Asterix and The Vikings - Source Material

Source Material

The movie is primarily based on Asterix and the Normans, but there are some elements from other Asterix books:

• As in Asterix and the Great Crossing, Asterix and Obelix travel on a boat to the land of Vikings (in the original book Asterix and the Normans they free Justforkix from Norman camp on the beach). Some other elements from this book include the Viking party, and joke about Obelix supply for the journey. The dog from the book makes a cameo.
• The scene when Asterix and Obelix dress up as vikings "Asteraf" and "Obelaf" with Obelix who can't stop laughing about it, resembles the scene from Asterix and the Goths when the duo dress up as Romans "Asterus" and "Obelus". However, Obelix did find the names of the Normans hysterical in Asterix and the Normans, because they all ended in -af.
• The character of Cryptograf is similar to Prolix from Asterix and the Soothsayer.
• The scene in which the Gauls attack a Roman camp for Justforkix's amusement is similar to a scene in Asterix in Corsica.
• The character Influenza, from the book Asterix and Caesar's Gift, appears during the party scene, dancing briefly with Justforkix, and at the end of the movie, serving boars at Justforkix' wedding party.
• The wig on Olaf's bride/menhir is in the form of Panacea's wig from Asterix and the Actress.