History Anime / TheStoryOfPerrine

* BlindSeer: Vulfram, to a more down to Earth level. He suffered almost complete blindness from a stroke he had some time ago, but he's capable of identifying his staff by hearing their voices and footsteps. (TruthInTelevision, logically)
* CanonForeigner: Baron the dog, Marcel and the foreigners from first 20 episodes.

* LimitedWardrobe: For more than half the series Perrine wears only the light yellow blouse/brown vest/red skirt/brown short boots combo seen above (and she adds the NiceHat later). She switches to a dark blue dress when working as Vulfran's secretary.

* SpoilerOpening: The fact that [[spoiler: Marie]] only appears in the first part of the OP sequence implies that [[spoiler: she dies midway through the story.]]
** Other scenes show [[spoiler: Palikare nudging the passed-out Perrine (which happens some time later) and Perrine living in a hut (in the Maraucourt days)]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Perrine inherited Marie's features and Edmond's red hair and pale complexion.

* Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater: The ninth entry, from 1978.

The Story of Perrine (ペリーヌ物語 Perīnu Monogatari, lit. "Story of Perrine") is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the ninth production in the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series, based on the French novel ''En Famille'' (aka ''[[Literature/NobodysGirl Nobody's Girl]]'') by Hector Malot. The series aired from January 1, 1978 until December 31, 1978, spanning 53 episodes. It was dubbed and exhibited in many places like Philippines, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Iran, etc.

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* BarefootPoverty: Averted: when one of Perrine's short boots breaks due to overuse, she ''doesn't'' go barefoot since she works in a factory and it'd be ''extremely'' unsafe. She first ties it up with a rudimentary cord, then saves up a little money to make a hemp sole for it..

* BlindSeer: Vulfram suffered blindness from stroke but he's capable of identifying his staff by hearing their voices and footsteps.

* VillainTeamUp: Tararuel and Theodor collaborate to take the Pandavoine factory.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Perrine is taught to speak English thanks to her mother. [[spoiler: Her ability becomes useful in Episode 34 and then she is promoted as an interpreter afterwards.]]

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** There are some {{canon foreigner}}s: Baron the pup, Marcel and his circus group, etc.

** Other scenes show [[spoiler: Palikare nudging the passed-out Perrine (which happens some time later) and Perrine living in a hut (in the Maraucurt days)]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Perrine is taught to speak English thanks to her mother. [[spoiler: Her ability becomes useful in Episode 34 and she is promoted as an interpreter afterwards.]]

** There are some {{canon foreigner}}s: Baron the pup, Marco and his circus group, etc.

* CircusBrat: Marco is a young man who lives and performs in a travelling circus.

The Story of Perrine (ペリーヌ物語 Perīnu Monogatari, lit. "Story of Perrine") is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' series, based on the French novel ''En Famille'' (aka ''[[Literature/NobodysGirl Nobody's Girl]]'') by Hector Malot. The series aired from January 1, 1978 until December 31, 1978, spanning 53 episodes. It was dubbed and exhibited in many places like Philippines, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Iran, etc.

Like the original book, it follows the adventures of the French-Indian teenager Perrine Paindavoine as she reaches for the northern village of Maraucourt, where her grandfather lives, and makes a life for herself there. It quite expands on the story, however, to make it last longer: it begins ''before'' Perrine, her IllGirl mother Marie, their donkey Palikare and Perrine's CanonForeigner [[PreciousPuppies puppy]] Baron's arrival to Paris (how the book began) and follows the two there, before it more or less retakes the original plot...

Like the original book, it follows the adventures of the French-Indian teenager Perrine Paindavoine as she reaches for the northern village of Maraucourt, where her grandfather lives, and makes a life for herself there. It quite expands on the story, however, to make it last longer: it begins ''before'' Perrine, her IllGirl mother, the donkey Palikare and Perrine's CanonForeigner [[PreciousPuppies puppy]] Baron's arrival to Paris (how the book began) and follows the two there, before it more or less retakes the original plot...

* BarefootPoverty: Averted, when Perrine's boots break due to overuse she doesn't go barefoot for practical reasons. She first ties it up with a rudimentary cord, then saves up a little money to make a hemp sole for it.

* LimitedWardrobe: For more than half the series Perrine wears only the light yellow blouse/brown vest/red skirt combo/brown short boots seen above (and she adds the NiceHat later). She switches to a dark blue dress when working as Vulfran's secretary.

** Other scenes show [[spoiler: Palikare nudging the passed-out Palikare (which happens some time later) and Perrine living in a hut (in the Maraucurt days)]]

** The incident where Perrine [[spoiler: has her money stolen by a dishonest baker and then collapses of malnutrition]] is expanded and changed. [[spoiler: Perrine is aided against the thief by two local people instead of La Rouquerie and Palikare and later buys food from a honest grocery person. She "properly" passes out after her meager supplies have run out, ''then'' Baron looks for help and manages to find Palikare and La Rouquerie, who take her to an hospital.]]

* LimitedWardrobe: For more than half the series Perrine wears only the light yellow blouse/brown vest/red skirt combo/brown short boots seen above. She switches to a dark blue dress when working as Vulfran's secretary.

* Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater: The ninth entry, from 1978.

** The book starts with Perrine and Co's arrival to Paris, but the anime begins few after Edmond's death in Bosnia and spends almost half the story showing how Perrine, Marie, Baron and Palikare got to the capital.

* DownerBeginning: The first episode begins peacefully, with Perrine talking cheerfully to some Bosnian men... and it cuts to a local graveyard where Marie is tearfully mourning for the dead Edmond, and Perrine has to comfort her.

* PreciousPuppies: Baron is the cutest thing ever!

* LimitedWardrobe: For more than half the series Perrine wears only the light yellow blouse/brown vest/red skirt combo seen above. She switches to a dark blue dress when working as Vulfran's secretary.

The Story of Perrine (ペリーヌ物語 Perīnu Monogatari, lit. "Story of Perrine") is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the World Masterpiece Theater series. It is based on the French novel En Famille, aka ''[[Literature/NobodysGirl Nobody's Girl]]'', by Hector Malot. The original aired from January 1, 1978 until December 31, 1978, spanning 53 episodes. It was dubbed and exhibited in many places like Philippines, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Iran, etc.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Marie is notoriously darker-skinned than her daughter. Justified, she's from India (and in fact, some flashbacks show her wearing a ''sari'').

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Perrine is basically a redhaired, paler Marie.

** The book starts with Perrine and Co's arrival to Paris, but the anime begins few after Edmond's death and spends almost half the story showing how Perrine, Marie, Baron and Palikare got to the capital.

Like the original book, it follows the adventures of the French-Indian Perrine as she reaches for Maraucourt, where her grandfather lives, and makes a life for herself there. It quite expands on the story, however, to make it last longer: it begins ''before'' Perrine, her IllGirl mother, the donkey Palikare and Perrine's CanonForeigner [[PreciousPuppies puppy]] Baron's arrival to Paris (how the book began) and follows the two there, before it more or less retakes the original plot...

* AdaptationDyeJob: Perrine is a blond in the novel, but a redhead in the series.

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The Story of Perrine (ペリーヌ物語 Perīnu Monogatari, lit. "Story of Perrine") is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is the fourth production in the World Masterpiece Theater series. It is based on the French novel En Famille, aka ''[[Literature/NobodysGirl Nobody's Girl]]'', by Hector Malot. The original aired from January 1, 1978 until December 31, 1978, spanning 53 episodes. It was dubbed and exhibited in many places like Philippines, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, etc.

* PreciousPuppies: Baron is the cutest thing ever!