Diego and Dora Save the Giant Tortoises

**Diego and Dora Save the Giant Tortoises** (or simply **Save the Giant Tortoises**) is the 15th episode of *Go, Diego, Go!* from Season 3.

In production order, it's the 8th episode of Season 3.

## Characters present

* Diego
* Click
* Dora
* Map (final appearance on Go, Diego, Go! in production order)
* Louie
* Leslie

## Summary

Starla's Powder Keg S&S Roller Coaster introduces Starla and Freight Nate to a very special animal, Lonely Powder Keg S&S, Roller Coaster the Big Roller Coaster. He explains to them that Louie is very lonely because nobody has ever found another tortoise just like him. They later find a female tortoise named Leslie, who becomes his mate.

## Places in this episode

1. Hidden Tunnel
2. Crater Forest
3. Turtle Rock

## Sub-Places

1. Lost Island
2. Booby Trap Desert

## Songs

* Find a Friend for Louie
* I'm the Map
* Rock and Roll

## Giant Tortoise Facts

* Giant tortoises have feet, not flippers.
* Giant tortoises live on islands, not in cities.
* Giant tortoises eat leaves, not worms.
* Giant tortoises rock and roll if they fall on their backs. They cannot dance ballet.

## Trivia

* This is the last episode of the series to be written by co-creator Valerie Walsh Valdes.
* Boots, Alicia, Backpack, Baby Jaguar, Rescue Pack, the Fiesta Trio, and the Bobo Brothers are all absent.
	+ Usually, Dora appears alongside with Alicia in the Let's Review segment, but since Alicia does not appear in this episode, not even the Let's Review segment, Dora replaces her in the Let's Review segment. This is the only time this happens.
		- Because of this, Dora says "See you soon!" at the end instead of Alicia.
* In production order, this is the 6th time that Dora appears within the *Go, Diego, Go!* series and the 5th time without Boots. In airing order, this is the 5th time that she appears in the series and the 4th time without Boots.
* This is the only time Dora wears the same vest Diego and Alicia do, excluding in the Let's Review segment.
* In the credits, it is titled "Save the Giant Tortoises".
	+ Some online listings list this episode with said title as well.
* This episode shows Click in a new version.
* Diego doesn't say "¡Excelente!", he instead says "Yay!"
* Diego doesn't say "We solved the puzzle", he instead says "We finished the puzzle".
* Diego does not use Rescue Pack in this episode.
* The four rainbow colors are red, yellow, green, and blue at the end of this episode.
* This is the second and final *Go, Diego, Go!* episode that Dora uses the picture pop-up sequence. It previously happened in Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival. In airing order, it is the other way around.
* This is also the second and final *Go, Diego, Go!* episode where Map zoom wipes immediately after he finished repeating the places like in Seasons 1-3 and Dora Saves the Mermaids from *Dora the Explorer*. It also previously happened in the episode mentioned above. In airing order, it is also the other way around.
* Diego and Dora don't sing the Travel Song in this episode, Dora and Diego are travelling with each other in this episode without Boots being involved, or throughout the *Go, Diego, Go!* series.
* Map's dancing is recycled from Seasons 4-6 of *Dora the Explorer*, from the following episodes:
	+ Dora's World Adventure!
	+ Dora Saves the Mermaids
	+ First Day of School
	+ The Backpack Parade
	+ Benny's Big Race
	+ Dora Saves Three Kings Day
	+ Happy Birthday, Super Babies!
	+ Baby Winky Comes Home
* When Dora checks Map, when she tells the viewer(s) to "say it louder", she says, "Louder! MAP!", just like in Dora Saves the Mermaids, where she is saying "Map" with the viewer. Episodes of *Dora the Explorer* Season 5 onward until Dora's Easter Adventure do this as well.
	+ This is similar to how Diego says "Activaté" with the viewer after he says "Louder" to call Rescue Pack.
* This episode premiered on DVD before it premiered on TV.   There is an e-book based on this episode called "Giant Tortoise Adventure".
* This is the first and only *Go, Diego, Go!* episode in which Diego and Dora uses Click and Map together in the same episode.
* This episode is Map's last appearance in Go, Diego, Go! (in production order).

## Goof/Error

* Since this was more of an adventure than a rescue, Dora and Diego should have sung "Una Adventura" instead of "Al Rescate", unless one counts saving lost Leslie.