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Winx Club is an animated television show produced by Italian animation group Rainbow S.p.a. that, as of 2005 airs on Saturday mornings on 4Kids TV on the FOX Television Network and as of May 16 also airs on Cartoon Network in the United States. It features fictional characters that use magic.
Overview
In the first episodes, Bloom, a red-headed teenager from the Earth city Gardenia, stumbles upon Stella, who is locked in combat with an ogre and several other monsters.
Stella is about to be blasted into smithereens when Bloom, frightened by the monsters, unwittingly lets off a magical blast, which hits the ogre. The ogre manages to catch Bloom, but Stella comes to the rescue with a blast from her scepter. Exhausted, Stella faints and Bloom brings her home.
When Bloom wakes up the next day she thinks it was all a dream. Later that day, the ogre attacks again and this time he brings a troll with him. Luckily, the specialists from Red Fountain (a school for boys) arrive and save the girls.
Stella invites Bloom to attend Alfea, a school for fairies in another dimension. At first, Bloom's parents are skeptical, but Stella shows them the school and they are soon convinced to let Bloom attend Alfea.
At Alfea, Bloom meets Tecna, Flora, and Musa. The five girls form the Winx Club, a group of first-year fairies. The Winx Club do everything in their power to stop the evil plans of the Trix, a group of three evil witches.
During the series, Bloom and her friends discover more of their powers, and grow to be the most powerful fairies ever.
Although not Japanese, Winx Club shares many traits with Magical Girl animes. There are transformation sequences, magical gizmos, announced attacks, and of course, a romantic subplot.
Characters
The Winx Club
Bloom is a young girl of "magic and dreams" (magia e sogna). Originally hailing from the small town of Gardenia, Bloom was unaware of her great magical potential until it activated when an unfriendly ogre attacked her. Princess Stella took note of Bloom's "Winx" and got her enrolled at the Alfea School for Fairies. At first Bloom had little control over her powers (similar to Terra from the Teen Titans series), but has since mastered them to a fair degree. Bloom is a nice girl, and despite being new to magic and Magix she's become the unofficial leader of the Winx Club. However, she occasionaly acts rather self-righteous with her new friends and she can leap to conclusions. Bloom's power is fire based.
Stella is a young girl of "style and beauty" (moda e bellezza). She is the princess of planet Solaria. Stella is the oldest of the Winx Club because she was held back a grade for an accident she caused. Stella is very vain and loves attention. She's very sensitive toward other people though. Her parents are in the middle of a devorce and it hurts her to see them break up. Her power comes from the sun and the moon.
Stella is the Italian word for "star".
Musa is a young girl of "music and free time" (musica e tempo libero). She especially loves music. Despite being the most tomboyish of the Winx she is the most emotionally vulnerable. Musa compensates by putting up a tough front. Her emotional weakness probably is a result from her mother's death and father being far away. Her powers are derived from music.
"Musa" is a pun on musica, the Italian word for "music".
Flora is a young girl of "love and nature" (amore e natura). She is a calm, mature girl whose power is based on planet life. She is very level-headed but also rather shy. Flora can always be counted on to make the right decision. Her skin is darker than those of the rest of the Winx Club.
Flora means "plant life" in Italian.
Tecna is a young cyborg girl of "science and technology" (scienza e tecnologia). She is highly intelliegent and loves all technology. However, she doesn't understand non-technical things particularly well (i.e. when handed a bucket and a broom she wore the bucket as a helmet and used the broom like a feather-duster). Tecna has trouble expressing emotion and bases the majority of her decisions on pure logic. Deep down inside she truely cares for her friends though. She has a British accent, respectively.
The name "Tecna" is derived from tecnologia, the Italian word for "technology".
The Trix
Icy is a young witch described as having a "heart of ice" (cuore di ghiaccio). She is the ruthless leader of the Trix and wishes to rule the universe. The name Icy suits her perfectly, describing her powers and her general personality. She is cruel for the sake of being cruel, viciously ridiculing people she does not approve of. She attacks victims with freezing rays and snow storms.
Darcy is a young witch described as the "lady of darkness" (signora dell'oscurità). She is more calm and competent than her sisters. Devious and manipulative, Darcy uses subtle dark magic to confuse and control opponents. She is good at discovering weakness and exploiting it. It seems that Darcy is the most intelligent of the Trix.
Stormy is a young witch described as the "queen of storms" (regina delle tempeste). Her temper matches her name; Stormy is extremely proud and ill-tempered. She secretly believes herself to be stronger than Icy but this is doubtful. Like her name also suggests, Stormy creates and controls storms.
The Specialists
Sky
Brandon
Timmy
Riven
Other characters
Kiko is Bloom's pet rabbit. He displays an unusually high amount of intelligence for a rabbit, but no one seems to notice.
Principal Faragonda is the headmistress of Alfea. She is a kindly sort who cares for her students but she will not put up with nonsense and will dispense discipline when needed.
Assistant Principal Griselda is the head of discipline at Alfea. She is not very friendly at all and jumps at every chance to punish someone. Griselda seems to dislike Bloom in particular for no real reason.
Principal Griffin is the headmistress for Torrenuvola. She seems something of a bitter rival to Faragonda and it is hinted that the two of them were once good friends. Griffin seems mean but she honestly cares for her students and will defend them if threatened.
Principal Codatorta is the headmaster of Fonterossa. Not much is known about him other than that he is very robust and active. He fights with a whip.
Professor Palladium is an elf who teaches the Fairies survival skills at Alfea. He is somewhat flustered and nervous, particularly when he sees more of a girl than he needs to. He is a brave fighter though, jumping into battle with a magical simitar.
Professor Elfo Wizgiz is a somewhat eccentric lepercaun who teaches transformation magic to the Fairies at Alfea.
Knut is a nearsighted ogre who works for the Trix. Despite being fairly intelligent, Knut is constantly messing something up somehow. This does not endear him to the Trix particularly well and they berate him often.
Mirta is a kind Witch who stands out quite prominently from the other Withes of Torrenuvola. Her sweet, shy nature makes her a target of ridicule and scorn at Torrenuvola. Mirta does not think the Fairies are so bad and even attempts to help Bloom on one occasion but she pays a heavy price for interfering in the Trix' business.
Lucy is the closest thing to a friend Mirta has at Torrenuvola. Tall, pale, and sickly-looking, Lucy has self-esteem problems and desperately wants to befriend the Trix. She appears to be a very good dancer though.
Pepe is a little duckling who ceselessly stalks Icy. No matter how much Icy abuses Pepe he comes back to his "mama".
Mike is Bloom's father on Earth. He is a fireman and over all nice person.
Vanessa is Bloom's mother on Earth. She is very sweet and owns a flower shop called Flower Shop.
Mitzi is Bloom's next-door neighbor on Earth. She is a rich spoiled girl who enjoys taunting Bloom every time she sees her.
Princess Diaspro
Dafne
Saladin
Amaryl
Regina
Episode list
Season one
- 01. Una Fata a Gardenia
- 02. Benvenuti a Magix!
- 03. L'Anello di Stella
- 04. La Palude di Melmamora
- 05. Appuntamento al Buio
- 06. Missione a Torrenuvola
- 07. A che Servono gli Amici?
- 08. La Festa della Rosa
- 09. Il Tradimento di Riven
- 10. La Fiamma del Drago
- 11. Il Regno delle Ninfe
- 12. Miss Magix
- 13. La Figlia del Fuoco
- 14. Il Segreto di Bloom
- 15. Voci dal Passato
- 16. Il Nemico nell'Ombra
- 17. Il Segreto di Brandon
- 18. Addio Magix
- 19. Attacco ad Alfea
- 20. La Scomparsa di Bloom
- 21. Trappola di Ghiaccio
- 22. Il Ritorno di Riven
- 23. Fuga da Torrenuvola
- 24. Il Mistero del Lago
- 25. Il Sonno di Magix
- 26. Battaglia Finale
Season two
- 27. La Fenice d'Ombra
- 28. Il Ritorno delle Trix
External links
- Official website Available in multiple languages, Macromedia Flash required.
- 4Kids TV Winx Club website Macromedia Flash required.