Object Segments

The object segments are scenes of an object when it is called (Map, Backpack, Click, Rescue Pack) singing their song, and then telling the viewer where to go (Map), finding the animal in trouble (Click), or what they need (Backpack, Rescue Pack).

These segments are setup like shows, as if they have theme songs at the beginning of their segment.

From Dora the Explorer

Map's Segment

Map's segment is a map on a colored background (mostly brown), later a paper background. Map tells the viewers where to go by saying "First, you have to go (the/over/across/through/up) the [first location], then you have to go (the/over/across/through/up) the [second location], and that’s how you get to the [third and final location]. So [you tell Dora/remember], [first location, second location, third location] Say it with me, [the aforementioned thing]", then does it again but zooms out at third location [later: So you tell Dora, first you have to go to the [first location]].

In Season 4, Map is checked again after each location, but puts checkmarks on the locations that were passed.

In Dora’s World Adventure, Map's segment takes place on the earth.

In Seasons 7-8, Map's map is redesigned and becomes a CGI character; he also demonstrates the locations on a 3D environment as he tells which place to go to.

This makes a guest appearance in Dora and Friends: Into the City.

Segment Phrases

Pre-segment

• "[(But) we/We don't know how to] (rest of description)."
• "[(But) how/How do we] (rest of description)?"
• "Where (rest of description)?"
• "We [have/got/need] to find out (rest of description)."
• "Who do we ask for help when we don't know which way to go?"
• "The Map!" (once or twice)
• "Map, Map, Map!" (sometimes used)
• "Map!" (sometimes used)
• "(The) Map, (that's) right."
• (Season 1 and 2 only:) "The Map can tell us (rest of description).")
• "Let's check the Map to find out (rest of description)."
• "[Will you check the Map [to/and] find out (rest of description)?/I need your help to check the Map and find out (rest of description)]."
• "Will/Could you check the Map and tell me what it says?" (Pilot, Lost and Found, and Choo-Choo!)
• "You have to say, 'Map'."
• "Say 'Map'!" (once or twice)
• "Louder(, Map)!" or "I think you have to say it [again/louder]!" (sometimes added)
• (Season 4 only:) "We [have (got)/need] to figure out where [to/we] go next!" ("Let's check the Map" is sometimes added.)

In most segments

• "(Ooh!/Quick!/Hurry!) Dora and Boots [need/want/have] to (know how to) (mission) (, to/so (rest of the description)."
• "You need to tell Dora how to (mission)." (Pilot only)
• "Do you see (the) [(object)/(character)]?" (sometimes used)
• "(Right!/Yeah!) There [it/he/she/they] [is/are]!" (sometimes used)
• "[It's/They're/He's/She's at/in/going to] (last place)." (sometimes used)
• "Well, I know how to (mission)!"
• "Well, I know where (location)!"
• "Well, I know the quickest way (to (destination))!" (used for when Dora and Boots are in a hurry)
• "(To (get to) (mission),) First you go (first place), then (you go) (second place), [If there are four places, "then we go (third place)," would be added.], and that's how you get to (last place) (sometimes added, (to/so (mission))!
• When there is star-catching: "(Ooh, stars!) ¡Estrellas!" (said by the Fiesta Trio)
• Also when there is star-catching: "(Ooh/Oh, stars!) [Try/And don't forget] to [catch/look for] stars along the way!"
• "But watch out for (the) (villain)!" (sometimes added if there is a villain to watch out for).
• "So [(here's what) you tell Dora/remember]: (places to go)! Say it with me. (places to go) (3x)!"
• "([So/Now]) (you) tell Dora, first [you/we] go to (first place)."
• When telling where to go (for Season 4 Bonus Map segments): "We made it (first place), check! (We made it (second place), check!) Where do we go next? (cursor clicks next place) (next place), right! ([So/Now]) (you) tell Dora, next you go to (next place)."

Backpack's Segment

Backpack's segment is set on a green background. Backpack has items inside of her around her, but Dora and other characters need one of them. When the viewer chooses the correct item, Backpack will draw in the remaining items inside of her while saying, "Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum! Delicioso!" and then the correct item flies offscreen.

As shown in Meet Diego! and To the South Pole, if the item is a rope, there may be a bonus part where the rope gets stuck in Backpack's background, and Backpack needs the viewer's help to pull it out.

Beginning in Season 5, the correct item now flies out of view before all the remaining items go back into Backpack.

In Seasons 7-8, Backpack is now a CGI character and the objects now spin around her in a tight circle from front to back instead of top-down. The objects also don't stop spinning until some time before Backpack has finished explaining what Dora needs.

Segment Phrases

Pre-segment

• Dora: (after Boots was desperate about losing something) No, Boots! I put it in my backpack for safe keeping! (Treasure Island only)
• Dora: I think I have [something/(name of object)] in my Backpack (we can use).
• Dora: (I need your help.) Will you [open/check] my Backpack [for/[to/and]] [find/get] (insert something here)? You have to say "Backpack"!
• Boots (and other characters together): Say "Backpack"! (2x, sometimes once)
• Dora/Boots (sometimes together): Louder!
• Dora: I think you have to say it again! (sometimes added)

During the Segment

• ([¡Hola/Rápido!] ([Soy [Backpack/Mochila]!/I have lots of stuff/[insert group of objects],] but) Dora (, (and) Boots (, and (other character(s))) need(s) to (insert something here).
• [Will (this object) (rest of the description)?/Is this the (insert object here)?/Does (this object) (rest of description)?]
• [No/Oops!] That's [[(wrong object)/silly!]/(wrong object) [can't/won't] (rest of description).]
• [Do you see/Can you find the] (said object(s))? (sometimes "Where?" would follow)
• What can (they use to) (rest of description)?
• [Yes/Yeah/Right]! There [it/they] [is/are]!
• [A(n)/The] (correct object) can (rest of description)!)
• [This is/That's] (the) (correct object)!
• You found (the) (correct object)/it!

At the end of the segment

• [Smart/Good] [looking/thinking]! ([¡Excelente!/¡Muy bien!])
• Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, ¡delicioso! (her main phrase)
• If the correct item is a rope, and it gets stuck: Oh, no! The rope got stuck! ¡Rápido! I need your help. Put your hands out in front of you and pull the rope. Pull the rope! Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull, pull! Good pulling! ¡Muy bien!

From Go, Diego, Go!

Click's Segment

Click's segment is set on a red background (originally, in Diego Saves Baby Humpback Whale, the background was the science desk that Click was attached to), and Click tells the viewers that the animal that needs to be found is a specific animal or is an animal that makes a specified sound. Click zooms into a location to find the animal, but before finding the correct animal, Click finds 1-3 incorrect animals. When the correct animal is found, the viewer has to say "Click" to take a picture of it and tell Diego that they found said animal or whatever animal is in trouble.

If Diego and other characters need to see more details on the picture of the animal, the viewers have to say "Zoom!" so Click can zoom out.

If not enough detail is seen after saying "Zoom!", the viewers have to say "Super zoom!" to zoom out even further.

Segment Phrases

Pre-Segment

• Diego: [(We need) our special camera, Click,/Our special camera, Click can help us] (rest of description).
• Diego and/or other characters (often together): Say "Click!".
• (Click turns herself on)

During the segment

• Hi, I'm [Click the Camera/Soy Click La Cámara]! We need to find the animal(s) in trouble! The animal(s) in trouble [[is/are] (a(n))(animal)/[sound(s)/go(es)] like this. (animal sound)].
• Let's zoom through the (location) and [find/[look/listen] for] the [(animal(s))/animal(s) (that go(es) (animal sound))]
• (zooming sound)
• [Are those/Does this [sound/look] like] [the animal(s) in trouble/(animal)]?

When It's an Incorrect Animal

• ([Claro que/No, no,]) No, [that's a/those are] (animal(s))
• Let's keep looking!
• Remember, we're looking for the [(animal(s))/animal(s) that go(es) (animal sound)]

When It's the Correct Animal

• [Yes/Yeah], [that's it/it does]! The animal(s) in trouble [is/are] (a(n)) (name of the animal(s))! To take a picture of the (said animal), say "Click!"
• (clicking sound)
• [Great!/Got it!] ([So/now]), (you) tell Diego (and (other character(s))), [the animal(s) in trouble [is/are] (a(n)) (said animal)/you found (a(n)/the) (animal(s))].

Post-Segment

• Diego: What animal(s) [[is/are] in [trouble/did you find]]?
• Diego (after the viewer's response): ([The/A(n)]) (Animal(s))?!
• Diego (when he doesn't see enough of the picture): We [have/need/got] to see more of the picture. We can do that if Click zooms out.
• Diego, Alicia, and/or other characters: Say, "Zoom!".
• Diego (when he doesn't see enough of the picture): We [have/need/got] to see [even more of the/the whole] picture. (We can do that if Click (super) zooms (way) out.)
• Diego, Alicia, and/or other characters: Say, "Super Zoom!".

Rescue Pack's Segment

Rescue Pack's segment is set on a purple background. Rescue Pack will transform into an item that Diego needs. However, he will transform into 1-3 incorrect items before transforming into the correct item.

In some episodes (such as The Mommy Macaw, Linda the Librarian, Cool Water for Ana the Anaconda, Little Kinkajou is in Beehive Trouble, The Tapir's Trip Home, Diego Saves the Beavers, Diego Rescues Prince Vicuña, Pampas Cat and Friends Help the Rescue Center, and Cotton-Top Tamarin Cave Rescue), Rescue Pack will play a game where he transforms into two or three items and they appear above them, and the viewer has to choose the correct item for Rescue Pack to transform into.

At the end of the segment, Rescue Pack tells the viewers to tell Diego that he needs the said item and then Diego asks the viewer what he needs. In Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue, Rescue Pack instead says "Now it's Backpack's turn! Say, 'Backpack!'" because Diego and Dora were using both Rescue Pack and Backpack at the same time to get the boat, paddles, and a lifejacket for Dora (Diego's lifejacket is what his vest turns into) to row across the river and rescue the wolf pup.

Segment Phrases

Pre-Segment

• Diego: (My rescue pack can transform into anything we need!) To activate my rescue pack, say "¡Actívate!" (short pause, waiting for the viewer to respond) (Louder!) "¡ACTÍVATE!" (segment starts)

During the segment

• [YO! Rescue Pack here./Quick!] Diego (and (other character(s))) need(s) something [he/they] can use (rest of description)

"I can turn into (item)" variation

• I can turn into (two or three different items).
• [Which one of these items/What can Diego (and (other character(s)))] (rest of description)? (all the items)?
• [[A/The] (chosen item), right!/(¡[Excelente/Correcto]!), a (chosen item)!]

"Can (item) (do action)?" variation

• (transformation) [Can [he/they] use (rest of description)/Can a(n) (item(s)) (rest of description)]?

When he transforms into a wrong item

• No([-ho-ho/, no, no/way])!
• Nope!
• Nah!
• Uh-uh!
• I don't think so!
• Of course not!

Note 1: Sometimes "That's [silly/even sillier]!" is added after some of the quotes.

Note 2: Sometimes, two of those quotes are said instead of one of them.

Note 3: Sometimes, some of the quotes are preceded by a laugh.

When he transforms into the correct item

• [Yes/Yeah] ([he/they] can), ((that's) [it/right/correct]!) (Sometimes "Good thinking!" is added).

After transforming back from his correct item form to his normal form

• [([So/Now] you) tell/Tell Diego (and (other character(s)))] [he/they] need(s) (said item)!
• If Rescue Pack and Backpack are being used at the same time: Now it's Backpack's turn! Say "Backpack!"

Post-Segment

• Diego: What do [we/I] need? (the said item)!

Note 1: Sometimes "[Good thinking!/Right!/Cool!/¡Excelente]!" is added.

Note 2: This is not said if Rescue Pack and Backpack are being used at the same time.

From Dora and Friends

Map App's segment

Similar to Map's segment, but it takes place in a mobile device.

Backpack's Segment (Reboot)

Since Bud goes inside Backpack this time, Backpack's segment is now in the inside of her, and the Backpack, Backpack song remains the same.

From ¡Dora!

Mapa's Segment

An updated version of the OG Map's segment, now quicker and they all get to the point.

Segment Styles

• Rerouting ("Tres Leches Trouble")
• Locating (The Magic Nut")
• Racing ("The Little Axolotl")
• Guessing ("The Alebrije Adventure")

Backpack's Segment

A new version of Backpack's segment. However, instead of taking place in a background where Backpack is surrounded by items inside of her, she now dispenses three different items. She now also sings The Backpack Song instead of Backpack, Backpack.

Trivia

• Unlike other segments, which have starting transitions, Map flies to start his segment. Additionally, Map closes his segment by doing a zoom wipe; initially he jumps at the camera an his mouth fills the screen before it dissolves to Dora, which might be assumed to be "eating" or "swallowing" the camera, the screen, or the viewers, or even jump scaring the viewers. This was changed in Seasons 7-8 where he instead jumps to the left of the screen and zips to the right off-camera, transitioning to Dora behind him.
  • Some episodes of Season 4 do not feature a zoom wipe.
  • It's unknown how Map gets to his segment.
• Usually Map would zoom wipe while saying the destination the last time or the first place starting with Season 4, but in Big River, Bouncing Ball, Lost Squeaky, and Dora Saves the Mermaids, he does it after saying the destination.
  • In the second said episode, he says "Ka-boom!" while doing the zoom wipe after saying "Volcano".
  • Additionally, the first said episode is the only one (and the only episode in general) where he zoom wipes with a closed mouth.
• In some episodes, Map's zoom wipes are recycled from other episodes (all examples are listed in production order).
  • His zoom wipe from The Legend of the Big Red Chicken is also used in Grandma's House, Bouncing Ball, Fish Out of Water, Little Star, Te Amo, and Call Me Mr. Riddles.
  • His zoom wipe from El Coquí is also used in The Chocolate Tree (the episode after it).
  • His zoom wipe from To the Treehouse is also used in ¡Rápido, Tico! and The Magic Stick.
  • His zoom wipe from Pablo's Flute is also used in The Big Storm.
  • His zoom wipe from El Día De Las Madres is also used in The Golden Explorers, Doctor Dora, The Big Piñata, A Letter for Swiper, To the Monkey Bars, Dora, La Música, Click!, Egg Hunt, Whose Birthday is It?, and Quack! Quack!.
  • His zoom wipe from León, the Circus Lion is also used in The Happy Old Troll.
• Alicia's Rescue Rope is the only character not to have her own segment or song.
• Favorite Parts, Let's Review, Character Finds, and Explorer Star Minigames are not one of these segments, because they do not have objects as the main character.
• Swiper and the Grumpy Old Troll's songs do not count as object segment theme songs because they are not objects.
• The Fiesta Trio are the only characters to be in an object segment, which is Map's segment (Season 3 onwards).
• Rescue Pack's segment begins and ends with that rescue patch on rescue pack changing the backgrounds, first from Diego to the purple background, and then vice versa.
• Map and Backpack became 3D in Seasons 7 and 8 of Dora the Explorer. This was never the case for them, Click, or Rescue Pack in any 1-6 episodes of Dora or any episodes of Go, Diego, Go!.
• Go, Diego, Go! is the only show to feature all four classics, Map, Backpack, Click, and Rescue Pack.
• In the credits of Go, Diego, Go!, Rescue Pack is seen turning into a wagon, bicycle, telephone, hang glider, and then back to himself. These are his same transformations from Chinta the Baby Chinchilla.
• In Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue, Diego, Alicia, Dora, and Baby Jaguar all say "¡Actívate!" together to start Rescue Pack's segment.
• Before each of Click's segments, Click is seen in her inactive state. When the viewer says, "Click", she then turns herself on, her face appears, and she makes a clicking sound, which starts each segment. She is never seen turning off in any episodes, so it is unknown how she turns herself off.
• The only Dora the Explorer segment to have Rescue Pack's segment is the rare extended version of Dora and Diego to the Rescue!.
• Before Rescue Pack's segment, Diego always has special pose when he tells the viewers to say "¡Actívate!". When he says, "To activate my Rescue Pack,", he always shows Rescue Pack. Then when he says "Say, '¡Actívate!'", he puts his right hand out and up while his left arm makes just a v-shape.
• After the Rescue Pack segment, Diego asking "What do [we/I] need?" may be a reference to Sticky Tape and Dora's Dance to the Rescue, where Dora and Boots ask "What do we need?" during the Travel Song.
• Usually, Map and Backpack are only checked once, but in some episodes, they are checked more than once.
  • Map has two segments in Beaches, The Lost City, Best Friends, and the Go, Diego, Go! episode Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue.
  • Map has three segments from Daisy, La Quinceañera until Swiper the Explorer (or Star Mountain until Dora's Dance to the Rescue in production order).
  • The most segments that Map has is four, that being in Dora's Fairytale Adventure (the first episode for the bonus Map segments in airing order) and The Mixed-Up Seasons.
  • Backpack was first checked twice in Beaches.
  • Backpack has three segments in Super Spies and Rescue, Rescue, Rescue!.
  • Backpack has four segments in Doctor Dora.
  • The most segments that Backpack has is six, that being in the episode of the same name.
• The only time where Rescue Pack has two segments is Diego's International Rescue League.
• Click is the only character out of the four objects to never be checked more than once.