Um, Dora the Explorer Was Almost a Cat?! | E! News

Um, Dora the Explorer Was Almost a Cat?! | E! News

Dora the Explorer. Before Dora was an Explorer, she was almost a cat. Ahead of the beloved children’s show’s 25th anniversary, series creators revealed that the animated character was initially almost a talking cat. Series creators Chris Gford and Valerie Walsh Valdez revealed to today.com in an August 13th interview, there were a couple of iterations before Dora was Dora. She was Tess. She was almost a motion capture. She had a little mouse that was boots that lived in her pocket. But there were some things that stayed the same throughout, like the essence of her character. We tried to hold on to that. They say the Nickelodeon character was almost a bunny, a little red-headed girl, and a cat. Dora’s identity also went through an evolution. Initially, she was not supposed to be Latina until Nickelodeon execs asked creators to reconsider. Gford says, “When Nickelodeon came to us with this idea of like, could you make the character Latina, our first reaction was, oh boy, what a great idea.” And the Little Explorer has had a lasting impact on pop culture, starring in eight seasons, two liveaction films, and the world of Go Diego Go. Happy 25th anniversary, Dora. [Music]

The creators of Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, revealed the animated kids persona was originally intended to be a different character.
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