School Pet

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School Pet is the 22^nd episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 2.

In production order, it's the 24^th episode of Season 2.

Characters

Dora
Boots
Map
Backpack
Swiper
Fiesta Trio
Benny
Isa
Tico
Maestra Beatriz (debut)
Mami Bugga Bugga (cameo during the Travel Song)
Mimo (debut)
Snakes (unlisted in the credits)
Crocodiles (unlisted in the credits)

Summary

Today, Boots is visiting Dora's school classroom, when they noticed their class' pet hamster named Mimo is missing from his cage! It is up to Dora and Boots to rescue him! They'll have to find nine missing boards to cross the Rope Bridge, and climb, swing, and slide their way through the Jungle to reach Mimo at the Pyramids and bring him home safe and sound.

Plot

Dora and Boots are at school. Today, Dora is going to give Boots a tour of her classroom. They go inside and meet with Maestra Beatriz. Then they walk to the cubby hallway. There was Backpack hanging on the hook in Dora's cubby. She gets strapped on to Dora. Next, Dora and Boots see pictures that they drew of the the class pet hamster named Mimo, They show a picture of Mimo eating carrots, a picture of him sliding down, and a picture a Dora with Mimo. After that, Dora and Boots want to see Mimo in person, so they go to Mimo's cage. Dora explains to the viewer that every day at school, the class gives him fresh water and food. Boots thought they should give a carrot to him because carrots are his favorite snack. Suddenly, as Dora and Boots tried to give him the carrot, they noticed that Mimo wasn't in his cage because the cage door was opened. They looked all around the classroom; high and low. Then, they noticed the window was opened and thought Mimo not only escaped from his cage, but out of the school's classroom! They went out and called to him. Benny, Isa, and Tico asked Dora and Boots what the problem is and Boots explained to them that Mimo is missing from his cage. They were shocked and looked for Mimo in the school playground, calling for him as loud as they could. But he wasn't there. Soon after, Dora and Boots asked Map if he's seen Mimo the hamster. Sure enough, he knows exactly where Mimo is! He tells Dora and Boots that Mimo ran all the way to the pyramids. But before they can get there, they had to go across the rope bridge and through a jungle. Dora and Boots got going to search for Mimo the hamster. They get to the rope bridge. And on the water, it has slithering snakes and crocodiles. They have to cross quickly as they can to avoid all the snakes and crocodiles! But what's worse, Swiper the Fox came and swipes nine boards on the other side and throws them into the river leaving the remaining six boards on the bridge. They counted nine boards in the river. They looked all around for the boards. Once Dora and Boots located the nine boards, they counted as they put it back on the rope bridge that has fifteen boards in all. With that done, Dora and Boots crossed the rope bridge safely. Dora pulls Boots out of the sand slide. And together, they stayed on the path until they reached the jungle. Dora and Boots saw snakes, crocodiles, and spiders (who all say their names over and over again like Pokemon, Explorer Stars, Teletubbies, Tiddlytubbies, and Yoshis). They climbed up a red ladder, swung on a blue swing, and slid down the red slide (they couldn't take the blue ladder, the red swing, nor the blue slide because the blue ladder is broken and has spiders, the red swing has a snake and is broken, and the blue slide has a hole in it). After that, they were getting close to the pyramids to rescue Mimo the hamster. They start running to the pyramids. Boots asked Dora if she still has the carrot for Mimo and she does. But then, they heard Swiper the fox again. But this time, they stopped Swiper from swiping Mimo's carrot. After that, they reach the pyramids. Mimo was inside one of the pyramids. One pyramid has a blue lightning bolt on top, the second one has a star on top, and the third one has a rainbow on top. They listened carefully to each one. The sheep was behind the lightning bolt pyramid and the horse was behind the rainbow pyramid which meant that Mimo was in the star pyramid. Dora and Boots went up to the top of the star pyramid. Mimo was stuck at the bottom. Dora and Boots had to help Mimo get to the top of the pyramid and out the door. Mimo had to choose between 2 paths for each level and he had to be careful because there are spiders in there. Mimo knows Spanish so they have to say "largo" or "corto" to tell him which path to take. Mimo takes the long path first, then the short path, and takes another long path to exit the pyramid. Immediately after that, Mimo makes it all the way up to the top of the pyramid and is out the door to find Dora and Boots waiting for him. Boots gives Mimo a carrot and he starts nibbling it. Now it is time to take Mimo back to the school. They went down the steps of the pyramid and they went back the way they came offscreen. At the school, Benny, Isa, and Tico feel sad until Dora and Boots arrive back with Mimo and said they found him. Everyone was happy. Mimo was back in his cage. He munched on the carrot and spun on his wheel. Dora's teacher was also pleased to have Mimo back home in his cage. She not only thanked Dora and Boots, but also thanked the viewer at home for saving Mimo the hamster and bringing him back home to his hamster cage.

Places in this episode

Sub-Places

Dora's School
Slippery Sand Slide

Items in Backpack (clockwise from the top right)

Flippers
Doll
Crayons
Camera
Drum
Rope (correct item)

Listen to the Sounds

Sheep in the Lightning Pyramid
Mimo in the Star Pyramid
Horse in the Rainbow Pyramid

Releases

This episode can be found on the DVD release, Dora's Christmas!. It can also be found in Nickelodeon: All About Fall! on DVD.

Trivia

This episode reveals where Dora goes to school. It will be seen in other episodes, such as La Maestra de Música, Boots to the Rescue, and Pepe the Pig's School Adventure.
- Coincidentally, both first two said episodes are from the DVD titled "Musical School Days".
This is the ninth instance where Dora and Boots returned to where they started from after reaching the final place on the map, something that occurred in Three Little Piggies, Berry Hunt, Sticky Tape, The Chocolate Tree, El Día De Las Madres, Click!, and A Present for Santa.
When Boots says, "That sneaky fox is always trying to swipe our stuff!" the audio is taken from Lost Map.
This is the 48^th episode of the show.
This is the final appearance of Dora's "Season 2, Version 4" look and the first appearance of her "Season 3, Version 1" look.
In some scenes in this episode, Dora and Boots look like their season 3, 4, 5, and 6 selves.
This is the third Season 2 episode to use the Season 3 art style.
- The first two were Egg Hunt and Super Spies.
When Backpack says "Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, Delicioso!" the audio is taken from Sticky Tape.
The walking animations in the Travel Song during the "Come on, Vamanos!" and "Where are we going?" are recycled from The Big Storm. They were also used in The Missing Piece, Lost Squeaky, Doctor Dora, El Día De Las Madres, and Lost Map. They will be used again in Quack! Quack! and Whose Birthday is It?.
This is the last episode to find Tico during the Character Find.
In the credits, Christine Ricci is credited as Christine Ricci Ph. D.
This episode aired the same day as the Blue's Clues episode "Numbers Everywhere!".
This is the last Season 2 episode in which the Travel Song is sung twice.
This is also Mami Bugga Bugga's last appearance for a while.
- She will return, along with her Bugga Bugga Babies, in the episode Dora's Big Birthday Adventure.
This is the fifth episode where Dora and Boots climb up and slide down. This also occurred in Backpack!, Fish Out of Water, The Magic Stick, and Super Map!.
This is the second time that a blue frog plays a horn after The Legend of the Big Red Chicken.
Although this episode premiered in 2003, it was made in 2001 according to the credits.

Goofs/Errors

It is unknown how Mimo got stuck in the pyramid.

Character Find

Tico the Squirrel

Dora the Explorer Season 2