History Awesome / Asterix

-->'''''"THE FIRST PERSON TO TOUCH DOGMATIX GETS A BIFF UP THE HOOTER!"'''

* In ''Recap/AsterixAndCaesarsGift'', the page image is from when a drunken veteran Roman tries to take over the village by threatening the innkeeper whom he sold it to. Asterix [[BigDamnHeroes enters the fray]] and fights the veteran. He defeats him without using his potion, using ''only his sword''.

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* The bad guys have one in ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheVikings'' when Asterix and Obelix faces the Vikings. Used to be able to MegatonPunch their foes through, they at first treats the Vikings with the same type of arrogance that they usually treats the Romans and the Pirates, only to soon find out that the Vikings are an entire different type of foes. Both Asterix and Obelix finds out to [[OhCrap their shock and horror]] that their magic potion-powered punches barely works against the Vikings; at best they just gets them slighty dizzy and at worst, gets them madder, and they really have to use all their strenght and endurence to fight the Vikings off. For once in their adventures, Asterix and Obelix faces foes that forces them to ''actually fight.'' To which [[BloodKnight Obelix]] is quick to cheerfully point out after the fight, of which the Vikings are so far the only foes that earned the status of WorthyEnemy in his eyes.

* The bad guys have one in ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheVikings'' when Asterix and Obelix faces the Vikings. Used to be able to MegatonPunch their foes through, they at first treats the Vikings with the same type of arrogance that they usually treats the Romans and the Pirates, only to soon find out that the Vikings are an entire different type of foes. Both Asterix and Obelix finds out to [[OhCrap their shock and horror]] that their magic potion-powered punches barely works against the Vikings; at best they just gets them slighty dizzy and at worst, gets them madder, and they really have to use all their strenght and endurence to fight the Vikings off. For once in their adventures, Asterix and Obelix faces foes that forces them to ''actually fight.'' To which [[BloodKnight Obelix]] is quick to cheerfully point out after the fight.

* The bad guys have one in ''Asterix and The Vikings'' when Asterix and Obelix faces the Vikings. Used to be able to MegatonPunch their foes through, they at first treats the Vikings with the same type of arrogance that they usually treats the Romans and the Pirates, only to soon find out that the Vikings are an entire different type of foes. Both Asterix and Obelix finds out to [[OhCrap their shock and horror]] that their magic potion-powered punches barely works against the Vikings; at best they just gets them slighty dizzy and at worst, gets them madder, and they really have to use all their strenght and endurence to fight the Vikings off. For once in their adventures, Asterix and Obelix faces foes that forces them to ''actually fight.'' To which [[BloodKnight Obelix]] is quick to cheerfully point out after the fight.

-->'''Obelix:''' "Now that's what I call a ''real'' fight! Much more fun than the Romans! You know, we should invite them down to invade our village sometime."

* Vitalstatistix gets one in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''. Challenged to a duel by a traitorous Gaul chief with both of their villages at stake, Vitalstatistix finds himself in the fight WITHOUT the magic potion, against a bigger, very strong opponent, as Getafix has suffered memory loss. As such, he spends the beginning and middle of the fight fleeing from his opponent. When Vitalstatistix learns that Getafix has recovered and there's magic potion to go around, the chief of the indomitable Gauls instantly wins the fight by OneHitKO. ''Without'' pausing to drink said potion. One could argue that he was also so easily able to send his opponent flying is because the latter was exhausted from constantly chasing after him. But that in itself is a sheer testimony to Vitalstatistix's badassery. Thanks to some earlier training with running, he was able to constantly outrun his opponent ''without'' being so much as being visibly winded or tired when Asterix brings him the good news. His much fitter-looking, constantly training, and more imposing opponent, on the other hand, is slowly worn down, and can barely speak or stand. Vitalstatistix [[VictoryByEndurance won by sheer endurance, stamina, and using his at-the-time lone advantage]] against his opponent the moment his morale got high. Though still doesn't change the fact that he did punch the bigger man out of the ring hard with no potion is a testament to his strength. AuthorityEqualsAsskicking indeed!

** While he isn't invited in the banquet and gets kidnapped in ''AsterixTheGladiator'', he still saves himself from the lions because of his bad singing.

** It also should be noted that when he DOES get to sit at the table, apart from the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness case in ''Recap/AsterixTheGaul'', he doesn't even try to sing and is generally well-behaved.

* In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCaesarsGift'', the page image is from when a drunken veteran Roman tries to take over the village by threatening the innkeeper whom he sold it to. Asterix [[BigDamnHeroes enters the fray]] and fights the veteran. He defeats him without using his potion, using ''only his sword''.

** In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCaesarsGift'', exploiting the political dispute, the Romans nearly beat the Gauls with their catapults, and only Obelix delays the devastating siege enough for the other Gauls to unite and fight back. Beforehand, when they realized Asterix was spying on them, they were about to flee... until they realized he has no potion, which made them charge at him instead.

* In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCaesarsGift'', the page image is from when a drunken veteran Roman tries to take over the village by threatening the innkeeper whom he sold it to. Asterix [[BigDamnHeroes enters the fray]] and fights the veteran. He defeats him without using his potion, ''only his sword''.

** When the man using the alias of Coronavirus [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quits the race]] for honor reasons, Caesar pulls off a very risky gambit: take up Coronavirus' costume and secretly enter the race himself(!). While this almost worked, he only lost due to [[ChekovsGun the bad road]], you have to give props to Caesar for having even thought of this solution at all. For a NonActionBigBad, it's impressive how he nearly beat the Gauls personally.

** In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCaesarsGift'', exploiting the political dispute, the Romans nearly beat the Gauls with their catapults, and only Obelix delays the devastating siege enough for the other Gauls to unite and fight back.

* ''Recap/AsterixAndTheCauldron'' ends with ''the pirates'', of all people, enjoying an unexpected windfall when the eponymous cauldron filled with Whosemoralsarelastix's hoard of sestertii [[ThrowTheDogABone falls into their ship]].
* Vitalstatistix gets one in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''. Challenged to a duel by a traitorous Gaul chief with both of their villages at stake, Vitalstatistix finds himself in the fight WITHOUT the magic potion, as Getafix has suffered memory loss. As such, he spends the beginning and middle of the fight fleeing from his opponent. When Vitalstatistix learns that Getafix has recovered and there's magic potion to go around, the chief of the indomitable Gauls instantly wins the fight by OneHitKO. ''Without'' pausing to drink said potion. One could argue that he was also so easily able to send his opponent flying is because the latter was exhausted from constantly chasing after him. But that in itself is a sheer testimony to Vitalstatistix's badassery. Thanks to some earlier training with running, he was able to constantly outrun his opponent ''without'' being so much as being visibly winded or tired when Asterix brings him the good news. His much fitter-looking, constantly training, and more imposing opponent, on the other hand, is slowly worn down, and can barely speak or stand. Vitalstatistix [[VictoryByEndurance won by sheer endurance, stamina, and using his at-the-time lone advantage]] against his opponent. Though still doesn't change the fact that he did punch the bigger man out of the ring hard is a testament to his strength. AuthorityEqualsAsskicking indeed!

** When the man using the alias of Coronavirus [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quits the race]] for honor reasons, Caesar pulls off a very risky gambit: take up Coronavirus' costume and secretly enter the race himself(!). While this almost worked, you have to give props to Caesar for having even thought of this solution at all.

** In ''Recap/TheCaesarsGift'', exploiting the political dispute, the Romans nearly beat the Gauls with their catapults, and only Obelix delays the devastating siege enough for the other Gauls to unite and fight back.

* Once in a while, [[UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome the Roman army]] reminds everyone there's a reason if, even in-universe, the UndefeatableLittleVillage is seen with such awe: