History Characters / Asterix

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Well, Better to Sink than Be Sunk... on occasion, they will scuttle their own ship when Asterix and Obelix turn up; it saves them a few knocks and amounts to the same thing in the end. It gets [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments pretty hilarious]] if they sink it when Asterix and Obelix don't intend to attack them anyways.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Maybe...? The real Vercingetorix was executed in Rome in 46 BC as part of Caesars victory parade, but the comic never actually makes any mention of him being dead. It's possible he remains a prisoner here.

* HappilyMarried: She heads off with her lover Tragicomix to Condaturm (Rennes) to get married at the end of ''Asterix the Legionary''.

* AscendedExtra: Brutus [[TookALevelInJerkass suddenly]] becomes the BigBad of ''Recap/AsterixAndSon'' after spending the entire series as a joke character. [[spoiler:He goes further than any villain previous and burns the village down. [[StatusQuoIsGod Fortunately Caesar rebuilds it out of honor and gratitude.]]]]

The Roman governor of Condatum (modern-day Renne in France), who's been embezzling the taxes meant for Rome, sending only a small pittance while keeping almost everything else for himself or wasting it on lavish orgies. His attempts to deal with a Roman inspector sets off [[Recap/AsterixInSwitzerland Asterix's quest to Switzerland]].

A Roman Quaestor [[Recap/AsterixInSwitzerland tasked by the Senate]] to go over the accounts of Governor Varius Flavus due to his suspiciously low tax revenue and his claims that the Renne region is too poor to provide any more for Rome. Unfortunately, Sunisitus underestimated the extremes Varius Flavus is willing to go to hide his corruption.

* NoodleIncident: He mentions that on his journey to Renne, his ship was briefly attacked by the Pirates, but that they somehow managed to sink their own boat before they could board.

* {{Expy}}: He looks like Jacques Chirac, a French politican who was a strong advocate of economic policies.

The original commander of the Compendium garrisson, Crismus Bonus is [[Recap/AsterixTheGaul the very first antagonist of the series]], and harbored treasonous ideas to overthrow Caeasar with the help of the Gauls magic potion.

The latest in a long line of high-ranking officials sent by Caeasar to conquer the village, Overanxious tries to simply keep the Gauls locked in their village with a blockade to keep their rebellious ideas from the rest of Gaul. When Asterix makes a bet that he and Obelix can escape the village and [[Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet tour all of Gaul to gather regional food for a feast]], Overanxious agrees, but secretly plots to keep the two from succeeding.

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Two Gauls whom Chief Vitalstatistix hires to carry him on his shield.

* DependingOnTheWriter: The Chief has a different-looking pair of shield-bearers until ''Asterix and Caesar's Gift'', when he starts using the same pair: a short stocky Gaul and a tall thin Gaul.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: "Friendship" is a bit strong, but the two people who ''like'' his singing are Pericles (a pre-teen who says it reminds him of the goats in his country) and Justforkix (a teenager for who it sounds like the kind of [[TheNewRockAndRoll loud hideous music]] hip young people listen to in Lutetia).

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* NoNameGiven: She's one of few characters who is never named, in any language (although sometimes given the name "Taillefine" ("[[ImpossibleHourglassFigure narrow waist]]" in French). She has been referred to as "Geriatrix's Wife" (by Geriatrix no less) and "Mrs Geriatrix," but never gets a name of her own.
* RedheadinGreen: Her default appearance.

* VillainDecay: As the series went on, this took effect. After all, living with the Roman Empire neans both good and bad Romans exist. When Uderzo handled the sole works, this came into greater effect partly because Uderzo focused on fantasy stories involving realms beyond the Empire.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Cannot for the life of him see Brutus attacking him. Looking back at history, we already know what that cost him.

* YouHaveFailedMe: He has no patience for failure and incompetence, and failing him is a good way to fed to some lions in the circus. He once put the body of his admiral who had repeatedly failed and humiliated him in the circus, despite the man having turned to stone, saying he did so just in case the lions develop a taste for granit.

* TookALevelInJerkass: He never really was portrayed as particularly nice, but in ''Asterix and Son'', he ascends to full-fledged villain who WouldHurtAChild.[[note]]Historically, the man who ordered the death of Caesarion was none other than Julius Caesar's great-nephew, UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}}.[[/note]]

A Roman architect who oversees the construction of Recap/TheMansionsOfTheGods, a large Roman-style apartment building, just outside the Gaulish village, with the intent of defeating the Gauls through cultural absorbtion instead of violence.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After the Mansion is destroyed at the end, and all the Romans have gotten a thourough asskicking, he decides to officially call it quits, deciding to go build pyramids in Egypt, since at least there the tenants are quiet.

* TheAlcoholic: A disgraceful lout of a legionaire who has spent pretty much his entire service to Rome in a drunken stupor.

* KingIncognito: [[spoiler: Coronavirus makes a sudden comeback in the race finale, and almost wins - it's actually Julius Caesar in disguise, having taken over the reigns after the real Coronavirus left.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Maybe..? The real Vercingetorix was executed in Rome in 46 BC as part of Caesars victory parade, but the comic never actually makes any mention of him being dead. It's possible he remains a prisoner here.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The ''Alea jacta est!'' series of {{Gamebooks}} can be said to be this for him. While he only really appeared in one album, he was chosen to be the star and the player character of those books -- probably because, being young and inexperienced he made for a better and less invincible reader stand-in than Asterix or Obelix.

* MegatonPunch: Is on the recieving end of one when Vitalstatistix finally has enough of his bullshit and punches him into Cacafonix's tree during the ending feast.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He attempts this by deciding to try to negotiate with the Romans atacking the vllage, without magical potion. This brings about an end to the political strife.]]

* BadassMustache: Asterix is a Badass warrior and sports a fantastic moustache fitting for a tribal society, yellow and droopy.

* BadassMustache: An invincible warrior, sporting a prominent red mustache.

* ThrowTheDogABone: At the end of ''Asterix and the Cauldron'', [[spoiler:money literally falls out of the sky onto their ship]]. Given the ReformedButRejected example above, they deserve this happy ending for a change.

* WeirdAlEffect: Asterix's popularity far outshone that of ''ComicBook/BarbeRouge'', and as a result more readers are more familiar with the parody than the original.

!!!'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by:''' Alvaro Tarcicio (''Asterix the Gaul'' and ''Asterix and Cleopatra''/First dubbed version), Hugo Navarrete (''Asterix the Gaul'' and ''Asterix and Cleopatra''/Second dubbed version), Creator/LuisAlfonsoMendoza (''Asterix in Britain''), Jesse Conde (''Asterix and the Big Fight'' and ''Asterix in America''), Ernesto Lezama (''Asterix Versus Caesar'', Mexican dub), Ariel Abadi (''Asterix Versus Caesar'', Argentinian dub), Creator/MarioCastaneda (''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'')

* AndThenWhat: [[spoiler: He blames the kingdom's drought on its rulers, as a means to remove them from office, then he will take the throne. He has no way to fix the drought either, but he doesn't care as long as he gets the throne.]]

* MasterSwordsman: Uses his sword in battles once in a blue moon, but he uses it very well. His fight against two GiantMooks Romans in the movie ''The Mansion of the Gods'' is a thing to behold.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Invoked, in that she sometimes asks ''herself'' why she married Vitalstatistix. The uncharitable implication is that she wed him for the status of being the Chieftain's Wife, only for reality to sink in when it turned out Vitalstatistix was only chief of a small, backwater village and not some place big and important. Still, to be fair to Impedimenta, she doesn't complain about it ''that'' often, and there are signs that she does love Vitalstatistix -- she just wishes he was a bit more politically ambitious. At worst she still wants to be with Vitalstatistix but have him work for his [[ObnoxiousInLaw brother]] as a successful businessman instead of being a chieftain.

* WhereDoesHeGetThoseWonderfulToys: Befitting a parody of 007 himself, Dubbelosix has access to a variety of useful gadgets.

* EnfantTerrible: After drinking magic potion, he enjoys hitting his nannies and breaking furniture.

* KnightOfCerebus: Regarded as the Gauls' most serious foe and most scenes that feature Caesar tend to be treated in a more serious manner compared to the scenes featuring his comical and ineffectual mooks.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:In the first live-action movie, after Detritus betrays and overthrows him, he has to work with the good guys to get his power back.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: And he takes pride in it.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: "Gauls, let Caesar show you that a Roman knows how to die with dignity!" -- he's then informed by Asterix that the later has no intention to kill him.

* YouHaveFailedMe: He has no patience for failure and incompetence, and failing him is a good way to fed to some lions in the circus. He once put the body of one of his prefect who had repeatedly failed and humiliated him in the circus, despite the man having turned to stone, saying he did so just in case the lions develop a taste for granit.

* [[UnfortunateNames Unfortunate Name]]: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, his name really makes the readers cringe. It originally referred to the entire virus group, before the pandemic popularized one particular strain.

* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Power and authority. He's the chief of his village, so his word is the law. However, in his opening scene it's clear that the main reason his village has followed him in adopting Roman customs is the fact that he'll punch anyone who questions his orders.

** TooDumbToFool: Selling the deed to the village allowed him to fumble his way out of Caesar's intended punishment of having the Gauls beat him up for trying to claim ownership... [[SubvertedTrope At least until he was dumb enough to demand it back]].

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Orthopaedix's wife.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: Traditionally, Baba is portrayed as a rotund man with a white shirt, blue pants, exaggerated lips, and a tuft of curly hair. In ''Magic Carpet'' only, however, his lower body is not seen, but he's shirtless, muscular and fit, less exaggerated lips and with a shaven head. Incidentally, his appearance in ''Mission Cleopatre'' is a mix of both. He's still rotund with blue pants (and a straw skirt, but is also shirtless and his clearly curly hair is rather trimmed.