If there’s one thing you never wanna do, it’s piss off the Winx Club. When I was younger,
one of the things that drew me to the show was the spectacle of the fights. I wasn’t used to seeing
magic fights of this caliber in animation, let alone in a show led by women protagonists. As
such, today we’re gonna take a look at the best fights of the franchise,
and cry out for bloodshed. Because clearly, that is what stable people do… at leat I think. Oh this
is YouTube, we cry out for bloodshed regularly. Before we begin, however, I do wanna acknowledge
that it’s been a while. For the record, I wrote this script before I wrote my season
7 video script, which if you haven’t seen, you so also go watch. So oops.
I had a bit of a crisis recently, and though everything is thankfully okay,
I do wanna let y’all know there may be chances of long breaks between videos
in the future. Along with that, I’m also working on the season 6 rewrite,
which you can learn more about by keeping up with my Instagram and community tab posts.
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tell your friends. You know, the usual. Now without further ado, let the chaos begin.
How to start a Winx movie: colorful title sequence accompanied by Elisa Rosselli,
followed by dramatic buildup into an ominous castle, a transformation sequence, and a robot
fight. Tell me what’s more Winx than that. Admittedly, I’m not as fond of Secret of the
Lost Kingdom as I used to be. I do respect its ambition in showcasing Rainbow’s capabilities,
but this movie often feels like it takes itself too seriously.
Part of that’s probably because neither English dub is doing this script any favors,
but where I don’t mind the darker, more serious tone are its fights, especially the opening fight.
The Winx are here to find Hagen, the former blacksmith of the Company of Light, who’s a bit of
a… reclusive madman who builds machines of death for funzies. So it only makes sense that he’d
set up shop in the middle of a stormy desert, and have systems set in place to keep out intruders,
including a creepy little metal bird, and a whole squadron of robotic murder knights.
We get to see the Winx show off their powers in 3D animation for the first time, and honestly, I’m
impressed with how good this looks, especially for 2007. Aisha specifically owns this entire sequence
with her Morphix lance. My one gripe is that Musa doesn’t get to show off her powers as much as the
others… well, that, and also this movie showcasing a running pattern of invisible injuries. Like I
get it, this movie is for all ages, but it’s hard to take Aisha getting slashed by swords seriously
when it looks like they completely missed her, and the same thing happens to Musa later.
I’ve dunked on the season 4 premiere quite a bit - check out my video ranking the season premieres
if you wanna see that - but the only part of that episode I’ve come back to again and again
is that first encounter between the Winx and the Wizards of the Black Circle.
The rest of the episode, along with the wonky puppet animation,
makes it a bit more difficult to enjoy, but I do appreciate the idea behind this fight: namely that
the Winx ain’t the hot shit they think they are. Here, the Winx find their magic useless against
the wizards. The fairy hunters are completely immune to fairy magic,
allowing them to shrug off their spells with ease, while Ogron specifically is able to absorb that
magic and throw it back at them. It’s the first time in a long time the Winx felt truly helpless,
and to see that in their Enchantix forms also reinforces how dangerous this new foe is.
The reason it’s not higher on the list is because the fight itself…
needed a lot of work, and it’s also trapped in an overall mediocre episode. I would’ve liked
to see the Winx problem-solving a bit more to at least try and hold their own against the wizards,
and I honestly still don’t get why the professors and students aren’t helping. That’d just
reinforce the wizards’ strength even more. Can you imagine the devastation of seeing
Faragonda - who’d previously held her own against Lord Darkar and Valtor - getting beaten by Ogron?
Also, not a fan of Flora getting routinely injured for no reason. Like seriously, the
girl is not a punching bag, knock it off. First she gets exploded by Clarice, then she’s damage
control for Fate, and now this? Ooo, can’t wait for Fate season 2, that’s gonna be fun to destroy.
This fight deserved a better season, and is very much an exception to the rule of season 5’s boring
fights riddled with generic energy beams. What makes this clash between the Winx and Trix so
weirdly good is how the environment plays into the fight… which is surprisingly rare for this show.
I really love how Stormy not only attacks Tecna and Brandon with the books, but also…
turns them into a gargoyle? I mean, sure, why not, this is a magic fight after all (even if
it’s just a recolored ice gargoyle from the Christmas episode). And the way Aisha lures
it to attack Darcy, then destroys it with one of the coolest versions
of her Morphix Net she’s ever used? Hell yes. I just really love the dynamics of this fight
and how wacky it is. I really wish more fights in the show were handled this way.
My only issues are how long it takes the Winx to transform, the benching of Flora, and…
that Sky fall… cue Adele serenading us disappointedly. We have failed Adele.
Much like Lost Kingdom’s opening fight, the battle between the Winx and Trix sets the
tone for Magical Adventure. It’s far more lighthearted, and feels like a
general representation of the Winx and Trix’s dynamic at this point: Winx have celebration;
Trix show up to ruin everything; chaos ensues. And to make it even better, Bloom’s not here
to overpower the Trix. Granted, it is exhausting having the Winx go “Yeah,
Bloom would’ve helped us win this fight real quick,” but that’s more cuz when they say it,
they mean she’s perfect and the best ever, and when I say it, I mean it as the writers
taking my hotheaded little cinnamon roll and making her into someone she’s not.
I’m surprised there aren’t more one-on-one fights like this. It is a bit strange,
given Musa went from having a rivalry with Darcy in the first season to now with Stormy,
but given how similar their powers are, it actually works pretty well here. Stormy’s
here looking for the Codex at Alfea, and Musa’s decided to handle things herself while Bloom and
Flora are having another misadventure over on Eraklyon, and meanwhile all the other Winx are,
idk, being gay and doing crime? What makes this fight so engaging,
aside from Musa’s kickass Bass Boost spell (god that’s hard to say), is the use of the rain
dance we saw earlier in this episode. And since Musa got to see Aisha doing the same rain dance,
and hear how she learned it from the farmers on Andros while sneaking out of her palace, it serves
as another reminder of Musa and Aisha’s friendship and how it strengthens them both. Personally,
I’d love to see Musa and Aisha integrate their dancing into their magic more often.
Magical Adventure really out here being better than it has any business being. As the
final battle between the Winx and the Ancestral Witches, it’s a great sendoff to some of the most
prominent villains of the franchise. It includes a relatively lighthearted fight with the Trix, along
with the Ancestral Witches doing their creepy possession thing to give us the Super Trix, which…
god, they look like zombies and I’m kinda here for it.
I do wish the fight went on for longer, especially that bit where Bloom and Icy
summon their dragons of fire and ice to clash. God, why is there not more of that?
Season 1 had the best fights - we all know I’m right. Usually they have the best stakes given
the Winx were just starting out, which meant our protagonists were usually going in at a
disadvantage against the Trix. But on top of that… my god those fights were brutal.
The Magix City brawl is for the history books in terms of animated fight choreography. It’s
all the Winx against all of the Trix, with the Cloudtower witches and specialists around to boot.
The ruthlessness of the Trix is immediately set by Stormy one-shotting Tecna with a goddamn
lightning bolt to the face, followed by Stella getting blown up by a car,
and Flora also getting hit with a lightning bolt… INTO A ROOF.
I just… wow. This is some Powerpuff Girls
type shit. So much collateral damage, oh my god, where are the authorities?
The point is I’m here for the frantic, destructive energy of this fight,
and I want more of it. Oh god, especially that bit where Stella goes in to save Tecna and Timmy,
it’s everything. And Bloom trying to save Musa because Darcy’s about to fucking crush her with
a dozen cars. Literally, about to use the cars to crush the shit out of Musa. What the fuck?
Again, more chaotic season 1 fights, this time with Bloom - at her lowest - having to fend off
all of the Trix as they attack her home. I really miss these days before Bloom knew about her
all-mighty Dragon Flame, because she gets to fight at the same general power level as the other Winx.
And having the Trix use Mike and Vanessa as hostages really shows their ruthlessness and
cruelty, and raises the stakes for what’s their final attempt to take Bloom’s power.
Another season 1 fight - what a shock. The Winx work together to hold back the wannabe
yeti and its army of ice monsters, and we get some iconic moments. From Flora’s Flowers of the Wind,
to Musa’s Sonic Blast, to Tecna’s dozen counts of arson, it features some of the best teamwork
and convergence magic we’ve seen from the show. On top of that, we also get Bloom coordinating
the Winx’s efforts to destroy the yeti, having her be useful as a leader even without her magic.
Also she beats up monsters with a stick, which is objectively superior. We all know I’m right.
More season 1 fights, this time the first fight between the Winx and Trix in Magix City.
We get to see the Winx show off their magic one by one, again showing that their base form ironically
had the most visually compelling spells. We also have Bloom’s first fight in her Magic Winx form,
where she’s so proud of her ability to fly… and then gets her ass kicked. It feels triumphant,
but also realistic in that Bloom’s not gonna win just because she got her new form,
because she has absolutely no idea how to use it. Still love Icy’s comment, I think it’s in the
4Kids dub (it’s also in Cinelume lol), that a cute little outfit and a pair of wings aren’t gonna
save her. “Isn’t that so cute? You got your fairy wings! Too bad your little outfit can’t do your
fighting for you.” And Lisa Ortiz delivered. God, I miss season 1. I need to talk about season 1.
We also have the Ice Snake fight in the Omega Dimension, with all of the Winx fighting together
in their Enchantix forms for the first time. Absolutely love that Ring of Fairy Dust move,
followed by Bloom’s summoning of the Great Dragon. She needs to do that more often.
I’m lowkey a fan of the flirtiness going on between Flora and Anagan - as are many others,
including Winx Decoded - and that gets shown off a bit in the mid-season finale of 4,
with Flora playing a bit of hide and seek as she lures Anagan into a vine trap. And
then we have the fight between the Winx and the Dark Guardian on Tir Nan Og,
including all of the individual monsters the Guardian turns into,
like the mermaids, the unicorn, and the centaur Stella absolutely has the hots for.
(Roxy) “It captures its victims by luring them with visions or dreams.” (Aisha) “My
planet’s mermaids!” “The unicorn I dreamed of when I was little.”
Stupid hoof… stupid hoof. “ERRR, STUPID HOOF.” Horses are evil creatures (as am I), it’s just…
have you considered… horse? Horses have four legs… when we’re looking.
Was there ever any doubt? This is still the best fight between the Winx and the Trix to date,
and why wouldn’t it be after so much buildup? Bloom still has yet to show off her powers in
the same grand way as she does here. It’s the last time it ever felt like she was indeed
wielding the power of the Dragon Flame. And some of these maneuvers? The whole attempted drowning
followed by Bloom blasting the shit out of Icy? The casual summoning of the Great Dragon? It’s
everything. The ultimate clash of fire and ice. And the other Winx get to show off too,
fighting against an empowered Darcy and Stormy. Seeing Musa deafening Darcy, or Flora knocking
Darcy and Stormy off their feet, it’s just so much fun seeing the girls kick so much ass.
Let me tell you, that ending Psycho Clone/Shadow Whirlwind (whatever you wanna call it), that
lived rent-free in my head for years. That honestly kicked off a weird fascination
I had with storms and tornadoes. Tornadoes specifically. God, I don’t remember what show
it was, but it was on the Weather Channel, and it was about survivors’ stories about
the storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes they lived through. All that’s from Winx Club. If that didn’t
give me an education, I don’t know what did. Winx Club is known for many things, but one
thing that deserves more love are its fight scenes - at least, the fights from the first few seasons.
What a surprise. As the years have gone on, the fights have toned down, which does make sense.
I assume parents aren’t fond of characters being yeeted to buildings like it’s 2004. But I do miss
the creative manifestations of the girls’ magic from the first few seasons, and I wish they
did more with the environments they fought in, like that one Magic Archive fight in season 5.
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