The Butterfly Ball

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The Butterfly Ball
Airdate	Wednesday, January 16, 2013 (Nickelodeon) Tuesday, February 12, 2013 (DVD) Thursday, June 18, 2015 (Nick Jr.)
U.S. Premiere Time (est.)	{{{premiere}}}
Season	7
Episode	18
Written by	Rosemary Contreras Storyboard by: Bismark "Butch" Datuin Clint Taylor
Directed by	George Chialtas Allan Jacobsen
Previous	Dora Rocks!
Next	Dora in Wonderland (Season 7) Dora and Perrito to the Rescue! (airing order)

The Butterfly Ball is the 18^th episode of Dora the Explorer from Season 7.

In production order, it's the 17^th episode of Season 7.

Characters present

• Dora
• Boots
• Backpack
• Map
• Big Red Chicken
• Swiper (absent, but shown in the intro)
• Tico
• Isa
• Benny
• Diego
• Baby Jaguar
• Rescue Pack (non-anthromorphic)
• Fiesta Trio
• Mariposa (debut)
• Butterfly King (debut)

Summary

Dora, Boots and their friend Mariposa the Butterfly are on their way to fly, twirl, and loop-de-loop at the Butterfly Ball. Help them make it there in time to get their magical wings!

Places in this episode

1. Balloon Hill
2. Chilly Tunnel
3. Butterfly Ball

Items in Backpack (clockwise starting from top right)

• Party coins (correct item)
• Hand-clappers
• Noisemakers
• Bracelets
• Glasses disguise

Songs

• "The Butterfly Ball"

Trivia

• This is the second episode where Dora and Boots get butterfly wings, after "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom", only this time, their wings are more colorful and not translucent.
• Mariposa means Butterfly in Spanish.
• This episode premiered exactly 7 years after To the South Pole.
  • Both episodes even feature Diego.
• This is the 157th episode of the show.
• The Travel Song is replaced by the self-titled song, where Dora and Boots sing about all different kinds of bugs and insects.
• Swiper, Alicia, the Bobo Brothers, Click and Rescue Pack do not appear in this episode.
• This episode, as well as A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born reveals that butterflies can get sick or fall asleep if cold. However, one can blow on a butterfly to warm it up.
• This could be Dora's version of Diego's episode It's a Bug's World.
  • It could also be the show's version of A Blue Morpho Butterfly is Born and Diego and Dora Help Baby Monarch Get to the Festival since they also have butterflies.
• This is the last episode where Dylan Clark Marshall voices Baby Jaguar. He would be replaced by Jaden Michael in the next season.
• This is the last episode where Backpack sings the full Season 5-7 version of her song (recorded by Alexandria Suarez). It would be re-recorded by Sofia Lopez in the following season.
• The title is a nod to the opera "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast".