Why Winx Season 3 Is So Beloved
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- Stan Enchantix, stan Valtor.
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Plot & Structure
15:39 Character Drama
26:31 Valtor
34:04 Worldbuilding
44:46 Enchantix (duh) - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I just love the hidden fact that before Flora earned her Enchantix, she drowned and died but the waters reversed time and gave her life. They went really dark with Aisha’s blindness, Tecna’s sacrifice and Flora’s death
@Declan McKenna No... no... no... I need therapy for this very true fact...
@Declan McKenna if we are speaking from the show events, this could work with Stella and Flora. The others no. But I prefer to think like you and I want it to turn dark.
There's also Stella being possibly killed getting in between a fucking dragon and her father in order to save his life. Seeing King Radius holding Stella and begging her to wake up is heartbreaking
Wow, I never realised she died. I always thought the water temporarily lost its power when Miele and Flora fell in because of Darcy's spell. That's why it didn't affect their age.
But you're right because a tear fell into the water, cleared it up, and suddenly, Flora wakes up and receives Enchantix. It means the Black Willow saved her life by turning back time! :O
Mind blowing
Flora's Enchantix is my second favorite to be honest, the first being Tecna ofc.
Also i love that Bloom is just chilling when Aisha went blind, she could have easily healed her just like she brought Sky and Riven back from the death in season 2, and she could have also brought back Ligea, so yeah live with this fact.
Something else I love about Enchantix is that it's (still) the only transformation in the entire Franchise to make the girls look like traditional fairies to their wings outfits hairstyles and the fact they don't wear high heels, this is why fans (including myself) hold this transformation so highly it's unique in almost every aspect.
Yeah so cool
it's also the prettiest
i think butterflix does as well
Also mythix they look like a fairy
@@noorh798 Mythix should have
I think why season 3 is loved so much is because with the plot and the character development, and the tad bit of romance, season 3 of the Winx solidified that this show was more than just princess pop filler. This emphasized that these girls were more than just fairies. They were Superheroes!
Indeed !
Yes
aren't all fairies supposed to train to be come heroes?
Absolutley, also why Valtor kinda fine though 👀
But let's be honest, it's mostly because of the big changes with their outfits 😂 I mean....they were a bit overwhelming to even draw before
Enchantix transformation's aesthetic is perfect. It's dreamy, ethereal and a nice contrast to the painful and traumatizing experiences they're going through.
Yeah they actually look like fairy also I love the wingss so much.
Right? It's easily my fave.
Then there’s bloom
@@siennaplayz3143what about it?
except bloom
There was NOTHING like watching your fave Winx earning her Enchantix like when I would hear that "ENCHAANTIIIXXX!!!!" I would collapse to the ground fighting for my life 😭😭😭
That feeling is the best 😂. Even after rewatching Winx club years later I still get hype watching them transform
@Sara Babić the quality of season 2 and 3 were pretty good season 1 could do some work
For the version I grew up with it was like light orchestra opera music.
That one sentence, makes it a whole experience ! EEeeeeenchaaaantiiiix OOoOooh ....ENCHANTIX ! Love it
8 year old me watching Flora earn enchantix while crying.
Valtor is THAT girl tbh. The talent, the ambition, the wit, the charisma of it all
Valtor was unintentionally hilarious and honestly he was the first cartoon villain that kinda scared me
That drip too
In the end you can clearly see that Valtor is underneath nothing more than a power- and ego driven, manipulative bully and a chump. Remember the episode when he starts with his usual "Im Valtor and I will rule the universe!" - schtick and Icy interrupts him with something like "Ugh... ffs just shut up already." and tells him that despite all his talk he gets nothing done? Then we see Valtor threatening the Trix, like an abusive relative. Hes a realistic but very pathetic villain.
He is a boy
I've notice that when Tecna was presumed dead, Digit never sensed a rift or cut from their bond nor helped endlessly with Timmy to find Tecna.
... that's gonna bother me so much now 😭
@@UnicornofWar I'm sorry 😭
My concept of a time travel season for the series toyed around with this idea by having my original character (a nine year old fairy boy from the future descended from the winx) losing his bonded pixie Martino. Aisha elaborates why fairies form bonds with pixies and selkies and other creatures in the first place explaining it as a symbiotic relationship as the bond helps stablize their powers as their powers grow. And if that bond is severed because the pixie or fairy is fatally injured it could be so devestating to the other member that their powers can go haywire from their grief. It could have even been some nice charactrerization for Grizzelda and explain why she acts so harshly to the students of alfea because her recklessness cost her her bonded pixie. But tecna's "death" not urging digit to help timmy...yeah that is a plothole
And season 6 is like: "CarAMEl"
This bothers me a lot too! Also I wish we could have gotten some Aisha-Tecna friendship moments after Tecna rejoined them. Tecna saved Aishas home planet, I would have loved to get at least a one minute talk between them after that, maybe also including Aishas parents. I am not talking about Aisha having to be thankful. I just would have loved to see them interacting, and expressing their admiration and love for each other. During season 2-3 they barely had any friendship moments. Tecna is my favorite, and Aisha my second favorite, so maybe thats why I really deplore that :(
Edit:
Also in general I am unsatisfied with how they handled the situation after she was rescrued. Again: Tecna is my favorite, I am probably bias, but even in the Omega dimension it was like: "Holy shit Bloom, you got your Enchantix??? Oh and hi Tecna. Thought you were dead, lol." I am not asking for them treating he like a princess fot the whole season. But god damnit, a bit more appreciation please xD I mean even in that episode where they got these rain coats (which was I think directly after the Omega episode?): She sits behind. Its small details like this, but imagine: You have a character thats a lot of peoples least favorite. You show how much that character means to the girls, but as soon as she is back you put here away again xD Imagine you almost lost a friend. Wouldn´t you at least for 1-3 weeks care about that person more then usual? Sorry for my english by the way. And again: I know I am probably bias. But I would also be bothered if this happened to anyone else then Tecna.
Here's a thought: what if the requirement to rescue someone from your home world wasn't as strict as the show made it out to be? What if instead of specifically being someone from the world you were born on, you could also earn enchantix by saving someone from a world that became your home?
That could have been a big moment for Bloom, rather than getting enchantix just through sheet force of will, Bloom could have earned it while saving her adopted parents in Gardenia. Doing so would have reminded Bloom that even with Domino gone, she still has a home and a family. And it could have been a good message to send out to viewers; you are not defined solely by your blood or where you come from, the home and family you make for yourself can be just as important, if not more so, in defining who you are.
Now i wish this was what happened
Honestly, you could also work this into the issue too. Maybe it would work on what you *consider* to be home but the issue for Bloom is that her true home is non-magical. So, she's forced to rely on the only magical planet she once called home.
I honestly think this is an amazing concept-
Now i wish this was actually what happened, it's great
I LOVE ThIS IDEA! Ig the only road block would be incorporating Earth into the plot organically. Valtor only seemed focused on the magical realms so it wouldn’t make much sense for him or the trix to target Earth. Unless some other threat is introduced including gardenia into the story for bloom would be jarring.
Timmy and Tecna were my favorite couple because they didn't have any melodrama or cheating subplots but relationship wise with actually communicating your emotions and LISTENING. Thanks I love it
Aye! 👍🥰
I always hoped Bloom got her incomplete enchantix by saving Mike and Vanessa, showing that they too are her family; and showing that fairy magic is not about burocracy, but about heart, and althought Bloom is not biologically from Earth, she is at Heart at least
this would have literally solved everything and made for SUCH a character defining moment!! but oh, well🥲
We wish, but alas 😢
I AGREEE i wish she saved someone from earth to show both connections yk
Tecna's Enchantix is very interesting.
I'd say maybe since she is the fairy of technology and logic, her way of earning Enchantix was to do something illogical. Like saving someone's planet that has no connection to your own
I can see that because I pretty sure Enchantix is born from great sacrifice and saving someone from your home planet is a main example of a great sacrifice
I think the idea is that if the omega portal destroyed Andros, it would in turn wreck the rest of the magical realm and so by extension Zenith. Valtor goes on about how severe the destruction would be and there's implications that it wouldn't be contained to Andros. There also could have been someone from Zenith on Andros at the time.
Y’all forget that maybe that some random person from her planet visited or lived on Andros maybe
@@ReinerIsDaddy True but I like tp think that winx each earned their enchantix indirectly as pairs such Flora and Aisha saving a family member in water, Stella and Musa saving a royal from fire, and Bloom and Tecna both saving their entire realm from ice
@@cymbelinesgf Yeah I’m pretty sure they mentioned that in the show. Like if the omega portal wasn’t closed it would’ve destroyed everything, so when Tecna did that, she didn’t save just Andros but the entire magic dimension INCLUDING ZEINTH (idk how to spell it lol) - so to me, it always made sense how she got her enchantix powers
"Do you remrmber the times she tried to be funny?" - "I wish I had laughed more"
They really did Tecna dirty even when she presumably died 💀
I always thought Enchantix was less of the final form and more like the form required to graduate
Same here I think what S3 could've worked with Enchantix is that it's a form that fairies will eventually earn after they graduate from Alfea when the time is right. But what made special for the winx is that they required it at a very young age and through their bravery by saving the magical dimension, they were given a special early graduation ceremony as they did in the first movie.
I think it wasn't always, didn't Faragonda say the special circumstances were why she made the graduation requirement harder that year?
Same
Yeah. All the later forms are just coincidental add ons.
Nah.. it is the best and final fairy form
Even as a kid this season struck the most with me, I found the plot and the main villain of this season, valtor much more threatening than season 1 or 2 with the Trix and Darkar. Enchantix to this day is still my favorite transformation of the entire series and the ways each and everyone one of the girls obtain it shows just how much they've grown from the first 2 seasons, and I love how Valtor actually cuts deep into each girl's life in such a way that they get to the point of sacrificing themselves for their loved ones. Plus the Winx explore even more of the magical universe, biggest standout is Andross which we never saw in the series saved for Aisha's presumed castle in her nightmares.
This season is perfection, and no season ever will be able to beat it or get to the level of it.
the season finale for season 3 was actually pretty disappointing. i feel like there should have been a more epic battle. valtor was collecting so many spells and he used what in the finale? like three?
@@branthlysauveur359 So true! I’ll admit Season 3 is definitely a great season, but that final just wasn’t it. Thus, as you remarked, it was kind of wasted potential for all that build up towards it.
so true the finale could have been much darker since season 3 has a lot of dark atmosphere i mean s 1 and 2 for sure had it too But s 3 was on a diff lvl. coming to the finale of season 3 i wish it would be like that valtor finally opened up a portal to the underworld dimension and a lot of monsters like in season 1 finale were awaiting on him since he was like an anti christ type of villain. So then he slowly sucks up all the magic of the people in the normal world through the portal and the only way to get into the underworld is to lose your whole existence to go beyond the gates of hell lmao. So valtor did and ruined himself sacrificed his body and became something much bigger like satan. so the girls had to unite their whole power to become one (entity) they went into the portal and were one in the underworld to fight valtor. They are not human form anymore. Valtor does such dark magic to make sure they lose what the girls became means the winx turn back to their normal form but now theire stuck powerless in the underworld so they try to fight valtor but fail. And then the winx find eventually a way to fight him and destroy the underworld completely. And then they all party lmao
An important bit of why Valtor has left such an impression on the fans is his beauty and charm. (I add that his French VA brings him so such more emotions and life). Not other villain had has this before. His chemistery and his link with Bloom, the protagonist with whom the viewer has the deepest connexion, has the young viewers questionning themselves, "I should be falling for the specialists ! Not the power-thirsty sadistic dude who uses dark magic !". This slight twinge of guilt makes his scenes even more intense to the viewer.
Well, I'm all for the looks. Valtor has been always been handsome for me. I know he is a monster but f*ch that, he is a beautiful man, has a ridiculously charming voice, and that beautiful long hair.....,:) I can't hate him. Also, I LOVE how powerful he is. When the Winx first met him they were like children next to him (They are children next t him but you get my point)
FRENCH VA ATE AND LEFT NO CRUMBS il a été génial pour apporter un charme jeune et maléfique au personnage
i grew up with the french version and i entirely approve ; for the longest time i couldn't even admit to myself the infactuation i had for him
en plus des ressources magique de chaque planettes , il a aussi su conquerir nos coeur des les premier episodes .
The fact I had a crush on Darkar, then Valtor and then Tritannus…. I SHOULD BE PART OF THE TRIX WITH HOW MUCH I SIMP FOR MONSTER DILFS 😂😂😂😂
For Musa and Flora not having as much spotlights as the others, I think it's because both had more in season 2 with Flora and Helia, and the whole concert, father thing for Musa. I agree I'd love to see more about them too but maybe it was the reason they didn't picked these two.
Flora and Helia was the only couple that I really wish they were given a lot more to do because I think they're kinda cute lol. Bloom and Sky's relationship problem have been getting extreme repetitive to the point that it has become so overrated as helll
sadly though flora is pretty much just shoved in a box and never gets to shine from season 3 onwards, which is sad because she has so much to achieve
With Musa the issue was only for one episode with her mom’s death mentioned only twice in S1. That isn’t really a character arc, rather just background aside her father able to finally let go of her mother
@@yourlocalsimp8231 what's sad is that the creator said Flora is her favourite fairy and yet for some reason (keep in mind that he was still with the creative team for season 3) Flora gets weakened in most of the episodes. She's like the most fairy who almost got killed
You’re not wrong about Musa. Honestly as a big Musa fan I would argue she had decent attention in ss1-2. With not just riven but being pretty bad ass and cool, going up against Stormy and Darci. But what irks me is that after those seasons Musa’s only storylines are about her boyfriend troubles. And flora and Helia deserved so much more. Healthiest couple.
The thing that I love this season for the most is that everyone feels important. All the Winx have integral roles to play and without even one of them they all would have failed. This season made you truly feel the importance of every single Winx member
Valtor just meditating peacefully with explosions in the background… iconic
Ooo it would be cool if Bloom's (incomplete) Enchantix came from her saving someone from Earth instead of by "pure force of will", it might not be her original world but it's her home
Or saving that person on pyros
Am I the only one who would have wanted to see stella inbracing her moon powers more? Like imagine if when she started using both her sun and moon powers equally the light pinks in her outfit would change to baby blue!
I c o n I c
4:31 I'm glad you pointed this out because in the later seasons when they want to break the tension they just have a random party that's completely out of place
Yes, and in season 8 they were like: "We did it, we saved the planet/star (idk how to call it), now lets have a concert while we're here"
In my opinion, Enchantix is like the final fairy form for most fairies, and the reason Faragonda labels it as that is because some fairies waste their lives and potential away trying to reach Believix, Sirenix, Butterflix etc.
I agree with this, even Daphne said no and never to get a sirenix because of the curse from there definitely the transformation after enchantix is quite difficult to achieve.
Can we count Valtor as another predatory villain towards Bloom? I mean he’s not as predatory as Avalon but he’s still creepily watching her in key moments
that scene where they first met and he started touching her hair always made me feel uncomfortable. the fact that some people actually ship them is gross.
@@raydontgiveaf3512 forreal like I even got yt recommendations of their edits back then and I was like "👁️👄👁️ are you serious?"
@@raydontgiveaf3512 Yeah I feel like he had lust for Bloom....which is so gross!
@@raydontgiveaf3512 And they're always making stupid excuses saying "It's not a big deal it's just a kid show it's not real life 🙄". Like no shut up stop trying to support pedophila and the fact that the winx club channel seems to support is just disgusting.
@@monaalona4744 How old was Bloom in s 3? If 18, it's not THAT bad, I mean still uncomfortable and kinda gross, but yeah...
I liked one idea from a Russian blogger:
1) Bloom could earn her Enchantix by protecting an immigrant during the attack on Magix in the Agador's Box episode - why couldn't there have been immigrants? Why did truly all Domino citizens die? That's unrealistic at all;
2) Musa's "sacrifice" was weak. A little change: Musa gets almost smashed by the falling shelves while trying to save Galateya, and whispers: "I'll meet you soon...Mother." She earns her Enchantix and survives. Then! In the labyrinth, her mother says: "And here we've met, Musa. See?"
The blogger's name is Misa soup, and those are the ideas that stroke me. She had more, though.
Oh man, I too remembered her that video. It has such a great ideas, like the witches' redemption arc. So wholesome to see it being referenced here
Oh the second idea is amazing! Would have loved to see that happen
I’ve always said this but…..Aisha should been front and center with the water stars like this could’ve boosted her & made her even more powerful …at the least made her uniquely qualified to handle them.🙌🏿
Of course Bloom always has to be the center of attention.
@@bohlalenchabeleng1370 no litrailee
Like the set upc was there
I absolutely agree! Same situation with Sirenix!
Who else loved watching the Trix abandon Valtor at the last minute when he's losing? Valtor messing with everyone in this season, including the Trix when he individually praises them. At the end he demands they help him and they're like, "Nah man, we out! Why did we even like him? Were we on drugs or something?"
“We are SO breaking up with you!”
Stella is princess of the Sun and Moon and her powers are based on them along with her parents being sun and moon, but it's funny how they call Chimera the new princess of the Sun and Moon when she clearly has no light sided qualities at all
I wish we saw other fairies get Enchantix too, since they girls have gone back to Alfea so many times and they’ve technically been graduated since Season 3. I get why the writers wouldn’t add any other Enchantix fairies since The Winx are the top fairies 🧚♀️ I loved Charmix too! The other faire forms that followed Enchantix are lackluster
Also, it’s fitting that Bloom didn’t earn her full Enchantix through her anger. That’s how the real world works, strong emotions don’t necessarily get you exactly what you want.
Ikr i would have loved to continue seeing other alfea faries grow during the seasons. You see them in the background here and there but never get to see much more
One thing that has always botherd me is the episode when they get the water stars, and they have to sacrifice one thing to save the world, to show that they are not selfish. Stella already has a beautiful face but needs to give it up and Tecna already has emotions but needs to give them away. Both of them gave up something they already had to also then get it back, but Musa? She got robbed again. She had already lost her mother and to let her have a chance to get her mom back was cruel, since she cant sacrifice something she has already lost. And especially when she gives Tecna and Stella back their sacfrices to later say she cant do anything bout Musas mom. So if Musa would chose to reunite with her mom would she have been lied to then? They should have let her sacfrice been loosing her voice or making her deaf. Because then she would lose something she already has and is beloved to her to also get it back
Right, that was just cruel to her
As a kid, I didn't enjoy season 3 as much as the 2 previous ones because there was too much action and different plots (I always preferred the chill/party episodes) but as I re-watched it later, it definitely grew on me for its maturity. My main issue though is it felt like the Trix degraded as characters and seemed like brainless puppets of Valtor's sometimes which contradicted their strong personalities in seasons 1 and 2. Stella however had the best character development at this season which only makes the later seasons more ridiculous.
The Trix do seem like minions but I believe it was because Valtor was manipulating them. Making sure they were too busy arguing each other and not with him
@@haileyburningham1586 If Valtor was as good a commander as Darkar, Trix would have no reason to argue with him.
@@haileyburningham1586 you’re not wrong but in ss2, the Trix turned against Darkar. Would have been cool if the Trix did the same thing in ss3 (I guess they kind of did when they left him behind). But yk
@@lunarialoonatic They turned against him only in the last episode because he betrayed them, before which they were completely loyal to him. If Darkar had agreed to share Relix's power with them, this would never have happened.
'Sometimes it's not about being faithful,
It's about making good product'
- Unicorn of War 2022
I agree.
I wish season 3 had been made longer tbh. Enchantix had more potential. It deserved better.
Season 8 could’ve been the big boss by bringing back Enchantix but the plot was not it
Yeah and could have a proper finale ending ya know maybe make this season ep 1-30.
@@twicequeens6055 right up.
@@ws5884 plus the art style is atrocious. Plus the whitewashing
@@grace4683 i often forget we have this horrible artstyle for season 8
Season 3 was the most mature and plot heavy in my opinion. This definitely gave the most interesting lore and character development for all the girls.
Plus the surprise change in fairy forms was so unique as most magic girl shows only have one magic form until the finale where they keep that form for 2 episodes. Plus Enchantix was so different from the Magic Winx forms and the most important thing was how aesthetically pleasing they were.
This definitely made season 3 the best one by far.
The other thing about Tecna's sacrifice: We know her as the logical of the group, the one who isn't the most likely to take big risks quickly. She is as loving and caring as her friends, with a heart just as big.
Can you please do a video on how poorly Aisha has been treated. Like from the minor details such as having the shortest transformations. To her literally losing Naboo, too having Bloom defeat her cousin when that should’ve been her to do so. #JusticeForAisha
Yeah, in my opinion both her and Bloom were screwed over
The channel “Winx Club Newsflash” may have what you’re looking for
@@sindelscat9336how was bloom screwed over?? 🤨
@@Elisabeth-vl8ot her outfit wasn't suitable for her, her whole transformation sequence just felt rushed and incomplete, and how she got it felt completely unearned.
@@sindelscat9336 if anyone’s transformation ISNT rushed than it’s blooms, bffr girl got everything
season 3 got us worried, sad, stressed, emotional and happy that’s why is perfect
Season 1, 2 & 3 were pure gold.
@@sagittariusseiya8310 Yep
@@sagittariusseiya8310 4Kids can make Diamonds
I miss Old Winx Club. Convergence spells weren’t always a giant generic spell beam. The Latest Fairy Forms got time to shine (aka NOT squeezing a form in a few episode). The Winx was NOT a bunch if girls with the personality of annoying hive minds. The older seasons actually had a plot. Oh and Bloom wasn’t a Mary Sue (not counting Season 4 though).
Edit: Is it me or did the reply section turned into a sonic conversation?
@@sagittariusseiya8310 Fun Fact- Most of the 4kids voices actors in Winx Club we're also part of the voice cast in 2000 Sonic games and Sonic X.
@@sagittariusseiya8310 My voice Recast for the Sonic series (and possibly Sonic X)
Sonic- Ryan Drummond
Tails- Amy Pallet
Knuckles- Dan Green
Amy- Cherami Leigh
Cream- Sarah Wolfett
Eggman- Mike Pollock
Rouge- Cristina Vee
Shadow- Jason Griffith
Vector- Marc Biagi
@@sagittariusseiya8310 I personally am not a big fan of Liza as Amy. I like her better as Musa.
@@sagittariusseiya8310 Liza's did an ok job voicing Amy. It's just that I didn't like how she made Amy sound in Sonic X (especially the flanderization of Amy's character), but is good in the games. Cherami Leigh would be a great choice for the voice of the pink hedgehog because I enjoy Cherami's vocal performance as Minako Aino (Sailor Venus)
@@sagittariusseiya8310 She did because Amy had more essential roles and better personality traits than just being 'Sonic's-number 1-pychocitic-yandere-simp'.
Just adding that the scenes when Stella basically lost her face, and was only with those small and amost non-existent eyes and mouth scared the shit out of me as a kid and haunted me for years. Hell, even remembering it now still feels eerie.
Valtor is by far my favourite villain because of all the reasons you said here plus the fact that he is voiced by my favourite voice actor in the Brazilian dub, Briggs' villain voice is literally so smooth and threatening that he can even make me take Hawk Moth a little bit seriously
I remember as a kid hearing the voices of Ariana Grande as Diaspro, Elizabeth Gillies as Daphne and Keke Palmer as Aisha in the show for season 3 was the highlight of Winx Club for me 😂😂
Right
i can only watch this version the others give me a headache😭
YES!🙌
@@hell8867 and now every time Keke says a word, I just cannot stop thinking of Aisha. Her voice with Aisha is no massive difference. Eventhough season 6 was confusing as hell, atleast they managed to keep Elizabeth and Keke to voice the characters whereas Ariana left after season 5 ended. The moment Keke and Elizabeth left the show, that's where I literally stop watching Winx
A little funfact: Victoria Justice & Chimera also share the same voice in german. I noticed it a few years ago when I rewatched the old seasons & now I cannot unhear it 😂
Season 3 for life and Enchantix is the best transformation. ✨
The execution was just well done.
Season three' Bloom is so special to me. Let's think about it. She was the loser of this season. She has always wanted to protect her friends but while her friends making sacrifices, she became useless. When she wanted revenge for Tecna from Valtor, she loses again in a horrible way. There's also a mess of Sky and Valtor wants to own her whole presence, disgusting. Even her enchantix is not complete, so she cannot use outstanding magical stuffs that enchantix gives the fairies.
I have always liked her struggles and trying to adapt to the environment in the first seasons, but after, she turned into an annoying character lmao
As a socially awkward, neurodivergent geek, Tecna was always my fave so it was nice seeing her get some love in season 3.
Valtor was a great and challenging villain. Each of the Winx had their own story, their own job to do. They were all important. Enchantix looked gorgeous, the outfits, the hair, the powers, the transformations, everything was great. I also loved the drama, Flora died for a sister, Aisha lost her vision, Tecna sacrificed herself... that was really shocking and dark (even darker than the Netflix show and its false 'dark' vibes lol.). Only season 4 comes to my mind when i think of dark/hard moments in Winx, because of Nabu's death and Aisha's grief (this part of the season really made me sad and crazy). In this s3 you were scared for the girls, you were focus on the story, you had so much joy and excitement watching them getting her Enchantinx. It was THE season. 🥰
It's funny to think that if Bloom had managed to seal the portal instead of Tecna she would have gotten a complete enchantix.
She would deserve it more than going to pyros
I don't think she would, because Domino had already been destroyed so she had no one to save. Whereas Tecna saved her home planet by doing so.
@@kamochill if u saw the movie ; Dominos was just glass but not destroyed and her people changed to status
Also by closing the portal she would have saved Domino from permanently being destroyed (Aka by destroying Obsidian rather then free it) and it would’ve killed her earth parents
Season 3 gives each character a unique arc with enchantix and Valtor's plans. It feels tight and widens the world and our perspective on each girl.
In the german dub, tecna earns her enchantix because she closed the omega portal, which endangered the entire magic universe , not just andros.
Exactly. For me there has never been a plot hole
Imagine if bloom got her Enchatix by saving Valtor because of the whole “I absorbed your parents” things
Valtor lied though 😂
The thing with season 3 is - it has the package, maybe not the best graphic quality of the series but here we can see that that’s not all…season 3 just has a compelling story (not just a pretty transformation with a catchy song to produce dolls like season 4 onwards) even minor characters like move for example show up from time to time and come across as well written characters, but we can’t praise season 3 without giving credit to season 1&2 those two stacked up such a hype around blooms past and made us even more curious making season 3 such a great season with Valtor literally bringing us the story of blooms past nearer from time to time
Oof this season is (in my opinion at least) filled to the brim with action and drama from beginning to end and I mean that in the best possible way.
I remember first seeing Aisha, or Layla as she was always called in my country’s dub, earn her Enchantix and little kid me was kinda blown away with how beautiful she looked and how strong the Winx seemed after gaining it.
Honestly, this franchise ended with season 3 in my brain. I tried watching further at one point but it genuinely didn't even feel like the same show soon enough. Like whatever it was that made Winx *Winx*, the writers just forgot it and started writing the script for some generic princess cartoon instead and then mixed up the scripts. Nothing after this season ever felt genuine for me. So yeah, thanks but no thanks. Sometimes, less is more.
My thoughts exactly! I loved season 1-3 so much and tried to watch other seasons (4-6) but honestly it was all garbage/downhill after season 3.
Agree but S4 was okay I think. S5 and beyond are pretty much garbage
I couldn't agree more. I really tried to watch S4 but it was so dull and stupid. Especially hiring them as teachers for Winxology (wtf man?) or their reactions about the Black Circle, when Faragonda told the girls about them. It was so cringe. Girls, you faced way worse villains, calm down and stop being so ridiculous.
I love how obviously ecstatic Timmy is when he finds that Techna is alive
The Italian dub of season 3 is pretty darn good, they didn't introduce many new characters so most of the voices are the same, I'M IN LOVE with valtor's voice in the Italian dub, and other characters like chimera and Cassandra did good too.
@Highest In the Room correct, although I will admit that I'm so unused to series with Italian origins that I sometimes forget it.
Yes, finally someone said it! I grew up with the original and Valtor's italian voice to this day makes me go crazy
@@Normalweebmaybe Hey,another italian version Stan! Valtor's italian voice Is Just perfect for him,It perfectly balances out elegance and evilness.
@@sebastianodepietri6411 Non avrei potuto dirlo meglio, it's so great seeing someone finally aknowledge that the ita is good or even exist almost nobody talks about it
@@Normalweebmaybe davvero un peccato, come ho infatti scritto un po' di tempo fa sono così poco abituato a serie TV o cartoni animati di origine italiana che mi dimentico del fatto che le Winx sono italiane.
I like to think since Tecna didn't really have anyone so personally close to her from her home planet (i'm glad you agree her parents do seem kinda shitty) and therefore skipped the demand of sacrifice's connection to your homeworld but was able to get her Enchantix by a general sacrifice on a way bigger scale than the other girls, but still got it in a standard way unlike Bloom
Must didn’t save anyone close to her either for her power - her and Princess Galatea didn’t meet too long ago
The Golden Girls with Valtor and the Ancestral Witches would be so amazing. The Golden Witches with all their sass and dark magic to raise their adoptive evil child
Alfea students: I've studied magic for years and become a great potionist and duelist and magic user. I can summon things and break spells
Alfea ministry: but did you die?
Honestly Tecna and/or Bloom could have earned their Enchantix by saving themselves from themselves. For Example It would have made so much sense for Bloom to fall into a deep dark hole because of her inability to earn Encantix the normal way and then fight her way out the "depression". Bloom is a person from her own planet. She could have just saved herself. Tecna could have had a similar story.
But they have to ‘sacrifice’ themselves. So they cannot save themselves
the only thing that's mostly missing from s3 was s1's sass and destruction (more so the Winx tossing the Trix into walls and shit)
tecna's "death" hit 11 year old me like a truck
Someone pointed out that Tecna’s enchantix doesn’t have a tiara unlike the other four fairies that did earn it by the sacrifice for someone of their world, though admittedly this may just be a design coincidence.
I also wish they had kept Aisha’s original “blue enchantix”…
She technically does. Just like bloom's blue heart hair clips are her "Tiara", Tecna has a single hair clip on the side of her head. It's the symbol that transforms into the wings during her transformation sequence.
And In promotional art she has a different hair clip.
I like the 2nd caviat of enchantix where you not only have to save someone from your planet, but you also have to sacrifice yourself in some way.
it's not enough to safe someone mid air falling from a building, you have to be willing to give up yourself.
Stella during the pillow fight: You can't beat me! I'm a winx!
Musa: Bitch who tf you think I am????
I wished that the minor characters have earn their Enchantix forms like their fellow students the Winx because their basic fairy forms are out of dates for years and boring. I mean isn't there a reason why they all attended Alfea to improved their skills and become stronger fairy to protected their home world because they still stay the same as they are, while the Winx earn more fairy form and getting stronger.
I believe Mirta had her enchantix in the episode Musa earned her enchantix
@@sagittariusseiya8310 oh my mistake
I love it how the ancestral witches are still giving me chills after so many years 0w0
They give me Latina mom vibes with the way they raised Valtor… basically sitting on the porch smoking cigarettes as Valtor wants to impress them and they ignore him… only for him to go silent on them and they act narcissistic on him 😂😅😂
- Enchantix as a transformation is.....as always said.....legendary. No new season or new animation sequence will ever do it any justice or will ever beat the original one in Season 3. Enchantix said "Damn you!" to Season 4 and 8.
- Enchantix as a life lesson or as inspiration in life is beyond beautiful and meaningful. The thought that growing up and finishing a chapter in life requires sacrifices and pure unconditional love for our loved ones really tells how powerful this form is because it's born out of strong feelings and a sense of responsibility towards our people's welfare.
- Bloomix (I need a new name immediately) could have just been Enchantix 2.0. If it's meant for the Winx to lose their powers, then keep Enchantix cuz becoming a guardian fairy simply means you can't go back to who you once were again and that also goes for their powers or transformation that they will keep for the rests of their life, making Enchantix a default form.
I’ve always loved winx and w.i.t.c.h. It’s refreshing to hear someone talk about it a bit and say that one is not a rip off of the other. I have had to explain that to others before and finding someone else who has watched both and agrees is refreshing. I hope to hear you talk about it more in the future too!
17:04 I’ve always had the idea of Bloom saving Valtor and earning her Enchantix as they both have power from the dragon flame. This way even though she earns her Enchantix she’s wrought with guilt over saving Valtor making everything a bit more interesting.
ok so the way that i see tecna's enchantix sacrifice is this; Andros is a whole realm, at the very least it's a whole planet. There is NO WAY that there was not a single person from Zenith on the entire planet. If you save a whole planet, you're at least saving a few people from your world
Yeah that's how I justified it in my head too. I just wish they threw a line in there (or a short scene) to make it explicit cos it was kinda confusing with the whole Bloom Enchantix plotline when Tecna also hadn't been directly shown saving someone from her own world.
@@georgecooper9766 Likely because of her courage and the fact that the threat would likely spread to Zenith, Tecna’s Enchantix appears because she was willing to put her life at risk for the ones she cares about. Same thing with Musa’s. She refused to leave her friend behind and by showing her selflessness, her Enchantix appeared
Then how was bloom dominos last survivor? Shouldn't some people been at other planets during the destruction of domino
@@ndiyabucaphukelaubusobakho1732 likely the attack came out of nowhere and likely considering there is royalty too, they stayed to try and protect Domino’s royal family
@@Rosegirl398 makes no sense but ok
I loved it when the winx separately gained their enchantix and how you could really feel and see the power difference! I just wished that other fairies got their enchantix too. They said that it was hard to achieve but it's just so unrealistic that only the winx got it 😅
When I was younger I used to make fun of Tecna and not be interested by her. And then season 3 comes and I was just devastated in the episode of her sacrifice. Especially because I was unable to watch the next episodes for a while so I totally ignored what happened to her until I finally see her return. Also can we talk about Musa's reaction ? It was just pure despair and I think it's very interesting to see the special relationship that Musa and Tecna share together and it gives also a spotlight to another girl than Bloom (always a good idea) but Bloom is a great character in this season being both her impulsive and sensible self and having mature and calm reactions especially thanks to Maia's training. I love Maia, her design's amazing and she's a very interesting character of mentor. A thing that I really appreciate in this season is that a lot of characters have the opportunity to shine, some new ones like Galatea, Miele, Cassandra, Nabu or Tressa, but also characters we already know like Diaspro being a real and dangerous threat, Mirta being determined to save Lucy and her witches friends despite the dangers of Valtor, Palladium's leading to protect Alfea during the siege, Griselda being a strict but caring and encouraging mentor for the fairies (I love Griselda and her line of support during the siege "You're fairies and fairies aren't scared of witches" is very powerful !) There's so many epic moments in this season, the scenes of sacrifice of course. I was particularly captivated by Stella's fight with the dragon on Eraklyon, Musa's rush into the library in fire to save the princess of her kingdom but her friend first and of course the amazing will of Tecna to sacrifice herself and save a planet, a very powerful act as a Zenith native, people known to be cold and centered about the protection of their own country only. And those three have another chance to shine during the Golden Kingdom Arc in the Crystal Labyrinth. First, I love the Golden Kingdom Arc, it's incredibly epic and powerful, the whole place has a fascinating and mysterious atmosphere I would adore explore in a video game. And god... Arcadia is majestic....And as I said, Musa, Stella and Tecna have another opportunity to shine by exploring the maze with their own way and giving up a part of themselves to save the magic dimension. Each sacrifice is a heartbreaking moment even Stella renouncing to her beauty, showing her maturity and her courage after having already lost her beauty once after being turned into a monster and possibly still being traumatized by the event. Tecna just reunited with her loved ones after her stay in Omega Dimension and having to accept to be emotionless and to not care anymore about her feelings and friends after such a traumatic experience where thinking about her loved ones must have been one of the reason keeping her alive and determined...this is so powerful... And Musa... Musa who is so fragile, so emotional and sensitive.
.she had to refuse to reunite with her mother...this is.... beautifully tragic... And Musa stays herself, being terribly sad to be unable to live with her mother again and being mature by demonstrating a beautiful resilience by saying a final goodbye to her mother....I love so much this season...
I've only been thinking about this for like 30 minute but what if instead of enchantix, Bloom earned Bloomix (or just an entirely different fairy form) not to draw importance to her, but this new form while stronger than her base, simply isn't the same as enchantix and therefore can't do the things like miniaturization and possibly even fairy dust. Instead her healing magic from s2 just becomes stronger. It's not enchantix but it still takes the parts of Bloom that made her a good fairy and strengthens them.
As for Tecna, maybe her parents just chose to try and ignore their grief by throwing themselves into their work.
As much as I love S3, I do wonder about rewriting it 🤔
Bloom earns her complete enchantix in the first movie, the secret of the lost kingdom
Tbh Domino did absolutely nothing regarding plot… if it stayed dead it wouldn’t change anything if you think about it…. Sky’s dad would still feel guilty with the Ancestral Witches attack, The Vortex of Fire would still exist bellow the castle, the Winx’s harmonix would become crystal so they go underwater in Domino….see what I mean? It would also hammer the idea that “you can’t change the past, only the future”….. until season 7 in which Bloom would definitely abuse the stone to save Domino, only to backfire horribly 😂😂😂
Yes it did that was the theory as to why Techna achieved enchantix. Technically by saving the universe she saved her people too.
13:45 in the subtitles:
*Aisha dies of heterosexuality and her name change* has me on CHOCKHOLDER 😭
aisha being blinded for a quarter of the season was one of the most intense character challenges to date tbh
If Aisha, Flora and somehow Bloom were tested in the Labyrinth I would make them give up the following to get the Water Starts.
Aisha: Her friendships and connections with the other Winx seeing as that was a massive part of her character arc in Season 2.
Flora: Her ability to communicate with any form of plant life. We've seen how much Flora values her connection to nature so for her to give it up would be interesting.
Bloom: Her memories of her life on Earth, including those of her time with Mike and Vanessa. Bloom's foster family has always been a sort of safe retreat for her so to see her lose that would be interesting.
Fun fact. In the Nick Dub when Bloom gets her Enchantix, the full Enchantix song doesn't play, just the instrumental (plus those weird diarrhea dragon noises). Some nice and very subtle foreshadowing to Bloom's Enchantix being incomplete.
I have this headcanon that Season 8 Valtor isn't the same Valtor from Season 3. S8!Valtor is just some copycat or magical creature who took on the guise Valtor to seem more threatening. You cannot tell me that S3!Valtor and S8!Valtor are the same being because one clearly doesn't have the same swagger and charisma of the other.
I love your ideas! And I surely loved the dragon diarrhea sounds!😍😍😍
I think that for Bloom they would make her coose between the water stars, and Domino. By Domino i mean any hope her parents are alive, thus she would have to leave knowing that she cant save her parents thus she will never be the full fledged fairy she wanted to be
I think the rizz Valtor had came from the Flame, now without the Great Dragon Rizz he is just….. Valtor 😂
Here’s my head cannon on Blooms enchantix notice how when Faraganda was talking to bloom about her Enchantix being incomplete she used specific words to differentiate the way her and the girls earned it. She used “born” when referring to the others enchantix which makes you think of natural and organic while “created” for bloom which makes you think artificial. I personally think bloom didn’t even have a real enchantix form. I like to think that from the power she gained on Pyro, force of will and through the fury she had for Valtor she used the dragon fire to create a form to match her new found strength which she visually related to enchantinx as that was the standard around her equating to power. That’s why she couldn’t use fairy dust or miniaturize she didn’t really have enchantix at all just a form she created (which is a great testament to the strength of the dragon fire and blooms control over it) which also would explain the instability since it wasn’t a natural fairy form.
I love winx season 3 it’s my personal favorite aside from 5 and it’s very iconic there’s just soo many things I love about enchantix,the villains,world building everything even I’m the cast in the nick version because that’s the nostalgic version for me I remember watching it a lot growing up
Okay you've done it. After many years, you have finally convinced me to re-watch the third season. This time with a fresh mindset and not me rolling my eyes at it because I was in my "not like other girls" phase but still watching it because I didn't want to admit I loved it. Just searched up the first episode. See you when I finish it
I remember that Musa was my favorite Winx, but Tecna was the one I saw myself in, and in season 3 when she truly mattered and her actual character and friendships were part of the plot I legit cried those whole like 5 episodes, and they're the ones I remember the best.
Edit: Oh! And i also remember disliking the design of the enchantix transformation as a kid (other than flora and aisha's) but seeing it as an adult its truly the most "fairy-like" of the transformations and considering its the transformation needed to graduate Alfea, I actually really enjoy the design now.
I am currently rewatching it in Castellan (Spanish from Spain) and even I am pleasantly surprised by some of the small details, which I have forgotten. Season 3 was and it still is a chef-d’œuvre. We definitely needed some maturing and darker themes, while also having the happy and friendship moments. Also it is like Enchantix is saying; “Am I a joke to you?!?” while looking her shallow transformations “The Bloomix”, especially how she was required. 😅 Thank you so much for to the video, Thomas! 🥰🫶🏻🥰
29:35 I completely agree with the good product sentiment. Even though I grew up with the 4Kids dub so all my nostalgia is associated with that dub, I honestly cannot listen to any other English dubs. The voice actors are just so perfect for their characters and express the character’s emotions in a GORGEOUS way. Like Valtor sounds the most looming over the Winx in the 4Kids version imo and SO many more reasons hahaha
I find it interesting how Techna has raced to becoming my favorite during my first rewatch since I was 8. I'm a bit younger than most fans, I was watching it when it was airing on nickelodeon, season 5. At the time, I kinda decided who my favorite character was depending in who's power was the coolest, so Tecna was at the bottom and Flora was at the top. But now that I understand the story and characters a bit better, and she has just flown to the top so fast. She became my favorite so fast. I love her.
Tecna may be #1 now but Flora you will ALWAYS BE FAMOUS
50:14 Quick something I didn't notice before.
Flora's Enchantix did NOT bring Flora back.
YES, Enchantix is born from a sacrifice, but it never stated it brought fairies back to life. But what did, however, bring Flora back to life, was the Black Willow's tear.
We can notice that Flora obtains her Enchantix power only a minute or two after Miele rises up from the water, and only after the Willow's tear brings the river back to its initial state. Out of all the Winx, Flora literally DIED, and it would have stayed that way if it hadn't been for the Black Willow.
People focus on Aisha and Bloom losing everything…. But mf Flora LOST HER LIFE AND IS STILL LIVING HER LIKE OK…. She has more confidence then princesses 😂
The omega arc gets me all the time.
My girl Tecna!
Imagine Musa changing speed with spells as if she was writing a music sheet. That would have been so cool !
I always thought that the lady from Pyros was an immigrant from Domino who was not that informed and was hiding from the ancient witches...
I find it upsetting how the fairies from alfea didn't even get enchantix,and they stayed in their base forms,like,they don't have the guts to sacrifice their lives,smh
Remember how you get Enchantix because of selflessness? I think it's harder to get Enchantix because you can't get it if you save a random ass person from your place with the intention of getting it. That's why you earn it only when you selflessly sacrifice yourself.
@@boptie i basically think all the students hate saving people they don't like,which was why they don't get to earn enchantix like how bloom thinks soo much of how valtor kills her parents.
I miss seasons 1-3 because the Speacialists actually had plot relevant things to do!
I just had an idea for a Flora spell: her opponent's lower body could turn into actual roots, which they couldn't just blast to free themselves of because that would amputate a part of their body, and the longer it passes, the deeper they grow into the ground
…. That’s way to dark for my girl Flora…. But I can see Valtor doing that though
I've always thought that Tecna's sacrifice worked because the omega portal was posing threat to the entire dimension (thus including her planet) and Bloom couldn't really get that because even if it was threatening the whole dimension, her planet is already dead, so it wouldn't matter
Or someone from her planet happened to be at Andros
Season 3 is by far my favourite one. The only and only issue I had with it is that at the start of the season, it’s like the charmix power never existed. Because it isn’t shown in season 3
That’s not an issue it’s the Winx curse that’s carried to every season until they reach season 8 and recall they have other forms 😂
The few episodes of Winx I watched as a kid were the 4Kids dub, where Aisha was called Layla and Tecna had a British accent. Seeing anything other than that is always a trip for me
One of my few nitpicks of season 3 is that Mirta deserved more spotlight in episode 11.
Perfect FIRST New Fairy Form; Enchantix, Perfect VILLAIN; Valtor, Perfect STORY Plot, Perfectly BEST Outfits, Isn’t There 1 THING That This Best Season Doesn’t Have?
It has the most underwhelming finally in the og 4😅... But yeah i agree with the rest😁
Uhmmmmmm…. The Shadow Phoenix? I mean it would be interesting to have seen that Darkar was not truly gone…. And it would be an interesting interaction between him and Valtor, with Darkar mocking Valtor for his soon to be downfall by belittling the Winx…..
Also maybe some mention of the Legndarium and Fairy Hunters from Valtor would’ve been nice foreshadowing for the upcoming seasons too
I actually didn't like how they handled Tecna's 'death'.
Her way of getting Enchantix seemed like a lazy last minute idea, because they didn't even bother connecting any of it to Zenith. It seems like that had no idea what to do with her here so they wrote her out for a couple of episodes.
The beginning of episode 14 was very well done with the Winx grieving but by the end of it, it's turned into a thing about Bloom's parents and the impact of Tecna's absence seems to vanish almost entirely.
They don't disband the group, they don't mention her and even just talk about how they're scared for Bloom while she's on Pyros.
Timmy seems to be the only one that actually cares and is effected by it.
The girls seem to just go back to everyday life like nothing happend and they don't have much of a reaction when he says that she might be alive as if they don't care about her.
And even after they reunite they don't even aknowledge that Tecna's back.
They don't have an emotional reunion apart from Bloom and Tecna.
Hell Layla/Aisha never even adresses how Tecna saved her planet.
It's like: "Oh Tecna is back, whatever let's focus on Bloom and having a party".
@A. H. I agree. Tecna's presumed death arc should have been expanded for 8-10 episodes so that the Winx and viewers will feel like she's really gone. This arc should have individual episodes with each of the girls affected by Tecna's absence. And as for Tecna, I think there should be an episode of her doing everything she can to survive the Omega Dimension and show her having emotional trauma even after she's rescued.
@@catrakitten God that would have been such an amazing episode. We get to see actual emotion and personality from Tecna as she goes through the trauma of being stuck and having to survive versus growing up in Zenith where they treat comfort like breathing air. I really hate the fact that the writers neglect Tecna so much cause there would be alot done with her character
@@patrickagokei I'm with you on that. Screw Bloom, Tecna's the real heroine of the show!
@Will N Good idea!
It's just like megaman x5 zero
The enchantix aesthetics are really beautiful and the challenges they faced was nice plot of the story
Fun fact: Stella did end up losing her ring/scepter later. In season 7, her bonded fairy animal ate it. 😅
Omg😂😂💀
YESSSS, it’s a perfect way to end the Solaria ring arc since it was the ring and the egg trick that lead to Bloom’s fairy form and now a BIRD is eating a ring (which would lead it be stuck in an egg)
What I loved about Winx seasons 1-4 was not just the protagonists were college students rather than high school, but that it taught you can be beautiful, smart, and strong all at once. Being one didn't mean it barred you from the others. Especially Stella since she was the embodiment of a traditional girly girl, but she was no less strong or witty than the other 5 girls. Also expanded on the idea of fairies being more than "fragile tiny nature creatures "
All 6 also got realistic lives, desires, and shortcomings that was given enough time for the audience to get invested. Unfortunately, 80% of that interesting worldbuilding and character development was scrapped post Season 4 because of Nickelodeon's demand for retreading plotlines endlessly
What could've made the Winx franchise better was simply allowing the girls to grow up and leave. Bring in a new Winx Club, so that means brand new characters and arcs and development. So it doesn't feel like you're constantly retreading things. Also allows for worldbuilding without forcing them to leave. Even if it was reduced to maybe 2-4 main characters, that'd be fine. Maybe cameos of the old characters here and there where it becomes plot-relevant
I think Enchantix did character progression the best, the fact that each one earn it at their own and the stakes for each was sooo goood.