Winx Club (season 2)

The second season of the animated television series Winx Club aired from 19 April to 14 July 2005, consisting of 26 episodes. The series was created by Iginio Straffi, who also acted as executive producer and director of the season.

Winx Club
Season 2
Artwork for Season 2 (left) and the 2011 special (right)
Country of origin	Italy United States (2011 special)
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	Rai Due Nickelodeon (2011 special)
Original release	19 April – 14 July 2005
Season chronology

The season follows the Winx Club's second year at the Alfea College for Fairies, where they strive to earn an enhancement to their powers called Charmix. A new member of the Winx Club (Aisha,[lower-alpha 1] the Fairy of Waves) is introduced in the season's first episode. Meanwhile, the Trix are freed from their prison by Darkar, who becomes their leader.

In February 2011, Viacom (owner of Nickelodeon) became a co-owner of the Rainbow studio.[1] Rainbow and Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced a Winx Club revival series, which began with four television specials that retell the first two seasons of the original show. The fourth special, "The Shadow Phoenix," retold the plot of the second season and premiered on 16 October 2011.[2]

Production

On 21 April 2004, Winx Club production company Rainbow S.r.l. announced that a second season of the series was in progress.[3] The season's debut on 19 April 2005 coincided with new merchandise lines.[4] A spin-off series based on the chibi-inspired Pixie characters from the second season was launched in 2010,[5] following a licensing program in 2006.[6]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title / Cinélume English title 4Kids English title	Italian air date	American air date
27	1	"La fenice d'ombra" / "The Shadow Phoenix" "Back to School"	19 April 2005	10 September 2005
The Winx Club returns for their second year at Alfea and encounter an exhausted fairy and her sleepy baby pixie. Bloom finds the Secret Archive - which contains Alfea's piece of the Codex.
28	2	"Il ritorno delle Trix" / "Up to their old Trix" "Princess of Tides"	21 April 2005	17 September 2005
The new fairy introduces herself as Aisha/Layla and requests the help of the Winx Club to rescue her kidnapped pixie friends. Darkar breaks the Trix out of their prison and gives them Gloomix.
29	3	"Missione di salvataggio" / "Rescue Mission" "Into the Under Realm"	26 April 2005	24 September 2005
In conjunction with the Specialists, Bloom, Stella and Aisha travel to the Underrealm in an attempt to rescue the pixies. Along the way, they have to battle shadow monsters and tolerate with a temporary loss of power.
30	4	"La Principessa Amentia" / "Princess Amentia" "Queen of Perfection"	28 April 2005	1 October 2005
Brandon and Stella, after getting separated from the group in the previous episode, encounter a subterranean civilisation whose royalty banishes Stella and forces Brandon into an arranged marriage with Princess Amentia. Stella, after returning to the surface to regenerate her powers, rescues her friends.
31	5	"Magico Bonding" / "Magic Bonding" "Rescuing the Pixies"	3 May 2005	8 October 2005
After Darkar causes a cave-in in the previous episode, Sky, Bloom, Aisha and Stella have to find another way to get to Lord Darkar's fortress. When they finally manage to get back into the caves after using Sky's magic gadget, Aisha goes to the fortress to rescue the pixies while Bloom, Stella and Sky are forced to battle the Trix.
32	6	"Il matrimonio di Brandon" / "Runaway Groom" "My Boyfriend's Wedding"	5 May 2005	15 October 2005
During the ascent to leave Lord Darkar's fortress, Sky, Bloom, Stella, Aisha and the pixies travel to Downland to prevent Princess Amentia from marrying Brandon. In the end, Amentia reconsiders her actions, then Stella embraces Brandon.
33	7	"La pietra misteriosa" / "The Mysterious Stone" "The Dark Tower"	10 May 2005	22 October 2005
Shortly after the Winx Club and Specialists return from the Underrealm, a monolith appears and the girls are sent to destroy it, but are unable to when it drains them of their magic.
34	8	"Il guastafeste" / "Party Crasher" "Party Monster"	12 May 2005	29 October 2005
The Winx Club arrive at Red Fountain for ground breaking festivities. The Trix infiltrate the party disguised as fairies and unleash a monster to disrupt the activities so they can attempt to obtain the Codex. Flora meets Helia at Red Fountain.
35	9	"Il segreto del professor Avalon" / "Professor Avalon's Secret" "The Angel of Doom"	17 May 2005	5 November 2005
Tecna and Digit become suspicious of Professor Avalon's strange actions and constant interaction with Bloom. They assume that he is a creature that disguises itself as a paladin in order to earn people's trust before revealing its true nature and destroying everything.
36	10	"La cripta del codice" / "The Crypt of the Codex" "Reaching for the Sky"	19 May 2005	12 November 2005
The Trix launch an attack on the new Red Fountain to capture a piece of the Codex. In the b-story, Bloom, Tecna and Flora go to Red Fountain to try sort out the troubles between them and the specialists.
37	11	"Corsa contro il tempo" / "Race Against Time" "Homesick"	24 May 2005	19 November 2005
Determined to find the location of Pixie Village to steal the fourth piece of the Codex, Darkar or The Shadow Phoenix puts a homesickness spell on the pixies that compels them to return to their village.
38	12	"Unite per la vittoria" / "Winx Together!" "Truth or Dare"	26 May 2005	26 November 2005
Under a spell, a Specialist named Jared corrupts the simulation chamber. Doing Darkar's dirty work, Darcy sabotages the Winx during the simulator test. In the b-story, the Winx Club has to learn about convergence spells.
39	13	"La dama del ballo" / "The Invisible Pixies" "Gangs of Gardenia"	31 May 2005	3 December 2005
Bloom, Stella, Musa and Aisha go to Earth for a break from studies. Musa and Aisha attract the attention of a local gang in a nightclub, when Musa changes the music in a club using magic.
40	14	"Battaglia sul pianeta Eraklyon" / "Battle on Planet Eraklyon" "The Wrong Righters"	2 June 2005	28 January 2006
Sky, Bloom, Brandon, and Flora go to Sky's home where they find his former fiancée, Princess Diaspro, has been kidnapped by yosinote who wants to rule Eraklyon, and demands a ransom. Meanwhile at Alfea, Stormy and Musa have a fight, Musa manges to win and Stormy swears revenge.
41	15	"Lo spettacolo continua" / "The Show Must Go On!" "Magic in My Heart"	7 June 2005	4 February 2006
Musa is set to perform at Redfountain, but her father opposes her interest in music and wants to transfer her to another school. Stormy strikes again, attacking Musa's father to get revenge on the fairy. In the end, Musa remains at Alfea.
42	16	"Hallowinx!" "The Fourth Witch"	9 June 2005	11 February 2006 (After episode 44)
Jolly does a card reading that foretells danger to people going on a journey and feels that it will come true when the Winx Club is invited by Mitzi to her Halloween party in a haunted house.
43	17	"Gemellaggio con le Streghe" / "Twinning with the Witches" "Exchange Students"	14 June 2005	4 February 2006 (After episode 41)
The Winx Club go to Cloudtower with Mirta, as exchange students, to protect the second piece of the Codex. The Trix infiltrate Cloudtower and cause frequent mayhem to distract the Winx girls from getting the Codex first.
44	18	"Nel Cuore di Torrenuvola" / "In the Heart of Cloud Tower" "The Heart of Cloud Tower"	16 June 2005	11 February 2006 (Before episode 42)
The Trix continue to attack Cloudtower in order to obtain the second piece of the Codex and the Winx Club's constant bickering prevents them from stopping the Trix.
45	19	"La spia nell'ombra" / "The Spy in the Shadows" "Shadows in Bloom"	21 June 2005	18 February 2006
After Bloom is put under a therapeutic spell cast by Professor Avalon to learn more about her real parents, she is controlled by an evil force, turning into her alter-ego Dark Bloom, to steal the third piece of the Codex from Alfea.
46	20	"Il villaggio delle Pixies" / "Pixie Village" "The First Charmix"	23 June 2005	18 February 2006
The Winx are sent with the Specialists on a team-building vacation to the Wildlands. While on a ski lift to the top of a mountain, the lift breaks down and Bloom encourages them to work together to save themselves, earning her Charmix. Meanwhile, Icy is sent by Darkar to obtain the fourth and final piece of the Codex at Pixie Village. Professor Avalon is poisoned by a flower and Palladium needs a special ingredient from Pixie Village to cure him.
47	21	"Il potere del Charmix" / "Charmix Power" "Trouble in Paradise"	28 June 2005	25 February 2006
The Trix are sent by Darkar to the Wildlands to capture Bloom, as her Dragon Flame is a key part in opening the Realm of Relix to obtain the Ultimate Power. The Trix put the wild animals under their influence to capture Bloom. Stella gives up her beach fashion show to help Aisha, and Musa & Riven discover the Trix are there, she makes the choice to trust him earning both fairies their Charmix (Stella & Musa).
48	22	"Wildland: La grande trappola" / "Danger in the Wildland" "Last Resorts"	30 June 2005	25 February 2006
Timmy devises a plan to prevent the Trix from kidnapping Bloom. Meanwhile, Aisha faces her fears of being alone and Tecna reconciles with Timmy. Both earn their Charmix and the pixies are exposed to strange pollen which makes them very sick.
49	23	"Il momento della verità" / "The Time for Truth" "Darkness and Light"	5 July 2005	4 March 2006
The real Professor Avalon escapes from Lord Darkar's fortress. The pixies are taken to Pixie Village to cure them. However, the Flower of Life which can heal them is sick and Flora remains there to heal it while the rest of the Winx begin their Charmix training, but Bloom is captured and brought to Darkar's fortress by what turns out to be a servant of his posing as Professor Avalon. Flora confesses her love to Helia and earns her Charmix. Helia confesses that he loves her too.
50	24	"Prigioniera di Darkar" / "Darkar's Prisoner" "Desperately Seeking Bloom"	7 July 2005	4 March 2006
The Winx, the Pixies, and the Specialists head to the Underrealm to rescue Bloom. Meanwhile, Brandon, Sky and Aisha request Princess Amentia's assistance in the battle with Darkar. In the end, Bloom falls under one of Darkar's dark spells - and transforms into Dark Bloom - this time, for real...
51	25	"Faccia a faccia con il nemico" / "Face to Face with the Enemy" "Storming Shadowhaunt"	12 July 2005	11 March 2006
The Winx and Specialists enter the Underrealm and proceed to Darkar's fortress, having to face several obstacles along the way. Meanwhile, the Trix's Gloomix is burned out when they give their powers to the shadow monsters in order for them to destroy the Winx and Specialists. Darkar sees them useless and banishes them, seeing more use for Dark Bloom than the witches.
52	26	"Le ceneri della Fenice" / "The Phoenix Revealed" "The Ultimate Power Couple"	14 July 2005	11 March 2006
Darkar and Dark Bloom enter the Realm of Relix and begin preparations for obtaining the Ultimate Power. The Winx, aided by the Specialists, Ms. Faragonda, Ms. Griffin and Codatorta pass many obstacles in order to enter the Realm of Relix and destroy Darkar. Sky confesses his love for Bloom, which triggers Bloom to transform back into her normal self. Through the final battle against Darkar, the Winx combined their Charmix together to defeat him once and for all. After defeating Darkar, the Trix are remained behind through the crumbling Realm of Relix.

Home media

List of Winx Club DVD releases

Release name	No. of episodes	Company	Release date	Notes
Season 2, Vol. 1: Layla & the Pixies	12	Funimation	13 February 2007	4kids dub of season 2 episodes 1–12
Season 2, Vol. 2: Battle for the Codex	14	Funimation	18 September 2007	4kids dub of season 2 episodes 13–26
The Original Complete Season 2	26	Cinedigm	11 November 2014	Cinélume dub of season 2 episodes 1–26
The Shadow Phoenix: The Original Season 2, Vol. 1	13	Cinedigm	11 November 2014	Cinélume dub of season 2 episodes 1–13

Notes

1. Aisha is renamed Layla in several dubs.

References

1. Vivarelli, Nick (4 February 2011). "Viacom takes stake in Rainbow". Variety.
2. "Winx Club on Nick.com". Nick.com. 10 October 2011.
3. "Rainbow News". Rainbow S.r.l. 21 April 2004.
4. "Televisione: Nuovi personaggi per le Winx". Duesse Communication. 30 March 2005.
5. Goldman Getzler, Wendy (11 April 2011). "Nickelodeon Plucks PopPixie". Kidscreen. Brunico Communications.
6. "PopPixies fly off in own direction" (PDF). Kidscreen. Brunico Communications. April 2010.