Go, Diego, Go!

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Go, Diego, Go!, an animated series for preschool-aged children, is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005 on Nick, Jr.. It aired on Nick Jr. on CBS on September 2005, then ended its run on CBS on September 25, 2006. On December 20, 2006 Nick Jr. announced that it had ordered 20 new episodes that were in production.

Go, Diego, Go! features a bilingual eight-year-old boy, Diego Márquez (voiced by child actor Jake Toranzo-Szymanski - credited in newer series as Jake T. Austin), who helps animals in danger, mainly in the rainforest. He has a jaguar companion named "Baby Jaguar" who assists him on adventures.

Diego is Dora the Explorer's cousin; Dora makes several guest appearances in the series. He also has an 11-year-old sister named Alicia (voiced by child actress Constanza Sperakis). Alicia, also bilingual, is a computer whiz.

In most episodes, Diego hears an animal's cry for help at his rainforest Animal Rescue Center. With help from his friends, gadgets, and viewers at home, he sets out to rescue the animal. Other characters include Click (voiced by Rosie Perez), a camera that locates the animal calling for help; Rescue Pack, a messenger bag Diego wears that can transform into any object; and the Bobo Brothers, two troublesome spider monkeys. There are a few recurring animal friends that are normally rescued by Diego in their first appearance but appear later to return the favor and help Diego out, the most common of these is Linda the Llama who has appeared prominently in four episodes and made a cameo appearance in "Three Little Condors".

Diego is featured in a one-hour episode titled "The Great Dinosaur Rescue" where he, Alicia, Dora, and Baby Jaguar go back in time to save a dinosaur; Nick Jr. has yet to show this episode. Two additional one-hour episodes are in production.

Diego also will be staring in a live show called "The Great Jaguar Rescue" where he must save Baby Jaguar, this is also the premise of an episode of the show which aired on January 15, 2007 and was released on DVD January 16, 2007.

In each episode of Go, Diego, Go! there are several songs and uses of Spanish vocabulary.

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[edit] Episodes

Name First Aired
1. Rescue the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs 9/6/2005
2. Diego Saves the Mommy and Baby Sloth 9/7/2005
3. Chinta the Baby Chinchilla 9/8/2005
4. Diego Saves the Humpback Whale 9/9/2005
5. Journey to Jaguar Mountain 9/12/2005
6. Three Little Condors 9/13/2005
7. Pepito's Penguin School 9/14/2005
8. Armadillo's Rainforest Race 9/15/2005
9. The Mommy Macaw 9/16/2005
10. Linda the Llama Saves Carnival 10/10/2005
11. A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born 1/25/2006
12. A Booboo on the Pygmy Marmoset 1/23/2006
13. Cool Water for Ana the Anaconda 1/26/2006
14. Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears 2/20/2006
15. Linda the Librarian 3/20/2006
16. Save the Sea Turtles 7/10/2006
17. Diego's Wolf-Pup Rescue 9/18/2006
18. Diego Saves the River Dolphin 10/02/2006
19. Diego and Baby Humpback to the Rescue 10/03/2006
20. Little Kinkajou is in Beehive Trouble 10/30/2006
21. Mackey the Macaroni Penguin 10/31/2006
22. Diego Saves Christmas 12/08/2006
23. Baby Jaguar's Lost Growl 1/15/2007
24. Diego The Hero 2/5/2007
25. Sammy's Valentine 2/14/2007
26. The Great Roadrunner Race 3/05/2007
27. The Tapir's Trip Home 3/06/2007
28. Jorge The Little Hawk Learns To Migrate 3/07/2007
29. Giant Octopus To The Rescue 3/08/2007

[edit] DVD

Go Diego Go!: The Great Dinosaur Rescue

  1. includes: The Great Dinosaur Rescue
  2. two bonus animal rescues: Diego Saves the Humpback Whale and Rescue the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs

Go Diego Go!: Wolf Pup Rescue

  1. includes: Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue and A Booboo on the Pygmy Marmoset
  2. two bonus animal rescues: Diego Saves Mommy and Baby Sloth and Three Little Condors

Go Diego Go!: Diego Saves Christmas

  1. includes Diego Saves Christmas and Pepito's Penguin School
  2. two bonus animal rescues: A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born and Save the Sea Turtles

Go Diego Go!: The Great Jaguar Rescue

  1. includes The Great Jaguar Rescue (Baby Jaguar's Lost Growl) and Little Kinkajou Is in Beehive Trouble!
  2. two bonus animal rescues: The Mommy Macaw and Chinta the Baby Chinchilla

Go Diego Go!: Underwater Mystery

  1. includes Underwater Mystery (Lucy The Whale Shark) and Diego Saves the River Dolphin
  2. two bonus animal rescues: Journey to Jaguar Mountain and Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears

[edit] Trivia

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  • Whenever a predator comes, Diego describes the target animal as being 'afraid' of the predator; instead of stating that the predator is trying to kill or eat the target animal. This is most likely due to the target age of the audience for this show.
  • Diego's family appears inconsistent between Go, Diego, Go! and Dora The Explorer. His sister Alicia appears prominently in Diego, but is absent in Dora. In Dora, his 15 year old sister Daisy has been featured prominently in a couple of episodes, but Alicia remains unseen. This likely just means he has two sisters and Daisy doesn't live in the rainforest.
  • Alicia must be older than 11 because she drives. In the opening song "Alicia's on a mission we're all going for a ride..." Alicia is driving a jeep. However since the country of residence is not stated they may live in a country where children under 16 can learn to drive.
  • Alicia may be a computer whiz but she is marketed as an 'animal scientist'. Diego calls himself an animal rescuer.
  • Baby Jaguar was unable to speak in Dora but is able to in this show. Though this may just be due to Diego's ability to speak to animals and not him having learned to talk.
  • The Bobo brothers frequently cause trouble for Diego like Swiper does for Dora, unlike Swiper they do not do it on purpose and apologize afterward. The exception to this is in the "Great Jaguar Rescue" when they purposely stole Baby Jaguar's growl.
  • Just like Dora the Explorer, the show teaches preschool-age children the Spanish language. However, the show takes a less approach to this and focuses more on the teaching of various animals.
  • While Diego talks about the diet of herbivores (such as marmosets), he never mentions the diet of most predators (such as anacondas). This is most likely due to the target age of the audience.

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