History WesternAnimation / AsterixAndCleopatra

* {{Blackface}}: Inversion. The African pirate in the pirate's nest turn white from fear when he sees the Gauls appear. This gag has been removed in some home video and TV versions.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The animated film version of the special iced "Arsenic Cake" made by Artifis {{Exaggerate|dTrope}}s this - the cake is made almost entirely out of poison. According to the English version of the VillainSong, it is made out of: Strychnine, Hemlock, Paraffin, Opium, a Leech in Scum, Chopped Frog's Spawn, Arsenic, Narcotic, Castor Oil, Snake's Blood, Crushed Tadpole, Glue, Rat Poison, Cobra's Venom, Mandrake Root, Moldy Fruit and Vitriol. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And an orange slice (for flavor)]]. Somehow, the mixture is also HollywoodAcid, as it [[AteTheSpoon dissolves the spoon]] Artifis uses to stir it.

UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar provokes UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII by saying Egyptians are decadent and not capable of building anything significant anymore. Cleopatra retaliates by betting she can have a gigantic palace built for him in three months. To do so, she tasks the (pretty inept) architect Edifis with it, and shall he fail to pull it off, she would feed him to her crocodiles. Edifis remembers that his distant friend, the Gaulish druid Getafix, can make a potion that grants tremendous strength, and sets sail for his village. Getafix agrees to follow him in Egypt, and so do Asterix and Obelix. Once they get to Egypt, the Gauls have to thwart the attempts by both rival architect Artifis and the Romans to ruin the palace's construction.

UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar provokes UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII by pretending Egyptians are decadent and not capable of building anything significant anymore. Cleopatra retaliates by betting she can have a gigantic palace built for him in three months. To do so, she tasks the (pretty inept) architect Edifis with it, and shall he fail to pull it off, she would feed him to her crocodiles. Edifis remembers that his distant friend, the Gaulish druid Getafix, can make a potion that grants tremendous strength, and sets sail for his village. Getafix accepts to follow him in Egypt, and so do Asterix and Obelix. Once they get to Egypt, the Gauls have to thwart the attempts by both rival architect Artifis and the Romans to ruin the palace's construction.

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* ScarySymbolicShapeshifting: During the "Arsenic Cake Song," while singing the line "to watch a sacred crocodile," Artifis and Krukhut turn into crocodiles for a few frames. This is not only a reference to the crocodile they're singing about, but also a reference to their wicked and murderous intentions.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The pirates look different in this film than in the comics and the later animated films. The captain is taller and more muscular, and his hair is more orange than red. The lookout in the crow's nest is smaller, and the wisecracking old pirate is replaced by a parrot.

* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The animated film version of the special iced "Arsenic Cake" made by Artifis takes this UpToEleven - the cake is made almost entirely out of poison. According to the English version of the VillainSong, it is made out of: Strychnine, Hemlock, Paraffin, Opium, a Leech in Scum, Chopped Frog's Spawn, Arsenic, Narcotic, Castor Oil, Snake's Blood, Crushed Tadpole, Glue, Rat Poison, Cobra's Venom, Mandrake Root, Moldy Fruit and Vitriol. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And an orange slice (for flavor)]]. Somehow, the mixture is also HollywoodAcid, as it [[AteTheSpoon dissolves the spoon]] Artifis uses to stir it.

** Additionally, the traffic cop seen in the streets of Alexandria after the opening credits takes a similar hieroglyph pose and stands there, motionless, while another Egyptian turns him around to regulate traffic.

* {{Adorkable}} The Lion of Cleopatra.

* OdeToFood: When Obelix is hungry, he sings a song called "When You're Eating Well, You're Well" about various food and drink, including beer, boar, meet in general, cheese, and bones (for Dogmatix).

UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar provokes UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII by pretending Egyptians are decadent and not capable of building anything significant anymore. Cleopatra retaliates by betting she can have a gigantic palace built for him in three months. To do so, she tasks the (pretty inept) architect Edifis with it, and shall he fail to pull it off, she would feed him to her crocodiles. Edifis remembers that his distant friend, the Gaulish druid Getafix, can make a potion that grants tremendous strength, and sets sail for his village. Getafix accepts to follow him in Egypt, and so do Asterix and Obelix. Once they get to Egypt, the Gauls have to thwart the attempts by both rival architect Artifis and the Romans to ruin the construction.

* InformedAttribute: Cleopatra's lion is brought to her during her bath. The servant who brings it on a leash has to sing about the animal symbolising courage and the like ([[ServileSnarker while thinking otherwise]]). Indeed, the animal is just a goofball.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: In the comic book, the spy Caesar sends on the construction site is a regular Egyptian who gets to taste the magic potion. In the film, he's a mysterious {{shapeshift|ing}}er and master of ChameleonCamouflage whose face is never seen (only his big nose).

* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: How Artifis managed to make a cake without eggs or flour is never explained. It's even lampshaded as, just before turning the large bowl of toxic batter upside down on the table without having baked it (revealing it as looking quite like a normal cake, which has somehow already been frosted), Artifis gives a wink to the viewer, as if to say "Just wait till you see our little trick!". It isn't explained, either, how he was able to bake something that contains ''petrol'' without exploding along with his mixture.