History ReferencedBy / Asterix

* In 2018, Belgian comedy SketchComedy series ''Le Grand Cactus'' featured an AffectionateParody "interview" with Asterix and Obelix and their thoughts on the then-recent swine flu epidemic that left them unable to hunt boar. Asterix is played by regular Kody Kim in this sketch, while Obelix is played by guest comedian Sum.

* In 2018, Belgian comedy SketchSeries ''Le Grand Cactus'' featured an AffectionateParody "interview" with Asterix and Obelix and their thoughts on the then-recent swine flu epidemic that left them unable to hunt boar. Asterix is played by regular Kody Kim in this sketch, while Obelix is played by guest comedian Sum.

* In 2018, Belgian comedy series ''Le Grand Cactus'' featured an AffectionateParody "interview" with Asterix and Obelix and their thoughts on the then-recent swine flu epidemic that left them unable to hunt boar. Asterix is played by regular Kody Kim in this sketch, while Obelix is played by guest comedian Sum.

* Albert Uderzo and Creator/ReneGoscinny once heard that UsefulNotes/CharlesDeGaulle had named all the members of his cabinet after ''Asterix'' characters during a meeting. They had heard this first-hand from one of the politicians. Later however, the minister in question denied the story in the strongest possible terms.
* The first French satellite, launched in 1965, was named: "Astérix-1".
* During the 1998 French presidential campaign, right-wing party RPR [[https://www.strategies.fr/actualites/marques/r2024W/le-rpr-l-affiche-mal.html tried to use a poster]] featuring a BigBallOfViolence inspired by ''Asterix''. They got sued by Uderzo over this.

* ''VideoGame/ExpeditionsRome'':
** A side mission in the game is to defeat a small band of Gauls who believe they have discovered a magic potion granting them Super-Strength.
** A related quest requires purchasing a menhir off a giant Gaulish trader who wishes to be paid in boars, and who has a tiny friend. You have the option to find the boars or challenge these two to a fight; the latter option leads to getting trounced.

** The last panel of the [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2018/07/01/1000-the-1017th-sandra-and-woo-strip/ 1000th strip]] is a deliberate homage to the last panel of just about every ''Asterix'' book in existence.

* ''VideoGame/ExpeditionsRome'': A side mission in the game is to defeat a small band of Gauls who believe they have discovered a magic potion granting them Super-Strength.

* ''{{VideoGame/Pharaoh}}'': The remake adds an achievement for allowing [[EpicFail an architect's post to collapse]] named Edifis, after the incompetent architect of the same name.

* In the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' series, the recurring enemy Burt is known by the SignificantAnagram Belixo in French and the SdrawkcabName Xilebo in German, due to his rotund body and blue-and-white vertically striped pants.

*** In one episode, [[BadLiar Laplante]] tells a 'true story' about how [[TheChiefsDaughter the daughter of an Eskimo chief]] was madly in love with him. [[DumbassHasAPoint Jean-Lou then points out]] it's similar to the plot of the then-latest ''Asterix'' movie, which was ''WesternAnimation/AsterixConquersAmerica''. Laplante tries to save face by [[BlatantLies saying that]] Creator/AlbertUderzo [[BlatantLies was inspired by Laplante's story to make that movie]].
*** After Vincent wrote a children's book, he gets interviewed by Jean-Lou who claims that Vincent, by talking about trees on page 63, plagiarized other works such as ''Asterix'' and ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' simply because those other works also featured trees, much to the young writer's annoyance.
*** Camille becomes obsessed with a pretty boy named Éric during an episode. At the end, she gets over it and apologizes to him for using a perfume he was allergic to while also explaining "When I see a perfume bottle, I'm like Asterix, I have to fall into it." In this case, she made a mistake given that it was Obelix who fell into the magic potion.
*** Another episode focuses on Galgouri thinking he managed to invent a potion that makes anyone invisible. At the end of said episode, Jocelyne sarcastically comments that it's time to [[EveryEpisodeEnding make a big banquet and for everyone to eat boars]].

* In [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2020/01/16/1146-rough-day/ #1146]], Sandra's dad is putting up posters of various comics, including one of Asterix where the centurion is sobbing over his men's stupidity.

* In 2019, Belgian comedy series ''Le Grand Cactus'' featured an AffectionateParody "interview" with Asterix and Obelix and their thoughts on the then-recent swine flu epidemic that left them unable to hunt boar. Asterix is played by regular Kody Kim in this sketch, while Obelix is played by guest comedian Sum.

* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' had their [[MayTheFarceBeWithYou parody of]] ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' end with [[https://online.fliphtml5.com/ocyab/rdsv/files/large/49.jpg?1562640958 a banquet in which the Luke Skywalker analogue is hung above]] BoundAndGagged, with the fake Yoda noting "Hrm, where did I see this before?"

* Belgian comedy series ''Le Grand Cactus'' featured an AffectionateParody "interview" with Asterix and Obelix and their thoughts on the then-recent swine flu epidemic that left them unable to hunt boar. Asterix is played by regular Kody Kim in this sketch, while Obelix is played by guest comedian Sum.

* ''WesternAnimation/EetuJaKonna'': When Eetu tells Konna that government agents would cut him up if they found him, Konna remarks "Those Romans are crazy". He says that he read that from one of Eetu's books.

* The first episode of the [[EdutainmentShow edutainment]] Youtube show ''WebVideo/ConfessionsDHistoire'' concerns the Gallic Wars. Vercingetorix points out the ArtisticLicenseHistory the people of the Gauls are usually subjected to in modern media, including their helmets. He mentions that they didn't have wings, obviously pointing to Asterix.