Dora and Friends: Into the City!

Dora and Friends: Into the City!
Genre Children
Adventure
Created by

Chris Gifford

Valerie Walsh Valdes
Voices of
Narrated by Jenna Iacono
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 34 (list of episodes)
Production company(s) Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release August 18, 2014 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Dora the Explorer
Related shows Go, Diego, Go!
External links
Website

Dora and Friends: Into the City! is an American educational animated television series. It is a spin-off on the original Dora the Explorer series.

Production history

In 2013, Nickelodeon announced that it would produce a spin-off to Dora the Explorer titled as Dora and Friends: Into the City! It will star the heroine Dora as a pre-teen who goes on city adventures with a group of new friends. The series has been picked up for 20 episodes and had its prime-time premiere on Nickelodeon on August 18, 2014.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

On October 9, 2014, Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 20-episode second season.[7]

Plot

In this series, Dora, who is older than she was in the original Dora the Explorer series, attends school and lives in the city of Playa Verde. She has five friends: Kate, who loves art, Emma, who loves music, Alana, who's tomboyish and loves animals, Naiya, who is smart and enjoys reading, and Pablo, who enjoys playing soccer. Together, Dora and her friends work together and go on adventures while discovering the secrets of their city. Dora has a magical charm bracelet and a smartphone, complete with an app version of the previous series' map to aid her.

The characters are all bilingual and speak Spanish in addition to English. However, the Spanish curriculum on Dora and Friends has been expanded to using simple phrases and commands as opposed to solely the single Spanish words used on the previous Dora the Explorer show.

Season 2 featured the return of characters from original series such as Boots, Benny the Bull, Isa the Iguana, Tico the Squirrel, Swiper the Fox, and Big Red Chicken who appear as guest stars in certain episodes such as the reunion special, "Return to the Rainforest" which involves Dora returning to the Rainforest from Dora the Explorer to rescue Map and Backpack after they are swiped from Boots by Swiper, only to be carried off by a strong wind. At the end of that episode, Backpack is repaired and redesigned by Kate after Backpack is torn apart by a cliff on Tall Mountain. The special also introduces a young flower named Bud who lives in Isa's garden and had heard all about Dora's adventures from her. Bud ends up getting sewed up as part Backpack by Kate, though he is perfectly fine with it as he gets to go on adventures with Dora and her friends. Bud helps Backpack find and retrieve objects stored inside her for Dora. In addition to Backpack and Bud, Map also returns in the Season 2 following the events of "Return to the Rainforest", effectively replacing Dora's Map App. In "For the Birds", older versions of Diego, Alicia, and Baby Jaguar (who now goes by just "Jaguar") from Go, Diego, Go! appear as well.

Characters

Episode list

Broadcast

Dora and Friends: Into the City! premiered on Treehouse TV in Canada on September 6, 2014[8] and on Nick Jr. in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand on November 3.[9][10] In Southeast Asia, the series debuted on March 16, 2015 on Nickelodeon in Singapore and Malaysia, on March 23 on Nick Jr. in all regions, and on March 30 on Nickelodeon in the Philippines, and also aired in Global TV in Indonesia.[11][12] It is also airing on Nick Jr. in the Middle East and Africa.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Nickelodeon Unveils New Generation Of Content For New Generation Of Kids At Annual Upfront Presentation" (Press release). Reuters. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Villaneda, Rebecca (28 February 2013). "'Dora and Friends': New Spin-off Will Star the Little Latina Heroine". Hispanic Business. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Nickelodeon "Dora And Friends: In The City" TV Show". Nickutopia. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Peel, Sarah (11 March 2013). "Nickelodeon Announces Dora and Friends: Into the City". BSC Kids. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.nickjr.com/video/?videoid=122704>
  6. ↑ http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/dora-and-friends-premieres-august-18/
  7. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 9, 2014). "'Dora and Friends: Into the City' Renewed for Second Season by Nickelodeon". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Treehouse Takes World's Most Beloved Explorer on Her Biggest Adventure Yet with Brand-New Series Dora and Friends: Into the City! Debuting on Saturday, September 6". Corus Entertainment (Press release). September 2, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (October 21, 2014). "Airdate: Dora and Friends: Into the City!". TV Tonight. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Vamanos! Dora and Friends: Into the City! to Premiere on Monday 3rd November". Viacom UK & Ireland Press (Press release). London: Viacom International Media Networks. October 20, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dora sets off on her greatest adventure yet". Philstar (Manila). March 16, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Nick Jr. Takes the World's Most Loved Explorer, Dora, on Her Greatest Adventure Yet with the New Pre-School Series "Dora and Friends: Into the City!"". VIMN Asia Press (Press release). Singapore: Viacom International Media Networks. February 27, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Ferreira, Thinus (September 23, 2014). "BET and two new channels coming to DStv". Channel 24. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  14. ↑ Fisher, Daniela (December 18, 2014). "Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels launch in the Middle East". Kidscreen. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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