Fulliautomatix (French: Cetautomatix) is the village smith. His father, Semiautomatix, was the village smith before him. He is tall and robust, and very strong – he is one of the strongest characters, perhaps second only to Obelix, and a bit of a bully.
Fulliautomatix's first appearance was in the first volume, Asterix the Gaul where the Roman spy Caligula Minus was amazed that he used his fists to forge iron. However, he is subsequently shown using a normal hammer and is now rarely seen without one. Fulliautomatix often interacts with Unhygienix, the fishmonger, with whom he has a friendly rivalry. Fulliautomatix constantly claims the fish Unhygienix sells are stale, and this often results in Unhygienix throwing a fish at his face, causing a violent quarrel which almost always results in the entire village being engaged in a fish fight. Fulliautomatix also takes great pleasure in bullying and breaking the lyre of Cacofonix the bard, threatening him and hitting him on the head at the merest hint of breaking into a song (the songs are so bad that the other villagers do not object). It has been stated that he is perhaps the ancestor of all music critics. On the other hand, he is occasionally beaten up by Geriatrix when he is provoked by some comment the smith makes. When this happens he will often take out his frustration on the nearest convenient bystander (Cacofonix for preference) on the grounds that he does not feel he can fight back against someone so old, which only helps to further incense the old man.
It is possible to assume that Fulliautomatix is Geriatrix's grandson. On p. 15 of the English version of Asterix at the Olympic Games, Fulliautomatix calls Geriatrix "Grandpa", although this could also simply be a nickname or the like. Fulliautomatix also has two unnamed children who have appeared in separate comics – a son with blonde hair in Asterix in Corsica, and a daughter with blonde hair in Asterix and the Secret Weapon. In Asterix and the Great Divide he is shown as having an apprentice, though it is not indicated whether or not they are related; some speculate that he is the young son grown to teenage years. Also, in
