Le Lapin Agile

The restaurant as it appeared in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

**Le Lapin Agile** or **Cabaret Au Lapin Agile** (French: *The Nimble Rabbit/Nimble Rabbit's Cabaret*) is a real-life restaurant and cabaret club featured in *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.*

## Description

Le Lapin Agile is a Bohemian cabaret club in the centre of the Montmartre neighbourhood in Paris, France. The club was a place of socialization for many artists, criminals and prostitutes during the early 20th century. The restaurant has also been known as **Au rendez-vous des voleurs** (French: Where the Thieves meet), **Cabaret des Assassins** (French: Killers' Cabaret), and **Lapin à Gill** (Gill's Rabbit).

## History

### Real world history

Le Lapin Agile was established in the year 1860 under the name *Au rendez-vous des voleurs* and used crime as its gimmick. Roughly 20 years later when the restaurant was known as *Cabaret des Assassins*, the cabaret decorated itself with artwork of famous killers and murderers. According to an embellished local-lore, the reason behind this theming came from how gangsters once killed the owner of the cabaret's son.

In 1875, the more permanent theming of the cabaret as the **Lapin à Gill** was created with artwork of its titular rabbit. This name later evolved into Cabaret Au Lapin Agile and in the early 20th century it came under the ownership of cabaret singer/comedian Aristide Bruant to save the establishment from demolition. Several notable French artists and authors frequented the bar such as the likes of Picasso, Modigliani, Apollinaire, Roman Greco and Utrillo.

### Disney Parks

During the decade of the 1900s, le Lapin Agile was frequented by many prostitutes and French artists. Amongst the artists who attended the establishment were Edgar Degas, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso and a teenaged Norman Rockwell. In the September of 1908, Rockwell brought a young Indiana Jones to the cabaret club while the latter was brought to study art in Paris.

Jones and Rockwell overheard an argument transpiring between Picasso and Degas which resulted in Degas storming out. When Picasso claimed that he could outdo Degas' work, Rockwell rejected the idea resulting in Picasso bringing them all to his studio so he could prove himself right. At his studio, they were impressed by several of Picasso's original works along with his art made to mimic Degas' style.

After this, Jones and Rockwell were invited to accompany Picasso for dinner. While dancing with a prostitute in Picasso's employ, the two boys found themselves marked enemies of the lady's pimps. While walking home, the two were attacked by these pimps and chased into a cemetery. While at the cemetery, the two managed to chase the pimps off by using a skull and cloak to disguise themselves as a phantom and frighten the superstition frenchmen.

The following evening, Jones and Rockwell attended a masquerade party which Picasso was hosting. Due to the adult bohemian nature of the party, Miss Seymour did not wish for the two boys to attend the event however she was occupied when Picasso took her aside to do sketches of her. The following day, Jones made his goodbyes with the artists in la Lapin Agile. After being gifted a sketch by Rockwell which was autographed by Picasso, Jones conned German art-dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler into believing it was an authentic Picasso. Picasso and Rockwell assisted Jones with this con that ultimately profited for 1000 francs.

In the year 1940, the bar was visited by aviator Jock Lindsey, a pilot frequently hired by Jones. Jones travelled to the bar in an airplane which he was testing with the ID, "F-ANMP". When Jock left, he took coasters from the bar as souvenirs.

## Appearances and allusions

### Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar

S.E.A. member Jock Lindsey has coasters from the bar in his collection of coasters from dining venues across the world.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.mousesteps.com/2015/09/23/jock-lindsey-s-hangar-bar-opens-at-disney-springs-food-drink-review-detailed-tour/
2. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2016/07/air-tours.html