During a skirmish among his captors, Pippin and Merry escaped, and met the tree-giant Treebeard, leader of the Ents. They roused the Ents against the wizard Saruman and saw his stronghold of Isengard destroyed. Treebeard's "Ent-draught" made Merry and Pippin grow to become the tallest hobbits in history.
At four and a half feet tall, they become the tallest Hobbits in the history of the Shire, surpassing Pippin's ancestor Bullroarer Took who had previously held the title at four feet and five inches.
So Hobbits are anywhere from two to four feet (which is a pretty wide range) with Merry and Pippin being the tallest at roughly 4'6" or 4'7" after meeting Treebeard.
In Fangorn Forest, Merry and Pippin drink Treebeard's Ent-draught (although, in the movie this is just water from a spring), which makes them taller. Why does this happen? No where in the quoted passage (nor elsewhere in "Treebeard" do I find reference to the hobbits actually growing.
Merry. Merry and Pippin are best friends and first cousins. Though not much is said about their childhoods in the books, it's clear that Merry and Pippin have been best friends their whole lives.
[Deleted Scene] Merry And Pippin Eat Apples For Growth ''LOTR Two Fortresses'' (2003) (2/11)
Did Pippin grow taller?
In adaptations
After noticing that the effects of the draught has made Pippin taller, Merry drinks some as well, despite Pippin's claim that Treebeard would not want this.
While crossing the Misty Mountains through the tunnels of Moria, Pippin decided to drop a stone down a deep hole. It seemed to waken something far below, which signalled by tapping with a hammer; Gandalf called Pippin a "fool of a Took".
Pippin sings while Faramir and his horsemen are riding in slow motion to be massacred by the Orcs. As the song ends, Pippin begins to cry softly, as he realizes that Faramir most likely died in vain to try to prove to his father that he was like his slain older brother Boromir, whom Denethor loved greatly.
There's a passage about half way through The Lord of the Rings where an orc called Ugluk forces captured hobbits Merry and Pippin to drink a hot beverage called "orc-draught".
The race's average life expectancy is 100 years, but some of Tolkien's main Hobbit characters live much longer: Bilbo Baggins and the Old Took are described as living to the age of 130 or beyond, though Bilbo's long lifespan owes much to his possession of the One Ring.
Who is Merry? Meriadoc Brandybuck, known to most as Merry, is a Hobbit hailing from the Brandybuck family of Buckland in the Shire. He lives a mostly ordinary life until he gets caught up in the War of the Ring, accompanying his friend and cousin Frodo on his mission to destroy the Ring.
Gandalf's occasionally mean attitude towards Pippin is rooted in factors such as the stakes of their mission, Gandalf's protective instincts towards hobbits, and his desire to mentor Pippin, offer him guidance, and see him grow.
At the age of 102, Merry returned to Rohan and Gondor with Pippin; they died in Gondor, and were laid to rest among the Kings of Gondor in Rath Dínen, the street of tombs, then moved to lie next to Aragorn.
Originally Answered: How was Bandobras (Bullroarer) Took physically different from most hobbits? He was 4 foot 5 Inches tall, and was able to ride a horse. He was the tallest Hobbit on record until Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took encountered Treebeard.
So at the time of LOTR, Frodo as a hobbit would be 51, but as a human would be 27.9 years old. Pippin would be 15.8, Sam would be 21.3 and Merry would be 20.2. Makes a lot more sense as to why Pippin acted more childish than the others lol.
What are the ages of Merry and Pippin when they leave Hobbiton with Frodo and Sam? Merry was 34, and Pippin was either 28 or 29 depending on the date of his birthday when they left. Merry was 14 years younger than Frodo, Pippin was 22 years, and by the way, Sam was 13 years younger.
As Merry searches for Treebeard, Pippin tells him of the lovely dream he had during the night in which they shared a large barrel of pipe-weed. Pippin then relaxes, but Merry begins to hear noises that sound "Entish". He slowly realises they appear to be coming from Pippin!
Mordor Orcs refer to the Orcs that Sauron bred for his own army. The first Dark Lord Melkor took hostage some Elves from Cuiviénen. He tortured them, beat them, and broke their bodies into the first deformed and twisted beings known as Orcs. Tolkien confirmed that female Orcs did exist.
Merry and Pippin grew roughly 3 inches after drinking the ent draught. They started out about the same height as Frodo and ended up between 4′5″ & 4′6″ (the tallest hobbits ever to live).
In The Return of the King, though, this seemingly inseparable pair is forced by their circumstances to finally be separated in service to the greater good of Middle-earth itself: Pippin goes with Gandalf to Gondor, and Merry stays with King Theoden in Rohan.
The prince falls in love with Catherine, a widow with a young son, and (much to the Leading Player's chagrin), Pippin struggles to decide whether he should settle down and pursue a peaceful life or continue to make magic with the dazzling troupe of performers.
His breakthrough, and most notable acting role, was Peregrin "Pippin" Took in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, from 2001 to 2003. Boyd wrote the melody for and sang the song "The Edge of Night", which was featured in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Critics such as Partridge, Esther Saxey and Marion Zimmer Bradley have stated that the relationship of Frodo and Sam is friendly and intimate, but not necessarily homosexual.
