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Bret Mckenzie of Flight of the Conchords fame was an extra in Fellowship of the Ring dubbed "Figwit" by fans. Even though the character was on screen for less than a second, he became so popular that they brought him back with a speaking role in Return of the King.

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Figwit, an unnamed background character in Peter Jackson's the LOTR trilogy played by Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords who gained popularity after only appearing on screen for 3 seconds

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1. A revival of the keytar occurred in the late 2000s with bands and artists such as Steely Dan, Snoop Dog, No Doubt, The Black Eyed Peas, and Flight of the Conchords.

2. Singer Sia did backing vocals on Flight of the Conchords' "Carol Brown" and "You Don't Have to be a Prostitute".

3. There was a documentary made about the Elf extra Figwit in LOTR, who also happens to be Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords & was included as "Lindir" in the first Hobbit film.

4. Bret McKenzie from "Flight of the Conchords" played an elf in the first LOTR movie. Although it was just a silent cameo, his attractive character was noticed by female fans, who made him a minor Internet celebrity, and named his character "Figwit" short for "Frodo is great... who is THAT?!?"

5. Jemaine Clement was nominated for a lead actor Emmy for his work on Flight of the Conchords

6. Jemaine Clement (New Zealander comedian and 1/2 of Flight of the Conchords) was a spokesman for Outback Steakhouse.

7. Bret McKenzie from Flight of The Conchords won an Academy Award in 2012 for writing a song about muppets for the muppet movie.

8. Youtube has a reference to the song Robots by Flight of the Conchords in its robots.txt

9. Jemaine Clement, who starred in the show "Flight of the Conchords" and voiced Tamatoa in "Moana", actually voiced and sang "Goodbye Moonmen" as Fart in "Rick and Morty."

10. Brett McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords won a Best original song Academy award for "Man or Muppet" from 2011's "The Muppets"