"Bilingual Adventures"
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The worldview is Christian with some Pagan and occult elements. There is a consistent view of loving your neighbor, giving gifts to everyone who deserves them, even to one's nemesis, such as Swiper. This viewpoint continues in the following episodes as Dora and Boots try to help everyone they can. However, it also features pagan elements. The first episode features a mouse tooth fairy who uses a magic toothbrush to turn missing teeth into presents. Speaking of magic, DORA features a magical paintbrush in the third episode that creates life. These instances of magic lead to a pagan and occult worldview. Due to these factors, MOVIEGUIDE® recommends discretion for older children.
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DORA is a new animated version of the 2000s DORA THE EXPLORER streaming on Paramount+. It follows Dora and her pet monkey Boots. Together, they embark on adventures that draw the audience in, often communicating directly with the viewer, asking for help. They also educate the audience by teaching them Spanish. While it has a few Christian viewpoints, like love your neighbor, it also contains occult magic.
Episode one starts with Dora telling us about her lost tooth. She’s excited because Ratoncito Perez, a mouse version of the tooth fairy, will be coming by to give her a present for her missing tooth. Ratoncito Perez appears on the windowsill. However, Dora’s cat sees him and starts chasing him around the house. Dora tells her cat that Ratoncito Perez is a friend and not food, stopping the cat from pursuing him.
Unfortunately, Ratoncito Perez’s magical toothbrush, which he uses to turn missing teeth into gifts, is damaged and can no longer hold a magical charge. Dora realizes she has lost her missing tooth. Dora and Ratoncito Perez make a deal to help each other out. Before it is too late, they set out to deliver gifts to all the people who are missing teeth. They provide a gift to everyone who lost a tooth, including a biting fish, a sleeping dragon, and even Swiper. Each time, they must find special ways to retrieve the teeth without waking the animal, missing the teeth in the process.
Once they deliver all of the gifts, they head to the beach to look for Dora’s missing tooth. They head over to the sandcastle that Dora and Boots were building earlier, and search using Maps. They find her tooth, and because she helped, Ratoncito Perez grants her a wish. She uses her wish to give Ratoncito Perez a new magical toothbrush.
Episode two starts at a farmer’s market, where Dora and Boots meet Carlos the Caterpillar. Carlos is looking for butterberries. He needs to eat loads of them to turn into a butterfly. He eats all of the butterberries at the festival, but they are not enough to turn him into a butterfly. Dora and Boots are determined to help him by finding more butterberries for Carlos to eat.
They use Maps to find butterberries in the forest and set off on a journey to retrieve them. They run into many roadblocks. First, they try to cross a river, but the rocks are turtles. They manage to cross the river but run into some surprising frogs. They jump out and scare them as they try to pass. Once they are past the frogs, they discover the berries on top of a pyramid. Unfortunately, the pyramid is a puzzle. Dora solves it, and Carlos eats all the butterberries, transforming him into a butterfly.
Episode three starts at the art fair. Dora asks her friend Benny about who lives in the house he painted, and Benny draws the owner. He grabs a magical paintbrush and paints a unicorn-dinosaur named Uni and a pet unicorn-bunny. They realize they have a magical brush and paint a door to let Uni into the real world. They have some fun but end up knocking a bucket of water onto the painting, washing away the door. Unfortunately, they also lost their paintbrush. They track it down and go on an adventure to obtain it. Once they deal with Swiper trying to take the brush, they paint the door and Bunny-corn escapes the painting.
The first three episodes of Season 3 of DORA are well-animated, with some noticeable improvements from the original. However, this updated version also features a somewhat unusual visual style. They do a great job making short and catchy songs for each episode. Unfortunately, they do not put the same effort into the theme song, and the new one does not stand up to the original. It also does not do a great job mixing languages. It explains some Spanish words but often leaves the viewer blank.
The worldview is Christian with some Pagan and occult elements. There is a consistent view of loving your neighbor, giving gifts to everyone who deserves them, even to one’s nemesis, such as Swiper. This viewpoint continues in the following episodes as Dora and Boots try to help everyone they can. However, it also features pagan elements. The first episode features a mouse tooth fairy who uses a magic toothbrush to turn missing teeth into presents. Speaking of magic, DORA features a magical paintbrush in the third episode that creates life. These instances of magic lead to a pagan and occult worldview. Due to these factors, MOVIEGUIDE® recommends discretion for older children.
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