"village fishmonger is called Unhygienix. In the film ""The Beach"", the Island's chef has only fish as a source of meat, and is named Unhygienix in reference to the Asterix character. In Shakespeare's ""Hamlet,"" some contend that the word ""fishmonger"" was a euphemism for a ""fleshmonger,"" or pimp. Fishmonger A fishmonger (fishwife for female practitioners - ""wife"" in this case used in its archaic meaning of ""woman"") is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers, and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some"
"however, prefers the scent of his own stock; a preference that explains why his product is such a delicate topic. Asterix and the Great Crossing Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). Unhygienix has run out of fresh fish. Since his stock has to be transported from Lutetia (modern-day Paris), it will be some time before the next delivery. However Getafix says he can't wait since he needs some for his potion. Asterix and Obelix volunteer to resolve the issue by going fishing, to"
"and has not renewed the guild pact, making members of the Guild age rapidly. Candra needs knowledge regarding Dr. Essex (Mr. Sinister) to prepare herself against Apocalypse, and Gambit offers to provide it, yet the Guild have learned Essex’s whereabouts too and prefer to work off Candra’s debt themselves. Gambit grabs Jean-Luc and leaves, and the pair head to New York, where Essex lives under the alias of Dr. Milbury. When Courier and Gambit reach New York, they find Sinister disguised as an obstetrician. Courier shapeshifts into a woman and makes an appointment, but Sinister discovers that 'she' is a"
"sophistication of the main ""Asterix"" creative team, and have little or no editing for continuity. Although widely translated (not by the regular English translators of the ""Asterix"" comics), these comics did not become very popular, and are mostly forgotten. These works (English editions) also contain many glaring mistakes. The Chief's wife is referred to as ""Bacteria"" while her actual name is Impedimenta. Bacteria is the name of the fishmonger's wife in the English editions In 1983, an attempt was made to revive the series with two new stories. These were translated by Derek Hockridge and Anthea Bell, who were the"
"Obelix's name is a pun on the French word ""obélisque"" (obelisk), suggested by rotund physique and his habit of casually carrying heavy stone monuments (Menhir) around with him. In fact ""obelisk"" is also (in both French and English) a variant of the word obelus (""obèle""), a typographical mark (""†"") often found in a companion role to that of the asterisk, after which his friend Asterix is named. Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted"
"Obelix Obelix (; ) is a cartoon character and protagonist in the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix's best friend. Obelix is noted for his fatness, the menhirs he carries around on his back and his superhuman strength. He fell into a cauldron of the Gauls' magic potion when he was a baby, causing him to be the only Gaul in Asterix's village who is in a permanent state of superhuman strength. Because of this already enormous strength, Obelix is not allowed to drink the magic potion ever again, a"
"to various mysteries of life. These rooms include: The Unspeakables are the group of wizards who work in the Department of Mysteries (their identities classified for security reasons). Known Unspeakables include Broderick Bode, Croaker, and Augustus Rookwood who is a Death Eater. The following characters are notable Ministry of Magic officials. Arthur Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Nymphadora Tonks are listed under Order of the Phoenix. Yaxley is listed under Death Eaters. Ludovic ""Ludo"" Bagman is a retired professional Quidditch player, formerly a highly successful Beater for the Wimbourne Wasps and England's international team, whose good looks have gone a bit"
"pests. Eryn Lewellyn is a human cleric of the Carpocratian order who works for Dwarkin Exterminators. There appears to be a serious conflict between the Carpocratian order and the Yeshuan sect of Pauline Bethesda. Greywinder is a dwarven magic-user in the employ of Dwarkin Exterminators. He is crotchety and overly opinionated, and feels right at home in underground tight spaces. Kashlueque is the ancient elven valet/personal assistant/confidant to Vincent Capulous. Kashlueque is deeply involved in Capulous criminal activities, and is particularly sinister in his own right. Manchester Lane is one of the most high-profile—and expensive—defense attorneys on the continent. He"
"this is inconsistent with the comic ""Obelix and Co."", where only Obelix's birthday is celebrated). He generally works as a menhir delivery man. His passions in life are hanging around with Asterix, hunting and eating wild boar, making and carrying his menhirs, and beating up Roman legionnaries (and occasionally collecting their helmets). Obelix has a little dog named Dogmatix (Fr. ""Idéfix""), whom he adores. His parents live now in Condate (as seen in ""Asterix and the Actress"") and his distant cousin Metallurgix, a golden sickle maker, lives in Lutetia (as seen in ""Asterix and the Golden Sickle""). Obelix's favourite food"
"works as a playground monitor at the elementary school. She also has a fairly obvious crush on Lowly. It is also revealed that she's allergic to roses. She is around 6 years old. Jason the Mason: a pig mason who specializes in building brick foundations and chimneys. Although skilled at his trade, he is somewhat clumsy. Sawdust the Carpenter: a cat carpenter who builds houses. He sometimes works alone and sometimes with several apprentices. Fred: A squid who runs a fish and chips business. Doctor Lion: a lion doctor who runs both a private practice and works at the Busytown"
"extremely distressed at the tasks for which he trains them. He eventually helps Liir to destroy the dragons, and while fleeing from the enraged Home Guard, the two engage in a romantic relationship. Sisters Doctor and Apothecaire: Maunts in the Cloister of Saint Glinda, and professional rivals who do not think highly of the other's medical skills. Sister Doctor is described as beefy, with questionable credentials, but is an excellent diagnostician. Sister Apothecaire is a Munchkin who previously acted as Matron's Assistant at the Respite of Incurables in the Emerald City. Both sisters give Liir small chance of recovery when"
"you are... utterly… and contemptibly… sinister!"", with her dying words. Essex agreed to Nur's offer and was ordered to create a plague to destroy the weak of the world, as Nur's first prelate. In his alien ship, Apocalypse painfully transformed Essex into an ageless being of extraordinary pallor with telekinesis, asking him to shed his past name and choose another. With his new abilities and dispassionate outlook, Essex took the new name, ""Sinister"", Rebecca's last words to him. Sinister has shown an obsession with Scott Summers, and the Summers genetic line. This led Sinister to create a clone of Jean"
"Philip, later elevated to captain of the bodyguards as compensation for a humiliating attack by a rival. Demosthenes – Athenian political orator, diplomat, and soldier, portrayed as arrogant, selfish, and venal (The strongly negative portrayal of Demosthenes in the novel has been one of the main criticisms leveled against it). Demosthenes is the most visible antagonist against Philip's drive for empire. Phoinix – Alexander's pedagogue, who provides him emotional solace and imaginative inspiration. Leonidas – Olympias' uncle and Alexander's great-uncle. Leonidas serves as regent of Macedon during one of Philip's absences and seeks to toughen Alexander into an obedient, hard"
"no expected economic return are favored above anything but medical research, on the theory that longer lifespans will consume more surplus. The story's protagonist, Hamilton Felix (surname first), is the archetypal übermensch. Felix is the penultimate step in a ""star line"" designed to breed for the highest-quality human characteristics. However, he lacks eidetic memory, which disqualifies him for what many consider to be humanity's most important occupation: that of an ""encyclopedic synthesist"", one who analyzes the sum total of human knowledge for untapped potential. As such, he finds his life—and the society he lives in—to be enjoyable but meaningless. However,"
"Asterix and the Great Crossing Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). Unhygienix has run out of fresh fish. Since his stock has to be transported from Lutetia (modern-day Paris), it will be some time before the next delivery. However Getafix says he can't wait since he needs some for his potion. Asterix and Obelix volunteer to resolve the issue by going fishing, to which end they borrow a boat from Geriatrix. After a storm, they get lost, but despite Obelix's concerns, they do"
"Stockill: The lead doctor at the Asylum, interested in creating toxic compounds and administering his concoctions to the inmates. Son of Madame Mournington. Madame Mournington: Headmistress of the Asylum. Mother of Dr. Stockill. Supposedly mourning the death of her infant daughter from years before. Count de Rothsberg: Buys Emily with the intent to use and abuse her, like he has done with previous girls before her. Is a patron of Dr. Stockill, and frequents the asylum. Anne: A former pupil of the Unfortunate Girl's Music Conservatoire whom Count de Rothsberg deemed unworthy of serving him as an amusement, and is"
"a librarian knight and is pitted against the Guardians of the Night, including Xanth Filantine. The character of Vox Verlix is mentioned, setting up for the sixth book, Vox. Rook Barkwater lives in the network of sewer-chambers beneath Undertown, in which a society of librarians has established itself, secretly opposing the cruel Guardians of Night. Rook, a lowly under-librarian, dreams of becoming a librarian knight—one of the select few to travel into the Deepwoods and gather information which may lead to the discovery of the cure to stone-sickness (an affliction which has destroyed the buoyant rocks, making skysailing impossible). Rook"
"with finding the cure to the disease. She wears a white coat, red lipstick and compulsively clicks her pen. Private Kieran Gallagher – a young soldier at Hotel Echo. Mr. Whitaker – the only male teacher at Hotel Echo. Dr. Jean Selkirk – a teacher at Hotel Echo, and Dr. Caldwell's surgical assistant. Miss Mailer – a teacher at Hotel Echo. ""Hungry"" children: Anne, Kenny, Ronnie, Lizzie, Steven, Tom, Siobhan, Joanne, Liam, Marcia, Andrew. Twenty years ago humanity was infected by a variant of the fungus ""Ophiocordyceps unilateralis"". The infected, referred to as ""hungries"", quickly lose their mental powers and"
"as Raven, Graves or Deathshead. The few visitors he welcomes to his home are mostly of a similar cast of mind: Mr Flosky, a transcendental philosopher; Mr Toobad, a Manichaean Millenarian; Mr Listless, Scythrop's languid and world-weary college friend; and Mr Cypress, a misanthropic poet. The only exception is the sanguine Mr Hilary, who, as Mr Glowry's brother-in-law, is obliged to visit the abbey from family interests. The Reverend Mr Larynx, the vicar of nearby Claydyke, readily adapts himself to whatever company he is in. Scythrop is recovering from a love affair which ended badly when Mr Glowry and the"
"Lena refers to her as ""the yellow-haired freak."" Marty Ringo - Checkout clerk at the pharmacy, also likes to gossip. Has a hairy mole on her forehead that could have been cast in Day of the Triffids. Old Man Burgess - Elderly and hirsute of nostril and ear canal, Bill Burgess owns the dry cleaners. In ""Indelible"" he helps stop the shooters from escaping with his handy shotgun, but almost kills everyone on the street with ricocheting buckshot from trying to fire through bulletproof glass. Dave Fine - Pastor of Crescent Baptist Church, where Brad Stephens, Matt Hogan, Hank Norton,"
"Astérix. Before that, he was also the mascot of the magazine ""Pilote"". Asterix is a diminutive but fearless and cunning warrior, ever eager for new adventures. He lives around 50 BC in a fictional village in northwest Armorica (a region of ancient Gaul mostly equivalent to modern Brittany). This village is celebrated as the only part of Gaul still not conquered by Julius Caesar and his Roman legions. The inhabitants of the village gain superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion prepared by the druid, Getafix (). The village is surrounded by, on one side, the ocean, and on the"
"the storm is over, the weather will improve"" and that there will be a fight (Revealed to be caused by the typical argument of Unhygenix's poor-quality fish, which he had provided for the soothsayer to examine the entrails). But not all are impressed; Asterix alone dares question the qualities of this soothsayer, who ""is"" in fact a fraud. Although Asterix can see this, not everyone is convinced, most notably Impedimenta, the chief's wife. Partly out of superstition and partly out of personal ambition, she convinces the soothsayer (known also by the name ""Prolix"") to remain in official hiding near the"
"and the angel Zauriel who also tell him they will be keeping an eye on him. At first Colleen assumes that they are role-players. Vext also must deal with the mistake-prone Department of Motor Vehicles. In one rare moment of 'luck', Colleen's treat of a fast food hamburger comes complete with an army of sentient microscopic bacteria. Vext's non-earthly biology swiftly deals with them, saving many innocent people. A sub-thread running through the series is an amoral, murderous adventurer and his two equally homicidal assistants who wish to gain power through the exploitation of minor gods such as Vext. Much"
"the ethics of science, though he maintains that he is a scientist because he wants to ""understand the world"". Armstrong is a cold, ruthless physician who is particularly interested with the structure of the human body. He is staying with the Fenwicks after Dr. Farleigh (a character never seen on stage) persuades Dr. Fenwick to ""take him on for three months"". Isobel is the maid of the Fenwick household. She is originally from lowland Scotland and has a hunchback. Although timid, Isobel has a passion for words and it is evident that she is an intelligent, though self-conscious person. Ellen"
"the Officer. The former slaves travel with Asterix, Dogmatix and Getafix to rescue Obelix who is en route to Rome by galley under Crustacius' supervision. When they recover Obelix on the high seas, Getafix proposes Atlantis as their next destination to help Obelix recover his adult shape. After dropping off Crustacius and his adjutant with the ever-returning pirates - who are also offered Caesar's galley to bring back to Rome for a reward, as compensation for Asterix having (this time accidentally) sunk their ship - Getafix brings them to the remnants of Atlantis (the Canary Islands), where the Atlantides have"
"which she wants to play a leading part. Sixteen-year-old Eustace has polio. He is handsome and intelligent, yet embittered by his disability. His twelve-year-old sister Josephine, on the other hand, is ugly, precociously intelligent, and obsessed with detective stories. She spies continually on the rest of the household, letting everyone know that she is writing down her observations in a secret notebook. Leonides had secretly personally rewritten (to the surprise of his lawyer Mr Gaitskill) his will to leave everything to Philip's daughter Sophia. He believed that she alone had the strength of character to assume his place as the"
"death (He gets sucked up by a vacuum cleaner). He can fly, lift heavy objects, understand human speech and type poetry. He is also insatiably hungry. George Buckman: Flora’s father, a small and sad man who hasn’t smiled since his divorce, that is, until he is ""saved"" by Ulysses. Phyllis Buckman: Flora’s mother is a romance novelist whose most prized possession is a lamp which she calls Mary. She calls it Mary because she has a little lamb. Tootie Tickham: Flora’s neighbor who loves poetry and receives a very powerful vacuum cleaner from her husband. William Spiver: Mrs. Tickham’s nephew"
"the fishing detail. For several months, Richard finds life on the island idyllic, fishing in the mornings and relaxing the rest of the time. He finds friends in a few other members of the community: Keaty, a fellow Englishman hooked on his Game Boy; Gregorio, a Spaniard on his fishing detail; Unhygienix, the Italian head chef obsessed with soap since he handles fish every day; Jesse and Cassie, two lovers; Ella, who works second-in-command to Unhygienix; and finally, Jed — the loner of the group whose mysterious job involves going alone into the jungle. Richard later discovers that Jed has"
"the disguise of a man, after he refused to take her with him. Despite being angry, he reluctantly keeps her amongst his crew. Meanwhile, in the rebel village of Gauls, the villagers welcome the arrival of chief Vitalstatistix's nephew Justforkix, who is to be trained to be a man. However his nephew is more interested in chasing girls, using a bird to send messages to them, and is a vegetarian, much to the dismay of Obelix, who can't get him to try wild boar. Both he and Asterix decide to train him to be a warrior, but have little success"
"hero again. After staging a breakout, they free a female Chimera Sui Generis (Vilgax's species) named Myaxx, who is Azmuth's assistant; she had switched her DNA signature for Azmuth's when he refused to give her credit for helping to create the Omnitrix. Myaxx is also unable to disarm the self-destruct, which will not only kill Ben, but most of the universe's inhabitants, including Earth itself, but Myaxx knows how to find Azmuth, and leads them to Xenon, where he is currently hiding on. However, Ben's archenemy Vilgax, who has escaped the Null Void, also picks up on the Omnitrix's self-destruct"
"to retrieve him. Asterix and Obelix travel to Condatum, where they learn that Tragicomix has already left for Massilia, the Mediterranean port from which the soldiers depart, and themselves enlist in the army to follow him, alongside Hemispheric the Goth; Selectivemploymentax the Briton; Gastronomix the Belgian; Neveratalos the Greek; and Ptenisnet, an Egyptian tourist who spends the entire book believing himself to be in a holiday camp. After completing basic training (and repeatedly and comically driving their instructors to the verge of tears), the newly formed unit sets off as reinforcements to Caesar against Scipio, Afranius, and King Juba I"
"the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant"". He entered the cloister in his forties after being both a soldier and a sailor; this worldly experience gives him an array of talents and skills useful in monastic life. He is a skilled observer of human nature, inquisitive by nature, energetic, a talented herbalist (work he learned in the Holy Lands), and has an innate, although modern, sense of justice and fair-play. Abbots call upon him as a medical examiner, detective, doctor, and diplomat. His worldly knowledge, although useful, gets him in trouble with the more doctrinaire characters of the"
"at the solar orb through a contraption made of lenses. Cugel manages to gain employment as a night watchman guarding a caravan conveying seventeen virgins south to the temple city of Lumarth. At Lumarth, however, the College of Thurists discover that only two of the seventeen maidens are still virgins. Obliged to expiate his crime, Cugel is sent down into the depths of the temple of the demon Phampoun. Conversing with Pulsifer, a homunculus growing on the end of Phampoun's tongue, Cugel realises that all those who have preceded him have been eaten, but only after regaling the demon with"