Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by
Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on
Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000. The series is produced by Nickelodeon
Animation Studio.The series centers around Dora Marquez, a
seven-year-old Latina girl, with a love of embarking on quests related
to an activity that she wants to partake of or a place that she wants
to go to, accompanied by her talking purple backpack and
anthropomorphic monkey companion named Boots (named for his beloved
pair of red boots). Each episode is based around a series of cyclical
events that occur along the way during Dora's travels, along with
obstacles that she and Boots are forced to overcome or puzzles that
they have to solve (with "assistance" from the viewing audience)
relating to riddles, the Spanish language, or counting. Common rituals
may involve Dora's encounters with Swiper, a bipedal, anthropomorphic
masked thieving fox whose theft of the possessions of others must be
prevented through fourth wall-breaking interaction with the viewer. To
stop Swiper, Dora must say "Swiper no swiping" three times. However,
on occasions where Swiper steals the belongings of other people, the
viewer is presented with the challenge of helping Boots and Dora
locate the stolen items. Another obstacle involves encounters with
another one of the program's antagonists; the "Grumpy Old Troll"
dwelling beneath a bridge that Dora and Boots must cross, who
challenges them with a riddle before permitting them the past that
needs to be solved with the viewer's help. Known for the constant
breaking of the fourth-wall depicted in every episode, the audience is
usually presented to two primary landmarks that must be passed before
Dora can reach her destination, normally being challenged with games
or puzzles along the way. The episode always ends with Dora
successfully reaching the locale, singing the "We Did It!" song with
Boots in triumph.On numerous occasions, television specials have been
aired for the series in which the usual events of regular episodes are
altered, threatened, or replaced. Usually said specials will present
Dora with a bigger, more whimsical adventure than usual or with a
magical task that must be fulfilled, or perhaps even offer a series of
different adventures for Boots and Dora to travel through. They might
be presented with an unusual, difficult task (such as assisting Swiper
in his attempts to be erased from Santa Claus's Naughty List) that
normally is not featured in average episodes, or challenge Dora with a
goal that must be achieved (such as the emancipation of a trapped
mermaid). Sometimes, the specials have involved the debut of new
characters, such as the birth of Dora's superpowered twin baby
siblings and the introduction of the enchanted anthropomorphic stars
that accompany Dora on many of her quests.
Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner that premiered on
Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000. The series is produced by Nickelodeon
Animation Studio.The series centers around Dora Marquez, a
seven-year-old Latina girl, with a love of embarking on quests related
to an activity that she wants to partake of or a place that she wants
to go to, accompanied by her talking purple backpack and
anthropomorphic monkey companion named Boots (named for his beloved
pair of red boots). Each episode is based around a series of cyclical
events that occur along the way during Dora's travels, along with
obstacles that she and Boots are forced to overcome or puzzles that
they have to solve (with "assistance" from the viewing audience)
relating to riddles, the Spanish language, or counting. Common rituals
may involve Dora's encounters with Swiper, a bipedal, anthropomorphic
masked thieving fox whose theft of the possessions of others must be
prevented through fourth wall-breaking interaction with the viewer. To
stop Swiper, Dora must say "Swiper no swiping" three times. However,
on occasions where Swiper steals the belongings of other people, the
viewer is presented with the challenge of helping Boots and Dora
locate the stolen items. Another obstacle involves encounters with
another one of the program's antagonists; the "Grumpy Old Troll"
dwelling beneath a bridge that Dora and Boots must cross, who
challenges them with a riddle before permitting them the past that
needs to be solved with the viewer's help. Known for the constant
breaking of the fourth-wall depicted in every episode, the audience is
usually presented to two primary landmarks that must be passed before
Dora can reach her destination, normally being challenged with games
or puzzles along the way. The episode always ends with Dora
successfully reaching the locale, singing the "We Did It!" song with
Boots in triumph.On numerous occasions, television specials have been
aired for the series in which the usual events of regular episodes are
altered, threatened, or replaced. Usually said specials will present
Dora with a bigger, more whimsical adventure than usual or with a
magical task that must be fulfilled, or perhaps even offer a series of
different adventures for Boots and Dora to travel through. They might
be presented with an unusual, difficult task (such as assisting Swiper
in his attempts to be erased from Santa Claus's Naughty List) that
normally is not featured in average episodes, or challenge Dora with a
goal that must be achieved (such as the emancipation of a trapped
mermaid). Sometimes, the specials have involved the debut of new
characters, such as the birth of Dora's superpowered twin baby
siblings and the introduction of the enchanted anthropomorphic stars
that accompany Dora on many of her quests.
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