Obelix
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Obelix ( ; ) is a cartoon character in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman as well as one of the primary defenders of the Gaulish village, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his obesity, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again,
Key facts
- Comics character.character_name
- Obelix
- Comics character.image
- Obelix1.png
- Comics character.publisher
- Dargaud
- Comics character.debut
- Asterix the Gaul (1959)
- Comics character.creators
- René GoscinnyAlbert Uderzo
- Comics character.powers
- Permanent superhuman strength, provided by magical potion
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Described at
Obelix - Seriewikin
seriewikin.serieframjandet.se →Obelix (orig. Obélix ) heter den viktigaste bifiguren i den franska serien "Asterix ", viktig så till den grad att han i vissa äventyr har tagit över huvudrollen från Asterix själv. Obelix är den storvuxne (vilket man inte får säga till honom - på franska heter "storvuxen" och "tjock" samma sak; "gros") och matglade, inte överdrivet intelligente, men urstarke bautastensleverantören i den galliska byn . Han är den ende i byn som inte får smaka av druiden Miraculix kraftgivande trolldryck , eftersom han föll i grytan med trolldryck när han var liten och fick permanent superstyrka därav. (Att dricka trolldryck idag skulle vara livsfarligt för honom, vilket har visat sig i ett av de senare äventyren.) Hans bästa vänner är Asterix "Asterix (seriefigur)") och den lilla hunden Idefix . Hans främsta intressen är att jaga och äta vildsvin, samt att klå upp romare. Märkligt nog har han med tiden kommit att inbilla sig att romarna gillar - eller åtminstone borde gilla - att få stryk av honom ! Obelix är även svag för Lillfixa , byns unga skönhet.
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- obelisk
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- warrior
- Languages spoken
- French
- Creator
- René Goscinny
- Image
- Asterix&Obelix Brussels.jpg
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- Commons category
- Obélix
- present in work
- Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia
- owner of
- Dogmatix
- name in native language
- Obélix
- different from
- obelisk
- has characteristic
- superhuman strength
- first appearance
- Asterix the Gaul
- significant person
- Asterix
- described at URL
- seriewikin.serieframjandet.se/index.php/Obelix
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Obelix ( ; ) is a cartoon character in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman as well as one of the primary defenders of the Gaulish village, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his obesity, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a ban he regards as being tremendously unfair. Other characteristics are his simplemindedness, his love and care for his dog Dogmatix, his anger when someone refers to him as being "fat", his enthusiasm for hunting and eating wild boars, and beating up Romans. His catchphrase is: "Ils sont fous ces romains", which translates into "These Romans are crazy!", although he considers nearly every other nationality, even other Gauls, to be just as strange.
The character was portrayed by actor Gérard Depardieu in every Asterix live-action film until 2023's Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Obelix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.