ABC Animals

ABC Animals
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Airdate	Thursday, April 22, 2004 (Nickelodeon); Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (DVD); Sunday, September 13, 2009 (Noggin); Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (Animal Friends' DVD); Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (Let's Learn ABCs' DVD)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	3
Episode	21 (aired); 23 (produced)
Written by	Christine Ricci; Storyboard by:; Dominic Orlando; Eric Sanford
Directed by	Sherie Pollack
Previous	Louder!
Next	Dora's Pirate Adventure (Season 3; airing order); Dora's Fairytale Adventure (Season 4; airing order); Job Day (production order); Whose Birthday is It? (airing order)

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ABC Animals is the 21^st episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 3.

In production order, it's the 23^rd episode of Season 3.

Characters[]

Dora
Boots
Backpack (We Did It! only)
Map
Swiper
Fiesta Trio
Armadillo (debut)
Avíon
La Lechuza (cameo)
Ant (debut)
Bear (debut)
Cat (debut)
Dog (debut)
Elephant (debut)
Frog (debut)
Giraffe (debut)
Horse (debut)
Iguana (debut)
Jaguar (debut)
Kangaroo (debut)
Lion (debut)
Mouse (debut)
Nightingale (debut)
Octopus (debut)
Pig (debut)
Quetzal (debut)
Rhinoceros (debut)
Rojo (without face)
Snake (debut)
Turtle (debut)
Umbrella Bird (debut)
Vulture (debut)
Whale (debut)
X-Ray Fish (debut)
Yak (debut)
Zebra (debut)

Summary[]

A is for Armadillo, but where are the rest of the animals in the ABC Book? They're all missing! It's up to Dora and Boots to jump into the giant alphabet book and help the little armadillo solve the mystery! They ride up the elevator at E and slide down a Slippery Slide at S. When they unzip the zipper at the letter Z, all the animals happily come tumbling out; it's a surprise party for Armadillo!

Plot[]

The episode starts with Dora and Boots in front of a giant ABC book. They sing the ABC song for fun. After that, they find an armadillo that came out of the book. Armadillo explains to Dora and Boots that all the animals aren't in their corresponding letter pages. They enter the book and start at the "A" page, where there's some apples, an airplane and an apron. Armadillo shows them where he lives, but the ant is missing. Armadillo doesn’t know where all the animals went. It's a mystery. So, Dora, Boots, and Armadillo go on a quest to locate the missing animals. First they check Map on where to go and he says all the animals are at the letter Z. To get there, they have to go up an elevator shaped like the letter E and down the slippery slide shaped like the letter S. Dora, Boots & Armadillo are ready to solve the mystery. They fly on Avíon the airplane from A to E. The fly over the letter B, Boot's favorite letter because it's the first letter in his name, and in "banana" and BackPack's name also starts with "B". There are also a bicycle, a bunch of bananas, a ball and a bush. There's a bear missing at "B". They also find The letter C, where Armadillo sees a car, a camera, a couch, and a castle. They then find out that there's a cat missing at "C", and they pass the first letter in Dora's name, "D", where she sees, a drum, a door, and a doll, and there's a dog missing at "D". Later, they see donuts blocking the way. After the ride, they find the letter E, and there's eyeglasses, eggs, and an easel. they then find out that an elephant was missing at "E". They enter the elevator, and Armadillo wonders how they're gonna get it to move. They have to push the lever to get the elevator to move. With the viewer's help, they push the lever by saying the spanish, word empuje. strong enough that the elevator moves as they reach the top of a hill. Now they have to go to the Slippery Slide shaped like the letter "S".

Along the way, they see a frog missing at "F". They ride in a firetruck at "F" all the way to "I". There was a giraffe missing at "G", a horse missing at "H", and an iguana missing at "I". After riding the firetruck, they found a jaguar missing at "J". A kite flies over causing Dora, Boots, and Armadillo another ride. They fly it from J thru O. They saw a kangaroo missing at "K", a lion missing at "L", a mouse missing at "M", and a nightingale missing at "N". They saw a net in the way. They bump into it and slid down a slide shaped like the letter O to solid ground. They found an octopus missing at "O", a pig missing at "P", a quetzal missing at "Q", and a rhinoceros missing at "R". They reached the Slippery Slide and saw a snake missing at "S". They have to climb stairs to get to the slide. All of a sudden, they hear a sneaky fox whose name starts with S. They noticed that Swiper's name starts with S. Swiper swiped the stairs and tossed them far away. He told the viewer that he hid the stairs behind something that starts with "S". Dora, Boots, and Armadillo found the stairs behind a sled. There were 7 stairs. With that done, they climbed up the slide and landed on a mud puddle. So far, Dora, Boots, and Armadillo went up the elevator and slid down the slide. They were getting close to solving the mystery of where all the animals are hidden. The rode a train from "T" all the way to "Z". They saw a turtle missing at "T", an umbrella bird missing at "U", a vulture missing at "V", a whale missing at "W", an X-Ray fish missing at "X", and a yak missing at "Y". After the train ride, they found a zebra missing at "Z". All the animals were in the zipper at Z. Dora, Boots and Armadillo unzip the zipper and all the animals came out. It was then revealed the animals got together at the letter "Z" to throw a surprise thank-you party for Armadillo because she is such a good friend to them. The episode ends with everyone singing the Animal Alphabet Song.

Songs[]

Places in this episode[]

Elevator (at the E)
Slippery Slide (at the S)
Zipper (referred to as "Z") (at the Z where the surprise party is located)

Sub-Places[]

Letters A-D
Letters F-R
Letters T-Y

Vehicles ridden[]

Airplane (El Avión) (A to the Elevator at E)
Firetruck (not Rojo) (F to J)
Kite (K to O)
Train (not the trains from Choo-Choo!) (T to the Zipper at Z)

Objects in the ABC Book[]

Notes[]

All items listed are in alphabetical order.
Animals are in bold (excluding Armadillo).
Items in italics are not mentioned by Dora, Boots, nor Armadillo.

A[]

Airplane (thing that gives them a ride to the Letter E)
Ant
Apple
Apron
Armadillo (friend who was sad)

B[]

Backpack
Ball (not where the stairs are hidden)
Bananas
Bear
Benny (absent)
Bicycle
Boots
Bush

C[]

Camera
Car
Castle
Cat
Couch

D[]

Dog
Doll
Door
Dora
Drum

E[]

Easel
Eggs
Elephant
Eyeglasses

F[]

Fence
Firetruck (thing that gives them a ride to the letter J)
Flag
Flower (not where the stairs are hidden)
Forest
Frog

G[]

Gate
Giraffe
Globe
Gloves
Goggles

H[]

Hammer
Hat
Hill
Horse
House (Dora's house)

I[]

Ice Cream
Ice Skates
Icicles
Igloo
Iguana
Iron
Isa (absent)

J[]

Jacket
Jaguar
Jelly

K[]

Kangaroo
Kazoo
Key
King
Kite (thing, which is not in the area that gives them a ride to the letter O)
Kitchen

L[]

Ladder
Leaf
Lion
Log
Lollipop

M[]

Mirror
Moon
Mountain
Mouse
Mud

N[]

Nail
Necklace
Newspaper
Nightingale
Nut

O[]

Oars
Octopus
Oil
Oranges

P[]

Pan
Pears
Pencil
Piano
Pig
Pillow
Pipe
Pot

Q[]

Queen
Quetzal
Quilt

R[]

Radio
Rainbow
Rhinoceros
River
Rocket

S[]

Sandbox
Sled (where the stairs are hidden)
Snake
Sun
Swing
Swiper

T[]

Table
Tico (absent)
Towel
Train (thing that gives them a ride to "Z")
Treasure
Tree
Turtle

U[]

Ukulele
Umbrella
Umbrella Bird
Umpire
Unicycle

V[]

Vacuum Cleaner
Violin
Volcano
Vulture

W[]

Wagon
Wall
Watch
Well
Whale
Wheelbarrow (not where the stairs are hidden nor in the area)

X[]

X-ray Fish
Xylophone

Y[]

Yak
Yam
Yard
Yarn
Yo-yo

Z[]

Zebra

Releases[]

This episode can be found on DVD titled Puppy Power!, Nickelodeon: Animal Friends, and Nickelodeon: Let's Learn ABCs.

Trivia[]

There are no Explorer Stars in this episode, so a Character Find segment plays during the credits instead of an Explorer Star mini-game.
- This is the second episode in Season 3 with no star-catching after Rescue, Rescue, Rescue!. It will happen again in Journey to the Purple Planet. In production order, this is the last.
It is unknown how Swiper and the Fiesta Trio got in the giant ABC book.
Just like with The Super Silly Fiesta, the Fiesta Trio play their extended fanfare right after Dora and Boots shout "We Did It!" instead of before that.
This is the last episode (in earlier airings) until Best Friends, Dora's World Adventure!, and Dora Saves the Mermaids to feature the Picture Pop-Up Sequence. For most of the next season, Dora will use Map as her guide each time she and Boots pass a location.
This is the second episode where Swiper tells the viewer where he hid something, first being Little Star.
Benny, Tico, and Isa don't appear in this episode, but they're unlisted in the credits of this episode.
This is the 74^th episode of the show.
Not only is S a slide, but O is also a slide that Dora, Boots, and Armadillo slide down. It is also seen from afar when looking for the S slide.
This is the sixth episode where Backpack was not checked. However she did appear as Boots talked about words that start with B, like Boots’ name, banana, and Backpack said "...and Backpack!".
Dora, Boots, and Armadillo don't sing the Travel Song in this episode, they instead sing Animals are missing from A to Z.
This is one of few episodes where Map stands on the bottom left of the picture map instead of the top left. The others are Beaches (second time at the sand dunes), Rescue, Rescue, Rescue!, and To the South Pole. It will happen again in Catch the Babies.
The same exact background was used every time Dora uses the Picture Pop-Up Sequence.
This is the second time Dora and Boots jumped into a giant book, the first being Dora Had a Little Lamb.
Unlike all other episodes when Dora and Boots jumped into books, the background for the ABC book uses the more generic art style for the show instead of the more artsy, abstract, and brighter-colored designs like most other books.
It is unknown how the kite appeared when Boots saw it flying by with Dora, Boots, and Armadillo are riding in it.
This episode premiered on Earth Day in 2004.
This episode premiered on Noggin exactly 5 years after Star Catcher and The Super Silly Fiesta premiered on the channel.
Ant and Jaguar are the only animals not shouted by Dora, Boots, and Armadillo. However, Dora is the only one shouting out "Jaguar!".
This is the first episode to introduce Armadillo, but it is purple. In some episodes such as The Magic Stick, Click!, and Whose Birthday is It?, there is an armadillo who looks identical to the one in this episode, but it is yellow.
This is the final episode in which Dora puts her arms down after asking the viewer what their favorite part was during the Favorite Parts segment. Beginning with the next, she will always raise or outstretch one or both arms and keep them that way while waiting for the viewer's response up until she says, "I liked that, too!".

Goofs/Errors[]

When Dora was listing the words that start with I, she skipped "ice skates".
When Map says "And that's how you'll get to Z." during his segment, his eyebrows briefly disappear.
The rainbow in the ABC Book did not have a red, indigo, or purple stripe, three colors that rainbows also have in real life.
There was an owl (La Lechuza) at the zipper on the Z, but later in the party, the owl is gone.
Most of the items' names are in the Arial Rounded font. But at the letter S, the items' names are in the non-rounded Arial font.
Some descriptions of this episode say that Dora, Boots, and Armadillo jumped over jelly when they were at J, but nowhere in the episode involves them jumping over jelly.
When Dora, Boots, and Armadillo slide down the slide, they land in a mud puddle, but their shoes (and Armadillo) did not get dirty and it is unknown how because in real life, one's shoes would get dirty if he/she splashes in a mud puddle with shoes on (although here it may not apply due to cartoon logic). There is one s-word that's bad kids aren't allowed to say involving dirt.
- This error also occurs in Three Little Piggies.
When Dora, Boots, and Armadillo are looking for the Z, there were no train tracks, but when they ride on the train, there were.
The letters appear to be placed together in a line, but when Dora, Boots, and Armadillo traverse them, the letters were farther apart.
In real life, the Whale and X-ray fish would die if they were out of the ocean for a long time.
It is unknown how Dora and Boots got out of the book. It is possible that they jumped out of the book offscreen before they talk about their favorite parts.
- This also occurs in Dora Had a Little Lamb, another episode where they jump into a giant book.
When the animals are moving around inside the Z, monkey sounds can be heard, when there are no monkeys inside it when they arrive. Also, during Map's segment, the animals sound loud, but when Dora, Boots, and Armadillo arrive at the Z, they sound quiet.
Judging by the look of the Z-zipper, there doesn't seem to be any air getting in. In real life, the animals would die if they couldn't breathe inside an enclosed area. Unless, of course, the animals opened the zipper occasionally to let some air in so they can breathe but then went back inside so as not to spoil the surprise party.
It's unknown how all the animals fit in the zipper when the letter looks a lot smaller than most of the animals.
The elephant’s silhouette has visible tusks, something that the elephant seen later in the episode doesn’t have.

Character Find[]

Boots

Dora the Explorer Season 3

ABC Animals

Airdate	Thursday, April 22, 2004 (Nickelodeon) Tuesday, November 6, 2007 (DVD) Sunday, September 13, 2009 (Noggin) Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (Animal Friends' DVD) Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (Let's Learn ABCs' DVD)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	3
Episode	21 (aired) 23 (produced)
Written by	Christine Ricci Storyboard by: Dominic Orlando Eric Sanford
Directed by	Sherie Pollack
Previous	Louder!
Next	Dora's Pirate Adventure (Season 3; airing order) Dora's Fairytale Adventure (Season 4; airing order) Job Day (production order) Whose Birthday is It? (airing order)