Dora the Explorer

Dora the Explorer is an American interactive educational animated TV series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Dora's constant fourth-wall breaking can be considered annoying by older kids and adults, since she often stays silent for several seconds in order to leave time to the kid viewer to reply.
 * 2) The animation design of the characters got worse after Seasons 1-2, as they don't really look that nice in the show anymore as they now look poorly drawn to some viewers.
 * 3) Aside from that, the characters have little to no personalities within them as well.
 * 4) Star Catching, which was a likable addition to the show, was removed in Season 5.
 * 5) The CGI for Map and Backpack in the last two seasons looks very ugly.
 * 6) It jumped the shark in Season 3 by killing off the pretty neat computer game concept.
 * 7) Very repetitive songs, such as the "We Did It", "Travel", and "Backpack" and "Map" songs.
 * 8) "Let's Go to Music School" wasn't a good way to end the show, as it left the series on a cliffhanger.
 * 9) * Also, the show ended in 2015 with this episode, but it did not air until 2019, namely on the same day as the release of Dora and the Lost City of Gold.
 * 10) The fact the characters talk slowly wouldn't educate the kids, but rather annoy them now and the creators of the show even claimed that they did that so "kids can understand them better", which ended up being a terrible idea overall. And when Dora acts a question, the tone of her voice is annoying.
 * 11) As Dora is eight years old yet she still leaves her parents to go with her animal friends, her parents could be seen as irresponsible, since that is a very young age to be able to leave the house on your own and travel around by yourself.
 * 12) The way that they defeat Swiper is rather cheesy and not a good lesson in real life, as they simply tell him to not steal and he regresses off. In real life robbers would probably not refuse to leave you alone even if you tell them not to steal your belongings.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) The characters got some redemption in Dora and the Lost City Of Gold in 2019.

Reception
Dora the Explorer has been critically panned by the majority of critics and audiences alike. On IMDb, the rating is a 4.1. The audience rating is a 3.5.