Regularly teased in Asterix and the Banquet for a chubbiness which has to be taken in context (everyone knows that he's just well built), and which remains a sore point for our hero, Obelix can't help but blush when the plump trader Hydrophobia compliments him on his pleasant fullness of figure. A first in the Adventures of Asterix: preceding Panacea, Zaza, and the torrid nomadic dancer from Hispania, this is the start of a beautiful relationship between Obelix and the fairer sex!