Once Upon a Time... The Objects

{{Short description|French animated children's television series}}

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{{Infobox television

| image =

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| genre = {{Plainlist|

• Edutainment
• Animation }}

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Il était une fois... ces Drôles d'objets|nolink=1}}

| runtime = 7 minutes

| creator =

| language = French

| director = Luc Vinciguerra

| company = {{Collapsible list

| Procidis

| Samka Productions

| Sklan & ka

| Studio Zmei

| {{lang|fr|France Télévisions|i=no}}

| Hot

| TV5Monde

| Radio Télévision Suisse

| {{lang|fr|Centre national de la cinématographie|i=no}}

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| executive_producer =

| voices =

| narrated =

| country = {{Plainlist|

• France
• Israel
• Switzerland
• Bulgaria

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| network = RTS 1

| first_aired = {{start date|2023|12|30|df=y}}

| last_aired = present

| network2 = Okoo

| first_aired2 = {{start date|2024|2|7|df=y}}

| last_aired2 = present

| num_episodes = 78

| related = {{Plainlist|

• Once Upon a Time... Planet Earth (2008)

}}

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Once Upon a Time... The Objects ({{langx|fr|Il était une fois... ces Drôles d'objets|link=no}}) is an educational animated television series. It is the eighth series in the Once Upon a Time... franchise. The series reprises the characters from its predecessors created by Albert Barillé. Each seven-minute episode explains the history of an everyday object in a format adapted for children.

The series was produced by French studios Procidis and Samka Productions in co-production with Sklan & ka, Studio Zmei, {{lang|fr|France Télévisions|i=no}}, Hot, TV5Monde, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), and the {{lang|fr|Centre national de la cinématographie|i=no}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/64797213|title=Il était une fois... ces drôles d'objets|website=France Télévisions|language=fr}} The series premiered in Switzerland on RTS 1, starting on 30 December 2023, and it was subsequently broadcast on the channels of the rest of the broadcasters that participated in the production.