¡Rápido, Tico!

¡Rápido, Tico!
Airdate	Tuesday, September 24, 2002 (VHS) Monday, November 18, 2002 (Nick Jr.) Tuesday, October 26, 2004 (DVD)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	2
Episode	15 (aired on television) 14 (due to being shown on VHS first)
Previous	Aired on Television: Click! Due to VHS: A Present for Santa
Next	Airing on Television: A Present for Santa Due to VHS: Super Map!

¡Rápido, Tico! (translated as Fast, Tico!) is the 15^th episode aired on TV (or the 14^th shown episode, due to it being shown on VHS first) of Dora the Explorer from season 2.

Cast

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack
• Map
• Swiper
• Fiesta Trio
• Tico
• Val the Octopus

Summary

Boots was expecting a package from Val the Octopus. But Boots package was not there, it was sitting on the top of a snowy mountain. With help from Tico, Dora and Boots need to get there before Swiper does.

Plot

Today, Boots was excited for a special package to arrive from Val the Octopics. It was a new toy firetruck. Val the Octopus comes and looks around in the mail truck. Boots gets his package, but then he noticed that the box was empty. Dora saw there was a hole on the bottom of the box. She thought the firetruck must have fallen out of the hole. Val thought that maybe the it fell out. Boots didn't know where the firetruck was. Neither did Dora who was waiting with him. Luckily, Map knew where Boots' toy firetruck was. It was on Snowy Mountain. But before they can get there, Dora and Boots had to go across Crocodile Lake and through a blue tunnel. Boots was in shock after what Map told Dora and Boots that his toy firetruck was just lying on top of Snowy Mountain. Suddenly, Swiper heard the news and is planning to swipe it. "Snowy Mountain! Haha! I heard everything!", he said. So Dora & Boots are going to have to race with Swiper to Snowy Mountain before he swipes Boots' toy firetruck.

All of a sudden, Tico comes along and gives Dora & Boots a ride in his car. They had to tell Tico "Vamos" to get going. As Tico was driving along, a traffic light was up ahead. The traffic turns red and Tico had to stop his car. Dora & Boots told Tico "Para" for stop. Tico stops his car but then Swiper comes along riding on a scooter. Swiper swipes Tico's steering wheel and hides it. Dora & Boots remembered what Tico's steering wheel looked like. It was yellow and had 3 spokes. Once they found it, the traffic light turns green and Tico got going once again. While driving, they see Swiper who is way ahead of them. Dora, Boots, and the viewer chant "Vamos!" and in no time, Tico drives in front of Swiper. As Tico was driving along, the path stops at Crocodile Lake. Dora & Boots told Tico "Para" for stop. Tico stops his car just in time. They make it to Crocodile Lake but Dora & Boots needed a different form of transportation to get them across. Tico sees a tractor, a bicycle, and a speedboat. The viewer believes the speedboat will help them get across. Tico gets it ready, then drives the speedboat dodging the crocodiles to Dora & Boots. Tico already turned his vest into a lifejacket, but they need lifejackets of their own in order for them to be safe. Dora checks her Backpack for two lifejackets. Tico pilots the speedboat across Crocodile Lake. But they saw three trails of crocodiles in their way. When it was clear for them to go, they tell Tico "¡Vamos!".

Dora & Boots make it to the other side. Suddenly, Swiper attempted to go across Crocodile Lake by using a pole vault and a trampoline, but both attempts failed and he got all dirty and muddy. Swiper figured out how to get across Crocodile Lake using a jetski. Dora & Boots had to get going if they're going to beat Swiper to Snowy Mountain. But next they have to go through the blue tunnel. Once Dora & Boots got to the blue tunnel, they heard something. Swiper was on a pump cart. He goes ahead of them. Tico returns driving a small train. Dora & Boots jumped into the small train, put their seatbelts and got going with Tico. As they enter the blue tunnel, Swiper takes away some rails off the track. Dora & Boots had to put the rails back on the track for the train. Dora noticed that there was a pattern. It went long-short-long-short. The viewer helps Dora & Boots continue the pattern by figuring out what came next in the pattern. Once the missing rails were put back into place, the viewer tells Tico "Vamos". And Tico did so. Dora, Boots, & Tico were going super fast on their way out of the blue tunnel. Dora and Boots thanked Tico for the ride. Dora & Boots were getting so close to retrieving the toy firetruck on Snowy Mountain. They saw Swiper in a helicopter.

All of a sudden, Dora & Boots sees Tico on a bicycle-plane. Dora & Boots put on their seatbelts and peddled the bicycle-plane. After peddling the bicycle-plane, Boots saw his toy firetruck and he and Dora jump out and they get it back. Dora, Boots and Tico still had to watch out for Swiper. They got ready and said "Swiper no Swiping" 3 times. Swiper slips on some icy snow, rolls down the snowy hill as a big snowball, turns into a snowman and breaks out of the snow. Swiper shivers as he runs away. After stopping Swiper, Boots thanked Tico in Spanish. Tico said "You're welcome". Boots was so glad that he got his toy firetruck and that Tico helped him and Dora out for the whole trip.

Places in episode

1. Crocodile Lake
2. Blue Tunnel
3. Snowy Mountain

Trivia

• Tico helps Dora and Boots on their adventure to get back Boots' red toy firetruck.
• The episode title means "Fast, Tico!" or "Quick, Tico!" in Spanish.
• This is the third time where Tico speaks English, he says "You're welcome, Boots."
• Isa and Benny do not appear in this episode.
• This is the 41st episode aired on TV (or the 40th shown episode, due to it being shown on VHS on September 24, 2002) of the show.
• This episode aired before Super Map! aired on television.
• This episode was seen on the VHS titled Christmas! before it aired on television.
• Dora and Boots only sing the Travel Song once instead of twice because Swiper is on to them wanting to swipe Boots' firetruck so they never had the time to sing it twice. However, even if they did the second time, he would most likely cut them off in the middle of them singing it.
• This is the third episode Swiper technically plays a major role due to him trying to swipe Boots' toy firetruck located on Snowy Mountain.
• This is the first episode Boots stands behind the picture pop-up sequence with Dora.
• Out of Lost Map, Pinto, the Pony Express, The Big Piñata, The Happy Old Troll, Super Map!, and Click!, Dora and Boots have always stopped Swiper from swiping from them and he was always too late, but in this episode, he finally got to. However, Dora and Boots stop him as well from swiping Boots' toy firetruck. El Día De Las Madres is another episode he swipes but Dora and Boots as well stop him too from swiping Isa's flowers for her mom for Mother's Day, so this is technically the eighth episode in a row they stopped him.
• When Boots could not find his firetruck in the forest after the package was empty, he was almost about to cry as he is seen in tears. But when Dora gives him a hug, he cheers up right away and does not cry at all.

Goofs

• When Dora, Boots, and Tico reach the top of Snowy Mountain, they do not have any winter clothes on, despite the fact that there's snow on top. It's possible that it's warm on top but the snow didn't melt completely.
• iTunes lists this episode as "Rapido Tico". Both the upside down and right side up exclamation marks, the comma, and the accent mark over the "a" are all left out.

Gallery

Swiper in the mud (after first attempt)

Swiper in the mud (after second attempt)

Character Find

Tico the Squirrel