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{{about||the TV episode|Once Upon a Time... (Dexter)}}
[[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 eight 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
There are eight series in all.<ref>{{cite web |title=Procidis Signs International Deals for 'Once Upon a Time…Life' |url=https://www.awn.com/news/procidis-signs-international-deals-once-upon-time-life |website=Animation World Network |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021201830/https://www.awn.com/news/procidis-signs-international-deals-once-upon-time-life |archive-date=21 October 2022 |date=20 December 2016}}</ref> These are mostly [[History|historical]], with ''Once Upon a Time... Man'' being focused on the overall history of [[mankind]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bargain-Villéger |first1=Alban |title=History for Children? Watching "Once Upon a Time… Man" as an Adult in the 21st Century |url=https://activehistory.ca/2015/09/history-for-children-watching-once-upon-a-time-man-as-an-adult-in-the-21st-century/ |website=Archive History |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215174417/https://activehistory.ca/2015/09/history-for-children-watching-once-upon-a-time-man-as-an-adult-in-the-21st-century/ |archive-date=15 February 2023 |date=3 September 2015}}</ref> Most of the others are more focused on specified historical fields, such as the lives and exploits of the [[Exploration|explorer]]s or [[inventor]]s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Once upon a Watch. History as a children's series |url=https://www.oulu.fi/en/blogs/philosophy-history-now/once-upon-watch-history-childrens-series |website=¡ Philosophy of History Now ! |publisher=University of Oulu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816141210/https://www.oulu.fi/en/blogs/philosophy-history-now/once-upon-watch-history-childrens-series |archive-date=16 August 2022 |date=29 April 2020}}</ref> except for ''Space'' and ''Life''. The former was a [[science fiction]] series,<ref>{{cite web |last1=St-Louis |first1=Hervé |title=Once Upon a Time... Space |url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/Once_Upon_a_Time_Space001.html |website=ComicBookBin |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106171644/http://www.comicbookbin.com/Once_Upon_a_Time_Space001.html |archive-date=6 January 2023 |language=English |date=26 May 2014}}</ref> while the latter featured an explanation on the workings of the body. All feature the same [[stock character]]s, in similar [[Archetype|archetypal]] roles. "''Life''" is the only one to not feature the children as grown-up or adolescent archetypes of said characters, but as parts of the human organism.<ref>{{cite web |title=We are made like this, Exploring the human body (Once upon a time) the animated series |url=https://www.cartonionline.com/en/wordpress/we-are-made-like-this-exploring-the-human-body-once-a-lifetime-animated-series/ |website=Cartoni Online |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426214638/https://www.cartonionline.com/en/wordpress/we-are-made-like-this-exploring-the-human-body-once-a-lifetime-animated-series/ |archive-date=26 April 2023 |language=English |date=15 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kunz |first1=Tobias |last2=Wilde |first2=Lukas R. A. |title=Transmedia Character Studies |date=31 March 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |___location=Abingdon-on-Thames, United Kingdom |isbn=9781000860443 |language=English |quote="The 'edutainment' children's series Once Upon a Time... Life (Barillé 1987), for instance, combined storylines about a fantastic journey into the human body with factual information about our inner working mechanisms."}}</ref>
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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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