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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.
The Indomitable Gauls[]
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.
- Too Important to Walk: Always carried by his shieldbearers (who are of different heights, as shown here).
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.
Others[]
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[]
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- 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[]
A description of the character goes here.
- 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.
- Back to Asterix