| Page 1, Panel 1 |
"Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day..." = Reference to "Oh, What a beautiful
morning" by Richards Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein from the movie "Oklhahoma!" |
| Page 6, Panel 6 |
Rather convenient for the purpose of this story that all of a sudden
Cacofonix's singing can bring rain. |
| Page 9, Panel 12 |
One over the eight = drunk |
| Page 11, Panel 7 |
The pirates seem to have enlisted the services of Frankenstein's
Monster... |
| Page 12, Panel 8 |
Sic transit gloria mundi = Thus passes the glory of the world (said
at the coronation of a pope) |
| Page 12, Panel 3 |
Caesar even looks Asian in this scene |
| Page 17, Panel 2 |
The Sirens lured ships to their peril on the rocks by their beautiful
singing. Odysseus avoided this by plugging the ears of his sailors with
wax. |
| Page 18, Panel 9 |
"Here we go ..." = drunken football fan song. |
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Contraria contrariis curantur = The opposites are cured by their
opposites (Hippocrates, Breaths, bk.I);
Quot capita, tot sensus =
So many heads, so many opinions. |
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"Not out" is the unsuccessful reply by a cricket umpire to a "Howzat"
appeal. |
| Page 39, Panel 5 |
This is a reference to the evil vizier Iznogoud in Goscinny and
Tabary's "Caliph" series, who wants "To be caliph instead of the caliph". |
