Linda the Llama Saves Carnival

Kuni Tomita (storyboard)

**Linda the Llama Saves Carnival** is the 10th episode in the 1st season of Go, Diego, Go!.

In production order, it's the 8th episode of the 1st season.

## Characters

* Diego
* Alicia (Let's Review only)
* Click
* Rescue Pack (non-speaking)
* Dora (debut in *Go, Diego, Go!*)
* Boots (only appearance)
* Linda the Llama
* Bobo Brothers
* Baby Jaguar (cameo)
* Mommy Macaw (cameo)
* Sammy (cameo)
* Fiesta Trio (cameo in the crowd)
* Camilla (cameo in the crowd)

## Summary

Diego rescues Linda the Llama who is stuck in a mud puddle and is delivering two baskets where one is filled with fruit and another basket filled with musical instruments that she has to take to the parade up on top of a mountain where his friends Dora and Boots live.

## Recap

The episode starts with Diego and all of his animal friends, including Baby Jaguar, dancing the samba because there's a new Carnival Parade that has floats, balloons and confetti! But, Diego also says that they can't have carnival without music and goodies. Just then, after dancing the samba, Diego uses the video watch while it beeps, the video call activates and it reveals the call of his cousin Dora the Explorer and her best friend Boots; who are the protagonists of their own show!

Dora tells Diego that she and Boots are at the top of the mountain where the parade lives as they're waiting for Linda the Llama to bring the baskets of music and goodies for the parade! But sadly, Boots says that Linda's not here. Diego feels shocked, because without the music and goodies, there can't BE a carnival parade! Dora knows that Linda must be in trouble and tells Diego that he has got to rescue the llama! Diego tells them not to worry, because he will find her and they're counting on him!

## Songs

* Samba
* Let's Look for the Baskets
* Sube

## Llama Facts

* Llamas have long necks, not short ones.
* Llamas live in mountains, not igloos because they're too cold.
* Llamas can climb. They cannot fly because of gravity and they don't have wings.
* Llamas eat grass, not fish because they're herbivores.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode where Dora appears on *Go, Diego, Go!*, and the only episode where Boots appears.
	+ And speaking of *Dora the Explorer* characters, this is the Fiesta Trio's first appearance on the show. They will appear once more on Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue.
		- Specifically, the Fiesta Trio made a cameo appearance at the Carnival festival.
		- This episode could be Diego's version of the Dora the Explorer episode "Dora's Dance to the Rescue".
	+ This is also the first time Dora participates in the Let's Review segment.
* Baby Jaguar makes a cameo at the beginning of this episode. This marks his first cameo on the show.
* This episode is Boots' only appearance in Diego's show. He did not appear in any other episodes with Dora.
	+ However, Boots only appears in every episode of the main show with the exception of "Kittens in Mittens, Dora and Sparky's Riding Adventure, and Let's Go to Music School".
* This episode premiered one day before the premiere of "Dora's Dance to the Rescue" on VHS and DVD.
* Alicia does not appear in this episode until the Let’s Review segment.
	+ Speaking of which, Benny, Isa, and Tico did not appear in this episode (unless one counts a picture cameo in Journey to Jaguar Mountain) and neither did Swiper (nor would he try to swipe either the baskets, which the Bobos did but failed, or the parade float).
	+ Additionally, Dora's actress Kathleen Herles and Boots' actor Harrison Chad now have more matured voices, which those voices would be heard in Dora and Diego to the Rescue! (in two scenes of the rare extended Director's Cut version only), Dora's Dance to the Rescue, Dora's World Adventure! and Dora Saves the Mermaids.
* The Scarlet Macaw background is recycled from Journey to Jaguar Mountain. In production order, it is the other way around.
* Dora does not use Backpack or Map in this episode, due her making a minor appearance.
	+ However, Backpack's animated form and Map will first appear in Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears and Diego's Great Dinosaur Rescue, respectively.
* This episode aired on Columbus Day 2005.
	+ Additionally, there was a *Go, Diego, Go!* marathon (playing all episodes that aired so far since there were only nine at the time) leading up to the episode's premiere at 1:30pm et.
* This episode appears on the Rainforest Fiesta DVD, making this the only episode to appear on a 2008-09 DVD from the series.
* This could have marked Camilla's cameo and first appearance in *Go, Diego, Go!* before her *Dora the Explorer* debut in the Season 5 premiere episode [1]The Super Babies Dream Adventure, if it wasn't for her age gap.
* This was the only episode where Boots and the Bobo Brothers were together.
* The "fish" choice depicts of an orange fish that is alive and in the sea. However, in later episodes such as Little Kinkajou is in Beehive Trouble, Diego Saves Christmas, Sammy's Valentine, Diego and Alicia Save the Otters, The Iguana Sing Along, Super Flying Squirrel to the Rescue, and Gorilla Fun would use that same fish, except it is dead and on a plate, and in the last aforementioned episode, fried eggs will appear alongside it.
* This episode is premiered with the *Little Einsteins'* Great Sky Race episode "Hungarian Hiccups".

## Goof/Error

* In the end of the credits, the Nick Jr. logo has an extra parrot head next to the orange "NICK" one.

## See Also

* Linda the Llama Saves Carnival on Dora the Explorer Wiki