Winx Club S5 E1

## Plot

Well, here we go. I'm really doing this. *We're the Winx Girl power's gonna save the day Rising up from the earth to the sky (Ah-ah-ah) That's the way we roll (That's the way we roll) Wings are glowing as we're flying high (Ah-ah-ah) Super sparkling everywhere we go And I see Cause you believe in the magical ones We came together Friends forever We're the Winx Girl power's gonna save the day We're strong, bring it on Cause we came to play We're invincible We're the Winx* So, that was the new theme song. I kind of like it. I have to admit, the songs this season aren't half bad, although I still think that Elisa Rosselli's prototype songs are better. I guess I should mention that this season was inspired by the 2010 BP oil spill. And now I know that all of you that bothered to stick around for season 4 are long gone. Well, it was fun while it lasted. Yeah, that environmental arc wasn't enough, let's make it a whole season. The girls are using their powers to promote their concert at the Frutti Music Bar. Assuming that Alfea works like schools in the U.S. do, it's been three months since the end of season 4. And yes, the girls will inevitably go back. While I'll be glad to see it and its characters after so long, it drops that plot thread of whether or not the girls would stay on Earth to follow their dreams. What happens to their band? And the pet shop? Also, Roxy's back, and she's been accepted into Alfea. Don't expect her to join the Winx or be a major character again though. Roxy compares Bloom to a big sister. This reminds Bloom of her own big sister, Daphne, who hasn't been seen or mentioned since the first movie. Yeah, she's gonna become important again this season. Tecna, Flora, and Bloom notice smoke in the distance. It's coming from a nearby oil rig, but no spills have happened yet. The guys show up, and the girls are happy to see them. And they all forget about Aisha, whose fiancée, and their friend, Nabu, died in the previous season. I know it's been three months, but still. Did anyone really expect her to get over that? Also, Sky has a terrible new haircut. Once again, it's just another thing you have to get used to. At least the characters lampshade how bad it looks. Sky wants to give Bloom the pendant of Eraklyon, but keeps getting interrupted. Flora sees him and advises him to wait until the two are alone together. Aisha still misses Nabu as she looks at a picture of him on her phone. The girls ask her if she's alright. She says that she is, and claims that she's waiting for Tressa to call her. Remember her mermaid friend from season 3? Well, Tressa and Queen Ligea have been retconned into being her cousin and aunt. King Neptune is her uncle, and Nereus and Tritannus are her other two cousins. Neptune will pick one of the twins to be the next king. Everyone knows that it's going to be Nereus, since he's responsible and nice, whereas Tritannus is casually described as a psycho, and exhibits some very disturbing behavior. Anyways, Tressa is supposed to call Aisha so they can watch the coronation live. However, an assassin interrupts the ceremony and tries to kill Nereus. Luckily, this royal mermaid family is full of badasses, and Neptune is able to disarm and unmask the culprit. It's Tritannus. He did it because he wanted to be king. He vows revenge on them for this, and Neptune, with a heavy heart, has his son imprisoned in the dungeon. During the commotion, Tressa dropped her phone, so the others back on Earth don't know what happened. They're interrupted by shaking. There's been a spill at the oil rig, and it's on fire. The workers are trapped there. Also, Flora's connection to nature is brought back. You know, where it causes her pain if nature is harmed. Our heroes leap into action to save the people and stop the spill. While saving someone, Sky accidentally loses the pendant, and it falls into the ocean. While swimming underwater to stop the pipes from leaking, Aisha's wings stop working as well. Well, obviously! They're wings, not a tail! She also notices the supervisor, who she saves. The girls use convergence magic to transform the oil rig into being environmentally friendly. There's still oil underwater though, spreading out into the ocean. Um, assuming how far out to sea you are, the ocean can clean that up naturally. It's if it gets to beaches where it becomes a major problem. The girls decide to have their concert be a benefit to preserve the Earth's oceans and Gardenia's beaches. Meanwhile, Tritannus is thrown in jail. And guess who his cellmates are? The Trix. Um, last we saw them, they were sent back to Lightrock monastery. Why transfer them? Did they try to escape again? Because last time, someone specifically broke them out, and then someone was dumb enough to have them imprisoned on an ice planet or dimension or whatever.

## Review

Okay, time for the truth to come out. I think that the 2D animation has really improved, especially when it comes to underwater places and people. I loved the detail put into King Neptune's sword and Tritannus's trident. I also loved their fight, because I love physical fight scenes. The magic effects of the trident were also pretty well animated too. And the mermaids and mermen in general. And I can't wait to never see Believix ever again.