Granguzié the Giant King has recently become father to a baby boy: the Humongous Gargantua. Worried about his education he puts him under the care of several court scientists, lawyers and wise men. Unfortunatley- these experts turn out to be total idiots and nearly turn the boy into a fool.

When Gargantua demonstrates the idiocy he has learned from these  ́wise men ́ in an oratory battle against the young Epistemon, the King fires the professors and sends him off to be reeducated.

So begins Gargantua ́s journey into the World. Training first in the country where he learns physical health and philosophy, then the city where he attends University, Gargantua the Giant enters places where men, in their folly, have lost their way. Lawyers who squabble over specs of sand, Professors so caught up in  ́Academia ́ that they debate through grimaces and violent thugs all find out that, though gentle- Gargantua is not above divine retribution.

Gathering a circle of philosophers, brawlers, gamblers and generally handsome and well adjusted fellows, he travels from town to town learning all he can. And thank the heavens too, for when an army of Giants lands in his father´s kingdom, he will need all his friends and knowledge to defeat them.