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Asterix: Crazy feats that are not mentioned

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Normally they count because the feat with Asterix being resistant to mind control is mentionned on Obelix's profile (and it comes from the same thing: the twelve tasks of Asterix).

in this animated movie (and probably in the comic books based on it), A guy with no potion (the best javelin thrower in the world) is able to throw a javelin from the west coast of France to the american continent (it reached an indian tribe) in barely several seconds. This guy used all his strenght to do that.

Then Obelix utlra casually throws a javelin too and it goes around the whole planet (in several seconds. At best one minute because no large time skip was mentionned) and once it's back to it's original point it doesn't stop and the profesional javelin Thrower has to run not to be touched by it. Obelix's javelin then reach the american continent too and it doesn't stop (the guy is still running not to be impaled. I don't know if it counts as a speed feat but normally Asterix and Obelix should be faster than that Especially since Asterix defeated the fastest man in the world in a race).

Video with the javelin thrower (I only found the german dub): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1v2IN5YIy8

Video with Asterix running against the fastest man in the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qOElTjHJ1M


Edit: this animated movie is canon because it was directed by the 2 creators of Asterix.
 
Antvasima said:
That is a good feat to use, both for speed and attack potency.
Feel free to ask about a calculation here:

https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3349243
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Thanks a lot for your reply. I just posted something on the thread you showed me. I hope I respected how it was supposed to be done. (if not do not hesitate to delete my post and ask me to do it again).
 
This should be a good way to calc the france feat


The westernmost place in france is Pointe de Corsen and the most easternpoint place in the USA is Quoddy Head State Park in maine

Distance between the two = 2,877 miles

the throw starts at 0:45 and ends at around 0:53 so 8 second timeframe

359.625 miles per second or mach 1687.347918 (MHS+)

It's likely much faster since it also went really high into the air but i can't see how that can be calculated
 
As for the javelin around the world feat that's pretty simple

Throw starts at 1:06 and ends at 1:11 (the moment the dude notices the javelin)

So 5 second timeframe

distance = circumf of the earth = 40075 kilometers

40075/5 = 8015 km/s or mach 23367.35 (Sub rel)
 
Can somebody calculate the required energy to throw the javelin so it travels 1.5 times around the world without slowing down?
 
Sure, I have updated my blog.

It would be around town level in this case, as it is far faster than would actually be required to throw around earth.
 
Okay. Thank you for the help.
 
Thanks a lot for your help everyone it's really appreciated!

And in case someone wonders, this movie is canon (since it was directed by the two creators of Asterix)
 
No problem. I also like Asterix.
 
Antvasima said:
No problem. I also like Asterix.
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Do you think it will be long before profiles are updated? Ah also in the same animated movie there's one scene where we can see roman gods (including Jupiter). They probably can't have a profile because they're featless (except Jupiter who can manipulate lightning and used it to destroy a tree because he was angry).
 
so if I modify this I'll put them to tier 7 - C and sub relativistic? (I'll give a link to the calc)
 
Yes. That is correct.
 
Or rather "At least 7-C", since Obelix was not exerting himself when throwing the spear.
 
Since the Town level feat was performed by Obelix, it would probably only scale to others while they are using magic potion, no?

In that case we should probably give a tier with and one without magic potion?
 
Yes, only with the magic potion. Without it we don't have anything reliable to scale from yet though, so two sets of statistics may not be a good idea.
 
I have updated the profiles. Not sure if any of this should apply to Spring, as I don't know the character.
 
Thank you for the help.

Spring used the magic potion, but is very small to start with, so he may not scale.
 
DontTalkDT said:
Since the Town level feat was performed by Obelix, it would probably only scale to others while they are using magic potion, no?
In that case we should probably give a tier with and one without magic potion?
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Thanks a lot! Oh and by the way it reminds me there are live action movies and in one of them Obelix is able to lift the whole sphinx of Giza (keep in mind this is only in this live action movie. It never happened in the comics).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEypVfV_Nac (around 2 min 20). I think this is class G
 
I do not think that we can use that.
 
Antvasima said:
I do not think that we can use that.
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It's not canon to the comics nor the animated movies indeed. But I mentionned that for the day we make a profile for live action versions.
 
Jeune fou said:
DontTalkDT said:
Since the Town level feat was performed by Obelix, it would probably only scale to others while they are using magic potion, no?
In that case we should probably give a tier with and one without magic potion?
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Thanks a lot! Oh and by the way it reminds me there are live action movies and in one of them Obelix is able to lift the whole sphinx of Giza (keep in mind this is only in this live action movie. It never happened in the comics).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEypVfV_Nac (around 2 min 20). I think this is class G
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Hard to tell how much the sphinx weighs, and there's only weight statistics regarding the monoliths around it. I'd say the whole thing would be at the very least Class M, since the sphinx isn't that big. I can't imagine it weighing a million tons, but thousands if not tens of thousands is more plausible.
 
Live action profiles are fine.
 
Joining this thread up since I liked Asterix in my childhood.

For feats and a possible upgrade above, maybe I'll agree with them (though they're already added).
 
Is there anything left to do here?
 
Antvasima said:
Is there anything left to do here?
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You guys discussed about making profiles for live-action incarnations above (like that sphinx feat). Or maybe we'll find more abilities/feats for characters. Also, maybe I'll try to make a verse page when I get on my computer.
 
It looks good.
 
Frankly it's as perfect as it can get, especially with the appropriate celebratory picture used as the main image for the verse, with all the characters up until that point.

Sure, not every character is in that page, but they'll be added over time.
 
It's been a really long time, eh? Anyway, since this thread is still going for live-action film canon and probably left stuff from a main/comic timeline, we're getting a new former-category movie next year.

 
What do you mean, more specifically?
 
Thank you for the information. I will close this thread then. 🙏
 
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