The second season of DORA, the Paramount+ original animated preschool series, is streaming now, exclusively on Paramount+! Try it FREE at ParamountPlus.com.
Produced by Nickelodeon Animation, the second season features 26 CG-animated 11-minute episodes and follows everyone’s favorite bilingual explorer, Dora, as she continues her epic adventures through the mystical and magical rainforest.
In the second season, Dora and her best monkey friend, Boots, encounter new challenges, overcome tricky obstacles, and explore new fantastical territories. Kids will join the iconic Latina heroine on her journey as she meets new friends and helps others, learning inspiring lessons through catchy songs and nonstop laughter.
The series stars Diana Zermeño as Dora; Asher Colton Spence as Boots; Anairis Quiñones as Map and The Fiesta Trio’s Armadillo; Marc Weiner as Swiper; Mike Smith Rivera as Papi; Maria Canals-Barrera as Abuela; Danny Burstein as Grumpy Old Troll and The Fiesta Trio’s Frog and Marmoset; Katarina Sky as Backpack; Donovan Monzon-Sanders as Tico; Tandi Fomukong as Isa; Quintún Muñoz as Benny; Chris Gifford as Big Red Chicken; and Kathleen Herles, the original voice of Dora the Explorer, as Mami. Additional guest stars include Taboo as Quickatoo and Kate del Castillo as Ale the Alebrije. Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black, In the Heights) joins season two as La Reina.
DORA Season Two Episode Guide:
All episodes release on Friday, September 13, 2024.
1. Big Big Boots: Boots makes himself gigantic to get on a new ride and wants to return to normal. (#201; season two premiere)
2. Backpack's Sticky Situation: When Backpack gets stuck, Dora has to trek Tallest Mountain to get to Abuela so she can fix Mochila. (#202)
3. A Piñata For Mami: On Piñata Day, the family-made piñata floats away, and it's up to Dora to retrieve it. (#203)
4. Invisi-Swiper: Swiper swipes an invisibility blanket, and Dora has to retrieve it.
5. Isa's Royal Garden Party: Isa has to prepare her garden for a visit from the Queen. (#205)
6. Sammy's Surprise: Dora and Boots help Sammy the Sloth get to camp. (#206)
7. The Floor is Guava: A guava geyser erupts, and it's up to Dora and Boots to stop it. (#207)
8. We Are The Grumples: The Troll runs away from a group picture, and Dora and Boots travel under the bridge to find out why. (#208)
9. Crabby Wedding: Swiper swipes a pearl wedding ring, and Dora treks to the ocean to find it. (#209)
10. The Cloud Kingdom: Dora helps a vicuña find her magic flute that can take her home. (#210)
11. Partly Claudia: Dora and Boots travel with a baby cloud so she can rain on a dry waterslide. (#211)
12. Ranita's Magic Stripes: Dora and Boots help a frog earn her stripes to get magical healing powers. (#212)
13. Troll Jelly: The Grumples enlist Dora's help gathering the strange ingredients required to make Troll Jelly for the Grumpy Old Troll. (#213)
14. Catch That Kitty!: Dora and Boots must solve clues to keep track of Lucky after he darts into the rainforest. (#215)
15. Adventures in Plantsitting: Dora promises to take care of Isa's baby flowers while she's away, which turns out to be a lot trickier than she thought. (#215)
16. Andrea The Alebrije: Dora is visiting the Alebrije Tree on the day baby alebrijes get their power from its magic leaves. When Andrea, an armadillo alebrije, sees her leaf fly off into the rainforest, Dora helps her recover it so she can get her special power. (#216)
17. Rainforest Race: It's the annual Rainforest Race, and for the first time ever, Dora lets Boots take the wheel in a quest to cross the finish line first. (#217)
18. Bok Bok Birthday: The Big Red Chicken forgot to send the invitations for his birthday party, so it's up to Dora to take to the land, air, and sea to deliver the invites and save the party. (#218)
19. Too Many Swipers: Tico shows off his new invention that can make copies of anything! But when Swiper makes copies of himself, they go on a swiping spree across the rainforest. (#219)
20. Bateo's Home Run: Dora and Boots meet a lost bat named Bateo who has to get to his big baseball game by sunset. (#220)
21. The Great Abuela Cook-Off: It's the Great Abuela Cook-Off, and Dora has to gather all the ingredients for her abuela's famous elote (#221)
22. Missing Map: During a game of hide and seek, the box Map hides in is mistaken for a package and taken away! It's up to Dora to get Map back. (#222)
23. Tongue Twisted Roll: The Grumpy Old Troll's tongue gets twisted by a tricky tongue twister, and Dora has to help him untwist it. (#223)
24. Chompy and the Cloud Flower: When Chompy accidentally eats one of Isa's rare seeds, Dora heads to the Cloud Kingdom to get another one. (#224)
25. Tio Tesoro's Treasure Hunt: Map's uncle Tio Tesoro washes ashore, and Dora must help him recover his Treasure Trackers so he can go back to being the best treasure map on the seven seas. (#225)
26. The Great Key Mystery: When Dora investigates a family heirloom key, she discovers a secret cave under her house that holds the answers to the mystery. (#226; season two finale)
DORA is produced by Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, Calif., and created by Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh Valdes. Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Rich Magallanes serve as executive producers. Henry Lenardin-Madden serves as co-executive producer, and Alejandro Bien-Willner serves as story editor. Marielle Kaar is Nickelodeon's Executive in Charge of Production for the series. Dora the Explorer was created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner.
Additionally, DORA will make its linear debut Monday, Sept. 16, premiering Monday through Thursday for three consecutive weeks at 11 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon and 5 p.m. (ET/PT) on the Nick Jr. channel. All 26 episodes of the first season are also available to stream exclusively on Paramount+.
Season one of DORA is currently available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and also on Nick Jr. internationally. Additional Dora content, including all eight seasons of Dora the Explorer, is also available on Paramount+ as part of the expansive ExploraDora Collection.
Since its launch on Nickelodeon on August 14, 2000, Dora the Explorer quickly emerged as a global pop-culture phenomenon and, nearly 25 years later, remains one of the most-watched preschool shows of all time. Dora has crossed social, racial and language boundaries and stands as a hero and friend to millions of children around the world. The series is seen in more than 150 countries and territories and translated in 32 languages on Nickelodeon channels and Paramount+ around the globe and through syndication. Throughout its eight-season run, Dora the Explorer received countless accolades, including Emmy®, Peabody, NAACP, Alma, Imagen, Latino Spirit, Gracie Allen, Parents’ Choice, Common Sense Media and Television Critics Association awards.
NickALive! recently had the opportunity to chat to the wonderful Bobby Villarreal, who serves as a composer on the new DORA series! You can check out our interview here!
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Originally published: September 14, 2024.
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