Layla (Winx Club)
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| Layla[1] | |
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| Voiced by | Vasthy Mompoint |
| Associated Pixie: | Piff |
| Age at first appearance: | 17 |
| Birthday: | June 15 |
| Origin: | Planet Andros (Realm of Tides in the 4Kids version)[2] |
| Affiliation: | Alfea, Winx club |
| Powers and abilities | Water |
| First appearance: | La Fenice D'ombra/Back to School |
Layla[1] (also known as Aisha in versions other than 4kids TV) is a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series. Layla first appears in the first episode of Season 2, La Fenice D'ombra (translation: The Shadow Phoenix) (4kids dub: Back to School).
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[edit] Personality
Layla is a complex and multilayered character. When we first see her in the first episodes of season two, it is apparent that she is determined and fearless. In her very first appearance, we observe her trying to rescue the pixies that will later become bonded to the individual members of the Winx Club. Through her conversation, we get a glimpse of her powers, and receive a few hints about the villain of the season, Lord Darkar. After escaping with only one pixie, she stumbles to Alfea, where she is found by the members of the Winx Club, and faints. She shows a deep love and caring for the pixies, who are obviously her close friends. The Pixies trust her very much - Layla is one of the few people who know of Pixie Village. Layla gives practical advice and always provides a shoulder to cry on.
She continuously shows this caring nature throughout the show, comforting Musa after her conflict with her father, and calming Flora's nerves when she experiences qualms about her feelings for Helia.
She has tried to develop an independence. She appears to be a feminist, and can perform any task that the specialists can. She even, at one point, takes control of the Wind Raiders from Riven.
Layla is not a Supergirl, though. She has some vulnerabilities that she tries to hide from the other members of the Winx Club, but it doesn't always work.
Layla was raised in a very traditional setting. Her parents believed that princesses should conduct themselves in a strict orthodox manner, and scrutinized her every movement and thought. As a result, Layla had a very isolated childhood, excepting the times when she escaped from the palace.
She loves sports and dancing. She is 17 years old and her birthday is June 15th.
Because of this, Layla has not had many friends. After her best friend Anne moves away when Layla is young, her only friends are the pixies of Pixie Village.
Her first interaction with girls her age comes when she arrives at Alfea. Having been so isolated for such a long time, many times, she holds back, and worries that she doesn't know how to be a good friend. As the months progress, though, she slowly opens up and becomes good friends with all of them.
Layla is extremely opinionated and open minded. She is as intuitive as Stella, and when asked to, gives practical and pragmatic advice. She is also a talented dancer, and speaks many different languages.
[edit] Appearance
Civilian
Layla has long, wavy dark brown hair, blue-green eyes, and mocha hued skin. Her daily outfit is comprised of a soft purple tank top with a small blue colored wave logo on it, an olive colored, studded cargo short skirt, olive colored hiking boots, and pink legwarmers. She has recently been seen wearing other various types of clothing, but this one in particular is the outfit she seems to favor wearing most. Her other outfit is a ranger suit and hiking boots.
Winx
Her Winx outfit is a sparkly green one shoulder top, a sparkly green mini skirt atop green mini shorts, and green boots. She also wears a green sash connecting her top and skirt, and several silver rings around her outfit and on her arms. Layla's wings are sky blue with mauve tips. Her charmix is a butterfly pin and a pear shaped waistbag.
Enchantix
Her Enchantix outfit is a cyan top with green trimming around yellow and pink skirt pattern is the same colors with , bejeweled warm gold colored translucent above-the-elbow gloves and violet, ample wings with a lime green outlining. Her hair now appears to be strategically braided before styled into pigtails, in addition to growing a few inches in length. She has also discarded her green boots and dons strappy, barefoot sandals connected by flower shaped buttons, and wears a powder blue colored forehead tiara.
[edit] Magical abilities
Layla is from Planet Andros.[2] She has the power of Morfix, a pink fluid that she can morph into any shape she wants, and she wishes to master all the fluids after perfecting her skills at Alfea.
Layla's first transformation is rapid but surprisingly detailed. Firstly she screams and flexes her arms, and there is a brilliant white flash. Layla spins and her ranger outfit is replaced by her Winx outfit bit-by-bit in a green glow. Layla then flies down into her finishing pose. For Charmix, her pin appears on the shoulder then the bag appears on the waist. Since the ranger outfit was not her usual casual outfit, a different version where her outfit appears in a flash of light (like Stella's sequence), with the sash appearing separately, was used after the trip to the UnderRealm.
Notably, her transformation sequence does not have hands being crossed at any point, nor does she have a background shape.
Layla's powers are entirely based around the liquid Morfix, but she hopes to be able to control all liquids through magical training. Layla usually just creates blasts of the liquid which she projects from her palms in columns. However, she can also create solid walls of crystallized Morfix for protection. She can create blasts of Morfix that becomes solid when touched. Layla is able to generate Morfix that travel as water. She can cause Morfix to shape itself and reshape water and other liquids. Layla has been known to also create useful but very strange things with Morfix, such as an 18th century cannon hoist for climbing down a cliff when a simple strong rope would have been much more logical.
Enchantix
She was the first to get her Enchantix in the 3rd season episode "The Mermaid Queen". However, this came at a great sacrifice: having to pass up the first available opportunity for her blindness she sustained in the previous episode to be healed, to heal the titular mermaid queen instead. Layla's Enchantix transformation has magic power wrapping itself around Layla's arms, body, then legs, and finally the top of her forehead to form the various parts of the outfit, before the wings come out.
[edit] 4kids changes
- The 4KIDS edition states that she is able to manipulate water molecules. However, this is uncertain.[verification needed]
