The Mouth of Sauron is the emissary of Sauron who confronts Aragorn and Gandalf at the Black Gate in the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King from 2003. With his grotesquely enlarged mouth and blackened teeth, he became an instantly memorable one-scene villain. Clips of his oily, threatening address circulate as reaction audio for intimidation and doom-laden announcements. Editors favor him because few voices sound so inhumanly servile yet arrogant, perfect shorthand for evil bureaucracy.