Dora Saves Fairytale Land

Dora Saves Fairytale Land
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Airdate	June 2, 2015 (DVD); July 7, 2019 (TV)
Season	8
Episode	20
Previous	Dora's Night Light Adventure
Next	Doggie Day!

Dora Saves Fairytale Land is the last double-length episode and the series finale of Dora the Explorer prior to Into the City being made and Let's Go to Music School got produced and broadcasted in the United States. It is also the 20^th episode of Season 8.

Characters present

Dora
Boots
Map
Backpack
King Lion
Queen Lioness
Dwarves
Little Red Riding Hood
Cinderella
Jack And The Beanstalk
Frog Prince
Aladdin
Fairy God Mother
Frog Princess
Swiper
Big Bad Wolf
Mami Red Bird
Baby Red Bird
Witch (Fairytale Land)
Broom and Wand (Wand no longer anthropomorphic)
Swiper's Horse
Mean Giant
Goose
Ivy Vine Wall
El Mago
Fiesta Trio
The Three Little Pigs

Summary

Dora and Boots return to Fairytale Land to help the King and Queen when Fairytale Land was losing its magic. To save the Ivy Brick Wall, they needed to get magical water, but it‘s surrounded by all the villains from the different fairytales. Will Dora and Boots save Fairytale Land?

Places

Windy Forest
The Giant's Cave
Dragon Flowers
Sparkling Lake

Songs

Trivia

This episode is a sequel to "Dora's Fairytale Adventure".
- Dora mentions a time about helping Sleeping Boots in "Dora's Fairytale Adventure".
- Unlike in "Dora's Fairytale Adventure", Dora reverts to her casual outfit at the end of the episode after exiting Fairytale Land.
This episode was initially released as a DVD exclusive in June 2015, but was held back on television in the United States until July 7, 2019 in Dora's Magical Movie Night on Nickelodeon, over four years after its premiere, to commemorate the release of Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
The Travel Song is not featured in this episode, Dora and Boots will no longer sing it again until Dora and Friends: Into the City! episode "Return to the Rainforest" with new lyrics and different instrumentals.
Isa, Benny and Tico do not appear in this episode.
There are several different antagonists in this episode such as the Witch, El Mago, the Big Bad Wolf, Swiper and the Mean Giant.
- This is the final Dora the Explorer episode in which Dora and Boots successfully stop Swiper since they were unable to stop him in the previous episode "Dora's Night Light Adventure", they finally had their chance in this episode.
  - This is the only episode Swiper is in Fairytale Land because he didn’t appear in the previous episode.
  - Dora and Boots stop Swiper twice in this episode.
- The witch from Dora's Fairytale Adventure makes her second and last appearance.
  - The witch‘s wand however is no longer anthropomorphic and her broomstick doesn’t have his tooth sticking.
- This is the second episode featuring El Mago from the Season 1 episode Te Amo, who is technically Swiper's replacement antagonist, however, both of them appear in this episode.
Interestingly, back in the episodes "What Happens Next?", "Dora's Fairytale Adventure" and "Super Babies Dream Adventure", there actually was a Giant (commonly known as the Giant-Giant) that appeared before the Mean Giant.
- However, unlike the Mean Giant, the Giant-Giant was actually very friendly and more kinder with both Dora and Boots. The Giant-Giant started out mean in the episode What Happens Next?, but after Dora and Boots used their minds to change his attitude right away to happy and positive, he became much more friendly with everyone and remained that way in all of his later appearances. The Giant-Giant is also slightly bigger than the Mean Giant in terms of proportions.
- Based on their respective personalities, the Mean Giant is probably based off of the giant from the English fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, whereas the much friendlier Giant-Giant is probably based off of Paul Bunyan from the American folklore of the same name.
- The Mean Giant is wearing a shirt with the number 80 on it.
Dora makes her hair grow just like in "Dora's Fairytale Adventure" which makes her look like Rapunzel.
This is the only episode in which Dora and Boots's life jackets are dark orange instead of yellow.
This is the last episode of the series by initial release date.
This is the final Dora the Explorer episode in which Dora and Boots sing "We Did It!". They will later sing a new version of it with elements from "All for One" in Dora and Friends: Into the City! episodes Return to the Rainforest and Dora's Rainforest Reunion.

Goofs

When Dora wound up the music box prior to do the Giant Dance, Dora forgot to open it, nor did it open by itself, and everyone ended up dancing it with the box closed, but with the music still coming out of it.