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{{Short description|French educational animation franchise}}
{{about||the TV episode|Once Upon a Time... (Dexter)}}
'''''Once Upon a Time...''''' ("{{Lang|fr|Il était une fois...}}") is a French [[educational animation]] franchise, created by [[Albert Barillé]] for his animation studio [[Procidis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Jonathan |last2=McCarthy |first2=Helen |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised and Expanded Edition |date=1 November 2006 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |___location=Berkeley, California, United States of America |isbn=978-1933330105 |page=456 |language=English |quote="an explicitly educational series"}}</ref><ref name="Procidis">{{cite web |title=Procidis |url=https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |website=Hello Maestro! |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130163708/https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |archive-date=30 November 2022 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Procidis Shops 'Once Upon a Time…Life' Around MENA |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204120006/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |archive-date=4 February 2023 |date=17 December 2016}}</ref> There are seven distinct series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hello Maestro, a Cult Saga Made of 7 Seasons |url=https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/procidis |website=Hello Maestro! |publisher=Procidis |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311204112/https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/procidis |archive-date=11 March 2023 |language=English}}</ref> Once Upon a Time... has been shown in a hundred different countries, and 150 million [[video cassettes]] and [[DVDs]] have been sold around the world, as well as 250 million tie-in books.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kessous |first1=Mustapha |title=« Il était une fois… la vie » revient sur France 4 dans une version restaurée |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2017/03/11/il-etait-une-fois-la-vie-les-enfants-d-abord_5092976_1655027.html |website=Le Monde |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102012133/https://www.lemonde.fr/televisions-radio/article/2017/03/11/il-etait-une-fois-la-vie-les-enfants-d-abord_5092976_1655027.html |archive-date=2 January 2021 |language=French |date=11 March 2017}}</ref>▼
[[File:Once Upon a Time Procidis.jpg|thumb|DVD box set of the first seven series.]]
▲'''''Once Upon a Time...''''' ("{{Lang|fr|Il était une fois...}}") is a French [[educational animation]] franchise, created by [[Albert Barillé]] for his animation studio [[Procidis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clements |first1=Jonathan |last2=McCarthy |first2=Helen |title=The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, Revised and Expanded Edition |date=1 November 2006 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |___location=Berkeley, California, United States of America |isbn=978-1933330105 |page=456 |language=English |quote="an explicitly educational series"}}</ref><ref name="Procidis">{{cite web |title=Procidis |url=https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |website=Hello Maestro! |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130163708/https://www.hellomaestro.fr/en/story |archive-date=30 November 2022 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Procidis Shops 'Once Upon a Time…Life' Around MENA |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |website=Animation Magazine |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204120006/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/12/procidis-shops-once-upon-a-timelife-around-mena/ |archive-date=4 February 2023 |date=17 December 2016}}</ref> There are
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Most of the series are in the [[animated documentary]] genre and teach in an [[Exposition (narrative)|expository]] style.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Formenti |first=Cristina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VTdiEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA250 |title=The Classical Animated Documentary and Its Contemporary Evolution |date=2022-03-24 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-5013-4647-7 |pages=250–253 |language=en}}</ref>
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; ''[[Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth]]''
: Produced in 2008, this series focuses on the preservation of the natural environment, and warnings about [[global warming]], the [[greenhouse effect]], [[pollution]], and others. It features very different animation compared to earlier series. It was the last film directed by Albert Barillé, and the last series in the franchise to date. This series has been released in English, Finnish, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian dubbed versions.
; ''[[Once Upon a Time... The Objects]]''
: A series that premiered on RTS in Switzerland on 30 December 2023 and premiered on Okoo during mid 2024, it talks about various objects and their histories, This series has (currently) been released in an Italian dubbed version airing on Cartoonito in Italy beginning in mid 2024
== Characters ==
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*'''Little Pierrette''' – She is Peter and Pierrette's daughter, as well as Pierrot's younger sister. She is not very important in the series, and never has been a core character. Her style changed in all the series. (In "Man" she has blond and long hair, In "Life" she has got very short hair, in "Discoverer" she has a ponytail).
*'''The Pest / Le Teigneux''' ([[Claude Bertrand (actor)|Claude Bertrand]]) – The big bully, friend of 'The Dwarf', a large and strong bully that enjoys picking on others or attacking them. He is strong, but Jumbo is stronger.
*'''The Dwarf / Le Nabot''' ([[Patrick Préjean]]) – The little bully, friend of 'The Pest', weak but shrewd and an intriguer. He has a malicious giggle. Both he and his friend display downright negative characters (portraying traitors, spies, conspirators, murderers
*'''The Clock''' – Displays the year when the events occur.<ref name=":0" /> Sometimes it has a character and reacts to what the screen shows. For example, it complains when narration proceeds many years forwards or glares at the scenery when something interesting is shown.
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