Diego Márquez

Jake T. Austin (Dora the Explorer Seasons 4-5, Go, Diego, Go! Seasons 1-3, The VeggieTales Show)
Matt Hunter (Dora the Explorer Season 6 [singing], Go, Diego, Go! Seasons 4-5; singing)
Brandon Zambrano (Dora the Explorer Season 6, Go, Diego, Go! Seasons 4-5; speaking)
Sebastian Aristizabal (Dora's Rescue in Mermaid Kingdom and Nick Jr. crossover video games; 2010-2012)
Jacob Medrano (Dora the Explorer Seasons 7-8, speaking)
Joaquin Mas (Dora the Explorer Seasons 7-8, singing)
Nicolas Cantu (Dora and Friends: Into the City!)
TBA (¡Dora!)
Malachi Barton (age 7)
Jeff Wahlberg (age 17)

### Appears in

Meet Diego! (Dora the Explorer)
Rescue of the Red-Eyed Tree Frogs! (Go, Diego, Go!)
God Wants Us to Make Peace (The VeggieTales Show)

### Debut

Meet Diego!

**Diego Márquez** is an 8-year-old Latino action-adventure hero with a big heart. His goal is to save and protect the animals and their environment. Athletic and fearless, he is always at the ready no matter what the situation. Diego loves learning new things. He takes a scientific approach to problem-solving and also uses a variety of high-tech gadgets and gizmos to save the day.

## Description

Diego is Dora's cousin. Though it's never confirmed how they're related, they're presumably first paternal cousins considering they share the same last name (i.e. Dora's mother and Diego's father are siblings). Like Dora, Diego comes from a family of three kids, with the three kids consisting of himself and two daughters. However, while Dora's the oldest kid in her family (her younger brother and sister, Guillermo and Isabella, are fraternal twins), Diego's the youngest kid in his family (he has two older sisters named Daisy and Alicia). While he's a supporting/minor character in his cousin's show, Diego's the host of his own show where the opposite happens (Dora appears as a minor character). He can also speak both English and Spanish, just like his cousin.

## Looks

Diego has dark-tan skin, brown eyes, and brown hair.

In his debut on *Dora the Explorer*, he originally wore a dark blue shirt with a tan vest, green cargo shorts, green socks, brown shoes, and a silver watch.

In the first three seasons of his show *Go, Diego, Go!*, he wears a lighter blue shirt with the same vest, darker blue cargo shorts, white socks, gray shoes, and a blue and yellow watch. This version of his outfit reveals that his vest can transform into a long sleeve vest, a lifejacket, or maybe even both.

However, starting in the fourth season of *Go, Diego, Go!*, he wears a short-sleeved red sweatshirt with an orange top underneath, black cargos, white socks, and black and red sneakers. Diego is seen wearing his previous outfit in a few flashbacks in the episode Fiercest Animals.

In *Dora and Friends: Into the City*, Diego switches back to his outfit from Seasons 1-3 of *Go, Diego, Go!*, but it receives a few changes: He retains his light blue t-shirt, but his tan vest now has dark blue trim, lacks pockets, and his Animal Rescue badge is now on the right side of his chest. His dark blue cargo shorts are shorter and have smaller pockets, he discards his socks, and now wears a new gray pair of converse sneakers with orange laces. He keeps his video watch, and his rescue rack now rests on his left shoulder.

For more information about his outfits, click here.

## Appearances

Diego appears in several episodes of *Dora the Explorer* as well as every episode of *Go, Diego, Go!*. He had a major role in every episode except in "Alicia Saves The Crocodile" and "Alicia and Whitetail to the Rescue". His first appearance in general was in "Meet Diego!".

Diego has appeared on *Dora the Explorer* in the following episodes:

### Season 3

* Meet Diego! (first appearance)
* Baby Dino
* Baseball Boots
* Boots' Special Day
* To the South Pole
* Boo!
* Dora Saves the Game
* Dora's Pirate Adventure
* The Super Silly Fiesta
* Boots' Cuddly Dinosaur
* Job Day
* Best Friends (in the flashback of "Meet Diego!" during the We Did It! song)

### Season 4

* Daisy, La Quinceañera
* La Maestra de Musica
* Swiper the Explorer
* Big Sister Dora
* Catch the Babies
* Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine
* Dora and Diego to the Rescue!
* Save Diego!
* Dora's First Trip
* Baby Jaguar's Roar
* Dora's World Adventure
* Boots to the Rescue
* Dora Saves the Mermaids

### Season 5

* Dora Saves Three Kings Day
* The Big Red Chicken's Magic Show
* Dora's Big Birthday Adventure

### Season 6

* Dora's Ballet Adventure
* ¡Vacaciones!
* Halloween Parade
* The Secret of Atlantis/Dora & Diego Save Atlantis

### Season 7

* Dora's Rescue in Mermaid Kingdom
* Dora's Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure
* School Science Fair
* Dora and Diego's Amazing Animal Circus Adventure
* Baby Bongo's Big Music Show
* Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade
* The Butterfly Ball

### Season 8

* Dora and Perrito to the Rescue
* Dora's Great Roller Skate Adventure
* Dora and Diego in the Time of Dinosaurs
* Dora's Museum Sleepover Adventure
* Dora's Animalito Adventure
* Dora's Night Light Adventure (last appearance)

Diego appears in several episodes of *The VeggieTales Show*.

### Appearances on The VeggieTales Show

* God Wants Us to Make Peace
* The Power of Love
* When Being Good Means Giving Up
* Little Things Matter
* Forgiveness Brings the Fixing
* Samson's Bad Hair Day
* The Good Shepherd
* LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows Trouble
* LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy
* Naaman Takes a Bath
* The Grumble Cure

## Usual Phrases

* "¡Hola, I'm Diego!"
* "I'm an animal rescuer!"
* "I need your help."
* "Our special camera click can help us find the (insert animal here)!"
* "Say, 'Click'."
* "¡Vamonos, amigos!" (or just "¡Vamonos!")
* "¡Al rescate, amigos!"
* "My rescue pack can transform into anything we need! To activate my rescue pack, say '¡Actívate!' (short pause, waiting for the viewer to respond) Louder! ¡ACTÍVATE!"
* "¡Misión cumplida! Rescue/Adventure complete!"
* "You are a great animal rescuer/adventurer!
* "You're great at helping/rescuing animals!"
* "We found out/learned so much about (animals) today."
* "¡Hasta luego, amigos!"

## Trivia

* Diego appeared on 4 double-length episodes of *Dora the Explorer*. They were "Dora's Pirate Adventure", "Dora's World Adventure", "Dora Saves the Mermaids", and "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure".
* Diego, his sister Alicia, Baby Jaguar, and the Bobo Brothers appear in the *Dora and Friends* episode For the Birds.
* Diego was voiced by a total of eight voice actors.
* His first voice resembles "Big Pig" from "Wibbly Pig and Friends" but in later events, he sounded more like "Tiny Pig".
* Aside from the intros from the remastered version of "Whose Birthday is It?" and "Super Spies", Diego never appears in Season 1 or Season 2 of *Dora the Explorer*.
* Diego was played by Malachi Barton (6), and Jeffery "Jeff" Wahlberg (16) in Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
* In *Dora and the Lost City of Gold*, Diego has a crush on Sammy.
* Rescue, Rescue, Rescue! is the only episode where his best friend, Baby Jaguar appears without him.
* "Say, Click" is mostly the Go, Diego, Go! equivalent of “You have to say, Map”.
* "To activate my Rescue Pack, say Actívate!" is the Go, Diego, Go! equivalent of “You have to say, Backpack”.