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Winx Club
File:Winx intertitle IT season 2.jpgThe Italian intertitle for the series since season 2. That of season 1 has the yellow, sightly smaller logo and no web address. The edited version made by 4Kids Entertainment in the United States - also shown in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia - uses a different intro and intertitle.
Genre	Animated television series
Created by	Iginio Straffi
Country of origin	Italy
Original languages	Italian (original) English and other languages. See article for details about the various worldwide adaptations and variations.
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	Approx. 22 min each
Original release
Network	Rai Due
Release	January 28, 2004

Template:Infobox TV ratings Winx Club is a 2004 Italian animated fantasy/adventure series created by Iginio Straffi and produced by Rainbow S.p.A.. The seventy-eight episodes series is aimed toward children between the ages of six and fourteen and has spawned a international franchise of toys, books, clothing, DVDs and a CGI feature film.

Story

Season 1

An ordinary girl from the planet Earth, Bloom lives a perfectly normal and happy life in the city of Gardenia until she meets Stella, a princess from the planet Solaria, who is in trouble. Coming to Stella's aid, Bloom discovers her latent magical powers. Stella informs Bloom about the existence of Alfea, the best fairy school in all the realms, and Bloom decides to join it. In Alfea Bloom forms the Winx Club, which members are her three friends and roommates: Musa, Tecna, and Flora. Later in the series they will encounter and befriend the Specialists: Brandon, Riven, Timmy, and Sky. The Specialists will also become their love interests. They will also encounter their enemies, a girl trio named Trix: Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. They are witches from Cloudtower, a witch school roughly equivalent to Alfea, in search for the power of Dragon Fire and Stella's magic ring. Their constant pursuit of the Dragon Fire and the Magic Ring leads to constant encounters and battles with the Winx Club. Bloom also begins to learn the secrets of her past and that things are not what they seem to be.

Season 2

After summer vacation, the Winx Club returns to Alfea to begin their second year. They meet a new fairy, Layla, who asks for their help in rescuing her pixies held hostage by Lord Darkar. Lord Darkar wants to find out where the Pixies' Village is in order to steal the four pieces of the Codex (one each in Pixie Village, Red Fountain, Cloudtower, and Alfea) which opens the portal to the Realm of Realix, where the Ultimate Power can be found. Lord Darkar is actually the Dark Phoenix who wants to take control of the magical realm. Later, he is able to use Bloom to summon the Realix. The girls also meet another Specialist, Helia, who becomes the love interest for Flora.

Season 3

Previously banished to the Omega Dimension, the Trix are able to escape with Valtor, a sorcerer partially responsible for the destruction of Bloom's home realm, Domino (who they are all in love with earlier in the season). They choose to cooperate and they plan to invade several areas in the realm of Magix and seek vengeance on those who imprisoned them, stealing the magic treasure and power source from each realm. The Winx Club begins its third year in Alfea and the girls learn about their unique Enchantix transformations, acquired by showing examples of courage and altruism.

TV Movie

===Poison Rising=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers) (6/24/08)

During the springtime, Cole, the Red Wild Force Ranger tried to escape and ran away from Animarium; much like ‘‘Lady and the Tramp 2”. The Winx will meet the live action Power Rangers. In the asteroid, the Trix will see the Poison warrior (same as the dragon warrior) to see the Poison of Terror/Horror, Venom Face, Toad Warrior, Cobrurai, Thermopede, Scorporon, Spideron, (created by Butch Hartman) and their leader Lord Dagonzard (Hayden Christensen), (same as Thrax from Osmosis Jones), the son of Tentacore and Teneacoon. (Created by Tex Avery) with his weapon, dead virus Pollen. After Master Org, Lord Darkar, and Baltor was destroyed. The Stone of Poison and the first Poison of Terror/Horror is Venom Face (voices like Squidward Tentacles) the Snake and it take over the Magix. The Venom Face throws them and turns into the poisonous zombie. His attack Snake Eyes of the Seven Flaming Kung Fu. Venom Face will grow giant and they send the wild zord. After they attack, Venom Face is failed, it turned into the stone and it destroyed. During the Alfea, Tecna, Flora, Musa, Bloom, Layla, and Stella will create the robot teacher, Alpha 6 (Tom Kenny) and it goes cry is “Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi! Where am I?” and she said, “you’re in the Alfea.” Alpha was very funny.

===Chillypede a La Mode=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers 2) (6/24/08)

Bloom tells him “what is the thermostat?” and Alpha said, “A thermostat is a device for regulating the temperature of a system so that the system’s temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint temperature.” In addition, she said, “Well I hope it’ll hot and cold inside the thermostat and thermostats are nice. Alpha weeps for your youth. In addition, she said, “Hey, your answer is good, too. In the Poison Warrior, the second Poison of Terror/Horror is Thermopede (voices like Mr. Krabs) to turn off Alpha 6’s thermostat. The Red Ranger will attack Thermopede. and Cole uses his Warm Falcon Zord to attack him. The Falcon Zord will turn into Enchantix Falcon Zord it combines into Isis Megazord (Enchantix Mode) |Isis Megazord to destroy him.

===The Curse of the Lizard=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers 3) (6/24/08)

The Third Poison of Terror/Horror is Geckog (voices like Patrick Star) who turned citizen into the Were-gecko The White Ranger will use her Tiger Baton to attack him and it attack with the Tongue Flail the Lunar Ranger attack him to destroy the lizard virus and the citizen was back to normal. The Wolf Zord, the Hammerhead Shark Zord, and Alligator Zord will turn into the Enchantix Wolf Zord, the Enchantix Hammerhead Shark Zord, and Enchantix Alligator Zord. Lunar Ranger’s Enchantix Wild Zord into Predazord (Enchantix Mode) | Predazord to attack him.

===All That Glitter Isn’t A Scorporon=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers 4) (6/24/08)

The Fourth and Fifth Poison of Terror/Horror is Scorporon (voices like Mermaidman) and Spidarx (voices like BarnacleBoy) who sting the citizen with his stinger to raise the baby scorpion inside the cocoon. But the Blue and Black Wild Force Rangers and Blue and Green Time Force Rangers to destroy his sting. The Winx will coming to the rescue and they sting The Rangers will take Winx to the Nurse’s Office to see the Scorpion Sting. The Red Wild Force Ranger will go inside the cocoon to the baby scorpion and the baby spider. Scorporon and Spideron attack him and the citizens of Magix are back to normal. He sees the Gorilla Zord, Polar Bear Zord, and Black Bear Zord turn into Enchantix Gorilla Zord, Enchantix Polar Bear Zord, and Black Bear Zord. It combines into Kongazord (Enchantix Mode) |Kongazord to destroy them.

===Armor of Enchantix=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers 5) (6/24/08)

The Sixth Poison of Terror is Cobrurai (half cobra, half samurai) (voices like Sheldon J. Plankton). The Winx will find the Armor of Enchantix to give the Wild Force Power Rangers. Cobrurai will use his power Sharp-bladed Cobrurai. The Lunar Ranger will use the Enchantix Lunar Cue to attack Cobrurai, he loses his power, he grows giant, and Ultimus Megazord (Enchantix Mode) |Ultimus Megazord he really was destroyed. The Winx will capture Dagonzard and they take him to the Magix Zoo.

===Toad Attack=== (Winx vs. Power Rangers 6) (6/24/08)

During the Summer time, Fargonda & Saladin’s son, Spike (MGM) (John Goodman) he’s a nephew of Griselda, Griffin, Codatorta and Palladium and his cousin, WizGiz and he’s throw the sign said “Do not feed the animals” away in the garbage truck. Dagonzard (much like Palpatine) live in the Magix zoo. The toad-themed samurai are called the Toad Warrior (Zac Efron, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel, Ryne Sanborn, Chris Warren Jr., Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Nicholas Braun, Steven R. McQueen, Dexter Darden, Shia Labeouf, Jon Heder & Jerry Trainor) (created by Butch Hartman) comes to the rescue and tell they know about that. It was evil schemes of the mechanical, operational battle station are called the Death Palace (a parody of Death Star). Flora will open the gate. So Flora just check on Rose’s favorite toy. Nevertheless, he said, “Flora, I need Rose’s help”, she said, “Why should I help my younger sister?”, and he said “Please! I’m begging you! You don’t know how prove by insistence. “Just give this teddy bear to your younger sister! Rose will play tea party in the forest with the lights.” In addition, she said “Oh, really? Rose’s tea party? And what did she do?” and he said “It prove by loyalty.” Moreover, she said, “Very well then, I give to my younger sister.” Moreover, he said, “Thank You. I don’t know how you can do it for her tea party.” In addition, she said, “Don’t be.” It will be my pleasure.” “It will be my pleasure when we’re making Rose’s tea party. Come with me, girls. We gotta work to do.” However, the Toad Warrior tells why did he give it a teddy bear. In addition, he said, “Because it prove to her younger sister, Once and for all. Through the real traitor needs.” Dagonzard use the poisonous trident to slash the lock and it opened and Dagonzard and the Toad Warrior going to the Magix jail. Dagonzard digivolve into DarkMetalDagonzard. The Winx stop DarkMetalDagonzard and he punch Winx. Nevertheless, before then, the Winx will team up the live action Wild Force Power Rangers and the Time Force Power Rangers. Therefore, the Trix escaped. But DarkMetalDagonzard will chase them. And he said, “Stay out of this, Can’t you see I’m busy for a moment?!” “Toad Warriors!” “Get the evil witches!” And the Toad Warrior said, “at once!” Kite (Freddie Highmore) to slash the Trix and they destroyed. Back at the Alfea, Ms. Faragonda will fix the robot teacher, Alpha 6. Thusly, Kite will rise Animus (David Bowie) and the Wild zord. Alfea are in the Animarium. In the warehouse, Dagonzard will tell throw the tadpole in the sky. The Toad Warrior will await him command. The Winx will give the Armor of Enchantix to the Wild Force Rangers. The Toad Warrior whistles and he said, “There’s the signal.” The Toad Warrior throw the tadpole in the sky while the people running and screaming. The Wild Force Megazord, Kongazord, and Predazord, the Isis Megazord, and Animus, Pegasus Megazord, and Ultimus Megazord must protect the Alfea and attack the Toad Warrior. Animus will stop the frogs in the sky. The clouds are back to normal. The Rangers will activate the Armor of Enchantix will slay the Toad Warrior. Cole combines the Animarium Armor and the Armor of Enchantix into Enchantix Animarium Armor. DarkMetalDagonzard will battle to the finish. Moreover, the Toad Warrior said, “Dagonzard, No!” “What are you doing?!” Bloom, Cole, Wes, and Eric will defeat Dagonzard lose his powers. In addition, he’s death. The Toad Warrior will grow giant. The Wild Force Megazord transform into Wild Force Megazord (Enchantix mode) |Wild Force Megazord, Shadow Force Megazord, the Quantasaurus Rex Megazord, and the Transwrap Megazord will destroy the Toad Warrior. Bloom will destroy the asteroid. The Winx thanks to the Rangers and they’ll never bother Alpha 6. Ever! In the end, the ghost pirate found Flying Dutchman’s older brother to send into medical bone.

Main Characters

Winx Club

Bloom: She discovered her dormant magical powers after coming to the aid of another fairy, Stella. Strong and caring, she is always available to help her friends. She is the leader of the group, always full of ideas and affection. Shortly after arriving at Alfea she discovers that her powers of fire come from the ancient Dragon's Flame, of which she is the seventh known guardian. She is the princess of the planet Sparx, her birthplace. Her pixie is Lockette, the pixie of mazes and portals.

Stella: She is a talkative student who often gets average or low grades, but always pulls through with the help from her friends. 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 houses for blowing up a laboratory and being kept back a grade, thus she is a year older than all the other Winx Club fairies. She has the power of the Sun and the Moon because her mother represents the moon and her father the sun. She is the princess of the planet Solaria, her birthplace. Her pixie is Amore, the pixie of love.

Flora: Flora is a very kind-hearted and sensitive girl with a passion for nature and life. Happy, introverted, and sensitive, she is always a sweet, loyal friend, and doesn't 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 5th Moon of Marigold. Her pixie is Chatta, the pixie of talking.

Musa: Musa loves all forms of music, and although she tries to put up a tough front, isolate herself, and is often pessimistic, she is a loyal and caring friend. In spite of her laid-back nature, Musa has the best grades of the entire Winx Club except Tecna. She is pale, Asian in appearance, with blue-black pigtails and blue eyes. She has the power of Music, and she gets her energy from all kinds of music. She comes from the Harmonic Nebula. Her pixie is Tune, the pixie of manners, who often gets on Musa's nerves because they are almost the exact opposite of each other's personalities.

Tecna: Tecna is always logical and rational, and initially had trouble expressing her emotions. She speaks in a technical and a matter-of-fact manner. She is extremely intelligent and strong in technology and mathematics and enjoys playing video games and dismantling stuff. 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 3rd Vector of the Binary Galaxy . Her pixie is Digit who has similar powers.

Layla: Layla is the Princess of Tides. She has a restless, rebellious, and wild nature. Layla is a good athlete, fighter, dancer, and wind-raider rider. She is also a feminist, and thus opposes Riven, a chauvinist. She has the power of Fluids, and has the ability to manipulate a pink fluid called "Morfix" to take on any form she chooses. She joins the Winx Club in season two and brings her pixie friends along with her. Her pixie is Piff, the pixie of sleeping.

The Specialists

The Specialists are a group of students who attend an all-boys school near Alfea, Red Fountain School For Specialists. Several Specialists have become the boyfriends of the Winx girls.

• Sky:The prince of Eraklyon, he feels stifled by his position. He has medium blond hair. He is Bloom's boyfriend. As he loves Bloom, he refuses to marry Princess Diaspro, the girl of his parents' choice.
• Brandon: Sky's squire, a great swordsman and ladies' man. He has short brown hair. He is Stella's boyfriend.
• Timmy: He acts as the geek of the group sometimes, from a long line of scientists. He has short ginger hair. He is Tecna's boyfriend. He is shy, sweet, and smart.
• Riven: A lone wolf, very competitive and good at sports. He has short red spiked hair. He is a chauvinist; he and Layla, a feminist, are in opposition. He is Musa's boyfriend.
• Helia: An artistic student, he is a great pilot and a pacifist, although his grandfather, Saladin, is the Headmaster of Red Fountain. He has long black hair tied into a loose ponytail. He is also very romantic and shy about directly speaking about his feelings. He is very good at laser string glove and tries to help everyone with it. He is Flora's boyfriend. He was the top student in Redfountain until he decided to quit and dedicate his life to nature and poetry. He has rejoined Redfountain now.

The Realm of Magix

The Realm of Magix is an alternate universe where most of the series unfolds. It is an enchanted and highly technologically-advanced universe of hospitable planets populated by fairies, witches, heroes, and monsters.

Alfea

The Alfea School for Fairies is a young girls' boarding school for fairies in training. All of the Winx girls met and resided here and had 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.

Cloudtower

The Cloudtower School for Witches is a young girls' boarding school for witches in training, and for most of Season 1, it was the residence for the Trix witches. At Cloudtower, the witches learn about witchcraft.

Red Fountain

The Red Fountain School for Heroes is a boys' boarding school for the next heroes, one forest away from Alfea. It teaches fighting and the use of technology. The Red Fountain boys are taught how to go on dangerous missions and to fight for their respective planets. Red Fountain and Alfea have a close relationship, and Miss Faragonda and Saladin have a long history that involves Bloom's past.

Variations

The original Italian version of the Winx Club was dubbed by Cinelume Film Video for international distribution by Rai International, but was later redubbed, mainly for the US market, by 4Kids corporation which modified the show to make it more suitable for an American audience. The original dub is commonly referred to as being the "Rai English" or "UK" (even though the UK airs the 4Kids version) version and is primarily screened in southeast Asia, including Singapore and Malaysia, while the 4Kids version is more common in English-speaking countries in the West (although Australia airs the 4Kids version, while New Zealand airs the other version).

4Kids altered the dialog to include references to pop culture, fashion, and other issues familiar to American pre-teen audiences. Expressions and idioms were added or changed to their American equivalents, and extra narration was added to explain or even modifying some situations. Music was added or changed to make scenes seem more lively or upbeat.

In addition to altering the series to make it more familiar to domestic viewers, 4Kids also altered several scenes or plot elements. An example is located in the 10th episode of the 2nd season, "Crypt of the Codex" (Original English version) "Reaching for the Sky" (4Kids version). Timmy aims his weapon at the Trix (who are stealing Red Fountain's Codex) but loses hope and is unable to bring himself to fire; his hesitation results in Tecna calling him a coward (the source of much of Tecna's frustration with Timmy that season). In the 4Kids adaptation, Timmy cannot fire because he is under the influence of a magic spell, and Tecna leaves to get help. Other changes include a general weakening of romantic elements contained within the show.

Broadcasting

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Since its Italian premiere on January 28, 2004, on Rai Due in Italy, Winx Club has been broadcast on six continents.

• In Romania, it aired on TVR2.
• In the U.S., it aired on the FoxBox, later 4Kids TV, block on most FOX stations between 2004 and 2007. Reruns of season 1 were also briefly shown on Cartoon Network. Americans can still view the show online at 4Kids' website.
• In Wales on S4C (uncut version with Welsh soundtrack) it airs at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays.
• In Australia (Public TV), Network Ten airs it on its Toasted TV block.
• In Canada, it airs on YTV.
• In Brazil, it airs on SBT, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang.
• In Indonesia, it airs on Lativi.
• In Israel, it airs on ערוץ הילדים (The Kids Channel).
• In Finland, it airs on MTV3 (channel information link now unavailable)
• In United Kingdom, it airs on the Pop Girl channel; previously, it had aired on GMTV and Nickelodeon UK.
• In India, it airs on Cartoon Network and Pogo.
• In Turkey, it airs on Kanal D cocuk (seasonsn 1-2) and Kanal D (season 3)

It is also broadcast on cable and satellite networks in U.S., Latin America, Brazil, and Spain. In Australia , Southeast Asia, the Philippines, India, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Winx airs on the local variant of the Cartoon Network. In Benelux and Scandinavia, it is shown on Nickelodeon. In Germany, Winx Club is shown on RTL II (Seasons 1-2) and Nick (Seasons 1-3). In Belgium it is aired on VT4, in Hungary on RTL Klub, in Poland on ZigZap and in Slovenia on POP TV.

The version that has been edited by 4Kids and voiced with their voice actors airs in almost all English-speaking countries that have aired the show, with only a handful of exceptions (India, Singapore and New Zealand).

In The Netherlands, Jetix wanted to broadcast the US version, but Nickelodeon acquired the rights first and decided to broadcast the original version instead.

The Winx Club won't win the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards yet.

Other media

Feature Film

A CGI feature film, Winx Club - Il Segreto Del Regno Perduto (The Secret Of The Lost Kingdom), has been released in Italy on November 30, 2007 and will be released on February 22, 2008 in Turkey and on April 23, 2008 in the Netherlands. The plot of the film revolves around Bloom's origins, and takes place after the events of the third season . The official website of the movie covers the United Kingdom, Italy and Netherlands markets, with release dates and other information.

Theatre

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In September 2005, the "Winx Power" musical show began in Italy. After a successful touring in Italy, it also expanded to Belgium and the Netherlands.

Video Games

Winx Club has been adapted into video games for the PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, and PC, all published by Konami.

Winx Club video games include:

• Winx Club (Game Boy Advance)
• Winx Club (PC & PS2)
• Winx Club: Join the Club (PSP)
• Winx Club: The Quest for the Codex (DS & GBA)

DVD Collection

In North America, the entire first season of the Winx Club is available as a five-discs collection. The first of the series, Winx Club Volume 1 - Welcome to Magix, was released on July 12, 2005. The first DVD of Season Two was released in 2007, with the second volume coming out on September 2007.

In Europe, various DVD releases of the show are available in several languages, and mostly cover the show up to the Second Season. The Italian DVDs of the first two seasons also feature the English dub. Season Three DVDs with only the Italian soundtrack are available as well.

In Australia, Magna Pacific released the entire First and Second Season in DVD using the 4Kids dub, while in Singapore, Vinci has distributed DVDs of the first 2 seasons featuring the original English dub.

Merchandising

In the United States, 4Kids Entertainment holds the licensing rights to the series and has licensed the Winx Club name and image to an assortment of children's apparel and books. Toys such as dolls made by Mattel and a card game created with Upper Deck Entertainment are available in major stores such Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.

In Europe, Italian candy manufacturer Ferrero began to distribute plastic Winx figurines as prizes inside their Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs. Also, a monthly Winx comic book has been published, with some storylines unrelated to the TV series.

In Singapore bags, clothing and similar items are available.

See also

• List of Winx Club episodes
• List of minor Winx Club characters
• List of magical creatures in Winx Club

Notes and references

1. ^ Rainbow S.p.A. "Winx Club". Retrieved 2006-11-15.
2. Spelled and pronounced "Baltor" in the edits made by 4Kids Entertainment. See also Variations section.
3. Called "Sparx" in the edits made by 4Kids Entertainment. See also Variations section.
4. Rainbow S.p.A. "FEATURE FILMS". Retrieved 2006-11-12.
5. Rainbow S.p.A. "Winx Power Music Show". Retrieved 2006-11-15.
6. Winx Club On Tour. "Winx Club On Tour". Retrieved 2006-11-15.

External links

• Official website Available in multiple languages including that in English currently for the United Kingdom
• Official website for the theatrical film Template:It icon Template:Nl icon Template:En icon
• Pixie Fun Template:It icon, Template:Nl icon Operated by Rainbow S.p.A.

Broadcaster websites

• Website operated by 4Kids Entertainment
• Description at Cartoon Network (USA)
• Winx Club at YTV

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