The Backpack Parade — dora

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The Backpack Parade is the 1^st episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 5.

In airing order, this episode marks the debut of the new cast (Dora is now voiced by Caitlin Sanchez, Boots is now voiced by Regan Mizrahi, etc.).

In production order, however, it is the 7^th episode of Season 5.

Characters

Dora
Boots
Tico
Backpack
Map
Swiper
Fiesta Trio
Hiccup Bridge (debut; only appearance)
Announcer
Bear
Luis (debut)
Benny (unlisted in the credits)
Isa (unlisted in the credits)
Big Red Chicken (unlisted in the credits)

Summary

Backpack gears up for a special parade, in which she's going to lead with her own song. However, her allergies make her sneeze, causing her all of her items to fall out. Dora and Boots help her retrieve all her belongings, and, with their friend Luis, arrive at the parade on time.

Places in this episode

Sub-places

Dora's House

Items in Backpack (clockwise starting from top right)

Scarf
Scary mask (correct item)
Binoculars
Teddy bear
Feather

Releases

This episode can be found on the DVD titled "Dora Celebrates Three Kings Day".

Trivia

Starting with this episode, Dave Wigforss is now credited as David Wigforss.
Surprisingly, Diego, who would still be voiced by Jake T. Austin in this season, does not appear in this episode or go to the parade with his anthropomorphic Rescue Pack and Baby Jaguar.
This is the first episode of Season 5, going by airing order.
Beginning this episode:
- At the introduction and at the end of the episode, there will be a fade in and fade out effect.
  - This was also seen on Go, Diego, Go!, which debuted three years prior.
- Dora will now often asks the viewer what path the location is on, instead of if they see the location.
  - However, it was introduced in "Rojo the Fire Truck" as well as a few Season 4 episodes.
- Following Map's segment, Dora no longer goes over the places as they pop up; instead, all three pictures pop up at once before asking "Where do we go first?".
- After asking "Where do we go first/next?" and asking the viewer what their favorite part was, Dora frequently raises her arms.
- Dora and/or Boots will often shout "Map!" (with the viewer) after saying "Louder!" before Map's segment begins, just like in Dora Saves the Mermaids and in Diego and Dora Save the Giant Tortoises.
  - This is similar to how Diego says, "Activaté" with the viewer after he says, "Louder!" to start Rescue Pack's segment in Go, Diego, Go!.
- During We Did It!, flashbacks/reenactments of what Dora and Boots mention in the lyrics are shown. However, this also happened in Dora Saves the Mermaids.
- During Favorite Parts:
  - The music has been re-orchestrated, going up in key from C to D before the episode ends.
  - Boots now says "Thanks for helping!" before Dora says "Gracias!", just like in Star Catcher, La Maestra de Música, Super Babies, Swiper the Explorer, and Dora's Fairytale Adventure.
  - The Blue Cursor will no longer click on Dora at the end of the segment from now on, replacing it being the already mentioned fade out effect. However, it will still click on her before it.
- The Character Find credits will no longer be featured. Instead it shows four clouds with clips from previous episodes from Seasons 1-4 with an instrumental version of the main theme song introduced from Season 3 playing at the end, but the ending of the song is different. This will be used in every new episode.
  - This is the first episode since Grandma's House to use the Comic Sans MS font during the credits.
  - The new credits style is very similar to the one used in Go, Diego, Go!. It shows 4 clips of old episodes while the credits roll.
- The show would be using the Nickelodeon Productions logos instead of the Nick Jr. Productions logos from now on.
This is the 1^st episode featuring a new voice actor for Dora, Boots, Backpack, and Tico. The characters were recast due to the age of the original child actors.
- Dora and Boots are no longer voiced by Kathleen Herles (although she continued the role on Go, Diego, Go!) and Harrison Chad (who continued the role of Leo's singing voice on Disney's Little Einsteins). They are now instead voiced by Caitlin Sanchez (for Dora; until the end of Season 6) and Regan Mizrahi (for Boots; through the end of Season 7).
  - Prior to the premiere, Mizrahi's actual debut was in Candy Land: Dora the Explorer Edition while Sanchez's was in Dora's Purple Planet Adventure in 2007.
- Backpack and Tico are no longer voiced by Sasha Toro (although she continued to the role on Go, Diego, Go! and the movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold) and Jose Zelaya (who still voices the Bobo Brothers all the way through Season 3 of Go, Diego, Go!). They're now voiced by Alexandria Suarez (through the end of Season 7) and Jean Carlos Celi (through the end of Season 6), respectively.
- However, Map and Swiper are still voiced by Marc Weiner and they are the only ones not to have new voice actors.
  - The same implies with the Big Red Chicken, Grumpy Old Troll, Pirate Pig (all voiced by Chris Gifford), and other recurring characters who still have the same voice actors.
This is the 1^st episode that Dora's voice is medium-pitched.
The introduction received minor changes. Since the star-catching portions have been dropped, all clips relating to Explorer Stars were removed. A rainbow and sun appear in place of the Explorer Stars at the beginning, no Explorer stars follow behind Tico's car as that gets replaced with a clip from Dora Saves the Game, and clips from Dora Saves the Snow Princess and Benny's Big Race replace the ones from Stuck Truck and Louder! respectively. However, the clips from The Lost City and Meet Diego! are still featured. Finally, the Nick Jr. logo for this and the next seven episodes in order of production (later no logo) appears above the show's logo at the end.
This is the first episode the original cast does not sing the Dora the Explorer Theme Song due to their departure. This would be the first episode where the theme song vocals are changed. This would happen again later in the episode Swiper's Favorite Things.
Dora's new design this season is from Go, Diego, Go!, Dora's Dance to the Rescue, Dora's World Adventure, and Dora Saves the Mermaids (her "Season 4, Version 4" look).
For most of this season until the Season 6 episode Baby Winky Comes Home, Map's dance from "I'm the Map" will often be the one recycled from Dora's World Adventure!.
This is the first appearance of Dora's friend Luis.
This marks Backpack's first segment for Season 5, both in airing and production order.
- Beginning with this episode, items gotten from Backpack will no longer fall from the air for Dora to use or wear, instead she (or someone else) will already be holding/wearing it.
Backpack did her segment once and that's it, but she sneezed when she sung her Backpack song. In other times, she sneezed the stuff out for the viewer to click on what's needed.
- This is the second time Backpack sneezes during her segment after Dora's Dance to the Rescue.
Swiper didn't want to swipe Dora and Boots' backpacks even though it looked like he did, he just wanted one for the parade (that looks like a cowboy). Luckily, Backpack had such backpack for him.
- Something similar occurs again in Bark, Bark to Play Park.
Backpack, Backpack is remixed with a slower marching band theme for the parade scene.
- This is later reversed as it will be remixed with a faster disco theme for the Sing-Along Party Finale in "Dora Rocks!".
Going by TV airing order, this is the 100^th spectacular special episode of the show.
Boots' backpack is shaped like a dinosaur.
- It is possible that Boots likes dinosaurs since he has a stuffed cuddly dinosaur.
It's revealed that Backpack is allergic to confetti (which is why she's sneezing).
Backpack got an opportunity to sing her signature song at the parade with all of her friends, including Swiper.
This is the first time that Backpack got to tell her favorite part at the end of the episode.
There are a lot of reflex issues happening in this episode: Backpack sneezes, the Hiccup Bridge hiccups, and the Snoring Forest snores.
The part of the Travel Song where Dora and Boots laugh and spin around holding each other's hands is replaced by Backpack sneezing things out of her (due to confetti) and Dora and Boots catching them and putting them back inside her. And dancing around her.
- This is the only time Backpack sings it.
- On the third "Where are we going?", the Fiesta Trio don't shout out the destination; instead Backpack takes their place.
- The second time the Travel Song is sung, the part where they list the places is skipped.
Starting with this episode, Dora does not always ask "You have to stand up" before a "stand up" activity, or says a variation of it.
The speaker at the Backpack Parade is the same kind of speaker (red and purple) from Choo-Choo! and Baseball Boots.
Backpack will wear the same tiara again in Dora Rocks!, except the skirt.
This is the third time Backpack has something added to her during her segment (her costume for the Backpack Parade), following the star pocket being visible on her through all of Season 4 (but strangely not in Season 3) and snow on her top flap in Dora's Fairytale Adventure.
For some reason, Dora never bothers to check Backpack for whatever is making her sneeze. But unlike the episode Dora's Dance to the Rescue, Dora did checked Backpack for her segment to find out what was making her sneeze and it was the black pepper.
Luis' Backpack is almost similar to Diego's Rescue Pack.
This episode premiered on Nick Jr. the same day as the Go, Diego, Go! episode Freddie the Fruit Bat Saves Halloween!.
The Fiesta Trio's animation during the I'm the Map song is recycled from Catch the Babies.
Kathleen Herles is still voicing Dora in the 2023 redub for final time.
In production order, this is the last episode to have the Nick Jr. butterfiles on the Dora the Explorer logo, starting in Bouncy Boots and the remainder of the rest of the series, the Nick Jr. butterfiles was retired.
This is the first episode in which Backpack is animate throughout the entire episode, unlike her other appearances where she was inanimate.
Kathleen Herles is still voicing Dora for the redub 2023 for the final time.
When Backpack said “Time To Sing! Time to Sing!” In The Backpack Parade. How Alexandria Suarez said it in behind the scenes, was that her dad came on the set while she was recording the line, and lifted her up into the air two times. While she excitedly said the line.

Goofs/Errors

When Dora asks the viewers if they like parades, Swiper is seen in the parade in the thought bubble, but when they almost reached the Backpack Parade, he (Swiper) appeared to swipe Dora and Boots' backpacks. This may be because the producers forgot to take Swiper out of the thought bubble.
When Backpack sneezes the first time, the crayon box can be shown flying off the left of the screen, but then appear next to the table when the characters look for them.
It is unknown how Backpack can carry other backpacks. In real life, it wouldn't make sense for a backpack to carry another backpack.

Dora the Explorer Season 5 (airing order)

Dora the Explorer Season 5 (production order)