History Recap / AsterixAndThePicts

* FailedASpotCheck: Getafix is so occupied with finding the ingredients for treating Macaroon, he completely misses that Macaroon has thawed out, regained consciousness, and leaves Getafix’ house.

* ObviouslyEvil: Maccabeus. In some trasnlations he is called Mac Abeth, and apart from his name, he has a sickly green skin and long red hair.

* PunchClockVillain: Numerosclausus is not evil, he is a mere civilian who [[ButtMonkey is treated like crap]] because he is a Roman and is doing something that would imply the village is under the Roman government, namely counting the Gauls. But even the Gauls understand he is harmless and just follows orders, so they [[ThrowTheDogABone allow him to do his job in peace by attending the feast in the end, as they often do with honest Romans.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Vitalstatistix stops Obelix from beating up the Roman census officer, Limitednumbus, since the man is just following orders. Later, at the Pict village, Asterix berates Obelix for beating up a musician, since dreadful as his music may be, the picts might value their bards more than the Gauls value theirs.

* ForeignCultureFetish: The Gaulish women are so impressed by Macaroon and his kilt, they adopt the picts’ clothing as a new fashion trend in the village. By the time Asterix and Obelix depart for Caledonia with Macaroon, several of the men in the village are dressed in kilts (much to their chagrin).

* EnemyMine: No sooner have the Romans shown up, the Pict Macstock convinces all others (except the [[LesCollaboreteurs Maccabees]]) to stop the fight and unite against the invaders first.

* HarmlessFreezing: Being frozen in a block of ice had no ill effects on Macaroon other than a temporal loss of his voice. The same probably cannot be said about Maccabaeus and the centurion at the end of the book.

* StockNessMonster: With the heroes visiting Scotland, it was inevitable that the Loch Ness monster would show up in some form. Here, Nessie lives in Loch Androll and is the totem animal of Macaroons clan. He playfully attacks the boat the protagonists are in and takes the gourd with Macaroons elixir. Macmini later leads Asterix and Obelix to Nessie’s cave in an attempt to get the gourd back. In the climax, the monster attacks one of the Roman boats, thus preventing the legionaries from assisting the Maccabees. When Asterix and Obelix leave for Gaul again, Nessie shows up one more time to give Asterix back the Gourd, but since he no longer needs it, Asterix throws it back in the lake. A final panel states that Nessies descendants keep looking for it to this day, hence why they sometimes show themselves.

* EnemyMine: No sooner have the Romans shown up, the Pict Macstock convinces all others to stop the fight and unite against the invaders first.

** [[ContinuityNod This isn't the first time]] [[Recap/AsterixAndTheGreatDivide Obelix got upset over love stories.]]

* EnemyCivilWar: On the day of the voting, when the Romans arrive at the island to help the Maccabees, the various Pict clans are already fighting each other. However….

* HumanPopsicle: Macaroon the Pict is found frozen in a block of ice by Asterix and Obelix at the start of the story. At the end of the story, the same happens to the Roman centurion leading the invasion of Caledonia.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Vitalstatistix stops Obelix from beating up the Roman census officer, Limitednumbus, since the man is just following orders. Later, at the Pict village, Asterix berates Obelix for beating up a musician, since dreadfull as his music may be, the picts might value their bards more than the Gauls value theirs.

* ManInWhite: One of the many Pict chieftains attending the voting is completely painted white. He is also absolutely neutral.

* FieryRedhead: Most of the Picts (of course). Even Camomilla gets in on the big climactic fight and decks Maccabea after having some magic potion!

* EnemyMine: No sooner have the Romans shown up, or the Pict Macstock convinces all others to stop the fight and unite against the invaders first.

''Asterix and the Picts'' (''Astérix chez les Pictes'') is the first Asterix comic book not to be written nor drawn by any of the series' creators (Creator/AlbertUderzo, who handled the series on his own since the death of writer Creator/ReneGoscinny in 1977, retired prior to it), with the series now being handled by the new team of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad. They reprised the "Asterix & Obelix visit a foreign country" satirical tradition, in UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} this time around.

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- -> “These Picts are Crazy!”

* WhatTheHellHero: Vitalstatistix stops Obelix from beating up the Roman census officer, Limitednumbus, since the man is just following orders. Later, at the Pict village, Asterix berates Obelix for beating up a musician, since dreadfull as his music may be, the picts might value their bards more than the Gauls value theirs.

* HarmlessFreezing: Being frozen in a block of ice had no ill effects on Macaroon other than a temporal loss of his voice.

''Asterix and the Picts'' (''Astérix chez les Pictes'') is the first Asterix comic book not to be written nor drawn by any of the series' creators (Albert Uderzo, who handled the series on his own since the death of writer Creator/ReneGoscinny in 1977, retired prior to it), with the series now being handled by the new team of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad. They reprised the "Asterix & Obelix visit a foreign country" satirical tradition, in UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} this time around.

* ABoyAndHisX: Macaroon’s little brother, Macmini, has a close connection with Nessie. The monster actually comes when summoned by the boy, and listens to him.

''Asterix and the Picts'' (''Astérix chez les Pictes'') is the first Asterix comic not to be written and drawn by any of the series' creators (Albert Uderzo retired prior to it), with the series now being handled by the new team of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad. They reprised the "Asterix & Obelix visit a foreign country" satirical tradition, in UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} this time around.

Asterix and the Picts (''Astérix chez les Pictes'') is the first Asterix comic to be written and drawn by the new team of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.

* NotSoInnocentWhistle: The pirates look the other way and whistle nervously while their captain tries to talk the Gauls out of beating them up. Later, one of the Picts looks away from Macaroon and whistles when Macaroon asks where his fiancé

* ChickMagnet: Macaroon is quite admired by the women of the village, who find him a welcome * change to their oafish Gaulish men.

* EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: The pict bards use a bagpipe as one of their instruments, and * they sure are loud.

Asterix and the Picts (''Astérix chez les Pictes'') is the first Asterix comic to be written and drawn by the new team of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.

Even with Getafix's administrations, the young Pict remains unable to talk. One day, he carves out a map on one of Obelix's menhirs leading to his home, and with this clue (and additional enticement provided by the village women's increasing fascination for the handsome young man), Asterix and Obelix are tasked with taking him there, along with some healing elixir for the Pict's throat. As they leave in Unhygenix's fishing boat and encounter (and fight) the pirates, the Pict finally recovers his voice. He introduces himself as Macaroon and tells them how he was ambushed by Maccabaeus, the chief of the Maccabee clan, tied to a log and thrown into the Loch near his home because Maccabeus is longing for the hand of Macaroon's fiancée Camomilla, the adopted daughter of Mac II, late monarch of Caledonia, in order to make himself king of all Picts. In order to consolidate his claim, Maccabaeus has pleaded for an alliance with Rome and secretly invited a Roman legion to his coronation.

* ABoyAndHisX: Macaroon’s little brother, Macmini, has a close connection with Nessie. The monster actually comes when summoned by the boy, and listens to him.

* ExactEavesdropping: Following an underground tunnel that starts in Nessie’s cave, Asterix and Obelix arrive at the dungeon of the red picts, just in time to overhear some Romans talk about their village. They call Asterix an aggressive dwarf and Obelix a fat fool. No points for guessing how well that ends for them.

* NotSoInnocentWhistle: The pirates look the other way and whistle nervously while their captain tries to talk the Gauls out of beating them up. Later, one of the Picts looks away from Macaroon and whistles when Macaroon asks where his fiancé

* StockNessMonster: With the heroes visiting Scotland, it was inevitable that the Loch Ness monster would show up in some form. Here, Nessie lives in Loch Androll and is the totem animal of Macaroons clan. He playfully attacks the boat the protagonists are in and takes the gourd with Macaroons elixir. Macmini later leads Asterix and Obelix to Nessie’s cave in an attempt to get the gourd back. In the climax, the monster attacks one of the Roman boats, thus preventing the legionaries from assisting the Maccabees. When Asterix and Obelix leave for Gaul again, Nessie shows up one more time to give Asterix back the Gourd, but since he no longer needs it, Asterix throws it back in the lake. A final panel states that Nessies descendants keep looking for it to this day, hence why they sometimes show themselves.
* VacationEpisode: Asterix and Obelix visit Scotland.