Winx Club

Winx Club
Winx Club logo.
Genre	Contemporary fantasy, Science fantasy
Format	Animated television series
Created by	Iginio Straffi
Voices of	Letizia Ciampa Perla Liberatori Ilaria Latini Gemma Donati Domitilla D'Amico Laura Lenghi Debora Magnaghi
Opening theme	Rainbow "Under the sign of the Winx" (Season 1-3) "Winx are back" (Season 4) Nickelodeon "Winx you're magic now" by Cymphonique Miller
Country of origin	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
No. of seasons	4 (6 announced)
No. of episodes	104 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	19-23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Rai Due
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	28 January 2004 (2004-01-28) – present
Chronology
Related shows	PopPixieBold text
External links
Website

Winx Club (also known as The Winx: Just Fairies) is a 2004 Italian animated television series, created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.r.l.. The series is aimed toward children between the ages of five and twelve,^[1] but is also popular among teens. It has spawned an international franchise of toys, books, clothing, video games, DVDs, as well as two CGI feature films.

Apart from the English language version of the series done by Cinélume in Canada for various international markets, 4Kids Entertainment in the United States made an alternative version by changing dialogue and music and altering some visuals and situations. Their dub was discontinued in 2007 after the third season. In 2011, Nickelodeon aired four one-hour specials that summarize seasons one and two, as well as seasons 3 and 4 in full. The first special aired June 27, the second special on August 1, and the third special on September 18, and the fourth and final special aired on October 16. On November 14, 2011, Nickelodeon started airing Season 3 every weekday. They will also co-produce the upcoming fifth and sixth seasons. In Italy the four specials were broadcasted on Rai Due Every Monday from November 21 - December 12, 2011; they will also be re-broadcasting Season 1, 2,3 & 4 Spring 2012. Rai Due will also Premire the 5th Season in Autum 2012 and The Magical Adventure in December 2012

Contents 1 Production and development 2 Plot 2.1 First season 2.2 Second season 2.3 Third season 2.4 Fourth season 2.5 Future 3 Characters 3.1 Winx 3.2 The Trix 3.3 The Specialists 3.4 The Pixies 4 Settings 4.1 Gardenia 4.2 The Realm of Magix 4.3 Alfea 4.4 Cloudtower 4.5 Redfountain 5 Broadcast history 6 Other media 6.1 Publications 6.2 Theatre 6.3 Video games 7 Merchandise 7.1 DVD collection 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

Production and development

Iginio Straffi first wished to create a show aimed mainly at girls like Sailor Moon in 2000, when children's programming was dominated by boy-oriented shows.^[2]

Plot

The story follows Bloom and her friends Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, Aisha(Layla), and is situated mainly in the Magical Dimension and on Earth. They call themselves 'The Winx Club' and go on countless adventures together. Throughout the story, they discover new transformations, unlock secrets and powers, battle against the darkness and support Bloom as she tries to discover her past.

First season

A supposedly ordinary girl from planet Earth, Bloom, with her pet Kiko, lives a perfectly normal life in the city of Gardenia with her mother and father. Until she stumbles upon Stella, a princess from the planet Solaria, who is in trouble. Coming to Stella's aid, Bloom discovers her dormant magical abilities and powers when she dodges a group of monsters. Stella persuades Bloom to join Alfea, a school for fairies in the Magical Dimension. She agrees and leaves Gardenia and her parents. At Alfea, Bloom forms the Winx Club, whose members are her four friends and roommates: Stella, and the three friends she meets at Alfea: Musa, Tecna, and Flora. Later in the series they encounter and befriend the Specialists: Brandon, Riven, Timmy, and Sky, who also become their love interests. They will also encounter their enemies, a trio of witches calling themselves the Trix:^{[nb 1]} Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. They are witches from Cloudtower, a school for witches and dark magic that is roughly equivalent to Alfea, and are in search of the power of the Dragon Fire which is supposedly in Stella's magic ring. However, they realize that the Dragon Fire is the source of Bloom's powers, which they try to steal from her. Their ruthless pursuit of the ring leads to many encounters and battles with the Winx. Leading up to the final battel in which the evil Trix get defeated. Bloom also begins to learn the secrets of her home planet, birth parents, and powers.

Second season

After their summer vacation, the Winx return to Alfea to begin their second year. They meet a new fairy, Aisha(Layla),^{[nb 2]} who asks for their help in rescuing her pixie friends who are being held hostage by Lord Darkar, who wanted to find out where the Pixies' Village was in order to steal one of the four pieces of the Codex (one each in Pixie Village, Redfountain, Cloudtower, and Alfea) which would open the portal to the Realm of Realix, where the Ultimate Power can be found. The Trix^{[nb 1]} meet Lord Darkar while being imprisoned in the Fortress of Light, and they agree to serve him if he freed them. The Winx also learn how to get their Charmix. Lord Darkar is actually the "Shadow Phoenix" who wants to take control of the magical realm. Meanwhile, a new professor arrives at Alfea, one who is actually working for Lord Darkar. He later turns Bloom into Dark Bloom and sends her to Lord Darkar, who turns Bloom into his servant, thus making her open the realm of Realix. But in order to help deafeat this villan the Specialists ( With the help of the Winx) summon Queen Aminsha from the underground realm of where Lord Darkar hides away in his fortace. When their plan does'nt work out, Sky expresses his true feelings to Bloom to bring back her true self, and Bloom uses her great healing powers to heal everyone, after the battle in which Riven nearly loses his life saving Musa. Bloom and the others go back to Alfea and celebrate and Aisha(Layla) joins the Winx Club as the sixth member.

Third season

Previously banished to the Omega Dimension, the Trix^{[nb 1]} are able to escape with Valtor,^{[nb 3]} a sorcerer partially responsible for the destruction of Bloom's home planet, Domino.(Sparx)^{[nb 4]} They choose to cooperate and plan to invade several areas in the realm of Magix and seek vengeance on those who imprisoned them, by stealing their exceptionally strong and powerful magic mystic treasures and power sources of each realm. With the Enchantix, Flora, Stella, Aisha(Layla),^{[nb 2]} Tecna and Musa are able to use incredible and strong power and are able to miniaturize. Bloom, however cannot miniaturize due to the fact that her Enchantix is not complete. The Winx begin their third and final year at Alfea, learning about their unique Enchantix transformations, acquired by sacrificing themselves for someone from their home world and showing great courage and sacrifice in doing so. Bloom also learns more about her home planet Domino as well as the truth about where her birth parents are.

Fourth season

The fourth season of the Winx Club debuted on April 15, 2009^[3] in Italy. The Winx continue their adventures by establishing themselves in Gardenia to earn the new Believix transformation by convincing the skeptical population to believe in magic, along with protecting the last fairy on Earth, Roxy, who is in danger of being captured by a group of fairy hunters. In Australia, the English version of the fourth season made by Cinélume premiered on Boomerang, a sister channel of Cartoon Network

Future

In the United States, Rainbow revoked the distribution rights for the entire series from 4Kids, and sought out a new partner.^[4] On September 2, 2010, Nickelodeon announced through a press release that they will be co-producing seasons 5 and 6 of Winx Club.

In early January 2011, it was announced that Keke Palmer will be playing the voice of Aisha (Layla). In late March 2011, Molly C. Quinn announced she will be voicing Bloom. Josh Keaton announced that he will voice Valtor in season 3. Ariana Grande announced on May 22 via Twitter that she will be voicing Princess Diaspro, a minor villain, in the new dub. Romi Dames has also announced that she will voice Musa. Elizabeth Gillies will play Daphne and Matt Shively will play Sky. The first special's broadcast revealed that Amy Gross is voicing Stella, Alejandra Reynoso is voicing Flora, and Morgan Decker is voicing Tecna.

The US premiere of the third season of the series debuted on November 14, 2011 on Nick. Season five will come to USA in July 2012 and season six a month after that.

Nickelodeon released the first of four one-hour specials summarizing the first two seasons, featuring newly animated scenes, on June 27, covering the first half of the first season. The second aired on August 1 and was entitled, "Revenge of the Trix." The third aired on September 18, and is entitled, "The Battle for Magix." The fourth and final special aired on October 16, and is entitled "The Shadow Phoenix". This special marked the first appearances of Darkar, Aisha (Layla), the Pixies, and Helia. Beginning this November.

The UK and Ireland premiere was on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Revenge on the Trix was premiered on October 22 at 4:30. Battle for Magix premiered November 13, 2011 at 9:30am. The Shadow Phoeinix is schedule to air on December 11 at 9:30am. The series will premiere on January 16th, 2012 at 3:30pm.

The Canada Premiere was aired on September 5, 2011. The second is air on October 10, 2011 at 12pmEST called Revenge of the Trix. The Third is schedule to air Sunday, November 13 at noon. the shadow poenix is schedule to premire on December 4 at 12pm The Revenge of the Trix Premiere Saturday at 10:00 am in Australia and New Zealand.

The premiere aired in Latin America on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 in Mexico and Colombia at 4:30pm and Venezuela at 5:00pm. It also aired on Nickelodeon Brazil at the same date at 4:30pm in Brazil, in Brazilian Portuguese. Revenge of the Trix aired in November 16. The Battle for Magix aired on December 7. The Shadow Phoenix is scheduled aired in December 28. The series are scheduled to begin broadcasting on January 7, 2012.

In Russia, the Special Premiere was aired on Sunday, October 16, 2011. The Second Special Is Schedule To air November 6 at 12:50/11:50c. The battle for Magix is schedule to air November 27 at 12:50/11:50c. The last Special called the Shadow Phoenix Premiere December 18 at 12:50/11:50c

In Poland, Hungary and Romania, the Special Premiere was aired on Sunday, October 16, 2011.

in Nickelodeon Asia Winx Club Special Premier was be aired on Friday, November 11, 2011.

In Italy the Fist special premiered on November 21 at 7:15. The second special is schedule to premier november 28 at 7:30am

In Portugal Nickelodeon require the copyrights of the Series of Winx Club

In Israel the Special Premiere was aired on Sunday, December 25, 2011. Israel dubbed all the specials although they dubbed the whole series.

Country / Region	Channel	Special Premiere	Revenge of the Trix	The Battle for Magix	The Shadow Phoenix	Season 3	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom	Season 4	Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure	Season 5
United States	Nickelodeon	June 27, 2011	August 1, 2011	September 18, 2011	October 16, 2011	November 14, 2011	January 2012	February 2012	2012	July 2012
Canada	Nickelodeon Canada	September 5, 2011	October 10, 2011	November 13, 2011	December 4, 2011	January 2, 2012
United Kingdom	Nickelodeon UK and Ireland	September 24, 2011	October 22, 2011	November 13, 2011	December 11, 2011	January 16, 2012
United States	Nicktoons	September 25, 2011	September 25, 2011
Poland	Nickelodeon Poland	October 16, 2011	November 6, 2011	November 27, 2011	December 18, 2011	January 9, 2012	March 2012
Hungary	Nickelodeon (Hungary)	October 16, 2011	November 6, 2011	November 27, 2011	December 18, 2011	January 9, 2012	March 2012
Romania	Nickelodeon (Romania)	October 16, 2011	November 6, 2011	November 27, 2011	December 18, 2011	January 9, 2012	March 2012
Brazil	Nickelodeon Brazil	October 26, 2011	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	December 28, 2011	January 7, 2012
Mexico	Nickelodeon Latin America	October 26, 2011	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	December 28, 2011	January 7, 2012
Colombia	Nickelodeon Latin America	October 26, 2011	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	December 28, 2011	January 7, 2012
Venezuela	Nickelodeon Latin America	October 26, 2011	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	December 28, 2011	January 7, 2012
Russia	Nickelodeon Russia	October 16, 2011	November 6, 2011	November 27, 2011	December 18, 2011	January 9, 2012	March 2012
Indonesia	Nickelodeon Asia	November 11, 2011	December 9, 2011	January 23, 2012	January 24, 2012
France	France 3	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	January 2012	February 2012	March 2012
Italy	Rai Due	November 21, 2011	November 28, 2011	December 5, 2011	December 12, 2011	January 29, 2007	November 30, 2007	April 15, 2009	October 29, 2010	Fall 2012
Portugal	Nickelodeon Portugal	2012	TBA	TBA	TBA	2012
Canada	YTV	December 12, 2011	December 13, 2011	December 14, 2011	December 15, 2011
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	December 25, 2011	December 26, 2011	December 27, 2011	December 28, 2011	September, 2007	July 17, 2008	October 2009	July 14, 2011
Germany	Nickelodeon Germany	January 28, 2012	February 11, 2012	February 25, 2011	March 10, 2011	October 3, 2007	September 4, 2008	October 31, 2009	May 5, 2011

Characters

Winx

The Winx are a group of fairies formed by Bloom in the beginning of the first season. Initially, it was a group of five fairies: Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa and Tecna. Layla^{[nb 2]} joined the group in the second season after some conflict with the villain of the season, Lord Darkar. In the original version, the word "Winx," as Bloom suggests, has no meaning, although in the edits made by 4Kids Entertainment, it is the word for the magical power that fairies have.

• Bloom (Season 1-Present): She discovered her dormant magical powers after coming to the aid of another fairy, Stella. She is always available to help her friends. Shortly after arriving at Alfea, she discovers that her powers come from the ancient Dragon's Flame(Fire). She is the princess and last survivor of her planet Sparks^{[nb 5]} her birthplace. She owns a blueish bunny named Kiko and a horse/pegasus named Peg (In the movie The Magic is Back). Her pixie is Lockette, the pixie of mazes and portals. Her magical pet is Belle, a green and white sheep. She is Sky's fiancee after he proposes to her in the movie Secrets of the Lost Kingdom.

• Stella (Season 1-Present): She is a talkative "girly girl." She tends to be spontaneous and dislikes extensive planning, but she is able to recognize when her help is needed. Stella is also infamous amongst the Alfea students for blowing up a laboratory. She has the power of the sun and the moon. Her mother represents the moon and her father represents the sun. She is the princess of the planet Solaria, her birthplace, making her the heir to the throne. It is revealed in season one that her mother and father are divorced, but she wishes they would get back together, as is revealed in season three. Her pixie is Amore, the pixie of love, and her magical pet is Ginger, a white poodle. She is Brandon's fiancee for he proposed her in season four.

• Flora (Season 1-Present): She is a very kind-hearted and sensitive girl with a passion for nature and life. Happy and intelligent, she is always a sweet, loyal friend and does not believe in hurting others or the environment. She is extremely fond of plants and nature and her room consequently resembles a greenhouse. She has the power of nature, which allows her to use plants in her attacks and natural predators to exterminate pests. She comes from the planet Linphea.^{[nb 6]} Her pixie is Chatta, the pixie of gossip. In the third season, it is revealed that Flora has a younger sister named Miele.^{[nb 7]} Her magical pet is Coco, a pink cat. She is Helia's girlfriend.

• Musa (Season 1-Present): She loves all forms of music. Although she tries to put up a tough front to isolate herself and is often pessimistic, she is a loyal and caring friend. She is a bit of a tomboy but can be girly at many times. She is pale and appears to be of Asian descent, with blue-black pigtails and blue eyes. Musa has the power of Music, and she gets her energy from all kinds of music. She comes from the planet Melody^{[nb 8]} so she grew with music all around her. Her mother was a great singer and her father is a great pianist and could also play the cello. Her pixie is Tune, the pixie of manners, who often gets on Musa's nerves since they are almost the exact opposite of each other in terms of personalities. Her magical pet is Pepe, a brown bear. She is Riven's girlfriend.

• Tecna (Season 1-Present): She is always logical and rational, and initially had trouble expressing her emotions. She speaks in a technical and matter-of-fact manner. She is extremely intelligent and strong in technology and mathematics and enjoys playing video games. She is also pretty athletic, and enjoys doing sports. She can act cold and rational at times, but always tries to do the right thing. She has the power of technology and can control everything provided by technology. She comes from the planet Zenith.^{[nb 9]} Her pixie is Digit, the pixie of nanotechnology. Her magical pet is Chicko, a yellow duck. She is Timmy's girlfriend.

• Layla (season 2-Present):^{[nb 10]} Layla is the Princess of the planet Andros.^{[nb 11]} She has a restless, rebellious and wild nature. Layla is more of an athlete, a fighter, dancer and wind-raider rider compared to the rest of the group. She is also a feminist and thus opposes Riven, a chauvinist. She has the power of waves and is able to manipulate a pink fluid to take on any form she chooses. She joins the Winx Club in the second season and brings her pixie friends along with her. Her pixie is Piff, the pixie of sweet dreams, who quite frequently helps her with her troubling nightmares. Her magical pet is Milly, a white rabbit. She was Nabu's fiancee, but he dies in episode 24 of the fourth season. Layla was very upset and ended up temporarily joining the Warrior Earth Fairies to avenge Nabu, but she quickly came back to the Winx a couple of episodes later. She is also known as the match maker as she helped Flora and Musa with their boyfriends.

• Roxy (season 4-present): Roxy is the last earth fairy . The Winx fairies' newest mission is to protect Roxy from Wizards of the Black Circle, who are after her, her power is the power of animals which makes her the fairy of animals. She also lives in Gardenia, just like Bloom, making the two close. The Winx girls noticed her in The Frutti Music Bar, where her father and herself work, and got to be friends with her later in the season. As the fairy of Animals, she owns a pet dog, Artu, whom she loves very much and despises anyone who tries to hurt him. Roxy is very much her own person and in the beginning it was hard for the Winx to get through to her. She has a stubborn personality, but softens as she gets to know Bloom and her friends. She is also the daughter of Morgana, the Queen of the earth fairies, making Roxy their Princess. Some people say she is part of the Winx Club but most do not. In some websites people question if she'll appear in season five. Roxy will definitely join in season 5 and all of them will get their sirenix. (Their new transformation!)

The Trix

The Trix^{[nb 1]} are an evil trio of witches who attended Cloudtower (only in the first season, after which they got expelled), a school which rivals Alfea. They are the enemies of the Winx Club. All three of them took over the Creatures of the Dark as their rulers by taking away Bloom's power, The Dragon Flame(Fire).Until Bloom managed to believe in herself and use all of the power that was still in her and destroy The Trix. They were arrested in the end of the first season, but they escaped with the help of Lord Darkar in the beginning of the second season. He gave them their Gloomix which multiplies their power. In the third season, they worked with Valtor who gave them there disenchantix to defeat the Winx once and for all. But in the end, they were arrested again. The Trix did not appear in the fourth season. They made a comeback in the second film as minions of the Ancestral Witches. It's confirmed that the Trix will return in Season 5.

• Icy (Season 1-3, 5): The leader and oldest of the trio, her name refers to her powers of ice. She enjoys torturing pixies. Icy despises Bloom and her friends, therefore she is most competitive with the girls for the whole series. She is the most powerful of the three. In comparison to her sisters, she is more aggressive than Darcy, but calmer than Stormy. In season two, Darkar gives Icy a light blue necklace(Gloomix) that makes a perfect shape around her neck then makes a wider circle shape and ends with a diamond.

• Darcy (Season 1-3, 5): Darcy's powers works with all forms of darkness, including illusions, as her name suggests ("Darcy" meaning "Dark One"). She enjoys tormenting fairies and is less aggressive than her sisters. Darcy hypnotized Riven, getting him to turn on the fairies, for most of season one. In season two, Darkar gives Darcy a jewelry (Gloomix) that goes on the back of her hand to her elbow, which is purple on her left hand.

• Stormy (Season 1-3, 5): The youngest of the trio, her powers involve lightning, storms, and weather. She has the worst temper of the group and is prone to violent outbursts. She often does not think before she does something. Stormy is Musa's rival for most of the series. In season two, Darkar gives Stormy a jewelry (Gloomix) that goes on the back of her hand all the way up to her elbow, which is violet on her right hand.

The Specialists

The Specialists are students who attend an all-boys school near Alfea, the Redfountain School for Specialists. The following six Specialists (Nabu did not appear in the first and the second season.) have become the boyfriends of the Winx girls. It should be noted that throughout the series, the boys often need the girls' help. However, they can manage on their own at times.

• Sky (Season 1-present): The former Prince of Eraklyon, now fiancee to Bloom, he feels stifled by his position. He has medium blonde hair and became the king of Eraklyon in the first movie, Winx Club: Secret of the Lost Kingdom. Because he is in love with Bloom, he refuses to marry Diaspro, the girl of his parents' choice. At the start of the first season, Sky does not use his real name, because he wanted to see what it was like to be a normal guy as well as to divert any threats to his life. Therefore he and Brandon switched identities for a while. He is Brandon's best friend.Sky is Bloom's boyfriend.

• Brandon (Season 1-present): He is a great swordsman and ladies' man. He has short brown hair with a very long fringe. He and Stella develop a romantic interest between each other throughout the series and eventually becomes Stella's fiance in a later episode of the fourth season. In the first season, Brandon switched identities with Sky for Sky wanted to experience life as a commoner. He and Sky are the strongest of the group and among the best students at Red Fountain. He is also best friends with Sky.

• Timmy (Season 1-present): The brains of the group, he comes from a long line of scientists. He has short, ginger hair. He is shy, sweet, and smart. Both Tecna and Timmy love technology, making them an obvious couple. When Tecna sacrificed herself for the sake of the whole magic dimension and got trapped in the Omega Dimension, Timmy felt depressed and missed her a lot, often falling into trances. He, however, regaind confidence when the team rescued Tecna. He is an expert pilot and mechanic. His weapon of choice is a plasma gun, but occasionally he also picks up a yellow phantorapier. He is shown to have less fighting skills but has the most intellect, which proves very useful to the team. Timmy is Tecna's boyfriend and Helia^[5]'s best friend.

• Riven (Season 1-present): A lone wolf, very competitive, really easy to get jealous and good at sports, he is also very stubborn. He has short, spiked, raspberry colored hair. His mother left him in his young age and so he is wary of women in general. He is Musa's boyfriend, and although the couple occasionally have some flaws in their relationship, their relationship has been improving and blossoming by the end of the fourth season. At first, Riven had a connection with Cloud Tower because he was controlled under a spell which Darcy cast on him, until the witches realized they did not need him anymore and locked him up. Luckily, he escaped and rejoined the good guys. His weapon of choice is either a reddish purple phantosaber or a meteor hammer. Riven is best friends with Nabu.

• Helia (Season 2-present): An artistic student, he is a great pilot and a pacifist. Helia is a nephew of the headmaster of Red Fountain, Saladin. He has long blue-black hair tied into a loose ponytail in the second and third season but cuts it to short spiky fringes in the fourth season. He is also very romantic and shy about directly speaking about his feelings. He is very good at using his laser string glove and tries to help everyone with it. He was a top student in Red Fountain in his first year until he decided to quit and study art at another school. He came back for his second year at Red Fountain and joined Sky's squad. Helia is the oldest of all the boys because he would have been in his third year at the start of the first season had he not dropped out to go to art school. Both Helia and Flora love nature and cannot bear to see someone harm it. Helia is best friends with Timmy and is Flora's boyfriend.

• Nabu (Season 3-present): A man of nobility born in Andros,^{[nb 11]} the same planet Aisha(Layla)^{[nb 2]} is from. He is engaged to Aisha(Layla) and secretly left his home planet under the identity of "Ophir" to discover who his would-be wife was and find out what she was truly like. The Winx and the Specialists thought that he was a spy for Valtor. He saved the team on multiple occasions and helped defeat Valtor. He gained Aisha's(Layla's)trust and love. He also joined the group on Earth in the fourth season. Nabu is a wizard and uses magic, unlike other boys. He also uses a magic shaft as a weapon. Nabu has very long dark reddish brown hair, often braided or tied. Nabu is best friends with Riven. In the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season (episode 102 of the series) ,"The Day of Justice," Nabu sacrifices himself to save the Earth fairy kingdom of Tir-Nan-Og, and then enters a comatose state, but returns, alive and well, in the second 3D movie, "Winx Club: Magical Adventure."He may return in season 5. Even though he is not a Specialist, he is a close friend to the specialists and also the Winx. Nabu is also engaged to be married to Layla.

The Pixies

The pixies are magical beings bonded to the fairies. Each has a special talent similar to the Winx. All known pixies are female, yet in the Italian show Pop Pixie, Digit, Tecna's pixie is changed to a male instead of a female. They make their first appearances in Season 2 after Aisha/Layla, Bloom, and Stella rescue them from Lord Darkar.

• Lockette (Season 2-present): Lockette is the Pixie of Portals, and thus, knows her way anywhere. She has a green flower hairclip that transforms into a scepter that helps her point people in the right direction. Lockette is Bloom's bonded pixie, as Bloom often finds herself lost, and is constantly on a journey to discover the secrets of her past throughout the series (or 'has many hidden passages in her heart'). Lockette not only helps Bloom find her way physically, but also emotionally, as she tries to discover her true self and connect with her power and family. Lockette's guidance and loyalty saves Bloom on many an occasion, and the two are inseparable (much to Kiko's dismay). Also in Season 3 it seems that she doesn't like Prince Sky that much. It has not confirmed whether or not she and the other pixies will return in Season 5.

• Amore (Season 2-present): Amore lives up to her name. She is the Pixie of Love ('amore' is Italian for 'love'). Her sensitive nature is mirrored in appearance by her rosy-red hair, flowing pink dress and floral decorations. She is Stella's bonded pixie. As Stella's bonded pixie, Amore reminds Stella of what is truly important in life: Love. Amore's belief in love as being beautiful, and Stella's love for beauty, compliment each other perfectly.

• Tune (Season 2-present): Tune is the Pixie of Etiquette, or Good Manners, who is polite, even when she is yelling at others. Tune is neat, orderly, prim and proper, and old-fashioned, with pale purple hair, and a Victorian style outfit in purples, whites and blues. Tune believes in being lady-like, a stark contrast to her bonded fairy, Musa, who is famous for her outgoing behavior. In spite of Tune's nagging and correcting, Tune and Musa make the perfect pair, each lessening each other's extremes. A perfect example of 'opposites attract'.

• Chatta (Season 2-present): Chatta is the Pixie of Chatter, who looks somewhat like Stella: long, blonde hair in two ponytails, with a green outfit. She is extremely talkative, and enjoys writing cheers and talking about just about everything, especially herself. Chatta is also the bravest of the pixies, as she once stood up to Darkar in a Season 2 episode. As Flora's bonded pixie, Flora is very dependent on Chatta, due to her extremely introverted, quiet nature. Chatta encourages Flora to find the strength to speak her mind, often showing the most positive of outcomes. She also helped Flora tell Helia about her feelings about him (It has been noted and sometimes mistaken that Amore and Chatta could also have fit with each other's associated fairy, due to Amore's floral decorations and Chatta's blonde pigtails and attitude).

• Digit (Season 2-present): is the Pixie of Nanotechnology (technology on an extremely small scale), who lives up to her name. She is extremely immaculate, logical, precise, mathematical and shows little emotion. She is an obvious match for Tecna, and the two have an extremely close relationship, as Digit and Tecna are perfect for challenging each other's minds (and video game skills), discussing similar interests, and speaking in their technical manner.

• Piff (Season 2-present): is a baby Pixie of Sweet Sleep, who can turn any nightmare into a sweet dream by falling asleep on someone's head. Piff is unable to talk (so she mostly communicates in baby babble), and depends on Aisha(Layla), staying always by her side (or in her hood). Piff is almost always sleeping, and is the perfect match for the restless Layla, who often tosses and turns in her sleep due to nightmares. Aisha(Layla) and Piff have an extremely close bond, as Aisha(Layla) needs Piff to function, and vice versa.

Settings

Gardenia

Gardenia is a city on Earth where Bloom lived most of her life with her adoptive parents Mike and Vanessa. Mike saved Bloom from a burning building after the attack on her home planet Domino(Sparx). After discovering that she was a fairy, she moved into the dormitories of Alfea and would occasionally return to visit her parents or to introduce her friends to the unique culture. In the fourth season, Gardenia becomes the main setting as the Winx pursue and protect Roxy, the last fairy on Earth.

The Realm of Magix

The Realm of Magix is a planet in the magical dimension, where most of the series unfolds. It is also the name of a city on that planet. It is an enchanted and highly technologically-advanced planet populated by fairies, witches, specialists, and other creatures where most people have magic powers.

Alfea

Alfea is a famous boarding school for fairies in training. Most of the Winx girls met and used to reside here and have a close relationship with its headmistress, Ms. Faragonda. At Alfea, fairies learn to fight evil, help their planets, or, in many cases, become queens of their planets. When Bloom and the other girls met there, they immediately became best friends and formed the Winx Club, since they all lived in one dormitory. It is here that the Winx, after graduating, taught for a short period of time. Once,in the first season the Trix^{[nb 1]} tried to destroy Alfea but failed to do so.

Cloudtower

^{[nb 12]} Cloudtower is a boarding school for witches in training, and for most of the first season, it was the residence of the Trix^{[nb 1]} and Mirta. At Cloudtower, witches learn about witchcraft. In later episodes of the first season, the Trix took over Cloudtower and caused a disaster after they stole the Dragon's Flame(Fire)from Bloom. Ms. Griffin is the school's headmistress. At one point, the Winx go to Cloudtower to learn the art of dark magic. In the third season, it is revealed that Griffin, Saladin and Faragonda were in the Company of Light. It was also revealed that Griffin had a past with Valtor.^{[nb 3]}

Redfountain

^{[nb 13]} Redfountain is a boarding school for the specialists, one magical forest away from Alfea. It teaches fighting and the use of technology. At Redfountain, boys are taught how to go on dangerous missions and to fight for their respective planets. Redfountain and Alfea have a close relationship and Miss Faragonda and Saladin have a long history together. Redfountain used to be a big historical made of stone, but after a hard battle, Red Fountain was spoilt, so a modern version was created. In the modern version Redfountain is actually a tall red builiding with water dropping from the sides making it look like a fountain.

Broadcast history

In Italy, where the series was created, it has been broadcast on Rai Due since January 28, 2004. In America, it was licensed and dubbed into English by 4kids Entertainment and was broadcast on 4kids TV (formerly the FoxBox) beginning on June 19, 2004, with a preview episode airing on May 22, 2004. 4kids TV continued its initial run until September 22, 2007. On April 12, 2008, Winx Club was rerun on 4kids TV and then on July 18, 2009, reruns of Winx Club then aired on the CW4kids until July 10, 2010. Cartoon Network aired Winx Club in 2005 on their afternoon block Miguzi. After 4Kids' license for the series was relinquished, Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the franchise and is producing a new English dub in Hollywood. Nickelodeon is currently airing the Winx Club as of June 27, 2011, beginning with four-one hour specials summarizing seasons one and two, in both Italian and English. Another English dub produced by Cinelume in association with Rai Due has been broadcast in Singapore, season 4 in Australia, and is featured as an alternate English language track on several European DVD releases.

Other media

Publications

In Italy, there are two ongoing monthly comic books in publication. One is a Winx Club comic book, although its storyline is generally not related to that of the animated series. The other is Pixie, a spin-off of the Winx Club comic book centered around the pixies.

A CGI feature film, Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, was announced in late 2006, and released in Italy on 30 November 2007. It was released on 20 November 2008 in Singapore. The plot of the film revolves around Bloom's origins, and takes place after the events of the third season.^[6] The official website for the film covers several markets, with release dates and other information.

At the Licensing Expo 2008 in New York, Rainbow announced the production of a second film, slated to premiere in 2010. It was later announced in spring 2010 that it would be titled Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure and it would be Italy's first 3D movie, with a release date of October 29.^[7] A 10 minute promo reel will be shown at the Giffoni Film Festival in July.^[8]

Theatre

In September 2005, the "Winx Power" musical show began in Italy.^[9][10] After a successful tour in Italy, it also expanded to Belgium and the Netherlands, before expanding to Portugal in 2009. November 2008 also saw the launch of "Winx On Ice", an ice show starring Carolina Kostner.^[11]

Video games

Winx Club games have been released for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Wii, and Windows. Most of the Winx Club games are published by Konami; Winx Club: Believix in You was published by Namco Bandai Games. The only game by iOS in this game series was Winx Club: Love & Pet, published by Rainbow Interactive

There are currently nine games based on Winx Club:

• Winx Club (Windows, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance)
• Winx Club: Join the Club (PlayStation Portable)
• Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance)
• Winx Studio (Windows)
• Winx Club: Mission Enchantix (Nintendo DS)
• Winx Club: Secret Diary 2009 (Nintendo DS)
• Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club (Wii)
• Winx Club: Your Magical Universe (Nintendo DS)
• Winx Club: Believix in You (Nintendo DS)
• Winx Club: Love & Pet (iOS)
• Winx Club: RockStars (Nintendo DS)

Merchandise

In Europe, Italian candy manufacturer Ferrero began to distribute plastic Winx figurines as prizes inside their Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs.

In the United States, 4Kids Entertainment held the licensing rights to the series until they lost their license.

In Singapore, bags, clothing and similar items are available.

The Winx Club dolls are the "third most popular dolls in the world" and merchandise sales are over 1 billion euros per year as of 2007.^[12]

DVD collection

In Italy, Mondo Home Entertainment released the first two seasons with both Italian and English audio tracks, the English audio being Cinélume's dub. In 2007, 01 Distribution released the third season on DVD, but these discs contained the Italian audio only. Later, 01 Distribution re-released the first and second season on DVD without the English soundtrack. Tridimensional also released the first three seasons of the show on Italian newsstands along with the Winx Club magazine. These releases contained the original English, Italian, and French audio. The third season release contained Dutch audio as well, and the fourth season contained only Italian audio. Box sets of all four seasons were released by Tridimensional with the same amount of volumes and content that were released separately on newsstands.

In North America, the entire first season of the Winx Club, first released on 12 July 2005, was available as a five-disc collection until 2008. The first DVD of the second season, "Layla and the Pixies", was released in 2007, and the second volume, "Battle for the Codex", came out in September 2007, and both are still available. The first DVD of the third season, "The Princess Ball", was released on 27 January 2009,however, the release of the other half, Fire & Flame, has been indefinitely suspended due to the US licensing situation (see Future above).

In Singapore, Turkey, and Hungary, the third season (as well as the first two) was released with unedited English audio (Cinélume's dub) in four and six volumes respectively; the latter containing Italian audio as well. Also, the fourth season is available in Turkey with English audio spanning six volumes. In Brazil, the first two seasons were released with unedited English subtitles and audio in sixteen volumes.

See also

• List of Winx Club episodes

Notes

References

External links

Official sites

• Official website Available in multiple languages including English edition currently for the United Kingdom
• Official website for the theatrical films (Bulgarian), (English), (French), (Italian), (Dutch), (Portuguese), (Russian), (Turkish)
• PopPixie Operated by Rainbow S.p.A.
• Winx Club at Nick.com

Databases

• Winx Club at the Internet Movie Database
• Winx Club at TV.com

Winx Club Characters Winx Club fairies: Bloom • Stella • Flora • Musa • Tecna • Layla • Roxy Others: The Trix TV List of Winx Club episodes • Winx Club (season one) • Winx Club (season two) Films Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom  • Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure Video games Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club • Winx Club • Winx Club: Believix in You • Winx Club: Mission Enchantix • Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex Other Rainbow S.r.l.