How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy

ISBN: 978-0-3406-5148-3

Год издания: 1997

Язык: Английский

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 28

Теги:  LinguaTurris, Asterix, EnglishВсе теги

- This is the first time Asterix's and Obelix's parents are seen. Obliscoidix, Obelix's father, is shown to enjoy collecting the helmets of Roman legionaries - a hobby Obelix enjoys himself as an adult;
- Vitalstatistix, who is a generation older than Asterix and Obelix, is still village chief, albeit smaller and slimmer (similar to his appearance at the end of Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield);
- The age of Asterix and Obelix as they appear in the story is about the amount of time Asterix stories had been appearing at the time it was written;
- Throughout the story Obelix is seen pulling a small white wooden toy dog that resembles Dogmatix.
- The 24-year gap between the story text and most illustrations leads to some inconsistencies between the two, and also with the rest of the Asterix stories (mostly minor and relating to the chief);
- Prior to falling into the cauldron, Obelix is shown as shy and pacifistic - possibly because the other boys pick on him. He gains his characteristic love of fighting after getting his own back and is also shown to have taken on some other characteristics he is well known for as an adult.

This story was originally published in the French magazine Pilote issue 291 (1965), with only a few drawings. In 1989 it was fully illustrated by Albert Uderzo and published in an album as a text story with illustrations.

The story is narrated by Asterix, apparently to the conventional readership, and tells that in childhood, Obelix was often bullied by other boys, until Asterix, to assist his courage, induced him to drink some of the magic potion that made the villagers invincible. When they are interrupted in the act, Obelix falls into the cauldron containing the potion, and drinks it all, and is thereafter permanently under its influence.

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