History WesternAnimation / DorasExplorerGirls

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The second spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'', starring an older, tween Dora and her new friends, the "Explorer Girls": Alana, Naiya, Emma and Kate.

The special premiered on August 7, 2011, on Creator/NickJr It featured Dora and the Explorer Girls having to search for and find the tickets for a Music/{{Shakira}} concert after Alana accidentally leaves her jacket in the donation bag she brought.

A TV series based on the movie, ''WesternAnimation/DoraAndFriendsIntoTheCity'', premiered in 2014, which is basically the Explorer Girls with minor outfit upgrades and a [[SixthRanger new male main character]] named Pablo.
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!!''Dora's Explorer Girls'' provides examples of:

* TheArtifact: Almost nothing from the original Dora is retained in this series.
* BilingualBonus
* [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Blonde, Brunettes, Redhead]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Yep. They still do it.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In comparison to its spinoff series, a few elements stand out:
** Dora has a necklace, her shirt's collar is different, the flower on her shirt is more elaborate, and her bracelet is pink.
** Emma's skin is a bit darker, her hair is braided instead of loose and wavy, and she's wearing a yellow dress instead of a yellow blouse and pink skirt.
** Kate's eyes are a different shade of blue and her clothes are different.
** Naiya's skin is lighter, her headband is yellow instead of pink, and her clothes completely changed. Her main colour is purple, not white.
** Alana's clothes changed colours and design. She has an orange palette, not a green one, and she's wearing a scarf.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** In 2009 tweenage Dora appeared in a main series episode. She's noticeably more similar to her younger version. By 2012 they decided to remove the adventure aspects and Boots is mostly gone; he's also missing his polo shirt.
** ''In The City'' has a noticeable animation devolution from ''Explorer Girls'' and is now in the style of the main series.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The girls have to chase their concert tickets all over the city. It pays off big time in the end, though.
* EverythingTalks: Actually averted.
* FiveManBand
** TheLeader: Dora.
** TheLancer: Kate.
** TheSmartGuy: Naiya.
** TheBigGuy: Alana.
** TheChick: Emma.
* FiveTokenBand: The Explorer Girls.
* FreeRangeChildren: Dora's parents still let her go off on her own. ''In a large city.''
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GratuitousSpanish: It is Dora, after all.
* GirlinessUpgrade: Big time. Think ''Franchise/{{Bratz}}'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' without the magic.
* GrowingUpSucks: Debatably averted. Dora still very much adventures; she just simply has more friends and a new place to explore.
* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: To ''Into The City''.
* SesameStreetCred: Music/{{Shakira}} guest stars AsHerself.
* SpinOff: Of ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''.
%%* TalkingIsAFreeAction
* ViewersAreGoldfish: You guessed it, averted.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Dora has moved from her home in the rain forest to a new home in a CityWithNoName. In the original series it could be argued Dora lived in Latin America, but this unnamed city is harder to pin down.
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** Dora has a her necklace, her shirt's collar is different, the flower on her shirt is more elaborate, and her bracelet is pink.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: To ''Into The City''.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: To ''Into The City''.

The first episode premiered on August 7, 2011, on Creator/NickJr It featured Dora and the Explorer Girls having to search for and find the tickets for a Music/{{Shakira}} concert after Alana accidentally leaves her jacket in the donation bag she brought.

%%* BilingualBonus
* [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Blonde, Brunettes, Redhead]]: Blonde: Alana. Brunettes: Dora, Emma, Kate, Naiya, Pablo. Redhead: Kate,

* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In comparison to its spinoff series, a few elements stand out:
** Dora has a her necklace, her shirt's collar is different, the flower on her shirt is more elaborate, and her bracelet is pink.
** Emma's skin is a bit darker, her hair is braided instead of loose and wavy, and she's wearing a yellow dress instead of a yellow blouse and pink skirt.
** Kate's eyes are a different shade of blue and her clothes are different.
** Naiya's skin is lighter, her headband is yellow instead of pink, and her clothes completely changed. Her main colour is purple, not white.
** Alana's clothes changed colours and design. She has an orange palette, not a green one, and she's wearing a scarf.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Dora has moved from her home in the rain forest to a new home in a CityWithNoName.

* BilingualBonus
* [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead Blonde, Brunettes, Redhead]]

!!''Dora's ExplorerGirls'' provides examples of:

A TV series based on the movie, ''Dora and Friends: Into the City'', premiered in 2014, which is basically the Explorer Girls with minor outfit upgrades and a [[SixthRanger new male main character]] named Pablo.

!!Tropes:

* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: The premiere ends with a segment like this, based on the premiere's theme of being helpful and working together. Boots makes a special appearance during this segment. Whether or not this is to happen OnceAnEpisode remains to be seen.
* AnimatedSeries

* AscendedExtra: Pablo originally appeared as a guest character in 3 episodes of the original Dora the Explorer-series. In this series he has been upgraded to a main character.
* {{Balloonacy}}: Happens in the premiere, with a hot air ballon parade float.

* ContinuityNod: Dora has memories of her childhood with Boots while talking about maps.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:

* EdutainmentShow

* FantasyHelmetEnforcement: Dora still puts a helmet on whenever she rides a bike, but now that she's in a big city, she now endorses "following the rules of the road".

** TheSixthRanger: Pablo in the tv-series.

* [[FreeRangeChildren Free Range Tweens]]: Dora's parents still let her go off on her own. ''In a large city.''

* TheMusical: The premiere. It was even billed as a "musical adventure" in the ads.
* NoAntagonist: There doesn't seem to be any sort of villain, since Swiper is no longer part of the show. Averted in the spin-off series, however, where some of the episodes' plots have antagonistic individuals, even if they're aren't outright villainous, including Swiper as of Season 2.
* NoObjectPermanence: Several promotional artworks of Dora featured her wearing a purple headband with her everyday outfit. In the show however, she doesn't wear it.
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Boots and Jaguar have apparently barely aged despite Dora aging a few years. In the original series it was shown that animals aged more-or-less according to their lifespans, which is why Swiper was elderly when Boots was still a child, so Jaguar's lack of aging is even more noticeable.
* RoleReprisal: The voice for Dora in ''Into the City!'' is Fatima Ptacek, who currently provides her voice in the original series.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: The premiere constantly beats viewers over the head with "doing things together" and how important friends are.
* TheOneGuy: Pablo is the only boy among Dora's friends.
* PutOnABus: Every non-human character from the original series, except Boots, who makes a special appearance at the end of the premiere.
** TheBusCameBack: Boots and even Swiper both make appearances during a couple of Season 2 episodes. Loads of other original series characters cameo along with them, as well.
* SesameStreetCred: Music/{{Shakira}} guest stars AsHerself in the premiere.
* SpinOff
* TakeYourTime: Averted once again.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction
* ViewersAreGoldfish: You guessed it, averted. (But less frequent in Into the City).

* CoversAlwaysLie: Several promotional artworks of Dora featured her wearing a purple headband with her everyday outfit. In the show however, she doesn't wear it.

* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Boots and Jaguar have apparently barely aged despite Dora aging a few years. In the original series it was shown that animals aged more-or-less according to their lifespans, which is why Sniper was elderly when Boots was still a child, so Jaguar's lack of aging is even more noticeable.

* GirlinessUpgrade: Big time. Think ''Franchise/{{Bratz}}'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' without the magic.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In 2009 tweenage Dora appeared in a main series episode. She's noticeably more similar to her younger version. By 2012 they decided to remove the adventure aspects and Boots is mostly gone; he's also missing his polo shirt.

** TheBusCameBack: Boots and even Swiper both make appearances during a couple of Season 2 episodes.

* NoAntagonist: There doesn't seem to be any sort of villain, since Swiper is no longer part of the show. Averted in the spin-off series however.

A TV series based on the movie, ''Dora and Friends: Into the City'', is set to premiere in 2014, which is basically the Explorer Girls with minor outfit upgrades and a [[SixthRanger new male main character]].

* NoAntagonist: There doesn't seem to be any sort of villain, since Swiper is no longer part of the show.

The first episode premiered on August 7, 2011, on NickJr It featured Dora and the Explorer Girls having to search for and find the tickets for a Music/{{Shakira}} concert after Alana accidentally leaves her jacket in the donation bag she brought.
A TV series based on the movie, "Dora And Friends: Into The City", is set to premiere in 2014, which is basically the Explorer Girls with minor outfit upgrades and a [[SixthRanger new male main character]].

* ViewersAreGoldfish: You guessed it, averted.

* TheOtherDarrin: Dora has yet another voice actress.

* GirlinessUpgrade: Big time. Think ''{{Bratz}}'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' without the magic.

* SesameStreetCred: {{Shakira}} guest stars as herself in the premiere.