Go, Diego, Go!

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Go, Diego, Go!
Format Animated series
Created by Chris Gifford
Valerie Walsh
Eric Weiner
Starring Jake T. Austin Serena Kerrigan
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 57
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Chris Gifford
Running time 31 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Nickelodeon, Noggin and Univision
Original run September 6, 2005 – present
Common rating
Australia G
Canada C
United States TV-Y
(E/I for Univision)

Go, Diego, Go!, an animated series for preschool-aged children, is a spin-off of Dora the Explorer. The show premiered on September 6, 2005 on Nickelodeon.[1] It also aired as part of the Nick Jr. on CBS block from September 17, 2005 to September 16, 2006. On December 20, 2006 Nick Jr. announced that it had ordered twenty new episodes that were in production. Since April of 2008, the show has been dubbed into Spanish and airs in the USA on Univision as part of their Planeta U block.

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[edit] Setting

The show features a bilingual, eight-year-old boy, Diego Márquez (voiced by child actor Jake Toranzo-Szymanski - credited in newer episodes as Jake T. Austin), who helps animals in danger, mainly in the rainforest. He has a jaguar companion named "Baby Jaguar" who assists him on adventures.

Diego is Dora's older cousin; Dora makes several guest appearances in the series, without Boots. Diego's 11-year-old sister, Alicia (voiced by child actress Serena Kerrigan), is a computer whiz and also bilingual, directs the animal rescue calls that come into the center. She also assists Diego in helping the animals they love. Alicia is responsible and kind-hearted, and always kind to her little brother.

In most episodes, Diego hears an animal's cry for help at his rainforest Animal Rescue Center. With help from his friends, gadgets, and viewers at home, he sets out to rescue the animal.

Other characters include Click (voiced by Rosie Perez), a camera that locates the animal calling for help; Rescue Pack, a messenger bag Diego wears that can transform into any object; and the Bobo Brothers, two troublesome spider monkeys. The Bobo Brothers can be stopped by shouting "Freeze Bobos!" and Diego often encourages viewers to help him stop them by shouting it. While they might be compared to Swiper from Dora, they don't cause trouble for Diego on purpose, and apologise after doing so.

There are a few recurring animal friends that are normally rescued by Diego in their first appearance but appear later to return the favor and help Diego out, the most common of these is Linda the Llama who has appeared prominently in four episodes and made a cameo appearance in "Three Little Condors". In one episode, we learn that Diego is ticklish after a tickle on the chin from an animal. In another episode, Diego and Alicia's big sister Daisy returns home from college to be with her little brother and sister. Just like Dora the Explorer, the show teaches preschool-age children the Spanish language. However, the show takes a lesser approach to this and focuses more on the teaching of various animals.

Diego is featured in a one-hour episode titled "The Great Dinosaur Rescue" where he, Alicia, Dora, and Baby Jaguar go back in time to save a dinosaur; Nick Jr. has yet to show this episode. However it was featured on Nick Jr Australia in August 2007 and has had several re-runs as half hour segments. Two additional one-hour episodes are in production.

Diego also will be starring in a live show called "The Great Jaguar Rescue" where he must save Baby Jaguar, this is also the premise of an episode of the show which aired on January 15, 2007 and was released on DVD on January 16, 2007.

In each episode of Go, Diego, Go! there are several songs and uses of Spanish vocabulary.

Whenever a carnivorous predator (anacondas) is featured on the show, their diet is not mentioned, unlike when herbivores are shown (such as marmosets). Whenever a featured animal is threatened by a predator, the prey is described as being "afraid" of the predator.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1: 2005-2006

# Title Original air date Production code
1x01 "Rescue of the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs"  September 6, 2005 004
1x02 "Diego Saves the Mommy and Baby Sloth"  September 7, 2005 002
1x03 "Chinta the Baby Chinchilla"  September 8, 2005 001
1x04 "Diego Saves Baby Humpback Whale"  September 9, 2005 003
1x05 "Baby Jaquar's Climb (Journey to Jaguar Mountain)"  September 12, 2005 110
1x06 "Three Little Condors"  September 13, 2005 106
1x07 "Pepito's Penguin School"  September 14, 2005 107
1x08 "Armadillo's Rainforest Race"  September 15, 2005 109
1x09 "The Mommy Macaw"  September 16, 2005 005
1x10 "Linda the Llama Saves Carnaval"  October 10, 2005 108
1x11 "A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born"  January 25, 2006 115
1x12 "A Booboo on the Pygmy Marmoset"  January 23, 2006 118
1x13 "Cool Water for Ana the Anaconda"  January 26, 2006 113
1x14 "Linda the Librarian"  February 6, 2006 117
1x15 "Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears"  February 20, 2006 111
1x16 "Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue (Part 1)[1]"  March 7, 2006 119
1x17 "Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue (Part 2)"  March 9, 2006 120
1x18 "Diego's Wolf-Pup Rescue (Little Lost Wolf Pup)"  March 19, 2006 112
1x19 "Baby Jaguar to the Rescue"  March 26, 2006 116
1x20 "Rescue the Sea Turtles (Save the Sea Turtles)"  July 10, 2006 114

[edit] Season 2: 2006-2007

# Title Original air date Production code
2x01 "Diego Saves the Baby River Dolphin"  October 2, 2006 206
2x02 "Diego and Baby Humpback to the Rescue"  October 3, 2006 202
2x03 "Little Kinkajou is in Beehive Trouble"  October 4, 2006 201
2x04 "Macky the Macaroni Penguin"  October 5, 2006 207
2x05 "The Iguana Sing Along"  November 19, 2006 215
2x06 "Panchita Prairie Dog Finds a New Prairie"  December 3, 2006 217
2x07 "Diego Saves Christmas"  December 8, 2006 204
2x08 "Baby Jaguar's Lost Growl (Great Jaguar Rescue)"  January 15, 2007 209
2x09 "Diego the Hero"  February 5, 2007 218
2x10 "Sammy's Valentine"  February 14, 2007 203
2x11 "The Great Roadrunner Race"  March 5, 2007 205
2x12 "The Tapir's Trip Home"  March 6, 2007 208
2x13 "Jorge the Little Hawk Learns to Migrate"  March 7, 2007 210
2x14 "Giant Octopus to the Rescue"  March 8, 2007 214
2x15 "An Underwater Mystery"  June 26, 2007 213
2x16 "Diego's African Safari (Part 1 of 2) (Diego's Safari Rescue)[2]"  October 8, 2007 219
2x17 "Diego's African Safari (Part 2 of 2)"  220
2x18 "Diego and Alicia Save the Otters"  October 16, 2007 211
2x19 "Alicia Saves the Crocodile!"  November 24, 2007 212
2x20 "Rhea is an Animal Rescuer"  December 19, 2007 216

[edit] Season 3: 2007-2008

# Title Original air date Production code
3x01 "Rainforest Rhapsody"  304
3x02 "Gorilla Fun"  305
3x03 "Tuga Helps the Moon"  997
3x04 "Whistling Willie Finds a Buddy (Willie the Whistling Duck)"  March 21, 2008 311
3x05 "Kicho's Magic Flute!"  301
3x06 "Diego and Porcupine Save the Pinata!"  302
3x07 "Green Iguana Helps Abuelito Plant a New Strawberry Farm!"  April 18, 2008 303
3x08 "Super Flying Squirrel to the Rescue!"  306
3x09 "Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival"  307
3x10 "Save The Giant Tortoises"  308
3x11 "Alicia and Whitetail to the Rescue"  June 6, 2008 309
3x12 "It's a Bug's World!"  May 12, 2008 310
3x13 "Freddie the Fruit Bat Saves Halloween!"  312
3x14 "Egyptian Camel Adventure"  313
3x15 "A New Flamingo Miami"  314
3x16 "Manatee's Mermaid Rescue!"  315
3x17 "The Bobo's Mother's Day!"  May 9, 2008 316

[edit] DVD

  • Go, Diego, Go!: The Great Dinosaur Rescue: Episodes "The Great Dinosaur Rescue", "Diego Saves the Humpback Whale", "Rescue the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Wolf Pup Rescue: Episodes "Diego's Wolf Pup Rescue", "A Booboo on the Pygmy Marmoset", "Diego Saves Mommy and Baby Sloth", "Three Little Condors"
  • Go Wonder Pets Go! The Diego/Wonder Pets Special: Diego episodes "Baby Jaguar To The Rescue", "An Underwater Mystery", with bonus Wonder Pets episodes "Save the Chameleon", and "Save the Dragon"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Diego Saves Christmas: Episodes "Diego Saves Christmas", "Pepito's Penguin School", "A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born", "Save the Sea Turtles"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: The Great Jaguar Rescue: Episodes "The Great Jaguar Rescue (Baby Jaguar's Lost Growl)", "Little Kinkajou Is in Beehive Trouble!", "The Mommy Macaw", "Chinta the Baby Chinchilla"
  • Go Diego Go!: Underwater Mystery: Episodes "Underwater Mystery (Lucy The Whale Shark)", "Diego Saves the River Dolphin", "Journey to Jaguar Mountain", "Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: The Iguana Sing Along: Episodes "The Iguana Sing Along (Iggy the Iguana)", "Diego and Alicia Save the Otters", "Linda the Librarian", "Cool Water for Ana the Anaconda"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Ready Set Go!: Episodes "Rainforest Race (Armadillo's Rainforest Race)", "The Great Roadrunner Race", "The Tapir's Trip Home", "Baby Jaguar To The Rescue"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Safari Rescue: Episodes "Diego's Safari Rescue", "Panchita Prairie Dog Finds a New Prairie", "Jorge The Little Hawk Learns To Migrate"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Diego's Magical Missions: Episodes "Kicho's Magic Flute!", "Green Iguana Helps Abuelito Plant a New Strawberry Farm!", "Diego and Baby Humpback to the Rescue!", "Giant Octopus to the Rescue!"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Moonlight Rescue: Episodes "Tuga Helps the Moon", "Rainforest Rhapsody", "Rhea is an Animal Rescuer"
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Great Gorilla!: Episodes TBA (to be released 2008-06-03)
  • Go, Diego, Go!: The Great Dinosaur Race: Episodes TBA (to be released 07-29-2008)
  • Go, Diego, Go!: Diego's Halloween: Episodes TBA (to be released 08-26-2008)

[edit] Controversy

In early 2008, a 4 year-old, Paige Brown, from Folkestone, Kent, UK, accidentally hung herself with an elastic hair tie while trying to imitate riding a zip-line in a harness as done by Diego/Dora series' characters.[3]

[edit] Trivia

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  • Baby Jaguar was unable to speak in Dora but is able to in this show. Though this may just be due to Diego's ability to speak to animals and not him having learned to talk.
  • Whenever Dora makes a guest appearance, Boots is not with her, except one episode when Diego was looking at Baby Jaguar's photo album.
  • In "Dora the Explorer", Diego and Alicia have an older sister whose name is Daisy, which makes Alicia a middle child. Daisy only appears in "The Bobo's Mother's Day!" with Diego stating that she is home from college.
  • In most other episodes, Diego's parents wear their Animal Rescue vests. However, in "Diego Saves the Humpback Whale" when Diego runs into his parents, they are not wearing the vests.
  • Diego's parents appear in several episodes. All viewers know the family's last name. But the first names of Diego's parents have never been revealed.

[edit] Syndication

United States of America

United Kingdom

Australia

Canada

The Rest of the World

[edit] References

  1. ^ The double length episode was assigned the episode number: 999.
  2. ^ The double length episode was assigned the episode number: 998.
  3. ^ Girl, 4, hangs herself with hair band 'as she copies TV cartoon'. Daily Mail. Retrieved on 2008-01-04.

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