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Plot Summary:

Having completed twenty years of service in the Roman Army, veteran legionaries Tremensdelirius and Egganlettus await their honesta missio in the morning. However, that night Tremensdelirius - a lifelong alcoholic - insults Julius Caesar while intoxicated and gets arrested. When Caesar is informed of Tremensdelirius's mishap, he decides to play a practical joke on him. As each of the legionaries are gifted plots of land in retirement, with Egganlettus receiving a plot in Nicaea, Caesar awards a "special" one to Tremensdelirius: Asterix's village in Armorica, hoping they will retaliate violently against him. However, Tremensdelirius sees little merit in a gift he cannot drink and immediately begins trying to unload it. He eventually succeeds at an inn in Arausio, where he convinces the owner Orthopaedix to take it as payment for huge amounts of wine when he can’t provide monetary payment. Orthopaedix, a Lutetia native, had already been looking for a change in scenery along with his wife Angina and daughter Influenza, the latter constantly craving her opulent life in Lutetia.

Orthopaedix’s family arrives at the village, claiming ownership of it and demanding the villagers leave. The villagers laugh them off and reveal that Caesar does not own the village at all, making the gift worthless. However, when Vitalstatistix overhears Angina berating Orthopaedix for his mistake by comparing him unfavorably to her relatives in Lutetia - a situation that Vitalstatistix is very familiar with - he takes pity on Orthopaedix and decides to offer him a building next to Unhygienix’s house to open a new inn. Obelix soon has a crush on Influenza, while Geriatrix expresses xenophobic attitudes towards the family.

Written and illustrated by: René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo



Asterix and Obelix is a comic books series created by Albert Uderzo & René Goscinny

The granting of land to Roman soldiers after long years of service is historically true.

Tremensdelirius, in English, was named after his drunkenness; in the original French language his name is given as Roméomontaigus after Romeo Montague, one of two title characters in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The connection between the two characters is not particularly evident.

Orthopaedix is drawn as a caricature of André Alerme (September 9, 1877 – February 2, 1960), an actor.

Influenza is called 'Zaza' for short (a possible reference to Zsa Zsa Gabor), and therefore interprets Asterix's victory over Tremensdelirius, in which he cut the letter 'Z' in Tremensdelirius' clothing, as dedicated to her. In fact the Z is a reference to Zorro; the TV series was often shown on TV in continental Europe. Asterix's dialogue during the swordfight is a reference to Cyrano de Bergerac. (In the English translation it includes references to the climactic swordfight in Hamlet.)

Vitalstatistix and his brother-in-law Homeopathix confront each other in person at the beginning and the finale of Asterix and the Laurel Wreath, and Impedimenta entertains hopes of the two entering a partnership in Asterix and the Soothsayer; whereas here, Vitalstatistix befriends Orthopaedix on grounds that the latter, like himself, has quarreled with in-laws in Lutetia.

This is the second time Vitalstatistix is challenged by a contender to the leadership of the village, and the first time his leadership is challenged by the population of the village. He is not challenged again until Asterix and the Secret Weapon.

This is the first time the Gauls of the story are shown electing leaders as if in democracy; but here, the leader has no fixed term and retains leadership until challenged; potentially until death.

This story has one of only a few scenes where Asterix uses his sword, and one of an equally few in which Cacofonix is not bound and gagged at the end of the story.

The story parodies political campaigns in general, election campaigns in particular, and perhaps especially the French presidential election of 1974 (which was won by Valery Giscard d'Estaing), the date of publication of this album. Election day is mentioned as set for the celebration day of Lugh; but the election is cancelled after the withdrawal of Orthopaedix.

In some of the scenes (after Vitalstatistix falls off his shield), there is a hen in love with Vitalstatistix's helmet.


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