Unbeknown to the Gauls, he is hired by the Romans to convince the Gauls to abandon the village by that disaster would befall the village were he to be chased off.Īs part of the celebrations of the anniversary of Vercingetorix's victory at the Battle of Gergovia, the Gauls and their friends raid one of the nearby Roman camps. In the absence of Getafix, a fraudulent seer seeks shelter against rain in the Village, then ingratiates himself to everyone by predicting the futures they want to hear, asking no food or money, merely items to "read" the future in (mainly as food and money). He orders Asterix and Obelix travel to Rome to retrieve it. Thoroughly chagrined by his obnoxious brother-in-law, Vitalstatistix gets drunk and boasts that he will create a dish seasoned with Caesar's laurel wreath. The villagers sabotage the efforts, first by magically replanting the forest as soon as it's cut, and by creating a slaves' union later by being obnoxious neighbors to the resident Romans. Asterix and Obelix are sent to Switzerland to recover a Silver Star, or Edelweiss, which is needed to cure him.Ĭaesar tries to dilute solidarity and weaken local customs in Gaul by creating a vacation resort near the Village. Caesar sends him to the Gaulish village in an attempt to destroy unity.Ī poisoned Roman tax inspector seeks sanctuary in the village. Asterix and Obelix escort the child back to Spain.Ī troublemaker is brought to Caesar in Rome he was to be executed in the Colosseum, but is so conniving that he got the lions to eat each other instead. He turns out to be Spanish, and held hostage in an attempt to get them to surrender. Pepe, a young and spoiled child, is taken from the Romans. When the money is stolen under his watch, Asterix is banished until he can repay the money and recover his honour. Whosemoralsarelastix, chief of a nearby village, asks Vitalstatistix to hide his village's money to prevent the Romans from taking it. When the officials declare the magic potion to be a form of illegal doping, Asterix turns to his native abilities to compete. To participate in the Olympic Games in Greece, the Gauls register themselves as Romans. Meanwhile, Caesar orders his men to search the area for the shield of Vercingetorix, regarded as a patriotic symbol by the Gauls. With an eclectic group of foreigners, they are sent to North Africa to fight the traitor Scipio.Ĭities in southern France: Acqua Calidae (Vichy), Gergovia, Nemessos (Clermont-Ferrand)Īfter too many banquets, chief Vitalstatistix is forced to visit a spa in the Arvernian countryside to nurse his sore liver. The Normans are fearless to the point of not even understanding the concept, so they travel to Gaul where they kidnap chief Vitalstatistix's cowardly visiting nephew Justforkix to teach them fear.Īsterix and Obelix join the Roman Legion (in a parody of the French Foreign Legion) in an attempt to find the conscripted fiancé of Panacea, a villager on whom Obelix has a big crush. But with no Magic Potion, they need help, so Asterix's cousin Anticlimax comes to Gaul seeking aid. One small village in Britain still holds out against the Roman invaders. One of Obelix's menhirs causes Getafix to lose his memory, leaving the Gauls without magic potion. The Romans conspire with a Roman-friendly Gaulish village to declare a ritual winner-takes-all fight between the village chiefs. Meanwhile, his rival and Caesar's agents attempt to sabotage the effort. Edifis, a bumbling, timid architect is asked to perform the miracle, and asks his old friend Getafix for help. Outraged, Cleopatra wagers with him that her people can build a grand monument in record time. It's in this adventure that Obelix gets his dog, Dogmatix.Ĭaesar calls the Egyptians inferior to the Romans.
The route is a parallel to the modern Tour de France cycling event. To remove it, Asterix strikes a bet with the Romans that he and Obelix can travel throughout Gaul and back to the village with various Gaulish delicacies without the Romans being able to stop them. Unsuccessful at conquering the village, the Romans decide to isolate it by building a stockade. Asterix and Obelix hitchhike all the way to Rome where they must become gladiators to rescue him. Unimpressed by Cacofonix, Caesar orders him to be thrown to the Lions at the Circus Maximus.
Odius Asparagus, the prefect of Gaul, captures Cacofonix and sends him as a present to Caesar. The druid Getafix is captured by a tribe of Goths, and Asterix and Obelix must rescue him. But there is a mysterious sickle shortage our heroes must get to the bottom of. Getafix's sickle breaks, so Asterix and Obelix volunteer to go to Lutetia to buy a new one. It is up to Asterix and his wits to save Getafix. The Romans discover that the secret of the Gauls' strength is the magic potion brewed by the druid Getafix, so they decide to capture the druid and get the recipe out of him.