Jean Passepartout

Jean Passepartout is a fictional character from Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. He serves as the French valet to the story’s English protagonist, Phileas Fogg.

His surname carries multiple layers of meaning, translating literally to “goes everywhere” while also functioning as a French idiom for a skeleton key. Additionally, the name serves as a play on the English word passport and its French equivalent, passeport.