Fish Out of Water

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Fish Out of Water is the 17^th episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 1 (both airing and production order).

Characters[]

Dora
Boots
Map
Backpack
Swiper
Baby Red Fish
Val the Octopus
King Crab
Seagull
Fiesta Trio (unlisted in the credits)
Red Fish Family (unlisted in the credits)
Tico (Character Find only)

Summary[]

While Dora and Boots are exploring on the beach, they find a lost baby red fish trapped in a small tide pool. It is up to Dora, Boots, and the viewer to help Baby Red Fish return home to the Red Rock at the bottom of the ocean.

Plot[]

Dora and Boots are exploring at the beach looking for seashells. Dora asks the viewer if they see any seashells. Sure enough, The viewer sees some seashells. Dora finds A Conch Shell. It made the sound of the ocean. Boots even found a starfish. Suddenly, Dora & Boots Heard a distant crying. They saw a that little red fish was crying in a little tide pool. He explained that he went away from his home A big wave washed away the little red fish and landed in a tide pool. Dora & Boots had to help Baby Red Fish get back home to the bottom of the ocean and volunteered to help him out. Baby Red Fish was grateful, that he kissed Dora and Boots sweetly in return. Boots tried picking up Baby Red Fish out of the tide pool, but he gets scared, he needed some water and jumps back into the pool. He can't be carried by hand because fish need water to swim and to breathe. So, Dora fetches a pail out of Backpack and fills the pail with the pool water. Baby Red Fish jumped into the pail of water and now they can carry Baby Red Fish. Dora & Boots learned that Baby Red Fish lives on Red Rock. They ask Map for directions, and he says that they had to get over a sandcastle and go down to the bottom of the ocean to get to Red Rock. As Dora and Boots were on their way to take Baby Red Fish home, a seagull tells them to watch out for the big clams. He also tells them that you get chomped and stuck, they need to use the Spanish word, "abre" to get them to open their shells. Dora, Boots & Baby Red Fish walk carefully past the clams. Suddenly, the tip of Boots' tail gets chomped, but after they said, "abre" for open, the clam shell opened and Boots' tip of this tail was free. But then, one clam chomps causing Boots to lose control of the pail and Baby Red Fish lands in a clam and it swallows him. As soon as Dora & Boots said, "abre" Baby Red Fish was set free. Soon after, Dora & Boots arrived at the sandcastle, where their friend King Crab is up there. Dora & Boots got over the sand castle by climbing the net ladder just like crabs. Boots uses his tail like a hook to hold onto the pail while he's climbing. Now that Dora & Boots got to the top, they went down a slide made of sand. Dora, Boots and Baby Red Fish continue walking on the beach path and then Swiper makes the umbrella move. They stopped Swiper by saying, "Swiper no swiping" 3 times and then he ran away. Dora, Boots and Baby Red Fish approach the ocean. They had to go down to the bottom of the ocean to get Baby Red Fish home to Red Rock but didn’t see any boat. Suddenly, an underwater boat floated up to the surface and it was called a submarine. They saw Val the Octopus in the submarine. Dora and Boots climbed into the submarine while Baby Red Fish decided to swim in the ocean and lead the way. Before they can go underwater, the hatch has to be closed tight, so the water stays out of the submarine. Next, eight engine levers had to be pulled down to start up the submarine. And before long, the submarine submerged which means to go below the water surface. On their way to the bottom of the ocean, Baby Red Fish had to be careful while Boots sees sea turtles and Dora sees dolphins and even a seahorse, but Baby Red Fish wasn't looking very much until Big Blue Fish swallows him up. Baby Red Fish said, "abre" to get the big blue fish to open its mouth just like with the clams, Big Blue Fish said, "abre", and Baby Red Fish was free for now on. But not for long. Suddenly, a gigantic green fish swallows Baby Red Fish and Big Blue Fish together. The two fish said, "abre" together the large green fish so it would open it's mouth and set them free and Big Green Fish said, "abre", in a deep voice. And then, the submarine makes it down to the bottom of the ocean. Now, they had to find the Red Rock. They searched for a lot of things that were red in the bottom of the ocean until they finally found Baby Red Fish's home. Baby Red Fish was happy to be back with his family again. He then introduced his family to Val, Dora, Boots, and even the Viewer as well. Baby Red Fish's Family greeted them warmly. And that was how Dora and Boots got Baby Red Fish home to his family. Dora's favorite part was Climbing up the Sandcastle. Boots' Favorite part was Saying "Abre" to open up the Big Green Fish's mouth to set Baby Red Fish and Big Blue Fish free.

Places in this episode[]

Sub-Places[]

Seashell clusters
Tide pool
Big Clams
Shoreline

Items in Backpack (clockwise starting from the top right)[]

Maracas
Beach ball
Yo-yo
Strainer
Pail (correct item for Baby Red Fish)
Sticky tape

Releases[]

This episode can be found on the Dora Saves the Mermaids DVD.

Trivia[]

Swiper's whisking sound gets muffled because Swiper was hiding in the umbrella. Also, it is unknown how he got to the beach.
The Fiesta Trio are inside bubbles as they play their fanfare underwater.
It is unknown how the Fiesta Trio got to the beach (just like Swiper) and underwater.
The episode ends with Dora and Boots still in the submarine at the bottom of the ocean.
The beach is the same from the one in the episode Beaches.
Tico, Benny, and Isa don't appear in this episode.
This is the 17th episode of the show.
This is the first appearance of Dora's "Season 1, Version 5" and "Season 1, Version 6" looks.
The term "Fish out of water" means someone in a weird, uncomfortable situation.
The Red Rock can be a reference to the little hometown called Red Rock, Ontario, Canada.
The episode's title is similar to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a 14 or 15 year later movie.
This is the 1^st time for Dora and Boots to climb up and slide down. They would later do it again in Backpack!
This is the second episode where someone other than Boots asks "Where do we go next?" to start the Picture Pop-Up Sequence (first being Backpack!, in which Backpack said it after sliding down the Big Rock). In this episode, Baby Red Fish said it after finishing going past the sand castle.
Map's zoom wipe is recycled from The Legend of the Big Red Chicken.
A clip of Dora and Boots riding Val the Octopus' submarine, along with clips of Dora and Boots climbing the Tallest Mountain, swinging from tree to tree with Diego, flying into outer space, and running around with a soccer ball with Benny, Isa, and Tico, will later be seen in the Season 3 episode "Best Friends".
In this episode, Backpack dispenses all of her items at once when singing her whole song, instead of one item at a time.
Baby Red Fish's laughter was recycled from Baby Blue Bird's laughter in Lost and Found.
Although this episode premiered in 2001, it was produced in 2000 according to the end credits.
This is the second time Dora's full body is shown during the Picture Pop-Up Sequence after Berry Hunt.
This is the first time no one said "WHOO!" at the end of We Did It! (before the blue cursor clicks Dora).
- This could be the norm for most episodes of Seasons 6 through 7.
This is the first Dora the Explorer episode in Chinese home media release through Guangzhou Art-Land Human Being Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
This is the third episode to have a snake jumpscare, because it's commonly known that a serpent is a large snake. This previously occurred in Beaches and Sticky Tape.

Goofs[]

During the "I'm the Map" song, Map's dancing animation seems out of sync, however his singing voice remains the same.
- This has happened in episodes like Grandma's House and Bouncing Ball and will later happen again in episodes like Little Star and Te Amo.
After passing the sandcastle and while Dora is checking where to go next, her feet are larger than usual.

Character Find[]

Tico the Squirrel

Dora the Explorer Season 1 (airing order)

Dora the Explorer Season 1 (production order)