Francine

Francine is a fairy who attends Alfea.

Appearance
Francine is a fair-skinned girl with long, chest length brown hair with neatly brushed bangs above her eyes, while she has a strand or two hang over her shoulders. Her eyes look to be a sea blue color.

Civilian
Francine wears a light blue midriff top with a sleeve on her right arm and a strap on her left (similar to Bloom's Season 5 top) and a pale pink skirt.

Winx
Francine wears a light blue sparkly top with the sides showing and opens on the hips with points in the back and under for a short view she wears a blue two-pointed piece with a royal blue pointed skirt under and having a light blue gem on the top of the dress that has dark blue feather-type decorations that spread out not blocking her face. Her shoes are blue heels with the back of her foot showing and an ankle strap with a light blue gem. She also wears blue gloves similar to Flora's, and has blue wings. It is seen very little but she may have a pale blue headband under her bangs and hair.

Explorer
She wears a brown explorer's hat, light yellow long socks, long beige boots with high heels, a short sleeve beige jacket with pockets over a teal short sleeve shirt, and beige shorts with pockets and a brown belt.

Personality
It seems that Francine does not really like bugs seeing as she complained to Palladium about the bug bite on her leg. She can get upset when she is faced with danger but is willing to do what she can in the end.

Season 1
She first appears in the episode "The Black-Mud Swamp" where she was part of Palladium's class, she notified her teacher about a bug bite and Palladium points out that it is a swamp and that it is just a bug. However, she still points to where the bug had bit her and it flusters him.

When the Hunting Troll that Knut had used to find Bloom and Stella at Gardenia was set free while it was on a Red Fountain aircraft, thanks to the Trix, it surrounded her, Amaryl, and another fairy. The Winx intervened and distracted the monster while the Specialists tries to recapture it but failed. She was there while Amaryl mocks the Specialists and continues their way through the swamp.

During the events following the Trix's success on stealing Bloom's powers, Red Fountain's students and staff had joined Alfea, while continuing the fight against the Army of Darkness there. After some quiet time from all the minor invasions, Tecna, Flora, and Musa were sitting on the grass and talking about the current events. Musa wanted a normal school but Tecna tells her to look at it positively; being part of history and fighting alongside the greatest wizards and fairies and creating new spells that could never be re-cast. It is then that she and Ortensia come up to them and express their feelings about how upset they are by this whole thing. However, Musa and Flora was able to convince them that they are all part of the team and that they will eventually win this battle.

In "The Witches' Downfall," she celebrates the addition of the word "Winx" into the fairy vocabulary with her classmates.

Season 7
In the seventh season, Francine appears in the episode "The Golden Butterfly" alongside Amaryl, Alice, Ahisa, Roxy and many of her fellow classmates preparing to defend their school against the Trix and their fairy animals.

Season 1
Francine makes her debut in Magic Battle where she is fighting back the Army of Darkness with her fellow classmates. She is not seen until the very end of the issue, where she celebrates Bloom's return to Alfea with Icy in her arms alongside Priscilla, Silicya, another fairy, and Faragonda. With the Trix all defeated, the Army of Darkness disappears, signalling their victory in the war.

Magical Abilities
As the Fairy of Rivers, Francine has water-based powers.

Francine may know some basic, first-level spells that all fairies can use, such as telekinesis, transmuting objects, and fixing minor messes.

Trivia

 * Her name is of Latin and French origin and means "French."
 * In the 4Kids version, her name is "Dahlia."
 * Also in the 4Kids version it was said that she is from an urban realm, and is the fastest fairy at Alfea.
 * She shares a voice actress with both Flora and Amore in this dub.
 * She shares a voice actress with Flora in the DuArt dub.