In the episode "Dora's First Trip," the young explorer meets her monkey pal while he is playing outside. The episode is set in flashbacks and tells the tale of Boots and Dora running into Swiper the mischievous fox.
Swiper tries to take Boots' recognizable red rain boots, but they stop him together. Backpack and the Map don't make an appearance in the episode, because it was before Dora had acquired them. No one would expect a character that causes so much trouble to also voice the character that provides so much help. Marc Weiner voices both Swiper and the Map, and appeared in both the live-action movie, and the spin-off series, Go, Diego, Go!
Marc has not ventured far out of voice acting, and has mostly appeared in Dora-related content in his career. It's hard to imagine Dora's bestie, Boots, as anything other than the curious little monkey, but he was originally thought to be a mouse.
The lovable sidekick has gone on a few adventures without Dora, too, but as he has the mindset of a preschooler, he usually has to ask her many questions. Boots grew up in the series, too. When it started he was 4, but the creators wanted him to identify with the target demographic and had him age up to a 5-year-old. Another initial decision was Boots' color, which was yellow. However, after testing the show with audiences they decided on his signature purple hue.
The purple was thought to be more cohesive with the other characters' colors on the show, while the yellow clashed. Real pre-schoolers gave their opinions early on in the process, so they knew they had nailed it with monkey we know today. Dora the Explorer clearly resonated with critics, as well as audiences. The show was widely acclaimed for its diversity efforts and its educational nature while keeping up the entertainment value for children.
It's not just everyday folks who love the series; many celebrities do, too. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie famously showed their kids an episode in which Dora's mom has twins to prepare their own children for the arrival of their new siblings. The series creators wanted to make sure they got each episode right, so they consulted with the experts themselves: preschoolers.
Before an episode aired, the team had 75 preschoolers screen the show and tell execs what they liked and disliked. Professional experts, like educational and cultural consults, have also helped with the series. Nickelodeon spared no expense for the quality of the show, and apparently, the network was more than people working on a single episode.
The execs had been working with outside creators to conceptualize shows, but were not satisfied with the results. Valerie Walsh, a Nickelodeon employee who was in film school at the time, was at the meeting. Walsh brought her ideas to the group's next meeting and found that she and another Nickelodeon employee, Chris Gifford, had a similar concept: a story-driven interactive show starring a little girl heroine.
Nickelodeon executives, intrigued with the concept, asked Walsh and Gifford to flesh out their ideas into a TV show. About four months later, "Dora the Explorer" was born. Walsh and Gifford considered other characters for their concepts before they decided on Dora.
One version told the story of Dora the rabbit and her friends who lived in the woods. The creators preferred a little girl all along as the lead character, but initially were restricted by monetary considerations.
We called it 'The Knock Arounds. Soon enough, animation became an option for the show. Around this time, the working title for the show was called "Nina's Pop-up Puzzle". There was also supposed to be other characters including Tico, the Skunk, who eventually became a Squirrel, Swiper, the Fox, the only character that was never changed from the first sketch, Benito, the Bull, and Isa, the Iguana. Early on in the series development, research determined that Nina should have an additional goal, to teach viewers Spanish, and soon Nina, the green eyed, redheaded Irish girl became the dark haired, dark eyed Dora from Costa Rica.
When the crew decided that Dora would come from Costa Rica, and as soon as the show got picked up for production, six people traveled to Costa Rica for a fantastic research trip and for the first time they were able to see the flavor and colourful world of the rainforest. It inspired them to make changes to some of the characters. Changes were happening throughout the production and many episodes later, suddenly Dora got a home, and a family.
After six months, the crew was ready to make a pilot. Along with her friend Monkey Boots, Dora goes on adventures. Dora , Boots : Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping. Swiper, no swiping! Sign In. Episode guide. Play trailer Animation Adventure Comedy. See more at IMDbPro. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Clip Trailer Dora The Explorer. Photos Top cast Edit. Fatima Ptacek Dora as Dora …. Regan Mizrahi Boots as Boots …. Alexandria Suarez Backpack as Backpack ….
Caitlin Sanchez Dora as Dora …. Marc Weiner Swiper as Swiper …. Kathleen Herles Dora as Dora …. Harrison Chad Boots as Boots ….
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