Phileas Fogg
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| Phileas Fogg | |
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| Around the World in Eighty Days character | |
| Created by | Jules Verne |
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| Gender | Male |
| Spouse(s) | Aouda |
| Nationality | English |
Phileas Fogg[1] is the main fictional character in the 1873 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days.
Fogg attempts to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in eighty days, or less, for a wager of £20,000 with members of London's Reform Club. He takes the wager and leaves with Passepartout, vowing to return by 8.45 pm on Saturday 21 December 1872. Under suspicion of robbing the Bank of England, he is followed by a detective named Fix. Fogg has no idea about Fix's true intentions and Fix (wanting to get Fogg back to England so that he can arrest him) works with Fogg in the last half of the book.
While in India he saves a widowed princess, named Aouda, from Suttee during her husband's funeral. Passepartout rescues her and she accompanies Fogg for the rest of his journey. She and Fogg eventually fall in love and marry at the end of the book. Fix, who is really supposed to arrest Fogg, attempts to sabotage him by putting him in prison near the end of the book but he is quickly released.
Fogg, who has been careful to keep track of every day in his diary, believes that he arrives home on Sunday and that he has lost his bet. However, he discovers, almost too late, that he has forgotten to adjust his timekeeping for having crossed the International Date Line and he wins his bet after all.
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[edit] Literary
In Philip José Farmer's The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, he is said to be Eridanean, a member of the (ostensibly) more benevolent of two extraterrestrial factions attempting to control the Earth. Fogg is a member of Farmer's Wold Newton family. Furthermore, in "The Lavalite World" (chapter 8), Farmer strongly implies that Paul Janus Finnegan, the hero of The World of Tiers series, is the great grandson of Phileas Fogg.
Phileas Fogg is also referenced in the comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I and was mentioned by name in its film adaptation.
In Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius he is rescued by Captain Nemo after the Nautilus sinks the ship he was travelling on.
Phileas Fogg is mentioned briefly in James A. Owen's novel, Here, There Be Dragons, after the characters have a run in with Captain Nemo and The Nautilus.
[edit] Onscreen, in films and television
The character of Phileas Fogg was played by David Niven in the 1956 film adaptation of the book; by Pierce Brosnan in the 1989 television adaptation; by Steve Coogan in the 2004 film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company; and by Michael Praed in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.
The 1980s cartoon series, Around the World with Willy Fog was based on, and expanded on, the original story. In this version, the characters are anthropomorphisms of various animals.
In a television episode of Have Gun, Will Travel starring Richard Boone, the character Phineas Fogg was used in the episode "Foggbound" that first aired on 12/03/1960.
In The Sopranos episode, "Mayham", Vito Spatafore refers to Meadow Soprano's fiance, Finn DeTrolio, as "Phineas Fogg" when the two cross paths. Finn had fled New Jersey in fear of Vito but returned from California when Tony Soprano was hospitalized.
On the TV show Voyagers!, Phileas Fogg is said to have been named after the main character Phineas Bogg, when the latter met Jules Verne in Montmartre.
[edit] References
- ^ In some adaptations of the Jules Verne novel, he is known as Phineas Fogg, not as Phileas Fogg.
[edit] External links
- Around the World in 80 Days Complete edition with additional content.
