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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parcasterix.png]]
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3	In 1981, Creator/AlbertUderzo visited [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]] in Anaheim. Following the example of his longtime idol Creator/WaltDisney, Uderzo got the idea of creating a French park that would be themed after the universe of the iconic comic book hero he created with the late Creator/ReneGoscinny, ComicBook/{{Asterix}} the Gaul.
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5	Following a few years of planning, market studies and designing, the Parc Asterix was built in Plailly (about 30 kilometers North-East from UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}) and opened in 1989. As of 2018, it was the fifth most visited theme park in France with about 2 million guests.
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7	!!Parc Asterix provides examples of:
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9	* UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie: "Attention Menhir!", the park's first 4-D movie. Its story is based on ''Recap/AsterixAndTheBigFight'', and the CGI character models are those from ''WesternAnimation/AsterixTheMansionsOfTheGods'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfTheMagicPotion''.
10	* AscendedExtra: Iris, the Egyptian hypnotist who only appeared as one of the twelve tasks in the 1976 animated film ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'', got a whole ride themed after him, the steel-inverted roller coaster "[=OzIris=]". And one of the most spectacular in the park at that.
11	* BetweenMyLegs: The entrance of the "Tonnerre de Zeus" ("[[BoltOfDivineRetribution Thunder of Zeus]]") wooden roller coaster is a colossal statue of the king of the Olympian gods, with guests walking in between his legs.
12	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Guests who look up while walking under the statue of Zeus will discover he's "wearing" underpants with a comical print (as of 2022 they're pink with rubber duckies).
13	* HalloweenSpecial: Starting in 2005, the park launched the "Druids Festival" every year in late October, which was renamed "Fear on the Parc Asterix" in 2009 and received a more straight-up Halloween theming.
14	* ImpactSilhouette: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ParcAsterix_6611.jpg A ballista display]] alludes to such an incident with a Roman legionary (with just the outer layer of a wall, though, not going through).
15	* {{Mascot}}: Asterix, of course. The park's most famous representation of him has him [[https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/f9/ab/8b/parc-asterix.jpg sitting on a rock]].
16	* PublicBathhouseScene: The mad house type ride "Le Défi de César" ("Caesar's Challenge") has UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar recruiting new spies (the guests). The spies go through a Roman bath to rest at some point in it.
17	* TheThemeParkVersion: As with the comic books, the areas themed after ancient world settings are nothing but "Theme Park" versions of them, namely Celtic Gaul, AncientRome, UsefulNotes/AncientGreece and AncientEgypt. And a bit of UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge too.

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