History Awesome / TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix

* In the eight Task, to obtain the impossible A-38 permit, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for the non-existent permit A-38 stipulated by the non-existent circular B-65, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. The owner of the building, who was the only sane person left, gives them the permit just to make them leave, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.

* In the eight Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. The owner of the building, who was the only sane person left gives them the permit just to make them leave, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.

* In the eight Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. The only sane person left gives them the permit just to make them leave, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.

* Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in the eleventh task because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''.

* In the eight Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.

* Asterix's meeting with Iris, the Egyptian magician. It has to be seen. [[spoiler:It eventually ends with Iris short-circuiting his eyes and hypnotizing ''himself'' into believing he's a wild boar. He runs out onto the yard to the previous people he hypnotized, believing themselves to be a cat and a bird.]]

* Related to the above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].
* In the eight Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] [[spoiler: (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.]]

* In the third task, Asterix and Obelix have to confront Cilindric the German, a gladiator known to be invincible even in spite of his small stature. Obelix of course decides to deal with him alone... And, for the first and only time in the entire series, not only [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable Obelix is defeated in combat]], but it's a ''CurbStompBattle''. Turns out that [[UnskilledButStrong Obelix' immense strength]] is no match for UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}...
** And Judo is no match for Asterix' ''brain'', as he doesn't even wait for Cilindric to be finished with Obelix to talk him into teaching him... And immobilizes him HumanKnot style ''following his instructions'', [[ExplainExplainOhCrap much to Cilindric's horror when his explanation leads him to realize he's been beaten]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSk9XNF_Gc The battle in all its glory]].

-->'''Asterix:''' ''(seeing Iris' glowing eyes)'' That must be useful for reading in bed.
* The following Task after Iris meeting, Asterix and Obelix are challenged with eating everything put before them by the Great Chef of the Titans. A menu that includes: a roast boar with fries, a cooked flock of geese, a herd of lamb, a full school of fish, an eight dozen egg omelet, a fully roasted ox, a cow, veal (because separating families wouldn't be right), a camel, a mountain of caviar (with one piece of toast), and an elephant. A whole elephant. One GilliganCut later, the Chef bemoans the emptiness of his kitchen, while [[BigEater Obelix]] is asking why he left before serving the main course.

* Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''.

* In another Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] [[spoiler: (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.]]

* In yet another Task, Asterix and Obelix are challenged with eating everything put before them by the Great Chef of the Titans. A menu that includes: a roast boar with fries, a cooked flock of geese, a herd of lamb, a full school of fish, an eight dozen egg omelet, a fully roasted ox, a cow, veal (because separating families wouldn't be right), a camel, a mountain of caviar (with one piece of toast), and an elephant. A whole elephant. One GilliganCut later, the Chef bemoans the emptiness of his kitchen, while [[BigEater Obelix]] is asking why he left before serving the main course.
--> '''Obelix:''' Did anyone see where the chef went? He walked out and I only had me starters.
* Related to the above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].

* In one of the early tasks, Asterix and Obelix have to confront Cilindric the German, a gladiator known to be invincible even in spite of his small stature. Obelix of course decides to deal with him alone... And, for the first and only time in the entire series, not only [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable Obelix is defeated in combat]], but it's a ''CurbStompBattle''. Turns out that [[UnskilledButStrong Obelix' immense strength]] is no match for UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}...
** And Judo is no match for Asterix' ''brain'', as he doesn't even wait for Cilindric to be finished with Obelix to talk him into teaching him... And immobilizes him HumanKnot style ''following his instructions'', [[ExplainExplainOhCrap much to Cilindric's horror when his explanation leads him to realize he's been beaten]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSk9XNF_Gc The battle in all its glory]].

--->'''Asterix:''' ''(seeing Iris' glowing eyes)'' That must be useful for reading in bed.

---> '''Obelix:''' Did anyone see where the chef went? He walked out and I only had me starters.

** Asterix's meeting with Iris, the Egyptian magician. It has to be seen. [[spoiler:It eventually ends with Iris short-circuiting his eyes and hypnotizing ''himself'' into believing he's a wild boar. He runs out onto the yard to the previous people he hypnotized, believing themselves to be a cat and a bird.]]

** In another Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] [[spoiler: (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters. Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.]]
** In yet another Task, Asterix and Obelix are challenged with eating everything put before them by the Great Chef of the Titans. A menu that includes: a roast boar with fries, a cooked flock of geese, a herd of lamb, a full school of fish, an eight dozen egg omelet, a fully roasted ox, a cow, veal (because separating families wouldn't be right), a camel, a mountain of caviar (with one piece of toast), and an elephant. A whole elephant. One GilliganCut later, the Chef bemoans the emptiness of his kitchen, while [[BigEater Obelix]] is asking why he left before serving the main course.

** Related to the above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].
** Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''.
** In one of the early tasks, Asterix and Obelix have to confront Cilindric the German, a gladiator known to be invincible even in spite of his small stature. Obelix of course decides to deal with him alone... And, for the first and only time in the entire series, not only [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable Obelix is defeated in combat]], but it's a ''CurbStompBattle''. Turns out that [[UnskilledButStrong Obelix' immense strength]] is no match for UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}...
*** And Judo is no match for Asterix' ''brain'', as he doesn't even wait for Cilindric to be finished with Obelix to talk him into teaching him... And immobilizes him HumanKnot style ''following his instructions'', [[ExplainExplainOhCrap much to Cilindric's horror when his explanation leads him to realize he's been beaten]].
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSk9XNF_Gc The battle in all its glory]].

* Asterix's meeting with Iris, the Egyptian magician. [[spoiler:It eventually ends with Iris short-circuiting his eyes and hypnotizing ''himself'' into believing he's a wild boar. He runs out onto the yard to the previous people he hypnotized, believing themselves to be a cat and a bird.]]
-->'''Asterix:''' ''(seeing Iris' glowing eyes)'' That must be useful for reading in bed.
* Cylindric the German, a man not even as tall as Asterix easily defeats Obelix, a permanently potion enhanced giant of a man who usually takes on the armies of Rome with a smile on his face, with a smile on 'his' face. Watch it (and Asterix eventually defeating Cilindric) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSk9XNF_Gc here]].
* In another Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] [[spoiler: (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters.]]
** [[spoiler: Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.]]
** It's done so well that Caesar himself admits that [[VillainRespect it's remarkable,]] while Roman senator (who brought Caesar news) mentions that "Hercules himself would've failed there."
* In yet another Task, Asterix and Obelix are challenged with eating everything put before them by the Great Chef of the Titans. A menu that includes: a roast boar with fries, a cooked flock of geese, a herd of lamb, a full school of fish, an eight dozen egg omelet, a fully roasted ox, a cow, veal (because separating families wouldn't be right), a camel, a mountain of caviar (with one piece of toast), and an elephant. A whole elephant. One GilliganCut later, the Chef bemoans the emptiness of his kitchen, while [[BigEater Obelix]] is asking why he left before serving the main course.

* Related to above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix happily replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].
* Asterix's angry ranting a ''to Roman ghost'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghost ends up scared of ''him''...
** The kicker here is that he did it [[AchievementsInIgnorance without even trying]], compared to the rest of the tasks.
-->'''Ghostly general''': But listen, we're ghosts...
-->'''Asterix''': [[BigShutUp QUIEEEEET!]]
-->''(The ghost [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screams like a girl]])''

* Asterix's meeting with Iris, the Egyptian magician. It has to be seen. [[spoiler:It eventually ends with Iris short-circuiting his eyes and hypnotizing ''himself'' into believing he's a wild boar. He runs out onto the yard to the previous people he hypnotized, believing themselves to be a cat and a bird.]]

-->'''Asterix''': [[BigShutUp QUIEEEEET!]]

* Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''... and then ''disappear''.
** The kicker here is that he did it [[AchievementsInIgnorance without even trying]], compared to the rest of the tasks.

** It's done so well that Caesar himself admits that [[VillainRespect it's remarkable,]] while Roman senator (who brought Caesar news) mentions that "Hercules himself would've falied there."

* Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''... and then ''disappear''.

* Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''.

* Related to above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].

** It's done so well that Caesar admits that [[VillainRespect it's remarkable,]] while Roman senator (who brought Caesar news) mentions that "Hercules himself would've falied there."

** It's done so well that Caesar admits that it's remarkable, while senator mentions that "Hercules himself would've falied there."

* Cylindric the German, a man not even as tall as Asterix easily defeats Obelix, a permanently potion enhanced giant of a man who usually takes on the armies of Rome with a smile on his face, with a smile on 'his' face.

** In another Task, Asterix cleverly deals with the unhelpful [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Bureaucrats of the House That Drives You Mad]] [[spoiler: (Obelix himself almost goes insane) by fast-talking a couple of desk clerks into looking for a permit that doesn't exist, which causes a chain reaction to the other office workers leaving their posts to look for it throughout their own insanity-causing maze of a building. Thanks to Asterix's plan of using their own attitude against them, the entire building's workforce ends up running around, mad as hatters.]]
*** [[spoiler: Not to mention that the only sane person (whom they met earlier during the search) happens to have the permit that Asterix and Obelix are looking for and reluctantly gives them the permit, only to realize his foolishness and go insane as well.]]
** In yet another Task, Asterix and Obelix are challenged with eating everything put before them by the Great Chef of the Titans. A menu that includes: a roast boar with fries, a cooked flock of geese, a herd of lamb, a full school of fish, an eight dozen egg omelet, a fully roasted ox, a cow, veal (because separating families wouldn't be right), a camel, a mountain of caviar (with one piece of toast), and an elephant. A whole elephant. One GilliganCut later, the Chef bemoans the emptiness of his kitchen, while [[BigEater Obelix]] is asking why he left before serving the main course.

** Related to above, when the duo entered the Cave of the Beast and confronted it, it {{Smash Cut}}s to a pleasant city where they found Caius Tiddlus who asked what the Beast was like. Obelix replied, "Very tasty". [[spoiler:Obelix ''ate an EldritchAbomination'']].
** Asterix's angry ranting ''to Roman ghosts'' in one of the tasks because he and Obelix are exhausted after the tasks they've already completed and they need a good night's rest. The ghosts end up scared of ''him''.

* The German, a man not even as tall as Asterix casually defeating Obelix, while the armies of Rome have failed to make the huge man to even fight them seriously.

* The German casually defeating Obelix, were the armies of Rome have failed to make the huge man to even fight them seriously.