Diego Marquez

**Diego Marquez** is the titular main protagonist of the *Go, Diego, Go!* series and a character from the *Dora* franchise.

Diego is an 8-year-old Latino action-adventure hero with a big heart and his goal is to save and protect the animals and their environment.

## **Appearance**

Diego has dark-tan skin and brown eyes. He also has brown hair and wears a light blue shirt with a tan vest (which transforms into a long sleeve vest or a lifejacket and maybe even both), darker blue cargo shorts or green in Dora the Explorer, white socks, gray shoes, and a blue and yellow watch. However, starting in the fourth season of his show *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 his debut, he wore a darker blue shirt with the same vest, green cargo shorts, green socks, brown shoes, and a silver watch.

## **Personality**

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.

## **DreamTheater Intermix: The World Within**

Diego is a student in the City Saints Academy.

### **Biography**

In Chapter 6, Diego is present at the rooftop party of the Corona House where he is seen having a conversation with Jimmy Tweetums, Sarah Hall, Abby Hatcher and Dora Marquez.

In Chapter 8, Diego, alongside Abby Hatcher and Dora Marquez, are seen having a conversation with Jimmy Tweetums and Sarah Hall in the dining area of the first floor. He then took notice of the arrival of Tenma Daytona Romeoford, Eddward "Edd & Double D" Marion Vicente, Edwin "Ed" Horace Hall, Rolf Von Olsson and Shizuka Kasagi in the room, and later witnessed Eric Cartman demanding the identity of the noise maker to which Shizuka declined.

In Chapter 10, Diego, alongside Abby Hatcher, Dora Marquez, Jimmy Tweetums and Sarah Hall, are seen hanging around the sidewalks before witnessing the water blasting out from the fire hydrant and despite their initial shock, they decided to play around it.

In Chapter 12, Diego, alongside Abby Hatcher, Dora Marquez, Jimmy Tweetums and Sarah Hall, are seen running around the park.

In Chapter 21, Diego, alongside Abby Hatcher, Dora Marquez, Jimmy Tweetums and Sarah Hall, are seen in the cafeteria of the Corona House.

In Chapter 23, Diego, alongside Abby Hatcher, Dora Marquez, Jimmy Tweetums and Sarah Hall, are seen running around the streets of the city.

## **Abilities**

Diego can communicate perfectly with the animals and is very athletic.

## **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.
* Aside from the intros from "Whose Birthday is It?" and "The Lost City", 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.

## **External Links**

* Diego Márquez at Dora the Explorer Wiki