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* BackToSchool: Happens to Obelix when he fails to answer Getafix's question about when the battle of Gergovia was]].

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* BackToSchool: Happens to Obelix when he fails to answer Getafix's question about when the battle of Gergovia was]].was.
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''Asterix and the Class Act'' (''Astérix et la rentrée gauloise'') is the 33rd album in the Asterix series. Unlike previous albums, it’s a collection of several short stories that were published separately before in various media; chiefly one-shot strips for ''Pilote'', the magazine that originally published Asterix, but also other sources, including a strip designed to introduce the series to the American market and a story done for the promotional material for Paris' bid for the 1992 Olympics, plus one brand new story written especially for the album.

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''Asterix and the Class Act'' (''Astérix et la rentrée gauloise'') is the 33rd album in the Asterix series. Unlike previous albums, it’s it's a collection of several short stories that were published separately before in various media; chiefly one-shot strips for ''Pilote'', the magazine that originally published Asterix, but also other sources, including a strip designed to introduce the series to the American market and a story done for the promotional material for Paris' bid for the 1992 Olympics, plus one brand new story written especially for the album.



* ''Introduction'': A one page intro where Vitalstatistix gives a modern press conferences to tell the reader the album will contain several short stories. A slightly modified version of a similar page originally published for ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''.
* ''Asterix and the Class Act'' (06 October 1966): Asterix and Obelix have to gather the children of the village for the first day of school.
* ''The Birth of Asterix'' (October 1994): This story shows what happened in the famous Gaulish village on the day Asterix was born.
* ''In 50 BC'' (May 1977): An introduction story for the setting of the series and the main characters. Done for the American market.
* ''Chanticleerix'' (August 2003): A day in the limelight for the rooster of the village. This is the only new story in the album.
* ''For Gaul Lang Syne'' (07 December 1963): Obelix waits at a mistletoe in hopes of getting a kiss from Panacea.
* ''Mini Midi Maxi'' (02 August 1971): The narrator tries to convince the reader the Gauls were far from barbaric. Naturally, he’s proven wrong.
* ''Asterix as you have never seen him before'' (11 December 1969): A collection of some of the weirdest fan requests the authors ever received.
* ''The Lutetia Olympics'' (25 October 1986): The Gaulish city of Lutetia is determined to get chosen to host the next Olympic Games, and tries its best to impress the Olympic Committee. But Julius Caesar is equally determined to see Rome become the host city instead. Made to promote France's (unsuccessful) attempt to host the 1992 Olympic Games.
* ''Springtime in Gaul'' (17 March 1966): Asterix and Obelix help a personification of spring to defeat the winter.
* ''The Mascot'' (13 June 1968): Dogmatix becomes the Romans’ new mascot.
* ''Latinomania'' (March 1973): A story poking fun at Franglais, use of English words in France.
* ''The Obelix Family Tree'' (07 February 1963): The authors of the Asterix comics meet a modern day descendant of Obelix.
* ''How do they think it all up?'' (August 1993): Goscinny and Uderzo try to come up with a new story idea for Asterix.

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* ''Introduction'': "Introduction": A one page intro where Vitalstatistix gives a modern press conferences to tell the reader the album will contain several short stories. A slightly modified version of a similar page originally published for ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''.
* ''Asterix "Asterix and the Class Act'' Act" (06 October 1966): Asterix and Obelix have to gather the children of the village for the first day of school.
* ''The "The Birth of Asterix'' Asterix" (October 1994): This story shows what happened in the famous Gaulish village on the day Asterix was born.
* ''In "In 50 BC'' BC" (May 1977): An introduction story for the setting of the series and the main characters. Done for the American market.
* ''Chanticleerix'' "Chanticleerix" (August 2003): A day in the limelight for the rooster of the village. This is the only new story in the album.
* ''For "For Gaul Lang Syne'' Syne" (07 December 1963): Obelix waits at a mistletoe in hopes of getting a kiss from Panacea.
* ''Mini "Mini Midi Maxi'' Maxi" (02 August 1971): The narrator tries to convince the reader the Gauls were far from barbaric. Naturally, he’s he's proven wrong.
* ''Asterix "Asterix as you have never seen him before'' You Have Never Seen Him Before" (11 December 1969): A collection of some of the weirdest fan requests the authors ever received.
received.
* ''The "The Lutetia Olympics'' Olympics" (25 October 1986): The Gaulish city of Lutetia is determined to get chosen to host the next Olympic Games, and tries its best to impress the Olympic Committee. But Julius Caesar is equally determined to see Rome become the host city instead. Made to promote France's (unsuccessful) attempt to host the 1992 Olympic Games.
* ''Springtime "Springtime in Gaul'' Gaul" (17 March 1966): Asterix and Obelix help a personification of spring to defeat the winter.
* ''The Mascot'' "The Mascot" (13 June 1968): Dogmatix becomes the Romans’ Romans' new mascot.
mascot.
* ''Latinomania'' "Latinomania" (March 1973): A story poking fun at Franglais, use of English words in France.
* ''The "The Obelix Family Tree'' Tree" (07 February 1963): The authors of the Asterix comics meet a modern day modern-day descendant of Obelix.
* ''How do they think it all up?'' "How Do They Think It All Up?" (August 1993): Goscinny and Uderzo try to come up with a new story idea for Asterix.



!! Tropes present in ''Asterix and the Class Act''

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!! Tropes present in ''Asterix "Asterix and the Class Act''Act"



* BackToSchool: [[spoiler: Happens to Obelix when he fails to answer Getafix’ question about when the battle of Gergovia was]].
* SchoolIsForLosers: The children of the village really don’t want to go back to school, hence why Asterix and Obelix have to catch them.
* SpoilerCover: The cover of the album as a whole gives away the joke that [[spoiler:Obelix will be send back to school in this story]].

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* BackToSchool: [[spoiler: Happens to Obelix when he fails to answer Getafix’ Getafix's question about when the battle of Gergovia was]].
* SchoolIsForLosers: The children of the village really don’t don't want to go back to school, hence why Asterix and Obelix have to catch them.
* SpoilerCover: The cover of the album as a whole gives away the joke that [[spoiler:Obelix Obelix will be send back to school in this story]].story.



* TitleDrop: In the English edition, Obelix at one point mentions that he and Asterix are “A real class act”.

!! Tropes present in ''The Birth of Asterix''.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: After the young Vitalstatistix comes home bruised and beaten from a fight with the young Fulliautomatix, his father immediately storms off to pick a fight with Fulliautomatix’ father.

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* TitleDrop: In the English edition, Obelix at one point mentions that he and Asterix are “A "A real class act”.

act".

!! Tropes present in ''The "The Birth of Asterix''.
Asterix"
* LikeFatherLikeSon: After the young Vitalstatistix comes home bruised and beaten from a fight with the young Fulliautomatix, his father immediately storms off to pick a fight with Fulliautomatix’ Fulliautomatix's father.



* PanickyExpectantFather: As their wives go into labor, Astronomix and Obeliscoidix are shooed out of their houses so the women of the village can handle it. Both nervous, they meet up and decide to join the ongoing brawl over Unhealthix’ fish to calm down a little.
* SeriesContinuityError:
** The story depicts Vitalstatistix as a child around the time Asterix and Obelix were born, thus stating he’s at most a few years older than them. The book “How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy” however shows he was already an adult, and chieftain of the tribe, during Asterix’ and Obelix’ youth, thus stating he’s at least several decades older than them.
** The story shows Asterix and Obelix were born on the same day. This contradicts “Obelix and Co.”, in which Obelix celebrates his birthday but Asterix does not. Considering that this short story was published 20 years after “Obelix and Co.”, and except for the live-action movie, every other Asterix story since maintains the idea of Asterix and Obelix sharing a birthday, it can be considered a {{retcon}}.
* SpinoffBabies: Downplayed; the story is actually a flashback set during the characters’ youth, but otherwise plays the trope completely straight, with all characters appearing as children but already acting like their adult selves.

!! Tropes present in ''In 50 BC''

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* PanickyExpectantFather: As their wives go into labor, Astronomix and Obeliscoidix are shooed out of their houses so the women of the village can handle it. Both nervous, they meet up and decide to join the ongoing brawl over Unhealthix’ Unhealthix's fish to calm down a little.
* SeriesContinuityError:
SeriesContinuityError:
** The story depicts Vitalstatistix as a child around the time Asterix and Obelix were born, thus stating he’s he's at most a few years older than them. The book “How ''How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy” however Boy'', however, shows he was already an adult, and chieftain of the tribe, during Asterix’ Asterix's and Obelix’ Obelix's youth, thus stating he’s he's at least several decades older than them.
** The story shows Asterix and Obelix were born on the same day. This contradicts “Obelix ''Obelix and Co.”, '', in which Obelix celebrates his birthday but Asterix does not. Considering that this short story was published 20 years after “Obelix ''Obelix and Co.”, '', and except for the live-action movie, every other Asterix story since maintains the idea of Asterix and Obelix sharing a birthday, it can be considered a {{retcon}}.
* SpinoffBabies: Downplayed; the story is actually a flashback set during the characters’ characters' youth, but otherwise plays the trope completely straight, with all characters appearing as children but already acting like their adult selves.

!! Tropes present in ''In "In 50 BC''BC"



!! Tropes present in ''Chanticleerix''

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!! Tropes present in ''Chanticleerix''"Chanticleerix"



* CockyRooster: Chanticleerix acts far more cocky than the chickens, though it’s mostly since he sees it as his duty to defend them.

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* CockyRooster: Chanticleerix acts far more cocky than the chickens, though it’s it's mostly since he sees it as his duty to defend them.



!! Tropes present in ''For Gaul Lang Syne''

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!! Tropes present in ''For "For Gaul Lang Syne''Syne"



!! Tropes present in ''Mini Midi Maxi''

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!! Tropes present in ''Mini "Mini Midi Maxi''Maxi"



!! Tropes present in ''Asterix as you have never seen him before''

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!! Tropes present in ''Asterix "Asterix as you have never seen him before''You Have Never Seen Him Before"



* DarkerAndEdgier: Suggestion 1 depicts a far more violent and edgier Asterix and Obelix (currently provides the image for the Comic Book page of this trope).
* {{Elseworld}}: Suggestion 3 shows the two protagonists taken from their standard setting of 50 BC Gaul, and put in a science fiction setting.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Suggestion 1 depicts a far more violent and edgier Asterix and Obelix (currently provides the image for the Comic Book page of this trope).
Obelix.
* {{Elseworld}}: Suggestion 3 shows the two protagonists taken from their standard setting of 50 BC Gaul, and put in a science fiction science-fiction setting.



* TakeThat: The whole story is meant to show how crazy some fans can get with their ideas. Asterix and Obelix are clearly not happy with it and say that [[MadLibsCatchphrase “These authors are crazy”]].

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* TakeThat: The whole story is meant to show how crazy some fans can get with their ideas. Asterix and Obelix are clearly not happy with it and say that [[MadLibsCatchphrase “These "These authors are crazy”]].crazy."]]



!!Tropes present in ''The Lutetia Olympics''

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!!Tropes present in ''The "The Lutetia Olympics''Olympics"



* OneWordVocabulary: For the majority of the story, the president of the Olympic Committee only says “Yeah” to everything.

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* OneWordVocabulary: For the majority of the story, the president of the Olympic Committee only says “Yeah” "Yeah..." to everything.



!!Tropes present in ''Springtime in Gaul''

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!!Tropes present in ''Springtime "Springtime in Gaul''Gaul"



* OhCrap: Winter as he sees the now magic potion empowered Spring racing towards him, leaving a trail of instant spring behind.
* PungeonMaster: Spring makes several puns, including calling himself “the most seasoned fighter”, and when defeating Winter he declares “no more Mr. Ice guy”.

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* OhCrap: Winter as he sees the now magic potion magic-potion empowered Spring racing towards him, leaving a trail of instant spring behind.
* PungeonMaster: Spring makes several puns, including calling himself “the "the most seasoned fighter”, fighter", and when defeating Winter he declares “no "No more Mr. Ice guy”. guy."



!!Tropes present in ''The Mascot''

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!!Tropes present in ''The Mascot''"The Mascot"



!!Tropes present in ''Latinomania''
* FishbowlHelmet: With an actual fish bowl for good measure, which Impedimenta angrily puts on Vitalstatistix’ head during an argument.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Getafix berates Asterix, Obelix, Vitalstatistix and Impedimenta for using Latin words, claiming they should honor the Gaulish language. Then he ends the conversation by using the Latin word “etcetera”.

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!!Tropes present in ''Latinomania''
"Latinomania"
* FishbowlHelmet: With an actual fish bowl for good measure, which Impedimenta angrily puts on Vitalstatistix’ Vitalstatistix's head during an argument.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Getafix berates Asterix, Obelix, Vitalstatistix and Impedimenta for using Latin words, claiming they should honor the Gaulish language. Then he ends the conversation by using the Latin word “etcetera”."etcetera".



!!Tropes present in ''The Obelix Family Tree''

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!!Tropes present in ''The "The Obelix Family Tree''Tree"



* GoodLuckCharm: Menhirs are these for the Obelix’ family, and as such Obelisc’h refuses to go anywhere without one. He ends up causing several accidents with it.
* IdenticalGrandson: Obelisc’h not only looks like Obelix, he also shares his love for roast boar and is just as strong. He later shows Goscinny and Uderzo his family tree, with several other ancestors on it, all looking strongly alike.

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* GoodLuckCharm: Menhirs are these for the Obelix’ Obelix's family, and as such Obelisc’h Obelisc'h refuses to go anywhere without one. He ends up causing several accidents with it.
* IdenticalGrandson: Obelisc’h Obelisc'h not only looks like Obelix, he also shares his love for roast boar and is just as strong. He later shows Goscinny and Uderzo his family tree, with several other ancestors on it, all looking strongly alike.



!!Tropes present in ''How do they think it all up?''

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!!Tropes present in ''How do they think it all up?'' "How Do They Think It All Up?"



* LaughingMad: The owner of the café where Goscinny and Uderzo are brainstorming certainly thinks this has happened due to their over the top behavior, and calls for an ambulance to pick them up.

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* LaughingMad: The owner of the café where Goscinny and Uderzo are brainstorming certainly thinks this has happened due to their over the top over-the-top behavior, and calls for an ambulance to pick them up.
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* TitleDrop: Obelix at one point mentions that he and Asterix are “A real class act”.

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* TitleDrop: In the English edition, Obelix at one point mentions that he and Asterix are “A real class act”.
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* AnachronismStew: The Gaulish children's education looks a lot like a modern-day school, with the concept of a "new school year" and children sitting at desks.

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