History Recap / AsterixTheLegionary

Asterix suggests that Obelix act on his crush, so he goes into the nearby forest to pick some flowers (and beat up a Roman patrol) to give to her. Asterix is about to leave his friend alone with Panacea when Postaldistrix the postman (seen in [[Recap/AsterixAndTheNormans the previous album]]) delivers a message revealing that Panacea's fiancé, Tragicomix, has been conscripted into the Roman army and posted to Africa. Obelix contains his heartbreak over discovering that Panacea already has a fiancé for just long enough to volunteer to bring him back, and Asterix volunteers to help. Vitalstatistix explains to them that Caesar is fighting troops loyal to Pompey near Ruspina (the Roman name for the Tunisian city of Monastir) and needs all the volunteers he can get - and if he can't get volunteers, he'll take draftees instead. Obelix leaves Dogmatix with Panacea until he and Asterix return - and one kiss from his master's crush, and Dogmatix is smitten too...

The three Gauls board the same galley they took from Massilia (stopping to sink Redbeard's ship again on the way back) and return to their village, where the lovers are reunited. Before leaving to get married in Condatum, Panacea gives Asterix and Obelix a kiss of thanks. And while Obelix returns to normal, his good attitude and appetite restored, Asterix spends the ending banquet sitting in a tree, dazed.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited
* AnimatedAdaptation: This and ''Asterix The Gladiator'' were fused to create ''Asterix vs Caesar''. Though the animated adaptation did make a few script changes. The Egyptian and the Greek were removed and replaced by a Spaniard instead.

* EnemyCivilWar: Between Caesar and Scipio.

As Asterix and Obelix set out on a boar hunt, Obelix is distracted by fellow villager Soporofix' lovely daughter Panacea, who has just returned from studying in Condatum (called Rennes today), and the menhir deliveryman walks straight into a tree (to Dogmatix' dismay and Getafix' anger, the druid having been in the tree cutting mistletoe). When the duo return from the hunt, Obelix gets distracted by Panacea again, and only ends up eating two boars with Asterix before losing his appetite. Alarmed at his friend's change in demeanour, Asterix fetches the druid, and they pass Panacea on their way back... followed by Obelix, delivering a menhir he doesn't have. Getafix thinks he knows why Obelix is acting strangely, and when he calls Panacea back and (re)introduces them to our heroes, his suspicions are confirmed: Obelix is head over heels in love with Panacea! (Dogmatix doesn't approve.)

At Caesar's camp, the unmilitary behaviour of the new recruits continues as, one by one, they wander into Caesar's tent (Ptenisnet in search of activities; Gastronomix, Selectivemploymentax, and Hemispheric in search of beer; Asterix and Obelix in search of Tragicomix) as he plans strategy for a battle against Scipio. The two Gauls meet an older legionary who, in exchange for a drink, tells them that Tragicomix had only just arrived in Africa when he was lost in a fight with Scipio's forces; fortunately, the spy Vitriolix, who has just been on a reconaissance mission for Caesar, tells them that Tragicomix was taken prisoner rather than killed, and is being kept in Scipio's camp to the north.

* BodyCountCompetition: Between Astérix and Obelix, counted by Roman legionnaire helmets.

* VacationEpisode: Asterix and Obelix travel to North Africa, then to Rome.

Medical inspection and kit distribution do not quite go off without a hitch, while Neveratalos starts an argument with the recruiting officer, Nefarius Purpus, over their meagre wages (two sestertii per day), so that by the time the new recruits meet their drill instructor, Dubius Status, Purpus is reduced to tears... and Status follows in short order after the cookhouse trumpet sounds before he can get any training done. The new recruits (bar Selectivemploymentax) are disgusted by the terrible food, and one visit to the kitchen later, the Gauls have "persuaded" the cook to serve proper, if very unmilitary, meals. Dubius Status' mood deteriorates further when he tries and fails to drill the Gauls in military discipline and fighting skills, and even further the next day when our heroes lose patience with a route march with backpacks full of rocks and, one belt of magic potion for Asterix later, decide to carry their fellow recruits' packs while their recruits carry their hapless DI.

Obelix has been acting very strange lately. Whenever the lovely Panacea walks by, he loses track of what he's doing, walking into trees, not eating more than two boars, and delivering menhirs he doesn't have. It turns out that he's in love with Panacea! However, she has a fiance, Tragicomix...who's just been forcibly conscripted into the Roman Legion! Heartbroken, Obelix nonetheless volunteers himself and Asterix to retrieve Tragicomix.

Ariving at Condatum, they learn that Tragicomix has already been deployed to Africa where Caesar is fighting his rival Scipio. With no choice, the two Gauls enlist. The pair take to the military a bit differently than most recruits, and drive their Commanding Officers to tears in frustration. Regardless, they complete their training and make it to Africa.

At Caesar's camp, they learn that Tragicomix has been captured by Scipio. The Gauls take off to launch a jailbreak, and inadvertently provoke a battle between Caesar and Scipio's forces. Because both sides have the same uniform, the battlefield becomes quite confusing, and Scipio retreats, sick of the whole affair. Though incidental, Caesar recognizes that the Gauls' actions have brought victory to his forces, and rewards them with an honorable discharge.

The three Gauls return to their village, and the lovers are reunited. Before leaving to get married in Condatum, Panacea gives Asterix and Obelix a kiss of thanks. And while Obelix returns to normal, his good attitude and appitite restored, Asterix spends the ending banquet sitting in a tree, dazed.

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* VacationEpisode: Asterix and Obelix travel to North Africa, then to Rome.

* CampCook

* LethalChef: Averted. He's a talented chef who cooks badly on purpose.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Panacea has a profound effect on Obelix, such as...
** DistractedByTheSexy: Seeing Panacea causes Obelix to walk into trees, [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength knocking them over.]]
** PostKissCatatonia: Dogmatix, Obelix, and Asterix suffer from this.
* MildlyMilitary: By virtue of resisting everything their commanding officers throw at them, the Gaul's company becomes this without having left Gaul.

* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The company Asterix and Obelix are part of consist of Neveratalos the Greek, Selectivemploymentax the Briton, Gastronomix the Belgian, Hemispheric the Goth, and Ptenisnet the Egyptian who thinks he's joined a holiday camp. Subverted in that they don't accomplish much beside driving their [=COs=] to tears.
** This requires the company to have a Roman interpreter with them, and even he delights in winding up the Centurion.

'''Hemispheric''': *in Proto-Germanic* What did the centurion say?\\
'''Interpreter''': *in Proto-Germanic* He said "^&*+".\\
'''Purpus''': *in Latin* What did you say to him?\\

* RunningGag: Whenever a character breaks down in tears, somebody will ask if he's in love?
** Also, a mix-up near the start of the album results in Obelix thereafter referring to hitting people as "being polite".

--> '''Caesar:''' WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!?

* ShoutOut: When the Belgian legionary removes his helmet for a moment, he shows a [[Comics/{{Tintin}} familiar, red crest]].

* CordonBleurghChef: Averted: he cooks badly on purpose, but after a little "persuasion" from Asterix and Obelix, he proves to be an excellent chef.

* UnfortunateNames: Nefarius Purpus' name in the Latin translation (and therefore likely his true name) is {{Milesgloriosus}}.

** This requires the company to have a Roman interpreter with them, and even he delights in winding up the Centurian.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Ptenisnet the Egyptian wanders into the recruitment station thinking it's a vacation planning office. The recruiting Officer goes along with this so he joins. Along the entire story he thinks it's a large outing, ending with saying that it reminded him of his own time in the military.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Ptenisnet the Egyptian wanders into the recruitment station thinking it's a vacation planning office. Along the entire story he thinks it's a large outing, ending with saying that it reminded him of his own time in the military.

* AnimatedAdaptation: This and ''Asterix The Gladiator'' were fused to create ''Asterix vs Caesar''. Though the animated adaptation did make a few script changes. The Belgian and the Greek were removed and replaced by a Spaniard instead.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Ptenisnet the Egyptian wanders into the recruitment station thinking it's a vacation planning office. Along the entire story he thinks it's a large outing, ending with saying that it reminded him of his own time in the military.
* TintinShoutOut: The Belgian has the same hairstyle as ComicStrip/{{Tintin}}, the most iconic Belgian comic strip of all time.

* ShoutOut: The Belgian has the same hairstyle as ComicStrip/{{Tintin}}, the most iconic Belgian comic strip of all time.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: Ptenisnet the Egyptian wanders into the recruitment station thinking it's a vacation planning office. Along the entire story he thinks it's a large outing, ending with saying that it reminded him of his own time in the military.

* EnemyCivilWar: Between Caesar and Scipio.
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Cacofonix has been tied up as usual, but there's someone else sitting this one out... It's Asterix himself, in a lovesick daze.

* AnimatedAdaptation: This and ''Asterix The Gladiator'' were fused to create ''Asterix vs Caesar''.

* BootCampEpisode

* RunningGag: Whenever a character breaks down in tears, somebody will ask if he's in love.

* CampCook

** Also, a mix-up near the start of the album results in Obelix thereafter referring to hitting people as "being polite".

Ariving at Condatum, they learn that Tragicomix has already been deployed to Africa where Caesar is fighting his rival Scipio. With no choice, the two Gauls enlist. The pair take to the military a bit differently than most recruits, and drive their COs to tears in frustration. Regardless, they complete their training and make it to Africa.

* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The company Asterix and Obelix are part of consist of Neveratalos the Greek, Selectivemploymentax the Briton, Gastronomix the Belgian, Hemispheric the Goth, and Ptenisnet the Egyptian who thinks he's joined a holiday camp. Subverted in that they don't accomplish much beside driving their COs to tears.

Obelix has been acting very strange lately. Whenever the lovely Panacea walks by, he loses track of what he's doing, walking into trees, not eating more than two boars, and delivering menhirs he doesn't have. It turns out that he's in love with Panacea! However, she has a fiance, Tragicomix...who's just been forcibly constricted into the Roman Legion! Heartbroken, Obelix nonetheless volunteers himself and Asterix to retrieve Tragicomix.

* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The company Asterix and Obelix are part of consist of Neveratalos the Greek, Selectivemploymentax the Briton, Gastronomix the Belgian, Hemispheric the Goth, and Ptenisnet the Egyptian who thinks he's joined a holiday camp. Subverted in that they don't accomplish much beside driving their COs to tears.