Stranizov

Professor Stranizov is a comic exclusive character who made his debut and only appearance in Issue 60: Future Adventures. He is the creator of the time machine and comes from the near-future.

Appearance
Stranizov is sports a hairstyle and mustache (though longer) similar to that of Albert Einstein's, he is much balder however and is gray in color. His head also has some moles on it. He has blue-grey eyes, wears red oval-framed glasses, is short and walks/stands in a slightly hunched manner.

He is only seen in his lab attire, which consists of the standard lab coat, white collared long-sleeved shirt, brown and tan argyle pattern sweater vest, red pants, and brown loafers.

Personality
As a scientist, Stranizov is intelligent and eccentric, he makes and figures out calculations at a fast rate. He is very expressive which changes at the drop of a hat. Stranizov is a friendly person as well, he greeted Palladium calmly and without malice (despite the odd situation he was in).

Comics
It can be assumed that Stranizov had worked on his time machine for a very long time. After he calibrated his time machine "correctly", tripped and pressed the wrong button which sent him to the near-past. He lands somewhere in the dark with his pet. As he checks up on his pet, people who live in the place he landed approach him. He notices one of them and nonchalantly greets him then asks for the place and month. The man, Professor Palladium, answers that he is in the Realm of Magic at Alfea and it is March.

Hearing that Stranizov is in the correct near-past time he had set, he leaps in joy and then introduces himself to Headmistress Faragonda. However, realizes the place he is at does not have a time machine and therefore, he is trapped. Not only that, no one will know that his invention works. Faragonda reassures him and tells him to come into her office to discuss the matter. Faragonda also permits the Winx to join in the situation and Stranizov is approached by Bloom who introduces herself. She mentions she is also from Earth, Gardenia specifically. A coincidence as Stranizov tells her that his laboratory is in Green Mountain and it is pretty close to Gardenia.

In Faragonda's office, he explains his situation to her and the Winx but makes it clear he is distraught because he is now stuck. Bloom suggests building the time machine again.