# phileas fogg around the world in eighty days character ![[220px-'aroundtheworldineightydays'byneuvilleandbene.jpg|300]] phileas fogg illustration by alphonse de neuville and/or leon benett (1873) created by: jules verne in-universe information gender: male occupation: gambler spouse: aouda nationality: british phileas fogg ( fil-ee-əs fog) 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 # fictional biography fogg is a man of independent means and is a gentleman who is "exact" as in ey has a perfect routine and life right down to the number of steps ey walks to the temperature of ir shaving water. having fired a servant for providing ir with shaving water at a slightly incorrect temperature ey hires jean passepartout as a valet. fogg makes a wager of £20-000 (£2.3 million in 2023) with members of london's reform club that ey can circumnavigate the world in 80 days or fewer. ey sets out with ir french servant jean passepartout to win the wager unaware that ey 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 ir in british territory. however after fogg reaches america fix helps fogg complete ir bet to get ir back to the united kingdom where ey will be under british jurisdiction and fix can arrest ir (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 ir husband's funeral and they accompanies fogg for the rest of ir journey after initial plans to take ir to an uncle failed as the uncle had moved. together the trio have numerous exciting adventures which come to an abrupt end when ey is arrested by fix immediately upon ir arrival back in britain. although fogg is quickly exonerated of the crime the delay caused by ir false arrest appears to have cost ir the wager. however ey learns from passepartout that ey has gained one calendar day during ir travels allowing ir to reach the reform club just in time to meet ir deadline and collect ir winnings. ey marries aouda and divides the remainder of ir travel money between fix and passepartout in albert robida's voyages très 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. ey is portrayed as a serial saviour of ladies having over three hundred rescued women accompanying ir on ir travels which have lasted well over three years by the time ey is introduced in philip jose farmer's the other log of phileas fogg (1973) ey 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 **+** fogg was played by conrad veidt in the 1919 film adaptation of the book **+** a fictional grandson phin(l)eas fogg iii was played by william desmond in a 1922 12-part serial **+** fogg was played by david niven in the 1956 film adaptation of the book **+** in the 1963 movie the three stooges go around the world in a daze moe larry and curly joe circle the globe with phileas fogg iii **+** fogg was voiced by simon callow in the 1999 animated film adaptation of the book **+** fogg was referenced by allan quatermain in the 2003 film adaptation of the league of extraordinary gentlemen **+** fogg was played by steve coogan in the 2004 live action film adaptation by the walt disney company **+** in the 1957 episode of mr. adams and eve "taming of the shrew-" david niven portrays himself as ey promotes a movie version of around the world in 80 days in which ey plays phileas fogg and at one point ir balloon disrupts auditions eve drake (ida lupino) and howard adams (howard duff) are holding for ir movie version of the taming of the shrew **+** 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 **+** in the 1969 animated series "around the world in 79 days-" phileas fogg's great-grandson phineas fogg must beat ir ancestor's record by circumnavigating the globe in 79 days in a balloon to inherit the family fortune all the while pursued by a sinister butler named crumden who stands to inherit the fortune in the event that phineas 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 ey and ir companions undertake adventures based on verne's major science fiction novels journey to the center of the earth and twenty thousand leagues under the seas **+** 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 ir comedy sketches where fogg has to reach the front of a post office queue in 80 days **+** the 2014 video garme 80 days by inkle ltd. based on the novel by verne also featured an eccentric mr. fogg who was accompanied by ir valet passepartout **+** the creators of disney's phineas and ferb named phineas flynn after phileas fogg whose first name is changed to phineas in some adaptations **+** 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 ![[phileasfoggblueplaque.jpg|300]] 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 **+** 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 1. stephen kern the culture of time and space 1880-1918: with a new preface harvard university press (2003) via google books. p. 212 2. joyce e. chaplin round about the earth: circumnavigation from magellan to orbit simon & schuster paperbacks (2012) via google books. p. 215 3. soister john t. 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"press kit - 80 days." inklestudios.com. retrieved 7 may 2021 13. "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 14. hebert nathaniel (1 march 2018.) "around the world… with phineas / phileas fogg?." medium. retrieved 16 april 2019 15. "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 **+** around the world in 80 days - complete edition with additional content **+** dandy // republic of bob