Lonely Louie is a rare Giant Tortoise from the Galápagos Islands who wants to find a friend. Will you help Diego and Dora travel to the Lost Island to find a friend for him?
Plot[]
Diego and Dora introduce the viewer(s) to a very special animal, Lonely Louie (based on the real-life Lonesome George), the Giant Tortoise. He explains to them that Louie is very lonely because nobody has ever found another tortoise just like him. Using Click, they later find a female tortoise named Leslie, who becomes his mate. Along the way, they cross the straits of the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador to get to Turtle Rock on the Lost Island.
Usually, Dora appears alongside with Alicia in the Let's Review segment, but since Alicia does not appear in this episode, not even the Let's Review segment, Dora replaces her in the segment. This is the only time this happens. It is possible that she (Alicia) was busy.
Because of this, Dora says "See you soon!" at the end instead of Alicia.
The Fiesta Trio does not play their fanfare after passing the places.
This is the 6th time that Dora appears within the Go, Diego, Go! series and the 5th without Boots.
This is the only time Dora wears the same vest that Diego and Alicia wear, excluding in the Let's Review segment.
In the credits, the episode is titled "Save the Giant Tortoises".
Some online listings list this episode with that title as well.
This episode shows Click in a new version.
During the animal end song, Diego doesn't say "¡Excelente!", he instead says "Yay!"
After completing the puzzle in "Let's Review!", Diego doesn't say "We solved the puzzle", he instead says "We finished the puzzle".
Backpack and Rescue Pack are not used in this episode.
This is the only episode where Click and Map are used in the same episode.
The four rainbow colors are red, yellow, green, and blue at the end of this episode.
Diego and Dora don't sing the Travel Song in this episode, they instead sing Al Rescate. Plus, they are traveling with each other in this episode without Boots being involved, or throughout the Go, Diego, Go! series.
Also, the Fiesta Trio don't sing with him in this episode.
The short version of "I'm the Map" heard in this episode (where he says "I'm the Map" five times) is also in the Dora the Explorer episode Bouncy Boots and the Dora & Friends episode A Sockin' Good Party.
Map's dancing is recycled from Seasons 4-6 of Dora the Explorer, from the following episodes (in production order):
When Dora checks Map, when she tells the viewer(s) to "say it louder", she says, "Louder! MAP!", just like in Dora Saves the Mermaids, where she is saying "Map" with the viewer. Episodes of Dora the Explorer from Season 5 onward until the Season 7 episode Dora & Diego's Amazing Animal Circus Adventure do this as well.
This is similar to how Diego says "¡Activaté!" with the viewer(s) after he says "Louder!" to call Rescue Pack.
This episode premiered on DVD in June 2008 before it premiered on TV a year later on Nickelodeon and then two years after that in 2011 on Nick Jr.
Although it premiered in 2008 on DVD, 2009 on Nickelodeon, and 2011 on Nick Jr., it was actually made in 2007 according to the credits.
Dora the Explorer - Giant Tortoise Adventure
There is an e-book based on this episode called "Giant Tortoise Adventure".
Goofs/Errors[]
Since this was more of an adventure than a rescue, Dora and Diego should have sung "Una Adventura" instead of "Al Rescate", unless one counts saving lost Leslie.
Dora's vest disappears for no reason during the Let's Review segment.
