We discussed the best fights of the Winx Club franchise, so now it only makes sense
we dunk on the worst ones. And ooh gurl, we have a lot of material to work with.
Most of these are from the more recent seasons, of course, but there are a few duds from season
3 onward. I don’t know what happened after the first season, but the combat just hasn’t
captured the same charm it once possessed… much like a similar female-led show. Well,
at least Winx Club can say it was once damn good. Before we begin, I’d like to remind y’all that
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I don’t dislike the season 4 finale as much as everyone else seems to, as discussed in
my video ranking the season finales, link in the description, please and thank you. But that said,
the final clash with the Wizards of the Black Circle is easily the worst part. It’s actually
pretty engaging with Nebula and Aisha going after Ogron, Gantlos, and Anagan for revenge,
only to find themselves overpowered when the wizards use their surroundings to their advantage.
Oh look! Ogron hiding like the fucking coward he is! What was that Faragonda said? Tyrant like
Valtor (or Ogron) become ferocious when cornered? The problems start the moment the Winx arrive.
From that point, it becomes generic “let’s hold hands and fight evil,” a.k.a. Everything wrong
with modern convergence magic (again, check out my video about the best convergence spells).
After all the terrible things the wizards have done, having them encapsulated in ice by
friendship beam is so… underwhelming. There’s no actual conflict between the Winx and their
enemies. Bloom and Roxy don’t get a moment to confront Ogron directly. It’s just so… boring.
Honestly, it would’ve been better to wrap this fight up before the final episode,
not only to give the girls more time to wrap up their personal subplots,
but also to give this fight more time to shine and give the wizards a proper sendoff.
I’ve never been a fan of this fight. Overall, I actually really love this episode, with how
much of Lynphea we get to see. It’s a beautiful world, and I love all the worldbuilding touches
with the cities up in the trees, the dangerous winds making travel difficult (and an excuse
to stan the Enchantix wings), and the interesting story behind the destruction
of Lulia and the weeping willow. That idea of the reverse-flowing waterfall is absolutely genius.
If only they put as much effort into the fight between the Winx and Trix. At this point,
you’d expect the Winx to be able to hold their own against the witches, especially given the
Trix have no real power boost of their own aside from Stormy’s recently strengthened lightning.
And it doesn’t even work as an ambush given the Winx have plenty of heads up to take on the Trix.
My biggest gripes though are Bloom, Musa, and Aisha. First of all, Aisha has just… disappeared.
She doesn’t transform, and she’s not in the fight at all until Flora gets her Enchantix.
Did she just fuck off? 4Kids at least attempted to include her,
but that begins and ends with ehr throwing an attack we don’t see the
result of. And Musa is completely helpless, getting knocked back by Stormy not once,
but twice, and then tied up by Darcy. So much for letting her show off her new Enchantix powers.
And Bloom? What are you even doing? Miss almighty Dragon Flame gets pinned to the wall by Icy so
easily, it’s actually comical. The Winx are absolutely helpless just to put them in a
situation where Darcy can try to kill the Black Willow, leading to Flora getting her Enchantix.
Still, there could’ve been a way to reach that without making the Winx look completely feeble.
It’s no secret that season 5’s fight choreography is… lacking. But there’s something so frustrating
about this one in particular that made it land this list. On top of the usual generic
energy blasts, we get long reaction shots, and some of the slowest movement imaginable. Yes,
they’re underwater, but this is also fiction. We’re allowed to bend the rules of reality for
the sake of keeping people entertained. May I refer you to that one season 3 episode where
they were underwater and kicked absolute fucking ass? And this is one of the few
times they go the route of slow underwater combat, so… I have no idea what’s happening.
I think what really bothers me in this fight is how helpless Icy and Tritannus are. It
makes it impossible to take them seriously as our main villains when the Winx are so
easily able to trounce them, even when they’re without the mutants to serve as their shields.
If you remember that joke, you deserve a veteran’s discount. Oh that abridged series was wild…
and problematic. As most abridged series are. But seriously, I’ve never liked this fight. I
don’t know why, but it really feels like Enchantix got nerfed more than a few times, even in season
3. You could argue the Winx are still getting used to the form, but that should’ve been acknowledged
within the show instead of making us do the heavy lifting to make excuses for the writers…
wow, RWBY HAS taught me a lot, wow. At the very least, this one’s over with
quickly. The Winx face the convicts, each one of them gets a moment to either attack or defend,
and then they fall off a cliff. Not sure what Stella’s attack was supposed to do,
nor how they fell when they - again - all have wings. But sure. We need a cliffhanger,
and what better than falling off a literal cliff? God Enchantix deserved better.
More of the super slow combat with generic energy blasts. There’s not much to say here because there
just isn’t much going on. The Winx and Trix are really just trying to buy the writers time to
pad out the episode to the 24-minute runtime. And we have an arbitrary power booster for the
Trix through their dark necklaces, which… sure. I don’t care at this point. I’m especially bitter
Nebula and Stormy didn’t get a proper one-on-one duel. They both have electricity
and storm powers, and I want my damn thunder-off. Bloom and Selina’s encounter isn’t even all that
interesting. We get the infamous “Eldora was lame line,” and it’s just so hollow. There’s no emotion
in the encounter between the former friends, no real conflict beyond Selina being manipulated by
generic bad guy number five, no tension between these characters. You don’t even get Selina being
envious of Bloom’s magical abilities, or a feeling of abandonment. It’s just so… dull.
And on top of that, the Winx gain Mythix because Bloom broke Icy’s necklace. Wow. I’m so impressed.
What should’ve been a compelling midseason finale turned out so lackluster and shallow…
which is fitting for season 6 admittedly. Though I do like Icy’s Icicle Shredder…
that’s it, that’s the only positive I’ve got.
One of the most disappointing fights or final battles imaginable. I’m honestly impressed that
the Winx fighting an army of generic mutants was more compelling than the fight with the big bad.
Again, as I mentioned in my video on the finales, Aisha should’ve been the one to fight and defeat
Tritannus, not Bloom. This villain is personal to Aisha - it’s her cousin, who’s tormented
and mutated their entire family, and is now endangering her homeworld and parents directly.
But sure, let Bloom fight the fishstick man and ensure I have no investment in
this whatsoever. Great idea, guys. And on top of that, we get the return
of that accursedly slow underwater combat, especially with Nereus’ swings. If you’ve
seen Lisa Fevral’s fantastic video on season 5, you’ll remember her pointing
out the lackluster choreography, especially Nereus’ pathetic sword swings. But seriously,
her videos are great, go check them out. The only highlight I can think of is Stormy and
Darcy coming to Icy’s rescue (oh I said that in the wrong order, that’s gonna bother me now),
because it’s the only time I ever cared about the Trix this season. And then they get
yeeted into oblivion… well, metaphorical oblivion, not the literal Oblivion Tritannus
gets sent to. My god, how many extradimensional hell prisons do we even have at this point?
I always forget this fight whenever I rewatch the season. And with good reason: my brain is trying
to protect me from the suck. Seriously, no form has had a worse debut than Mythix. Weirdly, we
get the slow underwater combat ABOVE water, with the Winx floating around waiting for the Trix to
attack them. They’re so incredibly helpless when they’re simultaneously bragging about how much
stronger they are with their new Mythix powers. Seriously, Stella and Aisha mention it right as
Stormy yeets them around with a generic ugly twister. The animation is slow and stiff,
there’s no weight to any of the girls’ actions, and I’m just so bored. Honestly,
it feels like Mythix weakens them more than anything else - like the girls can’t do as much
as they usually can because they’re restricted by their toyetic wands. Wouldn’t that be a twist?
My only positive note is Flora’s Natural Camouflage…
but even that gets ruined as Musa stands there waiting for Stormy to shoot her out of the sky.
God, season 6 was really not kind to Musa.
So many memes today. Do I even need to explain this one? The Winx, who’ve saved the universe
several times at this point, and wield the power of the almighty Dragon Flame,
are defeated by - of all things - a bird. “I’M LOSIN’ TO A BIRD.”
This is fucking absolutely ridiculous. The choreography is slow and uninventine,
and it’s not compelling in the slightest. But I think my biggest issue is the lack of narrative
tension. This bird literally swoops in and kidnaps the digmole out of nowhere. It’s the definition of
protagonists waiting around for the conflict to show up. They don’t even know this bird is
Kalshara the shapeshifter; for all they know, it’s some random hawk… or whatever the else
she’s turned into, I don’t know birds. So yeah… this is trash. But at least
it’s a good indicator for season 7’s quality: bad, underwhelming, and pointless, leaving you
confused as to what the hell that nonsense was. And in the most boring way imaginable.
And the most underwhelming quasi-final battle fight goes to… one of the most underwhelming
villains of the franchise. What a shock. “Finally! Freedom is mine!” “BOO, YOU STINK.”
Seriously, the fact that the big bad of season 6 gets defeated by being locked away in a box
is just… so underwhelming. Like I get it, he’s not meant to the big focus like Selina
and the Trix, but there’s a way to give him a proper sendoff, and it ain’t this mess.
I think what bothers me most is that the writers couldn’t come up with another way
for Acheron to be defeated, so they just had Eldora literally hand this convenient artifact
over to the Winx in the same episode it’s used. And when I say dollar store Agador Box,
I mean it, because the Infinity Box is just the Agador Box without any of the actual relevance.
At least the Agador Box had proper buildup, had a whole heist for Valtor to get his hands on it, and
served the purpose of storing all the spells he’d stolen from the worlds of the Magical Universe.
And also the Agador Box actually looked good. And the fight with Acheron itself? Boring.
More generic energy beams, more weird underwater-like motion when we’re nowhere
near water. Thanks, I hate it. Bloom, take your Flames of Bravery elsewhere.
I’ve never enjoyed Bloom’s one-on-one duel with Nebula. That’s probably gonna
get me crucified but it’s just the truth. It’s slow,
Bloom is far weaker than she usually is for the sake of keeping the fight going, and there’s a
surprising number of times where a character just stands there and lets themselves get hit,
then acts like the fight is over for them. “Don’t worry, Roxy, I know what I’m doing.”
“Moments later…” “Electric Storm!” (way to steal a Tecna spell…)
The only draw for me is Nebula’s resolve to get revenge as she talks about her feelings driving
her to fight; I just wish Bloom spoke on her experience with wanting revenge against Valtor,
or her feelings of losing her world to the Ancestral Witches. Show how much she’s grown,
dammit, instead of having her act flawless all the time. Can you imagine the emotions of
Bloom leveling with Nebula, like “I’ve been where you’ve been, and it doesn’t lead anywhere good.”
Also not a big fan of that fight outside the Frutti Music Bar between the Winx and the Black
Circle. Again, Aisha just vanishes, and it’s over right as you realize it’s started… too easy. But
seriously, Enchantix got nerfed. And that fight with the dream monster outside Pixie Village…
eh. Not terrible, but it’s very boring. Wow, season 4 really doesn’t hold up as well as I
thought. Also most of the fights from season 5 onward automatically land here, let’s be real.
Oh I did forget to mention a few of the bests. Are we doing this here? Yes we’re doing this.
This is very unscripted (fuck you, past me). Okay so, Faragonda versus Valtor when
Alfea was getting attacked. That was a whole moment. Faragonda is so kickass, and she’s like
“Did you just call me old? Yes, I am old, but I will also land a tree on your face.”
“I may be old, but I can still defend myself!”
Oh so beautiful. Also that fight in Roccaluce Gorge.
Idk where this gorge is supposed to be, but it was surprisingly kickass? The best moment obviously
being when Aisha grabs Icy with her Mystic Wrap and yeets her into a cliff. (Mystic Wrap)
It’s like a little taste of the season 1 violence… am I okay? Anyway, onto number one worst fight!
You’re probably wondering how a non-fight like this wound up being at the top of the list, and
that’s exactly why: it’s a non-fight. They really failed to have a compelling conflict between Bloom
and Selina, which is so frustrating because that should be the centerpiece of season 6.
Instead, we get more generic energy blasts before we’re then forced to watch the other
Winx get beaten by unimportant fairies, and Aisha saving the pixies. Nah, it’s not like
I wanted to see Bloom actually challenged for once by a childhood friend who could potentially
drag her for filth. Oh that fight could’ve been everything and it wasn’t, it wasn’t anything.
Seriously, the connection between Bloom and Selina is supposed to be the core of season 6,
and it’s so… nonexistent? It’s so boring. Anyhow, if you enjoyed this video and would
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I’m the Unicorn of War, and there is no greater shit show than losing to a bird.