Dora The Explorer Backpack

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Inthe flashback episode Backpack!, it's revealed that Backpack was present for Dora from her mother and father (this would replace Dora's explorer's kit from Dora's First Trip). In the context of the game world the show takes place in, Backpack is the item inventory screen. Like other Object Helpers, Backpack can be opened when the viewers at home say "Backpack". In her segment, she sings her song, after which she and the viewer select among the various items the correct one that Dora needs. The remaining items go back inside Backpack as she says "Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, delicioso!".

She is believed to be a magic satchel. Anything that Dora might need, Backpack has inside for her to use on her adventures, even objects that are much larger in size than herself; items such as ladders (as seen in Rescue, Rescue, Rescue! and A Crown for King Juan el Bobo), two complete space suits (one each for Dora and Boots, as seen in Journey to the Purple Planet), a giant fishing pole (as seen in Big River, Grandma's House, and Dora's Got a Puppy) and other items that simply could not fit inside a backpack in real life. Strangely enough, only ropes have been shown to cause Backpack difficulty on occasions like in Meet Diego! and To the South Pole, though she had no difficulty with such in both School Pet and Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom.

In Dora the Explorer, Sasha Toro provided Backpack's original voice for Seasons 1-4 (and reprised her role for the live-action movie), until she was replaced by Alexandria Suarez, who voiced Backpack in Seasons 5-7. Sofia Lopez succeeded Suarez for Season 8 only. For the remainder of Dora and Friends: Into the City! post-Season 1, (starting with Return to the Rainforest) Backpack was voiced by Breanna Lakatos.

Backpack is purple flap backpack, a type of backpack that opens into one large main pocket with a flap accessible at the top. Before Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Backpack consisted of two purples: a lighter purple for her flap and front with colorful stripes, her face, and a darker purple for all the other sides and her two side pockets, one of which houses The Map. Her flap is also shown to be able to hide her face which has two circular white eyes with brown irises with black pupils, all underneath two yellow eyebrows. The inside of her mouth is colored burgundy.

In Dora and Friends: Into the City!, while Backpack's original design was seen slightly tweaked in a flashback, it became different when she got mended by Kate after being saved by Dora and Co. on Tallest Mountain. She retains her original shape, but her primary color is now a light purple with no secondary purple shade. Instead, her "accent color" is pink, as seen on the lining of her flap, and Backpack's bottom, which now has a floral pattern. Her face has also been redesigned with slightly smaller eyes that are now round-shaped and have visible eyelashes. Her eyebrows are now a darker purple instead of yellow.

In the live-action film Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Backpack's design was completely different which gave her really unnecessary details such as the zipper for her mouth and front pocket. She also lost her ability to speak in reality, along with Map, except in Dora's imagination in the beginning and the hallucination scene.

In Dora, Backpack reverts back to her Dora the Explorer design with a few extra features. The lining of her flap is a multicolored strip pattern, she has a hanging ornament on her pocket, and her straps now have black strap adjusters. In regards to her facial features: her eyebrows are yellow again and she now possess light brown irises with black pupils. She once again has visible eyelashes. Backpack's mouth color is dark purple instead of burgundy.

Backpack appears in almost every episode of Dora the Explorer. Her first appearance was in "The Legend of the Big Red Chicken". She makes a non-speaking cameo appearance during the We Did It! song in "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure".

As part of the party packs, I had made these Backpacks for each kid, to shove all their other loot in and take home. However, not only were they used as just cute little carriers, they were also used as part of the party games we had.

Party Games:

By the way, this was all suppose happen outdoors, however, thanks to the South Easter pumping it that very day, we decided to have it all indoors. Twas a bit of a squish, and chaotic, but still fun!

So, the troll bridge was essentially those rubber puzzle mats, with a picture of the grumpy old Troll infront of it. But the bridge had holes in it that they had to fix before they could cross- that is, fit in the missing puzzle piece. Each backpack had a puzzle piece inside of it. So each explorer had to find their matching piece.

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