Winx Club - Episode 122

Storming Cloudtower (The Return of Riven in the Italian Version) Is the twenty-second episode of the first season of Winx Club.

Synopsis
After the girls return from Domino, Bloom devise a plan to get into Cloudtower to get her power back. Bloom, Stella, Sky and Brandon will be escorted through the tunnels by Knut. After they escaped many traps, the end up in Cloudtower's junk yard. They come face to face with te beetle roaches until a disguised warrior comes and chases them away. This warrior is revealed to be Riven, who decided to rejoin there group. In a B-story Alfea is once again attacked with Flora, Musa and Tecna staying behind, and Riven does some soul searching to come to terms with his past actions against his friends.

Major Events

 * The Winx Return from Domino.
 * Kiko and Pepe are friends.
 * Knut is on the Winx Girls side now.
 * The Trix summon the Army of Decay again.
 * Riven returns after looking back on his past discressions.
 * Riven reconciles with the team and joins them to stop Icy Darcy and Stormy.

Debuts

 * Beetle Roaches
 * Queen Beetle Roach

Characters

 * Bloom
 * Stella
 * Flora
 * Tecna
 * Musa
 * Headmaster Saladin
 * Miss Faragonda
 * Miss Griffin
 * Icy
 * Darcy
 * Stormy
 * Riven
 * Sky
 * Brandon
 * Timmy
 * Army of Decay
 * Beetle Roaches
 * Queen Beetle Roach

Trivia

 * Icy had an Arcanum Lock that was in her family for generations that's resistant to all spells.
 * Riven was actually one of the best student in Red Fountain by applying what he learned to escape from Cloud Tower.
 * A HUGE section was taken out of the 4Kids version. In RAI, while Riven was locked up, Darcy and Stormy decide to mentally torment him for laughs. They create six Riven clones in the cell he's in that all looked to attack him. Riven tries to ward them off, but then they suddenly melt and combine to form an ugly hulking monster, scaring Riven stiff. After a few moments, Riven noticed the monster was mimicing his every movement like a mirror reflection. This was meant to show that the monster acted as a physical reflection of Riven's soul considering his past actions (he betrayed his REAL friends on his own accord, which nearly got them killed on more than a few occassions). In this sense, Riven was forced to take a long HARD look at himself.
 * A Redone clip was used from this episode, and redone clips from episode 2, episode 7, episode 8, episode 10 and episode 1 were used for the Winx one-hour special on Nickelodeon.
 * More clips from this episode, along with scenes from episodes 19, 20, 23, 24, 25 and 26 were used in the Nickelodeon special The Battle for Magix.

Voice Cast
Liza Jacqueline = Bloom

Caren Manuel = Stella, Darcy

Kerry Williams = Flora

Rachael Lillis = Miss Faragonda

Michael Alston Baley = Saladine

Dan Green = Sky

Frank Frankson = Brandon

Michael Sinterniklaas = Riven

Sebastian Arcelus = Timmy

Dani Shaffel = Tecna

Suzy Myers = Stormy

Marc Thompson = Knut

Lisa Ortiz = Musa, Icy

Quotes
Stella: ''"I'm just saying it's tacky to come back empty handed from a trip. I know we didn't get the Dragon Fire, but we should've at least brought back a couple of t-shirts."  Bloom: "I don't think anyone is expecting souveniers from a dead planet Stella."''

''"I have to remember what I learned in "Strategies and Battle Tactics, Chapter 9": When being pursued in enemy lines: 1. Don't panic. 2. Look for any possible ways to escape. And 3. Take the first course of action that pops into your head. Do not hesitate." '' -Riven as he's being chased by Vile Sentries.

Sky: "Knut are you totally sure we're going the right way?"

Knut: "Gosh I'm never totally sure about anything."

Knut: "Beetle Roaches!"

Beetle Roaches emerge.

Stella: ''"I think I might puke!"  Knut: "They'd like that!"''

Stella: "Trouble."

Musa: "Hmmm."

Miss Faragonda: "It's all right. The ogre is on our side now."

Saladine: "He tried to help us stop the witches and we're letting him stay."