Diego's International Rescue League

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Diego's International Rescue League
Written by	Rosemary Contreras Storyboard by: Bismarck "Butch" Datuin Carol Delmindo Datuin Gary Hartle Pete Mekis Enrico Vilbar Santana Edemer Santos Jose Silverio Ysty Veluz
Air date	Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (DVD) Friday, September 24, 2010 (Nickelodeon) Sunday, September 26, 2010 (Nick Jr.)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	10:00 am
Season	4
Episode	12
Chronology
Previous episode	Welcome Home, Lion Cub! Fiercest Animals (production order)
Next episode	Diego Rescues Prince Vicuña (airing order) Dora the Explorer: Dora's Pegaso Adventure (Production order in general)

Diego's International Rescue League is a Go, Diego, Go! TV special. It is also the 12th and final episode from Season 4.

It is the last double-length episode of the series, as well as the series finale in production order. In airing order, Fiercest Animals was the last episode.

Characters

• Diego (final appearance in production order)
• Juma
• Burgin
• Shanti
• Yang
• Diego's father (final appearance in production order)
• Crowd
• Rescue Pack (final appearance in production order)

Animals in this episode

• Fennec fox (Juma's video only)
• Bengal tiger (Shanti's video only)
• Crocodiles (Shanti's video only)
• Humpback whale (Burgin's video only)
• Green sea turtle (Burgin's video only)
• Giant panda (Yang's video only)
• Animal characters from previous episodes (Diego's video only)
• Crabs
• Maned wolves
• Sulcate tortoise
• Platypus
• Sea krait
• Komodo dragon
• Gentoo penguin

Summary

Diego assembles an elite team of world rescuers who together try to earn their World Rescuer's patch! They head to Rescue Island where they must identify and return 5 eggs to their natural habitats before the time runs out!

Songs

• Animal Rescue League
• The International Rescue League, Al Rescate!
• Animal Rescue League (Repeat)
• The International Rescue League, Al Rescate! (Repeat, except the other claps that are removed after the 1st 2 claps by Diego saying "Clap, clap, clap!" 2 times)
• Animal Rescue League (Extra Repeat)

Trivia

• This special premiered on DVD before it premiered on TV.
• This is the only double-length episode where Baby Jaguar, Alicia and Rescue Rope are absent.
  • Although Dora too is absent, she still has her World Animal Rescuer title as seen from Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue to The Great Polar Bear Rescue.
    • If she did appear as an honorary elite member of World Rescuers, she would've been voiced by Caitlin Sanchez (since this episode was produced after Kathleen Herles's departure), and there would've even been videos of her from all previous episodes of both her main show and any episode of Diego's show that featured her guest appearances.
• Papi appears in this episode in brown shorts.
• In production order, this is the last episode of the series Go, Diego, Go!.
• Diego and his team instead sing "Animal Rescue League" at the end.
• Papi himself is a trained world animal rescuer.
• This is the second time Diego's Papi appears without his vest after Ocean Animal Rescuer.
• This episode reveals that Diego is from Latin America, confirming that the show takes place there (particularly the first three seasons). The same thing can be said about Dora the Explorer and Dora and Friends: Into the City!.
  • This also confirms that Diego, Alicia, Dora, and their families are South American.
• This is the only episode where Diego's casual outfit is not worn at all, not even at the very end (excluding the theme song and the scenes of previous rescues).
• Rescue Pack transforms into a pair of each item he mentions instead of just one.
• Juma previously appeared in Diego's Safari Rescue and Gorilla Fun; Burgin previously appeared in Diego's Orangutan Rescue; Yang previously appeared in All Aboard the Giant Panda Express!; and Shanti previously appeared in Bengal Tiger Makes a Wish!.
  • The only foreign animal rescuer that is absent is Medina, Diego's friend from Egypt, who only appeared in Egyptian Camel Adventure.
• The five animals saved in this episode are a sea krait, a sulcata tortoise, a platypus, a Gentoo penguin, and a Komodo dragon.
• Rescue Pack was used twice in this episode, but he didn't sing his song the second time because of him falling, even him saying these lines for example: "Uh-oh! Diego, help!" & "Diego, I'm falling! I'm falling!".
• Elements of this episode's plot are readopted from Diego and Porcupine Save the Piñata, and as a sequel, from Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue. For the latter:
  • Both episodes have the same opening song, albeit with different lyrics.
  • Both episodes more or less involve maned wolves.
  • In that episode, Alicia cheered for Diego and Dora saying "Go, Animal Rescuers, Go!". In this episode, this is shortened to "Go, Rescuers, Go!" as the team cheer for Diego and his teammates (ie, Yang, Juma, Shanti, Burgin).
• Diego and his teammates don't sing the animal end song, they instead sing a repeat of Animal Rescue League.
• This episode could possibly be Diego's version of Dora's World Adventure. due to involvement of rescuers from other countries.
  • This could also be Diego's second version of We're a Team!. The first of such instance occurred in Rainforest Race.
• This and Fiercest Animals are the only two episodes to have five questions instead of the usual four in the Let's Review segment.
• This, along with Diego the Hero and Fiercest Animals are the three episodes to learn about more than one animal.
  • In this case, there are five animals to learn about, which are a gentoo penguin, a komodo dragon, a sea krait, a platypus, and a sulcata tortoise.

Goofs/Errors

• When Papi was telling the crowd that Diego has rescued lots of animals all over the world, one while watching can see a scene from "Cotton-Top Tamarin Cave Rescue", but that episode hasn't even been aired until Season 5, and this is a Season 4 episode. However, it is possible that this episode takes place after the aforementioned episode.
  • And, keep in mind that this was the last episode in production order, so it was produced after the aforementioned episode.

Animal Facts

• Gentoo penguins live in the snowy coasts of sub-Antarctic islands, not the desert because it's too hot.
• Komodo dragons live in the rocky mountains (presumly the Komodo Islands in Indonesia), not on the prairie.
• Sea kraits live in the oceans of Southeast Asia, not a grassy hill.
• Platypuses live in a river (mostly in eastern Austrailia), not the snow because it's too cold.
• Sulcata tortoises live in the Sahara Desert, not the ocean.

* - Denotes held-back episode