History Literature / AroundtheWorldinEightyDays

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Passepartout arrives at Yokohama, Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: namely that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) had made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor. This places the novel in a very narrow window of just the few years between 1865 and 1868 (since the novel's events in United States clearly indicate that the UsefulNotes/{{American Civil War}} is over.).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Passepartout arrives at Yokohama, Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: namely that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor. This places the novel in a very narrow window of just the few years between 1865 and 1868 (since the novel's events in United States clearly indicate that the UsefulNotes/{{American Civil War}} is over.).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Passepartout arrives at Yokohama, Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor. This places the novel in a very narrow window of just the few years between 1865 and 1868 (since the novel's events in United States clearly indicate that the UsefulNotes/{{American Civil War}} is over.).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Passepartout arrives at Yokohama, Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor. This places the events of the novel in a very narrow window of just the few years between 1865 and 1868 (since the novel's events in United States clearly indicate that the UsefulNotes/{{American Civil War}} is over.).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: When Passepartout arrives at Yokohama, Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor. This places the events of the novel in a very narrow window in just a few years between 1865 and 1868 (since the novel's events in United States clearly indicate that the UsefulNotes/{{American Civil War}} is over.).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Verne provides a good description of the Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Verne provides a good description of Japanese political system in the middle of 1860s that most Europeans would have been unaware of: that there is a "civil emperor" (the Shogun) and an "ecclesiastical emperor" (the position that we usually call the emperor of Japan today). By the time the novel was published (1872), however, events in Japan (UsefulNotes/{{Meiji Restoration}}) have made this description obsolete, as the "civil emperor" was overthrown in 1868 and the "ecclesiastical emperor" was installed as the sole (nominal) emperor.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Plenty of mathematical errors were made by Verne. For example, in the first chapter, Phileas asks for the time to Passepartout, who responds with 11:22. Phileas claims he’s four minutes behind, and almost immediately after that says its 11:29 at the moment. That’s seven minutes. And later in the story, the apparent difference between 11:40 a.m. and 8:45 p.m. is nine hours and fifteen minutes (it’s supposed to be five minutes).

* A 1999 German/Chinese stop-motion animated film produced by Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion and Shanghai Animation Film Studio. This adaptation kept pretty close to the text as much as possible. One notable change from the original is was Scotland Yard who mistook Fogg for the bank-robber and set Fix to specifically apprehend Fogg.

* ButNotTooBlack: Verne makes his mixed marriage easier to swallow for 19th century readers by describing Aouda as having "skin as white as a European's" and expressing herself "in perfect English". Strictly speaking, she is not an Indian but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsi]], of Iranian origin. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, as sati was a strictly Hindu practice.

* DamselInDistress: Aouda in her debut in the book. However after her rescue, Aouda more than pulls her own weight in the story. For examples, when their train is attacked by Indians [[note]]Native Americans [[/note]], Aouda immediately gets a gun and starts shooting along with her companions and of course, she saves Fogg's future at the climax of the story.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The ending hinges on Fogg not noticing that he has gained an extra day (by crossing the then-unnamed International Date Line) until his arrival back in London. However, this oversight requires him not to notice the date during his entire trip across America, and to fail to notice when he boards a ship across the Atlantic to Britain a day early.

* SuperOCD: Phileas Fogg to the extreme. He fired a previous servant because of a very slight variation in the temperature of his shaving water. He stops having this in the ending. Fogg's MysteriousPast and narration hinting that his super-ordered lifestyle stems from his chaotic early life may suggest that it's actually a form of PTSD.

* TimeTitle

* An [[Series/AroundTheWorldIn80Days2021 Eight-part TV series]] starring Creator/DavidTennant and made by Creator/TheBBC. It aired on Boxing Day 2021 with each week having two back-to-back episodes, and is set to finish on the 16th January, 2022.

* An [[Series/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays2021 Eight-part TV series]] starring Creator/DavidTennant and made by Creator/TheBBC. It aired on Boxing Day 2021 with each week having two back-to-back episodes, and is set to finish on the 16th January, 2022.

* ButNotTooBlack: Verne makes his mixed marriage easier to swallow for 19th century readers by describing Aouda as having "skin as white as a European's" and expressing herself "in perfect English". Strictly speaking, she is not an Indian but [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsi]], of Iranian origin. Which then implies a CriticalResearchFailure as sati was a strictly Hindu practice.

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: The pretext for the journey, of course, is the £20,000 wager attached to it, but the book's [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan-but-opinionated]] [[LemonyNarrator omniscient narrator]] reveals in the last chapter that although Fogg won the wager, he spent roughly £20,000 on the journey. The chapter title? [[InWhichATropeIsDescribed "In which it is shown that Phileas Fogg gained nothing from his tour around the world, unless it were happiness."]]

* IdiotBall: Passepartout does not tell his master about Fix or the fact that Fogg is suspected of bank robbery because...uh... However: he barely knows anything about Fogg, since he basically was hired the day before the the trip around the world, so there is enough reasonable doubt in his mind Fix might actually be right, hence the delay.

However, Aouda inadvertently saves the day, both in love with Fogg and feeling guilty that she may have cost him his bet, when she proposes to the now ruined Phileas and he joyously accepts. Passepartout is sent to get a vicar to arrange the wedding, only to learn that the gang forgot they gained a day due to traveling east and actually arrived ''early''. With only moments left to the deadline, Fogg and company race to the Club and make it just in time.

* SwissCheeseSecurity: The Bank of England takes it UpToEleven. Basically, they don’t want to show any doubt in the customer's trustworthiness, so they have ''no security whatsoever''. Gold, silver and banknotes are laying ''out in the open'', with ''no guards'' and not even ''the cashier'' keeping an eye on the stuff. Which makes the theft of fifty five thousand pounds more understandable.