History Anime / IsabelleOfParis

* UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck: He serves as the series' GreaterScopeVillain, for commanding the Prussian army into France.

The anime was popular in [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales France]], Italy, Spain and Mexico thanks to its SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing and adorable artstyle. These days, its popularity mostly exists thanks to fansubs.

* 12EpisodeAnime: Thirteen, actually, and one hell of a finale.

''Isabelle in Paris (巴里のイザベル, Paris no Isabelle)'' is a 1979 {{Shoujo}} anime produced by Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater. The anime ran from April 19, 1979 to July 12, 1979 on Tokyo Channel 12 and was thirteen episodes long. Keiji Hayakawa served as its chief director.

Forced to flee for her own good with her mother, father, best friend, and best friend's sister, Isabelle makes it to Versailles. There, she finds out that the Prussians aren't the only ones intent on making France lose. Through AttractiveBentGender, Isabelle works as a spy and does what she can to save her country from it's enemies, and more importantly, it's own government.

The anime was popular in [[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales France]], Italy, Spain and Mexico thanks to it's SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing and adorable artstyle. These days, it's popularity mostly exists thanks to fansubs.

Compare ''Anime/TheRoseOfVersailles'', also set in France but in a different time period, in spite of this the two anime have a lot in common.

* TheBeautifulElite: The French Bourgeoisie dress in glamorous clothing, which often includes [[ClassyCravat Classy Cravats]], GiantPoofySleeves, [[FairytaleWeddingDress Fairytale Wedding Dresses]], [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewellery glitzy necklaces]] and very elaborate OjouRinglets.

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: For all the ArtisticLicenseHistory in this anime, it did not shy away from depicting the Bloody Week massacre (1871) accuratel. All the remaining characters not dead by that point are killed off, leaving Isabelle as the only remaining Parisian. Isabelle starts a new life elsewhere, implied to be London (since that's where Jules' contacts were).]]

** In the first episode, Jules criticizes the rich for holding a ball when their country is in the midst of war. His worries turn out to be valid when the ballgoers are informed that [[UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck Otto Von Bismarck]]'s troops have completely destroyed the French army and are coming to Paris.

** There's also Isabelle's [[{{Tomboy}} Tomboyish]] nature being portrayed as something not to be desired by Jeanne and her parents, with the latter hoping she'd grow out of it. [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Jean]], though, finds it endearing.

--> ''"Frenchmen! The people has forestalled the Chamber which was wavering."''
--> ''"To save the Nation in danger, it has asked for the Republic.''
--> ''"It has put its representatives not in power, but in peril.''
--> ''"The Republic was victorious against the invasion of 1792: the Republic is proclaimed.''
--> ''"The Revolution has been carried in the name of the right of public safety.''
--> ''"Citizens, watch over the City which is entrusted to you, tomorrow, along with the army, you shall avenge the Nation!"''

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: For all the ArtisticLicenseHistory in this anime, it did not shy away from depicting accurately was the Bloody Week massacre (1871), which kills off all the remaining characters not dead by that point, leaving Isabelle as the only remaining Parisian. Isabelle starts a new life elsewhere, implied to be London (since that's where Jules' contacts were).]]

''Isabelle in Paris (巴里のイザベル, Paris no Isabelle)'' is a 1979 {{Shoujo}} anime produced by Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater. The anime ran from April 19, 1979 to July 12, 1979 on Tokyo Channel 12 and was thirteen episodes long. Keiji Hayakawa served as it's chief director.

* BigBrotherIsWatching: The Prussians somehow figure out that [[spoiler:Jules]] has been involved in inciting anti-Prussian sentiments amongst the Parisian people and know where to find him.

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler: For all the ArtisticLicenseHistory in this anime, the one thing it did not shy away from depicting accurately was the Bloody Week massacre (1871), which kills off all the remaining characters not dead by that point, leaving Isabelle as the only remaining Parisian. Isabelle starts a new life elsewhere, implied to be London (since that's where Jules' contacts were).]]

** In the first episode, Jules critisizes the rich for holding a ball when their country is in the midst of war. His worries turn out to be valid when the ballgoers are then informed that [[UsefulNotes/OttoVonBismarck Otto Von Bismarck]]'s troops have completely destroyed the French army and are coming to Paris.
** In episode two, a commoner child asks his mother why the French are fleeing en masse. She replies that the Prussians are coming, and they are doing so to protect their homes and properties. When the child asks if they will flee too, the mother replies that they have nowhere to go, and that them and the Bourgeoisie live in an entirely different world than them. In the same episode, Geneviève asks Jules why they can't marry, and he replies that since she is the daughter of wealthy landowners, and he is a mere piano teacher, her parents would never approve of their inter-class romance.
** Thiers chooses to sell out France to Prussia because as a wealthy Bourgeoisie, he owns many properties that he does not want the war to marr.

** Geneviève is her parents pride and joy, and is subsuqently disowned for falling in love with, and wanting to marry, a commoner.

* TitleDrop: In episode 9, a drunk Martin Schmidt forgets Isabelle's name, and asks her "you're...what of Paris?". When he's reminded it's Isabelle, he drunkenly yells "To Isabelle of Paris!", which the rest of the pub repeats.

** [[spoiler: This is somewhat salvaged by the title of the episode being "Departure for a New Life", which implies Isabelle will start a new life elsewhere and carry on the Laustin's legacy]].

** [[spoiler: Thiers claims that the Laustins housed Count Red, when in reality, Léon blames Count Red for his wife's death. As a result of this, not many people attend Léon and Marie's funeral]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Paris is burned to rubble, Victor is shot, Jean is shot, Irma commits suicide, Andréa dies attempting (and failing) to kill Thiers, Jules is executed, Geneviève is shot and her baby dies with her, Jeanne and the other Parisian commoners die avenging Geneviève, Gaston is crushed to death while mourning over Geneviève's death, but refuses to leave the building, and Thiers faces no repurcussions for his actions. The anime's final scene is of Isabelle staring at the ruins that used to be her home, having an ImagineSpot of the green and vibrant place it used to be, and she says this, before it FadesToBlack]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Victor is shot, Jean is shot, Irma commits suicide, Andréa dies attempting (and failing) to kill Thiers, Jules is executed, Geneviève is shot and her baby dies with her, Jeanne and the other Parisian commoners die avenging Geneviève, Gaston is crushed to death while mourning over Geneviève's death, but refuses to leave the building, and Thiers faces no repurcussions for his actions. The anime's final scene is of Isabelle staring at the ruins that used to be her home, having an ImagineSpot of the green and vibrant place it used to be, and she says this, before it FadesToBlack]].
-->[[spoiler: '''Isabelle:''' ''"I...live."'']]
** [[spoiler:This is somewhat salvaged by the title of the episode being "Departure for a New Life", which implies Isabelle will start a new life elsewhere and carry on the Laustin's legacy]].

!!'''Anime/IsabelleOfParis''' provides examples of:

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Victor is shot, Jean is shot, Irma commits suicide, Andréa dies attempting (and failing) to kill Thiers, Jules is executed, Geneviève is shot and her baby dies with her, Jeanne and the other Parisian commoners die avenging Geneviève, Gaston is crushed to death while mourning over Geneviève's death, but refuses to leave the building and Thiers faces no repurcussions for his action. The anime's final scene is of Isabelle staring at the ruins that used to be her home, having an ImagineSpot of the green and vibrant place it used to be, and she says this, before it FadesToBlack]].

* LoveHurts: Geneviève wants to marry Jules, but in episode 2, he tells her to marry the suitor her parents picked out for her, Victor because he knows that as a Bourgeoisie woman and a commoner man, their love would never be accepted by the other Bourgeoisie. With tensions between the two classes rising as the Franco-Prussian War worsens the country further, he doesn't want Geneviève to share the fate of the commoners and tells her [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he wants her to be happy]]. [[spoiler: In episode 12, it turns out that before she left Paris to London, Geneviève slept with Jules and is carrying his child]].

** [[spoiler:This is somewhat salvaged by the title of the episode being titled "Departure for a New Life", which implies Isabelle will start a new life elsewhere and carry on the Laustin's legacy]].

* AnyoneCanDie:[[spoiler:The GrandFinale goes from 0 to 100 and kills off everyone who isn't named "Isabelle" or "Thiers"]].