Synopsis of Asterix

The setting is in a coastal village in Armorica, a province of Gaul in the year 50 BC. Caesar has conquered nearly all of Gaul for the Roman Empire. The single village has held out because of their druid Getafix, who concocts a potion giving temporary superhuman strength. Asterix, because of his brains, is usually given the important tasks of the village. He is aided by his fat and dumb friend Obelix, who fell into a vat of the potion as a child, and has permanent superhuman strength. They are accompanied by Dogmatix, Obelix's dog.

Asterix. Digital image. Asterix.co. Web. 28 May 2010. <http://www.asterix.co.nz/characters/gauls/asterix.jpg>.
"Asterix." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 27 May 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix>.