Doki

Doki is a 6-year-old boy who looks like a dog[1]. He is the main protagonist in the show of the same name who is based off the mascot of Discovery Kids Latin America, and is one of the 6 protagonists of the show.

Doki is a curious kid whose love of expeditions makes crazy situations no problem for him, and he is always open to suggestions and tips from his friends around the world. Doki is amiable, generous, warm, cheerful, heroic, bold and optimistic and a good friend to all. He is a natural-born leader, but sometimes he can be arrogant and stubborn depending on the adventurous situation. Doki is open-hearted, great in his gestures and easy to talk to. He feels comfortable as he will enjoy an expedition full of respect -- and fun!

## Doki

### Relatives

Unnamed grandfather (grandfather), Unnamed father (father), Unnamed mother (mother), Tina (sister), Daniel (younger cousin), Ralf (older cousin)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Griffin Hook (2013-17) (English)William Romain (2017-present) (English)Magaly Criollo (2013) (Spanish for final TV Series)

### Appears in

March 8, 2005 (as mascot of Discovery Kids Latin America)November 11, 2013 (TV Series on Discovery Familia in United States)

### Debut

The Doki series

One day, not long ago, this explorer made his best discovery yet. While doing research, Doki found the 'Worldwide Expedition Club' - an online community of young explorers who love to go on 'expeditions' to make exciting discoveries, just like him! Doki had so much fun reading the blogs of Expedition Teams from all over the world that he just HAD to start a Team of his own. So he rounded up his neighborhood friends and founded - what else? Expedition

Team Doki! (Team Doki, for short.)

With his contagious enthusiasm, Doki is the natural leader of the Team. Anything can spark one of their weekend expeditions, from a need for elastic bands, to a desire to climb the highest mountain in the world! It's always Doki who fixes on a question, and once he does, he just can't let it go. He needs an answer! "It's expedition time!" Doki shouts - and before you know it, the whole Team is piling into Oto's float plane, and heading off on some far-flung journey. Doki leads every expedition with a spirit of adventure and an upbeat attitude. No matter how roughly Oto lands the plane, Doki will declare 'another perfect landing!', and that's pretty much how he responds to every challenging situation - by finding the upside. Who can resist that kind of positivity?

While Doki is the driving force behind every expedition, that doesn't mean he always knows exactly what they're going to find, when they get there. Sometimes it isn't what he expected. Sometimes, he'll realize that he asked the wrong question in the first place. And sometimes, the Team ends up in loads of trouble! But thanks to Doki's quick thinking and problem solving abilities, they always manage to answer their question and get safely home again, after having a fun and fascinating adventure along the way.

Although Doki is a heroic character, he's not perfect. Sometimes our fearless leader is too fearless, ignoring good advice because being careful just won't get his questions answered. And sometimes he loses sight of the big picture - he might get so focused on one unique snowflake that he doesn't see the avalanche hurtling his way! He's apt to leap before he looks, and sometimes he misses the emotional cues of his friends. But Doki's mistakes have natural consequences, and he does learn from them.

Unlike his friends, who gravitate toward specific areas, Doki's range of interests is quite broad. He knows a little bit about a lot of things... and wants to find out everything else! With his knack for asking questions, Doki's 'specialty' is probably research and exploration. With the help of his trusty Team Tab, Doki can dig up maps and facts, keep in contact with other team members, and document their discoveries. And most importantly, he can share everything with their online friends in the Worldwide Expedition Club!

## Personality

He's the charismatic kid who always knows the most fun thing: to play on a Saturday morning. The curious kid who's always asking 'why' and won't take 'just because' for an answer. The adventurous kid who's so full of great ideas that you want to tag along with him, just to see what is it, he does next! Now, imagine that kid has access to a plane.

Doki's curiosity about the world just won't be denied. When he wants to know something, he's got to find out... Today! And if getting the answer takes a lot of legwork, hey - that's even more fun. When Doki grows up, he wants to be a real explorer, and share his amazing discoveries with the world. In truth, he's an explorer already - by questioning everything, searching for the answers, and documenting it all on his trusty tablet computer, the 'Team Tab'.

## Appearance

Doki is a white dog (part-dalmatian, part-beagle) with a nose, the left ear colored black (the right one is white) and a black spot (circle) around the right eye. His eyes are white with black pupils. He wears a light green cap and a gold medallion.

## Trivia

* From 2005-2012, he's the same character already created and living on Discovery Kids Latin America.
* In the double-length episode "Team Doki: From Past to Present", it is true that he founded his team named after him by rounding up his 5 friends: Fico, Gabi, Anabella, Oto and Mundi.
* As revealed in "The Great Wall of Fico", he has 100 dominoes in his dominoes game.
* As revealed in "Doki By the Dozen", he has a huge toy dinosaur collection and his favorite dinosaur is the giganotosaurus.
* He is the only character whose name never changes in international dubs of the series, while the other 5 main characters have their names changed in the dubs.
* Doki is the second major character to change voice actors. In Season 1 to early Season 3, he was voiced by Griffin Hook, but due to Hook hitting puberty, William Romain began to do his voice from the rest of Season 3 onwards, starting with the story "Doki from Sherwood".
* Doki is seen without his cap 4 times in the following episodes:
	+ Team Tenderfoot
	+ On the Lamb
	+ Doki Makes a Connection
	+ Team Doki's Extreme Adventure
* Over the years in the Spanish version, Doki has had different voices, due in part to the fact that voice actors have been growing and can no longer interpret the character, or also due to the different uses the actor has been given, as in commercial shorts or in the series.
	+ It is worth mentioned that Doki's Spanish voice in the series is interpreted by a woman, unlike the previous voices, which were given by men, and sounds sometimes feminine, but mostly masculine, and his English voice in the series is interpreted by a boy and is high-pitched and more cheerful.
* Doki looks different with respect to the version of the channel from the 2005-12 design (when he appeared in the pilot) until 2013, since from that year, he had a redesign, having other types of eyes and a different face. It is remarkable but people always confuse the 2005-12 design of him with that of the series.
* Doki resembles a dalmatian dog, but most fans say he is part-dalmatian, part-beagle.
* It is not known with certainty what Doki's true age is; some say that he is 10, but in fact, everyone says he is actually 6 in the Qubo website.
* Possibly his name comes from a contraction of the name of the **D**isc**o**very **Ki**ds (Latin America) channel, as he was created to promote the channel, announce the programming and teach children through educational segments in 2005. Although this is possibly his name origin, a very few fans say that his name is taken from Doki, an app developed in 1999 to speak other languages as well as the use of the term "doki" in the quote "oki doki" as well as anime using the term (e.g. *Doki Doki School Hours* or *Shugo Chara!!! Doki Doki*).