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Line 1: {{Short description\|French educational animation franchise}} [[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 ~~seven~~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 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> There are ~~seven~~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> 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> Line 29: : 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 10th 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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