The Explorer Stars (or simply just "Stars") are a species of star-shaped beings that help Dora and Boots on their travels in Seasons 3 and 4. They first appeared in The Lost City (Dora Had a Little Lamb in production order, or Star Catcher chronologically) and last appeared in Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine (or Dora's Fairytale Adventure in production order).

Explorer Star Names

• Saltador: A bouncy purple star with springing arms; has the ability to help someone "super jump" and jump more times their usual height.
• Glowy: A yellow star with light up points, who can see in the dark.
• Noisy: A blue star with points ending in horns, and can make honking noises.
• Switchy: An orange star that can change his shape.
• Tool Star: A silver star with retractable arms holding tools.
• Rocket Star: A silver star whose bottom points resemble rockets.
• Hero Star: A dark blue star who is the biggest and strongest star of all.
• Woo-Hoo: A baby blue star who likes playing peek-a-boo.
• Funny Star: An orange star who likes to make funny faces.
• Artista: A pink star with paintbrush arms, who can draw things.
• Sliparooni: A slippery star who makes soapsuds.
• Magico: A wizard star who does magic tricks.
• Baker Star: A yellow star with a chef hat.
• Spy Star: A teal star with sunglasses who watches everything he sees, and also has super X-ray powers.
• Policia: A white star with a police hat who makes sure everyone gets to where they're going.
• Supra, Ultra, and Mega: Three muscular stars who are really strong.
• Movie Star
• Disco Star: A star resembling a disco ball, who likes making music and dancing.
• Navy Star
• Cowgirl Star: A magenta star who wears a cowboy costume.
• Baseball Star: A star who resembles a baseball and wears a baseball cap. He has the power to morph into a baseball too.
• Gusty: A gray star who can make strong winds.
• Helada: A star who looks like a snowflake and has the power to make it snow.
• Comfy Star: A baby light pink star who likes to cuddle.
• Fairy Star: A pink star dressed like a fairy.
• Compass Star: An orange star on a blue circle with a yellow arrow who shows directions. He only appeared in the video game Super Star Adventures.

Additional pages

• Click here for more information and a list of colored Explorer Stars (and also the colored ones).
• Click here for a list of mini-games during the credits of Season 3 and 4 episodes.

Trivia

• The first episode with star-catching is The Lost City (Dora Had a Little Lamb in production order) and the last is To the South Pole (Best Friends if counting the 2004 Noggin premiere or Dora's Fairytale Adventure in production order).
• Woo-Hoo was the first Explorer Star featured (both airing order and chronologically), while Spy Star was the last (Glowy if one counts the end credits of Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine).
  • In production order, Glowy is the first and Fairy Star is the last.
• Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine (or Dora's Fairytale Adventure in production order) is the last episode to feature the explorer stars in episodes altogether, but they still appear in the opening sequence for the rest of the season.
• The Explorer Stars are similar to Pokémon from the franchise of the same name. Both are caught by objects, are used for anything, and some of them usually repeat their names (like Baseball Star, Woo-Hoo Star, and Disco Star).
  • The trait of repeating their names is also used by the Teletubbies and the Tiddlytubbies from their namesake show and Yoshis from Super Mario.
    • Unlike Pokémon, which can be caught by throwing a Pokéball at them, Explorer Stars can be caught by hand.
    • They can also be stored in the Star Pocket, similar to how Pokémon can be stored in Pokéballs.
• Just like with Swiper and the Fiesta Trio, in some episodes from Season 3, such as ¡Por Favor! and To the South Pole, they somehow get to wherever Dora and Boots are going.
• In Dora's Big Birthday Adventure, the Explorer Stars did not go to Dora's birthday party itself. However, if they did appear in the party, it would most likely be every single explorer star that appeared throughout the series, including the ordinary colored stars.
• They are most likely removed and are retired in Season 5 onwards because the star-catching could cause time constraints.
  • The Explorer Stars did appear in the live show Dora's Sing-Along Adventure and the updated version.
• Being sentient stars, they are similar to the Starbuddies from the Care Bears franchise. The only difference is that they are capable of speech, while the Starbuddies only communicate through squeaks and chirps.