the duel and prepares to kill Asterix, a section of the cliff beneath his feet suddenly gives way, and the cauldron falls toward the ocean while Whosemoralsarelastix hangs above. Asterix then rescues Whosemoralsarelastix and re-unites with Obelix, with whom he returns home. The money itself falls into the ship and possession of the pirates. At Asterix's village, a celebration is held for the return of the two heroes and the recovery of their honour. Notes When Obelix suggests they get paid by telling people their adventures, Asterix rejects the idea as unlikely to raise any money. The joke is that, by this time, the series had made Goscinny and Uderzo very wealthy. When Roman dignitaries assemble at the theatre, Uderzo (in Roman costume) is shown talking to the Prefect, while Goscinny, on the right, amuses his neighbours with jokes. The tax collector in the book appears to be a caricature of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, then the French minister of finance, who later became President. Two of the actors in the theatre are named Laurensolivius and Alecginus. This is the first and only volume in which the pirates enjoy a happy ending, and the first of the few rare stories where their ship is not sunk (though they have already taken a beating earlier in this episode). The fight at the end of the story is one of the rare times Asterix is seen using his sword, although he always carries it with him. Asterix's unraveling of the plot is a reference to the Roman proverb Pecunia non olet ("money does not stink"). In earlier editions, the colour of the breeches of the Roman legionaries changed from white to red. In other languages Arabic: أستريكس و القدر المعدنية Catalan: Astèrix i el calderó Croatian: Asterix i kotlić Czech: Asterix a kotlík Dutch: Asterix en de koperen ketel ("Asterix and the Copper Cauldron") Finnish: Asterix ja rahapata ("Asterix and the Cauldron of Money") German: Asterix und der Kupferkessel Greek: Ο Αστερίξ και η χύτρα Hebrew: אסטריקס והקלחת Icelandic: Ástríkur og grautarpotturinn Indonesian: "Asterix dan Panci Sup Bawang" ("Asterix and the Cauldron of Onion Soup") Italian: Asterix e il Paiolo Norwegian: Asterix på skattejakt ("Asterix on a Treasure Hunt") Persian: Asterix va deeg-che Polish: Asteriks i kociołek Portuguese: Astérix e o Caldeirão Serbian: Asteriks i ukradeno kazanče (Asterix and the Stolen Cauldron) Slovenian: Asterix in kotliček Spanish: Astérix y el caldero Swedish: Asterix