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=== ''Astérix'' provides examples of: ===
* [[
* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Happens to Obélix in ''The Great Crossing''. To [[The
* [[Acrofatic]]: Obélix, easily. As a side effect of the magic potion, he's also an insanely fast runner who can do acrobatics easily, since his weight is not a big deal.
** One of the more hilarious examples is when he tries to teach Dogmatix how to do tricks, such as playing catch using giant rocks instead of a stick.
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: Eight of them so far, of varying quality. Technically only seven are straight-up adaptations; ''The Twelve Tasks of Astérix'' is the only Astérix film so far (live-action films included) to have been written directly for the screen.
** Sometime in the early 2000s there were ideas for a weekly ''Asterix'' series but Uderzo refused - he didn't want the character to become a recurring TV hero.
* [[Anti
** His portrayal was based on how he appears in the Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, required reading for Latin students back when everyone did Latin at school.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Take a look at the earliest appearance of Astérix and Obélix in ''Astérix the Gaul''. Now pick your jaw up off the floor. Happened again with the movies -- from ''Astérix Versus Caesar'' onwards, they were of much better animation quality, and it happened again with ''Astérix and the Vikings''. They had ''shading'', for Toutatis' sake! ''Shading''!
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{{quote| '''Astérix:''' For starters, two boars!<br />
'''Obélix:''' [[Ill Take Two Beers Too|And two for me!]] }}
** Taken to its ultimate extreme in ''The Twelve Tasks of Astérix''. Obélix polishes off a three course feast whose first course consists of... a boar with fries, a flock of geese, several sheep, an omelette made with eight dozen eggs, a whole school of fish, an ox, a cow, two calves ("because to separate ze family...zat would not be right!"), a huge mound of caviar ([[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|...and the little toast that goes with it!]]), a camel, ("and before we start on the main course") an elephant stuffed with olives... he's '''still''' hungry when the cook finally admits defeat!
*** Obélix then goes on to eat the beast that he and Astérix have to confront in the next task.
* [[Big Fun]]: Also Obélix.
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* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Unhygenix the fishmonger.
* [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: The [[Man Behind the Man|villain behind the sickle-trafficking gang]] in ''Astérix and the Golden Sickle'': [[Chekhov's Gunman|He appeared time and again before the reveal? ]] Check. Was he [[Beneath Suspicion]]? Check. [[The Reveal|It is a surprise both to the heroes and the audience? ]] Check. [[Inherent in The System|Does it make sense with the general theme of that album?]] You bet, because this is the only way the not so bright members of the sickle-trafficking gang could get away with an operation like this for so much time.
* [[Door
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: The villagers have even used Cacofonix as a weapon. And as a rainmaker in ''Astérix and the Magic Carpet''.
* [[Drunk On Milk]]
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* [[Fleeting Demographic Rule]]: A "hotdog" joke that was used in ''The Great Crossing'' is reused in ''Astérix and the Falling Sky'' (this is in the French version).
* [[Flower From the Mountaintop]]: The main plot for ''Asterix in Switzerland''.
* [[Foe
* [[Full Boar Action]]: It's the Gauls' favorite food. Obélix isn't fond of places who don't have it, or cook it wrong.
** To Goscinny's regret, [[Never Heard That One Before|many people thought it'd be a good and original idea to invite him for roasted boar.]] Note that Goscinny was Jewish.
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Astérix & Obélix
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and Brutus are the main ones.
* [[Historical
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: In ''Obélix & Co'', the Romans plan to undo the village's social structure backfires when one roman citizen wants in on the craze, resulting in unrest in Rome and the devaluing of their currency, the sistertius.
* [[Homage|Homages]]
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** The whole plot of ''Astérix and the Banquet'' was inspired by the ''Tour de France'' bicycle race (it even borrows the name for the original French title: ''Le Tour de Gaule d'Astérix''), and uses some plot points from Jules Verne's [[Around the World In Eighty Days]].
** Done ad nauseam in the 50th anniversary book.
* [[Honest
* [[Horny Vikings]]: ''Astérix and the Normans''
* [[Hot Blooded]]: Obélix. He is ''very'' sensitive, and ''very'' quick to anger.
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{{quote| '''Caesar:''' Look at you! You have become decadent! All you think about nowadays is eating and sleeping!<br />
'''Senator:''' ''(waking up)'' What? It's lunchtime already? }}
* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]: According to the comics, Vercingetorix surrendered to [[Julius Caesar]] not by laying his weapons at Caeasar's feet but by laying them ''[[Agony of the Feet|on]]'' [[Agony of the Feet|Caesar's feet]].
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Obelix uses it on a corrupt ferry captain in ''Asterix and Cleopatra''.
* [[Join the Army They Said]]
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* [[The Quisling]]: Cassius Ceramix, chief of the Gallo-Roman village of Linoleum in ''Astérix and the Big Fight''.
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: At the beginning of ''The Golden Book'', Albert Uderzo ages his characters by fifty years, thinking it would be funny. Obélix registers his disapproval with his fist.
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: In ''Astérix in Corsica'', it's explained that the island's garrisons are a dumping ground for hopeless elements of the Roman Legion. Also, at the end of ''Astérix the Gaul'', a displeased Caesar reassigns an officer to an outpost in Mongolia(!) ([[Et Tu, Brute?|Brutus]] gets the same treatment in ''Asterix and Son''). In ''Astérix vs Caesar'', an overeager young officer is transferred to a post in the Sahara, as punishment for an unauthorized raid that captured Vitalstatistix's niece Panacaea, which his centurion (correctly) believes that the Gauls will consider grounds for levelling the camp.
* [[Rebus Bubble]]: Whenever anyone swears.
* [[Reference Overdosed]]
* [[Relax
* [[The Right Hand of Doom]]: Verses the Persian from ''The Twelve Tasks Of Astérix''.
* [[Rugby Is Slaughter]]: Even before you give the players Magic Potion.
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** In ''Astérix in Britain'', the heroes come across "four very famous bards" who look like [[The Beatles (Music)|The Beatles]].
*** And Bacteria's original name is [[Yellow Submarine (Animation)|Iélosubmarine]].
** In ''Astérix in Belgium'', they are warned of Caesar's arrival by the Thom(p)sons of ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'' fame; the courier being sent out to notify the clan leaders all over Belgium of this event is none other than cyclist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_Merckx Eddy Merckx] (sans bike); and then there's the kid who's quite reminiscent of the famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels in more than just his appearance.
** There's also a character (a druid/Roman spy who has a prominent role in ''Astérix's Odyssey'') who looks like [[Sean Connery]]... and is named [[James Bond|Zerozerosix]] (Dubblosix in the English version).
** In ''Astérix and the Flying Carpet'', one of the villains expresses the desire to be "[[Iznogoud|Rajah instead of the Rajah]]" (Goscinny created both comics).
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* [[Siege Engines]]: The Romans sometimes bring siege engines to battle. It doesn't turn out too well against the Gauls, but somewhat effective against the Belgians before Asterix and Obélix take them out. They were also effective in ''Asterix and Cleopatra'' before Cleopatra reprimanded Caesar for attacking the palace.
* [[Significant Anagram]]: The names of the two alien races in ''Astérix and the Falling Sky'', Tadsilweny and Nagma are anagrams for "[[Walt Disney]]" and "[[Manga]]", respectively.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Cacofonix is the musical equivalent of [[Uwe Boll]].
* [[The Snark Knight]]: Asterix in the first movie adaption.
* [[Something Completely Different]]: Besides having a [[Darker and Edgier]] tone than usual, ''Astérix and the Laurel Wreath'' takes place entirely outside of the Gaulish village (save for the very last page) and features none of the usual characters other than Astérix and Obelix (save for a couple of scenes with Vitalstatistix and Impedimenta during the [[How We Got Here]] portion of the story).
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* [[Time Skip]]: ''Astérix and Obélix's Birthday: The Golden Book'' has a scene that takes place 50 years after the normal timeline of the books, depicting the characters as old men.
* [[Token Romance]]: While this never happens in the actual books, it is surprisingly common for the various film adaptations to add some sort of unnecessary romance subplot. To count those:
** ''Astérix Conquers America'': Astérix and Obélix are tempted to stay in America because of [[The
*** She was somewhat fat, but hardly ugly. Obélix was just terrified by the prospect of romance, let alone marriage.
** ''Astérix and Obélix Take on Caesar'': Obélix's attraction to Panacea is a subplot. This is taken from the books, but it is played much more seriously here.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Obélix will often ask for wild boar in completely unfitting situations.
* [[Tsundere]]: Cleopatra acts like one towards Caesar.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Geriatrix is (canonically) 93 years old, and yet his wife is the sexiest woman of the village.
** Sexiest ''married'' woman; there's the drop-dead gorgeous Panacea, but she's not a regular villager, and not married (yet).
*** I beg to differ on the grounds of ''Astérix and the Actress''.
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** The entire Gaulish village have been known to brawl with each other when they're bored and no Romans or other outside foes are available.
* [[Wallpaper Camouflage]]: The spy in the animated ''Asterix and Cleopatra''.
* [[Who Would Want to Watch Us?]]:
{{quote| '''Impedimenta:''' If anyone were fool enough to write the story of our village, you can bet they wouldn't call it ''The Adventures of Vitalstatistix the Gaul''!}}
** There's also the moment in ''Astérix and the Cauldron'', where Obélix wants to tell stories about his and Astérix's adventures to raise money, but Astérix sees no monetary value in it.
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