Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer is an Canadian animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. The first episode aired in 1999, and Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000 The Series is Produced By Nelvana Hong Ying Animation and Ellipse Animation (S2-8)

Dora the Explorer
Genre	Animated series
Created by	Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Valdes Eric Weiner
Directed by	George S. Chialtas Gary Conrad Henry Lenardin-Madden Sherie Pollack Arnie Wong
Voices of	Caitlin Sanchez Kathleen Herles Harrison Chad Jake Burbage Ashley Fleming Jose Zelaya Marc Weiner Sasha Toto Regan Mizrahi
Theme music composer	Joshua Sitron Billy Straus
Country of origin	Canada United States France (S2-8)
Original language(s)	English Spanish (Teaches Spanish)
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	178 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Hirsh Chris Gifford Piratck Loubert (S1) Cilve A Simth (S1) Scott Dyer (S2-8)
Producer(s)	Chris Gifford
Production location(s)	Tortnto Onartio Canada
Editor(s)	Gayle McIntyre Karyn Finley Powell David Wigforss
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Nelvana Hong Ying Animation (Point Only) Ellipse Animation (S2-8)
Distributor	ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks/MTV Networks (United States) Nelvana International (Canada)
Release
Original network	Canada TVOKids Knowledge Kids SCN Access TV, United States Nickelodeon
Original release	August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14) – August 9, 2019 (2019-08-09)

The series earned $2.5 billion in sales in 2010 alone.

Plot

The series Dora the Explorer focuses on a seven-year-old Latino girl named "Dora" accompanied by her talking backpack and anthropomorphic monkey named "Boots". Dora has a passion for exploring places or completing quests, and she would often go on an adventure with her friends.

Characters

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack
• Map
• Swiper the Fox
• Tico
• Benny
• Isa
• The Fiesta Trio

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Season 1	26	August 14, 2000	October 15, 2001
	Season 2	27	March 11, 2002	July 14, 2003
	Season 3	23	August 26, 2003	April 22, 2004
	Season 4	24	September 24, 2005	June 5, 2007
	Season 5	21	September 7, 2008	August 15, 2009
	Season 6	19	November 5, 2010	February 3, 2011
	Season 7	18	April 4, 2011	January 16, 2013
	Season 8	20	March 18, 2013	August 9, 2014
	Season 9	26	October 4, 2014	May 25, 2015
	Season 10	26	October 3 2015,	May 26, 2016
	Season 11	20	October 8, 2016	April 12, 2017
	Season 12	26	October 6, 2017	August 9, 2019

Season 1

1. The Legend of the Big Red Chicken
2. Lost and Found
3. Choo-Choo!
4. Hic-Boom-Ohhh
5. We All Scream for Ice Cream
6. Three Little Piggies
7. Treasure Island
8. Beaches
9. Big River
10. Berry Hunt
11. Wizzle Wishes
12. Grandma's House
13. Surprise
14. Sticky Tape
15. Bouncing Ball
16. Backpack
17. Fish Out of Water
18. Bugga Bugga
19. Little Star
20. Dora Saves the Prince
21. El Coqui
22. The Chocolate Tree
23. Te Amo
24. Pablo's Flute
25. To the Treehouse
26. Call Me Mr. Riddles

Season 2

1. The Big Storm
2. ¡Rápido, Tico!
3. The Magic Stick
4. The Missing Piece
5. Lost Squeaky
6. Rojo, the Firetruck
7. Lost Map
8. El Dia de las Madres
9. The Golden Explorers
10. A Present for Santa
11. Doctor Dora
12. Pinto, the Pony Express
13. León, the Circus Lion
14. The Big Piñata
15. The Happy Old Troll
16. Super Map
17. A Letter for Swiper
18. To the Monkey Bars
19. Dora, La Musica
20. Hide and Go Seek
21. Click
22. Egg Hunt
23. Super Spies
24. School Pet
25. Whose Birthday Is It?
26. Quack! Quack!

Season 3

1. Dora Had a Little Lamb (Glowy Star appeared in this episode)
2. Stuck Truck (Noisy Star appeared in this episode)
3. Louder! (Noisy Star appeared in this episode)
4. Roberto the Robot (Tool Star appeared in this episode)
5. The Big Potato (Magico Star appeared in this episode)
6. Journey to the Purple Planet
7. The Lost City (Woo-Hoo Star appeared in this episode)
8. Meet Diego (Rocket Star appeared in this episode)
9. Save the Puppies (Saltador Star appeared in this episode)
10. ¡Por Favor! (Slipperoni Star appeared in this episode)
11. Baby Dino (Supra Star, Ultra Star, and Mega Star appeared in this episode)
12. Boots' Special Day (Artista Star appeared in this episode)
13. To the South Pole (Helada Star appeared in this episode)
14. Dora Saves the Game (Noisy Star appeared in this episode)
15. Boo! (Disco Star appeared in this episode)
16. What Happens Next? (Gusty Star appeared in this episode)
17. Rescue, Rescue, Rescue
18. Boots' Cuddly Dinosaur (Comfy Star appeared in this episode)
19. The Super Silly Fiesta (Funny Star appeared in this episode)
20. The Fix-It Machine (Disco Star appeared in this episode)
21. Baseball Boots (Baseball Star appeared in this episode)
22. Best Friends (Rocket Star appeared in this episode)
23. ABC Animals
24. Job Day (Baker Star, Movie Star, Baseball Star, Cowgirl Star, Navy Star, and Policia Star appeared in this episode)
25. Dora's Pirate Adventure (Hero Star appeared in this episode)

Broadcast

TVOKids SCN Knowledge Kids Treehouse Yoopa and Access, TV (Canada) Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. (United States)

Related pages

• Dora The Explorer on Nick Jr. Australia Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Unofficial British fansite