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===Names===
===Names===
The names in Asterix are not only puns, they end in prefixes different for each tribe. For example, the names of the male Gauls and Belgians end with ''-ix'', for example, the chief of the Gauls is named Vitalstatistix, the village bard is named Cacophonix, the two Belgian chiefs are named Beefix and Brawnix, the proprietor of a Gaulish restaurant in Rome is named Instantmix, and the village druid, who provides potions and medicine, is named Getafix. Female names typically end with ''-a'', such as Impedimenta, Bacteria, and Influenza. British names end with ''-ax'', such as Selectivemploymentax, Hiphiphurrahax, and Valueaddedtax. Gothic names end with ''-ic'', such as Electric, Choleric, and Metric. Roman males' names end with ''-us'' and are often two names: Crismus Bonus, Odious Asparagus, Gracchi Armisurplus, Spurious [[Brontosaurus]], Habeascorpus, and Osseus Humerous. (In ''[[Asterix the Gladiator]]'', a Roman centurion calls to one of his men: "Open up, Sendervictorious! It's me, Appianglorious!--a play on the line in [[God Save the Queen]]''"Send her victorious, happy, and glorious."'') Egyptian names end in ''-is'' such as Edifis and Artifis from ''[[Asterix and Cleopatra]]''.
''This section is about the English names, not the French ones.''
The names in Asterix are not only puns, they end in prefixes different for each tribe. For example, the names of the male Gauls and Belgians end with ''-ix'', for example, the chief of the Gauls is named Vitalstatistix, the village bard is named Cacofonix, the two Belgian chiefs are named Beefix and Brawnix, the proprietor of a Gaulish restaurant in Rome is named Instantmix, and the village druid, who provides potions and medicine, is named Getafix. Female names typically end with ''-a'', such as Impedimenta, Bacteria, and Influenza. British names end with ''-ax'', such as Selectivemploymentax, Hiphiphurrahax, and Valueaddedtax. Gothic names end with ''-ic'', such as Electric, Choleric, and Metric. Roman males' names end with ''-us'' and are often two names: Crismus Bonus, Odious Asparagus, Gracchi Armisurplus, Spurious [[Brontosaurus]], Habeascorpus, and Osseus Humerous. (In ''[[Asterix the Gladiator]]'', a Roman centurion calls to one of his men: "Open up, Sendervictorious! It's me, Appianglorious!--a play on the line in [[God Save the Queen]]''"Send her victorious, happy, and glorious."'') Egyptian names end in ''-is'' such as Edifis and Artifis from ''[[Asterix and Cleopatra]]''. Norman names end in ''-af'' such as Telegraf, Fotograf, Chiffchaf, and Toocleverbyhaf. [[Viking]] names end with ''-ssen'' such as Hareldwillssen.
===Running gags===
There are numerous running gags in Asterix. One of the most famous is [[Obelix]] tapping his head and saying "These [people] are crazy!" whenever he discovers some oddity in culture: the lighthouse at Pharaos, the Roman baths, the Normans search for fear in ''[[Asterix and the Normans]]'', or any other difference. Another is that at the end-of-the-book feast, Cacofonix the bard is usually tied up and gagged to prevent him singing. There are exceptions to this, such as in ''Asterix and the Normans'', when his awful singing routed the Normans.
Another is a band of pirates which appear in almost every book after ''[[Asterix the Gladiator]]''. Whenever Asterix and Obelix meet them, the two Gauls sink the pirate ship. Although the pirates attempt to avoid all Gaulish vessels, inevitably Asterix and Obelix are on board the one they attack. In two books (''[[Asterix in Spain]]'' and ''[[Asterix and the Great Crossing]]'' Asterix and Obelix take all the food on board but leave the ship.
==Characters==
''Main article: [[Characters in Asterix]]''
[[Category: Asterix]]