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I never really thought of him as foolish or ignorant, and I don't think they portrayed him that way in the film, except for maybe a little ignorance. He was young and inexperienced, especially in FotR. He didn't really understand just how large of a matter the Quest really was, how important the Ring was. I think he is a character that we see a lot of growth and maturity in, especially in RotK and TTT. Throughout RotK when he is basically on his own - he doesn't even have Merry with him, and Gandalf is more concerned with other matters to be watching out for him. If you look at Pippin in "Three is Company," and compare that to Peregrin in "The Scouring of the Shire," you see an immense differece between who he was and who he had become.
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