Fictional character created by Jules Verne
Fictional character
Phileas Fogg
(
) is the
protagonist
in the 1872
Jules Verne
novel
Around the World in Eighty Days
. Inspirations for the character were the American entrepreneur
George Francis Train
and American writer and adventurer
William Perry Fogg
.
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Fictional biography
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Fogg is a man of independent means and is a gentleman who is "exact", as in he has a perfect routine and life right down to the number of steps he walks to the temperature of his shaving water. Having fired a servant for providing him with shaving water at a slightly incorrect temperature, he hires Jean Passepartout as a new servant. Fogg makes a wager of £20,000 (£2.4 million in 2022) with members of London's
Reform Club
that he can
circumnavigate
the world in 80 days or fewer. He sets out with his French servant
Jean Passepartout
to win the wager, unaware that he is being followed by a detective named Fix, who suspects Fogg of having robbed the
Bank of England
. Fix spends the first half of the book trying to delay Fogg's journey to keep him in British territory. However, after Fogg reaches America, Fix helps Fogg complete his bet to get him back to the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
, where he will be under British jurisdiction and Fix can arrest him (while still suspicious that Fogg will run off and go into hiding somewhere on the journey).
While in India, Fogg saves a widowed princess,
Aouda
, from
sati
during her husband's funeral and she accompanies Fogg for the rest of his journey after initial plans to take her to an uncle failed as the uncle had moved. Together, the trio have numerous exciting adventures which come to an abrupt end when he is arrested by Fix immediately upon their arrival back in Britain. Although Fogg is quickly exonerated of the crime, the delay caused by his false arrest appears to have cost him the wager. However, he is proven wrong in the end, revealing that he made it to the deadline.
Other appearances
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In
Albert Robida
's
Voyages tres extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul
(1879), Fogg appears in the narrative having gone on an attempt to travel the world again, this time in 77 days. He is portrayed as a serial saviour of ladies, having over three hundred rescued women accompanying him on his travels, which have lasted well over three years by the time he is introduced.
In
Philip Jose Farmer
's
The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
(1973), he is said to be Eridanean, an Earth-born member of the more benevolent of two extraterrestrial factions attempting to control the Earth; Fogg is a member of Farmer's
Wold Newton family
. Fogg's adventures continue in
Phileas Fogg and the War of Shadows
and
Phileas Fogg and the Heart of Orsra
, both by Josh Reynolds, and in "Being an Account of the Delay at Green River, Wyoming, of Phileas Fogg, World Traveler, or, The Masked Man Meets an English Gentleman" by
Win Scott Eckert
.
In other media
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Film
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Television
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- In the 1957 episode of
Mr. Adams and Eve
"Taming of the Shrew," David Niven portrays himself as he promotes a movie version of
Around the World in 80 Days
in which he plays Phileas Fogg, and at one point his balloon disrupts auditions Eve Drake (
Ida Lupino
) and Howard Adams (
Howard Duff
) are holding for their movie version of
The Taming of the Shrew
.
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- In an episode of
Have Gun, Will Travel
starring
Richard Boone
, Fogg was used in the episode "Fogg Bound" that first aired on 3 December 1960.
[10]
- In the 1969 "Around the World in 79 Days" 16 episodes animated series Phineas Fogg great-grandson in order to inherit the family fortune must travel the globe in 79 days in a balloon beating his ancestor record..all the while pursuded by a sinister butler Crumondgen who stands to inherit the fortune in the event the descendant fails.
- In the 1972
animated series
, Fogg was voiced by
Alastair Duncan
. This version of Fogg took the bet to travel the world in eighty days in order to win the hand of Lord Maze's niece, Belinda.
- On the TV show
Voyagers!
, Fogg is said to have been named after the main character Phineas Bogg, when the latter met Jules Verne in
Montmartre
.
- A 1980s cartoon series,
Around the World with Willy Fog
was based on, and expanded on, the original story. The characters are
anthropomorphisms
of various animals, with Fog as a lion and sharing the first name of Phileas' inspiration, William Perry Fogg. Furthermore, this character appears in the sequel series,
Willy Fog 2
, where he and his companions undertake adventures based on Verne's major science fiction novels,
Journey to the Center of the Earth
and
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
.
- Fogg was played by
Pierce Brosnan
in the
1989 television adaptation
.
- Fogg was played by
Michael Praed
in
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
.
- Fogg is played by
David Tennant
in the
2021 series
.
- The
Count Duckula
episode "Around the World in a Total Daze" features a spoof of the character called Sibellious Smogg.
- Alexei Sayle
did a parody of Fogg in one of his comedy sketches where Fogg has to reach the front of a Post Office queue in 80 days.
Video games
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- The 2014 video game
80 Days
by Inkle Ltd., based on the novel by Verne, also featured an eccentric Mr. Fogg who was accompanied by his valet Passepartout.
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Homages
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- The creators of Disney's
Phineas and Ferb
named
Phineas Flynn
after Phileas Fogg,
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whose first name is changed to Phineas in some adaptations.
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- Podcast von der Firma.Maritim: Oscar Wilde und Mycroft Holmes ? Sondermittler der Krone
- Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin
was a BBC television travel series first broadcast in 1989. It was presented by comedian and actor
Michael Palin
, who followed Fogg's journey and modes of transport as closely as possible, and achieved the feat in 79 days and 7 hours.
Phileas J Fogg, Esq Established the Society of Exploration here, 1A Bedford Street (London) 1883
Mr Fogg's is a collection of London based cocktail bars specialising in international drinks and exotic cocktails. The bars are referred to in print as places where Phileas/Phileas J. Fogg, Esq. lives or visits.
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- Phileas Fogg snacks
is a brand of British crisps founded in 1982. The aim was to create a snack aimed at adults and branded with a recognisable character. The range included different flavours "from around the world" such as miniature garlic breads and tortilla chips.
References
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- ^
Stephen Kern,
The Culture of Time and Space, 1880?1918: With a New Preface
, Harvard University Press (2003) via Google Books. p. 212
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Joyce E. Chaplin,
Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit
, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (2012) via Google Books. p. 215
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Soister, John T. (2015).
Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography
.
McFarland & Company
. p. 60.
ISBN
9781476611228
.
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"Around the World in 80 Days ? 1956, Drama/Comedy, 2h 50m"
.
Rotten Tomatoes
. Retrieved
7 May
2021
.
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"The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) ? Overview"
. TCM.com. Archived from
the original
on 30 May 2014
. Retrieved
7 May
2015
.
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Verne, Jules (2005).
Around the World in Eighty Days
. John Grant (Afterword). CRW Publishing Limited. p. 276.
ISBN
978-1-904919-56-8
.
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Mackie, Rob (19 November 2004).
"Around the World in 80 Days"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
7 May
2021
.
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The Classic TV Archive Mr. Adams and Eve (1957?58) Accessed 12 June 2021
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IMDb Mr. Adams and Eve Episode List Season 2 Accessed 12 June 2021
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Grams, Martin Jr.; Les Rayburn (2001).
The Have Gun ? Will Travel Companion
. Delta, Penn.: OTR Publishing. p. 358.
ISBN
0970331002
.
OCLC
48537557
.
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"Press Kit ? 80 Days"
.
www.inklestudios.com
. Retrieved
7 May
2021
.
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"The Creators Of 'Phineas And Ferb' Answer Your Questions"
. Annie's Blog.
Buzznet
. 8 July 2009. Archived from
the original
on 15 February 2013.
The name Phineas was inspired by the hero of the book 'Around the World in Eighty Days', Phileas T. Fogg, a great inventor and adventurer.
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Hebert, Nathaniel (1 March 2018).
"Around the world… with Phineas / Phileas Fogg?"
.
Medium
. Retrieved
16 April
2019
.
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"Mr Fogg's | A collection of adventurous bars inspired by Phileas J. Fogg"
.
Mr Fogg's - Cocktail Bars for the Adventurous
. Retrieved
11 September
2019
.
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