Winx Club Introduction

Winx Club
Winx Club logo as of 2009, a pink variant to the movie logo. Winx Club logo for 2009-present.
Genre	Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Format	Animation
Created by	Iginio Straffi
Directed by	Iginio Straffi
Opening theme	Rainbow S.p.A "Under the sign of the Winx" (Season 1-3) "Winx are back" (Season 4) Nickelodeon "Winx You're Magic Now" by Cymphonique Miller 4KidsTV "We Are the Winx" (Season 1-3)
Ending theme	Nickelodeon & Rainbow "Superheros"
Composer(s)	John Angier Lois Cortelezzi Matt McGuire Ralph Shuckett John Siegler John Van Tongeren Russell Velazquez
Country of origin	Italy
Language(s)	Italian
No. of seasons	4 (6 announced)
No. of episodes	104 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Joanna Lee Alfred R. Kahn Norman J. Grossfield Tom Kenney
Running time	19-23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Rai Due, 4KidsTV, Nickelodeon
Picture format	4:3
Audio format	Stereo
Original run	28 January 2004 (2004-01-28) – Present

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, 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 summarizes seasons one and two, as well as airing seasons 3 and 4 in full complete seasons.

Production and development

This section requires expansion.

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.

 Plot

The story follows Bloom and her friends Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, Layla (Aisha), 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.

Winx Club Fairy Form

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: 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 battle in which the evil Trix get defeated. Bloom also begins to learn the secrets of her home planet, birth parents, and powers and ablities.

Second season

Winx Club Season 2 Lord Darkar

After their summer vacation, the Winx return to Alfea to begin their second year. They meet a new fairy, Layla (Aisha) 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 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 fortress. When their plan doesn't 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 Layla (Aisha) joins the Winx Club as the sixth member.

Third season

Winx Club Season 3 Valtor

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 planet, Domino.(Sparx)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, Layla (Aisha) 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

Winx Club Season 4 The Wizards of the Black Circle

The fourth season of the Winx Club debuted on April 15, 2009 in Italy. Takes place after the events of Secret of the Lost Kingdom. The Trix never appears in this season. 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. At the end of episode 26 of this season, the girls go back to the Enchantix stage until Winx Club 3D. 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, The license for 4KidsTV expired in 2009, and sought out a new partner. 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 Layla (Aisha). In late March 2011, Molly C. Quinn announced she will be voicing Bloom. Josh Keaton announced that he will voice Valtor in season 3.[7] 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 and Helia will be played David Faustino.  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.

International broadcast

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	March 11, 2012	May 6, 2012	2012	September 2012
Canada	Nickelodeo Canada	September 5, 2011	October 10, 2011	November 13, 2011	December 4, 2011	January 2, 2012				September 2012
United Kingdom Ireland	Nickelodeon UK and Ireland	September 24, 2011	October 22, 2011	November 13, 2011	December 11, 2011	January 16, 2012	Early 2012	Early 2012		September 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 CTC	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	January 30, 2012				September 2012
France	France 3	November 16, 2011	December 7, 2011	January 2012	February 2012	March 2012				September 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(Theater)& December 2012(TV Premire)	September 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	March 10, 2012	March 31,2012	October 3, 2007	September 4, 2008	October 31, 2009	May 5, 2011	September 2012
South Korea	Nickelodeon (South Korea)	January 27, 2012	February 3, 2012	February 10, 2012	February 17, 2012	March 5, 2012				September 2012
Australia New Zealand	Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand	September 10, 2011	October 15, 2011	November 12, 2011	December 10, 2011	2012	2012	2012	2012	September 2012
Netherlands	Nickelodeon (Netherlands)	March 4, 2012	March 11, 2012	April 15, 2012	TBA	February 10, 2007	March 26, 2008 (Theathers)	October 24, 2009	April 4, 2012 (Theaters)	September 2012
Belgium (Flanders)	Nickelodeon (Flanders)

Characters

Winx

Winx Club Season 4

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 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 she is the fairy of the Dragon's Flame. She is the princess and last survivor of her planet Domino her birthplace. But later on in the movie Bloom finds her parents and Domino becomes the place it use to be. She owns a blueish bunny named Kiko, a befriended pixie cat Ron (in the movie "The Secret of the Lost Kingdom"), and a horse/pegasus named Peg (in the movie "Winx Club 3D"). 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 is the fairy of the sun and 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.

• 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 is the fairy of nature, meaning that plants are frequently used in her attacks and natural predators to exterminate pests. She comes from the planet Linphea.Her pixie is Chatta, the pixie of gossip. In the third season, it is revealed that Flora has a younger sister named Rose.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 is the fairy of music, and she gets her energy from all kinds of music. She comes from the planet Melody 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 is the fairy of technology and can control everything provided by technology. She comes from the planet Zenith. Her pixie is Digit, the pixie of nanotechnology. Her magical pet is Chicko, a yellow duck. She is Timmy's girlfriend.

• Layla/Aisha (Season 2-Present): Layla is the Princess of the planet Andros.^[ 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 is the fairy of waves and is able to manipulate a pink fluid called Morphix 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 and she is also friends with Hussein Farah who died before she joined the Winx Club. She has a pink staff (in the movie "Secret of the Lost Kingdom") which was used to stab any monsters. Her magical pet is Milly, a white rabbit. She was Nabu's fiancee,but when he saved the Warrior Earth fairies, he goes into a coma. Thinking he's dead, Aisha joins the Warrior Earth Fairies to avenge her love. But, she eventually comes back to the winx club.
  
  

  Winx Club Season 4 Roxy
• 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. At the end of the fourth season, Head Mistress Faragonda shows up at the Frutti Music Bar, where Roxy then takes the offer of going back to Alfea with the girls and studying more about her powers. Roxy will be appearing in the 5th season of the show but not as an official member of the Winx Club and considering how big her part was in season 4 she will only be a minor character on the 5th season of the show..

The Trix

The Trix (The Witches of Cloudtower)

The Trix are an evil trio of witches/sisters 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 their 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 and 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 fiancee.

• 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 best friends with Sky. Brandon is Stella's fiancee.

• 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, regained 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'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, the same planet Layla (Aisha) is from. He is engaged to Layla (Aisha) 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 Layla's (Aisha'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 and is returned home, but somehow returns, alive and well, in the second 3D movie, Winx Club: Magical Adventure. It is hinted that he may somehow return in season 5, but it is not entirely possible since the second movie was already in production when season 4 was in the works. Even though he is not a Specialist, he is a close friend to the Specialists and also the Winx. Nabu is(was) 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 Layla (Aisha), 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 Layla (Aisha), 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. Layla (Aisha) and Piff have an extremely close bond, as Layla (Aisha) needs Piff to function, and vice versa.

Settings

Gardenia

Gardenia is on Earth, within the Solar System and outside the magical dimension of Magix. It is the planet where Bloom grew up with her adoptive parents before coming to Alfea. There are fabulous landscapes on earth, each one different from the next. There are very high mountains, lush forests, but also dry, arid deserts. There are immense oceans where you can even play with dolphins, and thousands of different flowers with thousands of different scents! It is difficult to define the quantity and the variety of animals and plants. Basically it is full of life, of different cultures and people who even speak different languages. 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

The fairy students come to college here to learn how to cast spells, create enchanted auras and make magical potions! Potionology, metamorphosimbiosis, magiphilosophy and good manners...are among the complex subjects taught in the college by very skilled, strict and demanding teachers! Thanks to these lessons, the aspiring teenage fairies learn how to use and improve their powers in order to fight against evil in the name of equality, brotherhood and justice! The Alfea students live within the college itself, which has an enormous, well stocked library, classrooms, and a Magical Archive where the most important secrets of Magix are kept!

Cloudtower

 Cloudtower is a boarding school for witches in training, and for most of the first season, it was the residence of the Trix 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.

Redfountain

The students can become true warriors here, skilled in the use of magic and technology! Red Fountain is the Magix college that trains the bravest boys in the Magical Dimension to become qualified Magix experts. They help the fairies and are always ready to lend a hand. The students live in the college. They learn how to use all kinds of weapons, from the most traditional to the most technological. They drive special vehicles that they can use on their missions. Each one has his own personal dragon that he trains with. Red Fountain was destroyed by the wicked Trix but rose again from the ashes. Now it’s even more imposing.

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 rebroadcast on 4kids TV until December 27, 2008. Then on July 18, 2009, reruns of Winx Club then aired on the CW4kids until July 17, 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

Dancers portraying the Winx Club attend the Rome Film Fest in Italy.

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.

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.A 10 minute promo reel will be shown at the Giffoni Film Festival in July.

Theater

In September 2005, the "Winx Power" musical show began in Italy. 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.

Video games

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.

Winx Club Kinder Promo Poster

A tile in a murial in Alassio, "autographed" by the Winx Club.

In the United States, 4Kids Entertainment held the licensing rights to the series until their licence expired in 2009, they had no more plans to make anymore episodes for the show.
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.

DVD releases

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 fact that 4KidsTV license expiring (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.