Señor Tucán

Señor Tucán
Designed by Helena Giersz
Physical description
Species	Toucan
Gender	Male
Age	Adult years
Biographical information
Family	Baby toucans
Friends	Dora, Boots
Enemies	Swiper
Occupation	Various
Interests	Helping Dora and Boots, his jobs
Color	Blue
Behind the scenes
Voiced by	Leslie Valdes
First appearance	The Legend of the Big Red Chicken
Last appearance	Return to the Rainforest

Carlos Tucán, often referred to as Señor Tucán (often shortened to Sr. Tucán or simply El Señor) is one of Dora and Boots' good friends. He is a toucan who only speaks in Spanish. Dora usually needs to translate what he says for Boots and the viewers.

He is voiced by Leslie Valdes, the husband of the show's co-creator Valerie Walsh Valdes.

Description

Señor Tucán is a very helpful bird who is always willing to assist Dora and Boots on their adventures. He has a long beak that can pick things up with ease, and his ability to quickly fly around always comes in handy.

Señor Tucán may look like a normal toucan, but he has many jobs, such as boat captain and super spy leader. In the Super Spies episodes, he calls on Dora and Boots to carry out secret missions for him. They usually involve stopping Swiper from stealing something important. When he's a spy leader, Señor Tucán uses his wings like coat pockets to hold all kinds of high-tech spy gadgets.

In some dubs, such as Dora la Exploradora (Spanish dub), Señor Tucán's name is changed to "Mr. Toucan" and he only speaks in English.

Looks

Señor Tucán is a colorful tropical bird. His feathers are mostly blue, with a patch of yellow on his back. The top of his head is purple, his neck is yellow, and he has red rings around his eyes, back, and torso. He has yellow talons and a long, orange and yellow beak. He has red eyebrows that float above his face. When he's seen from the side, only one eyebrow is visible. On most promo art, his outlines are purple or dark blue.

Gallery

Merchandise images

Sprite from Dora's Candy Land

Sprite from Meet My Friends

Sprite from Dora's Matching Game

Icon from Nick Jr. Click Jr.

Coloring page

Coloring page

Flying disc

Plush

Figure

Magnet set

Sticker scene

Page from Count with Dora

Page from Count with Dora

Page from At the Carnival

Page from At the Carnival

Page from Click It, Quick!

Page from Click It, Quick!

Click It, Quick! cover

Undercover Dora cover

Screenshots

Señor Tucán in the rainforest.

Señor Tucán in To the Treehouse

Señor Tucán in El Coquí

Señor Tucán holding the magic stick.

Señor Tucán fixing Piano Bridge

Appearances

Season 1

• "The Legend of the Big Red Chicken"
• "Beaches" (credits game only)
• "Berry Hunt" (credits game only)
• "Wizzle Wishes" (credits game only)
• "Bugga Bugga" (credits game only)
• "Dora Saves the Prince" (credits game only)
• "El Coquí"
• "The Chocolate Tree"
• "Pablo's Flute"
• "To the Treehouse"
• "Call Me Mr. Riddles" (credits game only)

Season 2

• "The Magic Stick"
• "Rojo the Fire Truck" (credits game only)
• "Lost Squeaky" (name listed in credits)
• "The Big Piñata"
• "The Happy Old Troll" (credits game only)
• "Click!"
• "Dora, La Músico"
• "Super Spies"
• "Hide and Go Seek"
• "To the Monkey Bars" (credits game only)
• "Whose Birthday is It?" (intro)
• "The Lost City" (intro)
• "León, the Circus Lion" (credits game only)

Season 3

• He appears in every Episode of Dora The Explorer but only in The Theme Song version of Season Three and he doesn't appear after the Title Cards because he is apparent for the whole entire Season Except for every Episode in the Theme Song version of Season Three itself.

Season 4

• "The Shy Rainbow"
• "Super Babies" (credits game only)
• "Catch the Babies" (credits game only)
• "Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine"
• "Dora's World Adventure!"
• "Boots to the Rescue"

Season 5

• "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure"

Season 6

• "Swiper's Favorite Things"

Season 7

• "Dora's Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure"
• "Dora & Diego's Amazing Animal Circus Adventure"

Season 8

• "Verde's Birthday Party"
• "Dora's Rainforest Talent Show"

Dora and Friends: Into the City

• "Return to the Rainforest"

Trivia

Recolored Toucan in Go, Diego, Go!

• His exact character model appears in various episodes of Go, Diego, Go!, recolored to look more like toucans in the wild.
  • A similar situation occurs with the Giant-Giant, whose own exact character model was later used for a set of twin giants that appeared in "Dora Saves King Unicornio".
    • Coincidentally, both the aforementioned character (Seasons 4-5) and Señor Tucán are voiced by the same actor, Leslie Valdes.
• Sr. Tucan never appears in Season 3 of Dora the Explorer (aside from every intro in that season).
• None of Señor Tucán's relatives appeared in the show. However, in some descriptions of the episode Hide and Go Seek, instead of the big trophy being the prize, he would introduce Dora and Boots to his baby toucans. It is possible that he actually does have baby toucans.
• In the credits of various episodes, his name is misspelled as "Senior Tucán."
• Leslie Valdes also voices Señor Burro, a minor character who similarly only speaks in Spanish.
• In the end credits for "Lost Squeaky" (for an unknown reason), Leslie Valdes is credited for voicing Señor Tucán, but he does not appear in that episode.