Go, Diego, Go!
| Go, Diego, Go! | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Eric Weiner |
| Starring | Grace Kuyten, Brooke Quinn, and Chelsea Savage. |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Chris Gifford |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon |
| Release | September 6, 2005 – present |
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 2008, the show has been dubbed into Spanish and airs in the USA on Univision as part of their Planeta U block.
Setting
The show features a little boy, Diego Márquez, voiced by Jake T. Austin, who helps animals in danger, mainly in the rainforest. His cousin is Dora from Dora the Explorer, as revealed in the two shows. He has a jaguar companion named "Baby Jaguar" who assists him on adventures. Thomas Sharkey, who is the voice of Baby Jaguar, is also the singing voice of the kangaroo "Austin" in the Backyardigans. Baby Jaguar also appears in Dora the Explorer, but on Go, Diego, Go! he takes a more active role which includes being able to speak. It's unknown whether Diego's parents let him keep Baby Jaguar as a pet or Baby Jaguar adopted Diego. ANAL RAPE .Diego's grandfather has a strawberry farm, and he made his first appearance in "Green Iguana Helps Abuelito Plant a New Farm!". It was unknown whether he was Diego's maternal grandfather or paternal grandfather. Diego is also very ticklish, which is revealed in "Diego Saves Baby River Dolphin".
Diego is Dora's older cousin; Dora makes several guest appearances in the series, usually without Boots. Diego's 11-year-old sister, Alicia (voiced by child actress Serena Kerrigan), is a computer whiz and also bilingual; she 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. Diego's parents are described as animal scientists; they appear in several episodes but their names are yet to be given. Dora's dad and Diego's dad are brothers. There is also one other older sister, Daisy, which makes Alicia a middle child, who only appears in "The Bobo's Mother's Day!" with Diego stating that she is home from college. This also makes Diego the youngest child.
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 apologize 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". 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.
The live version of Go Diego Go premiered in January 2007 starring Richard J. Portela in the role of Diego.
Steve Carrell has guest starred in several episodes.
ORIGINAL CAST: Diego: Richard J Portela Baby Jaguar: Dual cast Joanne Amato & Suzanne Hepker Dora the Explorer: Melanie Mendez Alicia: Kirsten Day Bobo #1: Scott McLean Harrison Bobo #2: Abby Duke Pollard Click the Camera: David Andrew Taylor Rescue Pack: Jason Williams ChaCha Coconut Tree: Briana Carlson-Goodman Swings: Cedric Leiba & Emily Vick
Subsequent replacement cast members included: Shane Saldivar (Bobo #1), Bert Rodriguez (Diego), Alessia Thompson (Bobo #2), Heather Weneck (Baby Jaguar), Sheena Marie Ortiz (Dora), Tina Fuentes (ChaCha Coconut Tree), Tony Jimenez (Click the Camera), Kristin Shields (Dora)
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). Two notable exceptions to this is when an octopus helping Diego is explicitly shown and discussed eating live crabs, the crabs however are not anthropomorphised in the same way that other creatures typically are in the series, and when a baby river dolphin, who had tickled Diego in "Diego Saves Baby River Dolphin, eats the crabs heading toward a waterfall. Whenever a featured animal is threatened by a predator, the prey is described as being "afraid" of the predator.
Episodes
Season 1
| # | 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 Jaguar'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)" | March 7, 2006 | 999A |
| 1x17 | "Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue (Part 2)" | March 9, 2006 | 999B |
| 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 |
Season 2
| # | 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" | October 8, 2007 | 998A |
| 2x17 | "Diego's African Safari (Part 2 of 2)" | TBA | 998B |
| 2x18 | "Diego and Alicia Save the Otters" | October 16, 2007 | 211 |
| 2x19 | "Alicia Saves the Crocodile!" | February 1, 2008 | 212 |
| 2x20 | "Rhea is an Animal Rescuer" | March 7, 2008 | 216 |
Season 3
| # | Title | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3x01 | "Rainforest Rhapsody" | March 3, 2009 | 304 |
| 3x02 | "Gorilla Fun" | March 4, 2009 | 305 |
| 3x03 | "Tuga Helps the Moon[1]" "Moonlight Rescue" | March 18, 2008 | 997 |
| 3x04 | "Whistling Willie Finds a Buddy (Willie the Whistling Duck)" | March 21, 2008 | 311 |
| 3x05 | "Kicho's Magic Flute" | March 2, 2009 | 301 |
| 3x06 | "Diego and Porcupine Save the Pinata!" | May 2, 2008 | 302 |
| 3x07 | "Green Iguana Helps Abuelito Plant a New Strawberry Farm!" | February 5, 2008 | 303 |
| 3x08 | "Super Flying Squirrel to the Rescue!" | June 3, 2008 | 306 |
| 3x09 | "Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival" | TBA | 307 |
| 3x10 | "Save The Giant Tortoises" | June 3, 2008 | 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!" | August 26, 2008 | 312 |
| 3x14 | "Egyptian Camel Adventure" | June 3, 2008 | 313 |
| 3x15 | "A New Flamingo Mommy" | March 5, 2009 | 314 |
| 3x16 | "Manatee's Mermaid Rescue!" | June 20, 2008 | 315 |
| 3x17 | "The Bobo's Mother's Day!, guest star Steve Carrell" | May 9, 2008 | 316 |
| 3x18 | "The Great Polar Bear Rescue[1]" | TBA | 996 |
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 "Gorilla Fun", "Save the Giant Tortoises!", "Egyptian Camel Adventure", "Super Flying Squirrel to the Rescue!"
- Go, Diego, Go!: The Great Dinosaur Race: Episodes "Freddie the Fruit Bat Saves Halloween!", "Alicia Saves the Crocodiles!", "Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival", "Manatee's Mermaid Rescue!"
- Go, Diego, Go!: Diego's Halloween: Episodes TBA (to be released 08-26-2008)
Controversy
In early 2008, a 4 year-old, Paige Brown, from Folkestone, Kent, UK, accidentally hanged herself with an elastic hair tie. Her parents believed that she was trying to imitate riding a zip-line in a harness as done by Diego/Dora series' characters.[2] She was found dead.
Broadcast history
- CBS (2005-2006)
- Nick Jr. (2005-present) (Weekdays - 9:30am, 12:30pm)
- Noggin (TV channel) (2006-present)
- Univision (dubbed in Spanish; April 2008-present)
- Nickelodeon (UK) (2005-2006)
- Nick Jr. (UK) (2006-present) (Everyday - 07:30am, 10:30am, 13:00pm, 15:30pm)
- Nick Jr. 2 (2006-present)
- Tiny Pop (2006-2007, 2008-present)
- ITV2 / CITV Channel (2008-present) (Weekdays - 09:00am)(Weekends - 06:35am)
- Nickelodeon Australia (2005-2007)
- Nick Jr. Australia (2007-present)
- Nickelodeon Australia (2007-present)
- Nine Network (2007-present)
- Toon Disney (2008-present)
- Treehouse TV (2006-present)
- TVO Kids (2006-present)
- Knowledge (2007-present)
- Teletoon (2008-present)
The Rest of the World
- Asia: Nickelodeon (2007-present)
- France: TF1 (2006-present) & Nickelodeon (2007-present)
- Germany: Nickelodeon Germany (2007-present) & Jetix (2009-TBA)
- India: Nickelodeon (2007-present)
- Israel: Nickelodeon (2008-present)
- Italy: Nickelodeon (2007-present)
- Latin America: Nickelodeon Latin America (2007-present)
- Netherlands: (dubbed in Dutch; 2007-present) Nickelodeon (Netherlands)
- New Zealand: Nickelodeon New Zealand (2006-present)
- Portugal: Nickelodeon (2007-present)
- Scandinavia: Cartoon Network (2005-2008) & Nickelodeon Scandinavia (2008-present)
- Discovery Kids South Africa (2009-2011)
- African Kids Channel (2008-present)
References
- ^ a b Double length episode
- ^ "Girl, 4, hangs herself with hair band 'as she copies TV cartoon'". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2008-01-04.