A NEW trend has started on TikTok centering around the beloved children’s cartoon character, Dora the Explorer.
The show aired in 2000 and ran for eight seasons before its finale episode on August 9, 2019.
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What is the Dora TikTok trend?
The Dora TikTok trend follows videos of users showing their expressions before and after looking up how Dora the Explorer died.
Their reactions range from singing along to music, to their mouth gaping as they read the theories surrounding Dora’s ultimate end.
One TikTok user posted a video on May 28, 2022, asking other users to “record yourself before and after searching ‘how did Dora die?”
As the TikTok trend continues, users are posting their findings after searching for information surrounding Dora’s death.
However, answers vary from Dora having drowned after Swiper pushed her in a river to being struck by lightning.
Dora the Explorer was a beloved children’s show that many users on TikTok grew up with.
She was known for going on adventures with her sidekick monkey named Boots.
Did Dora the Explorer really die?
Contrary to the findings on Google and shared on the TikTok platform, Dora did not die.
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The final episode of Dora the Explorer shows the adventurous character bringing musical instruments to her school.
She ends the episode, having completed her mission, singing the famous Dora the Explorer song, We Did It.
Meanwhile the film – which aired after the season finale – ended with Dora and her team completing an Incan mission.
What are people saying about the Dora TikTok trend?
Several top videos on TikTok show an animation of Dora being hit by a car, claiming that is how the character died.
The original post by talialopes_ asking other users to post a video of their before, and after reaction, has received nearly 8k comments and 576.2k views.
Users have commented on the video with varying responses, with one person writing, “Tell me why boots was buried alive.”
Other responses included, “Dora – Knocked into a river by Swiper and drowned” and she was “Disintegrated by a lightning bolt.”
Another person commented, “Boots pushed her into quicksand and then a lightning bolt disintegrated her – Stop.”
The confusion was evident in one person who wrote, “Wait everyone is saying different things but mine tells me she died from her parachute not opening when flying.”
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