It's a common theme across media to have heroes being the underdogs and being outnumbered and underpowered when compared to the bad guys. The villains/antagonists forces are always larger in number and more powerful, and include all manner of things that the heroes don't have like superior technology or weapons or powerful monsters/creatures. In Harry Potter, Voldemort doesn't just have the support of the death eaters, he also has giants, werewolves, dementors and other 'evil' creatures fighting for him. In Star Wars, the empire has significantly more troops than the rebels, they have AT-AT's and AT-ST's, Star destroyers and not one, but two Death Stars. You get the idea.
In the Lord of the Rings though things are a bit different. Yes, Sauron's forces include trolls, wargs, giant mammoths, Nazgul fellbeasts, the ringwraiths and the Witch King. Plus other threats like the Balrog are also extremely powerful and dangerous. However, the good guys arguably have even more overpowered allies than the bad guys. For starters, the Ents and their moving trees are complete powerhouses that take over Isengard with almost no effort. Sure, Saruman's army was out at Helm's Deep but there weren't that many Ents attacking the tower and they completely wrecked the place. Then there's the eagles who seemingly have no real problems when fighting against the fellbeast in the skies over Mordor. However, the biggest and most overpowered force that the heroes have on their side is the army of the dead. Sauron's superior numbers, giant trolls and mammoths meant jack against an army of ghosts who could attack and kill but could not be attacked in return. Nowhere in Star Wars or Harry Potter do the good guys get such an overpowered resource to help them out. An unstoppable, unkillable army is more in line with what bad guys would have rather than good guys but Tolkien gave them to Aragorn as a secret weapon.
Are there other examples of the good guys having better 'stuff' than the bad guys?
In the Lord of the Rings though things are a bit different. Yes, Sauron's forces include trolls, wargs, giant mammoths, Nazgul fellbeasts, the ringwraiths and the Witch King. Plus other threats like the Balrog are also extremely powerful and dangerous. However, the good guys arguably have even more overpowered allies than the bad guys. For starters, the Ents and their moving trees are complete powerhouses that take over Isengard with almost no effort. Sure, Saruman's army was out at Helm's Deep but there weren't that many Ents attacking the tower and they completely wrecked the place. Then there's the eagles who seemingly have no real problems when fighting against the fellbeast in the skies over Mordor. However, the biggest and most overpowered force that the heroes have on their side is the army of the dead. Sauron's superior numbers, giant trolls and mammoths meant jack against an army of ghosts who could attack and kill but could not be attacked in return. Nowhere in Star Wars or Harry Potter do the good guys get such an overpowered resource to help them out. An unstoppable, unkillable army is more in line with what bad guys would have rather than good guys but Tolkien gave them to Aragorn as a secret weapon.
Are there other examples of the good guys having better 'stuff' than the bad guys?
