The Fix-it Machine

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The Fix-it Machine
Airdate	Friday, October 17, 2003 (Nickelodeon) Tuesday, May 3, 2005 (DVD) Tuesday, June 15, 2010 (Nick Jr)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	3
Episode	10 (airing) 20 (production order)
Written by	Eric Weiner Storyboard by: Alex Que Jose Silverio
Directed by	Sherie Pollack
Previous	What Happens Next? (airing order) The Super Silly Fiesta (production order)
Next	Meet Diego! (airing order) Baseball Boots (production order)

The Fix-it Machine (also known as I've Got a Hole in My Boot) is the 10^th episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 3.

In production order, it is the 20^th episode of Season 3.

Characters

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack (We Did It! Only)
• Map
• Swiper
• Fiesta Trio
• Benny
• Tico
• Grumpy Old Troll
• Mouse
• Roberto (non-speaking)
• Roberto's Grandpa
• Disco Star (debut; final appearance in production order)

Summary

There are holes everywhere! There's one in Boots' boot, in Tico's tire, in Benny's boat, in the Grumpy Old Troll's purple pants, and even in Map's picture map! So Dora takes them all to the Super-Duper Fix-it Machine so that they're as good as new.

Plot

Dora is looking for Boots. He gives out a hint saying he was hiding in a hole. Dora finds a hole in the ground, but there was a rabbit inside of it. Dora finds another hole in the tree. Boots comes out of the hole and climbs onto a branch with both hands. Dora gasps and noticed there was another hole. The viewer found the hole in Boots' boot. Dora saw Boots' toe sticking out of the hole. Boots comes down to solid ground and freaks out about having a hole in his boot and hops away. Dora catches up to him and calms him down. Boots looks at his reflection in the puddle. Dora and Boots decided to stop and think. Boots knows that he has a hole in his boot, and they need to figure out a way to get the hole fixed. Suddenly, Dora had an idea, she and Boots should go to the super-duper fix-it machine. Boots never heard of it before and wanted to know what it is. Dora explains to him that the super-duper fix-it machine fixes anything fast, whether something is broken, wrecked, dented, or simply has a hole in it. Boots got excited and decides he wants to go to the super-duper fix-it machine so he can have his boot be as good as new. The problem was they didn't know how to find the super-duper fix-it machine, so they Dora and Boots ask Map for assistance.

Map sings his song. At the end, he accidentally falls into a hole and notices that he has a hole in his map. But it's a good thing that he knows the quickest way to the super-duper fix-it machine. Map explains that they have to go across Crocodile Lake and over the troll bridge to get to the super-duper fix-it machine. He also says they can catch stars along the way too. Dora & Boots got going and had to find Crocodile Lake which was on the path to the right. Dora & Boots see Tico driving his car. Boots shows Tico his red boot. Tico went "Uh-oh. whoo, un hoyo". Boots had a hole or "un hoyo" in Spanish. Dora asked Tico for a ride to the super-duper fix-it machine. Tico said agreed to give them a ride in his car. Dora & Boots climbed in and put on their seatbelts. Tico starts driving slowly but then he picks up speed and started going over the hills on the path. As Tico continued driving, Dora & Boots saw stars in the sky. They even saw Disco the singing and dancing explorer star. Dora & Boots catch the stars and put them into the star pocket. After that, Tico drives over some small rocks and one of the rocks punctures a tire. Tico had to stop his car. The viewer finds a hole in Tico's tire located at the back. Tico climbs out and takes a look at his tire. Boots saw that Tico had "un hoyo" in his tire and understands how he feels because Boots has one in his boot. So, Dora decides they should take Boots to get his boot fixed and Tico to get his tire fixed at the super-duper fix-it machine. Suddenly, they saw a lake. Boots wanted to be sure that it's Crocodile Lake and sure enough, it was.

Then, they saw Benny in his yellow inflatable boat. Benny asked if they would like a ride in his boat. Dora, Boots, and Tico were glad to because they had to get across Crocodile Lake to get to the fix-it machine. They climbed in and put on their lifejackets. Benny had paddles for Dora, Boots and Tico; and together they started rowing. As they continued rowing, a tree branch pokes Benny's boat. Dora goes "uh-oh" and thinks now there might be another hole nearby. Benny believes there's a hole in his boat and there was. Tico points to the hole in Benny's boat which was losing air. Benny's boat started shrinking and sinking. Benny is in shock and the crocodiles were coming. Benny, Tico, Dora and Boots had to paddle Benny's boat as fast as possible to get away from the crocodiles. After that, they reach the other side of Crocodile Lake. Benny couldn't believe that he has a hole in his boat because he really loves his boat. Tico told him, "No te preocupes, Benny", meaning "Don't worry, Benny". Dora and Boots decided he should come with them to the super-duper fix-it machine. So far, they have 4 things to fix: Benny's boat, Map's picture map, Tico's tire, and Boots' boot. Dora, Boots, Benny, and Tico approach the troll bridge and saw the troll up ahead.

Mr. Troll was shocked and went, "what is this, a parade?!" Boots asked Mr. Troll if they can over his bridge and he said no. He won't let them go over his bridge until they solve a tricky riddle, and he believes they can't solve it because they have to count real fast. Dora and Boots ask the viewer if he/she is going to prove him wrong by counting fast and he/she said yes. The troll's riddle went like this: "tell me, tell me, tell me, please. How many holes are in this cheese?". And they had to hurry up and answer it because a mouse is going to eat up all the cheese. Dora starts counting as fast as she could to figure out how many holes were in the cheese. Dora counts up to 16. After that, the mouse eats up all the cheese. Mr. Troll asked the viewer how many holes were in the cheese. There were 16, but a few seconds later, he went "I can't hear you!". The viewer responds "16" a little louder and Mr. Troll was impressed and tells the viewer that he/she is good at counting. Mouse burps and excuses himself and goes away. Then, Mr. Troll lets Dora, Boots, Benny and Tico over his bridge. They were on their way to the super-duper fix-it machine. Speaking of that, Mr. Troll asks if he can come with them to the super duper fix-it machine because there's something wrong with his purple pants. The viewer finds a hole in Mr. Troll's pants. Now there are 5 things to fix: The troll’s pants, Benny's boat, Tico's tire, Map's picture map, and Boots' boot. Dora has Mr. Troll tag along with them as they go to the super-duper fix-it machine. Mr. Troll was sure excited. Now they just have to find the super-duper fix-it machine which was located on the path to the right.

They get going, but Boots stops because he hears Swiper. Suddenly, Swiper jump scares the others, swipes Boots' boot, and hides it inside a large hole. Dora asks the viewer if the boot went in the hole and it did. Boots' thought that he'll never get his boot fixed now and decides to give up. Tico tells him not to worry and then Tico gets harnessed up and is going to go down into the large hole to get Boots' boot back. They had to tell Tico "abajo" to go down. The viewer says "abajo" with the group and Tico goes down deep into the hole. A rabbit hops away to reveal Boots' boot. The viewer tells Tico "abajo" and Tico responds back and grabs the boot. Now, Tico has to come up out of the hole. The viewer tells Tico "arriba" for up. Tico responds back and raises himself up and out of the large hole. Boots thanks Tico for getting his boot back and Tico accepts the appreciation when he said "You're welcome, Boots!" in English once again.

Not long after that, Dora and her friends have reached the super-duper fix-it machine. They saw who runs it too which were Roberto the robot and his grandpa. "What can our super duper fix-it machine fix for you today?" asks Roberto's grandpa. "Can you fix my boot?" asks Boots. "Y mi llanta?" asks Tico meaning "and my tire?" "And my boat?" asks Benny. "And my pants?" asks Mr. Troll. Roberto's grandpa says yes and that they have come to the right place. Because "with a sprink and ploink and a rickety pop it'll take anything and fix it right up!". All they had to do is find the correct buttons to press and their stuff was as good as new in no time. First, Mr. Troll puts his pants on the conveyor belt. The troll's pants were purple and the purple button gets pressed. In no time, Mr. Troll's pants has no more hole because it's been fixed. Now, Benny puts his boat on the conveyor belt. Benny's boat was yellow, so the yellow button gets pressed. Sure enough, Benny's boat goes into the Super-Duper Fix-it machine and when it came out on the other side Benny had a look at his boat and told everyone that there's no more hole in his boat because it’s as good as new. Benny thanks Roberto's grandpa. Next, Tico takes his turn by putting his tire on the conveyor belt. Tico's tire was blue, so the blue button gets pressed. Soon after, Tico's tire goes into the super-duper fix-it machine and as it came out on the other side, Tico was happy that his tire has no more hole and was as good as new. Boots takes his turn and puts his boot onto the conveyor belt. Boots' boot was red, so the red button gets pressed. The super-duper fix-it machine fixes Boots' boot and Boots had a look on where the hole was but the hole was gone. Boots' boot was so red and shiny and was fixed at last. Boots is very excited and thanks Roberto's grandpa for fixing it. So far, Boots' boot, Tico's tire, Benny's boat and Mr. Troll's pants were fixed. Suddenly, Map pops out of Backpack and says that they're not done yet, because he has a hole in his picture map. So Map hops over to the conveyor belt of the super-duper fix-it machine. Map is colored white and the white button gets pressed. Map heads inside the super-duper fix-it machine to get fixed and then, Map's picture map was all fixed up.

Dora reviews on what just got fixed by the super-duper fix-it machine. Mr. Troll's pants were fixed, Benny's boat was fixed, Tico's tire was fixed, Map's picture map was fixed and Boots' boot was fixed! Mission accomplished! The Fiesta Trio play a fanfare inside a bubble and then it pops at the end of the tune. And then, Disco Star comes out of the star pocket to play some celebration music and release the confetti.

Song

• Fix-it Machine Travel Song

Places in this episode

1. Crocodile Lake
2. Troll Bridge
3. Super Duper Fix-It Machine

Sub-Place

Deep hole in the ground

Release

This episode can be found in It's a Party! on DVD.

Trivia

• A game for the VSmile called Dora’s Fix It Adventure is based on this episode.
• The tires on Tico's car are blue instead of black.
• Diego, Daisy and Baby Jaguar don't appear in this episode or with their broken things that have holes.
• Map does not zoom to the screen with his eyes closed, nor look at the viewer at the end of his I'm the Map song during his segment in this episode. However, he was about to do it until he accidentally fell into a hole in his picture map.
  • Also, a drumbeat is heard at the end of the song.
• This is the first episode where Grumpy Old Troll stops Swiper, but it failed until "The Grumpy Old Troll Gets Married".
  • Also, when Swiper swiped Boots' boot, he threw it into the hole, so there is a good chance that the hole in the map is an actual location (sub-place).
• This is the 64^th episode of the show.
• This the fourth episode where Tico speaks English. He says "You're welcome." to Boots.
  • This is the second instance of such feat after ¡Rápido, Tico!.
• This is the third episode where Dora does not look inside Backpack.
• This is Benny and Tico's first episode to go over the Troll Bridge.
• The Grumpy Old Troll is seen with a barrel around his waist. Although, he is in fur, because he's a troll, not a human; due to cartoon logic.
• This is the not only the first episode where Grumpy Old Troll travels with Dora, but also the first episode where he goes over his own bridge.
• The Grumpy Old Troll doesn't sing his theme song in this episode.
• When Swiper says "You're too late!", the audio is taken from Sticky Tape.
• This is the third episode in which Boots is seen half barefoot. The first was Big River and the second was in The Missing Piece.
• Isa does not appear in this episode, but she does appear with her broken hand trowel in the book of the same name.
  • Although, another difference is that when Benny and Grumpy Old Troll appear in this episode, they don't appear in the book of the same name.
• Dora and Boots don't sing the original Travel Song in this episode, they instead sing the Fix-it Machine Travel Song and they only sing it once.
• This is the second episode Swiper swipes Boots' boot, he first swiped it in The Missing Piece.
  • Swiper almost swiped Boots' boot in Big River, but he was almost stopped and he kept paddling until a rock broke his oar.
• Dora, Backpack, the Fiesta Trio, and Swiper are the only characters without any holes.
  • However, in the book of the same name, Swiper had his broken yo-yo.
• When Boots says "Louder!", the audio is taken from The Lost City.
• When the Fiesta Trio says, "Estrellas!" the audio is taken from What Happens Next?.
• DirecTV used to list this episode as "I've Got a Hole in My Boot", but it got changed to its official title in the early 2010's.
• This is one of two episodes in which the stars get up close to the screen when Dora and Boots are counting them in the final scene, the other is Boots' Cuddly Dinosaur.
• When Dora caught Disco Star, he said "Disco! Disco!" in a fun manner. That same manner would later be implemented in the episode "Baseball Boots" when Baseball Star says "Baseball! Baseball!" and on Go, Diego, Go! when the Bobo Brothers say "Bobos! Bobos!".
  • Coincidentally, both the Bobo Brothers and Disco Star are voiced by Jose Zelaya.
• Although when Swiper is on his bad side of this episode, the book of the same name has Swiper on his good side to join Dora of going to the Fix-It Machine and fix his green yo-yo.
• The second time where Dora or Boots doesn't say "That sounds like Swiper the Fox", "That sneaky fox is always trying to swipe our stuff!", and "If you see Swiper, yell Swiper!".
• Even when Boots had a hole in his boot of this episode, the book of the same name has his broken toy airplane instead.
• Also, instead of Tico having a tire hole in this episode, the book of the same name has his broken toy car instead.
• This marks the first time the Grumpy Old Troll says "I can't hear you!". He will say it again in "Louder!".
  • Isa will say that phrase during the Isa, Turn the Wheel song in "Dora's Pirate Adventure".
  • Pirate Pig will say that phrase during the Banana Boat Song in "Boots' Banana Wish".

Goofs/Errors

• The Map segment features an error on the Fiesta Trio.

• The Fix-It Machine Travel Song only features Dora and Boots singing it. In the Dora the Explorer album, there was a version where Benny, Tico and the Grumpy Old Troll are singing it, but it does not appear in this episode. It is possible that it was intended for the episode, but cut off from the actual episode. However, if it did appear the episode, it would most likely be sung on the way to the Fix-It Machine since Benny mentions about the Troll's pants in the song. This would mean that the song would be sung twice instead of once.
• It is unknown how someone would fix something that their objects are green, brown, orange, black, or pink, or if something is more than one color.
• Since Backpack was not checked in this episode, it is unknown where Tico got a flashlight helmet from.
• Just before the stars get put in the star pocket, it is much larger than usual.

Number of stars

5

Explorer Star

Disco Star

Dora the Explorer Season 3

The Lost City | Star Catcher | Stuck Truck | Roberto the Robot | ¡Por Favor! | Rescue, Rescue, Rescue! | Save the Puppies! | The Big Potato | What Happens Next? | The Fix-it Machine | Meet Diego! | Baby Dino | Baseball Boots | Boots' Special Day | Boo! | Dora Saves the Game | The Super Silly Fiesta | Boots' Cuddly Dinosaur | Job Day | Louder! | ABC Animals | Dora's Pirate Adventure | Dora Had a Little Lamb | Best Friends | Journey to the Purple Planet | To the South Pole * - Denotes held-back episode ** - Denotes held-up episode