Winx Club: The Resurrection of Nabu

Winx Club: The Resurrection of Nabu is an upcoming 90-minute special based on the Italian cartoon, Winx Club. It will be produced by Rainbow and will release on Netflix sometime in the 2020’s.
== Synopsis ==
Years after Nabu sacrificed himself to save the Earth Fairies, the Winx must finally manage to save him from a dead sleep but the Trix and the Wizards of the Black Circle (who return to plot their revenge) try to thwart their plans.
=== This special has examples of: ===
* A Day in the Limelight: The special centers on Aisha and her friends finally actually finding ways and managing to bring her dead fiancé back to life by using their special powers after 9 seasons.
* Aspect Ratio Switch: The flashbacks to Nabu’s infamous sacrifice and the Winx mourning over his death are done in the original 4:3 aspect ratio.
* Art Evolution: Here, the character designs starting from this special are based very closely upon the Winx Club’s original designs from seasons 1-4. For example, Bloom retains her signature hairstyle she had in seasons 1-4 and Sky retains his original hairstyle he had in the first four seasons.
* Back from the Dead: Nabu and to a less extent, Duman.
* The Bus Came Back:
** After being completely absent since season 4 and playing a cameo as an illusion in Aisha's dream in the episode, "The Shimmering Shells", Nabu finally makes his first onscreen physical appearance.
** The Wizards of the Black Circle, the main antagonists of season 4, also make their grand return here plotting their revenge on the Winx Club. 
* Character Development: Aisha proves her bravery by finally overcoming her back luck.
* Continuity Reboot: This special is completely separate from the Nickelodeon and season 8 continuities.
* Disney Death: Aisha.
* The Dog Bites Back: In the special's climax, Aisha breaks down after being nearly murdered by Ogron and transforms from a open minded and opinionated girl into a savage, feral woman who proceeds to defeat him in an extremely violent fight and deprives the other members of the Wizards of the Black Circle. This leads to the Trix escaping for their lives and the Wizards of the Black Circle dying for good.
* Darker and Edgier: Definitely one of the darkest of the Winx Club franchise. The battle sequences are played much serious here.
* Earn Your Happy Ending: Aisha is finally reunited with Nabu after so many years of thinking he was never going to come back thanks to his sacrifice and while she ended her relationship with Nex on mutual terms, she has finally found her happiness in the one person that stole her heart.
* Everybody Cries: Bloom, Stella, Flora, Tecna, Musa, their bonded pixies, and the Specialists all do this after Aisha gets defeated by Ogron.
* Killed Off For Real: The Wizards of the Black Circle actually die for real this time. The Trix, not so much.
* Offscreen Breakup: It's revealed that Aisha is no longer interested in dating Nex, her third boyfriend and the two have moved on for good.
* Set Right What Once Went Wrong: The Winx and the Specialists finally actually decide to focus and embark on one of the most serious and important special missions - to finally awaken Nabu from a dead sleep in a coma - after five seasons of ignorance.
* Tears of Joy: When Nabu awakens from his death for the first time, Aisha's frown turns into a smile, thus giving him a hug. The other members of the Winx Club, the Pixies, and the Specialists all cheer and celebrate his resurrection. 
* Villain Team-Up: The Wizards of the Black Circle form a team-up with the Trix.
* You Are Better Than You Think You Are: As Aisha breaks down in tears, believing she and the other members of the Winx Club and the Specialists failed their special mission and thinking she might never get the chance to see Nabu again, Faragonda reminds her that she still has enough time to save him and Aisha's parents, her cousins, Tressa and Nereus, and the people of Magix support her for this.
=== YMMV ===
* Author's Saving Throw: The 24th episode of season 4 was so controversial for getting rid of Nabu in favor of two divisive replacements. In response, after so many years of fan petitions, fanarts, fanfics, and fan videos, this episode was announced to be a hour-long special in the form of a Continuity Reboot that would finally actually manage to bring back Nabu, a fan-favorite who was killed in season 4 and replaced by Roy, introduced in season 5, and Nex, introduced in season 6. It was considered to be a "deliberate apology from Iginio Straffi and the team at Rainbow SpA."
* Broken Base: Whether or not Nabu’s comeback to the show was a good idea can be this. Some believe he only came back to pander to the older audience and ruins any chance of Aisha’s character since she now has Nex and think her potential with him was wasted and could’ve done more instead of breaking up with him, others were pleased with Nabu’s comeback since his plot arc with Aisha was left unfinished in the Nickelodeon dub and this gives him more time to flesh out his personality, interests, and backstory.
* Nightmare Fuel: Aisha becomes abused and weak, almost dies by getting whacked on by Ogron, and becomes feral, screaming and crying for her life. 
* Tearjerker:
** Seeing Aisha crying because she and her friends failed to save Nabu again, qualifies as this. You just want to give this poor person a hug.
** The Winx, the Pixies, and the Specialists break down into tears, thinking Aisha died after she was nearly killed by Ogron. She's okay, thankfully.
* What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: While this special does feature the cast of Winx Club, it's not an ordinary one either: the climax of the episode features a brutal clade of fights between the Winx Club, the Specalists, the Trix, and the Wizards of the Black Circle.
Category:Winx Club
Category:Specials