Big Sister Dora

Big Sister Dora
Airdate	Monday, March 21, 2005 (Nick Jr.) Tuesday, March 22, 2005 (VHS and DVD)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	4
Episode	8
Previous	Star Mountain
Next	Super Babies

Big Sister Dora is the 8th episode of Dora the Explorer from season 4.

Characters present

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack
• Map
• Fiesta Trio
• Crocodiles
• Snakes
• Benny
• Isa
• Tico
• Mami
• Papi
• Abuela
• Diego
• Alicia (debut, cameo)
• Perrito (debut, cameo)
• Guillermo (debut, unnamed)
• Isabella (debut, unnamed)

Summary

Dora has some big news about her family. Her mom is pregnant! So Dora and Boots must rush to Dora's house to see the new baby.

Recap

Dora has some special news to share. Boots wanted to hear the news. Dora gives Boots and the viewer a hint. It sleeps in a crib, drinks from a bottle and gets rocked to sleep. Dora's mom is having a baby. Dora and Boots were so excited. So they hold their hands together and jumped up and down in unison as they said "A baby, a baby, a baby!". Boots wonders if it's a baby girl. Dora wonders if it's a baby boy. They couldn't wait to find out if the baby is here yet. Dora tells Boots that her father gave her a phone to put inside Backpack to let her know if the baby is here yet.

Suddenly, "ring-ring-ring-ring, ring-ring-ring-ring". Backpack starts vibrating. Dora tells Boots the phone is ringing. Dora asks the viewer to look in Backpack for the phone. The viewer says "Backpack" and a flash of light occurs. The viewer had to play a listening game to figure out which shape the phone was hiding behind. The phone was behind the triangle. The viewer got a look at the other objects behind the other shapes. After that, Dora answers the phone. It was her father telling Dora to come home quick because her mother has the baby now. After the call, Dora puts the phone back inside Backpack. Dora and Boots had to hurry home to Dora's house to see the baby. Dora and Boots ask Map for help. Map was so excited to hear that Dora's mother is having the baby and he also jumps up and down saying "A baby, a baby, a baby!". Map says that Dora and Boots have to go through the spooky forest, through the nut farm to get to Dora's house to see the baby. Dora and Boots get going. On their way, Boots collects some bananas. After that, Dora does some helpful things like helping a baby bird get back into its nest. She helps 2 kids share the cookie by breaking it in half. And finally, she helps Big Red Chicken tie his shoes. Boots gives everybody a baby banana. Dora is going to be a big sister and Boots is a going to be a big monkey brother.

Suddenly, they see Isa the iguana. Dora and Boots tell Isa that Dora's mom is having the baby. Isa was surprised and they all grabbed hands and jumped up and down saying "a baby, a baby, a baby". Boots tells Isa that he's going to be like a big monkey brother. Isa plans on teaching the baby plants and animals. Dora and Boots tell Isa that they have to go through the spooky forest. Isa warns them that there are snakes and crocodiles on a sign. There was another sign that had the friendly frog. Dora, Boots and Isa had to figure out which path had the friendly frog. The viewer tells them that the 3rd path had the friendly frog. They go down the 3rd path. They saw snakes on the 1st 2 paths. Then, there were 5 paths. The viewer finds the friendly frog on the 5th path. Dora, Boots and Isa follow the friendly frog down the 5th path as they avoid the crocodiles on the 1st 4 paths. Soon after, they make it through the spooky forest. Isa knows that Dora will be a great big sister. Boots offers Isa a baby banana. Isa leaves.

Dora and Boots check map to figure out where to go next. Map tells the viewer they went through the spooky forest and a red check mark is placed. Map asks the viewer where Dora and Boots have to go to next. The blue cursor clicks on the nut farm after the path traces up to that place. Map tells the viewer to tell Dora and Boots that they have to go to the nut farm. Dora and Boots get going again. Boots gets out more baby bananas for everyone. After that, Dora and Boots see Benny. They tell Benny that Dora's mom is having a baby. Benny was surprised. Dora and Boots grab hands and jump up and down together saying "a baby, a baby, a baby". Boots tells Benny that he's going to be like a big monkey brother. Benny plans to give the baby a piggyback ride. Benny had a problem of his own. He couldn't put his go-kart together. Dora gets out the instructions. The instructions say that they have to put on the tyres, push in the seat and put on the steering wheel. Dora, Boots and Benny twisted on their tyres. Dora gets the last tyre twisted for her side. Next, Dora, Boots and Benny push in the seat together. And Dora twists the steering wheel into place. In no time, the go-kart was built. Dora and Boots hop on Benny's go-kart with Benny in the driver seat. They put their seat-belts on. Benny puts his goggles on and then they started riding the go-kart towards the nut farm. Dora and Boots jump out and thanked Benny for the ride. Boots gives Benny a baby banana and Benny drives away.

Suddenly, Dora and Boots see Tico and his cousins. They tell Tico that Dora's mom was having a baby. "Un bebe" asks Tico. Dora responds "Yes, a baby" in Spanish". Dora, Boots, Tico and his cousins all grabbed hands. Then, they jump and down saying "un bebe, un bebe, un bebe". Boots tells the squirrels and Tico that he's going to be a big monkey brother. Tico plans on teaching the baby Spanish words. Dora and Boots can see that it's busy at the nut farm. All the squirrels are gathering their nuts. They have to be careful about crossing the street. Dora, Boots, Tico and the squirrels will know if the path isn't clear when the sign is "rojo" meaning red in Spanish. When this happens, they have to stop. If the sign is "verde", green, the path is clear and they can cross safely. The viewer saw a red sign which meant they have to stop. The sign flips around and it's now green. Boots explains to the viewer that if they ever try to cross a street, always look both ways before crossing. They looked both ways and started walking together. There was another sign which was green. Dora and the others know that it's safe to cross. They look both ways and picked up speed to the next sign. The sign was red and when they got there, the sign flips around and it was now green. Dora and the others looked both ways and crossed safely.

Not long after that, Dora and Boots make it through the nut farm with Tico and his cousins. Boots gives Tico and his cousins a baby banana. The squirrels leave and now Dora and Boots have to figure out where to go next. They check Map once more. Map tells the viewer that so far Dora and Boots made it through the spooky forest and the nut farm. A red check mark is placed by those places. The blue cursor clicks on Dora's house just after the path traced up to it. Map tells the viewer to tell Boots that they have to go to Dora's house. Dora and Boots did so. In no time, Dora and Boots make it to Dora's house and head inside. Dora's family was there. There was Diego, Alicia, Dora's aunt and uncle and her Abuela. She comes by with baby buttons. Soon after, Dora and Boots enter the baby's room. Dora and Boots were excited. They wanted to know if it was a baby boy or baby girl. When Dora and Boots go for a closer look, they realized it wasn't just a baby boy nor a baby girl, it was both! They were twins. She doesn’t have just 1 but 2 babies! Their names are not confirmed yet. Dora's baby brother and baby sister smile at their big sister Dora. Suddenly, the babies yawn. Dora holds the baby boy while Boots hold the baby girl. Dora and her parents parents sing a Spanish lullaby to the babies as Dora and Boots rock the babies to sleep. After that, the babies fall asleep. Dora and Boots give Dora's parents the babies to hold as they leave the room.

Places in episode

1. Spooky Forest
2. Nut Farm
3. Dora's House

Songs

• Big Sister
• Babies' Lullaby

Trivia

• Dora's phone doesn't make a ring-ring sound like other phones. It makes a beep-beep-beep-beep sound.
• Dora didn't get just a brother or a sister, but both.
• This is where Alicia make her first appearance.
• This is also Perrito's first appearance.
  • This means that this episode is apparently produced after Dora's Got a Puppy, in which Dora and Boots bring a present to him.
• Baby Jaguar, Daisy, and Swiper don't appear in this episode.
• This episode introduces Dora's baby brother and baby sister.
• The babies’ names were not confirmed and remained nameless until the season 5 episode Dora's Jack-in-the-Box where she reveals the babies' names, Guillermo and Isabella.
• This is the 84th episode of the show.
• The star pocket is seen on Backpack during the "backpack" segment and when putting Benny's go-kart together, despite the star catching segment no longer being used as of this season. As of Dora Saves the Mermaids, the star pocket will no longer be shown.
• Dora and Boots don’t sing the Travel Song in this episode, they instead sing Big Sister.
• Dora and Boots have the same favorite part of the trip, which is "The babies, the babies, the babies!".
• This is the first and only episode featuring Isabella and Guillermo as original babies, and will always be featured as super babies.
• Just like with Dora's Fairytale Adventure, this episode was adapted as a book before it aired on TV.
• Dora and Boots are always saying "A baby, a baby, a baby!" throughout the whole episode.
• This is the 2nd time that the Spooky Forest was a location, first being Pablo's Flute.
• This is the last episode to find Benny.
• This episode aired on TV and then was released on VHS and DVD the next day.

Gallery

A baby, a baby, a baby!

Dora's brother and sister sleeping in their bed.

Big Sister Dora DVD

Big Sister Dora Storybook

Character Find

Benny