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Mistakes:
Asterix the Gaul
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General
Mistakes
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Take a look at the handle of these cauldrons.
It would be impossible to pick these up in the real world.
Luckily they live in a comic book world eh?
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At page 41 we see Centurion Crismus Bonus'
beard tied up in three knots and then in the very next panel
it is tied in four knots. On the following page the beard
goes back to three knots.
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The number of planks of wood the cart is
made out of keeps changing (varies from 8 - 3). Eg. p26 panel
2 and panel 6.
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The 2004 revised
edition of Asterix the Gaul has a rather unforgivable
spelling mistake. On page, panel 1 it looks like Getafix's
old age gets the better of him when he calls Asterix "AsteriNx".
Somehow I don't think the series would have been so popular
if that was his actual name!
This mispelling doesn't appear in any of my older Asterix
the Gaul editions. Thanks Joseph for pointing this
out!
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Historical
Inaccuracies
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The Romans didn't invent Musical Chairs
- it was the Victorians! This is would be an intentional mistake
- a troungue in cheek reference to the modern world.
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Continuity
Issues
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There are a few continuity issues in
this book, which is to be expected, seeing as Gosicnny and
Uderzo didn't have long to make this - the first Asterix book
- in time for the first issue of "Pilote." And weren't
sure what they wanted to happen later in the series.
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On the first page of the book, we see Obelix
holding an irregular shaped menhir and an axe. This is the
first and only times we see him with the weapon or a menhir
like that. This was due to Goscinny and Uderzo changing their
minds, fearing that it made Obelix to warlike, however they
did not have time to go back and make changes.
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After Asterix and Obelix go check up on Getafix the Druid
he invites them back to his home. Curiously, he brings them
to a cave outside of the village. We never see or hear of
the cave again in subsequent books and is replaced by a
hut inside the village. This odity occured because Goscinny
and Uderzo weren't completely sure what they wanted for
future books and ideas change.
Or if, you want an "Asterix World" explanation,
he probably moved into the hut inside the village because
the chances of the Romans raiding the cave was too great.
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"In the first album, Caesar has
a long pointed nose (p 1) and a vertical broken nose at the
end. In fact, it looks there were two Caesars. Uderzo explained
that it was because he 'worked too fast in those days'."
- Bernard
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If
you know of any more mistakes in Asterix the Gaul, please
contact
me.
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