History Film / TheAdventuresOfSpirouAndFantasio

''The adventures of Spirou and Fantasio'' (''Les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio'' in French) is a 2018 [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] adventure/comedy film based on the FrancoBelgianComics series ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' (the Creator/AndreFranquin era of it, more precisely[[note]]Champignac, Seccotine, Zantafio and Zorglub are Franquin creations[[/note]]), directed by Alexandre Coffre.

Spirou (Thomas Solivérès), a thief disguised as a bellboy, meets Fantasio (Alex Lutz), a journalist that been losing momentum. They have to work as a team, when Count Pacôme de Champignac (Creator/ChristianClavier) is kidnapped by MadScientist Zorglub (Creator/RamzyBedia). Between Europe and Africa, the two men will search for the eccentric inventor, helped by Seccotine (Géraldine Nakache), Fantasio's rival, and the squirrel Spip.

* CrossingTheDesert: Spirou, Fantasio and Seccotine end up in a desert without a vehicle, food, and barely any water. If they never reached an oasis, this could have ended quite badly.

** In the airport, the newspaper that Spirou and Fantasio use to [[NewspaperThinDisguise hide behind]], title that a Mesozoic traveler has find a dinosaur egg on an ice field. In the album "Le Voyageur du Mésozoïque" ("The Mesozoic traveler") the count of Champignac bring back a dinosaur's egg from Antarctica.

** In the last scene, a guest of the hotel is reading the "Moustique", the actual name of the newspaper Fantasio and Seccotine work for. The title of the article relating[[spoiler: Zorglub's demise]] is titled "Z comme Zorglub" ("Z is for Zorglub"), how the album he appeared in was named. The titles of others articles are also those of previous albums such as "L'Homme qui ne voulait pas mourir " ("The man who did not want to die") and "Tora Torapa". Not to mention an article [[LaserGuidedKarma reporting that Zantafio been fired.]]

* AdaptationalContextChange: In the comic book, Zorglwaves and the Fantacopter were respectively Zorglub and Fantasio inventions. Here, they're both attributed to the Count of Champignac. Zorglub needs Champignac's help to make the waves actually work after he stole him the formula, and that's why he kidnap him. And the Fantacopter becomes the Champicopter for that reason.

* BondVillainStupidity: The {{Mooks}} and scientists hired by Zorglub help him to create the Zorglwaves, [[MassHypnosis then spread them on the whole world]] while only Zorglub will be protected from the waves with a special headband. [[DidntThinkThisThrough No one see anything wrong with that]]. The only exceptions are Claude and Marie who realize what this means at the last minute, and run away, but this is futile as distance don't change anything to Zorglwaves 's influence.

* TrapDoor: Zorglub has one in his lair, that open directly on a LavaPit. He can open it by a pressure on the knob of his cane, and send here any of his henchman he's not happy of.[[spoiler: In the end, he tries to send here Champignac and Seccotine, but he's finally the one who'll fall through it.]]

* TieInNovel: Or rather tie in comics, under the form of RecursiveCanon. In "Le triomphe de Zorglub" ("Zorglub's triumph"), Spirou, Fantasio and Seccotine are involved in the shooting of a movie about them. Apparently the same described here, as Seccotine discovers that the actress playing her is [[AdaptationDyeJob dark-haired.]] [[https://cdn-s-www.estrepublicain.fr/images/B3F0BCFF-AECE-44EE-B060-D0E6CF45A116/NW_detail/title-1518212594.jpg And the real Spirou is horrified]] to read in the script that [[TakeThat he's been made a pickpocket.]] (Due to the bad boys appeal, according to Fantasio.)

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: After Champignac successfully manage to fix the zorglwaves, then became {{Brainwashed}} into the first zorglmen along with Seccotine, Zorglub order them to walk into his LavaPit.]]

** After Fantasio heard the HeIsNotMyBoyfriend response of Seccotine, he protests that he heard her.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://i.postimg.cc/L62Rfqzg/Sans-titre-1.jpg civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate a hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends).]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his [[TheSixties 60's]] costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

** Spirou announce twice he shall change of clothes, but Fantasio forbids him to each time. It illustrate the paradox of the different writers, who either ignore the lack of realism of Spirou being in his bellboy uniform on a daily basis, or address this [[https://i.postimg.cc/YCKKt5jf/Sans-titre-3.jpg by putting him in a civilian version instead]].

** Spirou announce twice he shall change of clothes, but Fantasio forbids him to twice. It illustrate the paradox of the different writers, who either ignore the lack of realism of Spirou being in his bellboy uniform on a daily basis, or address this [[https://i.postimg.cc/YCKKt5jf/Sans-titre-3.jpg by putting him in a civilian version instead]].

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://i.postimg.cc/YCKKt5jf/Sans-titre-3.jpg civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate a hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends).]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his [[TheSixties 60's]] costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://postimg.cc/6TpCBwpz civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate a hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends).]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his [[TheSixties 60's]] costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://postimg.cc/6TpCBwpz civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate an hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends).]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his [[TheSixties 60's]] costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://postimg.cc/6TpCBwpz civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate an hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends).]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his TheSixties costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore [[https://postimg.cc/6TpCBwpz civilian clothes]] [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate an hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends.]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni a blue scheme]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie, he arrives in his first scene [[https://postimg.cc/crWdG1m5 in an outfit identical to the last he worn in the comics.]] But he have to change clothes two minutes later, and ends in his TheSixties costume with a bow tie, which [[MythologyGag "suits him well"]] according to the hotel receptionist.

* TruerToTheText: When it comes to costumes. Spirou's uniform was problematic since he stopped working as a bellboy since TheForties.[[note]]Not to mention, so painfully old-fashioned the he provide the OutdatedOutfit page image. [[/note]] In the previous animated adaptations, like he did for the last forty years in the comics, he wore civilian clothes [[RedIsHeroic in shades of red instead]]. But the movie plays straight his traditional uniform, under the pretext he have to infiltrate an hotel twice [[spoiler: (and he works in such a place when it ends.]] Similarly in cartoons and most recent comics, Fantasio sticked to [[RedOniBlueOni blue]] but without his bow tie, and had rather a regular tie instead. In a subversion, in the movie,

* {{Irony}}: After the airport police has arrested and [[handcuffed together ChainedHeat]] Fantasio and Spirou, the latter warn him he will never see him again after all this. Very unlikely for a 70 years old duo.

* ThrowTheDogABone: On a meta level. In the original stories, [[ButtMonkey Fantasio usually can't catch a break]], and he can't here either. [[spoiler: That's why the fact he gets the girl in the end can be seen as this.]]

* AFriendInNeed: After a PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure, Spirou walks away and Fantasio protests that he won't let his friends down. [[AdaptationalJerkass Spirou]] snarks that he did not knew they were friends. However, a few scenes later, Fantasio is stuck in accidented car about to explode. Despite the danger, [[ConscienceMakesYouGoBack Spirou help him to escape]] [[MeaningfulEcho while stating that he]] [[FriendshipMoment won't let his friends down]].

* ParentalAbandonment: The Count of Champignac quickly deduce that Spirou never knew parental authority when they met. Later, Fantasio ask Spirou what his parents think of him being a pickpocket, and the later stay suspiciously silent, suggesting a DarkAndTroubledPast.[[note]]Or maybe a MythologyGag, given that originally Spirou was a {{Golem}} BornAsAnAdult of a drawing, thus with no parents.[[/note]]

* TieInNovel: Or rather tie in comics, under the form of RecursiveCanon. In "Le triomphe de Zorglub" ("Zorglub's triumph"), Spirou, Fantasio and Seccotine are involved in the shooting of a movie about them. Apparently the same described here as Seccotine discovers that the actress playing her is [[AdaptationDyeJob dark-haired.]] [[https://cdn-s-www.estrepublicain.fr/images/B3F0BCFF-AECE-44EE-B060-D0E6CF45A116/NW_detail/title-1518212594.jpg And the real Spirou is horrified]] to read in the script that [[TakeThat he's been made a pickpocket.]] (Due to the bad boys appeal, according to Fantasio.)

* TieInNovel: Or rather tie in comics, under the form of RecursiveCanon. In "Le triomphe de Zorglub" ("Zorglub's triomph"), Spirou, Fantasio and Seccotine are involved in the shooting of a movie about them. Apparently the same described here as Seccotine discovers that the actress playing her is [[AdaptationDyeJob dark-haired.]] [[https://cdn-s-www.estrepublicain.fr/images/B3F0BCFF-AECE-44EE-B060-D0E6CF45A116/NW_detail/title-1518212594.jpg And the real Spirou is horrified]] to read in the script that [[TakeThat he's been made a pickpocket.]] (Due to the bad boys appeal, according to Fantasio.)

* TieInNovel: Or rather tie in comics, under the form of RecursiveCanon. In "Le triomphe de Zorglub" ("Zorglub's triomph"), Spirou, Fantasio and Seccotine are involved in the shooting of a movie about them. Apparently the same as Seccotine discovers that the actress playing is [[AdaptationDyeJob dark-haired.]] [[https://cdn-s-www.estrepublicain.fr/images/B3F0BCFF-AECE-44EE-B060-D0E6CF45A116/NW_detail/title-1518212594.jpg And the real Spirou is horrified]] to read in the script that [[TakeThat he's been made a pickpocket.]] (Due to the bad boys appeal, according to Fantasio.)

* ParentalAbandonment: The Count of Champignac quickly deduce that Spirou never knew parental authority when they met. Later, Fantasio ask Spirou what his parents think of him being a pickpocket, and the later stay suspiciously silent, suggesting a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as in the comics and [[AnimatedAdaptation animated adaptations]], Seccotine already has ShipTease with Fantasio, usually under the prism of BelligerentSexualTension. But, DependingOnTheWriter, Seccotine has the same amount of ShipTease with Spirou (and Fantasio with others women). [[spoiler: This version is the first that make them an OfficialCouple in the end.]]

* StickyFingers: Spirou, to the point Fantasio once realize that the latters's wallet is actually his.[[spoiler:[[ChekhovsSkill This becomes handy in the end,]] where Spirou can take his anti zorglwaves headband to Zorglub, without the latter notices.]]

** Fantasio's [[TheSixties 60's]] looking red bow tie and blue jacket [[OutdatedOutfit seemed very old fashioned]] in the TheNewTens, explaining he arrives at the hotel in a more modern outfit. But Spirou immediately ruins it with coffee. The luxury hotel staff then lend him other clothes that are this iconic costume (presumably, they had it in their wardrobe since the last fifty years). Fantasio does not have the occasion to change clothes later, explaining his outfit.

** Spirou met Fantasio while running away from the hotel while the latter want to get in. Their opposing moves block the revolving door of the building. Spirou complains "What an idiot!", and Fantasio warns him he heard this.