Winx Club (Kuboian English dub)

***Winx Club*** is the English dub of the series of the same name. The dub initially only covered Seasons 1-4 and the first movie, *Winx Club: Secret of the Lost Kingdom*, and was dubbed in Espanbute, Kuboia by now-defunct dubbing studio LixFilm. The Nickelodeon-produced specials and fifth and sixth seasons and the other movies use the same English dub as other countries. In 2015, Sallilandic dubbing studio Make It Loud Studio dubbed Season 7 into English as well as Sallish and Churtecan Spanish, followed by Season 8 in 2018 as well, using the same cast as the LixFilm dub.

It premiered on Disney Channel on 28 January 2006, the second anniversary of *Winx Club'*s original premiere in Italy, alongside Barnish, Salasoan and Sulban dubs, syndication of the Sallish dub, and the Gicamese release of the original Italian version. All of the aforementioned dubs used this dub as a base, including the initial Sulban voiceover. The dub was also syndicated on Vision One in Kuboia from July 2006 until 2010, and aired on PBV Dìzni in Salliland's SAP track upon the 2011 decision to use English for all series, rather than the original language. The dub's seventh season premiered on Disney Channel Kaninichia in July 2015, followed by the eighth season in March 2020.

The dub of Seasons 1-4 uses the Cinélume English dub as a base, but "Kuboianised." Additionally, Aisha keeps her original name, rather than being renamed to Layla. For *The Secret of the Lost Kingdom*, the Italian version was used as a base. Songs are retained from the other English dubs, except for songs sung in-universe by the characters, which use the same lyrics as the other dubs but are sung by their respective LixFilm voice actors. For Seasons 7-8, the dub was based on the DuArt and 3Beep English dubs respectively, and while the script did contain some alterations, it contained far less references to Kuboian culture, most likely due to being produced in Salliland. The songs are reused exactly as-is from the DuArt and 3Beep dubs, even if sung in-universe.

The dub was praised for its "natural and lively" voice acting and scripting, with many comparing it to the 4Kids dub which similarly changed much of the dialogue, and praising the LixFilm dub for incorporating these changes without heavy alterations like the 4Kids dub. However, some criticised its use of local Kuboian humour, with it often being described as "karoulified" and "ratchet."

## Cast

* Anita Freshers as Bloom
* Tatiana Zúñiga as Stella
* Pinkie as Musa
* Uroika Riemenschneider as Flora
* Julia Rose Tucker as Tecna
* Helena Juneberry as Aisha
* Anastasia Roth as Icy
* Chloe van den Berg as Darcy
* Tina Helsing as Stormy
* Bentley Verrichten as Sky
* Matej Popović as Brandon
* Stijn Meijer as Riven
* Macie Raven as Timmy

## Localisation

For the LixFilm dub, all text remained in Italian, but the title cards contained English subtitles and the Season 1 credits had credits to the LixFilm dub added at the end. Seasons 2-4 were credited through DVB subtitles. In *The Secret of the Lost Kingdom*, the opening credits were localised in English, but the ending credits were left in Italian with a dubbing credits card at the end. In Season 7 of the Make It Loud Studio dub, the same localisation as the Sallish dub is used but with title cards subtitled in English, while in Season 8, the text is in Italian with title cards subtitled in English.

## Trivia

* Although it premiered as a movie, *Winx Club: Secret of the Lost Kingdom* had an alternative cut by LixFilm into several parts which was sometimes used for reruns.
* Most dubs aired of *Winx Club* in Kaninichia are based on this version. It is used as a base for the Sallish dub, Salasoan dub, both the voiceover and lip-sync Sulban dubs, the Sodian dub, the Pragrese dub, the Disney Channel version of the Barnish dub, and the Lemon TV version of the Acashkic dub. In Gicama, the original Italian version is aired, and in Churteca, Salliland, the Castilian Spanish dub (based on the Cinélume version and original Italian version) is aired. The Betenian dub and some versions of the Barnish and Acashkic dubs are based on other versions of the English dub.
* All name changes (beyond simple translations from Italian) from the Cinélume dub are reverted, meaning Layla is renamed back to Aisha, and Sparks is renamed back to Domino in *The Secret of the Lost Kingdom* and Season 4. The only name change in the dub was of Flora's little sister, Miele, which was renamed to Mariah due to her original name being potentially hard for English speakers to pronounce. This is a reference to Mariah Carey, who has a song named "Honey", which is the translation of the Italian word "miele."
* While the LixFilm dub mostly stays faithful to the original Italian version, as does the Cinélume dub which it is based on, it echoes the 4Kids dub in referencing 2000s teen culture and having the characters act more cartoony. References to Kuboian and Sallilandic culture are also added in, particularly with Stella and Musa being rewritten as "karouls", with Stella becoming more of a Valley Girl and Musa being influenced by lipstick rap culture. Many jokes are added in, which were not present in the Cinélume and Italian versions.
	+ For example, one of the thugs in episode 213, upon being cast with a spell that made him fall in love with another thug, is turned into a stereotypical gay man and says in a "gay accent", "Wanna go on a date to that Ericka concert?". LixFilm paid royalties to Ericka Streets for the mention of her.
	+ In episode 321, when Musa is being grabbed by tentacles, her LixFilm voice actress Pinkie moans sexually as an innuendo about tentacle pornography.
	+ Usually, the Cinélume dub's mistakes are edited out, but in episode 403 when Bloom yells "Fermi!" in Italian rather than a translated line, it is left in (albeit re-recorded by her LixFilm voice actress, Anita Freshers) and made into a joke, with Anagan saying "What are they on about?" and Bloom saying "Yeah, I wasn't even speaking English there!".
* In episode 205, Brandon's screams as he is poked with needles are left undubbed from the Italian version.
* In episode 215, the special ending does not have the Winx's lines redubbed. They are reused from the Cinélume dub.
* The scene in episode 112, where a black Miss Magix contestant cries over having an "unnatural" afro due to a spell by the Trix, is entirely cut out due to racial connotations. However, Rainbow still removed its uploads from YouTube in 2020.
* As a reference to *Winx* being an Italian series, everyone from Earth speaks with a slight Italian accent in Season 4 in this dub. However, in Season 2, Stella says "Well, on Earth, they don't even go to school on Wednesdays" when the Winx are caught skipping school and given their punishment, which refers to Kuboia and France.

1. ↑ When *Magical Adventure* aired on Disney Channel, it aired completely in Italian. However, other TV channels in Kuboia used the Dubbing Brothers version.