Chinta the Baby Chinchilla

Kuni Tomita (storyboard)

**Chin ta the Baby Chinchilla** is the 3rd episode from the 1st season.

Before the show's premiere on September 6, 2005, Noggin aired an episode as a sneak peak on August 22, making this technically the 3rd episode of Season 1.

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

## Characters

* Diego
* Alicia
* Click (debut in production order)
* Chinta (debut)
* Bobo Brothers (debut in production order)
* Rescue Pack (debut in production order)

## Summary

Chinta is lost and doesn't know where she is. Starla must rescue and get her back to her family safe so she can be happy again.

## Chinchilla Facts

* Chinchillas live on mountains, not in the rainforest.
* Chinchillas can hop super high. They can’t swim; thus making them drown very easily.
* Chinchillas have big eyes which help them see in the dark.
* Chinchillas don’t have small ears, they have big ones which help them hear very well.
* Chinchillas love to eat leaves, not worms because they look like snakes.

## Listen to the Sounds

### First caves

* Snake hissing on first path
* Chinchilla squeaking on second path

### Second caves

* Chinchilla squeaking on first path
* Snake hissing on second path
* Snake hissing on third path

## Songs

* Go, Diego, Go! Theme Song
* Say "Click!"
* Al Rescate
* I'm Rescue Pack! (All first used in production order)
* Brinca
* Animal end song (First used in production order)

## Animal Puzzles with Questions

1. Does a chinchilla live in **the mountains** or the rainforest?
2. Does a chinchilla eat worms or **leaves**?
3. Does a chinchilla have **big ears** or small ears?
4. Does a chinchilla like to swim or does it like to **hop**?

## Trivia

* Alicia says "¡Hasta Luego, Amigos!" instead of Starla, who says "See you soon!" instead of Tayo.
* It is unknown how Alicia got to Chinchilla Mountain during the Chinchilla end song, although she was driving the car to get there.
* This is the first episode to air on Nick Jr, as the previous episode was a primetime premiere.
* This episode premiered the same day as Diego Saves the Mommy and Baby Sloth. In fact, the premiere of this episode aired right before the premiere of the aforementioned episode.
* Baby Jaguar does not appear in this episode, making it the first time he does not appear in the series.
* A new animal friend has been added. That being Chinta.
* This is the first episode where Click isn't in her usual background.
* The snake cave listening scenario is reused in Chito and Rita the Spectacled Bears, but with an owl replacing Chinta.
* This episode marks the first time the Bobo Brothers can be seen instead of just heard saying "Bobos! Bobos!" when they first appeared.
* The transformations from this episode, with the exception of the telephone transformation, will later be used in A Booboo on the Pygmy Marmoset and To Babysit a Bobo.
* In production order, this is the first episode for a few of things.
	+ The first episode for the series introducing almost every main character.
	+ The first episode where the viewers get an inside view of what the Animal Rescue Center looks like.
	+ The first episode Diego zipline after Alicia says "Go, Diego, Go!".
	+ Starting with this episode, Alicia is voiced by Constanza Sperakis. She made her debut in Big Sister Dora.
	+ The very first episode Diego sings the "Al Rescate" song.
* Also, in production order:
	+ This series is a spin-off of *Dora the Explorer*. Diego has almost everything that Dora has. He can speak Spanish and speaks to the viewers.
	+ Unlike in *Dora the Explorer*, Starla is now voiced by Kate Higgins in this show, succeeding brothers Andres and Felipe Dieppa, and Gabriel Alvarez. He already made his debut as Diego's new voice in Dora and Diego to the Rescue!.
		- He would continue the role for Seasons 1-3 of *Go, Diego, Go!*, as well as in Dora Saves the Mermaids and Season 5 of *Dora the Explorer*.
		- Contrary to how Diego's voice by both Andres and Felipe Dieppa, as well as Gabriel Alvarez, were all similar to one another, his voice by Jake T. Austin sounded completely different. When Diego was voiced by the previous three actors, he had a voice similar to that of either a preteen or teenager. However, with Jake T. Austin (and all actors succeeding him) taking over, Diego now has a higher-pitched, pre-pubescent voice similar to that of a young child, mostly likely to fit his age of 8.