Editing Nicolas Fouquet (section)

==In fiction==
Fouquet's story is often entwined with that of the [[Man in the Iron Mask]], who is often identified as the true king or even as an identical twin brother of Louis XIV. As such, he is a pivotal character in [[Alexandre Dumas]]' novel ''[[The Vicomte de Bragelonne]]'', where he is depicted heroically. [[Aramis]], an ally of Fouquet, tries to seize power by replacing Louis XIV with his identical twin brother. It is Fouquet who, out of sheer loyalty to the crown, foils Aramis's plot and saves Louis. This does not, however, prevent his downfall.

[[James Whale]]'s film ''[[The Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]]'' (1939) is very loosely adapted from Dumas' novel, and by contrast, depicts Fouquet as the story's main villain, who tries to keep the existence of the king's twin brother a secret. Fouquet is portrayed by [[Joseph Schildkraut]]. In the [[The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film)|1977 version]], Fouquet is portrayed by [[Patrick McGoohan]]. In ''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979), based on the same novel, he is portrayed by [[Ian McShane]]. In a departure from history, most of these films show him dying in the 1660s.

Fouquet was portrayed by Robert Lindsay in Nick Dear's play ''Power''.

Fouquet's life (and his rivalry with Colbert) is one of the background plots/stories in the historical novel ''[[Imprimatur (novel)|Imprimatur]]'' by [[Rita Monaldi]] and [[Francesco Sorti]].

Fouquet and his arrest also figure prominently in [[Roberto Rossellini]]'s 1966 film ''[[The Taking of Power by Louis XIV]]'', where Fouquet is played by Pierre Barrat.

In the second of [[Peter Greenaway]]'s [[The Tulse Luper Suitcases|''Tulse Luper'' films]], a Nazi general by the name of Foestling, played by [[Marcel Iureș]], becomes obsessed with Fouquet and attempts to recreate his life and death.

Fouquet is described but not mentioned by name in an episode of HBO's ''[[The Sopranos]]''. Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. makes a comparison of John Sacrimoni to King Louis' finance minister who tried to outshine him and his estate: "In the end, Louis clapped him in irons".
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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Fouquet, Nicolas|volume=10|pages=750–751}}
*The page numbers the biographies of Fouquet written by Dessert and Petitfils are taken from the French Wikipedia article about Fouquet.