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* ISurrenderSuckers: After leaving the village (see ScrewThisImOuttaHere below), Asterix and Getafix go to the Roman camp to confront Convolvulus, and tell him he's won. Of course, it's all a trick to make the Romans think the Gauls are vulnerable now, so they launch an attack the village the old fashioned way, leaving their camp and the cauldron with fake magic potion completely undefended.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fulliautomatix is being a bit of a dick when lecturing Unhygenix about the smell of fish as they spy on the Romans, but it is exactly that that tips the Romans off that they're being watched.

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* ISurrenderSuckers: After leaving the village (see ScrewThisImOuttaHere below), Asterix and Getafix go to the Roman camp to confront Convolvulus, and tell him he's won. Of course, it's all a trick to make the Romans think the Gauls are vulnerable now, so they launch an attack on the village the old fashioned way, leaving their camp and the cauldron with fake magic potion completely undefended.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Fulliautomatix is being a bit of a dick when lecturing Unhygenix about the smell of fish as they spy on the Romans, but it is exactly that smell that tips the Romans off that they're being watched.



* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged with Convolvulus, who got imprisoned for spreading zizanie, but escaped death as his sole presence caused the lions to devour themselves. At the end of the story he's sent back to Rome in chains for treason after having been framed by Asterix, but the narration mentions that he'll always get away in the end.

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* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged with Convolvulus, who got imprisoned for spreading zizanie, discord everywhere, but escaped death as his sole presence caused the lions to devour themselves.each other. At the end of the story he's sent back to Rome in chains for treason after having been framed by Asterix, but the narration mentions that he'll always get away in the end.



** Centurion Platypus asking what exactly his troops are doing with clubs instead of weapons gets speech balloons bordered by flowers to indicate he's about to start yelling.

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** Centurion Platypus asking what exactly his troops are doing with clubs instead of weapons gets speech balloons bordered by flowers to indicate he's about to start talking in a sarcastically sweet tone, right before he starts yelling.



** Vitalstatistix falls off his shield even more often than usual, and goes from being angry about it to simply being mentally exhausted.

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** Vitalstatistix falls off his shield even more often than usual, and goes from being angry about it to simply being mentally exhausted.
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Meanwhile at the village, everyone is preparing for the Vitalstatistix's birthday celebration. As the chief practices his birthday speech, Impedimenta points out that claiming to be surprised by what the villagers give him is ridiculous, and they give him the same junk (a mixture of swords, shields, menhirs and stuffed fish) every year. Then Convolvulus arrives carrying a valuable vase (taken from the tent of the legion commander of the base he's operating out of), which he says is a gift from Rome to the most important Gaul in the village. The whole village gathers to see Rome offer tribute to a Gaul, only for Convolvulus to walk past Vitalstatistix and give the vase to Asterix. After the Roman leaves, the village wonders why the vase was given to Asterix and not the chief. A gathering of the village wives (including the wives of Geriatrix and Fulliautomatix, who are introduced in this volume) combines the facts that Asterix is a close friend of Getafix and the Roman's gift and concludes that the druid told Asterix the secret of the magic potion and that Asterix sold it to the Romans.

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Meanwhile at the village, everyone is preparing for the Vitalstatistix's birthday celebration. As the chief practices his birthday speech, Impedimenta points out that claiming to be surprised by what the villagers give him is ridiculous, and as they give him the same junk (a mixture of swords, shields, menhirs and stuffed fish) every year. Then Convolvulus arrives carrying a valuable vase (taken from the tent of the legion commander of the base he's operating out of), which he says is a gift from Rome to the most important Gaul in the village. The whole village gathers to see Rome offer tribute to a Gaul, only for Convolvulus to walk past Vitalstatistix and give the vase to Asterix. After the Roman leaves, the village wonders why the vase was given to Asterix and not the chief. A gathering of the village wives (including the wives of Geriatrix and Fulliautomatix, who are introduced in this volume) combines the facts that Asterix is a close friend of Getafix and the Roman's gift and concludes that the druid told Asterix the secret of the magic potion and that Asterix sold it to the Romans.

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* KarmaHoudini: Zigzagged with Convolvulus, who got imprisoned for spreading zizanie, but escaped death as his sole presence caused the lions to devour themselves. At the end of the story he's sent back to Rome in chains for treason after having been framed by Asterix, but the narration mentions that he'll always get away in the end.



* OnlySaneMan: Aside from Getafix (the sole villager to never fall influence to one of Convolvulus' speeches), Asterix, Obelix and oddly enough Unhygenix, serves as this for a good portion of the story. He buys into the belief that the Romans have the potion due to observing their trick, but for the rest of the story he remains on Asterix's side and tries to break up the fish fights.

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* OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan:
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Aside from Getafix (the sole villager to never fall influence to one of Convolvulus' speeches), Asterix, Obelix and oddly enough Unhygenix, serves as this for a good portion of the story. He buys into the belief that the Romans have the potion due to observing their trick, but for the rest of the story he remains on Asterix's side and tries to break up the fish fights.fights.
** Convolvulus, to his great chagrin, himself is this within the Romans whose stupidity causes them to misunderstand his plans, believe that they truly have the magic potion even when he explains to them that they are faking it, knock each other out due to their misunderstanding of of psychological warfare, or arguing about the loot distribution before they even reached the village.
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* ISurrenderSuckers: After leaving the village (see ScrewThisImOuttaHere below), Asterix and Getafix go to the roman camp to confront Convolvulus, and tell him he’s won. Of course, it’s all a trick to make the Romans think the Gauls are vulnerable now, so they launch an attack the village the old fashioned way, leaving their camp and the cauldron with fake magic potion completely undefended.

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* ISurrenderSuckers: After leaving the village (see ScrewThisImOuttaHere below), Asterix and Getafix go to the roman Roman camp to confront Convolvulus, and tell him he’s won. Of course, it’s all a trick to make the Romans think the Gauls are vulnerable now, so they launch an attack the village the old fashioned way, leaving their camp and the cauldron with fake magic potion completely undefended.



* OnlySaneMan: Aside from Getafix (the sole villager to never fall influence to one of Convolvulus' speeches), Asterix and Obelix, Unhygenix, oddly enough, serves as this for a good portion of the story. He buys into the belief that the Romans have the potion due to observing their trick, but for the rest of the story he remains on Asterix's side and tries to break up the fish fights.

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* OnlySaneMan: Aside from Getafix (the sole villager to never fall influence to one of Convolvulus' speeches), Asterix Asterix, Obelix and Obelix, oddly enough Unhygenix, oddly enough, serves as this for a good portion of the story. He buys into the belief that the Romans have the potion due to observing their trick, but for the rest of the story he remains on Asterix's side and tries to break up the fish fights.

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