A Letter for Swiper

**A Letter for Swiper** is the 13th episode of *Dora the Explorer* from Season 2.

## Characters

* Dora
* Boots
* Backpack
* Map
* Swiper
* Fiesta Trio
* Benny
* Isa
* Tico
* Tico's cousins (mentioned)
* Grandma Fox (mentioned)
* Special Delivery Bird (debut)
* Chickens

## Summary

Nothing can stop them; they will not fail, Dora and Boots must deliver the mail! They need to bring extra special letters to Benny, Isa, Tico, and even Swiper the Fox…and fast! Help them outrun silly chickens, zip past falling nuts, and fight their way through a snowstorm to finally deliver Swiper's letter at Blueberry Hill!

## Plot

Dora and Boots saw the special delivery bird in the sky. Dora explains that she has extra special letters. Suddenly, the special delivery bird crashed to the ground. She was okay but she lost her 4 extra special letters. Dora, Boots, and the viewer help the special delivery bird find the 4 extra special letters. They were by some trees and bushes. After getting back the extra special letters, the special delivery bird noticed that when she crashed into the ground, her glasses are broken and couldn't see. Boots suggested that she should get her glasses fixed, but the special delivery bird is determined to deliver the letters and fast. Dora had an idea. She told the special delivery bird that she and Boots can deliver the letters while she gets her glasses fixed and promised that they'll deliver them extra fast. The special delivery bird thanked Dora and Boots and wished them good luck. Boots wanted to know who the special letters are for. Dora and Boots looked through the 4 extra special letters one at a time. There was a letter for Tico, one for Isa, one for Benny, and even one for Swiper. Dora and Boots were in shock, but also impressed to see that Swiper got a letter. Now that they know who the extra special letters are for, Dora and Boots check the Map to figure out where to go to deliver them. He says they should speed to the nutty forest to deliver an extra special letter to Tico, then zip on over to Benny's Barn to deliver extra special letters to Benny and Isa, and finally zoom to Blueberry Hill to deliver an extra special letter to Swiper the fox. Dora and Boots started their quest on mail delivering. Dora said to Boots that they have to be careful because delivering letters is a hard job and they had to watch out for all kinds of things. Dora heard that chickens chase after mail carriers. Suddenly, some chickens started chasing after Dora and Boots. They picked up speed and noticed there was a gate and it is closed. Dora and Boots had to say the Spanish word "abre" to open the gate. After the gate opened, Dora and Boots had to say "Abre" to pass through three more gates. After passing through the last one, the chickens were locked up and couldn't chase Dora and Boots anymore. After getting away from the chickens, Dora and Boots entered the nutty forest. Dora and Boots started running but then there were some nuts falling down. They were about to get bonked. Dora decided to get something from her backpack to protect them from the nuts. Dora gets out the umbrella and she and Boots had to say "Abre" to open the umbrella. After opening the umbrella once, 2 nuts bounced off of it. After opening the umbrella twice, 2 more nuts bounced off it. After opening the umbrella a 3rd time, 4 nuts bounced off it. After that, the umbrella was put away. And now Dora and Boots can deliver their first extra special letter to Tico. Sure enough, Tico came out and Dora and Boots told him that they have a letter for him. Tico opens the envelope and out came a card. Tico opened it a couple of times and a tune was playing. Tico completely opens the card letting the music play from inside the card. He got a music card from his cousins. Dora and Boots completed the first task. Now they had to go to Benny's Barn to deliver 2 extra special letters; one for Isa and one for Benny. Dora and Boots picked up speed and then they entered themselves in a snowy setup. There was snow everywhere. The snow was getting deeper, slippery, frosty, and cold. Dora and Boots have to check Backpack for some snowsuits. There was a pink and white snowsuit and snow boots for Dora and a yellow snowsuit and red snow boots for Boots. Dora had purple mittens on while Boots had red mittens on. Dora and Boots are now dressed in their snowsuits. Snow started falling heavily. It was turning into a blizzard. A snowball starts rolling down the snowy hill. Dora and Boots had to be careful not to get hit by snowballs. Dora and Boots jumped over a small snowball, a medium-sized snowball, and a large snowball. They make it to the top of the hill and then a giant snowball appears behind them. Dora and Boots didn't jump over the giant snowball, they jumped onto it and rolled down the hill. When Dora and Boots got to the bottom, they jumped off the giant snowball. After getting through the snowy setup, Dora and Boots took off their snowsuits. Then, they started heading over to Benny's Barn. Dora and Boots had extra special letters for Isa and Benny. First, they give Isa her special letter and inside it was super-fast growing sunflower seeds. Isa puts a seed in the ground and a sunflower immediately sprouts up and grows tall and straight. Next, Dora and Boots give Benny his extra special letter. Benny's extra special letter pops open to reveal popcorn. It was a popcorn snack. Benny and Isa thanked Dora and Boots for delivering their extra special letters. So far, Dora and Boots delivered 3 extra special letters and they had one more letter to deliver and one more place to go. Dora and Boots had to go to Blueberry Hill to deliver the last extra special letter to Swiper the fox. Dora and Boots make it there right away, but noticed the gate was shut closed. Dora and Boots said "Abre" to open the gate. Dora and Boots enter Blueberry Hill. Next, they marched up to the top. And now, Dora and Boots can deliver the last extra special letter to Swiper. They call out to him. Sure enough, he pokes his head up from his fox hole. Dora told Swiper that she had a letter for him. When Dora gives Swiper his letter, he was too nicely. He opens the letter and inside it were stickers. Swiper got stickers from Grandma Fox. Swiper disappears into his fox hole. Dora and Boots shrug. Swiper reappears to thank Dora and Boots for delivering his mail.

## Places in this episode

1. Nutty Forest (Tico)
2. Benny's Barn (Benny and Isa)
3. Blueberry Hill (Swiper)

## Gifts inside the letters (in order)

1. A music card from his cousins (Tico)
2. Super fast growing sunflower seeds (Isa)
3. Popcorn (Benny)
4. Stickers from Grandma Fox (Swiper)

## Sub-Places

* Chicken Gates
* Snowy Blizzard

## Items in Backpack (clockwise starting from top right)

* White snow boots for Dora (third correct item for snowstorm)
* Dora's swimsuit
* Pink snowsuit for Dora (first correct item for snowstorm)
* Red snow boots for Boots (fourth correct item for snowstorm)
* Scuba flippers
* Yellow snowsuit for Boots (second correct item for snowstorm)
* Umbrella (correct item for Nutty Forest)

## Releases

This episode can be found in Cowgirl Dora, Big Sister Dora, and Musical School Days on DVD (and VHS from the first aforementioned video)

## Trivia

* File:Swiper Marathon Promo (2002)-3  This episode's premiere wraps up the Nick Jr. Swiper Marathon.
* Dora and Boots become mail carriers and deliver extra special letters to their friends.
* This is the 38th episode of the show.
* This is the second episode Swiper is technically somehow on his good side when Dora and Boots deliver him a letter though he just got a letter so nicely. Although they give him stickers because he's still kind of in the mood for swiping, he still says "Thank you" to them for giving him his letter.
* Dora and Boots are the only ones not to have letters for themselves, everyone else including Isa, Benny, Tico, and Swiper get letters except them as they're the only ones who don't get any, they only got to deliver letters instead, it technically never seemed fair to them when they never got anything.
* This is the second episode where Blueberry Hill is the final destination after Berry Hunt. It will happen again in the next episode.
* The Travel Song is sung and featured twice in this episode.
* When Isa says "Dora! Boots!", the audio is taken from Lost Squeaky.
* This episode aired on Columbus Day in 2002.
	+ Additionally, there was a Dora the Explorer marathon leading up to the premiere of this episode at 1:30pm et.
		- The other episodes during the marathon in order are Bouncing Ball, Pablo's Flute, The Missing Piece, Doctor Dora, Pinto, the Pony Express, The Big Piñata, The Happy Old Troll, The Golden Explorers, and Rojo the Fire Truck.
* The scenes where Swiper climbs up his foxhole and Dora give a letter to him was used in the promo for The Lost City (Nick on CBS version).
* When Dora and Boots are at the Snowy Blizzard, they wear the exact same snow clothes from the previous episode.
* During the first picture pop-up sequence (and before the pictures disappear in the second and third), when Dora describes where they have to go, the characters appear in the respective pictures (Tico in the Nutty Forest, Benny and Isa at Benny's Barn, and Swiper at Blueberry Hill).
* Dora and Boots used the Spanish word "Abre" multiple times in this episode, just like in Dora Saves the Prince. They said it to open the chicken gates, to open an umbrella, and to open the gate to Blueberry Hill.
* In the end of "We Did It!", Dora does not yell "Yay!". Instead, Swiper says it.

## Goofs/Errors

* Backpack did not have mittens and it is unknown how Dora and Boots managed to have them on.
* Isa's extra special letter is super fast growing sunflower seeds. However, in real life, flowers, plants, or trees can't grow super fast.
* For some reason, DirecTV used to list this episode as "Super Map!", instead of "A Letter for Swiper". This was fixed in the early 2010's.
* When Dora and Boots walked up to the Special Delivery Bird, she had five letters, but she said that there were four.

## Character Find

Swiper

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