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Winx Club is an Italian animated television series directed, created, and produced by Iginio Straffi and his company Rainbow S.r.l.. It is part of the larger Winx Club franchise. The series is the first Italian cartoon to be sold in the U.S. According to Iginio Straffi's website, "Winx Club is an action and fantasy show combined with comedic elements. In the mystical dimension of Magix, three special schools educate modern fairies, ambitious witches and supernatural warriors, and wizards from all over the magical universe."

The show features Bloom and her six best friends (Stella, Musa, Tecna, Flora, Layla and Roxy) and her elder sister (Daphne) is situated mainly in the magical universe and on Earth. They call themselves "the Winx Club" and go on many adventures together. Throughout the story, they discover new and much stronger fairy transformations and magical powers, battle against evil and support Bloom as she tries to discover her origins helped by her best and closest friends.

Characters

The members of the Winx Club are:

Protagonists

• Bloom, the fairy of the Dragon Flame. While she originally thought she was only a simple Earth girl, she was actually revealed to be the last survivor and princess of the planet Domino that was destroyed by evil forces sixteen years before the series began. Her love interest and boyfriend is Sky. Bloom is closer to Stella out of everyone in the Winx.

• Stella, the fairy of the shining sun. She is the crown princess of the world Solaria, and was the first one to meet and befriend Bloom and caused her to embrace her fairy powers. Her love interest and boyfriend is Brandon. Stella can do fashion spells.

• Musa, the fairy of music. She is from planet Melody, the world of all music. Her boyfriend is Riven.

• Tecna, the fairy of technology. She is from planet Zenith, the realm of technology. Her boyfriend is Timmy.

• Flora, the fairy of nature. She is from planet Lynphea, the world of nature. Her boyfriend is Helia.

• Aisha (or Layla), the fairy of waves. She is from the world Andros, where she is the princess and officially joined the group in the second season. Her first boyfriend was Nabu who died and her second boyfriend is Roy.

• Roxy, the fairy of animals. She was the last terrestrial fairy of Earth and is currently studying at Alfea College in order to become a full-fledged fairy of animals and eventual Guardian fairy of her home world. She is the daughter of Morgana, the previous Queen of the terrestrial fairies and the Crown Princess of Tir Nan Og, the Earth fairies main world. She is randomly shown in the fifth and sixth season in places such as Alfea, at parties and on Earth.

Antagonists

• The Trix is a trio of witches composed of Icy, Darcy and Stormy, who are three sisters descended from the ancient witches who destroyed Bloom's home planet and who want to carry on the mission of their ancestors: acquire the power of the Dragon Flame and use it to rule the universe.

• Lord Darkar is an ancient creature of evil who is back in Season 2 and who wants to acquire the ultimate power to rule the universe.

• Valtor is the villain in the third season. He is a wizard who wants to become the most powerful sorcerer of the universe and was created from an evil spark of the mighty and powerful Dragon Flame by the Ancestral Witches and served them when they destroyed Domino. He was imprisoned in the Omega Dimension by Bloom's parents. But after the Trix freed him he wants to get his revenge on all the ones who helped in defeating him.

• The Ancestral Witches are three ancient witches who wanted to acquire the Dragon Flame for themselves and destroyed Domino to obtain it. However, they were defeated and Domino became a frozen and desolate wasteland. They are the main villains of The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, where they attempted to destroy Bloom and all of Domino forever. In Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure they disrupted the balance of magic in the magical universe by attempting to wipe out all good magic with the help of the Trix, but are defeated by the Winx Club in an Believix convergence spell.

• The Wizards of the Black Circle are four ancient wizards who wiped out magic from Earth by capturing all the Earth fairies. Their names are Ogron, Gantlos, Anagan and Duman. The Winx Club, except Roxy, had to acquire the Believix transformation to fight them since they are immune to fairy magic.

• Tritannus is Aisha's cousin and a merman prince of the seas of Andros who is the main villain for season five. He attempted to kill his twin brother, Nereus, who was made Crown Prince, and was sent to a prison where he met the Trix and with their help escaped and attempted to find a way to the Infinite Ocean where he sought to obtain the power of the Emperor's Throne that could make him invincible. The Winx Club had to achieve an ancient marine transformation to fight him, Sirenix.

• Selina is a young freshman witch from Earth who joined Cloud Tower in Season 6 who possesses a magical book called the Legendarium that can make legends become real. She allies with the Trix when they take control of Cloud Tower, but she is secretly working for and obeying the orders of an evil wizard imprisoned in the Legendarium by the name of Acheron. She is an old friend of Bloom.

Plot

There are two different Winx Club plots, listed as follows:

• The original story-line, which was produced by Rainbow S.R.L., was mainly focused on Bloom's story.
  • The series went through a reboot after Rainbow S.R.L. partnered with Nickelodeon, where the first and second season were made into four special 1 hour episodes (3 for season 1 & 1 for season 2) and the third and fourth seasons were dubbed again, following the original story-line, albeit with minor differences.
• The commonly called 4Kids version which, as part of 4Kids Entertainment's policy of adapting foreign animated shows to an American audience, was heavily edited and often diverged from the original story-line, including name changes (such as the original name of Bloom's planet of origin, Domino, which was replaced by Sparks in the 4Kids version; Aisha was named Layla in the most dubs), as changes in the role of characters (such as Daphne, who is Bloom's older sister whose role was changed to that of being only a nymph protecting both the mighty Dragon Fire and Bloom's crown by 4Kids) and changes in the character and personality of characters; (Tecna was given a British accent and Musa was given a hip hop-like personality by 4Kids.)

Season One

Bloom, a supposedly ordinary girl from planet Earth, lives a perfectly normal life in the city of Gardenia with her mother, father and her pet rabbit, Kiko, 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 when she dodges a group of monsters and attacks an ogre. Stella persuades Bloom to join Alfea, a college for fairies in the Magical Dimension. She agrees to go to Alfea 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. A mystical person called Daphne keeps appearing in Bloom's dreams. Later in the series, they encounter and befriend the Specialists: Brandon, Riven, Timmy and Sky, who also become the group's love interests. They also make enemies, including a trio of witches calling themselves the Trix: Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. The Trix are witches from Cloud Tower, a college for witches and dark magic that is roughly equivalent to Alfea, and are in search of the power of the Dragon flame, which is supposedly in Stella's magic scepter. Bloom is heartbroken by Brandon, who appears to be Prince Sky as he and the real Brandon switched identities, and she leaves Alfea and goes to Gardenia. However, the Trix realize that the Dragon Fire is the source of Bloom's magic, which they steal from her after revealing to her that she is the daughter of the king and queen of Domino, which was destroyed sixteen years ago by the Ancestral Witches who wanted to obtain the Dragon Flame; that Daphne is Bloom's older sister who sacrificed herself to save Bloom by sending her on Earth; that Bloom is the guardian of the Dragon Flame. They summon the Army of Decay, which they send to Red Fountain and Alfea. The witches from Cloud Tower and the Red Fountain Heroes join Alfea and together they defeat the Trix. Bloom later finds out with the help of Daphne that she never lost her powers but that was unable of using her magic because of her own insecurities and she defeats the Trix and the Army of Darkness. She also forgives Sky at the end of the season

Season Two

The Trix are sent to Light Haven, a place to turn evil minds pure and good. Bloom, Stella, Flora, Tecna and Musa discover a new fairy, Aisha, who's the fairy of water/waves and Morphix fluids from planet Tides and she becomes the sixth member of the Winx Club. Lord Darkar releases the Trix from Light Haven and increases their powers. Aisha tells the others about how the pixies are being held as Lord Darkar's prisoners. Aisha, Bloom, Stella, Brandon and Sky go on a mission to Lord Darkar's lair, Shadow Haunt, to rescue the pixies Lockette, Amore, Chata, Digit, and Tune. At an opening of the new Red Fountain, Flora meets her love interest, Helia. Lord Darkar is after four pieces of a magical artifact called Codex, which allows one to enter the realm of Realix and gain the Ultimate Power. Bloom wants to know more about her birth parents, King Oritel and Queen Marion, and her lost kingdom, but Darkar gives her a shadow virus. The virus turns Bloom evil and she begins to taunt Timmy. After Lord Darkar realizes that he needs more magical strength and power to open the gateway to Realix, he instructs Avalon to turn Bloom evil once again. Darkar ditches the Trix and accepts Dark Bloom as his main witch. When they get to Realix, he tells Dark Bloom to give him the Ultimate Power so he can rule. Dark Bloom has almost completed the spell when the Winx arrive, along with the Specialists, Faragonda, Griffin, and Codatorta. Sky tells Dark Bloom his true feelings for her, which changes Bloom back into her normal self, and Bloom and the Winx Club use an exceptionally powerful Charmix Convergence spell to defeat Darkar once and for all.

Season Three

Previously banished to the Omega Dimension, the Trix are able to escape with Valtor, an evil sorcerer partially responsible for the destruction of Bloom's home planet,Domino. 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, powerful, magical and mystical treasures and immeasurable power sources of each realm. Soon the Winx find a new power called Enchantix, which Aisha was the first of the Winx to get it. With their newly strong and powerful Enchantix powers, Flora, Stella, Aisha, Tecna, and Musa are able to use strong, incredible power and can miniaturize themselves. Bloom, however, cannot miniaturize herself due to the fact that her Enchantix is not complete. The Winx begin their third and final year at Alfea, learning about their Enchantix transformations, acquired by selflessly sacrificing themselves for someone from their home world (or even everyone from every world, in what ends up being Tecna's case). With no one from her home planet to save, Bloom must acquire her Enchantix on Pyros, the island of dragons. She also learns more about her home world of Domino, as well as the truth about where her birth parents, Oritel and Marion, are.

Season Four

The Winx are back at Alfea as teachers. Faragonda also teaches them that there are endless infinite stages of fairy evolution and transformation, of which they learn about a new transformation called "Believix", which can only be accessed when people in a non-magical world start to truly believe in magic. To try to help the people on Earth believe in magic, the Winx open a magical pet store called 'Love & Pet'. During their time on Earth, they also bump into four wizards known as the Wizards of The Black Circle, a group who have trapped all of the fairies of Earth and are back to get one they unknowingly left behind. The Winx and Specialists have to track the wizards back to Gardenia and save the last terrestrial fairy, Roxy, while also trying to get people on Earth to believe in magic once again. Roxy is then captured, but soon thereafter believes in fairies and helps the Winx Club to earn their Believix. On a trip to discover Roxy's past, the Winx Club also discover the White Circle, something which helps to defeat the Black Circle but also controls Roxy. Soon after the Winx must earn the three gifts of destiny; two of which are Sophix and Lovix. The first is Sophix a gift given by the ethereal fairies used to revive nature from deforestation and calm Diana. The second gift is the give of heart Lovix made from pure ice and snow it will allow the Winx to fight Aurora. After successfully freeing the Earth fairies who turn out to want revenge, Queen Morgana and her followers will stop at nothing to wage war against all of humans. Bloom also challenges Nebula to a fight, in which if Bloom wins the fairies will stop attacking and go home but if she loses all is lost. After Bloom wins the fight, the black gift is given and can be used to revive someone from death. Nebula and the wizards determination to fight left Nabu for dead, which causes Aisha to seek revenge. In the final battle, it is revealed that Roxy's mother is Morgana. After the Winx Club freeze the wizards in solid ice, Nebula is crowned as their new queen due Morgana choosing to abdicate and live in Gardenia. Aisha mourns Nabu, but later returns to the seven Winx Club girls who fly off into the sunset, heading back to Alfea.

Season Five

The Winx Club embark on a mission to achieve Sirenix, an ancient transformation, that can be used in the water, on land or in the air, unlike Believix which can only be used on land or in the air. It is strong enough to defeat the evil, power-mad merman Tritannus and the Trix. Icy falls deeply in love with Tritannus and he with her, leaving Darcy and Stormy frustrated. There are two new fairy transformations in this season: Harmonix and Sirenix. The ancient Book of Sirenix gave them six Sirenix Boxes that holds guardians inside them to help them gain Sirenix and the Harmonix transformation. Before they achieve Sirenix, however, they must find the Gem of Self-Confidence, the Gem of Empathy, and the Gem of Courage; otherwise they would lose their magical powers.

There is a curse upon Sirenix that had left Bloom's older sister, Daphne, a disembodied spirit. There is the ancient Book of Sirenix that helps them gain full access to Sirenix, but there is a problem when they open the book. For instance, Tecna opens it and it transforms her into a terrifying robotic version of her self, making a mess in the Magic Archive the library in Alfea when she uses its power to defend herself. Daphne is the last fairy to achieve Sirenix until the Winx earn Sirenix themselves and enter the infinite ocean. Finally, the Winx gain Sirenix after activating the source of the power in Lake Roccaluce where Daphne lives due to her connection to Sirenix. Daphne gets captured by Tritannus and locked up in a prison cell under the Emperor's throne after Tritannus has stolen away her Sirenix powers with his trident and given them to the Trix as dark Sirenix, and they plan to defeat the Winx Club. Tritannus is also second son of king Neptune had turned into evil from his merman for. He refuels by taking in toxic pollution (oil, gas, trash, acid, and garbage) with his trident from the help of Icy and her two hesitant sisters since he can't stay for long in his mutant form.

During this season there was a lot of trouble between all of the Winx Club couples but it was mainly focusing on Bloom and Sky. For the first half of the season Sky lost his memory but later regained it, later Diaspro came back and she started to come between Bloom and Sky since her had become the kings new liaison. Stella is wanting to become a fashion designer but it was also affecting her relationship with Brandon since she would not listen to what he had to say, Musa is starting to think that Riven is cheating on her with another fairy, Tecna and Timmy's relationship was good but they are spending too much time chatting through their phones and not having any real time together. Aisha is still missing Nabu since his death from Season 4 but is also starting to develop feelings for a new Specialist named Roy who is also developing feelings for her and Krystal a new fairy at Alfea is starting to come between Flora and Helia and it turns out that she and Helia are childhood friends.

Roxy was not a main character in this season, but did appear as a minor recurring character, as she just began her first year at Alfea. She will appear more often in future episodes. Upset that he cannot activate the power of the Emperor's Throne, Tritannus must take the seals of the pillars of light, balance and control. Tritannus steals the seal of the Pillar of Light, and Stella restores the pillar. Tritannus then steals the seal of the Pillar of Balance. He almost fails when the Winx try to ambush both him and Icy, but thanks to Stormy and Darcy controlling the Singing Whales to attack the Winx, they are able to escape. However, they do not thank the other two Trix, much to Darcy and Stormy's dismay. Musa saves the whales. With two seals gone from two pillars, the next is the pillar of control to finally activate the emperor's throne. To prevent Tritannus from activating the throne, the Winx Club decide to destroy the seal of the pillar of control. After finding out that the seal is destroyed, Tritannus plans to steal Politea's (an old friend of Daphne's) Sirenix to activate the Emperor's throne.

However, he is not the only one who is looking for her: Darcy and Stormy are done with Tritannus and want her Sirenix for themselves, but Bloom is also looking for her to find a way to break the Sirenix curse on both her and Daphne. Darcy and Stormy succeed and leave Icy. Tritannus plans a big attack on the Winx at the Pillar of light. Luckily the Winx are not alone; they are helped by Tressa, Nereus and the selkies. Tritannus kills Nereus with his trident but Nereus is resurrected thanks to Aisha's wish. While distracted, Tritannus kidnaps Aisha and brings her to the throne but is followed by Bloom. Tritannus promises Icy that she will soon be empress, and he than steals Aisha's Sirenix to activate the throne. He becomes completely corrupted and overwhelmed by the power of the Emperor's throne and attacks Icy, but she is protected by her sisters and breaks up with Tritannus. Bloom finds out that the key to defeating Tritannus is destroying his trident and she burns it using her powers. Defeated, Tritannus is banished from the magical universe and sent to Oblivion as punishment for his actions. Bloom then used her Sirenix wish for the Sirenix curse to broken, thus restoring Daphne's body. The season ends with a concert from the Winx Club on Andros and with Bloom happily dancing with Daphne. Their parents join in their celebrations in a loving hug at the end.

Season Six

A new freshman witch named Selina, who is from Earth, enrolls at Cloud Tower. She owns an powerful and dangerous book called the Legendarium and through it she is able to make mythical and legendary creatures come alive. The Trix take over Cloud Tower and make it fly, turning Griffin into a crow, then order Selina to summon legendary creatures out of the Legendarium and unleash them against all of the magic schools and colleges in the magical universe.

As always, Bloom leads the Winx Club against the witches, but then they all lose all of their Sirenix powers; except for Bloom as her magical abilities are derived from the Dragon Flame, which is inextinguishable and cannot be taken from its keeper. Bloom then shares her Dragon Flame with the Winx Club, which will provide the fairies with a new transformation, called Bloomix, when they perform actions worthy of a fairy. Flora was the first to earn her Bloomix by bravely saving her younger sister, Miele. Stella and Aisha acquired their Bloomix after defeating the flying basilisk. Finally Musa and Tecna by working together after defeating the Pandemonium Sprites. In the end of the fifth episode, Diaspro made an alliance with the Trix for revenge on Bloom. Bloom's powers are growing weaker through sharing her Dragon Flame with the other Winx. However, after she passed the test of the Vortex of Flames, all of her powers are fully restored and she finally earns her Bloomix. Faragonda asks Daphne to research about the Lengendarium. In order to lock it for good, the Winx travel to the lost library of Alexandria, Egypt to find a diary that once was kept by a fairy godmother named Eldora. Selina summons Mummies and a Sphinx to stop the Winx on their quest to find Eldora's diary and then they go to the temple of green dragon where selina maked and the defeat the dragon.

Transformations

Winx/Fairy (regular)

In the first season, everyone is endowed their regular Winx/fairy form. This basic form usually consists of a sparkly cropped top and miniskirt or, in Stella's case, short-shorts. However, some Winx/fairy forms consist of a sparkly dress or jumpsuit, which are clear examples of Flora and Tecna's Winx/fairy forms. Also, they usually, but not always, bear some sort of accessory on their arms such as wristbands, arm warmers, or gloves. They also sometimes wear a matching hair ornament such as a tiara, and their hair is occasionally tied while in this form. They also don boots or, most often, heeled shoes and sprout a pair of small, membranous, fluttering wings. Winx fairies cannot cover long distances, and they are incapable of agile flight (see picture of the characters with their pixies). It is not the strongest and most powerful form, as it only allows a fairy to use basic spells and attacks; but in a special case like Bloom, she can unleash her Dragon Flame abilities, which happens to be extremely intense, as seen in the final battle between Bloom and Icy in the first season and get even stronger fairy magic and abilities.

Charmix

In the second season, they attain their second fairy transformation, Charmix. They earn their Charmix by doing something that enables them to get in touch with their innermost self and by overcoming their personal shortcomings. However, they still wear their regular Winx/fairy outfits, but now they have a jeweled charm on their chest with a small gem, and a small purse or waist bag that sits on the hips of their miniskirt or mini-shorts. However, in Flora's case, she has a shoulder bag and not a waist bag like the others do. Charmix grants the girls stronger magical abilities. The witches' Gloomix power boost is equal to Charmix in strength. For some unexplained reason, the Winx Club did not use their Charmix powers at all in the beginning of the third season; not even during the time before they all achieved their Enchantix.

Enchantix

In the third season, they obtain their Enchantix, which is their full-fledged fairy form. In their Enchantix form, the girls are stronger and have larger, elegant fairy wings, which enable them to fly higher and longer distances, cleave through strong storms, and out-fly predators and opponents. They also are able to miniaturize approximately to a size of a Pixie and have a fairy dust vial around their neck, usually suspended by a choker; the vial contains and keeps sealed their fairy dust of healing and spell-breaking properties. However, in Bloom's case she uses her fairy dust vial to store the magical essence of Pyros, as shown in The Omega Mission when the Winx and the Specialists are boarding the ship for flight back to Alfea. An Enchantix typically consists of above-the-elbow translucent gloves and barefoot sandals. They wear a short dress or a small top with a miniskirt or, for Tecna, mini shorts. Their hair grows longer and is elaborately arranged in loose tresses and high bunches; Tecna has a razored bob and Musa wears long pigtails. A fairy earns her Enchantix by saving someone from her home world, with a self-sacrifice on her part (excluding Bloom and Tecna- Bloom had willed herself into her Enchantix {though it is incomplete and she is unable to use some abilities, like miniaturization}, and Tecna sacrificed her life to seal the Omega dimension portal thus saving Andros and the entire magical universe, including her home world and the people on it. One does not actually have to be on one's home world when doing this. Enchantix is said to be "the final fairy form " in the third season, making a complete, full-fledged fairy out of her, and also allowing her to achieve higher powers such as Believix, which gives her additional abilities, and Sirenix, which is more powerful than Enchantix.

Headmistress Faragonda is said to have already reached her Enchantix form. They also have a movie using Enchantix, Secret Of The Lost Kingdom, where Bloom goes on a mission to save the people of Domino, including her birth parents, and finally earn her complete Enchantix powers. It is also believed that Daphne, Bloom's elder sister, had somehow skipped her Winx/fairy and Charmix forms and went straight from Enchantix to Harmonix and then Sirenix, which had cost her her physical body entirely due the dark curse from the three Ancient Witches. Enchantix is also the most elegant and "fairy-like" of all the transformations of fairies. Also, Enchantix transformation sequences are the longest and most reflective of the girls' unique magical powers and fairy symbols (Bloom being surrounded by the Great Dragon, Stella being shrouded by sunlight and stars and Tecna's Enchantix outfit "digitally and electronically" appearing).

Believix

In the fourth season, all of the Winx Club fairies move on from their Enchantix forms to their Believix, entering a more advanced fairy stage with larger wings and additional special abilities, including the ability to make people believe in magic. The focus of this form is that the more people on Earth believe in magic, the stronger the Winx Club's Believix power gets to help them defeat the enemy. Believix comes with three additional special wings: Speedix that enables them to fly at considerable speeds through the air, Zoomix that enables them to teleport across short or long distances, and Tracix that allows them to see glimpses of the past.

Sophix

The transformation consists of each girl being shown in a less-glittery outfit that is similar to their Believix outfits. First, each girl is shown from the shoulders up, then a large flower is shown in front of them, then the flower opens, showing the girl in their Sophix outfit and then completing the transformation. The sandals are like Enchantix barefoot sandals. The outfits consist of a skirt or flowery caprices. All of them have a pastel jungle theme to them. The shoes are strappy sandals and the wings are basically the same as the Believix, but not as intricately detailed, being more leaf-like and petal-like. When Diana, the Major Fairy of Nature, decides to take part in the Great Revenge of the Earth Fairies, the Ethereal Fairies give them the Gifts of Destiny because Believix powers are useless against Major Fairies. The Winx used the Sophix powers to bring Diana's forest back to life after the humans harmed it, and to restore the Source of the Forest's magic. It is unknown if this makes Flora more powerful considering the fact she is already the fairy of nature but since the Sophix causes the Fairies to be in complete harmony with Nature is a whole it may make Flora become in complete harmony with all of nature around her, not just the earth, plants and vegetation.

Lovix

Lovix consists of winter-themed versions of Believix outfits, with the clothing covering more skin and outlined in fur-like fabrics. The wings are jeweled, have no designs or sparkles, and glow around the edges. When the Winx and Roxy were trapped in the Major Fairy of the North Aurora's palace, the Winx were in Lovix form and protected from the cold, as demonstrated when Roxy began to freeze to death because she did not have a Lovix. The glow on the wings are presumably what keeps them away from the cold. Just like the nature-themed Sophix transformation, Lovix is a temporary fairy evolution and power-up boost of Believix, which can only be earned by Believix fairies.

Harmonix

Harmonix is a temporary transformation after Believix and before Sirenix and it is in the fifth season. Harmonix is the third transformation to be received from a magical source, the first and second being Sophix and Lovix. The Winx use this temporary fairy form to complete their quest for gaining Sirenix. The girls' hair is much longer and tied, except for Tecna's hair which is shorter. The Harmonix outfits' consist of a dress with strap that goes on only one shoulder, a belt, a mini-skirt and a kind of cape attached to the skirts which look similar to mermaids' tails. The girls wear a tiara or a small piece of seashells and jewelries on their hair or bare head, and heels made of two ribbons attached around the feet and legs, with two long floating ribbon strips attached to the heels at knee level. Harmonix gives the Winx large multi-layered and transparent colorful wings and some effects. It is a temporary transformation until they had finally managed to achieve Sirenix to defeat their enemy Tritannus and his allies, the Trix.

Sirenix

Sirenix is the second transformation of the fifth season. In the fifth season, the Winx Club later evolved into Sirenix fairies. Sirenix is an ancient power born from the magic of the oceans that enables a fairy to use her powers properly underwater. Apart from the other seasons which featured one new transformation, the Winx get their Harmonix transformation from their six Sirenix guardians, which is temporary and will be used only for the quest to gain access to Sirenix. The wings are much larger as Harmonix fairies smaller compared to Believix & Enchantix, but allows the fairies to accelerate faster underwater. As Sirenix, the Winx Club fairy outfits all look alike, only with minor changes and shades of colors. Their hair is tied with several hair bands and accessories with the exception of Tecna. All girls have ballet tutu -like skirts with mermaid skin .They wear leggings with their signature color, and two ribbons attached around the feet and legs act as straps. Their hair also changes color in the water different colors, Bloom is dark red with light blue streaks. Stella is a yellowish green with light purple streaks. Aisha is blonde with light brown streaks, Musa is purple and pink. Flora is pink hair and light brown streaks. Tecna 's blue and light yellow streaks.

When they cross the Infinite Ocean as Sirenix fairies, they got stronger wings, whole new outfits, immensely magnified and strengthened magical abilities and spells, differently colored hair in the water, which also has highlights out of water too. Sirenix is a source of underwater missions.

In the early stages of designing Sirenix, the transformation outfits looked pretty similar to Harmonix, but a lot more Dark and Gothic styled. This style was later changed for a more suitable and original one.

Bloomix

In the sixth season, the Winx Club achieve a new transformation called "Bloomix" to stop the Trix and Selina, as they had all lost their powers after first confronting Selina and the Legendarium she possessed. In order for the Winx Club to earn this form, they must perform deeds worthy of a fairy in order for their Dragon Flame gems, which Bloom had generously given them, to spark a whole new power within. Each Bloomix transformation has a small veil behind the wings and each girl wears a tiara on their forehead which holds their Dragon Flame Gem.

Broadcast history

In Italy, the series' country of origin, Winx Club has been broadcast on Rai Due since its premiere on January 28, 2004. In the United States, it was licensed and dubbed into English by 4Kids Entertainment and was broadcast on Fox's programming block 4Kids TV beginning on June 19, 2004, with a preview episode airing on May 22, 2004. 4Kids TV continued its initial run until September 22, 2007, airing all three seasons. Winx Club was added back to the 4Kids TV schedule on April 12, 2008 and was aired up until December 27, 2008. On July 18, 2009, reruns of Winx Club then aired on the CW's programming block CW4Kids until July 17, 2010. Cartoon Network aired Winx Club in 2005 on their afternoon block Miguzi. Another English dub, produced by Cinelume in association with Rai Due, has been broadcast in Singapore and is featured as an alternate English language track on several European DVD releases.

Nickelodeon acquired the rights to the franchise in 2010 and is currently producing a new English dub in Los Angeles. Nickelodeon started airing the series with four-one hour specials summarizing seasons one and two. The first special aired on June 27, 2011; the second special, "Revenge of the Trix," was aired on August 2, 2011; the third special, "The Battle for Magix," aired on September 18, 2011; the fourth and final special, "The Shadow Phoenix," aired on October 16, 2011. The third season, entitled "Winx Club: Enchantix", was aired on Nickelodeon from November 14, 2011 to December 26, 2011. The fourth season, "Winx Club: The Power of Believix", aired on Nickelodeon from May 6, 2012 to July 29, 2012. The fifth season, "Winx Club: Beyond Believix", premiered on Nickelodeon on August 26, 2012, and took a short hiatus during Winter 2012; the show returned in February 2013, and the season finale aired in late September 2013. Season 6, entitled "Winx Club: Bloomix," began airing on Nickelodeon on September 29, 2013.

Change in licensing

In the United States, the license for 4Kids TV expired in the end of 2008. and Rai Due sought out a new partner. On 2 September 2010, Nickelodeon announced through a press release that they will be co-producing seasons 5 and 6 of the series. On February 26, 2014, Romi Dames, the voice of Musa, confirmed that Nickelodeon did not renew the show for a seventh season via twitter. Rainbow will produce the seventh season without Nickelodeon.

The first special's broadcast revealed that Amy Gross is voicing Stella, Alejandra Reynoso is voicing Flora, and Morgan Decker is voicing Tecna. At present, the series has been dubbed into 36 languages worldwide.

DVD releases

#	No. of episodes	Title(s) Original (English)/Portuguese/Spanish	Edition availability
S E A S S O N 1	6	Winx Club: Bienvenidos a Magix'	Mexico
	6	Winx Club: El gran concurso de Belleza	Mexico
	6	Winx Club: El secreto de Bloom	Mexico
	8	Winx Club: La Batalla por Alfea	Mexico
S E A S S O N 2	5	Winx CLub: La princesa Amentia	Mexico
	9	Winx Club: La cripta del Códex	Mexico
	8	Winx Club: El show debe continuar	Mexico
	4	Winx Club: La hora de la verdad	Mexico
S E A S S O N 4	7	Winx Club: The Power of Believix Winx Club: O Poder de Believix Winx Club: El Poder de Believix	Argentina  Brazil  Mexico
	7	Winx Club: Believe in Magic Winx Club: Acredite na Magia Winx Club: Cree en la Magia	United States
	6	Winx Club: Magical Mania Winx Club: Mundo Mágico Winx Club: Mundo Mágico	Argentina  Brazil  Mexico
	6	Winx Club: Destiny Calls Winx Club: Dons Mágicos Winx Club: Llamados del Destino
F I L M	1+7	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom "Movie" Winx Club: O Segredo do Reino Perdido "O Filme" Winx Club: El Secreto del Reino Perdido	United States
S E A S S O N 5	7	Winx Club: The Power of Sirenix Winx Club: O Poder de Sirenix Winx Club: El Poder de Sirenix
	6	Winx Club: Tales from the Sea Winx Club: Contos do Fundo do Mar Winx Club: Cuentos del Fondo del Mar
	7	Winx Club: Peril in the Magic Dimension Winx Club: Perigo na Dimensão Mágica Winx Club: Peligro en la Dimensión Mágica
	6	Winx Club: Peace in the Infinite Ocean Winx Club: Paz no Mar Infinito Winx Club: Paz en el Océano Infinito
F I L M	1+7	Winx Club: Magical Adventure Winx Club: A Aventura Mágica Winx Club: La Aventura Mágica	United States

Films

Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom

On October 8, 2006, Rainbow S.p.A. announced on their official website that a Winx Club film was being produced. The CGI film, titled Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (Italian: Winx Club - Il segreto del regno perduto), was released theatrically in Italy on November 30, 2007. An English dub of the film was released on November 20, 2008 in Singapore. The film was re-dubbed in English and released in the United States as a TV movie on Nickelodeon on March 11, 2012. This version featured the cast from the Nickelodeon dub of the television series.

Winx Club: Magical Adventure

On November 9, 2009, it was confirmed that there would be a second Winx Club movie released in 2010. The film, titled Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (Italian: Winx Club 3D - Magica avventura) was released theatrically in Italy on October 29, 2010. The film was dubbed using the Nickelodeon voice cast and released as a television special in the United States on May 20, 2013. This version was shortened from the original's 87 minute runtime to approximately 45 minutes.

Other media

Spin-off series

A comedy spin-off series titled PopPixie premiered in Italy on January 10, 2011. This series is based on the pixies from the Winx Club series, and featured characters such as Lockette, Chatta, and Amore, along with new characters. The characters Caramel and Cherie, introduced in PopPixie, later appeared in Winx Club as replacements for Digit and Tune, respectively.

Video games

Several video games based on the series have been released. The first of these was Winx Club, released in 2005 for the Playstation 2, PC, and Game Boy Advance. Other video games released include Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (2006), Winx Club: Mission Enchantix (2008), Dance Dance Revolution Winx Club (2009), Winx Club: Believix in You (2010), and Winx Club: Magical Fairy Party (2012).

In 2013, Tsumanga Studios released an app for iOS and Android titled Winx Sirenix Power. Other apps based on the series include Winx Fairy School (by Tsumanga Studios) and Winx Club: Rocks the World (by Budge Studios).

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External links

Official sites

• Official website Available in multiple languages including English edition currently for the United Kingdom
• Official website for the theatrical films Template:Bg icon, Template:En icon, Template:Fr icon, Template:It icon, Template:Nl icon, Template:Pt icon, Template:Ru icon, Template:Tr icon
• PopPixie Operated by Rainbow S.p.A.
• Winx Club at Nick.com

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• Winx Club at IMDb

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