Original air date: 3/4/2002 (produced in 2000)
Dora remembers the day she first got Backpack, and how she learned she was more than just someone useful, but a great friend. Join Dora, Boots, and Backpack as she learns to use her for the first time ever, solve Mr. Troll's riddle at the Troll Bridge, climb the Big Rock, and reach the library to return Dora's eight books before it closes!
Tropes:
- Debut Queue: Dora's Papi makes his first appearance here.
- Help, I'm Stuck!: Before reaching the Big Rock, Boots gets stuck in the Icky Sticky Sand. Dora saves him by using a rope from Backpack.
- Oh, Crap!: Dora and Boots when the rope begins to break halfway up the Big Rock, meaning they need Sticky Tape to fix it otherwise they'll fall. Backpack has the same reaction during her segment.
- Origins Episode: Shows how Dora first got Backpack, how she learned to ask her for items, and the first time asking Map for directions.
- Race Against the Clock: Dora and Boots have to reach the library before it closes, and her books will be overdue.
- Tempting Fate: When Dora tells Boots they need scissors to cut the net at the Troll Bridge and Boots wonders where they can find some, Mr. Troll bets Dora will never find them. Immediately after, the viewer tells Dora and Boots they can get the scissors from Backpack.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Swiper swipes Backpack.
- Whole Episode Flashback: The episode is a flashback to the time Dora first got Backpack.
