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Mistakes:
Asterix and the Class Act
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Continuity
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The short stories contained in Asterix and
the Class Act pose some continuity issues as you shall see:
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The
Young Vitalstatistix?
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Possible Explanation:
Goscinny wrote the story a long time before Uderzo illustrated
it and Uderzo had simply other ideas about Vitalstatistix
since the time Goscinny wrote it.
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The Invisible Phan has the folowing to say
on the matter....
"Note that he was a thin and unmajestic
warrior at the defeat at Alesia ("Chieftain's Shield")
but THAT occurred in 52 BC -- which is why "all Gaul
is occupied" at the time the stories begin (50BC). But
V was (as noted) a young CHIEF when Obelix fell into the potion
... (Possible solution? Since "How Obelix .." is
told *by Asterix* in the first person rather than an omniscient
narrator, possibly he *means* V's father ... *shrug* It would
work a little better that way)"
Max also thinks he has the answer...
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Age chart: 'Asterix's Birth'
Vitalstatistix: 8
Unhygenix, Fulliautomatix, Cacaofonix, Shield Bearers,
Etc.: 4-6
Asterix, Obelix: Just Born or 0
Age chart: 'How Obelix Fell Into the Magic Potion
when He Was a Little Boy'
Vitalstatistix: 14
Unhygenix, Fulliautomatix, Cacaofonix, Shield Bearers,
Etc.: 10-12
Asterix, Obelix: 6
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This would give Vitalstatistix just enough
time to grow a moustache and you can see that adolescent lengthliness
about him. If you follow this age chart everything seems to
fit into place. Besides, in 'Asterix's Birth' all the other
well known villagers are already about the age that Asterix
and Obelix are in "How Obelix, Etc." This chart
makes perfect sense and follows both stories."
Chitrak points out a further problem
"Notice that Vitalstatistix is on The Chieftains Shield
in "how obelix fell". That means how obelix fell
has to have happened after Alesia. Vitalstatistix was 14 when
he went to war? Possible."
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Birthday
Blues
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In 'The Birth of Asterix', Asterix and Obelix
are born on the day same day. Yet
in Obelix and Co, Obelix celebrates his birthday by himself
and no mention is made that it is Asterix's birthday.
This issue is covered in more detail in the
Asterix and the Actress mistakes,
with possible explanations and anaylsis.
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Who
is the village teacher?
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It is established way back in the 2nd Asterix
book, Asterix
and the Golden Sickle (1962) that Cacofonix is the village
teacher in a panel on the first page. This idea was continued
in the 29th Asterix book Asterix
and the Secret Weapon (1992) that Cacofonix is the village
teacher and he is removed from that position by the mothers
of the village.
However, in the story "Asterix and the
Class Act" (1966) it is Getafix, not Cacofonix, who is
taking the children.
It is worth noting that in How
Obelix fell into the Magic Potion when he was a boy (written
in 1965), Getafix is the teacher.
Possible Explanation:
Both Cacofonix and Getafix take turns teaching the children,
but it is not made clear.
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Entering
the Olympic Games
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In Asterix at the Olympic Games, a major plot
point is that the Games are "reserved exclusively
for Greeks - free Hellenic citizens. The only outsiders allowed
are Romans." Because Gaul was now part of the Roman
Empire, they are allowed to compete for the first time.
This means the athelete "Pierre Decoubertix"
talked about in "The Lutetian Olympics", could not
have entered 100 years ago.
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Colouring
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Aideen points out: "In Asterix
and the Class Act on page 10, panel 4, the shield bearer on
the left's trousers are brown. But in the next panel they
have changed to white!!"
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If
you know of any more mistakes in Asterix and the Class Act,
please contact
me.
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