Pippin

The edgeless, and nearly plotless Pippin, is too well meaning and too unfocused to generate interest outside of a few of the musical numbers.

Bring Out Your Dead 2009

Pippin is confused and agitated, and Gandalf, who must take Pippin away, is testy.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Lessons from Lord of the Rings, Part 3 2006

Martin Pippin was by now within arm's-length of the green gate.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

"My apple-gold maidens," said Martin Pippin, leaning on the gate in the bright night, "may I come into your orchard?"

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard by Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965).

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

So Martin Pippin tuned his lute and sang what follows, while the girls floated in ones and twos among the orchard grass:

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

Martin Pippin never wheedled anything out of anybody for his own purposes – in fact, he had none of his own.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

"It is the best of all cakes," said Martin Pippin, "and the grain that is destined thereto must not rot in the husk."

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

"A thought has occurred to me," said Martin Pippin, "and it is that my tale may disturb your master's daughter."

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

By now he was somewhat distant from the gate when he came abreast of it, and Martin Pippin did not catch the word.

Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922