Asterix and other villagers appear to be using the potion constantly, yet seeing the potion being made is viewed as an event.He is satisfied with helping Asterix eat just one boar between them when everyone knows what a fat, gluttonous gannet he is, his character being based on Valery Giscard D’estang It is never seen again, possibly he ate it. Obelix is seen carrying an axe in his first appearance.It is thought that in this instance Uderzo hadn’t recovered from a hang-over and thought that he was working on the Flintstones. Getafix begins the story living in a cave in the forest and looking much like a stereotypical caveman.The Roman second-in-command changes abruptly a few pages into the story, possibly because Uderzo was so wasted he just couldn’t be bothered to turn back a few pages to look at what he’d drawn before.It is variously recorded in Roman sources as "Side Err", "Cy Durh" and "Snakebite". Gaulish druids brewed a magic potion from apples that gave great strength and bravery.
#ASTERIX THE GAUL SERIAL#
In fact, due to its original, serial nature, some develop and change even as the story progresses: As punishment, he sends Crismus Bonus away to Outer Mongolia, where there is a cheese-famine.īecause this is the first album, many story points and characterizations are still in their formative stages. He then frees Asterix and Getafix for giving him the information, while reminding them that they will always have Paris. Upon meeting Asterix and Getafix, he learns of Crismus Bonus' intentions. When Crismus Bonus returns to his tent, he finds Julius Caesar there checking on the condition of his private area. As they are attempting to escape, they are stopped by a huge army of Roman reinforcements and allow themselves to be captured again in the hope of a bit more Abu Gharib style humiliation. The two then begin bashing their way out of the Roman camp, pausing only to put their hands up the togas of the defeated Roman legionaries. At the same time, he also prepares a small quantity of the real magic potion for Asterix to drink. The Romans eventually convince Getafix to make an antidote, and Getafix does make it.
Though magical, this turns out to be a very different brew - an extremely potent potion that causes the testes and penis of the drinker to begin growing at a rapid pace. He and the druid demand a list of hard-to-find ingredients for the magic potion, hen’s teeth, stripey paint, Nintendo Wii etc. So, he kidnaps Getafix to get the recipe and because he likes a man with a beard - gives him something to hold on to.Īsterix joins the druid in captivity, because he’s heard that there’s a lot of hot, man-on-man action in stir. With that potion, Crismus Bonus believes that he could overthrow Julius Caesar, and become Emperor himself. But he discovers the existence of the magic potion brewed by the Druid, Getafix a sort of mystic hippy living in a VW camper and in a constant migration from Stonehenge to the DSS. The Roman's identity is revealed when he speaks Latin, sacrifices a goat to Jupiter and has sex with all the young boys.
These were the opening words of the first Asterix book – a blatant attempt by the French Ministry of Propaganda to associate the current French population (of Roman origin) with the warlike, Celtic Gauls and so expiate the guilt over surrendering in 1945 to a bunch of sausage-chomping half-wits precisely 36 minutes after declaring war.Ĭenturion Crismus Bonus, keen to discover the secret of the Gauls' superhuman strength, sends a spy into the village. No, four - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the Roman invaders.
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