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  2. List of Asterix characters - Wikipedia

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    The only exception was in Asterix and Cleopatra when they were trapped in a pyramid and Getafix allows him to have three drops of the magic potion. Obelix's size is often the brunt of many jokes. In Asterix and the Big Fight, the druid Psychoanalytix mistakes Obélix for a patient with an eating disorder. At the end of the book, Obelix decides ...

  3. English translations of Asterix - Wikipedia

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    In the Asterix stories, many of the original French names are humorous due to their absurdity. For example, the bard is Assurancetourix (assurance tous risques or "comprehensive insurance"), the translation of which is pointless since the bard has no connection to insurance of any kind – it is the silliness that makes it humorous.

  4. Asterix - Wikipedia

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    Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa], "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in a nonhistorical telling of the time after the ...

  5. Acrostic (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    Letters 16 and 17 form a two-letter word ending in P. Since this has to be UP, letter 16 is a U, which can be filled into the appropriate clue answer in the list of clues. Likewise, a three-letter word starting with A could be and, any, all, or even a proper name like Ann. One might need more clue answers before daring to guess which it could be.

  6. Crosswordese - Wikipedia

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    Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...

  7. Astérix et ses Amis - Wikipedia

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    Astérix et ses amis (English: Asterix and his Friends) is a tribute volume published in 2007 by Les Editions Albert René.The full original title is Astérix et ses Amis – Hommage à Albert Uderzo ("Asterix and his friends – homage to Albert Uderzo"").

  8. Asterix and the Soothsayer - Wikipedia

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    Asterix and the Soothsayer (French: Le Devin, "The Diviner") is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). [1] It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972.

  9. Asterix (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Asterix is a French comic book series about ancient Gauls. Asterix may refer to: Computing, science and technology. ASTERIX (ATC standard), a European air traffic ...