Obelix' favourite food is roast wild boar which he usually hunts with Asterix, but he has a voracious appetite, and will try eating nearly anything with few exceptions. However, one may think that he will eventually find a mate and have children since in Asterix and the Class Act, he is shown to be the founder of a long dynasty of French warriors that lasted well into the 20th century. He harbours a hopeless crush on Panacea, the daughter of Soporifix (one of the other villagers), and occasionally other young women, most notably Mrs. Like Asterix, Obelix is a bachelor, but he is easily smitten by a pretty face. His passions in life are hanging around with Asterix, beating up Roman legionaries (and occasionally collecting their helmets), eating roast boar and making and carrying menhirs. He also has little interest in subjects of formal education or intellectual pursuits, since sheer strength usually solves his problems he generally leaves any decisions to Asterix.
Similarly, he is unaware that others do not share his superhuman strength, and shows great surprise when others are crushed by what he calls "a small menhir", or when Asterix attempts to explain to him that a small dog like Dogmatix cannot lift a menhir. He is frequently used as a human battering ram for opening locked doors or breaking through walls. He is still not completely aware of his own strength and almost invariably breaks any door he gently knocks on. Obelix is kind-hearted, but socially inept - possibly because his strength means that others have had to adapt to him instead of vice-versa. His parents live now in Condatum (as seen in Asterix and the Actress) and his distant cousin Metallurgix, a golden sickle maker, lives in Lutetia (as seen in Asterix and the Golden Sickle). Obelix usually trades the stones away for whatever he needs, resulting in the village having a literal field of menhirs. It is never directly stated what the menhirs are used for, though it is hinted that they are just oversized knick-knacks. Obelix also owns the quarry where he chisels the menhirs himself.
Obelix is Asterix's closest friend (they even have the same birthday - although this is inconsistent with the comic Obelix and Co., where only Obelix's birthday is celebrated) and works as a menhir delivery man when not bashing Romans. Although they usually simply insult each other verbally they inevitably make up swiftly.Īlso in earlier albums Obelix has a white helmet and a completely green colored belt, much like Asterix. Being called fat, or being hinted at being fat, is one of the main causes of conflicts between Asterix and Obelix which leads to more developing conflicts in which they must work together. Sometimes, when he is in a bad mood, just hearing the word "fat" can quickly enrage him. When he does understand the allusions are made on his behalf he flies into a rage and starts beating the person who said it up. Obelix is so in denial over this matter that he usually doesn't even notice when other people refer to him as "that fat one", and often shows total confusion over which fat person people are referring to.
He is a large man who does not see himself as fat, preferring euphemisms such as being " well covered" or having a chest that has " slipped a little bit".