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[edit] Cleanup

We need to have reference images of all the characters on this page! This cartoon rules. I've got the soundtrack. There needs to be more detail and pictures here. --Cyberman 05:01, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  • I don't think this requires a clean-up tag. Why else does this page need cleanup? If for no other reason, I propose removing the tag.
  • Uh-uh. Yuppers(: hehehe mariana trevinoo was all over here and here andd over heree(:. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.83.38 (talk) 22:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I just pulled a bunch of random mariana trevino's and ponii martinez's references off the page. Someone may need to camp this page to watch for me!(:.

[edit] What is this?

want to add something, but I don't have permission (I guess because I have a new id. Anyhow for the Dora in other countries I wantedto add that in South Korea the show is called "Hi MARIANA trevino was likee sooo heree(x" and is introduced by a real person whose name is Ponii Martinezzz:D - she introduces key English vocabulary for each episode. The episode is primarily in Korean with some English EFL Geek (talk) 23:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What is this?

Dora is rumoured to be an illegal immigrant, participating in an illegal narcotics trafficking business, where Swiper is a member of border patrol. and the info box says dora the dark exploer! Everything is messed up. Help!!74.104.224.214 22:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Yea I got that vandalism. You should do the same thing too.

There's a facebook group that claims she is an illegal, so somebody edited the page and took a ss. RideABicycle | Talk | 00:07, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I edited the page again. There was Jose Laurel stuff and so and so. I can't believe someone would do that to someone else's work! Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 04:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnocentrism

Just changed part of the last sentence to make it less "USA-centric". -Dora (Sept. 10,2004).

But, this diversity is very limited, and would be much more enjoyable for all cultures if a French girl and a Japanese girl, for example, make friend with Dora and accompany her on some of the upcoming quests.

In a way that very similar thing happened on "Dora's World Adventure." as she had a friend in France and even though they didn't go to Japan she had a friend in China.Even so I think Dora's new friends from other countries, along with the four other "Swipers" should make appearances later on. Also I love this show even though I way past the age limit. a kid at heart Superx 03:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Re Dora's provenance and residence: In the discussion of Dora's nationality and the location of her home, I think speculation that, for example, she lives in Mexico or California misses the whole point of the show - she doesn't seem to live in our world at all, and I suspect that's intentional on the part of the creators. Dora's home appears to be a fantasy world in terms of geography (as well as of characters and situations), defying attempts to pin down a location. I would guess that, if the creators of the show ever even thought about it, they would agree that refusing to tie Dora and her friends to a recognizable location enhances the show's universality. In this way, they avoid the trap of inadvertently causing people to think "Learning Spanish is fine for people in the Southwestern US, but not really relevant to MY kids", or some such. Of course, they may just have thought, "Blue bulls and Spanish-speaking vest-wearing squirrels aren't really found in California OR Guatemala, let's not be too specific about location." Either way, I don't think Dora can meaningfully be thought to live in any real place.

Dora's surname and her mother's surname are different because in Spanish cultures women don't take the husband's name when they get married.

Dora clearly is Hispanic - why is this never mentioned in the article? Mauro Cicognini 20:55, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

I too was looking for information on Dora's nationality in the article and didn't find it. She is clearly Hispanic, and clearly Central or South American of Native descent. I think it should be added in the article at the very least that she is Hispanic and at the most that she is Central or South American. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.35.14.116 (talk) 14:28, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Swiper

Is Swiper the Fox a back-handed reference to Mexican president Vincente Fox?

Well, #1, it's just a kids show, so there's probably no razor-bladed political satire in it, and #2, foxes have pretty much always been typecast as villains, so it's a pretty big stretch. 71.231.56.40 23:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Can we include that he's based on Zorro? 70.187.219.134 06:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes you can, that's fine. As my edit summary states, the intermediate revisions I reverted all contained subtle vandalism - I apologise if I have damagd the article, but someone has been changing the refs to Swiper the Fox to "Sniper" and suggesting in the info box that it shows Dora and Boots being mugged. The version I reverted to is cl;ean and I am noting it to be the Last Known Good Version (LKGV) from those I cleaned up. Thor Malmjursson 10:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

One episode revealed Swiper lives on Blueberry Hill. A trivial detail, but for completeness it should be mentioned in the main article somewhere.

[edit] Special Edition DVDs?

Since the series is so popular, should there be Special Edition DVDs, with all the dubbed versions? --User:Angie Y.

I clicked on the link for the creator of the show and got the page for a Canadian Hockey Player with the same name. I'm not 100% sure but I doubt if this is the same person. Dora is never mentioned/

[edit] Names of the characters and episodes in Japanese

What are the names of the characters and episodes in Japanese? --User:Angie Y.

[edit] Korean Edition DVD

I just purchased 18 episodes in Korean language: http://www.yesasia.com/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1004107051 http://www.yesasia.com/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1004107093 http://www.yesasia.com/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1004107128 Do these qualify Korean to be included as a foreign language version? I don't know whether they had been broadcast on TV, though.

[edit] Current Events

"On the weekend on May 5th, 2006, Dora the Explorer was booked for the Scotiabank Place arena in Ottawa. At the same time, in the NHL Playoffs, the Ottawa Senators were in the midst of a series with the Buffalo Sabres. The Senators lost the first game, but had to wait until the weekend was over to play the next game. May commentators and fans believe that if the game had been played closer to the time of the first game, the Senators would have been able to rebound. They lost the second game of the series on the Monday.[1]"

I removed this to the talk page, as the relevance to Dora appears to be tenuous at best, and seems to have more to do with the NHL than with the event that interrupted the playoffs. Lusanaherandraton 04:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My user page takes me to this article

When i click on the link that takes me to my user page, it takes me here .Can you please fix it? The ip address who did this is 72.79.95.214, please ban them from this site.~User:JoePomrink

[edit] Billions of dollars claims

How could one category of merchandise possibly achieve over $3 billion? How much has SpongeBob made? Marcus 22:58, 1 Jul 2006 (UTC)

SpongeBob has made $4.5 billion in cumulative retail sales.[2] While it might be surprising or counter-intuitive given the relatively low price of each item, but the volumes of units sold are huge, as are the global markets which buy them. Nickelodeon is hardly alone in collecting massive revenues from its characters; consider that Disney consumer products is expecting to generate $23 billion in sales in 2006 [3]. --ScottMainwaring 00:19, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clearifi

Someone recently put that Dora's friend Isa is in love with Boots and that they got this info from an event can somone ether prove this event or fix this? Superx 17:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind I looked into with the person and found out that it is indeed true, I was only worrored due to the large amount of vandalizm that was on this page before the protection was put on it. Sorry Superx 11:16, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually I think you should explain, because so far all I got to relate to is a small action in which she greeted "Hi, Boots", to him in a mushy gushy toned voice. But even so, her facial features didn't exactly match the words. Though, she was smiling...
Your thoughts?ThegreatWakkorati (talk) 22:23, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification Needed on Character

I have just been reading this page for the first time proper, and notice that somewhere in the page there is a reference to Dora's Cousin, who is Diego's Sister. The name listed for Diego's Sister is Daisy, but on the DVD I have (of Go, Diego Go!), Diego's Sister is called Alicia. Could I please get some clarification on this, since both appear to be listings from the original version. I just wonder if I am missing something like maybe Diego has more than one sister, or the possibility that someone bogged up somewhere??? Thanks. Thor Malmjursson 14:23, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Diego has two sisters, Daisy is his 15 year old sister who appeared sevarl times over Dora the Explorer but has yet to appear in Go, Diego, Go, Alicia is his 11 year old sister who appears once in Dora and is a central character on Go, Diego, Go. My own idea based off the show is since Daisy was seen on a soccer team in a Televised game (see "Dora saves the game episode for detells) she might be a professional and thus travaling Alicia works at their parents animal rescue center with Diego which would explane why Daisy doesn't appear in Go, Diego, go. Hope that helps. Superx 22:04, 18 January 2007 (UTC) P.S. I will add Alicia to the character list to aviod future confusion

[edit] Did Cheech Marin voice King Bobo on Dora?

In one of the episodes, I could have sworn that King Bobo was voiced by Cheech Marin. If I'm right about that, I'd like to add him to the list of voices. But I'm not totally certain the voice was really him. Does anyone else remember Cheech Marin doing that voice? Steve8675309 23:09, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] VANDALIZUM

This page was just taken off protection a little bit ago and there's aleady been VANDALIZUM. This is a children's show article for pete's sake. Do vandals care that people might take their little kids here to read? Will someone please do something because if there's one thing I can't stand this is it. I'll revert vandalizum as best I can and I've suggested a wikiproject to protect children's shows if anyones intrested but I just want this to stop. concerned Superx 01:25, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the problem I cause with the info box but the vandal made his vandalizum in a way that I couldn't revert it without doing that. Superx 02:24, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

The character section "Dora" was vandalized. I reverted it to the original state, meaning I directly took the description someone else made. I hope this doesn't bother anyone... Passum 04:46, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

What's VANDALIZUM?74.104.224.214 21:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

SuperX just misspelled vandalisim. 75.90.79.209 00:44, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

I'll watch the page. It'll be on my watchlist. And besides, I HATE VANDALISM! (We should take it to an admin, by the way.) Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 12:00, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A page for Swiper?

Question for a vote: Considering that Swiper's section is longer than anyone else's, and that the cartoon has been expanding his character lately, do you think Swiper should be given his own separate Wikipedia page? Wrightaway 04:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

My daughter runs around quoting Swiper, pretending to be Swiper, and defending against my other daughter when she becomes Swiper. Nobody pretends to be Boots or Dora. Heck yes, new web page devoted just to the little rascal (and perhaps a spinoff series). ZookieByTheSea 07:51, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

I think so. Anyway, he does have a conscience... Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 04:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
The fact that Swiper has far more bio than Dora herself would reinforce that. - 84.27.9.117 (talk) 19:23, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SPANISH

Has anyone noticed that Dora does not speak that much Spanish?

Yearh i have and she dosnt --Rebeccarulz123 00:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

As I said elsewhere, neither do the script people. They should really be careful about that. Maybe even ask someone majoring in spanish or spanish translation. Easy internship, fun, and cheap; plus they coulc actually get better "Spanish" on the show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mamadator (talk • contribs) 15:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Background

Someone told me that Dora is Filippina. Has her origin ever been noted?--216.19.177.73 04:49, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I thought she was always Spanish.

Nope, it hasn't. But, yehey for Philippines! Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 12:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Pretty sure this doesn't belong here:

Dora She is an illegal immigrant who needs to speak only english. 24.186.199.237 23:54, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

But the point of the show is to learn Spanish.


The page currently has a line in the "Other Characters" section that states: "Dora Jr. the son of Dora when Boots rapes her. He kills himself." Under the section "Boots," it states: "He also gets Dora in a back ally and violently rapes her, making her pregnant and she has a strange monkey-boy, who kills itself."

What's worse, it doesn't appear to be editable....

Don't see it. And ANYTHING is editable in articles on wiki. Please sign your posts with the 4 ~ twiddles to, thanks. --Xiahou 21:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The whole "illegal immigrant" thing was from a facebook group called "Dora the Explorer is soo an illegal immigrant", which asserted that Dora was a drug smuggler, Boots was her accomplice, and Swiper was Border Patrol. The whole thing was hilarious to college students, and occasionally the well-written wikipedia edit made me laugh, but I just thought I'd share the source of all that. Zchris87v 04:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
NOT HILARIOUS!!! It's stupid, the whole "illegal" thing. It's legal and the point is to let preschoolers learn the fun way and that vandal sure needs a completely new punishment! Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 04:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism section?

Would it be worthwhile to add a criticism section to this page. Some common criticisms of this (and the spin-off, Go_Diego_Go) are:

  • It's not very beneficial to teach children a second language when the English grammar used in the shot is so poor (e.g., "if there's a place you gotta go").
  • Dora and the monkey, Boots, seem to enforce bad manners. They rarely say please, instead whining and yelling at the audience to do things.
  • There is no parental presence in the show, just a child and her (wild animal) pet wandering around to far away places.
  • As mentioned above, why just Spanish? Why not introduce characters of other cultures more often? The show Noddy on PBS does this, introducing children to multiple langueges in special shorts.

71.169.5.9 15:34, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I take issue with you on at least 2 of these areas - you state these are common criticisms of Dora and Go Diego Go. Let me list what I take issue on:

  • "There is no parental presence in the show, just a child and her (wild animal) pet wandering around to far away places." - Dora's Mom is seen in the show on a couple of occasions, and also older relatives of Dora, such as her elder cousin Daisy, appear at least once. Also if you look at Go, Diego, Go! You will discover that Diego's parents are extremely visible in the show.
  • "As mentioned above, why just Spanish? Why not introduce characters of other cultures more often?" - There are characters in Dora the Explorer who appear when they go to other countries, such as Fifi the Skunk in France, and Ying Yang in China (These are alternatives to Swiper the Fox). I admit that this is not the case in Diego, but I am sure it won't be long in coming. Thor Malmjursson 12:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I think you are right, we do need a criticism section.


Thanks for the response. I guess what I should have said was parental _guidance_. Small children going to places for which they need a map for directions just seems a bit odd to me. Now, don't peg me as one of those "cancel Beavis and Butthead" parents, because I don't think it's that big a deal...just, well, odd. I have seen the larger familial presence that you mentioned in Diego, but not in my limited viewing in Dora. My son only recently began watching it, and we watch the episodes on Noggin_(TV_channel) which are a limited run, I think.

The Spanish language thing is not a huge deal to me either. I am more disturbed by the poor English grammar and the poor manners. I think those are the things kids will latch onto rather than wandering off or trying to tame a small wild animal and would be most suitable for a criticism section. :) Have a good day. 71.169.5.9 13:41, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

There should be a criticism section. I speak Spanish and English but I think the show's bilingualism is a bad idea. It encourages speaking a mixed language that is neither English nor Spanish. This confuses children who are exposed to both English and Spanish in their daily lives. They will blur the distinction between the two languages and speak English peppered with Spanish when it is not appropriate. Even worse, this could lead to a pidgin or creole language in the future for the United States. That would be bad for the economy, culture and social cohesion. Yes to multilingualism, No to pidgins. I am sure we can find a reputable source that will agree. --Jon in California 10 September 2007

[edit] EDUCATIONAL

I have to say, Dora The Explorer is not educational. I mean, how much Spanish does she really speak? She hardly ever speaks Spanish. The point of the Dora The Explorer is to show young kids Spanish, not go on adventures with wild animals to "magic castle" and only speak English. How many episodes has she really spoken Spanish in? Anyway, what's with the exploring part? She is not much of an explorer. She asks us to look at the map, like she doesn't have eyes, and yet she calls herself an explorer! Dora, you call yourself an explorer? Take a second look in the mirror, girl!

Your right all she says is hola and moi bien once in a while. Its stupid --Rebeccarulz123 00:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Umm... it is "muy bien". Moi, is French for me and is prounounced like mwah. And Dora really has to become for independent. She may be giving children the idea to always ask others for help, instead of trying to figure out things for themselves. 67.81.170.159 20:49, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism Section

I think we need a criticsm section for Dora the Explorer. She's really not that educational.


The programme is aimed at children aged 2-5 the level of spanish introduced is well balanced, clear, appropriate and repeated enough to mean something. it focusses on simple greeting words, colours and numbers. Exactly as it should. Try watching it with a 3 year old, encourage them to interact with the programme and learn new words, then claim it is not educational. In addition, the foreign language element is secondary. dora encourages children to plan ahead, to think of solutions, to make decisions and guess outcomes. These are very clearly planned carefully and are all critical thinking skills which children desperately need and all too often lack. Brideshead 20:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, this programme's educational value is quite low, considering that children have a much greater learning potential than what the programme is capable of teaching. Much of a child's intelligence comes from education between the age of 2 months and 8 years. The television programme would only encourage children to:
  • Idly worship television characters
  • Learn to ignore the obvious and failure to perform a task unless instructed repetitively
  • Use a fragmented vocabulary that also is contaminated by very low level Spanish
  • Be unable to perform tasks that require simple procedures that must be understood without demonstration, instead taking a much longer route finished by piecing together small and insignificant actions
  • Learn only as much as the programme is limited to. Accomplishing the goals indicated in the television will set the brain to believe that the programme's setting is as complex as real-life situations
  • Rely on others to help and thus losing the self-independence
  • Enforce below-par behavior, encouraged by two of the characters
  • Subliminally believe that lack of parental guidance is acceptable
  • The programme is also aimed at the average American. The average american's educational level is surprisingly low, and it is believed that a large cause of this is due to apparently educational programmes that were actually aimed at the lower end of the IQ spectrum.
Doomed Rasher 22:31, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Jeez, people, relax, it's just a TV show. It's not as if your kids will just watch Dora cartoons during their day. In the end, I'd rather have my 3-year old boy watch Dora than the Teletubbies. Mauro Cicognini 20:46, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore, whoever writes the script sometimes does not remember some grammatical and pragmatic structures of Spanish. I know someone will say that it's just here "local" accent given the huge variance in Spanish from country to country. Nevertheless, even if it's for little kids, they should at least be exposed to correct Spanish and not just something that sounds like it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.186.197.219 (talk) 15:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Isa+Boots?

Where is the proof that Isa has a crush on Boots?75.62.72.163 02:01, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't know if it counts as proof, but in the early episodes Isa would say, "Hi, Boots," in a tone of voice that suggested that he was more than a friend to her. She didn't use this tone when greeting anyone else; she seemed to reserve it just for Boots. Wrightaway 06:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

xD It's a kids show, people. Although some kids shows have romanticly involved characters, I doubt Boots has any interest in Isa in that way. :D Unintended Disaster 04:44, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

According to the "Nick Jr. Dora the explorer The Essential Guide", "Isa loves all her friends but she especially likes to spend time with a certain monkey!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julsmithie (talk • contribs) 23:20, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV, yo.

I found this in Trivia referencing the SNL skit "Maraka": "Maraka was voiced by Becca Lish, imitating Kathleen Herles' voice for Dora expertly." This is POV if I ever saw it, IMHO. Should it be removed? I'm Kinda Awesome... 18:38, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

You could just remove the word "expertly", which would NPOVify the statement. - Zeibura (Talk) 18:45, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recurring characters

In the Other Characters section, a huge number of one-time-only characters (e.g., Leon the Circus Lion) are listed as recurring characters. I feel that they should either be taken out, or put into a separate list of one-timers; either way, they shouldn't be listed as "recurring."

What do you think?

Wrightaway 17:28, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, where is the Dancing Elf and his cane. He belted out some major lyrics!!ZookieByTheSea 02:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External link thing: Banned Dora episode.

For God's sake, there is no banned Dora episode. The video on UTube is a joke, an attempt to make her appear to be swearing. GEEZ! (What i mean to say is, that there is no banned episode of Dora, it's just some pranksters prank.) RocketMaster 18:09, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

i agree. this link should be removed. 80.178.0.131 14:00, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Politics?

In the Trivia section, someone wrote the following item:

The show began a trend of applying liberal politics into children's shows.

Due to lack of clarification or references, this seems more like POV than trivia. This item should be either backed up or removed.

Wrightaway 14:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Dude, I totally dissagree. Dora Is more exciting this way. =D —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr. Vague (talk • contribs) 00:09, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Leaping over sharks

The text, "Leaping over sharks," linked to the wiki page on "Jumping the shark." This is a term used when a tv show has run out of ideas and becomes absurd. I removed the hyperlink because (1) the phrase is quite specific and "Leaping" is not interchangable with "jumping," (2) it is editorializing about whether the show is still meaningful, and (3) it verges on trivia. Probably could have deleted the who sentence rather than just the link but...I didn't. ZookieByTheSea 08:09, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dora has a strange accent

Dora always says things the wrong way. For example, she often prolongs vowels in certain words, like saying "nine" as "niiine". Also, she omits the "t" from words like "important" and "button", pronouncing them as "impor-ant" and "bu--on" respectively. She also says the words for "father" and "mother" wrong; she says "papi" instead of "papá" and "mami" instead of "mamá".--Mathexpressions 13:50, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Dora is voiced by a girl from Queens, New York, and her parents are from Peru. That explains most of the accent. Fehrgo 09:52, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

That's just the way she says things. 75.90.79.209 00:47, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Saying "papi" instead of "papa" is common in Spanish. It's a term of endearment, like an English speaker saying "Daddy" rather than "Dad". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.126.229.95 (talk) 05:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Could we list all the Dora books?

Could a list of the Dora books available from Nick Jr. be included here.

1.Dora’s Backpack (978-0689847202)

2.Little Star (978-0689847219)

3.Happy Mother’s Day Mami! (978-0689852336)

4.Meet Diego! (978-0689859939)

5.Dora’s Thanksgiving (978-0689858420)

6.Dora Loves Boots (978-0689863738)

7.Dora’s Book of Manners (978-0689865336)

8.Dora Goes to School (978-0689864940)

9.Dora’s Fairy-Tale Adventure (978-0689870125)

10.Dora’s Chilly Day (978-0689867958)

11.Show Me Your Smile! (978-0689871696)

12.Dora’s Pirate Adventure (978-0689875830)

13.Big Sister Dora! (978-0689878466)

14.At the Carnival (978-0689858413)

15.Dora’s Costume Party! (978-1416900108)

16.Dance to the Rescue (978-1416902164)

17.Dora’s Starry Christmas (978-1416902492)

18.Super babies (978-1416914853)

19.The Birthday Dance Party (978-1416913030)

20.Dora’s World Adventure (978-1416924470)

21.Dora Climbs Star Mountain (978-1416940593)

22.It's Sharing Day! (978-1416915751)

23.Dora Had a Little Lamb (978-1416933687)

24.Dora Saves Mermaid Kingdom! (978-1416938415)


Ready to Read Series, Level 1

1.Dora's Picnic (978-0689852381)

2.Follow Those Feet! (978-0689852398)

3.Dora in the Deep Sea (978-0689858451)

4.I Love My Papi! (978-0689864957)

5.Say "Cheese!" (978-0689864964)

6.The Halloween Cat (978-0689867996)

7.Eggs for Everyone! (978-0689871764)

8.Just Like Dora! (978-0689876752)

9.I Love My Mami! (978-1416906506)

10.Puppy Takes a Bath (978-1416914839)

11.Around the World! (978-1416924784)

12.Dora's Sleepover (978-1416915089)

13.Dora Helps Diego! (978-1416915096)

14.Dora's Perfect Pumpkin (978-1416934387)

15.Dora's Mystery of the Missing Shoes (978-1416938248) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Julsmithie (talk • contribs) 18:48, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Go knock yourself out, kid.ThegreatWakkorati (talk) 10:28, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Centralized TV Episode Discussion

Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here [4]. --Maniwar (talk) 00:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Feminism?

Firstly this is really badly written:

"Dora is somewhat tomboy-ish, not letting her status as a girl (if any disadvantages to that) hinder her progress in exploring and/or helping others. Most of the times, she wears pink tops and bead bracelets with tangerine colored shorts, dons wavy socks and velcro lock shoes. Through time and time again, she wears dresses topped with flowers in her hair or on hats, she shows no more hints to her feminine side, seemingly lacking it in her personality at most."

Seriously she's a GIRL she's supposed to be 5 or 6 years old? What possible disadvantages are there to being a girl; and what personality trait is she supposed to show? What defines a girl of that age as a girl? You want her to cry and simper? Show interest in the opposite sex?

As a woman I find it offensive, so I am removing it. If you have a compelling explanation there is the original you can put it back.

Mystic eye (talk) 13:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, that was all me. I didn't mean to imply that there were disadvantages to being a girl. (There are but same in equal numbers to boys.) I was just trying to fill up the article. Not the article in generel. Dora and Boots' sections. A few months ago they started out ridiculously short compared to Swiper's part, so I made it a mission to put in as many facts as possible and those possibilities are limitless.

HELL NO!!! You got me all wrong. I meant that, for a girl her age, she never seemed to hesitate to get her hands dirty or help others out regardless of how "humiliating" the task if at all. It's a well known fact(at least by me) that interest in boys, whining and simping (whatever it means to "simp"), and even menstruation don't make up a girl. It's traits of a girl, but tha's not the point so I digress... Dora has never done either of these things, (especially the menstruating...) but without those traits she seems hardly distinguishable as a girl. Just compare her to Diego or visa versa. They are almost exactly alike whereas it could even be said that Diego is somewhat femine. *Snicker* Not gonna add that one to his article.


Thanks for saving the original. I don't plan to put them back but it's still just good to know words that I sat down for hours to type are still here...ThegreatWakkorati (talk) 19:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Voice Acting Changes

Er, sholdn't someone post something about Dora's voice changing in maturance? Seriously people. It may sound like "just my opinion" but this girl is really starting to sound riiculous with her new vice, especially since she's always exlaiming stuff, no, as a matter of fact that's what she does to try and hide it, by pitching her voice to it's highest.

Someone really needs to mention this painfully obvious fact.ThegreatWakkorati (talk) 20:17, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Weiner

The link to "Eric Weiner" directs to an entry about a journalist. This is a different Eric Weiner than the one who co-created Dora. The Eric Weiner who co-created Dora has spent the last decade plus writing for and executive producing children's television, working for shows such as: Gullah Gullah Island, Jojo's Circus, and Little Einsteins; he has never worked as a foreign correspondent for NPR, as the erroneous link would have you believe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.77.6.4 (talk) 16:05, 28 May 2008 (UTC)