This version of Asterix adventure, had the Norsemen, or the normans landing in Gaul. Their purpose – to know what fear means. What the Gauls think of them? “These Normans are crazy”, more so because they have names like Cenotaf, Autograf, Nescaf (TEEHEEHEE) and so forth. The Norsemen landing on Gaul is a superb pun on the “D-Day Landing”. Asterix actually feels that the Normans can wait for a few more centuries (for it’s only 50 B.C.) My favourite bit -

Norman Chief: “Right. Bring him round. Come here, all! Make Haste!”
Nescaf: “Hasting’s the word”
NC: “Surely, it’s not 1066 yet?”