![]() ![]() Cleopatra and her family were Greek and worshipped Greek gods. Towards the end of Asterix and Cleopatra, Cleopatra swears by "Ammon and Helios", Helios being the Greek god of the sun.A double joke in the sense that Caesar, too, loses the battle and that Waterloo is located in Belgium. The entire battle between the Belgians and Caesar in Asterix in Belgium is accompanied by text on scrolls which is a linguistic spoof of Victor Hugo's Les Châtiments, a poem written about the Battle of Waterloo.Everything the crippled pirate says is untranslated Latin, but always fits the situation.This clever joke loses somewhat of its power in the English translation, where Asterix quotes Hamlet instead. In Caesar's Gift, Asterix has a sword fight against a Roman with a large red drunkard's nose and lines directly lifted from Cyrano de Bergerac, in which the protagonist also has a Gag Nose. ![]() Little jokes referencing French literature and linguistic brain-twisters are also thrown in. Asterix: Numerous references to antiquity and Latin language that only history buffs and Latinists will understand.While some people complained at it using a new cover by Bat for Lashes instead of The Carpenters' classic version, fewer people spotted the subtle Mythology Gag: though known as a Carpenters hit, the song had come full circle as it was originally written as an advertisement. In the UK, Lloyd's Bank introduced a TV advertising campign in 2020 using a version of "We've Only Just Begun".In addition, Lamborghini's emblem is a charging bull, and many of its models' names are related to bulls and bullfighting. "Asterion" happens to be the name of another hybrid - the Minotaur of Greek legend. ![]()
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