History WesternAnimation / TheSecretOfTheMagicPotion

* AttackAttackAttack: The Romans' strategy relies on endurance with the Gaulish village, simply waiting for the druid to be absent and then besieging it till their reserves of potion are worn out.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Getafix. The injury he receives at the beginning of the film and that kicks up the plot occurs while he is rescuing a small bird fallen from its nest.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Getafix "beautiful but useless" spell that allowed him to build a gigantic cairn in his youth is put to frighteningly efficient use to build [[spoiler:a giant centaur-shaped golem out of Roman legionaries and their shields]].

* NoSell: Sulfurix put people in a hypnotic transe by creating a small flame flowing in a circle above his palm. However, it only works on the WeakWilled, and when he attempts it on Asterix, the hero just blows on the flame. Sulfurix wasn't really expecting anything else.

* PassingTheTorch: After being constantly in peril Getafix feels the serious need for a successor to pass on his magical wisdom and knowledge to preserve his village.

* PhotographicMemory: It's implied that Pectine has one. [[spoiler: She was able to recreate the Magic Potion after observing it being made only once, something that only the most talented druids are capable of, and later tells Getafix that she can't forget it, no matter how hard she tries.]]

* PunnyName: Tons of them (as is usual in the Asterix franchise), such as Pectine (though it is the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin a component in fruits]], and the kid's name in the previous movie being Appeljus).

* StealthPun: [[spoiler: The centaur-shaped golem made out of Roman soldiers at the end has a head shaped like an officer's crested helmet.]] It's a ''centaur-ian.''

%%* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Pectine]]

* ImprovisedGolems: Getafix builds a [[spoiler:centaur-shaped golem out of [[CombiningMecha Roman legionaries and their shields]] to fight a giant Sulfurix]].

* MegatonPunch: Par for the course in an ''Asterix'' film, of course, but a particularly epic one occurs near the end, when [[spoiler:Obelix takes control of Getafix's CombiningMecha to deliver one that knocks Sulfurix in orbit]].
* MetronomicManMashing: In the climactic fight, [[spoiler:the CombiningMecha centaur gives one to Sulfurix, grabbing him by the leg and smashing him repeatedly into the ground]].

* MetronomicManMashing: In the climactic fight, [[spoiler:the CombingingMecha centaur gives one to Sulfurix, grabbing him by the leg and smashing him repeatedly into the ground]].

* RealityEnsues
** After being constantly in peril Getafix feels the serious need for a successor to pass on his magical wisdom and knowledge to preserve his village.
** The Romans' strategy relies on endurance with the Gaulish village, simply waiting for the druid to be absent and then besieging it till their reserves of potion are worn out.

* DubNameChange: Sulfurix is called "Demonix" in the English dub, if his name was too subtle before. In the Italian dub he's aptly named "Rancorix", while Teleferix becomes Emmentalix, to make his Helvetian origins clear.

* MeaningfulName: "Sulfurix" isn't just another name ending in "-ix"; it's very fitting for a druid using mainly fire-based magic, as well as just screaming "evil". Ditto for the Italian name, Rancorix, which doesn't have much to do with fire but still refers to his status as TheResenter.

* DubNameChange: Sulfurix is called "Demonix" in the English dub, if his name was too subtle before.

* MeaningfulName: "Sulfurix" isn't just another name ending in "-ix"; it's very fitting for a druid using mainly fire-based magic, as well as just screaming "evil".

* GradualGrinder: This the Roman's plan to slowly deplete the Gauls' reserves of Magic Potion while Getafix is away, by relentlessly attacking the village. Of course, this means they get repeatedly thrashed by the villagers' women. [[spoiler:It actually comes very close to working.]]

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Cubitus doesn't directly say this, but he certainly gives off the impression of wanting to when confirming that the first assault for the GradualGrinder tactic should go just as well as their normal attacks do.

''Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion'' (''Astérix: Le Secret de la Potion Magique'') is a 2018 French animated film based on the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic books. Like ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'', it was directed by Creator/AlexandreAstier and Louis Clichy, and is made in CGI. Therefore, this film can be viewed as a sequel to it. However, the plots are unrelated and nothing tells you whether things happen before or after the plot in ''The Mansions of the Gods''. The film also marks the first time that Asterix is not voiced by Creator/RogerCarel, who did it since [[WesternAnimation/AsterixTheGaul 1967]] -- Creator/ChristianClavier, who played the character in the [[Film/AsterixAndObelixVersusCaesar first]] [[Film/AsterixAndObelixMissionCleopatra two]] live-action ''Asterix'' films, takes over the role from him.

''Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion'' (''Astérix: Le Secret de la Potion Magique'') is a 2018 French animated film based on the ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' comic books. Like ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'', it was directed by Creator/AlexandreAstier and Louis Clichy, and is made in CGI. Therefore, this film can be viewed as a sequel to it. However, the plots are unrelated and nothing tells you whether things happen before or after the plot in ''The Mansions of the Gods''. The film also marks the first time that Asterix is not voiced by Creator/RogerCarel, who did it since [[WesternAnimation/AsterixTheGaul 1967]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler:The giant Roman centaur Getafix forms from legionnaries.]] Getafix's initial assessment of the spell was "beautiful but useless."

* AwesomeButImpractical: [[spoiler: The giant Roman centaur Getafix forms from legionnaries.]]. Getafix's exact words for it are "beautiful but useless."

* BehemothBattle: Between [[spoiler:a magically-enlarged Sulfurix]] and an [[spoiler:centaur-shaped golem made up of legionaries and created by Getafix]].

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Sulfurix is on the receiving end of this in the final conflict once Getafix uses the Roman legionaries to form a giant centaur-shaped golem. The one single hit he manages, his magic fire attack is bounced back at him, while the golem proceeds to punch, slap and ragdoll him all over the place. Once Obelix takes control of the golem, he delivers coup de grace by punching him so hard he's sent into outer space.]]

* VisualPun: [[spoiler: The centaur-shaped golem made out of Roman soldiers at the end has a head shaped like an officer's crested helmet.]] It's a ''centaur-ian.''

* BigBallOfViolence: Fights in the film are rendered like this. One of them included a ContinuityNod to the previous Asterix film, ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'', in which Obelix jumps into the dust cloud, turning it mushroom-shaped.

** A magic-potion enhanced chicken being able to carry a human flying appeared as a BrickJoke at the end of the film.

** Ceramix, the chief of a village who is a bit too fond of Roman culture is the same character as the main antagonist in ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight''.

* BigBallOfViolence: Fights in the film are rendered like this. One of them has a ContinuityNod to the previous Asterix film, ''WesternAnimation/TheMansionsOfTheGods'', in which Obelix jumps into the dust cloud, turning it mushroom-shaped.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Getafix is the unquestioned main character of this movie. He has more screentime and plot relevance than pretty much anyone else, with the possible exception of Pectine.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Getafix. The injury he receives at the beginning of the film and that kicks up the plot occurs while he was trying to rescue a small bird fallen from its nest.