Perhaps not as famous as some other entries in the series but a very strong one, mostly because the villagers are in genuine peril. Romans engineer a fight between Vitalstatistix and a Roman-friendly Gaul (nice satire and also good to point out that some Gauls were very positive about the Romans), the winner of which get to rule the tribe - only Getafix is injured when Obelix throws a menhir on him and can't make the magic potion. Pleasingly, Vitalstatistix has to get himself out of trouble instead of relying on the typical get out of gaol free card of the magic potion, which does get irritating after a while. I also loved the sequence where the Roman soldier was spent to spy on the Gauls - this was really funny.
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