Obelix and Co. forcing Obelix to hire villagers - while some aid him, the others hunt boar for himself and his new workers. The resulting workload causes him to neglect his faithful companion Dogmatix, while Asterix refuses to help him, concerned on what this is doing to him. As Obelix grows wealthy and begins wearing ostentatious clothes, many of the village's men are criticised by their wives for not matching his success. In response, many turn to making their own menhirs to sell to the Romans, despite not knowing what they are for, with Getafix supplying them with magic potion for their work.
Three Men and a Comic Book Michelangelo, whose name Homer cannot pronounce. Milhouse initially goes into the comic store to buy a 1973 Topps card of the former Boston Red Sox player, Carl Yastrzemski, "when he had the big sideburns". When the boys first unwrap the comic book, Martin describes it as "[T]he stuff dreams are made of", which is how Bogart's character describes the Maltese Falcon at the end of the movie, "The Maltese Falcon". The Radioactive Man commercial for Laramie cigarettes that Bart and Lisa watch at the convention is a takeoff of "The Flintstones" starring in Winston cigarette television commercials which aired during