Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil pops up in "Riff Raff" (2024) as this wild, unpredictable force—honestly, it's like someone dropped a fairy tale right in the middle of gritty modern chaos. The guy just strolls through the madness, singing nonsense, grinning like he’s in on a joke no one else gets. Everyone else is wrapped up in their drama—crime, heartbreak, way too much caffeine—but Tom, nope. He’s on his own frequency, totally immune to the insanity swirling around him. He bounces into trouble and out again without even breaking a sweat. The cops don’t know what to make of him. The crooks don’t bother, ‘cause he’s just too weird. There’s this one scene with him rambling through a busted-up apartment, waving off some low-level gangster’s threats by offering him a daisy. I mean, come on. Who does that? But it somehow works. That’s Tom for you. People start whispering that he’s some kind of urban legend—half myth, half prankster. He’s got this knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, only it always turns out to be the right place for someone else. He’s like the movie’s secret good luck charm, if you believe in that sort of thing. The film never really explains him, and that’s half the fun. You’re left wondering if he’s real, or just a fever dream cooked up by the city itself.