It will spread to every corner of the land.
I will not part with a single coin. Not one piece of it.
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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My teeth are swords; my claws are spears! My wings are a hurricane!
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~ Smaug boasting about himself.
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I am almost tempted to let you take it… if only to see Oakenshield suffer. Watch it destroy him, watch it corrupt his heart and drive him mad. But I think not.
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~ Smaug debating with himself about letting Bilbo take the Arkenstone.
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So tell me, thief. How do you choose to die?
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~ Smaug sarcastically giving Bilbo Baggins a death threat.
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You will burn!
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~ Smaug to Bilbo and the Dwarves.
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You think you could deceive me, Barrel-Rider? You have come from Laketown. This is some sort of scheme between these filthy Dwarves and those miserable tub trading Lakemen! Those sniveling cowards, with their longbows and black arrows! Perhaps it is time I paid them a visit.
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~ Smaug planning to destroy Laketown.
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You care about them, do you? Good. Then you can watch them die!
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~ Smaug to Bilbo.
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You will take nothing from me, dwarf! I laid low your warriors of old. I instill terror in the hearts of men! I am king under the mountain!
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~ Smaug to Thorin.
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Who are you that would stand against me?!?!
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~ Smaug to Bard the Bowman.
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Now, that is a pity. What will you do now, bowman? You are forsaken! No help will come!
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~ Smaug harassing Bard.
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Is that your child? You cannot save him from the fire? He will burn!
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~ Smaug to Bard.
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Tell me, wretch, how now should you challenge me? You have nothing left, but your death.
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~ Smaug's last words before Bard kills Smaug.
Trivia
In the theatrical version of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Smaug clearly has four legs, while in its Extended Edition, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Smaug has four limbs.
This could be because the filmmakers were still making concept designs for Smaug when The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released into theaters. Why they could have done this is unknown, but it may have been a surprise to the audience for Smaug's final design in the later releases.
Although Smaug breathes fire during the battle in the film, he never makes reference to "the shock of my tail a thunderbolt" or "my breath death" as he does in the book, nor does he use either on the mountainside before going to Laketown. He also doesn't use any tail whips during the battle.
In the film, Smaug was somehow aware of Black Arrows with their proper noun. It is possible due to his recognizing them that he may have encountered the weapons at an unknown prior point in the film continuity or that he remembered their use against him in his attack on Dale.
The portrayal of Smaug in Jackson's movies was beloved by fans and critics alike and Smaug is now considered to be the greatest dragon in cinema.
Incidentally, Cumberbatch also portrayed Sauron in The Hobbit trilogy, once again via motion capture, meaning that Cumberbatch portrayed the trilogy's two principal villains and added a little more to the servant-master relationship.
Even though Smaug is killed at the beginning of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, it's safe to say that he was involved in the whole movie, due to Thorin being succumbed to Dragon Sickness, making him live inside Thorin. Only Thorin could keep him away from reality by liberating himself from the malady. However, after being impaled to death by Azog, Smaug was completely gone for good.
