Asterix and Son
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| Asterix and Son | |
| Original French title |
Le Fils d'Asterix |
|---|---|
| Story | Albert Uderzo |
| Illustrations | Albert Uderzo |
| French edition | 1983 |
| English translation |
1983 |
| Preceded by | Asterix and the Black Gold |
| Followed by | Asterix and the Magic Carpet |
Asterix and Son is the twenty-seventh volume of the Asterix comic book series, created by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations).
[edit] Plot summary
In this story, a baby boy inexplicably appears at the porch of Asterix's house one morning. While taking care of him - a horrifying task for two single men - Asterix, along with Obelix and Dogmatix, sets out to discover who left the baby there and whose parents it belongs to, following a lead left with the baby's sheets. Curiously, they find that the Romans seem to be very interested in the child, too - and all in the interests of Marcus Junius Brutus, Caesar's adopted son.
While in the village, the baby twice drinks a great deal of magic potion, after which he becomes a "terrible little monster" to every door in the neighborhood and every spy sent to capture him. Finally, Brutus takes matters into his own hands, attacking the village with his own legions and burning it to the ground, while he himself goes after the baby. He manages to kidnap him temporarily - with the help of the ever-present pirates - but soon Asterix and Obelix catch up with him and give him a taste of why they are considered the terror of the Romans.
Just as the Gauls try to make Brutus reveal the truth, a few unexpected arrivals by Caesar and Cleopatra themselves resolve the child's mystery; he is none other than Ptolemy XV Caesarion (born 23 June 47 BC), the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Brutus had wanted to kill him, so Cleopatra left him in the village to protect him.
The story ends with the banquet on Cleopatra's royal barge where even Caesar joins in.
[edit] In other languages
- Dutch: De zoon van Asterix
- Finnish: Asterixin poika, also translated to Rauma dialect as Asteriksim boikkane mukul ("Asterix's boy tot")
- German: Der Sohn des Asterix
- Greek: Ο γιος του Αστερίξ
- Italian: Il figlio di Asterix
- Norwegian: Asterix & sønn
- Portuguese: O filho de Astérix
- Polish: Syn Asteriksa
- Serbian: Астерикс и син
- Turkish: Asteriks'in Oğlu
