History Recap / AsterixAndTheGoldenSickle

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: One of the Roman legionaries calls Obelix "fat", and Obelix doesn't respond at all. In later books, being called "fat" is his BerserkButton.

The peace of the Gaulish village is disturbed by Getafix; he's broken his golden sickle! In order for mistletoe to have magic properties, it needs to be cut with a golden sickle, and worse, there's a druid's conference coming up. The best golden sickles are made by Metallurgix in Lutetia, so Asterix and Obelix - who's cousins with Metallurgix - go off to buy one.

The pair finds a dolmen in the forest, and waiting there discover Clovogarlix entering a trapdoor. following, they find an underground warehouse full of golden sickles - and the sickle traffickers! Asterix and Obelix make short work of the gang, and Navishtrix flees. Clovogarlix admits that Metallurgix is being held elsewhere, and that only Navishtrix and the boss - whom only Navishtrix knows - know where he is.

!!This story has examples of:

* BarBrawl: When Navishtrix calls Asterix a 'small-timer' for being unable to afford his outrageously-priced golden sickles, Asterix quickly starts one.
* TheBet: When going into the forest to look for the dolmen where Clovogarlix is, Asterix and Obelix bet whether they will encounter wolves first, or bandits, with the loser having to buy the other a round of beer. Asterix bets on wolves, and wins. But just barely, since the wolves are sitting around a tree, in which a bandit is hiding.

* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: Asterix and Obelix find the dolmen by sheer coincidence, during a heavy rainstorm in the middle of the night, when they can’t see a thing. The following morning, Obelix finds the secret trapdoor next to the Dolmen when he falls through it.

* SecretUndergroundPassage: The sickle traffickers have an underground storage fort heir golden sickles, next to a dolmen in the forest.

* CardboardPrison: Asterix and Obelix only stay behind bars long enough to get their bearings. It becomes trickier the third time when the two are separated, but the legionaries don't take away Asterix' bottle of magic potion.

* KidnappedScientist: Metallurgix is known for making the best golden sickles. Hence why he was kidnapped by the sickle traffickers and forced to work for them.

* ShaggySearchTechnique: Asterix and Obelix find the dolmen by sheer coincidence, during a heavy rainstorm in the middle of the night, when they can’t see a thing. The following morning, Obelix finds the secret trapdoor next to the Dolmen when he falls through it.

* TheBet: When going into the forest to look for the dolmen where Clovogarlix is, Asterix and Obelix bet wether they will encounter wolves first, or bandits, with the loser having to buy the other a round of beer. Asterix bets on wolves, and wins. But just barely, since the wolves are sitting around a tree, in which a bandit is hiding.

* ForcedIntoEvil: the Arvernian, who witnessed Metallurgix getting kidnapped. The kidnappers let him go, on condition that he would warn them whenever somebody came looking for Metallurgix.

* SecretUndergroundPassage: The sickle traffickers have an underground storage fort heir golden sickles, next to a dolmen in the forrest.

** The Massilian who buys the Arvernian's inn when he goes on the run is a caricature of French actor Jules Muraire, or Raimu as he was professionally known; his most famous roles include Ceasar, the owner of a bar by the port in Marseilles in the 1930s film trilogy ''Marius'', ''Fanny'', and ''César''. (Raimu would also serve as the model for Drinklikafix, the Massilian bar owner in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet''.)

* SymbolSwearing: Done by Getafix at the start of the story when his sickle breaks. And later by Clovogarlix when Asterix and Obelix trap him in the underground sickle storage by putting the big boulder from the Dolmen on top of the trapdoor. Obelix even remarks that Clovogarlix knows some nasty swear words.

** The Massilian who buys the Arvernian's inn when he goes on the run is a caricature of French actor Jules Muraire, or Raimu as he was professionally known; his most famous roles include César, the owner of a bar by the port in Marseilles in the 1930s film trilogy ''Marius'', ''Fanny'', and ''César''. (Raimu would also serve as the model for Drinklikafix, the Massilian bar owner in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBanquet''.)

Chasing Navishtrix, the pair are once again arrested by the Romans and break out. In trying to escape, they find Navishtrix eating with the prefect. It turns out that ''Surplus Dairiprodus'' is the boss of the golden sickle traffickers, having done it all out of boredom. Metallurgix, being held in the cellar, is released and Surplus Dairiprodus and Navishtrix are arrested. As thanks, Metallurgix gives a golden sickle to Asterix and Obelix for free, and two return home triumphant.

* ShoutOut: The corrupt Roman prefect Surplus Dairiprodus is drawn to look like the English actor Creator/CharlesLaughton, who had just played the corrupt Roman senator Gracchus in ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''.

The peace of the Gaulish village is disturbed by Getafix; he's broken his golden sickle! In order of mistletoe to have magic properties, they need to be cut with a golden sickle, and worse, there's a druid's conference coming up. The best golden sickles are made by Metallurgix in Lutetia, so Asterix and Obelix- who's cousins with Metallurgix- go off to buy one.

* CasualDangerDialogue: The first time Astérix and Obélix meet some bandits. The subsequent encounters are skipped.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: It turns out the head of the golden sickle traffickers is [[spoiler: the perpetually bored Surplus Dairiprodus.]]

* ShoutOut: The [[spoiler: corrupt]] Roman prefect Surplus Dairiprodus is drawn to look like the English actor Creator/CharlesLaughton, who had just played [[spoiler: the corrupt Roman senator Gracchus]] in ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: It turns out the head of the golden sickle traffickers is the perpetually bored Surplus Dairiprodus.

* ShoutOut: The corrupt Roman prefect Surplus Dairiprodus is drawn to look like the English actor Creator/CharlesLaughton, who had just played the corrupt Roman senator Gracchus in ''Film/{{Spartacus}}''.

When they get to Lutetia, they find Metallurgix's house deserted. When they discuss their problem at an inn called the Jolly Arvernian, owner suddenly closes up shop. He goes to see a Gaul called Clovogarlix and tells them of the two Gauls who want a sickle. Clovogarlix finds the heroes and offers to get them a golden sickle, as Metallurgix has apparently moved away. They go to a tevern and meet its owner, Navishtrix. Navishtrix offers to sell them a golden sickle...at 3,000 gold coins! Outraged at this steep price (and being called a small-timer) Asterix and Obelix pummel Clovogarlix and Navishtrix. The Romans show up to raid the bar, and Clovogarlix and Navishtrix flee. Asterix and Obelix are arrested, but the Roman prefect, Surplus Dairiprodus finds the pair amusing and pardons them. Asterix and Obelix find that there is a gang of golden sickle traffickers operating.

Asterix and Obelix decide to start their investigation by questioning the Arvenian. They learn that Clovogarlix had kidnapped Metallurgix, and go to confront him. However, while raiding Clovogarlix's house they are once again arrested by the Romans. In jail, Asterix and Obelix learn from their druken cellmate that Navishtrix and Clovogarlix meet under a dolmen. The Gauls break out, and once again the prefect finds that amusing and pardons them.

The pair finds a dolmen in the forest, and waiting there discover Clovogarlix entering a trapdoor. following, they find an underground warehouse full of golden sickles- and the sickle traffickers! Asterix and Obelix make short work of the gang, and Navishtrix flees. Clovogarlix admits that Metallurgix is being held elsewhere, and that only Navishtrix and the boss- who only Navishtrix knows- know where he is.

* CardboardPrison: Asterix and Obelix only stay behind bars long enough to get their bearings. It becomes trickier the third time when the two are seperated, but the legionaries don't take away Asterix' bottle of magic potion.

* BoundAndGagged: This is the first time this happens to Cacophonix at the ending banquet.
* CardBoardPrison: Asterix and Obelix only stay behind bars long enough to get their bearings. It becomes trickier the third time when the two are seperated, but the legionaries don't take away Asterix' bottle of magic potion.

!!This story has example of

* CardBoardPrison: Asterix and Obelix only stay behind bars long enough to get their bearings. It becomes trickier the third time when the two are seperated, but the legionaries don't take away Asterix bottle of magic potion.

* TheDogWasTheMastermind: It turns out the head of the golden sickel traffickers is the perpetually bored Surplus Dairiprodus.

* BarBrawl: When Navishtrix calls Asterix a 'small-timer' for being unable to afford his outrageously-rpiced golden sickles, Asterix quickly starts one.

When they get to Lutetia, they find Metallurgix's house deserted. When they discuss their problem at an inn called the Jolly Arvernian, owner suddenly closes up shop. He goes to see a Gaul called Clovogarlix and tells them of the two Gauls who want a sickle. Clovogarlix finds the heroes and offers to get them a golden sickle, as Metallurgix has apparently moved away. They go to a tevern and meet its owner, Navishtrix. Navishtrix offers to sell them a golden sickle...at 3,000 gold coins! Outraged at this steep price (and being called a small-timer) Asterix and Obelix pummel Clovogarlix and Navishtrix. The Romans show up to raid the bar, and Clovogarlix and Navishtrix flee. Asterix and Obelix are arrested, but the Roman prefect, Surplus DAiriprodus finds the pair amusing and pardons them. Asterix and Obelix find that there is a gang of golden sickle traffickers operating.

It's a disaster - the druid Getafix has broken his golden sickle. Asterix and Obelix go to Lutetia (now Paris) to buy him a new one.

Soon they are tangling with the criminal underworld of the big city - can they outwit Navishtrix, Clovogarlix and the sickle-trafficking gang? Will Getafix ever be able to brew magic potion again?