This page is about the friendship between Bigwig and Fiver.
Overview[]
Bigwig finally believes Fiver's visions in the miniseries.
In the novel, Bigwig doesn't need to be asked twice if he wanted to leave, believing Fiver's vision on the warren after hearing what he had said to the Threarah. But once everyone gets to Cowslip's Warren and Fiver starts having a bad feeling about it, Bigwig decides to yell at him. It was only after Bigwig got caught in a snare and the fact Cowslip told Fiver to stop talking about Bigwig being in a snare he started believing in Fiver once more.
At first in the film, TV series and miniseries, Bigwig doesn't fully trust Fiver's visions. But after getting trapped in a snare despite Fiver's warnings of Cowslip's Warren, Bigwig finally realizes Fiver's visions are always right.
In the TV series, both Bigwig and Fiver are friends, with Bigwig protecting Fiver. When Hawkbit calls Fiver a curse due to his visions, Bigwig gets mad at Hawkbit and yells at him.
Books[]
Watership Down[]
- "I said, Who’s Fiver?" "How should I know?" "Well, you were talking in your sleep. You kept saying, 'Ask Fiver, ask Fiver'. I wondered who he was." "Oh, I see. A rabbit I knew once. He used to foretell the weather and so on."
- — Avens asks Bigwig about Fiver.
When Bigwig first appears, he ignored Fiver until he finally spoke up. Later on as Fiver, Hazel and Blackberry talk about leaving the warren, Bigwig comes and asks Fiver whether it was a lie to make himself important or if he was telling the truth, with Fiver telling him it was the truth. Bigwig decides that he'll come along and leave Sandleford with everyone.
At Cowslip's Warren, Bigwig starts losing faith in Fiver's visions, finally snapping when Fiver tells both he and Hazel that he's going to leave the warren for the Down. Bigwig went through a bush and found himself in a snare, with Fiver running back to Cowslip's Warren to get everyone.
While infiltrating Efrafa, Bigwig muttered Fiver's name in a dream and was asked about it by Avens, with Bigwig replying it was a rabbit he once knew who used to predict the weather.
Tales from Watership Down[]
To be written.
Film[]
When Hyzenthlay mentions she can see both the Down and Kehaar while she and Bigwig are discussing the escape, Bigwig tells her she'll have to meet a friend of his (Fiver) and how he talks just like her.
TV series[]
Season 1[]
In The Vision, Fiver hides under rocks after Hawkbit calls him a curse due to his visions. When Bigwig finds him while he's getting attacked by a weasel, Bigwig fights it off and gets mad at Hawkbit for getting mad at Fiver for no reason.
Season 2[]
To be written.
Season 3[]
In Darkhaven, Hazel assigns Bigwig and Fiver to making defenses around Watership Down Warren after finding out General Woundwort is alive and rebuilding his army starting with one.
Miniseries[]
The Journey[]
To be written.
The Raid[]
To be written.
The Escape[]
To be written.
The Siege[]
To be written.