Asterix/Characters

The characters found in the comic book series Asterix. Characters with a Dub Name Change has their original French name in the parentheses next to their English version name.

Asterix

The main character of the series, Asterix got into various adventures with his much larger friend Obelix.

• The Ace
• Badass Mustache
• Bash Brothers: With Obelix.
• Celibate Hero
• Guile Hero: Oftentimes he played this role.
• Hair of Gold
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Obelix.
• Mercury's Wings: His helmet has decorative wings, as do those of some other Gauls.
  • Expressive Accessory: His helmet's wings are in different positions depending on his mood.
• Only Sane Man: Shares the role with Getafix.
• Pint-Sized Powerhouse

Obelix

Asterix's best friend and constant companion.

• Adult Child
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: He's not unaware of his limits, but he often does not seem to realize that not everyone is as strong or invulnerable as he is.
• Bash Brothers: With Asterix.
• Berserk Button: Whatever you do, don't call him fat.
• Big Eater
• The Big Guy
• Blood Knight
• Boisterous Bruiser
• Can't Hold His Liquor
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Fat Idiot
• Gentle Giant: OK, so Obelix loves fighting, but he's a big softie away from the battlefield. Especially where his dog is concerned.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Asterix.
• I Am Big Boned
• Redheaded Hero
• Super Strength: Unlike the other villagers, Obelix's strength is permanent.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Roasted wild boars.

Dogmatix (Idefix)

Obelix's dog.

• Berserk Button: He doesn't like it when someone knocks down a tree.
• Canine Companion
• Team Pet

Getafix (Panoramix)

The elder and druid of the village. He is responsible for the creation of the magical potion that made the village invincible.

• Cool Old Guy
• Dude in Distress: He's the most-frequently captured of the Gauls, due to his knowledge.
• Meaningful Name / Punny Name: Getafix, "get a fix", Magigimix, Magic Gimmicks.
• Only Sane Man
• The Smart Guy
• Wizard Beard

Vitalstatistix (Abraracourcix)

The chief of the village.

• Butt Monkey: Let's see, he has an overbearing wife, his carriers keep dropping him, and his village constantly fights amongst themselves with the slightest provocation.
• Henpecked Husband
• The King of Town
• Meaningful Name / Punny Name: Vitalstatisix, vital statics, Macroeconomix, macro economics, Tunnabrix, Ton of Bricks.
• Only Sane Man: Views himself as one, but usually isn't.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: For the most part, at least.

Cacofonix (Assurancetourix)

The village bard who is infamous for his infamously bad singing voice.

• Butt Monkey / Chew Toy: Is always tied up at the end of the book when the villagers are celebrating.
• Dreadful Musician: And how.
• Giftedly Bad
• Meaningful Name / Punny Name: Cacofonix, cacophony; Malacoustix, Mal + acoustics...
• Non-Action Guy: Unlike the other men of the village, he rarely takes part in fighting the Romans.
• Small Name, Big Ego: Despite being a terrible singer, he thinks he is a talented one.

Fulliautomatix (Cetautomatix)

The blacksmith of the village.

• Characterization Marches On: Fulliautomatix in Asterix the Gaul and Asterix and the Banquet looks and acts nothing like the character does in later books.
• Drop the Hammer: Given that he's a blacksmith. But he seems to be all too willing to use it on Cacofonix and against the Roman soldiers in battle.
• Jerkass: He's always starting fights with Unhygenix, hammering Cacofonix into the ground and mocking the advanced age of Geriatrix; he's basically the village bully.
• Patronymic: His father is Semiautomatix.
• Those Two Guys: With Unhygienix.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Unhygienix. He has also let on on a couple of occations that he doesn't really hate Cacophonix either.

Unhygienix (Ordralfabetix)

The fisherman of the village, also sells his fish in the market.

• Berserk Button: Don't say his fish isn't fresh.
• Does Not Like Shoes: He's always barefoot.
• Meaningful Name: In the British edition, he's Unhygienix. In the American, he's Epidemix.
• Those Two Guys: With Fulliautomatix.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Again, with Fulliautomatix.

Geriatrix (Agecanonix)

The oldest villager.

• Badass Grandpa
• Dirty Old Man
• The Napoleon: Very short and has a bad temper.
• Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Despite being an ugly old man, he has a very beautiful wife.

Panacea (Falbala)

A beautiful villager. First introduced in Asterix the Legionary.

• All Love Is Unrequited: Obelix has a crush on her... but she's married.
• Ascended Extra: She makes occasional appearances.
• Hair of Gold
• Hello, Nurse!
• She's All Grown Up: In her debut.

Julius Caesar

The leader of Rome based on the Real Life person. A recurring villain of the series.

• Anti-Villain: Usually Type I.
• Badass
• Badass Cape
• Big Bad
• The Chessmaster
• Card-Carrying Villain: In Asterix Conquers America.
• Cleopatra Nose: While the actual Cleopatra has none!
• Deadpan Snarker: Especially toward Brutus and those who fail him.
• Even Evil Has Standards: And he takes pride in it.
• Failure Is the Only Option
• Friendly Enemy
• Graceful Loser
• Historical Domain Character
• Manipulative Bastard
• May-December Romance
• Noble Demon: even though he is willing to use deception, tricks and manipulation, he will always keep his word when he makes a promise, and be grateful to his ennemies when they help him.
• Worthy Opponent

The Pirates

• Better To Sink Than Be Sunk: On occasion, they will scuttle their own ship when Asterix and Obelix turn up; it saves them a few knocks and amounts to the same thing in the end.
• Butt Monkey/The Chew Toy
• Expy/Affectionate Parody: All of the pirates are expies of the characters from the Barbe Rouge (Redbeard) comics created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon (and which, like Asterix itself, first appeared in the French comics periodical Pilote).
• Elmuh Fudd Syndwome: The Funetik Aksent of Baba, the African Lookout, has blanks instead of the letter "R".
• Failure Is the Only Option
• Goldfish Poop Gang
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villains: It gets to the point that they're not even really villains as much as victims anymore.
• Oh Crap: "The Gau-Gau-Gauls!"
• Pirate Booty: Subverted; they always manage to cross paths with our heroes before they can steal enough to pay off their latest ship loan.
• Pretentious Latin Motto: The oldest pirate likes to utter Latin mottos.
• Reformed but Rejected: In Asteric and the Cauldron, they give up piracy and open a restaurant instead. Unfortunately, Asterix and Obelix assume that they're the ones who stole the cauldron of coins and beat them up as per usual.
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: Other than get their ship sunk.
• Throw the Dog a Bone: At the end of Asterix and the Cauldron, money literally falls out of the sky onto their ship.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: "They're all in Roman uniform; we can take 'em." Guess who's on board!

Cleopatra

• Bob Haircut
• Character Development: From being bratty, spoiled and rather childlish to a much calmer and wiser woman.
• Face Death with Dignity: When she thinks Asterix wants to assassinate her, she holds a long speech about "showing the barbarians how a queen dies". Asterix eventually gets impatient and manages to throw a word in.
• Historical Domain Character
• May-December Romance
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: They took as many cues from Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra as possible.
• Tsundere
• You Have Failed Me...: Threatens Edifis with this.