Isa

### Appears in

The Legend of the Big Red Chicken (credits)We All Scream for Ice Cream (officially)

### Debut

We All Scream for Ice Cream

**Isa** (theoretical full name: **Eloisa Perez Iguanadon**) is a main character on *Dora the Explorer*. She is a smart green iguana who is a very close friend of Dora and Boots. She lives in the Flowery Garden and loves to grow different kinds of plants.

She is known for her problem-solving skills. She makes her way through the forest slowly and thoughtfully. Always a step ahead of the game, she is ready to provide essential information that Dora and Boots need to complete their journeys.

## Description

Isa is a gardener and nature lover. She loves to help her friends Dora and Boots, and they are always ready to help out with her flowers. Her garden is full of surprises, from talking exotic plants to her very own rocket ship. Once, when Isa wished for her sunflower to grow really big, she needed Dora's help to get back down.

Isa is shy and quiet and can easily blend into the background, especially in forests and gardens like her own. Her color gives her a natural camouflaging ability. She is very good at playing hide and seek.

Isa loves all of her friends but especially likes to spend time with Boots, whom she has a crush on and knew long before she ever met Dora. Isa treats both Dora and Boots equally, but she always greets Boots more shyly than Dora. An early promotional image features Isa looking at Boots with hearts.

## Looks

Isa is mostly green with many light green spikes along her back and tail. She has round white eyes on the top of her head, each with four long eyelashes. Like Tico, she has small triangular stumps for arms and legs. In the first season, early season 2, and the season 3 episode Journey to the Purple Planet, she is forest green, and in all later seasons, she is lime green.

## Appearances

### *Dora the Explorer*

* Season 1
	+ 101. "The Legend of the Big Red Chicken" (seen in intro)
	+ 103. "Choo-Choo!" (character find segment)
	+ 106. "We All Scream for Ice Cream" (official debut)
	+ 108. "Three Little Piggies"
	+ 109. "Big River" (listed in credits)
	+ 111. "Wizzle Wishes"
	+ 113. "Surprise!"
	+ 116. "Bugga Bugga"
	+ 118. "Little Star"
	+ 121. "El Coquí" (character find segment)
	+ 122. "The Chocolate Tree"
	+ 123. "To The Treehouse"
	+ 126. "Call Me Mr. Riddles"

* Season 2
	+ 201. "The Big Storm" (cameo)
	+ 204. "The Missing Piece"
	+ 205. "Lost Squeaky"
	+ 206. "Rojo the Fire Truck"
	+ 208. "El Día De Las Madres"
	+ 209. "The Golden Explorers"
	+ 210. "A Present For Santa" (cameo)
	+ 212. "Pinto, the Pony Express"
	+ 213. "León, the Circus Lion"
	+ 214. "The Big Piñata"
	+ 215. "The Happy Old Troll"
	+ 217. "A Letter for Swiper"
	+ 218. "To the Monkey Bars"
	+ 219. "Dora, La Música"
	+ 220. "Hide and Go Seek"
	+ 221. "Click!"
	+ 222. "Egg Hunt"
	+ 223. "Super Spies"
	+ 224. "School Pet"
	+ 225. "Whose Birthday is It?"

* Season 3
	+ 302. "Stuck Truck"
	+ 303. "Louder!"
	+ 306. "Journey to the Purple Planet"
	+ 307. "The Lost City"
	+ 312. "Boots' Special Day"
	+ 315. "Boo!" (cameo)
	+ 317. "Rescue, Rescue, Rescue!"
	+ 319. "The Super Silly Fiesta"
	+ 321. "Baseball Boots"
	+ 322. "Best Friends" (flashback)
	+ 325. "Dora's Pirate Adventure"

* Season 4
	+ 402. "Dora's First Trip"
	+ 403. "Dora's Fairytale Adventure"
	+ 405. "Super Spies 2: The Swiping Machine"
	+ 406. "La Maestra de Música"
	+ 412. "Big Sister Dora"
	+ 413. "Boots to the Rescue"
	+ 414. "Super Babies"
	+ 415. "We're a Team!"
	+ 416. "The Mixed-Up Seasons" (cameo)
	+ 417. "The Shy Rainbow"
	+ 418. "Baby Crab" (cameo)
	+ 422. "Dora's Dance to the Rescue"
	+ 423. "Dora's World Adventure!"

* Season 5
	+ 503. "Dora Saves Three Kings Day"
	+ 504. "Isa's Unicorn Flowers"
	+ 505. "Benny's Big Race"
	+ 507. "The Backpack Parade"
	+ 511. "The Big Red Chicken's Magic Show" (cameo)
	+ 516. "Boots' Banana Wish"
	+ 517. "Dora Saves the Snow Princess"
	+ 519. "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure"
	+ 520. "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure"

* Season 6
	+ 605. "The Grumpy Old Troll Gets Married" (cameo)
	+ 606. "Halloween Parade"
	+ 607. "¡Vacaciones!"
	+ 609. "Dora in Troll Land"
	+ 610. "Dora's Ballet Adventure"
	+ 611. "Boots' First Bike"
	+ 612. "Pepe the Pig's School Adventure"
	+ 616. "Dora's Royal Rescue"
	+ 618. "Swiper's Favorite Things"

* Season 7
	+ 701. "Dora's Easter Adventure"
	+ 702. "A Ribbon For Pinto"
	+ 703. "Benny the Castaway"
	+ 704. "Feliz Dia De Los Padres"
	+ 705. "Dora's Fantastic Gymnastics Adventure"
	+ 706. "Dora's Moonlight Adventure" (cameo)
	+ 707. "Perrito's Big Surprise"
	+ 708. "Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade"
	+ 711. "Baby Bongo's Big Music Show"
	+ 712. "School Science Fair"
	+ 713. "Dora's Rescue in Mermaid Kingdom"
	+ 714. "¡Vamos a Pintar!" (in mural)
	+ 716. "Dora Rocks!"
	+ 717. "The Butterfly Ball"
	+ 718. "Dora & Diego's Amazing Animal Circus Adventure"

* Season 8
	+ 801. "Dora's Super Soccer Showdown"
	+ 804. "Verde's Birthday Party"
	+ 808. "Dora's Great Roller Skate Adventure"
	+ 813. "Dora's Rainforest Talent Show"
	+ 814. "Dora & Diego in the Time of Dinosaurs"

### *Dora and Friends: Into the City!*

* 119. "Return to the Rainforest"
* 205. "Dora's Rainforest Reunion"

### *Go, Diego, Go!*

* 105. Journey to Jaguar Mountain (picture only)

### Miscellaneous

* *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (cameo)

### *The VeggieTales Show*

* 101. "God Wants Us to Make Peace"
* 104. "The Power of Love"
* 107. "When Being Good Means Giving Up"
* 110. "Being Gentle Makes You Great"
* 113. "Forgiveness Brings the Fixing"
* 115. "Samson's Bad Hair Day"
* 122. "LarryBoy and the Emperor of Envy"
* 123. "Naaman Takes a Bath"
* 126. "The Grumble Cure"

## Trivia

* Isa has her own leitmotif that plays whenever she appears or is mentioned (C-G-A#-C-G-A#-C).
* In the French dub, Isa is said to be a monitor lizard rather than an iguana. Her name is changed to "Véra le varan" (*varan* is French for a monitor lizard and not iguana).
* Not surprisingly, Isa has a bit of a crush on Boots as she often says "Hi, Boots" in a slightly higher pitch voice.
* Isa appeared on the *Dora and Friends: Into the City!* episode "Return to the Rainforest".
	+ In the episode, she introduces Dora to a young flower who lives in her garden named Bud who had grown up hearing stories about Dora and her adventures from Isa and was excited to finally meet Dora. At the end of the episode, Bud ends up getting sewn into Backpack by Kate while she was repairing her, however, Bud is fine with it as he gets to go on adventures with Dora.
* Aside from the Pirate Adventure photo in Journey to Jaguar Mountain, Isa never makes an appearance in Go, Diego, Go!.
* In Season 1, early Season 2, and the season 3 episode Journey to the Purple Planet, Isa is dark green, but in later episodes, she's light green.
	+ This may be representative of her age since her mother was light green while Isa was dark green in Season 1.
* She is able to blend into her surroundings, although she often wears dresses.
* Isa got a character find only twice: Choo-Choo! and El Coquí.
* She is always a helpful friend to Dora and Boots.
* She grows a wide variety of flowers in her garden. Her favorite flower is the sunflower.
* She is the same age as Benny, 6 years old.
* Her third voice actor Skai Jackson also did the role of the Little Fish from another Nickelodeon show, Bubble Guppies.
* Her zodiac sign is Cancer or possibly Scorpio
* In the 2023 reboot, Isa loves to sing.