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The Mixed-Up Seasons

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The Mixed-Up Seasons (or simply just "Mixed-Up Seasons") is the 9th episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 4.

In production order, it is the 15th episode of Season 4.

Characters[]

Summary[]

Dora and Boots find four things in the wrong seasons, and must put them back to their respective season.

Plot[]

Bringing Mr. Snowman back from Summer to Winter[]

Dora and Boots were spending the day at the beach in the summer. Some of their friends were eating ice cream, swimming, and playing in the sand. Suddenly, they saw a very strange sight: There was a snowman on the beach! Mr. Snowman was in the hot sun, and he got lost and scared that he is starting to melt. Dora and Boots had to ask Map to find out how to get Mr. Snowman home before he melts! Map had the 4 seasons which were Winter, Spring, Fall, and Summer. Map said it's very hot in the summer, and much too hot for a snowman. The viewer finds the correct season for Mr. Snowman. He is supposed to be where it's cold in winter. So, Dora and Boots had to take Mr. Snowman back to the snowy mountain, where it's winter. There was no boat, but there is a hot air balloon. Dora and Boots use it to take Mr. Snowman home to the snowy mountain. After getting on the hot air balloon, it took off from the beach, and went directly to the snowy mountain. While on the way to the snowy mountain, a cold wind suddenly blew from the mountain, and snow began to fall from the mountain's cold wind, and Mr. Snowman feels great now that he was frozen solid, but Dora and Boots were shivering cold because the temperatures suddenly dropped significantly while they were still in their summer clothes when taking off on the hot air balloon. Dora and Boots needed something to keep them warm. So they had to check Backpack for winter clothes, which contained their snowsuits, mittens, and boots (previously worn in A Present For Santa and A Letter for Swiper) along with winter hats (which are slightly different from the ones in the Windy Hill portion of To the Monkey Bars). After putting on their winter clothes, they successfully brought back Mr. Snowman to the snowy mountain, but someone else was lost and scared in the snowy mountain. It was a little flower. Little Flower sneezed and couldn't take the mountain's extremely cold weather.

Bringing Little Flower back from Winter to Spring[]

Dora and Boots had to check Map again to find Little Flower's correct season. Map was glad that Dora and Boots brought Mr. Snowman back to winter. "But, Oh no! Little Flower is lost and she has to be where it's warm!" he said. The viewer finds the correct season for Little Flower. She belongs with other flowers where it's spring. Boots put a scarf on Little Flower to keep her warm and Mr. Snowman gets out a sled so they can slide down the mountain. He tells Dora, Boots, and Little Flower that they had to follow the numbers from 1-5. However, he also warns them that if they went the wrong way, they'll run into snow bears. Dora, Boots, and Little Flower reach a gate, the buzzer sounds and the gate opens. Dora, Boots, and Little Flower started sledding down the mountain to get Little Flower home to where it's spring. They followed the numbers from 1-5 and made it down the mountain. After that, Dora and Boots didn't need their winter clothes (snowsuits, mittens and hats, along with Little Flower's scarf) anymore, so they put them back inside Backpack. Dora & Boots had to find the flower patch that looked just like Little Flower. Sure enough, the viewer finds a flower patch that had purple flowers and it matched what Dora and Boots were holding. After putting Little Flower back in the purple flower patch in spring, a voice went "Ayudenme"! Dora & Boots go "Uh-oh". Someone else was lost and scared. It was a pumpkin. The pumpkin's name was Jack the Jack O'Lantern and said that he's lost and scared because he doesn't belong where it's spring.

Bringing Jack O'Lantern back from Spring to Fall[]

Dora & Boots check Map again to find out where the pumpkin lives. Map was glad that Mr. Snowman is back in winter and that Little Flower is back in spring, but then he went "Uh-oh!" because the pumpkin is lost. The viewer finds the correct season for Jack O'Lantern. He belongs with the other pumpkins in fall. Dora & Boots had to figure out how to carry Jack O'Lantern home. Boots couldn't pick him up because he was big and heavy. Dora & Boots use a wheelbarrow to carry Jack O'Lantern. Boots rolls the wheelbarrow up to Jack O'Lantern. They were about to pick him up when they heard Swiper. The viewer tells Jack what to stay to stop him which is "Swiper, no swiping!". Dora, Boots, and Jack stop Swiper by saying it. After that, Dora & Boots lifted Jack O'Lantern onto the wheelbarrow. He was heavy but they both lifted him together. As Dora & Boots push the wheelbarrow down the path, the wheelbarrow gets stuck in the mud. The viewer helps Dora and Boots push the wheelbarrow out of the mud. And then in no time, Dora & Boots are in fall. Now they had to find Jack O'Lantern's pumpkin patch but it was dark in the forest and they needed a light. Sure enough, Jack O'Lantern lit up the entire forest and the viewer finds the pumpkin patch. Jack O'Lantern was home.

Dora & Boots noticed that they are so many things to do in the fall. They did apple picking and jumped in the leaves. But as Dora & Boots jumped in the leaves, a voice said "Ouch!". Dora & Boots saw a Sand Crab. The crab was in the leaves and Dora & Boots apologized and explained that they didn't see the sand crab under the leaves. Sand Crab said it's okay because she has a tough shell. Boots asked Sand Crab what she is doing in the pile of leaves and Sand Crab says she was trying to keep warm. Dora & Boots both go "Uh-oh" and knew that a sand crab doesn't belong in fall. Sand Crab says that she is not used to such chilly wind and rain and is lost and scared. She doesn't belong in fall, she misses her crab family. So Dora & Boots check Map one more time to find out where Sand Crab lives. Map was proud that Dora & Boots brought Mr. Snowman back to winter, Little Flower back to spring, and the pumpkin back to fall. But Sand Crab is lost. The viewer finds the correct season for Sand Crab. She lives where it's hot in summer.

Bringing Sand Crab back from Fall to Summer[]

Dora & Boots take Sand Crab home to where it's summer but it was very far away. Dora, Boots, and Sand Crab go on a hayride with Caballito to where it's summer. A wind cloud starts chasing them, they went fast but the wind cloud caught up. They went faster and the wind cloud caught up even more. They went the fastest ever. The wind cloud gave up and Dora and Boots took Sand Crab back to where it's summer. After bringing the 4 characters back to their correct seasons, fireworks started up to celebrate Dora and Boots for bringing Mr. Snowman back from summer to winter, Little Flower back from winter to spring, Jack O'Lantern back from spring to fall, and Sand Crab back from fall to summer.

Four Seasons[]

  1. Winter (Mr. Snowman's home; where Little Flower was found)
  2. Spring (Little Flower's home; where Jack was found)
  3. Fall (Jack's home; where Sand Crab was found)
  4. Summer (Sand Crab's home; where Mr. Snowman was found)

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

Dora and Boots summoned Backpack when they were shivering cold while wearing their beach outfits on a hot air balloon after the cold wind blew from the snowy mountain and snow started to fall, causing temperatures to significantly drop, while bringing back Mr. Snowman from the summer beach to the winter mountain.

Note: All these items are different outfits for different kinds of adventures, and they're all in big groups for both Dora and Boots.

Releases[]

This episode was on Summer Explorer and Explore the Earth.

Trivia[]

  • The book Dora's Search for the Seasons is based on this episode.
  • The episode starts in Summertime and end their adventure at the Summer.
    • This is the first episode where the last place on the map is somehow the same place the adventure started. This will happen again in Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom.
    • It is possible that this episode took place on July 4th since there were fireworks after the adventure.
    • Dora still had her bathing suit she wore in Beaches, however, she only wore it for a little bit. After they changed clothes, she never put it back on, not even when they returned to summer to bring Sand Crab back home.
  • The snowman's character model is exactly the same as all the snowmen summoned by the witch in Dora's Fairytale Adventure.
  • Benny, Isa, and Tico do not speak in this episode.
  • Dora and Boots don't sing the Travel Song in this episode because they're traveling to 4 places instead of 3 places, however, it is still possible for them to sing it listing 4 places, but they're going to all 4 seasons returning every season character back to their own seasons, they didn't even know at first that they had to go to all the seasons and the different season characters in the wrong season, so they never had the need to sing it anyway. In fact, they actually don't sing any songs except We Did It (excluding the Dora the Explorer Theme Song, I'm the Map, and Backpack, Backpack).
  • Dora doesn't use the picture pop-up sequence in this episode, she instead uses Map after returning each season character and placing red checkmarks on the seasons Dora and Boots have been to.
  • Map doesn't use a regular map that traces a path to the last place and showing the places in order, he instead uses a season map showing all 4 seasons to know where Dora and Boots got to go to return the season character back to right places. He also stands in the middle of the picture map instead of the top left.
    • He also stands in the middle of the picture map in the episode Best Friends.
    • This is the second and only other episode where it holds the record of the most times Map was called being four. The first time was Dora's Fairytale Adventure.
  • Dora and Boots don't talk about their favorite parts at the end, they instead talk about their favorite seasons and Dora doesn't ask the viewer "what was your favorite part of the trip", she instead asks "what's your favorite season". However, she still says "I liked that too!" after the viewer's response.
  • This is the last episode to find the Grumpy Old Troll in production order.
  • Map's zoom-wipe effect is used after telling the viewers to go to the first and last seasons.
  • This is the fourth time the Fiesta Trio played their original fanfare three times.
  • It is unknown how the Fiesta Trio got to each of the four seasons.
  • The snowsuits Dora and Boots wore were from the Season 2 episodes, A Present for Santa and A Letter for Swiper. Plus, they were wearing the same hats from To the Monkey Bars, albeit with minor differences to adapt to the colder temperatures of the snowy mountain.
  • When Backpack says, "Brrr!" the audio is taken from Dora's Fairytale Adventure.
  • When Dora says, "Say it with us!" when trying to stop Swiper, the audio is taken from TBA.
  • Map only zoom wipes after telling the viewers to go to the Winter and Summer seasons.
  • The Map segment for this episode spoils the characters found.
  • When the seasonal characters are back where they belong, the fireworks started just like the answer in the Blue's Clues episode, "Our Neighborhood Festival".
  • When Boots says, "Dora, we got everyone back home!", Mr. Snowman, Little Flower, Jack O'Lantern and Sand Crab say, "Gracias!" to thank Dora and Boots for bringing them back to their correct seasons.
  • In this episode, the Fiesta Trio plays their regular fanfare three times instead of two. This is the only time this happens.

Running gag[]

Dora, Boots, and the other characters yell "Uh-oh!" whenever anyone says "Help!" or "¡Ayúdame!" in the wrong season.

Goofs/Errors[]

  • It is unknown how all 4 seasons happen at the same time.
  • The seasons were out of order. After Winter and Spring, Summer is supposed to come before Fall.
  • When Dora and Boots put on their snowsuits for winter, they were originally in their beach outfits. However, when they get into spring to take their snowsuits off, they're somehow wearing their casual outfits. When they returned to summer, they do not put their beach gear back on.
    • However, they will put them back on in the sequel (without Dora's hat).
  • During the Map Segment, Mr. Snowman, Little Flower, Jack, and the Sand Crab appear to be smiling when they shouldn't be because they're lost.
  • Dora refers to the Sand Crab as a male when she says, "Rapido! We need to bring the Sand Crab home where he belongs!".

Character Find[]

Grumpy Old Troll

Dora the Explorer Season 4
Star Catcher | Dora's Fairytale Adventure | Daisy, La Quinceañera | Big Sister Dora | Super Babies | Catch the Babies | Dora's Got a Puppy | Dora and Diego to the Rescue! | A Crown for King Juan el Bobo | The Mixed-Up Seasons | Dora's Dance to the Rescue | Dora's First Trip | Baby Jaguar's Roar | Boots to the Rescue | Dora's World Adventure! | Star Mountain | Baby Crab | La Maestra de Música | Dora Saves the Mermaids | The Shy Rainbow | Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine | We're a Team! | Save Diego! | Swiper the Explorer
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