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'''''Once Upon a Time...''''' ("''Il était une fois...''") wasis a French [[educational animation]] franchise, lasting 1978-1996 and realized by [[Procidis]]. There wereare sixseven distinct series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge. These wereare mostly [[historical]], with ''Once Upon a Time... Man'' being focused on the overall history of mankind, and most of the others wereare more focused on specified historical fields, such as the lifes and exploits of the [[explorer]]s or [[inventor]]s. ''Life'', however, featured an explanation on the workings of the body.

All featuredfeature the same stock characters, in similar [[archetypal]] roles. "''Life''" wasis 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 ==

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===[[Once Upon a Time... The Explorers]]===

Produced in 1996, this series focuses on various explorers, from "The First Navigators", through Vasco de Gama, Cabeza de Vaca and Humboldt, to Lewis & Clark and Alexandra David Neel. It was, as all the series before it, directed by Albert Barillé. It was the last series in the franchise to date and has ended the cycle of the franchise after 18 years of production.

===[[Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth]]===

*Produced Inin 2008, '''''Oncebut Uponso afar Time... Our Earthhasn''''' (''"Il était une fois... notre Terre"'' in french) was produced butt onlybeen released in Franceenglish. This series focuses on the preserve of the Naturalnatural Environmentenvironment, and the warnings about dethe [[Globalglobal Warmingwarming]], the [[Greenhousegreenhouse effect]], the [[Pollutionpollution]], and others. It features very diferent animation compared to earlier series. It remained to be the originallast directional work of Albert Barillé, and the last series in the franchise to date.

===Other series===

* In 2007, '''''Once Upon a Time... the Music''''' (''"Érase una vez... La música"'' in spanish) was produced but only released in Spain. This series focuses on the history of the classical music. <!-- is this even produced by Procidis? -->

* In 2008, '''''Once Upon a Time... Our Earth''''' (''"Il était une fois... notre Terre"'' in french) was produced but only released in France. This series focuses on the preserve of the Natural Environment, and the warnings about de [[Global Warming]], the [[Greenhouse effect]], the [[Pollution]], and others. It features very diferent animation compared to the original series.

==Characters==