Grab your Backpack, find Map and make sure Boots has his banana blankie because Dora is heading out on another adventure.
Or, in this case, quite a few of them.
Season four of Nickelodeon’s CG-animated “DORA” will make its linear television debut on the Nick Jr. channel beginning Monday, October 5. Two episodes will air back-to-back each weeknight at 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, bringing Dora, Boots and plenty of familiar friends back to television for another collection of journeys.
The season previously debuted on Paramount+ in December 2025, making October’s premiere the first time its episodes will roll out on linear television in the U.S. It also comes after a rather winding journey for the current “DORA” series, which was impacted by Paramount’s programming strategy changes even as additional episodes had already been produced. Season five has since begun rolling out on Nick Jr. internationally, with a sixth season also in production.
But if the road getting here has been a little complicated, Dora’s next adventures are wonderfully familiar.
Season four begins with “Backpack’s Charm / Lost Banana Blankie,” which sends Dora and Boots searching for something that has gone missing before Dora helps Boots find his beloved banana blankie in time for bed at a sleepover. From there, things quickly get considerably bigger as Dora helps a yeti reach the beach, teaches a snake to ride a bike, saves the Pirate Piggies’ ship and tracks down missing magical instruments needed to save Cloud Kingdom.
And Dora won’t be exploring alone.
Diego joins his cousin for several adventures throughout the season, including a rescue mission when a baby jaguar becomes lost in the rainforest. The pair also help a baby owl find its parents, encounter a couple of bears and journey to Lizard Island to return a lost baby lizard home.
Family gets an adventure of its own in “Abuela Adventure Day,” while other episodes take Dora to a secret pyramid, a Kite Festival and even beneath the water. “Dora’s Mermaid Adventure / Mermazing Surprise” transforms Dora and Boots into mermaids before sending them to help a dolphin recover a magical jewel.
Swiper, naturally, isn’t going to let everyone else have all the fun.
The season introduces an octopus version of the familiar troublemaker in “Octo-Swiper,” while the finale turns things around when Dora must actually save Swiper’s nephew, Zorrito. That same finale, “Side-Swiped / Quest for the Blue Bananas,” also introduces another member of Boots’ family: his cousin Sombrera.
The adventures continue to carry the bilingual learning, problem-solving and interactive spirit that has followed Dora for more than 25 years. Episodes including “Diferente es Excelente” also bring the show’s messages about celebrating differences directly into the journey as Dora and Boots help Dulce the dragon understand that what makes everyone different is also what makes them special.
Diana Zermeño returns as Dora alongside Asher Colton Spence as Boots, AJ Beckles as Swiper, Anairis Quiñones as Map, Katarina Sky as Backpack and Kai Edgar as Diego. The voice cast also includes Maria Canals-Barrera as Abuela, Eric Bauza as Big Red Chicken and Kathleen Herles—the original voice of Dora the Explorer—as Mami.
More than two decades after “Dora the Explorer” first invited children to start exploring alongside her, the franchise continues to find new places to go. The animation may have changed and the world surrounding Dora has certainly gotten bigger, but the heart of the adventure remains remarkably familiar: solve a problem, help a friend and learn something along the way.
“DORA” season four begins its Nick Jr. channel run Monday, October 5, with two episodes airing back-to-back weeknights beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Backpack? Check. Map? Check. Boots?
Someone please make sure he has that banana blankie.