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{{Notability|Television|date=December 2021}}
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'''''Once Upon a Time…''''' ("''Il était une fois…''") is a French [[educational animation]] franchise, created by [[Procidis]]. There are seven distinct series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge. These are mostly [[History|historical]], with ''Once Upon a Time… Man'' being focused on the overall history of mankind, and 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. ''Life'', however, featured an explanation on the workings of the body.
All feature the same stock characters, 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.
== Chronology ==
; ''[[Once Upon a Time... Man|Once Upon a Time… Man]]''
: Originally produced in 1978, this series is the original series of the franchise, detailing the overall history of mankind. It was directed by [[Albert Barillé]].
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: 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. Unlike the others, this series has not yet been released in English, although there are Finnish, Dutch, German, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian dubbed versions.
== Characters ==
The series ''Once Upon a Time…'' illustrated the various subjects (as listed above) from the point of view of a group that is always composed of similar recurring figures that represent different archetypal roles.:
*'''Maestro''' ([[Roger Carel]]) - The wise old man. He usually serves as the head of the tribe, as a religious priest, as an adviser to the king and as an inventor. Maestro has long white hair, a pair of antennal growths and a beard that covers his entire body. He is seen to stash things away in this beard, sometimes fumbling quite a bit to find the object he wishes to present. He serves as the mentor to the children, telling them about the various subjects.
*'''Peter / Pierre''' (Roger Carel) - The courageous and handsome young man. He represents the image of the good person and he is father of Pierrot and Little Pierrette.
*'''Jumbo / Le Gros''' ([[Yves Barsacq]]) - The strong young man. Jumbo is Peter's best friend. A quite large person, with red hair and great physical powers. At times he tends to be a little clumsy, but he is very strong. He often defends Peter, Pierrette (and Psi in the spinoffs) from the bullies.
**Jumbo and Peter have also young counterparts (Little Jumbo and Pierrot (Vincent Ropion) and their development is usually followed from [[childhood]] to [[adolescence]], Peter has a daughter too named Little Pierrette).
*'''Psi''' - The good young girl. A black-haired Brazilian woman who serves mostly as Peter's girlfriend, or as Peter's wife.
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*'''The Clock''' - Displays the year when the events occur. 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.
Some of them had historical roles. For example, Pest as [[Goliath]] and Pierrot as [[David]]. Maestro had the role of [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and
== External links ==
* [http://www.procidis.com/ Procidis, the series' producer]
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