History Recap / AsterixInCorsica

This time, the satire concerns [[UsefulNotes/{{Corsica}} France's Mediterranean island]].

** After a Corsican prisoner delivers a small amphora to the ship, Perfidius wails that at that rate loading the ship will take years. The prisoner takes this to mean that they have years to complete the task. Another prisoner mentions a cousin who has a similar job [[TakeThat in the Civil Service]].

* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[ExaggeratedTrope Taken to the extreme]] with Carferrix. He can't stand a guy simply talking to his sister, even to say "Thank you". See above on how this attitude nearly cost his life to Courtingdisastus.

*** The English version adds two more references. Boneywasawarriorwayayix references the sea chanty "Boney was a warrior" about Napoleon (which is why the name inspires Cacofonix to a shanty). When Asterix mistakes his name in the English version he addresses him as "Wellingtonwasa...", a reference to Napoleon's British enemy the Duke of Wellington.

* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe; the prefect orders the trumpet to sound lunchtime, with the first ten to arrive getting volunteered for a mission into the Corsican backcountry. The troops were ''still eating'' when the trumpet sounded.

*** The English version adds two more references. Boneywasawarriorwayayix references the sea chanty "Boney was a warrior" about Napoleon (which is why the name inspires Cacofonix to a shannty). When Asterix mistakes his name in the English version he addresses him as "Wellingtonwasa...", a reference to Napoleon's British enemy the Duke of Wellington.

* RunningGag: Vitalstatistix falling off his shield. This time it is because he tells the shield-bearers to check it for dirt while he is standing on it.

* MortonsFork: Courtingdisastus is talking with Carferrix, the latter is angry because Courtingdisastus spoke with his sister. Courtingdisastus tries to defuse the situation by claiming he is not interested in Chipolata, but Carferrix takes it to mean Courtingdisastus dislikes Chipolata, getting angry (and clearly ready to do violence). When Courtingdisastus replies that he does like her, Carferrix gets even angrier, and threatens to kill the Romans.

** As in most stories featuring British characters, Goscinny and Uderzo poke fun at British cuisine's perceived overreliance on boiling the flavour out of anything and everything; as the wives of the international visitors chat amongst themselves, Huevos y Bacon's wife says she uses olive oil for her cooking, while one of the British guests' wives says she uses hot water instead.
** Boneywasawarriorwayayix swears by Corsican cheese; the other characters would sooner swear ''at'' it. Asterix and Obelix have to leave the room when the cheese is unwrapped, Dogmatix faints at the smell, and when Redbeard goes below deck with a lit torch to investigate the strange smell after finding the ship deserted upon his crew's return, it causes the whole ship to explode in a massive fireball (how Perfidus realizes it was indeed Corsican cheese).[[note]]The cheese is depicted as having small creatures ''jumping out of it'', suggesting that it's Casgiu merzu. This the Corsican cousin of Sardinian Casu marzu, a cheese which is created by introducing cheese fly larvae to it, which break it down and change its texture. There is debate about whether or not you're supposed to eat it with the maggots still alive (they can sometimes survive stomach acid and cause parasitic infestations) but in any case, the maggots can leap several inches, which they're clearly doing with Boneywasawarriorwayayix's cheese.[[/note]]

** After a Corsican prisoner delivers a small amphora to the ship, Perfidius wails that at that rate loading the ship will take years. The prisoners takes this to mean that they have years to complete the task. Another prisoner mentions a cousin who has a similar job [[TakeThat in the Civil Service]].


Some Corsican prisoners are expected to help the Roman governor secretly escape from the island by ship by loading all his possessions aboard. After a long while one of them calmly walks to the ship carrying a tiny amphora. The governor panics and says that by keeping this tempo it will take years before everything is loaded into the ship and they have to stop working before the sun rises to prevent the legion finding out! The Corsican returns and tells his comrades that there's "no need to hurry, because we have years to finish the job and we don't have work during daytime." Which prompts another Corsican to reply his cousin has a similar job

* GenerationXerox: Apparently the sons of Unhygienix the fishmonger and Fulliautomatix the blacksmith are just as bitter rivals as their fathers, with the freshness (or lack thereof) of Unhygienix's fish representing a BerserkButton for his son as well.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Some Corsican prisoners are expected to help the Roman governor secretly escape from the island by ship by loading all his possessions aboard. After a long while one of them calmly walks to the ship carrying a tiny amphora. The governor panics and says that by keeping this tempo it will take years before everything is loaded into the ship and they have to stop working before the sun rises to prevent the legion finding out! The Corsican returns and tells his comrades that there's "no need to hurry, because we have years to finish the job and we don't have work during daytime." Which prompts another Corsican to reply his cousin has a similar job [[TakeThat in the Civil Service]].

*** After defeating the Romans Boneywasawarriorwayayix puts his hand underneath his clothing and one his chest à la Napoleon and says: "Corsicans will only accept an emperor if he's Corsican".
*** The English version adds two more references. Boneywasawarriorwayayix references the sea chanty "Boney was a warrior" about Napoleon. When Asterix mistakes his name in the English version he addresses him as "Wellingtonwasa...", a reference to Napoleon's British enemy the Duke of Wellington.

** Plenty of those toward, as the preface goes, "[[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte an emperor that left in history as many pages as those inspired by our old friend Julius Caesar]]".

** Later on, he claims that the people of Corsica will never accept an emperor unless [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte he is a Corsican himself]].

** Later on, he claims that the people of Corsica will never accept an emperor, unless [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte he is a Corsican himself]].

** Later on, he claims that "The people of Corsica will never accept an emperor, unless [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte he is a Corsican himself]]."

** Later on, heclaims that "The people of Corsica will never accept an emperor, unless [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte he is a Corsican himself]]."

** Later on, Boneywasawarriorwayayix claims that "The people of Corsica will accept an emperor, unless [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte he is a Corsican himself]]."

* CallForward: At one point, Boneywasawarriorwayayix declares that Corsica will never obey an emperor, unless he were [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte a fellow Corsican.]]

* ThemeNaming: Most of the Corsicans are named for types of pasta, including Vermicellix, Tagliatellix, Spaghettix, Rigatonix, Lasagnix, and the Caledonian [=MacAronix=]. The two rival chieftains, Boneywasawarriorwayayix and Olabellamargaritix, meanwhile, are both named after lines from folk songs (the English sea shanty "Boney was a warrior, way yay ya" and the Spanish folksong "O la bella Margarita").

** Boneywasawarriorwayayix swears by Corsican cheese; the other characters would sooner swear ''at'' it. Asterix and Obelix have to leave the room when the cheese is unwrapped, Dogmatix faints at the smell, and when Redbeard goes below deck with a lit torch to investigate the strange smell after finding the ship deserted upon his crew's return, it causes the whole ship to explode in a massive fireball (how Perfidus realizes it was indeed Corsican cheese).[[note]]The cheese is depicted as having small creatures ''jumping out of it'', suggesting that it's Casgiu merzu. This the Corsican cousin of Sardinian Casu marzu, a cheese which is created by introducing cheese fly larvae to it, which break it down and change its texture. There is debate about whether or not you're supposed to eat it with the maggots still alive (they can sometimes survive stomach acid and cause parasitic infestations but in any case, the maggots can leap several inches, which they're clearly doing with Boneywasawarriorwayayix's cheese.[[/note]]

** Boneywasawarriorwayayix swears by Corsican cheese; the other characters would sooner swear ''at'' it. Asterix and Obelix have to leave the room when the cheese is unwrapped, Dogmatix faints at the smell, and when Redbeard goes below deck with a lit torch to investigate the strange smell after finding the ship deserted upon his crew's return, it causes the whole ship to explode in a massive fireball (how Perfidus realizes it was indeed Corsican cheese).

* KnifeNut: The Corsicans are quick to draw flick knives on anyone they perceive as having insulted them; Boneywasawarriorwayayix and Olabellamargaritix are almost unable to have a conversation without first drawing their knives and pointing them at each other.