Boots the Monkey

Boots is a five (four for the first 12 episodes) year old anthropomorphic monkey and Dora's best friend who is the deuteragonist and co-host of the series. He likes to hold Dora's hand. Boots sometimes gets discouraged when things go wrong. When he is feeling down, he always bounces back quickly with one of his flips. No one can make Dora laugh the way Boots can. Boots is a character who Dora met one day in "Dora's First Trip", and is her best friend. He is friendly and enthusiastic and usually, wears his beloved red boots, hence his name. His parents look similar, with variations in eyes, height, and clothing. Boots is present with Dora on most of her adventures, and he helps Dora to solve clues and puzzles. He also loves baseball and is on a team with Dora. He loves to ride Rojo the fire truck and Azul the train. Boots is an athletic and energetic monkey. He performs a series of acrobatic flips, somersaults, and cartwheels, along the way to their destination. His lightweight also makes him easy to carry, even for Dora. Boots also "loves" many things. In one episode, he would say many times (e.g. "I love riddles. Call me 'Mr. Riddles'"; "I love nuts"; "I love chocolate"; "I love my ball"; "…and I love, love, love..."). Most importantly, however, Boots loves Dora and Dora loves him back, as both expressed verbally and physically in numerous episodes. His devotion and love always has Boots more than willing to drop whatever he's doing at the moment and make space in his random mental schedule for Dora. For her sake, he has even engaged in his own single adventures assisted by the viewers. Boots' Spanish vocabulary is limited but steadily increasing. Dora teaches him Spanish through "memorable" songs and phrases.