Azul (translated as Blue in Spanish dubs) is a little blue train mixed with a wagon in the middle and a detachable whistle who first appeared in the episode Choo-Choo!, where he won a whistle in a big train race. His final appearance was in Dora's Big Birthday Adventure at Dora's birthday party.
Appearances in Dora the Explorer
- Choo-Choo!
- A Present For Santa
- Doctor Dora
- Whose Birthday is It? (character find only)
- Roberto the Robot
- The Lost City
- Star Catcher
- La Maestra de Música
- Baby Jaguar's Roar (character find only)
- Dora's Big Birthday Adventure (final appearance)
Basis
Azul appears to be a freelance design. Therefore, he is not based on a specific prototype.
Trivia
- Azul means "Blue" in Spanish.
- He is influenced by Thomas The Tank Engine and The Little Engine That Could, which has a titular main protagonist of because of the color of blue, a face, and sentientism.
- Just like Isa and Little Star, Azul got Character Find in only two episodes. Strangely whenever he blows his whistle, it's not his whistle, but instead is the whistle from the Big Green Train from Choo-Choo!.
- Isa's two character finds were in Choo-Choo! and El Coquí, while Azul's two character finds were in Whose Birthday is It? and Baby Jaguar's Roar.
- From Choo-Choo! until A Present For Santa, he was voiced by Jordan Smith-Howie. Beginning with the end credits of Whose Birthday is It? and the episode The Lost City, he was voiced by Phillip Miller.
- He is actually a rail motor mixed steam locomotive, not an ordinary train.
- Azul's whistle is a stock sound effect from the Sound Ideas website.
- Azul no longer appears in Season 6 and his 3D look in Seasons 7 and 8.
- However if he did, he would have a new voice actor and appear in the episodes.