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* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt often reveals her pudgy belly, although her belly button is never really seen.

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* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt BareMidriffsAreFeminine: She's a sweet, all-loving girl whose [[PinkMeansFeminine pink shirt]] often reveals her pudgy belly, although her belly button is never really seen.



* PinkMeansFeminine: Her shirt (which [[BareYourMidriff exposes part of her belly]]), which especially applies in the new series.

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* PinkMeansFeminine: Her shirt (which [[BareYourMidriff exposes part of her belly]]), belly), which especially applies in the new series.

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* PetTheDog:

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* PetTheDog:PetTheDog: Once in a while, he will do something to prove he's not a complete bastard.


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** In "Dora's Dance to the Rescue", he is kind enough to release the Mean Elf from his bottle, even if it resulted in him being trapped in the bottle in the elf's place.
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Corrected heading capitalization and renamed the section for the Dora And Friends characters because none of these characters are adults.


!!The main quartet

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!!The main quartet
Main Quartet



!! Animal companions

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!! Animal companionsCompanions



!! Dora's family

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!! Dora's family
Family



[[folder:Mami Elena and Papi Cole Marquez]]

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[[folder:Mami Elena (Elena Marquez) and Papi Cole Marquez]](Cole Marquez)]]



!!! Extended family members

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!!! Extended family membersFamily Members



!!Dora's adult friends

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!!Dora's adult friends
City Friends
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The Chick is now a disambiguation, not a trope.


* LovableLizard: A friendly iguana who is TheChick of Dora's team.

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* LovableLizard: A friendly iguana who is TheChick of gets along with Dora's team.
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* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt often reveals her pudgy belly, although her belly button is never really seen.
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Grumpy Bear is no longer a trope. Moving examples to other tropes when applicable.


* GrumpyBear: A bad-tempered guy in a sugary world full of happy characters.
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* NiceShoes: His red boots. He loves them.
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* TheOneGuy: The only male of Dora's older friend group.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Dora looks a lot like a her mother, right down to having a similar hairstyle, but has her father's more round and fuller head shape.
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* VocalEvolution: His voice was noticeably deeper in the first season compared to the rest of the show.

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* VocalEvolution: His voice was noticeably deeper and more relaxed in the first season season, compared to his higher-pitched and excitable tone for the rest of the show.
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* EnemyMine: There are a few episodes where he actually teams up with Dora.
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* HarmlessVillain: He mostly just annoys Dora and occasionally throw her stuff away.

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* HarmlessVillain: He mostly just annoys Dora and occasionally throw throws her stuff away.
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* NiceShoes: His red boots. He loves them.

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%%* CoolBigSis: To her twin baby siblings. She also acts this way towards Boots.

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%%* * CoolBigSis: To her twin baby siblings. She also acts this way towards Boots.



* {{Keet}}: He definitely comes off as one.



* CatchPhrase: After picking out the item for Dora, she'll usually say, "Delicioso!" after 'eating' the rest of the things.

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* CatchPhrase: After picking out the item for Dora, she'll usually say, "Delicioso!" "Yum, yum, yum! Delicioso!" after 'eating' the rest of the things.



%%* CoolCar: It's amphibious.

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%%* * CoolCar: It's amphibious.He is shown to drive one on numerous occasions.



** When he swipes something, he says, "[[ThrowTheDogABone You're too late!]]", then tosses it away and adds "[[TeamRocketWins You'll never find it/them (or your/the/that/those/these [swiped object(s)] now!]]"

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** When he swipes something, he says, "[[ThrowTheDogABone You're too late!]]", then tosses it away and adds "[[TeamRocketWins You'll never find get it/them (or your/the/that/those/these [swiped object(s)] back now!]]"



* GenkiBoy: Very active and enthusiastic.



* {{Keet}}: Very active and enthusiastic.



* HappilyMarried: To Petunia.

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* HappilyMarried: To a female troll named Petunia.
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* WeWillMeetAgain: In the first season every time Dora and Boots solve his riddles, he vows to stump them next time before leaving. This was dropped as of Season 2 [[CharacterizationMarchesOn due to becoming more sensible and calm about it.]]
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* CannotTellALie: Even "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom" points out Map is ''never'' wrong.
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* SayMyName: Like Backpack, you have to say his name for him to do his thing.

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* SayMyName: Like Backpack, you have to say his name for him to do his thing. Taken up a few notches as of Season 5, in which Dora and Boots now shout his name before his segment begins, as if they're saying it with the viewer.
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Doesn't match the trope's definition (a character having no object permanence; that is, they think something's disappeared simply if they can't see it).


* NoObjectPermanence: In all the promotional images for her ''Into the City!'' design, she is depicted with a purple headband; in animation, she doesn't wear it.
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* DistressedDude: The majority of his episodes have him needing to be rescued. In "The Big Potato", he turns into a potato. In "Sticky Tape", his hot air balloon has a hole in it, and is headed for a crocodile-infested lake. In "Benny the Castaway", he got stranded on an island.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Isa's Unicorn Flowers" is her biggest role yet.
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* OffModel: She went through a total of ''four'' facial designs throughout Season 1, with her first design in the first two episodes being the guiltiest. Her face also differs in a few episodes of Season 4, and one of her Season 1 designs is used in a few episodes of Season 2 as well, specifically "Lost Map", "Lost Squeaky" and "¡Rapido, Tico!".
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the first season, he would normally be frustrated when Dora and Boots solve his riddle and vows to try harder next time to stump them. Starting in Season 2, he became more sensible and is happy they solved the riddle and grants them access over the bridge.
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** When he swipes something, he says, "[[ThrowTheDogABone You're too late!]]", then tosses it away and adds "[[TeamRocketWins You'll never find it now!]]"

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** When he swipes something, he says, "[[ThrowTheDogABone You're too late!]]", then tosses it away and adds "[[TeamRocketWins You'll never find it it/them (or your/the/that/those/these [swiped object(s)] now!]]"
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* EnfanteTerrible: The Christmas special shows that he's been swiping since he was a baby.
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* AesopAmnesia: It is lampshaded in ''Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure'' that he is given multiple chances to change, but he keeps on swiping. When Swiper almost ruins Dora's Nochebuena party, Swiper says he won't do it again, but Santa puts him on the naughty list anyways.


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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Solve my riddle(s)".
* GrumpyBear: A bad-tempered guy in a sugary world full of happy characters.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being grumpy, he gets along with the other characters and does have a soft side.
* RiddleMeThis: People have to answer his riddles if they want to cross his bridge.
* TrollBridge: He lives under the bridge.
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* AllLovingHeroine

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* AllLovingHeroineAllLovingHeroine: Dora loves and wants to help everyone, and is even nice to the villains. She even manages to see the good in Swiper, and in ''Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure'', says that she thinks he could change.
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Everythings Better With Monkeys has been turned into a disambiguation. Zero Contect Examples and examples that don’t fit existing tropes will be removed.


%%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys
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character is not a minotaur


* ALoadOfBull: Obviously, he's a bull.
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* BadassMustache: Cole has one.
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* MeaningfulName: Her name is short for "exploradora," which is Spanish for "explorer." The Spanish-language version of the program is actually called ''Dora la Exploradora''.

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