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'Fantmette' is a series of 52 volumes created in 1961 by Georges Chaulet. The books were destined for young readers and feature a female superhero named Fantmette. It was published in the "Bibliothque rose" series from Hachette Editions. Fantomette's alter ego, Franoise Dupont, is a girl of about twelve years who dresses up in order to fight crime. She has two sidekicks: Ficelle, a tall and not-very-bright blonde, and Boulotte, a short and chubby brunette who is fixated on food. Neither of them are aware of her secret identity, despite meeting Fantmette regularly.

Fantmette was the first female superhero in French literature. The Fantmette books were aimed at eight- to twelve-year-old girls. There are 52 books in the series, which is still published today, as well as a comic book series by Franois Craenhals, a 1993 live-action TV series starring Katia Sourzac, and a cartoon series in 1998.

In 1957, the author, Georges Chaulet (19312012), proposed his first series, 'Les 4 As au collge', to Hachette, one of the biggest French publishers. But Hachette refused, having just bought the rights to all of Enid Blyton's novels, most notably 'The Famous Five'. It was finally Casterman, a French-Belgian publisher, that published it. Very quickly, 'Les 4 As au collge' was adapted as a comic book.

Strengthened by this first success, George Chaulet then proposed a new series to Hachette, this time accepted: Fantmette was born. Forty-nine volumes were then published from 1961 to 1987 in the Bibliothque rose series. In 2006, to celebrate the 150 years of the Bibliothque rose and after an eighteen-year absence, Georges Chaulet wrote a new adventure for his favorite heroine: 'Le Retour de Fantmette'. He died on 13 October 2012, having written more than one hundred fifty books for youth in the course of his career.

List of titles



Here is the complete list of the 'Fantmette' novels in their original order of publication:

# 1961: 'Les Exploits de Fantmette'

# 1962: 'Fantmette contre le hibou' (July 1962)

# 1963: 'Fantmette contre le gant' (January 1963)

# 1963: 'Fantmette au carnaval' (September 1963)

# 1964: 'Fantmette et l'le de la sorcire' (August 1964)

# 1964: 'Fantmette contre Fantmette'

# 1965: 'Pas de vacances pour Fantmette'

# 1966: 'Fantmette et la Tlvision'

# 1966: 'Opration Fantmette'

# 1967: 'Les Sept Fantmettes'

# 1967: 'Fantmette et la Dent du Diable'

# 1968: 'Fantmette et son prince'

# 1968: 'Fantmette et le Brigand'

# 1969: 'Fantmette et la Lampe merveilleuse'

# 1970: 'Fantmette chez le roi'

# 1970: 'Fantmette et le Trsor du pharaon'

# 1971: 'Fantmette et la Maison hante'

# 1971: 'Fantmette la Mer de sable'

# 1971: 'Fantmette contre la Main Jaune'

# 1972: 'Fantmette viendra ce soir'

# 1972: 'Fantmette dans le pige'

# 1973: 'Fantmette et le Secret du dsert'

# 1973: 'Fantmette et le Masque d'argent'

# 1973: 'Fantmette chez les corsaires' (October 1973)

# 1974: 'Fantmette contre Charlemagne' (March 1974)

# 1974: 'Fantmette et la Grosse Bte'

# 1974: 'Fantmette et le Palais sous la mer'

# 1975: 'Fantmette contre Diabola'

# 1975: 'Appelez Fantmette !'

# 1975: 'Ol, Fantmette !'

# 1976: 'Fantmette brise la glace'

# 1976: 'Les Carnets de Fantmette'

# 1977: 'C'est quelqu'un, Fantmette !'

# 1977: 'Fantmette dans l'espace'

# 1977: 'Fantmette fait tout sauter'

# 1978: 'Fantastique Fantmette'

# 1978: 'Fantmette et les 40 Milliards'

# 1979: 'L'Almanach de Fantmette'

# 1979: 'Fantmette en plein mystre'

# 1979: 'Fantmette et le Mystre de la tour' (August 1979)

# 1980: 'Fantmette et le Dragon d'or' (June 1980)

# 1981: 'Fantmette contre Satanix' (April 1981)

# 1982: 'Fantmette et la Couronne' (January 1982)

# 1982: 'Mission impossible pour Fantmette' (October 1982)

# 1983: 'Fantmette en danger' (October 1983)

# 1984: 'Fantmette et le Chteau mystrieux'

# 1984: 'Fantmette ouvre l'il'

# 1985: 'Fantmette s'envole'

# 1987: 'C'est toi Fantmette !'

# 2006: 'Le Retour de Fantmette'

# 2007: 'Fantmette a la main verte'

# 2009: 'Fantmette et le Magicien'

* Hors-Serie (2011): 'Les Secrets de Fantmette' (encyclopedia on the adventures of Fantmette containing an original novel: 'Fantmette amoureuse')

Adaptations



Live-action TV series

The series was first adapted in 1993 (21 episodes of 24 minutes) starring Katia Sourzac. It uses the characters from the novel in original new adventures. The series was first aired on the French channels France 3 and Canal J on 20 April 1993.

* Title: 'Fantmette'

* Realisation: Christiane Spiero, Marco Pauly, Christiane Lehrissey

* Scenery: based on the 'Fantmette' of Georges Chaulet

* Dcors: Patrick Corrand, Christian Siret, Patrick Bocquet

* Photography: Jean-Claude Hugon

* Production: Les Films du 3e tage, France 3, Mditerrane Films Productions, IMA Productions

* Country: France

* Language: French

* Number of episodes: 21 (2 seasons)

* Length of episodes: 24 minutes

* Date of first airing: 20 April 1993

Cartoon

An animated series of 26 episodes of 25 minutes each was produced in 1999. The settings are drastically different from the ones of the novels. The action takes place in an international metropolis named Furtive-Ville instead of the small fictive French city of Framboisy. The young characters have families, sometimes parents in the animated series when they had none and lived independently in the novels. (For example, il-de-Lynx becomes Ficelle and Boulotte's brother whereas in the books, there was absolutely no family bond between them at all). Franoise is even given a particularly dramatic family past (dead Egyptologists for parents), something that does not exist in the books. Boulotte lose her obsession with food, having instead a passion for animals, while Ficelle appear much more intelligent than in the novels.

As far as graphism goes, the Fantmette of the animated series is heavily influenced by the American animated series of the time such as 'Batman'.

Comic books

A series of comic books following the original scenarios of Georges Chaulet was published from 1982 to 1985 for a total of four albums, drawn by Franois Craenhals for the first three albums and Endry for the last one.

# 'Fantmette se dchane', Hachette, May 1982

# 'Fantomette livre bataille', Hachette, September 1982

# 'Fantmette risque tout', Hachette, March 1983

# 'Fantmette fend les flots', Hachette, January 1985

Miscellaneous



*Fantmette appears at the end of the film 'La Femme invisible' (2009), by Agathe Teyssier, played by Jeanne Balibar.

*In the French animated series 'Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir', the school that protagonists Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste attend is named Franoise Dupont.

See also



* List of superheroines


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