Dora the Explorer (2000– )

Along with her friend Monkey Boots, Dora goes on adventures.

Creators:

Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, Eric Weiner

Stars:

Harrison Chad, Kathleen Herles, Marc Weiner

8 wins & 37 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Harrison Chad	...	Boots (80 episodes, 2000-2005)
Kathleen Herles	...	Dora (79 episodes, 2000-2005)
Marc Weiner	...	Swiper (78 episodes, 2000-2005)
Sasha Toro	...	Backpack (78 episodes, 2000-2005)
Regan Mizrahi	...	Boots (63 episodes, 2005-2013)
Alexandria Suarez	...	Backpack (54 episodes, 2004-2013)
Jake Burbage	...	Benny (48 episodes, 2000-2005)
Ashley Fleming	...	Isa (46 episodes, 2000-2004)
Caitlin Sanchez	...	Dora (39 episodes, 2005-2013)
Jose Zelaya	...	Tico (35 episodes, 2002-2005)

Storyline

Dora is a cute little Hispanic girl with who goes on adventures with her red boot wearing monkey, conveniently named Boots. During her adventures we also get to meet her talking backpack (or la mochila) and the map who sings an annoyingly cute song. The show plays out almost like a computer adventure showing a mouse on different scenes where the kids make a decision. Dora asks your kids questions and then waits for a response. The main purpose of the show is to teach Spanish to English-speaking children.

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Plot Keywords:

monkey | map | latino american girl | rucksack | breaking the fourth wall | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Animation | Family

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English Spanish

Also Known As:

Adventures with Dora

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nickelodeon Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the episode "Boots' Special Day", Dora and Boots' dad switches places in one shot as they speed down the roller coaster.

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Quotes

Dora: Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping!
Swiper: Oh, man!

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006)

User Reviews

A foreigner's point of view

As I can see, so far every comment came from English speaking audience.

Well, we live in Hungary, and here the series were translated to Hungarian, with some English phrases in it (which were originally the Spanish ones, I guess). I have a 5 and a 2 year-old daughter, and they both enjoy watching Dora very much. I think this is a very good educational movie! The younger learns special Hungarian words, which she would not know otherwise (eg. volcano). She also enjoys the activity Dora asks us to do. And the older one picked up the English words very fast, and even asked me to teach her more English! Thanks to this cartoon now they tell us to fasten our safety belts when we drive, and the little one learned to count to ten at a very early age. We have most of the parts recorded on video, and they often ask for them. By the way, I couldn't find the information on this site: how many parts are there altogether? If somebody knows, please let me know.