Line #31 Trivia/Asterix


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9	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndCleopatra'' (animated film as well)
10	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndTheGriffin''
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12	[[AC:Animated Films]]
13	* ''Trivia/AsterixTheGaul''
14	* ''Trivia/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix''
15	* ''Trivia/AsterixVersusCaesar''
16	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndTheBigFight''
17	* ''Trivia/AsterixConquersAmerica''
18	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndTheVikings''
19	* ''Trivia/AsterixTheMansionsOfTheGods''
20	* ''Trivia/TheSecretOfTheMagicPotion''
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22	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar''
23	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra''
24	* ''Trivia/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames''
25	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia''
26	* ''Trivia/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom''
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28	* Trivia/ParcAsterix
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33	* CashCowFranchise: The most profitable French comic book property by far, from the comics themselves to live-action films, animated films, video games, a theme park... and of course TheMerch, with notably the ubiquitous mustard glasses (that can be used as regular glasses once emptied).
34	* FandomLifeCycle: Stage 5 in the Francophone countries (mainly France and Belgium), Stage 3 bordering on Stage 4 in the rest of Europe, and a Stage 1 everywhere else.
35	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: If you don't live in France, good luck trying to find any (older) media in the franchise outside of the main comic books on sale. The older films along with the {{Gamebooks}} were hit hard by this (they've had re-releases on DVD in France).
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39	* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: A few cases:
40	** Creator/AlbertUderzo received a mail congratulating him for his perfect depiction of the antique roadstead of Brest. He had actually drawn it without doing any research.
41	** When angry, Romans are prone to launch themselves into incredibly vulgar tirades shown by SymbolSwearing. Ancient Romans could be incredibly vulgar, and ''modern'' Romans are actually infamous in Italy for just how many swearwords their normal speech includes.
42	* DiedDuringProduction: Writer Creator/ReneGoscinny died in 1977, while Albert Uderzo was drawing the parody of Waterloo battle part of ''Astérix chez les Belges'' (''Asterix in Belgium''). From this point on, the rain starts (and it remains overcast until the end of the album). Uderzo continued the series as both writer and illustrator until 2009, and would eventually pass away himself in 2020. The animation studio they created, Studios Idéfix, closed down in 1978 after Goscinny's death, having produced only two films.
43	* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn:
44	** The expression "''Il est tombé dedans quand il était petit.''" ("He fell into it [the magic potion] when he was little.") is now standard in French to designate something you got an interest to from a very young age.
45	** Obelix's catchphrase "These [group of people] are crazy" is very commonly used in Denmark. In fact, it's not uncommon to say "Those Romans are crazy" even when talking about a completely different group. Italian dub also has a case of BilingualBonus, since it can be translated in "Sono Pazzi Questi Romani", whose capital letters form S.P.Q.R., a very common Ancient Roman motto (and the motto of the city of Rome to this day).
46	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: A few English titles miss the original title (Asterix and the Discord > ''Asterix and the Roman Agent'', The Odyssey of Asterix > ''Asterix and the Black Gold'') or the PunBasedTitle ([[UsefulNotes/TourDeFrance Le tour de Gaule]] > ''Asterix and the Banquet'').
47	* CreatorBacklash: Albert Uderzo named ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGreatDivide'' as his least favorite entry in the series, due to not yet having much of a handle on how to create the books entirely by himself. It's not known if René Goscinny specifically disliked any story, though he reportedly didn't think too much of the earlier entries in the series (at least, prior to ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra'', which was his personal favorite of all the stories he worked on).
48	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra'' for Creator/ReneGoscinny, and ''Recap/AsterixInCorsica'' for Creator/AlbertUderzo.
49	* ExecutiveMeddling: An odd instance with regards to Dogmatix; Goscinny and Uderzo's publishers had been pressuring them to introduce a TeamPet from early on, but they weren't initially interested in doing so. For ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet'', the duo included a literal RunningGag in the form of a dog who follows Asterix and Obelix around for most of the story, unnoticed by them until the third-to-last panel. Eventually, Goscinny and Uderzo got a note from their publishers complimenting them on the new "pet" they'd introduced, and also some fan mail it had already got. This resulted in the duo deciding to just roll with it and develop the dog into a proper character for the next story, ''Recap/AsterixAndCleopatra''.
50	* FranchiseKiller: The album ''Recap/AsterixAndTheFallingSky'' was lambasted by both fans and critics in 2005, and Uderzo made ''Recap/AsterixAndObelixsBirthdayTheGoldenBook'' only because the series needed a MilestoneCelebration for its fifty years in 2009. It took until 2013 to see a new adventure, ''Recap/AsterixAndThePicts'', by a new team of creators this time (Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad).
51	* LongRunners: The comic books have been around since 1959 and the animated movies since 1967 (with Creator/RogerCarel having voiced Asterix from 1967 to 2014), and the Ride/ParcAsterix operates since 1989.
52	* NoExportForYou: An ''Asterix'' album that has yet to see the light of day in English-speaking countries; ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix_et_ses_Amis Asterix et ses Amis]]''. It's also the only [[DiedDuringProduction post-'77]] and pre-2013 album not to be written or drawn by Uderzo; it was actually created by many other European writers and artists (except for Stuart Immonen, who's Canadian) as an 80th birthday present for Uderzo. It also has more than a few cameos from [[CrossoverPunchline other comic book characters]], which is probably why it hasn't been translated; nobody wants to deal with the headache of pleasing the various licenses.
53	* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The French name of Dogmatix, "Idéfix", was chosen through a contest Goscinny and Uderzo organized for the readers of ''Pilote'' magazine when the dog became an AscendedExtra.
54	* OutlivedItsCreator: Goscinny died in 1977, and Uderzo kept writing stories on his own afterwards in addition to drawing, and passed the torch to the duo of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad in 2013. ''Recap/AsterixAndTheGriffin'' (2021) is the first album released since Uderzo's passing in 2020.
55	* RealitySubtext: The appearance of [[ComicBook/{{Tintin}} Thompson and Thomson]] in ''Asterix in Belgium'' is, on its face, a cute cameo and a reference to one of the most famous Belgian comics of all time. Then you learn that Creator/{{Herge}} ''hated'' Asterix for surpassing ''Tintin'' in popularity and most of the work he did late in his life (such as the AnimatedAdaptation) was an attempt to outdo Goscinny and Uderzo out of jealousy. The latter two made a respectful reference regardless.
56	* SequelGap:
57	** The stories were usually produced on an annual basis up until ''Obelix & Co.'', before Goscinny's death put ''Asterix in Belgium'' into DevelopmentHell for a couple of years. After Uderzo decided to continue the series alone, the books were released once every two years up until ''Asterix and Son'', after which it slowed down to one book every four or five years all the way until Uderzo's retirement. Since then, the new creative team have produced one book every two years.
58	** Six years between the second and third live-action films, four years between the third and the fourth, and ten years between the fourth and fifth.
59	* WriteWhoYouKnow: Mrs. Geriatrix was based on Uderzo's wife.
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63	* DisownedAdaptation: While they weren't involved with it in any real way other than providing the story that was adapted into it, both Goscinny and Uderzo really, ''really'' didn't like the AnimatedAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/AsterixTheGaul'' and made sure to have creative control over further adaptations.
64	* TheOtherDarrin: Given that the older animated films have been made since TheSixties, there is a lot of voice actor turn over. Especially in non-French dubs. The major exception for a long while was Creator/RogerCarel as Asterix, until his retirement and eventual passing.
65	* ProductionPosse: For his ''Asterix'' CGI animated films, Creator/AlexandreAstier assembled a voice cast with many regulars of ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' (his father Creator/LionnelAstier, Creator/FranckPitiot and others).
66	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was talk of making an actual animated series adaptation of the comic book series (which would be very fitting considering how it is one of ''the'' biggest names in European comics, plus ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' and ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' had at least two animated series each), but Creator/AlbertUderzo always refused. However, about one year after Uderzo's passing, Creator/{{Netflix}} was seemingly allowed to produce a series.
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70	* BTeamSequel: Outside of keeping Creator/ChristianClavier for two films and Creator/GerardDepardieu for four films, the production teams, casts, directors etc... always changed with each film.
71	* TheOtherDarrin: All characters have been portrayed by different actors over the years in the films.
72	** Asterix: Creator/ChristianClavier for the first two films (''[[Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar Take on Caesar]]'' and ''[[Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra Mission Cleopatra]]''), Creator/ClovisCornillac for the third (''[[Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames The Olympic Games]]''), Édouard Baer for the fourth (''[[Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia God Save Britannia]]'') and Creator/GuillaumeCanet for the fifth (''[[Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom The Middle Kingdom]]'').
73	** Julius Caesar has never been played twice by the same actor. We got Creator/GottfriedJohn, Creator/AlainChabat, Creator/AlainDelon, Creator/FabriceLuchini and Creator/VincentCassel respectively.
74	** Obelix is the very last character from the first film way back in 1999 to be recast, with Creator/GerardDepardieu being replaced by Gilles Lellouche as of ''The Middle Kingdom''.
75	** Vitalstatistix was also played by four different actors -- Creator/MichelGalabru, Éric Thomas, Michel Duchaussoy and Jérôme Commandeur.
76	** Getafix was played by Claude Piéplu in the first film, Claude Rich in the second, Creator/JeanPierreCassel in the third and Creator/PierreRichard in the fifth.
77	** For ''The Middle Kingdom'', Creator/MarionCotillard replaced Creator/MonicaBellucci as UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII.
78	** For ''The Middle Kingdom'' again, Belgian singer Angèle replaced Creator/LaetitiaCasta as Panacea (from ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTakeOnCaesar'' 24 years earlier).
79	** Cacofonix was played by Pierre Palmade (1999), Franck Dubosc (2008) and Philippe Katerine (2023).
80	* RoleReprise: Creator/JamelDebbouze reprised the role of Edifis in ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'' six years after ''Mission Cleopatra'', although for a much shorter amount of screentime.
81	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The third live-action film, ''Film/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'', was initially supposed to be adapted from ''Recap/AsterixInSpain'', with writing and directing duties handled by famed actor Creator/GerardJugnot, planned to be released at the end of 2005. Due to disagreements with Creator/AlbertUderzo (who [[DisownedAdaptation did not like]] ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra'', while Jugnot wanted to go in a similar direction), this project ended up being shelved. Eventually, a new script was written, adapting ''Recap/AsterixAtTheOlympicGames'', while two new directors (Frédéric Forestier and producer Thomas Langmann himself) replaced Jugnot. Jugnot himself ended up playing Redbeard the Pirate in ''[[Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia God Save Britannia]]''.
82	* YouLookFamiliar:
83	** Édouard Baer played Otis in ''Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra'' and Asterix in ''Film/AsterixAndObelixGodSaveBritannia''.
84	** Creator/GerardDarmon provides narration in ''Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom''. He played Artifis in ''Mission Cleopatra'' 21 years prior.
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