An arena packed with beauty queens... I'm scared to go in there.
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Mike is Bloom's adoptive father. He found Bloom as a newborn baby trapped in a burning building. He rescued and later adopted her with his wife, Vanessa. He loves Bloom and thinks of her as his "little girl", much to Bloom's dismay. Mike worries about Bloom at times, but he always gives her his support. Mike provides a comic element in the series, as he is often shown in the more humorous situations throughout many episodes.
History
Mike is a firefighter and lives with his wife Vanessa. He first found Bloom when she was a baby in a building that was on fire. He had noticed that she was protected by the flames, however he and Vanessa adopted her and raised her until Bloom discovered she was a fairy.
After Bloom left to go to Alfea, Mike and Vanessa always had their arms open for her, always with her no matter what.
Appearance
Mike has light blonde hair. He wears a light blue short-sleeved collared shirt, and dark blue jeans.
He also has a firefighter's uniform, mostly consisting of gray and yellow colors, his helmet is the same color as well.
In "A Great Secret Revealed", Mike is seen wearing long light-green pajamas.
In "A Magix Christmas", he is seen wearing a white turtle neck underneath a red v-neck sweater, brown pants and boots.
When he went to the beach, he is seen wearing a yellow colored t-shirt, a hat, teal shorts and sandals.
Series
Seasons
Mike was first seen in season 1 episode 1, where he gives Bloom her gift - a bicycle - much to the disappointment of Bloom. After Bloom discovered Stella and brought her back home, Mike was in much disbelief that she is a fairy. Stella was eventually
Mike still in disbelief of Bloom being a fairy
After everything was calm again, Mike and Vanessa had decided to allow Bloom to go to Alfea. But, not without them, they were planning to stay with her but could not pass through the magic barrier and thus they had to say their goodbyes and were returned home by Stella.
In the next episode, Bloom calls home to let her parents know how everything was and told Vanessa to give Mike a big hug and kiss.
Mike and Vanessa tells Bloom that she is adopted
In "A Great Secret Revealed", Bloom come back home for a week's vacation. As she was riding her bike down the streets of Gardenia, Mike stopped his fire truck in order to greet her. Mike then spent the days with his family but these peaceful days would soon come to an end. When Vanessa refused to sign the contract that would allow the contractors to have reign over her flower shop, they continually threatened her. Worried for his wife, he decided it was time to put an alarm. And after everyone had gone to bed, Bloom had a vision that the flower shop was on fire, thus prompting all three to go to the flower shop immediately. The flower shop was set in a blaze, Bloom then says that she will head inside to stop the fire, and Mike decided to go with her. They soon found the contractors' driver, trapped by the flames, Mike rescues him while Bloom stays behind to stop the fire. After the contractors' driver confessed everything, all was well until he and Vanessa noticed Bloom was not herself. She tells them that she had a vision of Mike saving a new born baby, Mike and Vanessa hesitated for a bit but realized it was time for Bloom to know that she was adopted.
After discovering that she was adopted, Bloom thought that the only thing she was
Mike was seen in Episode 19 when Professor Avalon said he would make Bloom's power stronger.
Mike with Vanessa as she gives advice to Bloom
Mike escorting Erendor to the Winx
When the Winx were finally settled in their new place and their business was doing well, Mike and Vanessa went to visit them, it was then that Bloom returned the money she owned to her mother. They then left to allow them to get back to work.
In the episode "Nebula", Erendor was looking for Sky and Mike had brought him to the Winx so that they can answer Erendor's questions.
In the second episode, "The Rise of Tritannus", he is seen with Vanessa sitting at a table in the Frutti Music Bar watching the Winx band perform. Kiko happened to be jump onto their table to dance when they were enjoying their drinks causing Vanessa to laugh at them.
In The Shimmering Shells, he and Vanessa were waiting for the girls to come to Earth in order to show them the pollution they had discovered that is currently polluting the beaches of Gardenia.
During the Christmas episode, he and Vanessa were waiting for Bloom with the neighborhood kids on Earth. As Bloom explained what Christmas was to the other Winx, the Trix had been eavesdropping on their conversation and when Bloom mentions the magic of Christmas, they sought after it, ambushing the Winx when Bloom was ready to leave Alfea. Mike had repeatedly called her cell phone with no answer. When Bloom finally defeated the Trix, Faragonda opened a portal to his home where they stepped through and enjoyed the rest of Christmas Eve at Alfea.
After earning their Sirenix powers, the Winx decided to take a break at one of Gardenia's beaches, he had a picnic ready for them and when he finally arrived he noticed that there was garbage everywhere on the beach and with the encouragement of the Winx he and everyone else helped clean up. Unfortunately, because there was an island of garbage floating off the coast of Gardenia the garbage continued to return. To help with that problem, he and Vanessa decided to volunteer and clean it up.
In "Faraway Reflections" Mike is seen with Vanessa and the others as they immaculate the garbage island. But, Tritannus had arrived in order to refuel, and upon seeing them tampering with his favorite spot he summoned a garbage monster. Vanessa then calls Bloom and informs her of Tritannus' presence.
He also appeared in the Season 5 finale with Vanessa, Oritel, Marion and Daphne, watching the Winx preforming a concert.
After Bloom realizes she almost poisoned Flora, she returns to Gardenia and Mike tries his best to cheer her up. He is unsuccessful and leaves her alone after Vanessa says that is it best to leave Bloom alone so that she can think.
Mike did not know Bloom had left her room and decided that since it has been too quiet, he could perhaps go talk to her again and the two of them head for the stairs. Bloom then suddenly appears in front of the door.
In The Fairy Godmother, While Mike, Vanessa, and the Pixies set the table, Bloom and the Winx were in the kitchen making homemade pizza, with messy results. A delicious pizza lunch has been served to the house occupants, and it becomes a celebration of Bloom's return to the group.
More Coming Soon...Specials
Bloom saves her parents
Mike and Vanessa went to comfort Bloom after the Trix had stolen her powers. Then a bright light shun into the living room, Mike was ready to deal with the Trix once more but it was only Stella. Vanessa then encouraged Bloom to return to Alfea and fix this problem once and for all.
Movies
Mike plays a minor role in the film, providing information he has a cat allergy. This information helps Bloom to understand the Ancestral Witches were trying to trick her into removing her birth father's sword.
Mike in the second movie
Trivia
- The father of Lockette (Bloom's Pixie) from the series PopPixie (a spin-off series based on Winx Club) bears a certain similarity to Mike.
- "Mike" is an abbreviation of "Michael", which is derived from the Hebrew name "Mikha'el", which means "Who is like God".
- Like Bloom, Mike's last name is Peters in the US Novels as presumably she gets her last name from her Earth parents.
- It is revealed in Secret of The Lost Kingdom that Mike has an allergy to pelage, which played an important part later in the movie. It was later again seen in "The Last Fairy on Earth", after a Love & Pet cat was at his house.
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