History Film / DoraAndTheLostCityOfGold

** Unused: he also laments that he'd learned Mandarin instead of Spanish, but never has to read it (or some suspiciously similar language).

** There is a statement from the Fox Council of America at the start of the film: "Everything you are about to see is true. Except that foxes don't swipe. That is a hurtful stereotype." However it has Swiper's face on it...

* DancePartyEnding: The first roll of credits features Dora, Diego, Sammy and Randy at their school dance, singing a film version of "We Did It!", accompanied by the other students.
* DarkerAndEdgier: While the cartoon was made for preschoolers, this film has much more perilous and life-threatening situations, there are actual references to dying/getting killed and ToiletHumor though it does retain the spirit of the show. There's also a scene where Dora asks [[spoiler:Diego]] if he wants to "mate" with [[spoiler:Sammy]]. The mating scene with the two scorpions is also quite shocking as Dora never had any sexual innuendos.
* DeathByMaterialism: Subverted. [[spoiler:Alejandro's obsession with getting the treasure of Parapata leads him to trigger a trap that drops him down a flaming pit, with Dora pointing out his greed caused this. However, he manages to grab the edge and survive. Instead, he is made a prisoner of the Guardians of Parapata.]]

* GratuitousSpanish: Much like the original show, a lot of Spanish words and phrases are peppered throughout the dialogue, some subtitled but others left obvious due to context. There are some moments of complete Spanish conversations, as well as the Incan language Quechua. Inverted in the Latin Spanish dub, where there is GratuitousEnglish.
* HotterAndSexier: Not done intentionally, but the simplistic "big head" style of the animated show was always going to contrast Dora being played by an attractive teenage actress (even ''WesternAnimation/DorasExplorerGirls'' was mildly controversial for trying to glamorize her). But the movie itself doesn't try to capitalize on it[[note]]largely since Isabela Moner was seventeen while filming[[/note]], in the DancePartyEnding Dora wears an undershirt to prevent any inadequate moments while moving around.

* ImagineSpot: The opening scene implies that most of Dora's adolescent adventures were exaggerated by her imagination, such as a talking Backpack, Map and Boots, with her and Diego's miniature jeep made of cardboard. She later [[AsideGlance talks to the camera at dinner]], [[AudienceWhatAudience which her parents hope is just a phase]]. Swiper's existence does call some things into question.

* MisplacedWildlife: Pygmy elephants in Amazonian jungle
* MushroomSamba: Dora, Diego and Alejandro arrive in a field with hallucinogenic spores. Alejandro bumps into one that initiates all of them to begin spewing gas. [[spoiler:The result is the three seeing the world in the same animation style as the show, including caricatures of Sammy and Randy.]]

** The film opens with young Dora and Diego playing make believe in a yellow jeep, essentially recreating one of the intros from the show.

-->'''Alejandro''': [[spoiler:Can you all shut up back there?! I've had to listen to your mindless positivity for three days! Your relentless good nature spirit is a holy nightmare! So just shut up. Shut up!]]

-->'''Alejandro''': [[spoiler:SHUT UP! No more talking! And definitely no more singing.]]

* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:Alejandro.]]

* AdvertisedExtra: [[spoiler:Danny Trejo only voices Boots in a single scene]].

* CanonDiscontinuity: The film ignores ''WesternAnimation/DoraAndFriendsIntoTheCity'', showing Dora to have lived in the rainforest for sixteen years.

* ThePollyanna: Throughout the film, Dora's attitude tends to be very optimistic, even in great danger.

* HotterAndSexier: Not done intentionally, but the simplistic "big head" style of the animated show was always going to contrast Dora being played by an attractive teenage actress (even ''WesternAnimation/DorasExplorerGirls'' was mildly controversial for trying to glamorize her). But the movie itself doesn't try to capitalize on it[[note]]largely since Isabela Moner was seventeen while filming[[/note]], in the DancePartyEnding Dora wears an undershirt to prevent any BareYourMidriff moments while moving around.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Swiper was always an antagonist in the cartoon, but he was more of a [[HarmlessVillain mischievous inconvenience]] than an actual threat. Here, he's aligned with dangerous mercenaries.

* SwiperNoSwiping: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. Dora tries this on Swiper when they meet up again, but he ends up ignoring it. During the DancePartyEnding, however, Dora's parents try it on him successfully, complete with the classic "Oh, man!"

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the cartoon was made for preschoolers, this film has much more perilous and life-threatening situations, there are actual references to dying/getting killed and ToiletHumor though it does retain the spirit of the show. There's also a scene where Dora asks [[spoiler:Diego]] if he wants to "mate" with [[spoiler:Sammy]]. The mating scene is also quite shocking as Dora never had any sexual innuendos.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: [[spoiler:The Lost Guardians of Parapata wield European-style armour and crossbows,]] as the Vilcabamba Incas historically did in their final wars against the Spanish.