The characters are likable and keep their original English names unlike in the US dub of Asterix and The Big Fight.The music is good, with covers of "Get Down On It" by Kool and the Gang, Eye of the Tiger by Survior and Super Freak by Rick James.The voice actors do a great job as their characters.The animation is beautiful and is similar to some of Disney's films.It's English dub wasn't butchered like the US dub of Asterix and the Big Fight.When Asterix asks him what fear is good for, Getafix explains that we can only be courageous when we have some kind of fear to overcome. When Cacofonix decides to sing during the ceremony, the Vikings finally experience real fear and make a run for it.
While Crytograf and Olaf are shunned for their deception, the Vikings travel back to the Gauls' village to celebrate the wedding of Justforkix and Abba. Although they prepare to take him back to Gaul, Justforkix secretly takes some magic potion, and swims back to the Viking's village.ĭespite the risk, Justforkix rescues Abba, managing to fly by making an improvised hang-glider from a ship's mast and sail. Fooled into believing he is the Champion, the Vikings rush off to Olaf's wedding ceremony, leaving Justforkix to be rescued by Asterix and Obelix before the rope breaks. When the vikings test Justforkix's flying skills by throwing him off a cliff, Cryptograf secretly rigs up a rope to him that causes him to be suspended in the foggy air. However, he refuses to leave after having fallen in love with Abba. Travelling to Norway, the pair attempt to rescue Justforkix. When Olaf captures Justforkix, after witnessing his cowardice, Asterix and Obelix find themselves having to rescue him before his father visits their village. When the Vikings arrive near their village, Cryptograf explains to his incredibly stupid son Olaf that he could claim Abba as his wife if he were to capture the Champion, thus putting him next in line as the tribe's chief, with his father secretly calling the shots. Both he and Asterix decide to train him to be a warrior, but have little success because of his pacifist nature and his refusal to drink any of the village's magic potion, which gives the villagers their super-human strength. 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. Meanwhile, in the rebel village of the Gauls, the villagers welcome the arrival of chief Vitalstatistix's nephew Justforkix, who is to be trained to be a man. Despite being angry, he reluctantly keeps her among his crew.
While en route, Timandahaf is shocked to learn that his daughter Abba snuck aboard disguised as a man, after he refused to take her with him. Cryptograf, secretly wishing to seize power from Timandahaf, goes along with it and declares that they'll find who they seek within Gaul. The Viking's chief, Timandahaf, misinterprets his adviser's words and declares they must find a "Champion of Fear", believing that if the tribe were to become great cowards, they'll be able to fly and become invincible. The tribe's adviser, Cryptograf, concludes that their enemies have all fled, stating that "fear gives you wings". A succession of raids leaves a tribe of Vikings without anyone to fight against them.
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