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Kate (theoretical full name: Kaitlyn Margaret Guinevere Reyes Bradford) is the most artistic and creative of the Explorer Girls. She is an artist, actress, and puppeteer. Kate often puts on her own puppet shows and makes all of the artwork for them herself, as shown in the episode "Kate Gives Puppets a Hand." She is also a skilled painter, as shown in the theme song for Dora and Friends.

Appearances[]

She first appeared in "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom." She later became a recurring character, appearing as one of the Explorer Girls in "Our First Concert" and Dora and Friends: Into the City!. She is voiced by Isabela Moner. Her younger self was voiced by Cassady Leonard in "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom" and Sofia Singer in "Let's Go to Music School".

Biography[]

Kate is an aspiring artist and performer who loves to draw pictures, tell stories, and perform in stage shows. The Nick Jr. website describes her as "artistic, dramatic, and has a colorful personality."

Kate first appeared in "Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom." In the episode, Dora, Boots, and Allie were on a quest to find the yellow crystal in the Dragon Land story. Suddenly, they saw a female knight who was finding a dragon using a sword. Dora got a rope from Backpack to take away the sword. The knight was amazed and the Dragon smiled. After that, Dora, Boots, and Allie learned that the knight's name was Kate. They asked Kate if they saw a crystal. Kate said "Alas, I have not," but the Dragon knew where it was. So, Dora, Boots, and Allie got a dragon ride to find the crystal stuck on the cliff face. The Dragon used his fire breath to open the cliff face and release the crystal. The Dragon dove down so that they can catch the crystal. And that's how Dora, Boots, and Allie first met Kate.

Looks[]

Kate has red hair, (with a bit tied up in three beads,) blue eyes, and cream colored skin. Kate is usually seen in a sky blue dress with purple edging, a periwinkle undershirt, purple leggings, and lavender and white shoes.

In Explorer Girls, she wore a periwinkle short-sleeved dress, red and green bracelets, blue capris, and pink shoes.

In Our First Concert, she wore a blue jean jacket with a teal collar and cuffs, red badge, her periwinkle undershirt, a necklace with red and green beads, the bracelets from Explorer Girls, a blue and periwinkle striped skirt, purple leggings, and pink boots.

Personality[]

Trivia[]

  • Her main colors are Turquoise, Lavender, and Pink.
  • Kate's design and color scheme match pretty close to the drummer of the fresh beat band Marina back when she was played by her original actress Shayna Rose.
  • An early version of Kate made an appearance in the Dora the Explorer episode Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom, where she was voiced by Cassady Leonard who had a British accent. Some people mistake them to be the same person, although that is not quite right as the knight Kate lives in a book while the explorer girls Kate lives with Dora and her friends in the real world.
  • Kate is a main character for the spinoff show Dora and Friends: Into the City.
  • Kate's voice actress, Isabela Moner (later called 'Isabela Merced') also portrayed Dora in Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
  • Until Pablo was introduced, Kate was the only one of Dora's human friends whose name did not end in "A".
  • Kate met her lookalike character named Princess Maribel in the episode "The Princess and The Kate".
  • Kate's puppy is named Roja. (Spanish for red)
  • Kate is sometimes called 'Katie' by her friends.
  • Her last appearance was in Alana's Food Truck. She does not appear in the series finale, Shivers the Snowman.
  • She never appeared in Go, Diego, Go!.
  • Her love for arts and fashion draws similarities with Lila from the 2010-13 Polly Pocket web series.
  • Her passion to shine and her love for the arts draws similarities with Stella from the Winx Club franchise.
  • In Dora's Rainforest Reunion, Kate made another backpack to give to Swiper as a gift.
  • Her magic tool from Fairytale Land would be the Bag of Sunshine.
  • Like the other Explorer Girls, it is currently unknown what would happen to Kate in the new Dora series.

Gallery[]

Major characters
Main Márquez family
Dora | Diego | Alicia | Mami | Papi | Abuela | Guillermo | Isabella | Daisy | Diego's mother | Diego's father | Perrito | Pinto | Lucky
Object helpers
Backpack | Map | Rescue Pack | Click | Bud | Mapa | Alicia's Rescue Rope
City friends
Pablo | Alana | Emma | Kate | Naiya | Sammy | Randy
Antagonists
Swiper | Grumpy Old Troll | El Mago | Magician | Tranimal | Bobo Brothers | Honking Edmontosauruses | Alejandro | Powell, Viper, and Christina X | Fifi | Sami | Fomkah | Ying Ying
Forest friends
Boots | Benny | Tico | Isa | Big Red Chicken | Señor Tucán | Fiesta Trio | Baby Jaguar | Baby Blue Bird | Val the Octopus | Chocolate Tree | Linda | Unicornio | Pirate Pig | Pirate Piggies | Pirate Parrot | Sammy
Glowy Star | Noisy Star | Tool Star | Magico Star | Woo-Hoo Star | Rocket Star | Saltador Star | Sliparooni Star | Supra, Ultra, and Mega Star | Artista Star | Helada Star | Disco Star | Gusty Star | Comfy Star | Silly Star | Explorer Job Stars (Policia Star | Baseball Star | Baker Star | Movie Star | Navy Star | Cowgirl Star) | Hero Star | Switchy Star | Fairy Star | Spy Star
Other friends
Azul | Roberto | Little Star | Scarecrow | Sabrina | Allie | Mariana | Paj | King's Mommy | King Juan el Bobo | Perrito's Twin | Amelie | Nelly | Pepe | Yuki | Camilla | Luis | Kicho | Mei | Enrique | Juma | Burgin | Yang | Shanti
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