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''Go, Diego, Go!'' is an American children's animated television program that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 6, 2005 in the United States. Created and executive produced by Chris Gifford and Valerie Walsh Valdes, the series is a spin-off of '' Dora the Explorer'' and follows Dora's cousin Diego, an 8-year-old boy whose adventures frequently involve rescuing animals and protecting their environment.

The series which aired for five seasons consisting of 80 episodes premiered in primetime on Nickelodeon on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. The show aired in reruns on "Nick on CBS" for 11 months and 3 weeks from September 17, 2005 to September 9, 2006.

The series received favorable reviews from critics and garnered particular acclaim for its portrayal of a bilingual Latino lead character, earning a total of four NAACP Image Award nominations for "Outstanding Children's Program" from 2008 to 2012, as well as earning Imagen Award and Young Artist Award nominations for Jake T. Austin for his role as the voice of Diego.

Premise

The program features eight-year-old Diego (voiced by Jake T. Austin, Seasons 1-3; Matt Hunter, singing voice in Seasons 4-5; Brandon Zambrano, speaking voice in Seasons 4-5) who helps animals in danger, mainly in the rainforest. His cousin is Dora (voiced by Kathleen Herles) from '' Dora the Explorer'', as revealed in multiple episodes. Diego was first introduced in a 2003 episode of ''Dora the Explorer'' entitled " Meet Diego!" (originally voiced by brothers Andres and Felipe Dieppa in Season 3 and Gabriel Alvarez in Season 4). Dora makes several appearances throughout the series, usually without Boots by her side.

In most episodes, Diego hears an animal's moan for help at his rainforest Animal Rescue Center. With help from his friends, gadgets, and viewers at home, he sets out to save and help the animal. Sometimes Diego and his friends fix windows in neighborhoods. Just like ''Dora the Explorer'', the show teaches preschool-age children the Spanish language. In addition, there are several songs and uses of Spanish vocabulary. However, the show takes a lesser approach to this and focuses more on the teaching of various animals.

Diego's older sister, Alicia (voiced by Constanza Sperakis, Seasons 1–2; Serena Kerrigan, Season 3; Gabriela Aisenberg, Seasons 4–5), is a computer whiz and also bilingual; she directs the animal rescue calls that come into the center. She also assists Diego in helping the animals they love. Alicia is responsible and kindhearted and always kind to her little brother. Though she is described as eleven-years-old, she is often seen performing tasks (most obviously driving a motor vehicle) that could only be done by a person several years older. Diego also has a jaguar companion named Baby Jaguar (voiced by Thomas Sharkey and Dylan Clark Marshall) who assists him in rescuing the animals. Baby Jaguar also appears in ''Dora the Explorer'' along with Diego, but inconsistently; on ''Go, Diego, Go!'' he takes on a more active role, and is able to speak.

Diego's parents are described as animal scientists; they appear in several episodes, but their names are never given. He also has another older sister, Daisy, voiced by Iliana Friedson-Trujillo, who appears in "The Bobo's Mother's Day!" with Diego stating that she is home from college. Daisy previously appeared in four "Dora the Explorer" episodes: most prominently in "Dora Saves the Game" and "Daisy, La Quinceanera", as well as silent cameos in "Dora's Pirate Adventure" and "Dora’s First Trip". This makes Alicia the middle child and Diego the youngest child and the only son to his parents.

Other characters include Click (voiced by Rosie Perez), a camera that locates the animal calling for help; Rescue Pack (voiced by Keeler Sandhaus and Kyle Brenn), a messenger bag Diego wears that can transform into any object; and two troublesome spider monkeys named the Bobo Brothers (voiced by Jose Zelaya and Andres Felipe Aristizabal), who can be stopped by shouting "Freeze, Bobos!" and Diego often encourages viewers to help him stop them by shouting it. While they might be compared to Swiper from ''Dora the Explorer'', they don't cause trouble for Diego on purpose and they apologize after doing so. And on some occasions, just like Swiper, the Bobos would reveal their "good side" and be nice.

There are a few recurring animal friends that are normally rescued by Diego in their first appearance but appear later to return the favor and help Diego out. The most common of these is Linda the Llama (voiced by Laura Abreu), who has appeared prominently in four episodes and made a cameo appearance in "Three Little Condors."

Whenever a carnivorous predator (such as anacondas) is featured on the show, its diet is not mentioned, unlike when herbivores are shown (such as marmosets). Notable exceptions to this are when an octopus helping Diego is explicitly shown and discussed eating live crabs, when a baby river dolphin who had tickled Diego eats the crabs heading toward a waterfall; when Tuga (Leatherback Sea Turtle) eats jellyfish and when Jorge (little Hawk) eats grasshoppers, however, these prey are not anthropomorphised in the same way that other creatures typically are in the series. Whenever a featured animal is threatened with being eaten by a predator, the prey is described as being "afraid" of the predator. Diego's diet is also not mentioned, however, in at least one episode it is suggested that he is not a vegetarian an issue as the majority of animals in the series are portrayed as anthropomorphic.

In addition to Rosie Perez as a regular, several guest voices appeared throughout the program. Olga Merediz voiced Diego's mother in her first appearance, but was replaced by KJ Sanchez afterwards. Kelly Ripa, and her son, Michael Consuelos both guest star as Mommy Maned Wolf and her pup in two episodes: "Diego’s Wolf Pup Rescue" and "Diego the Hero". In the episode, "Egyptian Camel Adventure", actor and singer, Adam Alexi-Malle, guest stars as Jamal the Camel. Héctor Elizondo (star of ''Chicago Hope'' and '' Last Man Standing'') appears in "Diego Rescues Prince Vicuña" as both Victor Vicuña and King Vicuña.

Characters

*Diego Márquez: An 8-year-old Latino boy who speaks English and Spanish. He rescues and cares for all animals that are in trouble.
*Alicia Márquez: Diego's 11-year-old sister who helps him in any campaign. She frequently uses her laptop computer to discover interesting things about these animals.
*Baby Jaguar: A jaguar and friend of Diego. Baby Jaguar met Diego when he came to his aid. He is bold, daring and always ready to help animals in trouble.
*Click: A camera that is mischievous and cheeky. She is able to identify animals and their location by hearing their voices. She is always happy to help Diego find animals in trouble.
*Rescue Pack: An orange backpack that can transform into any object Diego needs. Diego uses his backpack to overcome obstacles while rescuing animals.
*The Bobo Brothers: Two mischievous spider monkeys that always cause trouble. In most episodes, Diego tries to stop them misbehaving. In turn, they always ask for forgiveness for their actions.
*Linda: Linda the Llama is fluent in Spanish, noble, hardworking and is always helpful when Diego needs help. She, like the jaguar cubs, met Diego when he came to her aid.
*Dora: Diego's cousin who sometimes helps with rescue missions. Dora loves to solve mysteries and to investigate. She is a recurring character in this series.
*Boots: A monkey who's Dora's best friend. Boots is always enthusiastic and usually has no clothes, but he wears a pair of red boots. He only appears in two episodes: "Journey to Jaguar Mountain" (cameo in picture) and "Linda the Llama Saves Carnival".
*Backpack: Dora's purple backpack. She goes wherever Dora goes, and carries a large amount of objects that Dora and Diego may need.
*Map: Dora's map. He lives inside Backpack's side pocket. He helps out by showing Dora and Diego where they need to go.

Voices

*Jake T. Austin as Diego (Seasons 1-3)
* Matt Hunter as Diego (Seasons 4-5, singing voice) and Malagasy Animals
*Brandon Zambrano as Diego (Seasons 4-5, speaking voice), Mobile Rescue Unit, Animal SFX, Vicuñas, and Glowworm
*Thomas Sharkey as Baby Jaguar (Seasons 1–3), Cha Cha Coconut Trees, Tree Frog Friends, Animal SFX, Dinosaurs, Reindeer, Jaguars, Llamas, Magic Flute ("It's a Bug's World"), Rainforest Animals, Whirligig Beetle, Arctic Animals, Polar Bear Cub, Baby Bear, and Additional Voices
*Dylan Clark Marshall as Baby Jaguar (Seasons 4–5), Animal SFX, Buffalo, Ringed Seal, Malagasy Animals, Baby Gorillas, and Baby Grizzly
*Constanza Sperakis as Alicia (Seasons 1-2), Animal SFX, Red-Eyed Tree Frogs, Cha Cha Coconut Trees, Rescue Rope, Rita (vocal effects), Condors, Hawks, Wolf Pup, Whale, Rainforest Animals, Ocean Animals, Penguins, Dinosaurs, Baby Cuckoo, Baby Crocodiles, and Additional Voices
*Serena Kerrigan as Alicia (Season 3), Rescue Rope, Mermaid, Rainforest Animals, Flamingos, Trees, Townspeople, Baby Crocodile, and Additional Voices
*Gabriela Aisenberg as Alicia (Seasons 4–5), Tuga the Sea Turtle, Armadillo, Isabel, Lucia, Maia the Maiasaura, Dinosaurs, Panchita the Prairie Dog, Porcupine, Mariana the Mermaid, Sea Star, Kids, Baby Sea Turtles, Pumas, Prairie Dog, Rescue Rope, Spider Monkeys, Sea Turtles, Townspeople, Animal SFX, Ringed Seals, Cotton-Top Tamarins, Pampas Kittens, and Additional Voices
*Rosie Perez as Click
*Keeler Sandhaus as Rescue Pack (Seasons 1-3), Animal SFX, Cha Cha Coconut Trees, Tree Frog Friends, Señor Puma, Condors, Penguins, Chito (vocal effects), Twin Marmoset, Dinosaurs, Wolf Pup, Bees, Bears, Monkeys, Iguana, Rain Cloud, Gorillas, Sea Turtles, Ocean Animals, Red-Eyed Tree Frogs, Forest Animals, Flamingos, Prairie Dog, Trees, Villagers, Arctic Animals, Jet Ski, Polar Bear Cub, and Additional Voices
*Kyle Brenn as Rescue Pack (Seasons 4-5), Animal SFX, Cotton-Top Tamarins, and River Animals
*Jose Zelaya as Bobo Brothers (Seasons 1-3), Pepito the Penguin, Blue Morpho Butterfly, Roady the Roadrunner, Magic Flute ("Kicho's Magic Flute"), Pablito, Whale, Jaguars, Fish, Turkey Vultures, Culpeo Fox, Penguins, River Otter, and Rainforest Animals
*Andres Felipe Aristizabal as Bobo Brothers (Seasons 4-5), Baby Sea Turtles, Glowworms, and River Animals
*Laura Abrue as Linda the Llama, Animals, Llamas, and Animal SFX
* Kathleen Herles as Dora, Animal SFX, Turtles, and Flowers
*Sasha Toro as Backpack, Blue Butterfly, and Villagers
* Marc Weiner as Map, Fiesta Trio, Dinosaurs, Villagers, Booby Birds, and Animals
* Harrison Chad as Boots and Animal SFX
*Iliana Friedson-Trujillo as Daisy and Mommy Sloth
*KJ Sanchez as Mrs. Márquez (a.k.a. Mami), Mommy Sloth, Mama Jaguar, Leslie, Booby Birds, Iguana, Guard, Ocean Animals, Townspeople, Pampas Cat, and Additional Voices
*Sebastian Arcelus as Mr. Márquez (a.k.a. Papi), Penguin Teacher, Penguins, Seals, Whale, Bees, Animals, Crowd, Pyramids, Fish, Daddy Puffins, Big Jaguar, Rescue Rover, and Additional Voices
* Julián Rebolledo as Señor Cortez, Mr. Márquez ("Ocean Animal Rescuer"), Papi Pygmy Marmoset, Giant Condor, Hawks, Tapirs, Tumbleweeds, Tranimal, Drum Flowers, Papi Maiasaura, Dinosaurs, Ocean Volcanoes, Uncle Rheas, Animals, Papi Flamingo, Flamingos, Cranky Volcano, Helicóptero, Beluga Whale, and Additional Voices
*Leslie Valdes as Chucho the Train, Vendor, Rainbow, Dolphins, Gorilla, Animals, Tapirs, Spider Monkeys, Daddy Gorilla, Townspeople, and Additional Voices
*Adam Sietz as Hippopotamus, Oxpecker, Caiman, Drum Flowers, Elephant, Fish, Guards, Hippo, Gate, Key, Orangutans, Pyramids, and Daddy Hippo
* Chris Gifford as Louie, Falcon, Chief Drum Flower, Singing Snake, Trees, and Uncle Rheas
*Jeremy Kuszel as Sammy the Sloth, Jorge the Hawk, Giant Octopus, Super Flying Squirrel, Manatee, Freddie the Fruit Bat, Sloth, Tree Frog, Wolf Pup, Hawks, Rainforest Animals, Ocean Animals, Sea Star, Mermen, River Otter, Dolphin, Spider, Camels, Townspeople, and Additional Voices
*Ashley Mendola as Baby Birds, Mami Sloth, Lulu the Sloth, Macky the Macaroni Penguin, Ollie the Otter, Baby Monarch, Sara the Sifaka Lemur, Animal SFX, Condors, Hummingbirds, Woodpecker, Bird, Penguins, Baby Polar Bear, Arctic Animals, and Additional Voices
*Austin Valentine as Baby River Dolphin, Chito (speaking voice), Animal SFX, Little Pygmy Marmoset, Twin Marmoset, Oscar the Otter, Whitetail, Baby Deer, Papi Bird, Little Kinkajou, Rainforest Animals, and Additional Voices
*Sabrina Jiang as Erin the Elephant, Animal SFX, Sea Star, Dolphin, Ocean Animals, Iguana, Polar Bear Cub, Baby Polar Bear, Arctic Animals, Susie the Ringed Seal, Ringed Seals, Baby Panda, Panda Twin, Lions, Pampas Kittens, and Additional Voices
*Jessica Conde as Green Iguana, Betty the Beetle, Tapir, Animal SFX, Flowers, Little Girl, Roadrunner, Tapirs, and Whirligig Beetle
*Ana Del Castillo as Mami Pygmy Marmoset, Blue Whale, and Twin Marmoset
*Hans Alpizar as Baby Humpback Whale (Season 1) and Condors
*Oscar Colón as Healing Tree
*Manuel Alfanro as Abuelito and Townspeople
*Chris Asencio as Prairie Dog and Animal SFX
*Robert Jimenez as Papa Kinkajou, King Momo, Bees, and Animal SFX
*Aiden Pompey as Condors and Penguins
*Billy Galeota as Baby Animals
*Vanessa Lemonides as Luna, Polar Bear Mommies, Mami Flamingo, Flamingos, Mommy Bobo, Mommy Tree Frog, and Animals
*Joshua Santiago as Baby Humpback Whale (Season 2), Penguin, Howler Monkey, Puma, and Coati
*Sebastian Pualino as Benito the Beetle, Whirligig Beetle, Blue Morpho Butterfly, Quail, Cuckoo Bird and Baby Cuckoos
*Katie McWane as Mami Maiasaura, Dinosaur, Nice Polar Bear Mommy, Polar Bear Mommy, and Arctic Animals
*August Gladstone as Puffy the Puffin and Baby Puffins
*Lucinda Isaacs as Littlest Puffin
*Annie Kozuch as Mommy Puffin and Humpback Whale
* Caitlin Sanchez as Baby Puffins
*Alexandria Suarez as Baby Puffins, Baby Bobo Sisters, Cotton-Top Tamarin, and Tamarins
*Alexander Scheitinger as Okapi Daddy, Okapi, and Animal SFX
*Wolfgang Scheitinger as Okapi's Brother, Baby Okapi, and Baby Giraffe
*Dana Placentra as Kyra the Crocodile, Baby Crocodiles, Reindeer, Sloth, and Crowd
*Robert Sanchez as Additional Voices
*Ryan Tutton as Tangled Trees and Forest Animals
*Roger Pretto as Papi Chinchilla and Papa Cactus
*Angela Bennett as Mami Chinchilla, Mommy Humpback Whale, Mami Macaroni Penguin, Penguins, Mami Otter, Mami Duck, Mommy Toucan, and Blue Gray Tanager
*Trini Alvarado as Mommy Macaw and Animal SFX
*Esai Siddeeq as Baby Macaw
*Mariana Diaz-Wionczek as Mami River Dolphin
*Lucia Becker as Lucy the Whale Shark and Fish
*P.J. Connaire as Little Hammerhead and Whale Sharks
*Giana Gigueroa as Rita (speaking voice) and Chinta the Baby Chincilla
*Jarrell Singleton as Juma (Seasons 2-3), Animal SFX, Baby Gorillas, and Animals
*Sabrina Flores as Camel and Camels
*Amber Altamura as Medina and Camels
*Shireen Soliman as Medina's mommy and Camels
*Christiana Anbri as Scorpions
*Jesse Goldberg as Scorpions
*Lenny Herrera as Rhea, Puma, Animal SFX, Jorge, and Kids
*Matthew Chu as Yang, Panda Twin, and Animals
*Jeremy Gumbs as Juma (Season 4) and Animals
*Justin Sinprasith as Burgin, Animals, and Crowd
*Rhea Yadav as Shanti, Animal SFX, Animals, and Crowd
*Pablo Napoli Borrero as Baby Humpback Whale (Season 4), Martín, Baby Grizzly, Townspeople, and Animal SFX
*Justin Paul Hidalgo as Bottlenose, Prince Vicuña, Guanaco, and Vicuñas
*Cristina De Cristofaro as Baby Orangutan, Big Sister Orangutan, Orangutans, Llama, Alpaca, and Vicuñas
*Lance Chantiles-Wertz as Blue Ringed Octopus, Baby Grizzly, Baby Parrots, Malagasy Animals, Brown Lemur, Mouse Lemur, Tigers, and Little Tiger
*Princeton Ferro as Little Grizzly and Baby Gorillas
*Selena Gonzalez as Rosita, Baby Hippo, Baby Grizzly, and Animal SFX
*Toy Holmes as Mommy Grizzly
*Brittany Sommer as Mommy Duck

Guest stars

* Olga Merediz as Mrs. Márquez ("Diego Saves Baby Humpback Whale")
* Kelly Ripa as Mommy Maned Wolf
* Michael Consuelos (son of Kelly Ripa) as Baby Maned Wolf and Wolf Pup
* Adam Alexi-Malle as Jamal the Camel
* Héctor Elizondo as Victor Vicuña and King Vicuña

Episodes

Video Services

Seasons of Go, Diego, Go! are available on variety of streaming and direct purchase video services.

Streaming

Direct Purchase

Home media

DVD releases

Nickelodeon, with Paramount for Region 1 released a number of DVDs featuring one episode from a variety of the animated television series they have produced, including "Go, Diego Go!," " Dora the Explorer," "Blue’s Clues," " Bubble Guppies," " The Fresh Beat Band," " Ni Hao, Kai-Lan," " Team Umizoomi," " Wonder Pets!," and " Yo Gabba Gabba," an average of 6 on each DVD.

Go Diego Go! episodes featured as bonus episodes in the DVD releases of Dora the Explorer, produced primarily by Paramount.

Broadcast

In the United States, ''Go, Diego, Go'' aired on CBS, Nickelodeon, and Nick Jr. In Canada, the show aired on Nickelodeon and Treehouse TV. In the UK, the show aired on Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. 2. In Australia, the show aired on Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., and Nine Network. In India, the show aired on Nickelodeon, and Nick Jr. The show also aired in the United States on Spanish television network Univision on its Planeta U Saturday morning children's block from its debut on April 5, 2008 to June 21, 2014.

Live shows

A live show called "The Great Jaguar Rescue" is about Diego saving Baby Jaguar's growl. This is also the premise of an episode of the series that aired on January 15, 2007. A touring live version of the series was staged in 2007, starring Richard J. Portela as the role of Diego.

In other media

Film

Diego is featured in the live-action Dora film '' Dora and the Lost City of Gold'' film played by Jeff Wahlberg.

Video games

Go, Diego, Go!: Great Dinosaur Rescue is an action-adventure video game developed by Take-Two Interactive and Jester Interactive for the Nintendo DS, and published by 2K Play for the Wii and PlayStation 2 in 2008.

References

External links

;See also
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''Go, Diego, Go!''
at TVGuide.com
;Channels

Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. Australia



Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. Canada

Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. Italy

Go Diego on Nick Jr. Latin America




Go Diego Go on Nick Jr New Zealand

Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. South East Asia

Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. UK


Go Diego Go on Nick Jr. US

Go Diego Go on TF1

Go Diego Go on Treehouse

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