Asterix
Asterix is a fictional Gaulish warrior, the protagonist of a French comic book series created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in 1959.
The diminutive, mustachioed hero and his large friend Obelix resist Roman occupation in their small village, aided by a magic potion that grants superhuman strength.
The series is beloved in Europe and has spawned films, theme parks, and merchandise.
The name plays on asterisk, fitting the series' tradition of names ending in -ix.
- menhirPrehistoric upright stone monument
- potionEnchanted liquid mixture
- GaulRoman-era Western Europe
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
village · indomitable · boar · bard · druid · legionary · centurion
Of two bordering lands
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- translationsConverted linguistic texts
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- OlympicsGlobal athletic contest
Britain · Spain · Corsica · Switzerland · Belgium · Egypt · India · Vikings
Capacity to withstand force
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- satireMockery exposing vice
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
anachronism · puns · slapstick · parody · underdog · independence · occupation · wordplay
Obelix
Romans · village · indomitable · boar · bard · druid · legionary · centurion
Franco-Belgian
Of two bordering lands
- albumUnified collection of recordings
- translationsConverted linguistic texts
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
Olympics · Britain · Spain · Corsica · Switzerland · Belgium · Egypt · India · Vikings
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- satireMockery exposing vice
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
caricature · anachronism · puns · slapstick · parody · underdog · independence · occupation · wordplay · stereotype
- French AnimationTintin, Babar, Persepolis
- FranceParis, Notre-Dame, Lyon, croissant, Toulouse
- Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
- comic stripsPeanuts, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Blondie, Doonesbury
- French EntertainmentFrench cinema, French theater, French music, French ballet, cabaret
- AsterixObelix, magic potion, Gaul, Gauls, village