Chanticleer and the Fox it clear that its inspiration was Edmond Rostand's drama "Chantecler" about a cock that believed the sun would not rise unless it crowed first. Several other works claim to be inspired by Chaucer's tale but, like Rostand's play and the 1990 cartoon feature film Rock-a-Doodle based on it, have little connection with the original Renart Cycle version beyond using the name Chanticleer, or variants of it. Chanticleer and the Fox Chanticleer and the Fox is a fable that dates from the Middle Ages. Though it can be compared to Aesop's fable of The Fox and the Crow, it is of
Reynard the Fox master of disguise and is a bit of a kleptomaniac, which gets him into trouble from police chief Chantecler (a rooster) who often sends cat police inspector Tybalt after him to thwart his plans. "Le roman de Renart" is a 2005 CGI feature animated film made in Luxembourg in French with an English dub called "Renart The Fox" or "The Adventures of Renny the Fox" The TV show "The Magicians" includes a character based on Reynard. In this version, he is a violent pagan trickster god accidentally summoned by a group of hedge witches. He ends up killing most of