A young fan of Dora the Explorer has left people in stitches after making a ‘valid observation’ about the character that will completely change how you view the popular kids’ show
If you have young children or were watching kids’ shows yourself in the early 2000s, you’ve probably seen an episode of Dora the Explorer. While the show officially stopped producing new episodes in 2019, reruns can often be found on TV, and it is still a beloved children’s TV show to this day.
Dora the Explorer revolved around a young girl named Dora and her best friend, Boots the Monkey. The show served as a Spanish-language tool to help young children learn basic words and phrases in Spanish, and in each episode, Dora and Boots would typically set out on a mission to achieve a particular goal.
But one young fan of the show has made an observation that could completely change how you view the titular character six years after the series ended.
In a video on TikTok, a teacher named Nina Montanez shared a clip of one of her students talking to her about Dora and making a “valid observation” – that Dora might actually have been blind the whole time.
Nina’s video did not show her young pupil’s face, but they could be heard off-camera saying: “Dora’s blind.”
When the teacher questioned what the student meant, they came up with some very sound reasoning, explaining: “I know she is because she never looks at the thing she’s talking about. She never does. She’s literally looking at nowhere.”
In Dora the Explorer, one of the ways Dora interacts with her child audience is by asking them to point out various items or landmarks that can help her get to her destination. These sections seem frustrating for adults and older children, as Dora often asks the audience to repeat themselves several times until she finally notices the object she needs on screen.
The show is designed this way to allow younger children to interact with the characters on screen, but according to Nina’s student, it might also be an indicator that Dora herself is blind and needs more help finding the items than we might realise.
Nina captioned her video: “My student had me genuinely concerned until I realised they made a valid observation.”
Commenters on Nina’s video were also blown away by the pupil’s observation. Many said they had never considered it before but agreed that it made “perfect sense”.
One person said: “Oh my god. Dora IS blind, and we all failed her.”
Another wrote, “This is kind of crazy. Dora came out in 2000. Millions of children (and adults with children) have watched it, and this is the first time I’ve ever heard this. Honestly, there are so many other things that make this very plausible. This child is brilliant!”
While a third joked: “My daughter will not watch Dora because she says Dora loses things on purpose, and she’s tired of helping.”
Someone else also quipped: “That’s when you know your kids are too old for Dora. They are done fed up with her.”
