There are plenty of clips of Astérix Mission Cleopatre on YouTube. Actors: Alain Chabat, Alex Haw, Claude Rich, Gerard Depardieu, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci. This is justified to some extent, as many of these groups would have spoken related Celtic languages, but the Greeks, Romans and Vikings can also be understood by the Gauls, as can Persians and Indians. make new puns in every different translation. ", often used by other characters, or with another ethnic group. Done ad nauseam in the 50th anniversary book. The only exceptions are the Helvetians who have goatees. The comics are also commonly referred to as Asterix and Obelix. Subtitle: French Subtitles. When trying to steal Caesar's crown, Asterix states that the magic potion doesn't protect from being harmed by Roman weapons. Some of these give a good taste of some of the funny scenes, even if you don’t understand French. The entire Gaulish village have been known to brawl with each other when they're bored and no Romans or other outside foes are available. While the historical conquest of Gaul took place in 52 BC, it is depicted in the stories as taking place decades earlier than the main timeframe of the stories, notably when several middle-aged characters are depicted as being young at the time, and the villagers already fighting Romans when Asterix and Obelix were children. By Toutatis, I'm a mild man, but this makes me very bitter!" Regional dialects around France are signalled by variant more phonetic French in the captions; Languedoc is treated as carrot-crunching yokel country, for instance, and the appalling ways France's neighbours mangle the language is depicted in tortured and fractured French in the captions. "), leading to both Caesar and the doc going straight to bed. Pour ce faire, elle fait appel à l´architecte Numérobis, Jamel Debbouze, ce Zébulon irrésistible, singulier et passionnant. Vitalstatistix is depicted as a child as when Asterix and Obelix are born in "The Birth of Asterix", as most of the other villagers are. It is a surprise both to the heroes and the audience? Then he wonders why Getafix still recognizes him. He appeared time and again before the reveal? In fact, the only European group that consistently needs translation is the Goths. In another album, the pirate crew recreates ". Used for deliberate stereotyping in other cases, though - Asterix's Britannic cousin Anticlimax wears baggy tweed trousers (as the historical Britons did) but his shoes have long ties that wrap tightly around his legs up to below the knee, giving his trousers the distinctive shape of plus-fours. Astérix et Cléopâtre (1968) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 'It's a man's life', they said. Except for Obelix, who is not allowed to because, etc. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Roman agent Dubbelosix spilled the oil in the sea and secretly informed Caesar that the village couldn't produce magic potion anymore. Norsemen, meanwhile, talk with diacritics, spelling all their wørds Scåndi-style — even their. "These Romans are crazy!" It's also common for other "languages" to be written syntactically correct, but in another. There's the additional running gag in which he falls off the shield for some reason at least once per story. Gérard Calvi composed the soundtrack again after his work on the previous film, Asterix the Gaul. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. A common misinterpretation is that her name is actually given by Vitalstatistix's wife in a throwaway line in one of the albums. He became much skinnier and more angular, while his hair went from a smooth bob to an entertainingly anachronistic style akin to that of a '70s rock musician. Also, whenever Cleopatra suddenly shows up some place, she's always sitting on a gigantic golden sphinx-shaped chair on wheels pulled by slaves flanked by dancers and trumpeters. For instance, most of the times we see writing in the series, the characters carve it into tablets, even for disposable things like memos or personal letters or teaching to children — mostly because it's funny to imagine a Roman bureaucrat having to carve twelve huge slabs of rock just to induct a new legionary. However, In several books, the Scottish are satirized as the Caledonians, but are instead depicted as Picts in. Rating: Unrated. Chief Vitalstatistix started as a very serious character with an occasional embarrassing moment here and there. Asterix, Obelix, Getafix and Cacofonix are oddly-drawn, while Fulliautomatix looks nothing like he does in later books. are all depicted as villains and unsympathetic. in which Cacofonix basically saves the day for once, so he deserves it. they're smart enough to keep the basic story while making new puns in the appropriate language. Notably, a hen falling in love with Vitalstatistix's winged helmet after a few shield mishaps. When going to join the legion, Asterix tells Obelix to stand back while he speaks to the guard, as they need to be nice to the Romans. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Roman era soothsayers apparently don't have a good grasp of the laws of probability (unsurprising since the underlying mathematics wasn't formally studied in Europe until the 1600s). Occasionally, a small (but very persistent) band of pirates (a parody of another comic series, Barbe-Rouge) makes a cameo appearance; their ship was scuttled by the potion-enhanced Gauls in an early story — since that initial appearance, they are usually seen either paddling frantically away from any Gauls they encounter, or coming across the Gaulish warriors during an incidental encounter and getting scuttled again (or even scuttling their ship themselves to minimize damage). Does it make sense with the general theme of that album? The briefly-featured Cassivellaunos is notable for being a historical figure who only. The album Asterix the Legionary has two concurrent running gags: Obelix falls unhappily in love with Panacea. in a matter of seconds, Obelix turns again into his adult form and his formidable strength, thus being able to save Asterix. Somewhere after book 16, he can't spend two minutes without a. Fulliautomatix was developing into a character with a very diverse personality. This terrifies the tax collector so much that. When Asterix asks Obelix how he recovered his adult body just in time, Obelix guesses that it was from the fear of seeing him in danger. Egyptians are shown worshipping most of their ancient gods and using hieroglyphs, all of which was dead by 50 BC. Riotous, silly fun. Genre: Comedy. The Corsicans, Egyptians and Romans are clean shaven. Justforkix says this word for word when the Normans come. The Native Americans eat dog, leading to a "hot dog" joke later. In Spanish most of the main characters names keep the same phonetic reading, but the spelling is different (The names displayed above are all examples), but when it comes to supporting characters the Spanish translators came up with punny names that followed the same style as the names in the original French (the Gauls names ending with "-ix", the Roman names ending with "-us", and so on). He may seem just a big bully, but in his twisted, childish way he seems to genuinely appreciate the legionnaires he beats up. The Greeks are either fully bearded or clean shaven, but nothing in between. He speaks Gothic [sic]. Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa]; lit. It also mentions Aqua Regia, sulfuric acid and baldrian. Greeks talk in angular letters. Played around with Ekonomikrisis, the Phoenician merchant. Cleopatra's maids during her bath song scene — who are followed by her. According to the comics, Vercingetorix surrendered to. He speaks Gothic. The series often plays on current national or regional stereotypes, ignoring the fact that the cultural and linguistic landscape of Europe was drastically changed by the "migration period" that followed the decline of the western Roman Empire. Mission Cleopatra, brings christian clavier and gerard Depardieu back to the classic roles of asterix and obelix. "The Birth of Asterix" also is said to take place in 35 BC, that is 'Before Caesar', and are said to be 35 years before the adventures of Asterix and Obelix began. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. As an example, the Celtic Britons are given traits associated with modern-day English people. Original Title: Asterix et Obelix, Mission Cleopatre. This is usually shown as mangled versions of that foreign language, such as misplaced diacritics, or childishly drawn hieroglyphics. Gauls (including Belgians and Corsicans) -ix; Britons -ax; Egyptians and Phoenicians: -is, although theme naming was averted with some characters in the translation. Voir plus d'idées sur le thème asterix et obelix, obelix, bd asterix. Along with his friend Obelix, a huge loveable lug and monolith craftsman, Obelix's tiny dog Dogmatix and the other inhabitants of the village, Asterix gets into all manner of adventures that usually involve foiling the schemes of the Romans — and, occasionally, Caesar himself. In big fights involving the entire village, there's inevitably at least one Roman being bashed with his own shield. Voir plus d'idées sur le thème bd asterix, obelix, asterix et obelix. plus -os and -ix for Hibernians and Caledonians. villain behind the sickle-trafficking gang. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The most frequently occuring roll with two dice. In short, Cacofonix is left unbound and ungagged on an average of once every four books. There appear to be no language barriers between the Gaulish, Iberian, Lusitanian, Brittonnic, Hibernian and Belgic tribes. Many names are changed in the Scandinavian and German dubs, notably Getafix → Miraculix (a play on the latin word "miraculus"), Cacofonix → Troubardourix, Vitalstatistix → Majestix and Geriatrix → Senilix (a play on 'senile') respectively Methusalix. When Julius Caesar challenges Cleopatra to build a sumptuous palace in record time, Edifis the architect is driven to desperate measures to get the job done (or 0 risk being thrown to the crocodiles). As his physician is taking him out for some fresh air, Asterix, Obelix and Cacofonix fly by on a magic carpet ("Oh hey, Julius! A French blockbuster with lush visuals and impressive special effects. Visual gags aplenty in this tale of ceasar's wager that Cleo cannot out build the romans firing her to tap so so architect who gets help from his Gaulish friends. The comics are also commonly referred to as Asterix and Obelix.. The one who really enjoys a fight is Obelix. Obelix seemed more eager to fight than ever. Region code: Region 1. This is done in ways which are not obvious or signposted in the translations. However, in one scene where Asterix is planning a bank robbery and makes a diagram of their plan of attack, he does it on a diptych wax tablet, which is what someone in his time period would actually have used for making notes that would have to be quickly disposed of later. The Gaulish-Gothic interpreter has a great one, when Getafix reveals to the Goth chief that he speaks Gothic. When Fulliautomatix notices their departure, he quickly runs to Cacofonix's house, wakes him up, tells him about the company setting off, waits until the bard gets up, takes his harp and attempts to sing — and then he proceeds to the traditional bashing. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three months. 'Join up', they said. a little village by the seaside in Armorica... surrounded by fortified Roman camps, each one making a different pun based on the subject on hand, like my cousin Iznogoud, I will be Rajah instead of the Rajah. He goes further than any villain previous and burns the village down. For example, the Egyptian in, Whenever anyone swears. This was taken from a nearly identical moment in. lose it just before they return home. Tea is brought to Great Britain thanks to some strange herbs that Getafix gave Asterix before leaving Gaul in, Belgian fries and mussels are invented in. Runtime: 107 mins. Asterix is the protagonist of a French comic book series, written by René Goscinny (14 August 1926—5 November 1977) and drawn by Albert Uderzo (25 April 1927—24 March 2020), and now translated into over 100 languages and published around the world. (In the English version, at least, this similarity is lampshaded; Vitalstatistix at first protests that only having one shield-bearer would make him feel like a "half-pint chief", then when Obelix says he has menhirs to make anyway, he explodes "So you refuse to serve your chief, do you? The most notable example would be, Chief Vitalstatistix is carried by two shield bearers. In fact, basically all the Celtic (Belgians, Hispanics, Lusitanians) and Germanic (Goths, Vikings) tribesmen have long moustaches. Part of the appeal of the series is probably the variety of humor, which includes slapstick fight scenes, plenty of wordplay, thinly-veiled social commentary, and Iron Age and Roman antiquity versions of just about every European (and beyond) stereotype you can imagine. Don't mention Alésia (the last stand of the Gauls). Original title: Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre Scénario: Alain Chabat, based on the comic strips by René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo Produced by: KATHARINA RENN PRODUCTIONS, TF1 FILMS PRODUCTIONS, CHEZ WAM Directed by: Alain Chabat Running time: 104min Video distribution: PATHE. Edifis remembers that his distant friend, the Gaulish druid Getafix, can make a potion that grants tremendous strength, and sets sail for his village. And their warm beer. Getafix explained that during their quest, he conducted experiments and found that beetroot juice perfectly replaces rock oil. Preposterus sent to do an economic takeover of the village. Rhetoric was not expecting one of his allies to set up on his own. The Dutch version too has become a fairly well-known phrase outside the albums, due to it sounding rather less conventional and more endearingly comical. There was one story where Vitalstatistix's shield bearers quit, and he appointed Asterix and Obelix as their replacements. I find the live-action Asterix films vary in quality quite a lot. ", but literally means, "They're mad, those Romans!"). But when they saved his merchandise, he called them friends and has provided the occasional assistance to Asterix and Obelix since. The historical Gauls who resisted and escaped Roman imperialism were not as the comics paint it, simple plucky villagers but were incredibly violent tribesman. He often scams people with contracts to 'work' in his ship, and in fact once expressed his intent to sell Asterix and Obelix as slaves instead of taking them to their destination according to his words. Language: French. 2020 - Découvrez le tableau "ASTERIX" de TRAVERS sur Pinterest. Impedimenta is cursing when she says "Oh, Myopia" to Geriatrix's wife. though "Romanoi" and "esont" are conjectural. This is based on an actual throwaway line in Caesar's book. compare with Old English "wealh" which is the origin of the names. It's worth noting that Chief Vitalstatistix tries SO hard to fit this trope. Obelix carries an axe, doesn't say his famous line "These Romans are crazy" yet (that was introduced in book four), actually warns Asterix to be careful of getting into trouble with the Romans and hardly appears at all. Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre in French) is a 1968 French-Belgian animated film based on the Asterix comic book series and directed by the latter's creators themselves, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, in collaboration with Pierre Tchernia on the script. He also stopped wearing a shirt and replaced it with a leather apron. dicking with the Romans pretty much because they could and ultimately winning pretty much by cheating, a beautiful Native American chieftain's daughter, eats two boars instead of his normal three, that's what most people were celebrating at the time, Administrivia/Pages Needing Transparent Images, The Romans tend to wear segmented plate armor (called, Several books feature the characters eating or preparing potatoes, which were not introduced to Europe until the 16th century. ), and they're damn proud of them. It happens in pretty much any translation to different degrees. Whether it's true or not is unclear, but they never seem to be hurt anyway. Or. The Asterix comics take place in the year 50 BC. With Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci. However, Getafix had just substituted equally efficient beetroot juice instead. Getafix as a Druid is also painted as a wise man and brilliant wizard, with none of the Druidic tribes involvement in. And the other is when characters are supposed to be pretty - usually it's female ones (Panacea, Melodrama, Geriatrix' wife, basically. But historical references tell. To drive home the point that the book is set in what became Scotland. Then Cacofonix takes Fulliautomatix's hammer and. There's a joke template in which a bunch of characters (usually Roman legionaries) are lined up. "), There's also a character (a druid/Roman spy who has a prominent role in, Speech bubbles turn green as characters are influenced by the seeds of discord sewn by Convolvulus in. Falbala/Panacea is an exception, perhaps she's from a more Romanized family? Pity the shield bearers when Impedimenta decides she wants to come, too. One is when he inserts real life celebrities into the comic; while these characters look rather distinct and in some regards deviate from other figures (though they still blend in pretty well). After Goscinny's untimely passing in 1977 aged just 51, Uderzo took over the writing as well. When a character is deemed to be speaking with particular (and often sarcastic) pleasantry, the speech bubble is always decorated with flowers, music notes and birds. In the german edition, the racer who is the competitor of Asterix and Obelix in "Asterix in Italy" was renamed "Caligarius", which in english means Shoemaker and in german "Schuhmacher". For the tropes common to both the comic book and the film, see the comic book's page. In fact, the word. The Gauls presented the tax collector a collection of the many, many Roman legionary helmets they had stolen from their battles while laughing themselves off and commenting on how they could use those as payment. The earlier story "How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion when he was a Little Boy" shows him as a young adult when Asterix, Obelix and others are only a few years older. The Roman Empire has all but conquered continental Europe, except for a few … Cleopatra retaliates by betting she can have a gigantic palace built for him in three months. (A, Asterix and Obelix have an argument or falling-out pretty much. many people thought it'd be a good and original idea to invite him for roasted boar. Asterix is the protagonist of a French comic book series, written by René Goscinny (14 August 1926—5 November 1977) and drawn by Albert Uderzo (25 April 1927—24 March 2020), and now translated into over 100 languages and published around the world. Later, as the governor has hired the pirates to be his escape route if the Corsicans attack, hear that the Gauls are among the attackers. Dogmatix isn't introduced until the fifth book. Since the height difference between them is even greater than the usual shield bearers', this didn't work out so well. Cassius Ceramix, chief of the Gallo-Roman village of Linoleum in, In the first comic, Getafix creates a potion to restore lost hair, which works, Egyptians and Kushites are presented as speaking this way. Examples being: we got to know why Obelix wasn't supposed to drink any magic potion (too much of it turns people to stone and later into children), we got an extra comic about the childhood of the heroes in the village, the bard gained the ability to summon rainstorms with his song etc. Obelix seems to be at fault for some historically known accidents, like the missing nose on the Sphinx or the broken part of the grand Colosseum (which did not exist in 50 BC). Fulliautomatix completely changed in both face and body, going from a rather plain overweight man in his late 40s with blond hair to a muscular, proud-looking character with hairy arms and red hair (although even then his hair color remained inconsistent). Getafix realized immediately that the quaestor had been poisoned, and uses the "hostage" bit as an excuse to keep him safely away from the governor, the Romans burn the village and nearly send. It's not the first time Caesar uses them as a punishment: in. Visual gags aplenty in this tale of ceasar's wager that Cleo cannot out build the romans firing her to tap so so architect who gets help from his Gaulish friends. She has at least once referred to one such appearance as "dropping by incognito". The traffic cop seen in the streets of Alexandria after the opening credits takes a similar hieroglyph pose and stands there, motionless, while another Egyptian turns him around to regulate traffic. It goes "Rare jongens, die Romeinen! Actually the only blood that ever appears in the whole series is the one running from the Romans' noses after they have been badly beaten. ", roughly translating to "(What a bunch of) weird guys, those Romans!". 23 avr. Fulliautomatix makes a disparaging comment about the quality of Unhygienix's fish, which causes a fight to break out. Memorably bypassed when the village's women turn the whole plan inside out in a manner that. He was actually this (along with Asterix and Getafix) for the first 8-10 books. So when another Gaul asks Asterix what Obelix is doing, he gets the reply "Serving a half-pint of mild and bitter. once they've trashed a lot of Romans together, flying upwards and sending Owzat hurtling into a minaret. which might explain why she has magical doubles of herself, a plot point which wasn't in. The series has some of the best translations of any comic-book ever; they're smart enough to keep the basic story while making new puns in the appropriate language. Obelix once drinks (three drops of) the potion in, Before the pirates even made an appearance, in, The populations that Asterix and Obelix encounter are, Lampshaded in the preface to the English edition of. The chief then calls several of the Gauls all with names ending in -ix to tell them about this silliness. They immediately jump into the harbor and swim for their lives. Obelix's line "These Romans are crazy! This album also reveals that Cacofonix is kept around because he is very useful in sending distress signals whenever the village is in danger and the Druid is not present. ...and the little toast that goes with it! This is "ASTERIX MISSION CLEOPATRE" by LE SOUS-MARIN PRODUCTIONS on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Caesar once has a fever dream about the Gauls. Totally not a young Jacques Chirac. Asterix and Obelix are connected by more than just the ending: On three occasions, Cacofonix actually saves the day. Asterix and the Picts (Astérix chez les Pictes – 2013): The first album by the new team of Ferri and Conrad sends Asterix and Obelix on a mission to Scotland. The success of the second live-action Asterix film was greater than the first in France, but a … Director: Claude Berri. Iberians: Spanish-type double names combined by an "y". Also, in one particular issue, the Romans managed to get hold of a cauldron of magic potion. The Danish dub goes even further and adds some hard drugs into the mix, mentioning Heroine, Pure Morphine and Nicotine. (Except for. In some regards averted when Uderzo took over the comic and altered a few things. Julius Caesar provokes Cleopatra VII by pretending Egyptians are decadent and not capable of building anything significant anymore. Since all her architects are either busy otherwise or too conservative in style, this ambiguous honour falls to an architect named Edifis/Numerobis (Jamel Debbouze). Asterix subsequently loses his temper with the (extremely overbearing) guard and punches him, and through the rest of the story, "being nice to" someone means to thump them. Fortunately Caesar rebuilds it out of honor and gratitude. One of the Norsemen's Gaulish slaves has learned to speak Norse, but with a heavy accent: his å's have squares instead of circles and his ø's have the diagonal line go the wrong way. Astérix is the protagonist of a French comic book series, written by Rene Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo (and both written and drawn by Uderzo after Goscinny's demise in 1977), and now translated into over 100 languages and published around the world.. The Romans get to the point where they recognize Asterix and Obelix's names, and are understandably terrified of them. Maybe he doesn't want to risk hurting his friends by losing control of his strength at home, the use of rough humour compared to the one found in the books. A modern and love action update of the classic comic tale. Said pathetic camouflage being a ham-fisted attempt to get out of having to go out and capture Getafix. Vitalstatistix hits people on the head with his shield whenever he's involved in a village brawl, but never uses it for defense. Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) 41 of 41. Pretty much any mention of the village or the indomitable Gauls will cause a cringe from someone, at least in later albums. Every single Corsican owns a folding knife. This is Tortuus Convolvulus' specialty. Edifis is to build the palace and be covered in gold or, if not, his fa… 1-16 of 27 results for "asterix et obelix mission cleopatre" "asterix et obelix mission cleopatre" The Asterix comics take place in the year 50 BC. This may explain why the villagers are so protective of him. Occasionally Asterix and Obelix need to communicate with those foreigners, or need to blend in. For example, in, This is addressed in the audio book adaptation of, The Flavian Amphitheatre, also known as the Colosseum, which features in, There are several references to the "Roman Empire", which was not founded until after Caesar's lifetime. Cacofonix went from looking like an older man to appearing to be in his late 20s or so. Directed by Alain Chabat. Discs: 2. No further explanation is given about how in Earth seeing a friend in danger could revert the effects of Getafix’s medicine. He then changes to simply having Obelix alone carry him around on the shield exactly like a high-class waiter carrying a tray of food, one-handed. Rather than tie, Occasionally one or more Roman legionaries get one. Obelix being very sensitive about his weight. Tortuous Convolvulus is a dubious one since the last time we see him, he is imprisoned by the Romans after he was framed by Asterix and shipped back to Rome to be executed. The first two also give readers the benefit of the doubt as to whether they are fictional are not, but archaeological evidence has confirmed, Goths fight each other to prevent them from invading other countries, yet it's thanks to the Gaulish intervention correcting the blueprints and their magic potion that the palace was built that fast and without falling apart, since Alexandria's best architect was inept, How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy. Julius Caesar has all but conquered Gaul (pre-medieval France plus some surrounding territory), except for a few pockets of resistance. Fulliautomatix hitting Cacofonix when the latter tries to sing. Format Size: Widescreen. Asterix and Obelix, Mission Cleopatra / Astérix et Obélix, Mission Cléopâtre (2002) - Trailer (FR) Obelix, magic potion, cauldron, baby, blah blah blah. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Comicbook/Asterix. Myopia is explained in a footnote as the name of a minor Gaulish goddess. Now with a recap page under construction. he flees from there leaving his tax money behind him. The Egyptian queen Cleopatra (Monica Bellucci) bets against the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar (Alain Chabat) that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs have long passed. The Astérix comics take place in the year 50 BC. However, English identity is commonly held to have begun with the settlement of the Anglo-Saxons (a collection of Germanic tribes) in southern Britain. Caesar recorded Asterix's adventures in a missing scroll of his, "Assurance tous risques", **All-risk insurance**, "A bras raccourcis", **With full strength**, "Ordre alphabétique", **Alphabetic order**. The second madcap, live-action movie based on the much-loved French comic strip. Based on the book Asterix and Cleopatra, which had previously been adapted into a 1968 animated film, it also acts as a sequel to the 1999 movie Asterix … Melodrama in "Asterix and the Great Divide" is bound and gagged when she is kidnapped by the villain Codfix. Take a look at Caesar in the first page of, A similar thing happened with Obelix's dog Dogmatix in, Not every Gaulish man had a name ending with "-ix", and not every Roman had a name ending in "-us", but, The main characters would not have referred to themselves as "Gauls"; rather, they would have associated with a more regional tribal grouping.