How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When He Was a Little Boy
How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy is an Asterix story written by René Goscinny and originally published in the French magazine Pilote issue 291, with only a few drawings. In 1989, it was fully illustrated by Albert Uderzo and published in an album as a comic book with illustrations.
Plot summary
The story is narrated by Asterix, apparently to the conventional readers, and informs that in childhood, Obelix was often bullied by other boys, until Asterix, to help his courage, induced him to drink some of the magic potion that made the villagers invincible. When they are interrupted in the act, Obelix falls into the cauldron containing the potion, and drinks it all, and is thereafter permanently under its influence.Publication
- The book had been out of print in English for a decade but was re-released in October 2009 with a new cover.
Adaptation
The first episode of the 2025 Netflix miniseries Asterix and Obelix: The Big Fight is loosely based on that story.In other languages
- French: Comment Obélix est tombé dans la marmite du druide quand il était petit
- Croatian: Kako je Obelix upao u kotao kad je bio dječak
- Czech: Jak Obelix spadl do druidova kotle, když byl malý
- Danish: Hvordan Obelix faldt i gryden som barn
- Dutch: Hoe de kleine Obelix in de ketel van de Druïde viel
- Finnish: Kuinka Obelix putosi pienenä tietäjän taikajuomapataan
- Galician: Como caeu Obélix na marmita do druída cando era cativo
- German: Wie Obelix als kleines Kind in den Zaubertrank geplumpst ist
- Greek: Πώς ο Οβελίξ έπεσε στη χύτρα του Δρυΐδη όταν ήταν μικρός
- Italian: Come fu che Obelix cadde da piccolo nel paiolo del druido
- Norwegian: Hvordan Obelix falt oppi trollmannens gryte da han var liten
- Polish: Jak Obeliks wpadł do kociołka kiedy był mały
- Portuguese: Como Obelix caiu no caldeirão do druida quando era pequeno
- Serbian: Како је Обеликс упао у чаробни напитак
- Spanish: Cómo Obélix se cayó en la marmita del druida cuando era pequeño
- Turkish: Oburiks küçük bir çocukken kudret şerbeti kazanına nasıl düştü