Fantasio

### Friends

Spirou (best friend), Seccotine, Spip, Zaoki, Luna Cortizone, Count Champignac, Zantafio (sometimes), Zorglub (sometimes), Vito Cortizone (sometimes), Gaston Lagaffe, Madame Jeanne, Léon Prunelle, Marsupilami

### Enemies

Zantafio (sometimes), Zorglub (sometimes), Vito Cortizone (sometimes), Cyanure

### Likes

Adventures, his job, his best friend Spirou

### Dislikes

His cousin Zantafio, Zorglub's evil plans, Spirou gets very ill after diagnosed with leukemia and pneumonia (The Bellhop's Life and Death)

## Character's Bio

### Birthdate

1944 (comics)
2nd February 1994 (The Bellhop's Life and Death)
5th May 1982 (two upcoming fanfics)

### Age

20's (comics and cartoons)
36 (2018)
38 (2020)
41 (2023, upcoming)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (comics and cartoons)Sky Blue (fanfics)

### Status

Alive (comics and cartoons)
Deceased (two other fanfics)

**Fantasio** is one of *Spirou et Fantasio* comic characters. He was the journalist and Spirou's best friend.

## Character

### Jijé period

At its beginnings, Fantasio is an eccentric who presents the game section of the newspaper Spirou. He also had black hair.

He quickly becomes Spirou's wacky companion, behind many of the latter's gags and adventures. He collects whims: jeep owner, private detective, tour boat driver in the creeks. Very quickly, he became a reporter for the newspaper, taking Spirou with him (La jeep de Fantasio).

### Franquin period

By dint of traveling around the world and being in constant danger of danger, Fantasio calms down.

The day he inherits from his uncle Tanzafio , Fantasio brings into his life his cousin Zantafio, who becomes his rival. It was on this occasion that he invented the Fantacopter and captured a Marsupilami.

He then moved in with Spirou, while becoming naturally grumpy, which would not get better with the arrival of Gaston in the editorial staff. He smokes a pipe from time to time. He nevertheless retains a facetious and easily mocking spirit. At that time, his reports no longer only concerned the Spirou newspaper but also the Le Moustique newspaper.

### Fournier period

Fantasio sometimes gets bourgeois. He becomes less inclined to adventure L'abbaye riguquée, Le gri-gri du Niokolo Koba, L'Ankou), which does not prevent him from making crazy bets, such as entering Catung (Kodo, the Tyrant).

Fantasio shows his interest in pretty women when he meets Ororéa, a journalist of a more cooperative nature than Seccotine, with whom Fantasio maintains a relationship of conflicting friendship.

### Nic and Cauvin period

Fantasio then finds a touch of the madness of his youth (Midlife Crisis). He goes back to building inventions, has some strange whims like the sudden purchase of an old boat.

### Tome and Janry period

The character is naturally lazy and grumpy, although he always engages with Spirou in the adventure. A strong friendship that will save them on several occasions (The Valley of the Banished, Machine qui reve)

We also see that he tries more and more to approach women (Vito la Déveine, Luna Fatale).

His talents as a journalist are still made for Spirou and for the Mosquito, but he also seems to write for other newspapers (Spirou in New York). He writes numerous conferences presented by Spirou (La frousse aux trousses).

### Morvan and Munuera period

Fantasio then becomes again a natural blunderer and eccentric (Return of the Midlife Crisis). In Spirou in Tokyo, he shows himself to be severely affected by buyer fever. He commits serious blunders, as at the end of Aux sources du Z where he makes a mistake about Spirou and cancels all of his adventures.

He is nonetheless heroic in nature. He gives Miss Flanner a good lesson in Paris-sous-Seine and knows how to be protective in The Man Who Didn't Want to Die.

He became a reporter for television alongside his activities as a print journalist.

### Yoann and Vehlmann period

Fantasio seems to be aging and settling down, his head is shrinking (For Lack of Time Travel). He nevertheless keeps a wacky mind and a critical eye on what is going on.

He is ready to do anything for a scoop, and in many circumstances aims for the Pullitzer prize (Zorkon alert, The hidden side of the Z).

Fantasio also directs the Journal de Spirou, and in fact with Spirou advertising campaigns (Alert to Zorkons) He plays a lot on the image of "brand" of Spirou, as well, to move the judge during the trial opposing the newspaper to mothers of angry readers, he asks Spirou to wear his costume (In the claws of the Viper) Just like, to obtain plane tickets for Aswana, He makes sure that Spirou comes to support the morale of the Franco troops. Belgians who are fighting there. (The Sniper Alley Groom)

### Other authors

If Fantasio keeps his heroic and wacky and serious naturalness in all of the albums of other authors, we can see in the past that he has always worked for the press at different levels (Le journal d'un ingu, Le groom vert- de-gris).

Some authors have imagined his meeting with Spirou during World War II.

## Physical Appearance

In the comics, Fantasio has fair complexion, blond hair with six strands straight up on it, black eyes. He wears blue jacket, white shirt, red bow tie, black trouser and brown shoes.

In the 1993 and 1995 cartoon, Fantasio wears the same outfit.

In the 2006 cartoon, Fantasio's blond hair has 2 long strands on the left side and 2 short strands on the right side. He wears ultramarine blue jacket, light lavender shirt, midnight blue trousers and black shoes.

In the fanfics, Fantasio has pale skin, blond hair and sky blue eyes.

## Fanfics

The Bellhop's Life and Death

In 10th March 2015, Fantasio was aware that the doctor tells him that Spirou has been diagnosed with lupus due to his high fever and he would giving him three years to live. Spirou and Fantasio decides to staying in Count Champignac's mansion as both he and Count Champignac would taking care of him until they're going to the hospital for his treatment. 52 days later, Fantasio tells Seccotine, Luna and everyone that Spirou was diagnosed with lupus due to his high fever and the doctor gives him three years to live.

A year later, Spirou's lupus had caused his hair became thin. Fantasio had made a decision to get Spirou a headwear to covered his head.

In 7th June 2018, Spirou, Fantasio and everybody celebrates his 24th birthday at the hospital in Reykjavík, Iceland. Spirou blows the candles on the cake to make a wish. He wishes that he wants Fantasio to take care of Spip and their friends with good before he died. Fantasio accepts his wish to decided to do the next part of his own to taking care of Spip and their friends.

On 16th September 2018, Spirou died of lupus after the doctors and nurses were working on him but they're failed to reviving him. Fantasio and everyone were really sad that Spirou had died.

On 15th October 2018, Fantasio, Spip and their friends attended Spirou's funeral. Everybody were really sad, standing, sitting and chatting. Fantasio tells them about Spirou before he was buried at the church cemetery in Champignac-en-Cambrousse.

The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets

In 2020, two years after Spirou's death. Seccotine first met the Trousseau triplets, Amira, Amina and Amila at the street in Champignac-en-Cambrousse. She takes them to Fantasio's house to see him. Fantasio tells them a story about Spirou and he said that the doctor tells him that he has been diagnosed with lupus due to his high fever and he's been giving three years to live. Fantasio also telling them that how Spirou dies.