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* ''Le Petit Prince'', a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4D_film 4D film]] at Ride/Futuroscope.

'''''The Little Prince''''' can refer to the following works:

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince'', the 2010 French {{animated adaptation}} TV series of the book.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015 The Little Prince]]'', the 2015 French/American {{animated adaptation}} movie of the book.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince'', the 2010 French {{animated adaptation}} of the book.
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015 The Little Prince]]'', the 2015 French/American {{animated adaptation}} of the book.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015'', the 2015 French/American {{animated adaptation}} of the book.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince2015'', the 2015 French/American {{animated adaption}} of the book.

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-->''"Goodbye," said the fox. "And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."''

A worldwide literary classic (it's been translated into 190 languages), ''The Little Prince'' (''Le Petit Prince'' in French) is a 1943 children's book written by French aviator and count AntoineDeSaintExupery. It is the fictional account of a French aviator whose plane crashes in the Sahara desert, a thousand miles from civilization. He is approached by a young prince who requests that he draw him a sheep, which leads into the prince describing to the narrator his life on an asteroid and his travels from planet to planet in search of the meaning of [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy life, the universe, and everything]]. While the book was written for children, the philosophical content appeals to any adult reader, as during the prince's adventures he encounters analogues of many of the traits of modern humanity, and learns about love and friendship from the plants and animals he meets.

Adaptations have mostly been for the stage, but there's also a 1974 movie musical and a 1979 Claymation short. It also inspired an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_Little_Prince_(TV_series) anime]]. There is also a new CGI cartoon, airing on French TV, called [[http://www.thelittleprince.com/tv-serie/the-origins/ The New Adventures of the Little Prince]].

The book is currently being adapted into a full-length animated movie. On an interesting note, the concept art is being done by Thurop van Orman, the director of ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''.

Not in any way a SpearCounterpart to ''ALittlePrincess.''

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!!This book offers examples of:
* AuthorAvatar: The {{Narrator}} who meets the little prince.
** The little prince himself bears some resemblance to the author as a child.
* BabyPlanet
* BittersweetEnding
* ABoyAndHisX: First a Boy and his Rose, later a Boy and his Fox.
** And don't forget the sheep!
* CanonIllustrations
* AChildShallLeadThem
* CompanionCube: The rose.
* CryingLittleKid
* ChildrenAreInnocent
* ConstantlyCurious
* CunningLikeAFox: Strangely, although the fox is very worldly-wise, it isn't cunning or even particularly self-interested.
* DrowningMySorrows: One planet the Prince visits is inhabited by a Tippler caught in a vicious cycle; he claims he drinks to forget that he's ashamed of his drinking habit.
* GrowingUpSucks: "The grown-ups are certainly very odd..."
* HaveAGayOldTime: In Katherine Woods' translation: "What a queer planet!"
* HistoricalInJoke: A reference is made to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his Westernization policies at one point.
* LiteraryAgentHypothesis
* LoveHurts: And how.
* NoNameGiven / EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: None of the characters in the story have names, including the {{Narrator}} and the title character.
* NumberedHomeworld: Asteroid B-612.
** The planets the prince visits are all numbered, as well.
* PlanetOfHats: In fact, every planet we meet is solely inhabited by ''one person'' (except for Earth).
** The Geographer's planet is vast like the Earth, but we never see enough of it to know if he is the only inhabitant. The King's planet may or may not have a rat on it.
* {{Planetville}}: Read above.
* PlayingPictionary: The narrator explains how he once drew a picture of a snake that had swallowed an elephant, and all the adults told him it was a very nice hat.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The book can be also seen as a stealth autobiography. It's based on the time Saint-Exupéry was stuck in the desert for months. See his other novel ''Wind Sand and Stars''.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Played with. The Snake is seen as evil by the narrator, but not by the Little Prince: [[spoiler:"You have good poison? You are sure that it will not make me suffer too long?"]]
* SmallSecludedWorld: Most of the places he visits, Played for symbolism.
* SomethingAboutARose
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
* {{Tsundere}}: The rose.
* WalkingTheEarth: More like traveling through the stars.
* TheWisePrince: This is an interesting case of this, since the only person under his command is a flower, and while he knows a lot about life in the sky, he's rather inexperienced outside of his kingdom. He does hit the melancholy, kind, honourable, and well-intentioned markers face first, and his inexperience is minimal compared to the various adults.

!!''The New Adventures of the Little Prince'' contains examples of:
* AnAesop: Because children are a part of its target audience.
* ABoyAndHisX: A Boy and His Fox.
* LethalLavaLand: The Planet of the Firebird becomes this after said bird goes on a rampage.
* PlanetOfHats: Planet of Wind, Planet of Music, etc.
* TimeMaster: The Planet of Time has The Clockmaker, who governs all the clocks on the planet, and with them, has some control over time.
* TimeStandsStill: On The Planet of Time, each town's time is self-contained and is controlled by the town's clock. Stopping that clock leaves its inhabitants frozen in time.
* WindTurbinePower: The inhabitants of The Planet of Wind have based their entire society on wind. Most of their devices are powered by wind.
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* FauxSymbolism: Okay, he's Jesus. The Fox is a willing convert to faith. The snake is THE Snake. The Sheep in the box is an allegory. Or a parable, the college studies group hasn't gotten back on that. The Rose is [[AuthorAvatar Saint-Exupéry's wife]].
** But that leads to the question of who the Pilot is supposed to be.
*** [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory The Pilot is all of us]], [[GrowingUpSucks grown up!]]

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_little_prince1_7459.jpg
[[caption-width:250:"Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet that was scarcely bigger than himself, and who had need of a sheep."]]

A worldwide literary classic, ''The Little Prince'' (''Le Petit Prince'' in French) is a 1943 children's book written by French aviator and count AntoineDeSaintExupery. It is the fictional account of a French aviator whose plane crashes in the Sahara desert, a thousand miles from civilization. He is approached by a young prince who requests that he draw him a sheep, which leads into the prince describing to the narrator his life on an asteroid and his travels from planet to planet in search of the meaning of [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy life, the universe, and everything]]. While the book was written for children, the philosophical content appeals to any adult reader, as during the prince's adventures he encounters analogues of many of the traits of modern humanity, and learns about love and friendship from the plants and animals he meets.

A worldwide literary classic, ''The Little Prince'' (''Le Petit Prince'' in French) is a 1943 children's book written by French aviator and count AntoineDeSaintExupery. It is the fictional account of a French aviator whose plane crashes in the Sahara desert, a thousand miles from civilization. He is approached by a young prince who requests that he draw him a sheep, which leads into the prince describing to the narrator his life on an asteroid and his travels from planet to planet in search of the meaning of [[HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy life, the universe, and everything]]. While the book was written for children, the philosophical content appeals to any adult reader, as during the prince's adventures he encounters analogues of many of the traits of modern humanity, and learns about love and friendship from the plants and animals he meets.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Okay, he's Jesus. The Fox is a willing convert to faith. The snake is THE Snake. The Sheep in the box is an allegory. Or a parable, the college studies group hasn't gotten back on that. The Rose is [[AuthorAvatar Saint-Exupéry's wife]].
** But that leads to the question of who the Pilot is supposed to be.
*** [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory The Pilot is all of us]], [[GrowingUpSucks grown up!]]

* ABoyandhisX: A Boy and his Fox

* ElephantsChild

* PlanetofHats: Planet of Wind, Planet of Music, etc.

!!The cartoon, The New Adventures of the Little Prince, offers examples of:

Adaptations have mostly been for the stage, but there's also a 1974 movie musical and a 1979 Claymation short. It also inspired an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_the_Little_Prince_(TV_series) anime]]. There is also a new, CGI cartoon that will consist of 52 episodes that is being dubbed as [[http://www.thelittleprince.com/tv-serie/the-origins/ The New Adventures of the Little Prince]] about the Little Prince setting out to stope the Snake from stirring up trouble on some planets.
It is being adapted into a full-length animated movie. On an interesting note, the concept art is being done by Thurop van Orman, the director of ''TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack''.

* ABoyandhisX A Boy and his Fox
* AnAesop Because children are a part of it's target audience.
* LethalLavaLand The Planet of the Firebird becomes this after the aformented bird goes on a rampage.
* PlanetofHats Planet of Wind, Planet of Music, etc. ALthough Planet of the Firebird seemed kind of varied.
* TimeMaster The Planet of Time has The Clockmaker, who governs all the clocks on the planet, and with them, has some control over time.
* TimeStandsStill On The Planet of Time, Each town's time is self contained and is controlled by the town's clock. stopping that clock leaves its inhabitants frozen in time.
* WindTurbinePower The inhabitants of The Planet of Wind have based their entire society on wind. Most of their devices are powered by wind.