Winx Club S1 E2

## Plot

Stella, Bloom, and her parents try to get into Alfea, but Mike and Vanessa are blocked by a force field. It prevents non-magical creatures from entering. They say goodbye to Bloom, and Stella sends them back to Gardenia. At Alfea, Griselda, the head of discipline, is registering new students in. Bloom isn't on the list, but Stella has a plan. Bloom will pose as Varanda, the princess of Calisto, who decided not to attend this year. Stella was supposed to give the headmistress a letter from her, but she tears it up. You'll see some very interesting girls in the background. Stella attended Alfea last year, but she was kicked out. She'll be redoing her first year. She blew up the potions lab by accident. She's the princess of Solaria. Headmistress Faragonda welcomes everyone to Alfea. She warns them to stay away from the witches of Cloudtower. There are three colleges in Magix: Alfea, the school for fairies, Red Fountain, the school for specialists, and Cloudtower, the school for witches. Stella and Bloom share a suite. Stella has her own large room from last year. Bloom shares hers with a girl named Flora. Bloom bumps into a girl named Tecna. Another girl named Musa also shows up. Musa and Tecna are roommates. The girls decide to go into town to eat out. Knut sees them and follows them. While calling her mom, Bloom sees him spying on her friends and follows him. He meets with his bosses. They're three witches from Cloudtower. They want Stella's scepter. They're sisters named Icy, Darcy, and Stormy. Darcy, the master of mind and illusions, realizes that they're not alone. They use their powers on Bloom, who is utterly defenseless. Her magic is basically just tiny sparkles at this point. The others start worrying about Bloom and go look for her. Icy encases Bloom in ice to freeze her to death, but then the other girls show up. The witches have Knut take them on. The girls transform into their fairy forms. They easily beat Knut together, but the witches are able to defeat them. Luckily, Stella is able to teleport everyone, including a still frozen Bloom, out of there. Stella accidentally reveals who Bloom really is to the other girls when she uses her real name. They get caught sneaking back into Alfea. The teachers have figured out who Bloom really is, but decide to let her stay since she's still a fairy. Griselda and Faragonda thought all the Earth Fairies disappeared centuries ago. Oh well, that's a mystery for another day! Until then, "Auf Wiedersehen!" (German for goodbye!) Back in their dorm, the girls form the Winx Club. It's a play on the word wings. This was a good episode. I'm glad the girls officially formed the Winx Club. It'll take a few more episodes before the Trix are dubbed, well, the Trix. Though Stella did call them that at the end in the Cinelume dub, which is the one I'm reviewing for the first three seasons, then the Nick dub for seasons 4 through season 6, then DuArt for season 7 and 3Beep for season 8. So, what was it with cartoons from the early 2000s using dark blue to represent Asian and African American coded characters with dark hair, instead of just using the color black? Was it an outline thing? I do like it because it makes Musa and Taranee from W.I.T.C.H. stand out, but still. When we actually do get a black coded main character in season 2 of Winx Club, her hair is brown. It's the same thing with using the color orange to represent redheads, or even blondes.