Why did Smeagols eyes get bigger?

During his time, Gollum was exposed to very little light, which meant that his eyes had to adapt to the darkness. Luckily for him, the changes in his body allowed him to develop eye-sight far beyond most characters in Tolkien's series.
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Why did Smeagol get deformed?

As shown in The Return of the King, Sméagol lived on raw fish, but he also ate other creatures like bats. Because of this new diet, Sméagol eventually came to hate “normal” food like Elf or Hobbit food. Living underground without contact with anyone or without sunlight, Sméagol became sickly.
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Why does Gollum look different in the Hobbit?

Sméagol was about 589 years old when he died, a remarkable age for a creature that was once a Hobbit, but he had been deformed and twisted in body and mind by the corruption of the Ring.
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Why does Gollum look different in Fellowship?

The reason for the change in Gollum's look centers around the performance of Andy Serkis in Two Towers and Return of the King. Gollum's appearance in Fellowship of the Ring was designed as no more than an introduction to the character, and Serkis didn't get the chance to fully explore the character yet.
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What race was Smeagol before he was Gollum?

The Lord of the Rings. Gollum's real name was Sméagol, and he had once been a member of the secluded branch of the early Stoorish Hobbits. He spent the early years of his life with his extended family under a matriarch, his grandmother.
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How did Frodo know Gollum was Sméagol?

In the movies, when Frodo first spies Gollum stalking them in the Misty Mountains (Moria) he informs Gandalf who tells him a little of Gollum's history.
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How did Gandalf know about Sméagol?

As the other answers have said, Gandalf knew about Gollum from Bilbo. He suspected that Gollum's ring was powerful. By catching Gollum and interrogating him, Gandalf began to suspect that the Bilbo's ring might be the One and discovered where Gollum had found it.
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Why did the Ring not affect Bilbo?

Hobbits are simple creatures and do not wish for much, so there is nothing for the Ring to use against a hobbit. Frodo is the hobbit that is corrupted the most next to Gollum and Bilbo, which is why he is unable to throw the Ring into the fire.
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Why did Bilbo Baggins age so fast?

Bilbo aged rapidly when the One Ring was destroyed, not when he gave it to Frodo. When the One Ring was destroyed, Bilbo aged rapidly to the appearance he would've had, if he had never found the ring.
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Why did Bilbo Baggins face change?

Gollum was weaker than Bilbo; the ring completely controlled him from the get-go. So, the major differences were Gollum's weakness, and his living conditions which made him anti-social and changed his appearance due to the absence of light. Bilbo definitely was affected by The Ring, just not to the same extent.
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Is Gollum bipolar?

A group of UCL medical students, led by Dr. Liz Sampson, concludes that Gollum was actually suffering from schizoid personality disorder. In the paper, Sméagol is described as a single, 587 year old, hobbit-like male of no fixed abode.
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Was Sméagol a hobbit or human?

'" Gollum, also known as Sméagol, was a creature (originally a Stoorish Hobbit) who bore the One Ring. He lived in the Misty Mountains for most of his life. In T.A. 2941 he lost the Ring to Bilbo Baggins.
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Is Gollum completely CGI?

It is further proof that technology has come such a long way. Gollum will not only be one of the greatest CGI characters in film of all time but one of the greatest characters in film of all time.
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Can Gollum be cured?

'I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. ' He even seems to regret having to treat him roughly: 'I endured him as long as I could, but the truth was desperately important, and in the end I had to be harsh.
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How long did it take Sméagol to turn into Gollum?

He hangs out under the Misty Mountains for about five hundred years, slowly turning into Gollum. Bilbo Baggins turns up under the Misty Mountains on his adventure to kill Smaug the Dragon, and finds Gollum's Ring on the ground. The Ring has slipped off Gollum's finger, looking for a new master.
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Why didn't Gandalf take the Ring from Frodo?

When, despairing of his ability to destroy the Ring, Frodo offers it to Gandalf, the wizard immediately refuses because he recognizes the danger: "the way of the Ring to my heart is through pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good." Because the Ring is evil, the wizard knows that any attempt to ...
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Why didnt the Ring affect Sam?

As for Sam, his resistance likely has to do with his innate goodness and loyalty. His love for Frodo helped him to overcome the pull of the Ring and his inner pureness was never fully pierced by the Ring.
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Why can't Sam carry the Ring?

He realises he can't make Frodo part with the ring without doing great psychological/physical harm to him. At the very end, instead of carrying the ring, he carries Frodo on his back to the doors of Mount Doom.
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Did Sam ever wear the Ring?

Sam never put on the Ring in the movies, but in the books, he actually carried the Ring for two days, even putting in on a few times to hide from Orcs.
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Why didnt hobbits get rings?

Hobbits (Perian) were only discovered around 2890 years after the Rings had been forged. Therefore Sauron was unaware of their existence and wouldn't've been able to give them any rings. The Rings were forged between 1500 and 1600 of the Second Age.
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What if Tom Bombadil took the Ring?

From that same discussion it mentions Bombadil having withdrawn himself into "a little land, within bounds he has set", and that "if he were given the Ring, he would soon forget it or most likely throw it away." He would not have left his "world", so would have been no use in destroying it, and would not have used the ...
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Why is Tom Bombadil so powerful?

Proclaimed to be "the oldest in existence," Tom Bombadil was apparently immortal and possesses a range of enigmatic powers able to give full control over his domains, seen by Goldberry that described Tom as being "Master of wood, water and hill". He was also referenced as being impossible to capture or imprison.
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Why didn't Gandalf know Bilbo had the Ring?

Gandalf knew exactly where the Ring was, and who owned it. At any time he could've stepped in to help Bilbo destroy it if he did indeed confirm it was the One Ring. However, Gandalf would also have known how corrupting an influence the Ring can be. So he wouldn't have taken it himself, even if he had known earlier.
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Did Gandalf already know Bilbo had the Ring?

No. Gandalf certainly did not realise that Bilbo's ring was the One Ring at the end of The Hobbit, or indeed by the start of The Lord of the Rings. The realisation came upon him slowly, and he only fully worked it out years after the start of The Lord of the Rings. "How long have you known all this?" asked Frodo again.
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Why does Sméagol say Gollum?

One way in which he was transformed was constantly making a horrible gurgling and swallowing sound, which sounded like the word "gollum." As he began to change, his friends and family mocked him and cast him out of his home, calling him Gollum. The name stuck.
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