School Pet

School Pet
Airdate	Monday, May 12, 2003
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	2
Episode	23
Written by	Christine Ricci Ph. D
Previous	Hide and Go Seek
Next	Quack! Quack!

School Pet is the 23^rd episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 2.

Characters present

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack
• Map
• Swiper
• Fiesta Trio
• Benny
• Isa
• Tico
• Maestra Beatriz (debut)
• Mimo (debut)
• Mami Bugga Bugga

Summary

Dora & Boots must save their school's pet hamster named Mimo who is missing from his cage.

Plot

Dora and Boots were at school. They go inside to the cubby hallway. There was Backpack hanging on the hook in Dora's cubby. She gets strapped on to Dora. Next, Dora and Boots see pictures that they drew of the the class pet hamster named Mimo, They show a picture of Mimo the school pet's hamster who loves eating carrots, a picture of him sliding down, and a picture a Dora with Mimo. After that, Dora and Boots want to see Mimo in person so they go to Mimo's cage. Dora explains to the viewer that every day at school, the class gives Mimo fresh water and food. Boots thought they should give a carrot to him because carrots are his favorite snack. Suddenly, as Dora and Boots tried to give him carrot, they noticed that Mimo wasn't in his cage because the cage door was opened. They looked all around the classroom; high and low. Then, they noticed the window was opened and thought Mimo not only escaped from his cage but out of the school's classroom! They went out and called to him. Benny, Isa, and Tico asked Dora and Boots what the problem is and Boots explained to them that Mimo is missing from his cage. They were shocked and looked for Mimo in the school playground, calling for him as loud as they could. But he wasn't there. Dora and Boots asked Map if he's seen Mimo the hamster. Sure enough, he knows exactly where Mimo is! He tells Dora and Boots that Mimo ran all the way to the pyramids. But before they can get there, they had to go across the rope bridge and through a jungle. Dora and Boots got going to search for Mimo the hamster. They get to the rope bridge but Swiper swipes the boards and tosses them into the water. there were 9 boards in the water. They looked all around for the boards. Once Dora and Boots located the 9 boards, they counted as they got put back on the rope bridge. With that done, Dora and Boots crossed the rope bridge safely. Later on, Boots takes a slide down into a slippery sand slide. Boots couldn't get back up to Dora; it was slippery. So, Dora gets out a rope out of Backpack and tosses it down to Boots. Dora pulls Boots out of the sand slide. And together, they stayed on the path until they reached the jungle. Dora and Boots saw snakes, crocodiles and spiders. They climbed up a ladder, swung on a swing and slid down the slide. After that, they start running to the pyramids. Dora still has the carrot for Mimo. But then, they heard Swiper the fox. This time, they stopped Swiper from swiping the carrot. After that, they reach the pyramids. Mimo was inside one of the pyramids. One pyramid had a lightning bolt on top, the second one had a star on top and the third one pyramid had a rainbow on top. They listened carefully to each one. The sheep was behind the lightning bolt pyramid and the horse was behind the rainbow pyramid which meant that Mimo was in the star pyramid. Dora and Boots went up to the top of the star pyramid. Mimo was stuck at the bottom. Dora and Boots had to help Mimo get to the top of the pyramid and out the door. Mimo had to choose between 2 paths for each level and he had to be careful because there are spiders in there. Mimo knows Spanish so they have to say "largo" or "corto" to tell him which path to take. Mimo takes the long path first, then the short path, and takes a long path to exit the pyramid. Immediately after that, Mimo makes it up to the top of the pyramid and is out the door to find Dora and Boots waiting for him. Boots gives Mimo a carrot and he starts nibbling it. Now it is time to take Mimo back to the school. They went down the steps of the pyramid and they went back the way they came offscreen by going past the jungle, and cross the rope bridge. At the school, Benny, Isa and Tico feel sad until Dora and Boots came back with Mimo and said they found him. Everyone was happy. Mimo was back in his cage. He munched on the carrot and spun on his wheel. Dora's teacher was also pleased to have Mimo back home in his cage. She thanked Dora and Boots and the viewer at home for saving Mimo the hamster and bringing him back home to his hamster cage.

Places in this episode

1. Rope Bridge
2. Jungle
3. Pyramids

Sub-Place

• Slippery Sand Slide

Items in Backpack (clockwise starting from the top right)

• Flippers
• Doll
• Yellow and blue crayons
• Camera
• Conga drum
• Rope (correct item)

Listen to the Sounds

1. Sheep in the Lightning Pyramid
2. Mimo the Hamster in the Star Pyramid
3. Horse in the Rainbow Pyramid

Trivia

• This episode reveals where Dora goes to school.
• This is the seventh episode where Dora and Boots returned to where they started from after reaching the final place on the map, something that occurred in Three Little Piggies, Berry Hunt, The Chocolate Tree, El Día De Las Madres, Click!, and A Present for Santa.
• This is the 49^th episode of the show.
• In some scenes in this episode, Dora and Boots look like their season 3, 4, 5, and 6 selves.
• When Backpack says "Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, Delicioso!" the audio is taken from Sticky Tape.
• The walking animations in the Travel Song are taken from The Big Storm (the episode they first came into play).
• This is the last episode to find Tico.
• In the credits, Christine Ricci is credited as Christine Ricci Ph. D.
• This is the last season 2 episode in which the Travel Song is sung twice.

See also

School Pet/Transcript

Gallery

Mimo's Cage. But, where’s Mimo?! Oh no! He’s missing! Mimo, where are you?!?!?!

Aw, what a cute picture!

There are 3 pyramids. Which one do you think Mimo is inside?

Yay! We saved Mimo!

We couldn’t have saved Mimo without you!

You have to cross the Rope Bridge and through the Jungle to get to the Pyramids!

Character Find

Tico the Squirrel