Cover of French version season 1
Note: I watch the French version, but I'm pretty sure that all the versions are similar.
This
evening (14th May 2012) as I was feeling sleepy and therefore not up to heavily
concentrating on Shugo Chara which is still relatively new to me I opted
for Winx. I smiled when I realised it was the episode where Professeur
Paladium tests the girls in the magical simulator.
Winx standing in the simulator
Think of it as a big
holo deck like the ones in Star Trek. It's very awesome, not only
creating environments to test the students, but as a magical gateway to
sending the Winx to Domino in later episodes.
Bloom takes the
lead in this episode, with o one volunteering to take the test first
she's chosen by Professor Paladium. Kiko, her adorable bunny, loves her
dearly and doesn't want to miss out on the fun so he stows away in
Bloom's bag.
Bloom oblivious to the stowaway on board.
Little did he know he'd end up duplicated like a hologram
at the end of the test as the simulator broke after the Trix's mischief.
Thanks to a computer glitch there are lots of Kikos!
Bloom is distressed when they appear and force Kiko to fall into lava,
so mad that she becomes consumed by powerful flames.
You don't want to any Bloom!
At this point she
has no idea just how powerful a fairy she is or who her family are,
whereas the Trix recognise her power & want it for themselves, hence
their interference to see if she is truly powerful.
Being a
fairy involves lots of acrobatics as Bloom dodges the Trix's attacks. It
involves keen powers of perception, such as when the Winx realise there
is a soporific atmosphere in the second episode I watched. Tecna uses
her technolgic knowledge to identify the problem and create a bubble
which purifies the air. Only by working together once they've woken up
do the Winx dispel the soporific odour & neutralise the enemy who is
making the tortoise whose shell is the base for the trees grumpy.
Tecna saving Bloom from the sleep inducing mist
I
love how peaceful the girls look when they are asleep. They are just
like us in the way they wish to be left alone to sleep some more. Musa
has a rough time for earlier she gets "eaten" by the tortoise. Im not
quite sure how she avoided drowning while captured, prior to being
rescued, as she didnt have a bubble of air so she could breathe, which
the others created. Bloom makes the tortoise sneeze which is a genius
way to get it to open its mouth.
The girls get to use their own
specialised abilities in some episodes with Flora's bond to nature help
provide fast growing cover for the water nymphs to build their homes underwater and receives a gift in return.
In other episodes the girls' personalities - both positive and negative
aspects play a role. Stella is overly curious and doesn't know when to
hold her tongue - although usually the girls forgive her and laugh about
it after she's insulted them. It's so funny when Tecna loses her
infamous cool self - who can blame her foe getting mad at Flora's
invented plant trapping her in the wardrobe for hours. Musa doesn't pry
like Stella so didn't concern herself with the odd noise coming from
Tecna's temporary prison. Flora hates arguments and is prone to getting upset.
A sad Flora - this was the best picture I could find (probably not to do with the episode I'm talking about)
She pleads forgiveness
for her enthusiastic plant experiments which the girls concede to at the
end after her nature magic helps save the day.
There is just so
much packed into each 25 minute episode that the themes covered are as
complex and intense than non cqrtoon dramas. Go try an episode, filled
with ups & downs of friendship and life challenges.
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