History NightmareFuel / Asterix

* The teenage boy in ''Asterix and the Normans'' being surrounded by vicious looking Vikings, [[NightmareRetardant until]] their leader walks towards him and demands: "Make us scared!"
* Asterix and Obelix lost at sea to the point of starvation in ''Asterix and the Great Crossing''. Obelix, delusional with hunger, walks off the boat in a daze and almost gets himself and Dogmatix drowned. They're only saved because they had managed to drift within eye distance of land.
* The start of ''Asterix and the Soothsayer''. A storm is raining down on the village and a strange, creepy old man in a wolf skin enters the chieftain's home to predict the future by cutting open a fish. The soothsayer's face can also be seen in a lot of dramatic close-ups in the shadows.
* "Asterix And Son" is pretty comedic overall, but gets one ''hell'' of a MoodWhiplash near the end. Angered by the failed attempts at kidnapping the baby, [[spoiler: in reality the infant son of Caesar and Cleopatra]], Brutus leads a night attack against the village, ordering the troops to set fire to it using ballistas. The village quickly turns into a raging inferno, and Vitalstatistix sends his wife to lead the women and children to safety on the beach while he leads the men in a counterattack. The women reach the beach...only to find Brutus waiting for them. What really makes this bad is that in the chaos, ''the women were not given any potion'', leaving them effectively defenseless.

* ''Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar'', the first live action film adaptation of the comics, is a little darker than expected especially in the arena sequence. It covers phobias for all tastes since it features snakes being thrown into Asterix's cage, him escaping at the last second from lions and crocodiles and perhaps most disturbingly of all sinking into a pool filled with thousands of tarantulas which cover every inch of him. And let's not even get started on the deformed brute that almost strangles him...

* [[index]]''NightmareFuel/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix''[[/index]] has its own page.
* The storm scene in ''WesternAnimation/AsterixVersusCaesar'' (the animated movie), when the pair is split up in the streets of Rome. Having Asterix nearly drowning in a dungeon, Dogmatix being flushed through the sewers, and Obelix desperately searching for both of them makes this easily the darkest moment in all ''Asterix'' history.
* The soothsayer in ''Asterix and the Big Fight'', especially the way he cuts up a fish to tell fate from it... and then uses it as a hand puppet. It should be funny. It's not.

* ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' has [[NightmareFuel/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix its own page]].

* The storm scene in ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (the animated movie), when the pair is split up in the streets of Rome. Having Asterix nearly drowning in a dungeon, Dogmatix being flushed through the sewers, and Obelix desperately searching for both of them makes this easily the darkest moment in all ''Asterix'' history.

* The storm scene in ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (the animated movie). Having Asterix nearly drowning in a dungeon, Dogmatix being flushed through the sewers, and Obelix desperately searching for both of them makes this easily the darkest moment in all history of ''Asterix''.

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* ''Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar'', the first live-action film adaptation of the comics, is a little darker than expected especially in the arena sequence. It covers phobias for all tastes since it features snakes being thrown into Asterix's cage, him escaping at the last second from lions and crocodiles and perhaps most disturbingly of all sinking into a pool filled with thousands of tarantulas which cover every inch of him. And let's not even get started on the deformed brute that almost strangles him...

* The first live-action adaptation of the comic is a little darker than expected especially in the Asterix in Colosseum sequence. It covers phobias for all tastes since it features snakes being thrown into Asterix's cage, him escaping at the last second from lions and crocodiles and perhaps most disturbingly of all sinking into a pool filled with thousands of tarantulas which cover every inch of him. And let's not even get started on the deformed brute that almost strangles him...

* "Asterix And Son" is pretty comedic overall, but gets one ''hell'' of a MoodWhiplash near the end. Angered by the failed attempts at kidnapping the baby, [[spoiler: in reality the infant son of Caesar and Cleopatra]], Brutus leads a night attack against the village, ordering the troops to set fire to it using ballistas. The village quickly turns into a raging inferno, and Vitalstatistix sends his wife to lead the women and children to safety on the beach while he leads the men in a counterattack. The women reach the beach...only to find Brutus waiting for them. What really makes this bad is that in the chaos, ''the women were not given any potion'', leaving them effectively defenceless.

* Asterix and Obelix lost at sea to the point of starvation in ''Asterix and the Great Crossing''.

* There's definitely a certain atmosphere of AdultFear in "Asterix and Son" with armed forces kidnapping a baby.

* ''The Twelve Tasks of Asterix'' is full of examples.
** The Place That Sends You Mad (and an honorable mention goes to the [[SurrealHorror Cave of the Beast]] beforehand). The House itself isn't that terrifying, but seeing the effects ''is'', especially when there are some genuinely terrifying things among all of the kid-friendly crazies. Woman running down the street acting like a chicken? Hah--man, that's fun. Man with a SlasherSmile, following her with an [[AxCrazy axe]] and chopping wildly? Oh... God.
** The Egyptian hypnotist is also creepy, with his glowing eyes.
** Speaking of eyes, the Roman who ends up giving them permit A38. Think [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Judge Doom]].
** In the eleventh task, where they have to sleep on a haunted plain. Like the Cave of the Beast, it's [[LostRomanLegion pretty disturbing]] until the moment Asterix starts to argue with the centurion ghost. At which point it turns into a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
** In one scene, Caesar pulls a genuinely creepy SlasherSmile followed by an EvilLaugh, after pondering whether Asterix and Obelix will survive the next task. This is immediately followed by a shot of the senators trying to hide under the table, being just as creeped out as the viewers, brilliantly lampshading this, but not quite managing to serve as NightmareRetardant.

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** In the eleventh task, where they have to sleep on a haunted plain. Like the Cave of the Beast, it's [[ArmyOfTheDead pretty disturbing]] until the moment Asterix starts to argue with the centurion ghost. At which point it turns into a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* The first live-action adaptation of the comic is a little darker than expected especially in the Asterix in Colosseum sequence. It covers all tastes of phobias since it features snakes being thrown into Asterix's cage, him escaping at the last second from lions and crocodiles and perhaps most disturbingly of all sinking into a pool filled with thousands of tarantulas which cover every inch of him. And let's not even get started on the deformed brute that almost strangles him...

* The first live-action adaptation of the comic is a little darker than expected and the Asterix in Colosseum sequence will probably terrify people with specific phobias since it features snakes being thrown into Asterix's cage, him escaping at the last second from lions and crocodiles and perhaps most disturbingly of all sinking into a pool filled with thousands of tarantulas which cover every inch of him. And let's not even get started on the deformed brute that almost strangled him...

!!! The comics:

!!! The animated films:

** Speaking of eyes, the Roman who ends up giving them permit A38. Think [[WhoFramedRogerRabbit Judge Doom]].

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!!! The comics

* There's definitely a certain atmosphere of AdultFear in "Asterix and Son" with armed forces kidnapping a baby.

!!! The animated films

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* The teenage boy in ''Asterix and the Normans'' being surrounded by vicious looking Vikings, until their leader walks towards him and demands: "Make us scared!"

* The teenage boy in "Asterix and the Normans" being surrounded by vicious looking Vikings, until their leader walks towards him and demands: "Make us scared!"
* Asterix and Obelix lost at sea to the point of starvation in "Asterix and the Great Crossing".
* The start of "Asterix and the Soothsayer". A storm is raining down on the village and a strange, creepy old man in a wolf skin enters the chieftain's home to predict the future by cutting open a fish. The soothsayer's face can also be seen in a lot of dramatic close-ups in the shadows.

* The soothsayer in ''Asterix and the Big Fight'' terrified this troper when she was a child. It's the way he cuts up a fish to tell fate from it... and then uses it as a hand puppet. It should be funny. It's not.
* The Place That Sends You Mad from ''Asterix and the Twelve Tasks'' (and an honorable mention goes to the [[SurrealHorror Cave of the Beast]] beforehand). The House itself isn't that terrifying, but seeing the effects ''is'', especially when there are some genuinely terrifying things among all of the kid-friendly crazies. Woman running down the street acting like a chicken? Hah--man, that's fun. Man with a SlasherSmile, following her with an [[AxCrazy axe]] and chopping wildly? Oh... God.
** The Egyptian hypnotist in "The 12 Tasks" is also creepy, with his glowing eyes.
** Not to mention the eleventh task, where they have to sleep on a haunted plain. Like the Cave of the Beast it's [[ArmyOfTheDead pretty disturbing]] until the moment Asterix starts to argue with the centurion ghost. At which point it turns into a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

** The storm scene in ''Asterix Versus Caesar'' (the animated movie). Having Asterix nearly drowning in a dungeon, Dogmatix being flushed through the sewers, and Obelix desperately searching for both of them makes this easily the darkest moment in all history of ''Asterix''.
** The soothsayer in ''Asterix and the Big Fight'' terrified this troper when she was a child. It's the way he cuts up a fish to tell fate from it... and then uses it as a hand puppet. It should be funny. It's not.
** The Place That Sends You Mad from ''Asterix and the Twelve Tasks'' (and an honorable mention goes to the [[SurrealHorror Cave of the Beast]] beforehand). The House itself isn't that terrifying, but seeing the effects ''is'', especially when there are some genuinely terrifying things among all of the kid-friendly crazies. Woman running down the street acting like a chicken? Hah--man, that's fun. Man with a SlasherSmile, following her with an [[AxCrazy axe]] and chopping wildly? [[NightmareFuel Oh... God.]]
*** The Egyptian hypnotist in "The 12 Tasks" is also creepy, with his glowing eyes.
*** Not to mention the eleventh task, where they have to sleep on a haunted plain. Like the Cave of the Beast it's [[ArmyOfTheDead pretty disturbing]] until the moment Asterix starts to argue with the centurion ghost. At which point it turns into a {{Crowning Moment of Funny}}.
*** In one scene, Caesar pulls a genuinely creepy SlasherSmile followed by an EvilLaugh, after pondering whether Asterix and Obelix will survive the next task. This is immediately followed by a shot of the senators trying to hide under the table, being just as creeped out as the viewers, brilliantly lampshading this, but not quite managing to serve as NightmareRetardant.

* The start of "Asterix and the Soothsayer". A storm is raining down on the village and a strange, creepy old man in a wolf skin enters the chieftain's home to predict the future by cutting open a fish. Also a lot of dramatic close-ups of his creepy face in the shadows.