Dora's First Trip

Dora's First Trip
Airdate	April 7, 2006 (TV) April 11, 2006 (VHS and DVD)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	4
Episode	20
Written by	Eric Weiner Storyboard by: Alex Que Jose Silverio
Directed by	George Chialtas Sherie Pollack
Previous	Save Diego
Next	Baby Jaguar's Roar

Dora's First Trip is 20th episode of Dora the Explorer from season 4.

Characters present

• Dora
• Boots
• Swiper
• Fiesta Trio
• Benny
• Isa
• Tico
• Mami
• Papi
• Abuela
• Diego
• Daisy
• Tallest Mountain

Summary

Dora recalls her first trip, the time when she met Boots, and when they had their first adventure together. They helped the Fiesta Trio get their instruments back so they can perform a song for a queen bee.

Recap

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Places in episode

1. Nutty Forest
2. Big River
3. Tallest Mountain

Song

• Buzz, Buzz

Trivia

• Boots already knew Tico despite the fact that he does not speak English like he does.
• Dora met her friends in this order: Boots, Swiper, Fiesta Trio, Tico, Isa and Benny.
• Tico turns his car into a boat and into an airplane.
• This is the 96th episode of the show.
• Dora's voice is usually high-pitched even though her giggle was low-pitched after the Fiesta Trio played the extended fanfare.
• Backpack and Map do not appear in this episode in Dora's story but did appear at the end. This is also the 11th time where Backpack is not asked.
  • Dora does a map segment of her own, though.
• Chronologically, this would be the first flashback episode in which Dora meets her friends for the first time. The second flashback episode would be Backpack in which Dora gets her very own purple backpack and a map. The third flashback episode would be Star Catcher in which Dora gets a star pocket to catch Explorer Stars.
  • And despite Star Catcher being a flashback episode, it does not begin with Dora telling the viewers at home that she is going to tell a story about the time she first got her star pocket.
• The episodes from "Animal Adventures" are in between this.
• In the credits, Valerie Walsh is credited as "Val Walsh" under voice direction.
• Dora and Boots do not talk about their favorite parts at the end of the episode, they instead talk about doing fun things with their friends. And Dora says "That sounds like fun!", instead of her usual line "I like that, too!" after the viewer's response.
• Susie Essman is a guest voice actress in this episode as the Queen Bee.
• This episode may possibly reveal how Dora and Boots first began singing the Travel Song whenever they travel anywhere and go on new adventures to any kind of places they've never been to before.
• The Blue Cursor clicks on Tico's car while he's driving and moving.
• Swiper may not have been a good friend Dora would ever meet because of him swiping so much in this episode but Dora and Boots somehow became friends and got along with him anyway even in later episodes no matter what whenever he's on his good side.
• This is the first episode the Fiesta Trio talk to the viewer when they ask them for help playing their song Buzz, Buzz for the queen bee that never likes waiting and it's also the first episode they technically get major roles even though they make minor appearances in this episode.
• This is the first episode Dora calls the Fiesta Trio by their species to Boots, a frog, a grasshopper, and a snail.
• Dora met Boots first as he's the first friend she meets and she picked him to go exploring and traveling with from previous episodes and for later episodes.
• The song the Fiesta Trio play for the Queen Bee (Buzz, Buzz) is to the tune of "Las Chiapanecas".
• At the end of the We Did It! song, Dora does not say "Yay!" and Boots does not say "Woo!" Instead, Swiper says "Oh man!".

Goofs

• When Dora gets her special traveling kit, she is wearing a hat. However, when Dora leaves the house, her hat disappears.

Gallery

The Fiesta Trio lost their instruments.

Character Find

Swiper the Fox