2011/09/05
Winx Pajamas
Winx Daincing Outfits
Jason Queen
He discovers Musa's talent in Season Four, Episode 8 and decides to make her a music star.
Jason Queen made his first appearance while Musa was performing with Andy's Band at the Frutti Music Bar in episode eight. He noticed her talent and gave her his card, offering to make a demo of her singing. Musa became very excited about this, but this caused major problems with Riven. His jealousy at the recording studio insulted Musa, causing her to break up with him. She makes the comment to Flora that Jason is everything she needs, and it has officially ended between her and Riven. He also asked Musa to sing at his wedding.
Andy & The Band
Andy is a guitarist in a band that performs at Frutti Music Bar regularly throughout Season 4. He is Bloom's ex-boyfriend.
Andy has short, somewhat spiky black hair, dark eyes, and pale skin. He wears a light blue, short sleeved shirt opened over a dark red and dark blue striped long sleeved shirt, with dark jeans, and reddish purple high tops. On his first appearance in Season 4, it was stated that Andy used to wear glasses, but was later started using contact lenses.
Kiko
Kiko is Bloom`s pet rabbit. His fur is a blue color and he is shown to be smarter than most rabbits. Kiko is suspected to have some sort of magical power, because early in season 1, he passes through a barrier that only allows magical creatures. This is confirmed in the season finale when he is shown flying to get himself and Icy's pet duck to safety.He is also seen in the the secret of the lost kingdom,where a little girl in the flower store saw him floating.He is shown flying again in the episode 1 of Season 2, while carrying Bloom's headband. In the last episode of the second season Kiko gains wings, even if he is never seen like that again in the series or in the movies. Throughout the entire series, Kiko is seen showcasing scenes of the next episode previews.
Winx Club Expanding World Wide
It doesn't happen often that an American colossus like Viacom sets its sights on an Italian animation studio -- and then, rather than snapping it up outright, agrees to purchase just a minority stake.
But, then again, as Iginio Straffi, 45, the former illustrator and comicbook writer who founded Rainbow Group in 1995, puts it, "there aren't that many properties out there with figures comparable to the Winx."
Created by Straffi, these six trendy MTV-generation fairies, which have become one of Europe's top TV exports, have bewitched tween girls in more than 130 countries, and generated more than $2.7 billion, thanks in part to the theatrical film "Winx 3D" as well as myriad merchandising deals.
The partnership, announced in February, under which Viacom will take a 30% stake in Rainbow, follows a global content agreement inked in September under which Nickelodeon secured TV and merchandising rights to Winx Club in the U.S. and pays TV rights for a large swathe of the planet, including Latin America, Canada and the U.K.
The partnership now expands to the co-development and co-production by Rainbow and Nickelodeon of seasons five and six of "Winx Club." And, significantly, it will open up the U.S. theatrical market to Rainbow's upcoming big-budget 3D feature, a gladiator toon penned by Michael J. Wilson ("Ice Age," "Shark Tale") with the working title "Versus Roma," to be completed in a year. The pic figures to go out Stateside via Paramount.
Viacom's first indication that it had found an important partner in Rainbow might well have been that as soon as the initial deal was signed, it set off a flurry of auctions for merchandising rights to Winx toys, clothes and books, especially in the U.S.
Rainbow has always made a major effort to create properties that lend themselves to merchandising "because we had to, in order to survive and grow," Straffi says.
And Straffi sees merchandising as more than just the revenue stream -- one that accounts for about two-thirds of his business. "If the child reads a book or a comicstrip, or plays videogame, all based on our characters, his interest level will remain high even during the gaps when they are not showing on TV," he says. "It helps the product's longevity."
Straffi is excited about the film side of the alliance, which gives him high hopes that his gladiator spoof, with a budget of more than $40 million, will click with U.S. auds.
This, he says, would mark "the first Italian movie to go out wide in the U.S. since (Roberto Benigni's) 'Life Is Beautiful.'?" But unlike "Life," Straffi's pic will be in English.
"I can only wish that if it's successful, Rainbow will become a constant content provider to Nick and other Viacom companies, like Pixar is for Disney."
But, unlike Pixar, don't expect Straffi to sell outright anytime soon, though a flotation is "possible in a few years with me still at the helm," he says.
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Did You Know That...
-That Tecna was inspired by the singer P!nk
-In the Welsh dub of Winx Club Musa's name was changed to Martha. This is because the name Musa sounded too much like the Welsh word Mws which means stale or stinking.
-In the planning stage, Flora was originally supposed to wear glasses
-The Nickelodeon version is the only dub of any language besides Italian to use Aisha.
-Riven's hairstyle is very similar to that of Jin Kazama of the Tekken games.
-Sky Has a dog named Lady, but was only seen in the 1st season.
-Sky was the first person to say a curse word in the comics
-Bloom's story was based on that of a girl named Antonella who Iginio Straffi, the creator of the Winx Club series, met who had been adopted and whose dearest wish was to know who her real parents were. Bloom's personality was inspired by Joanne Lee, Iginio Straffi's wife, as well as the Executive Producer for the Winx Club series
-In the Welsh version, Blooms name changed to Blodwyn
2011/09/04
Stella The Faerie of the sun
Stella is depicted as usually proud and self-centered, though she cares a lot about her friends. Besides that, she loves fashion and gossip, sometimes giving fashion advice to the other members of the Winx Club. She'd rather goof off, shop, or go out with boys than do her schoolwork, sometimes annoying the rest of the Winx Club.
The most intuitive of all of the members, Stella likes to matchmake and has often had problems with understanding why her friends don't always like getting set up. Despite her intuition, Stella can be rather oblivious at times (especially when it comes to her boyfriend, Brandon Stella and her friends also gave her the name of "Fairy of fashion" and as mentioned in Season 2 when she met Amore, her bonded pixie, she called herself "The Most Loved Fairy". In the beginning of season one, Stella is 16 years old.
Although she might disagree with her friends at times, Stella is very supportive and protective and will not hesitate to help them. She learns to accept that love and friendship are far more important than royalty, fashion, and beauty. Sometimes she hides her true personality because of her upbringing, but manages to uncover it in the 4th episode of season 3. Stella, surprisingly, also seems to be a good leader, as she leads the Winx whenever Bloom is absent, which proves that she isn't very irresponsible after all.Stella's favorite hobby is shopping. Although she hates studying, her favorite subject is metamorphology. Her favorite spell is Moon Ray, one of her rare moon powers, and she loves eating chips.
Stella and Brandon's relationship started out when he asked her to dance at the dance held at Alfea in Alfea College for Faries and she's loved him ever since. In season 1, she felt betrayed when he turned out to be a squire named Brandon, not Prince Sky. She also felt betrayed because he lied to her the whole time. It took her a while to forgive him but she doesn't hold it against him. In season 2, he was held hostage by the Downlanders and was almost forced to marry Princess Amentia. Stella and her friends went to great lengths to save him. Thankfully, they got there just in time. In season 4, when Mitzi was attacked by one of the Winx girls' possessed pets, Brandon rescued her. Mitzi then falls in love with him and kisses him, straining Stella and Brandon's relationship. Mitzi also swears that she will have Brandon in the end. This causes Stella and Brandon to fight a lot, but they manage to make up after a few episodes.






















