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Dora the Explorer

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Not to be confused with Dora the Female Explorer.

Dora the Explorer
Genre	Children Adventure
Created by	Chris Gifford Valerie Walsh Valdes Eric Weiner
Directed by	George S. Chialtas Gary Conrad Henry Lenardin-Madden Sherie Pollack Arnie Wong
Voices of	Caitlin Sanchez, Kathleen Herles, Fátima Ptacek as Dora the Explorer Harrison Chad, Regan Mizrahi as Boots the Monkey Marc Weiner as Swiper Sasha Toto and Alexandria Suarez as Backpack
Theme music composer	Joshua Sitron Billy Straus
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English Spanish (Teaches Spanish)
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	118 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Chris Gifford
Editor(s)	Gayle McIntyre Karyn Finley Powell David Wigforss
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon, Nick Jr
Picture format	480i: SDTV (2000–2012) 1080i: HDTV (2012-present)
Original run	August 14, 2000 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Go, Diego, Go!

Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, 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. It aired on CBS until September 2006. A Spanish-dubbed version first aired as part of a Nick en español block on NBC Universal-owned Telemundo through September 2006; since April 2008, this version of the program has been carried on Univision as part of the Planeta U block.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Voices 2.1 Guest voices 3 Episode list 4 Development 5 Dora's Explorer Girls 6 Foreign adaptations 7 Stage adaptations 8 Dora the Explorer merchandise 8.1 Toys 8.2 Books 8.2.1 Dora the Explorer series 8.2.2 Ready To Read series – Level 1 8.2.3 A Lift-the-Flap Story 8.2.4 Treasury books and collection books 8.2.5 Sticker books 8.3 DVDs and videos 8.4 Video games 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

Plot

From left to right: Swiper (in background), Dora, and Boots

The series centers around a Latina girl named Dora Marquez with a love of embarking on quests related to an activity in which she would like to partake or someplace that she wants to go, accompanied by her talking purple backpack and anthropomorphic monkey companion named Boots (named for his beloved pair of red boots). Each episode is based around a series of ritualistic events that occur along the way during Dora's travels, along with obstacles that she and Boots are forced to overcome or puzzles that they have to solve (with "assistance" from the viewing audience) relating to riddles, the Spanish language, or counting. Common rituals may involve Dora's encounters with Swiper, a bipedal, anthropomorphic masked thieving fox whose attempts at stealing the possessions of others must be prevented through fourth wall-breaking interaction with the viewer. However, on occasions where Swiper succeeds in snatching the belongings of other people, the viewer is presented with the challenge of helping Boots and Dora locate the lost items. Another obstacle involves encounters with another one of the program's antagonists; the "Grumpy Old Troll" dwelling beneath a bridge that Dora and Boots must cross, who challenges them with a riddle before permitting them the past that needs to be solved with the viewer's help. Known for the constant breaking of the fourth-wall depicted in every episode, the audience is usually presented to two primary landmarks that must be passed before Dora can reach her destination, normally being challenged with games or puzzles along the way. The episode always ends with Dora successfully reaching the locale, singing the "We Did It!" song with Boots in triumph.
On numerous occasions, television specials have been aired for the series in which the usual events of regular episodes are altered, threatened, or replaced. Usually said specials will present Dora with a bigger, more whimsical adventure than usual or with a magical task that must be fulfilled, or perhaps even offer a series of different adventures for Boots and Dora to travel through. They might be presented with an unusual, difficult task (such as assisting Swiper in his attempts to be erased from Santa Claus's Naughty List) that normally is not featured in average episodes, or

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The Penguins of Madagascar

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The Penguins of Madagascar
Genre	Animated comedy action adventure sci-fi
Created by	Characters: Tom McGrath Eric Darnell
Directed by	Bret Haaland Nick Filippi
Starring	Tom McGrath Jeff Bennett James Patrick Stuart John DiMaggio Danny Jacobs Kevin Michael Richardson Andy Richter Nicole Sullivan Conrad Vernon Mary Scheer Tara Strong[1]
Composer(s)	Adam Berry
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	142 (aired), 7 (unaired) (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark McCorkle Bob Schooley[2]
Running time	Approx. 11 minutes (11-minute episodes; 7 specials)
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation Nickelodeon Productions
Distributor	DreamWorks Television
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
First shown in	United States
Original run	November 29, 2008 – present
Chronology
Preceded by	Madagascar (2005) The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Followed by	Merry Madagascar (2009) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
External links
Website

The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Jeff Bennett), Private (James Patrick Stuart), and Rico (John DiMaggio); the lemurs King Julien (Danny Jacobs), Maurice (Kevin Michael Richardson), and Mort (Andy Richter); and Mason (Conrad Vernon) and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter (Nicole Sullivan) and a zookeeper named Alice (Mary Scheer). It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation.
A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere.^[3][4]
Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it.^[5] McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."^[5]
The show finished 2010 as the number two animated program on television among kids age 2–11 and in basic cable total viewers.^[6]

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Characters
  • 2.1 Main characters
  • 2.2 Secondary characters

Princess

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Royal, noble and
chivalric ranks

Emperor

Monarch (King / Queen)

Grand Duke Grand Prince

Archduke Infante

Duke Prince

Marquess / Marquis Margrave

Count / Earl

Viscount

Baron Freiherr

Baronet Hereditary Knight Ritter

Knight / Dame

Nobile / Lord / Edler von

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Princess is the feminine form of prince (from Latin princeps, meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince or for the daughters of a king or sovereign prince.
For many centuries, the title "princess" was not regularly used for a monarch's daughter, who might simply be called "Lady" or a non-English equivalent. Old English had no female equivalent of "prince", "earl", or any royal or noble title aside from queen. Royal women, or women of the nobility, were simply addressed or referred to as "Lady" or "The Lady Firstname" for a particularly highborn woman.
As women slowly gained more autonomy and respect in European history, the title of princess became simply the female counterpart of prince; it does not necessarily imply being merely married to a prince, she may be the unmarried daughter of a monarch or other royal or noble of sufficient rank (king, queen, prince, grand duke, duke, or other). Further, a princess may be a hereditary sovereign, head of state in her own right.
The traditional meaning still applies in Europe in the sense that an untitled or at least non-royal woman who marries a prince will almost always become a princess with the possibility of eventually becoming Queen Consort, in nations where that title exists; but a man who marries a princess will almost never become a prince, unless his wife is expected to inherit the higher title of Queen regnant. If that is the case, then on her inheritance of that sovereign title, he will often become a prince (or remain one if he was already a prince).
In many of Europe's royal families, a king would grant his heirs actual or theoretical principalitie

Cinderella

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Gustave Doré's illustration for Cendrillon

"Cinderella", or "The Little Glass Slipper", (French: Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre, Italian: Cenerentola, German: Aschenputtel) is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world.^[1] The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune. The story was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697,^[2] and later by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Although both the story's title and the character's name change in different languages, in English-language folklore "Cinderella" is the archetypal name. The word "cinderella" has, by analogy, come to mean one whose attributes were unrecognized, or one who unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. The still-popular story of "Cinderella" continues to influence popular culture internationally, lending plot elements, allusions, and tropes to a wide variety of media.

Contents

• 1 Early versions and versions from different countries
• 2 Cenerentola, Cinderella and Aschenputtel
  • 2.1 Plot (Cenerentola)
  • 2.2 Plot (Aschenputtel)
  • 2.3 Plot (taken from Perrault)
• 3 Types
• 4 Adaptations
  • 4.1 Opera and ballet
  • 4.2 Theatre

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(綱手, Tsunade) Fifth Hokage (五代目火影, Godaime Hokage) Konoha's Slug Princess Tsunade (木ノ葉のナメクジ綱手姫, Konoha no Namekuji Tsunade-hime) The Legendary Sucker (伝説のカモ, Densetsu no Kamo)
Debut
Manga	Chapter #139
Anime	Naruto Episode #83
Movie	Naruto: Shippūden the Movie
Video Game	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
OVA	Finally a clash! Jōnin vs. Genin!! Indiscriminate Grand Melee Tournament Meeting!!
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game and Movie
Voice Actors
Japanese	Masako Katsuki Haruhi Terada (Child)
English	Debi Mae West Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Child and video games)
Personal
Birthdate	August 2
Gender	Female
Age	Part I: 51 Part II: 54
Height	Part I: 163.1 cm Part II: 163.1 cm
Weight	Part I: 48.9 kg Part II: 48.9 kg
Blood type	B
Classification	Sannin Medical-nin
Occupation	Hokage
Affiliation	Konohagakure
Team	Team Hiruzen
Clan	Senju Clan
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part I: Kage Part II: Kage
Ninja Registration	002302
Academy Grad. Age	6
Family Butsuma Senju (Great-Grandfather) (Manga only) Hashirama Senju (Grandfather) Tobirama Senju (Granduncle) Itama Senju (Granduncle) (Manga only) Mito Uzumaki (Grandmother) Nawaki (Younger Brother) Dan Katō (Lover)
Nature Type Lightning Release (Presumed)
Jutsu Body Pathway Derangement Chakra Enhanced Strength Chakra Scalpel Chakra Transfer Technique Creation Rebirth Four-Corner Sealing Barrier (Anime only) Genjutsu Binding (Anime only) Healing Chakra Transmission Heavenly Foot of Pain Mechanical Eight Trigrams Formation (Anime only) Mystical Palm Technique Strength of a Hundred Technique (Manga only) Summoning Technique (Slugs) Transformation Technique Yin Seal: Release
Tools Antidote Mechanical Eight Trigrams Formation Drum (Anime only) Ninja Info Cards (Anime only) Poison Senbon Smoke Bomb

Tsunade (綱手, Tsunade) is the Fifth Hokage (五代目火影, Godaime Hokage; Literally meaning "Fifth Fire Shadow") of Konohagakure — a position which she succeeded after the death of her teacher, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and a major supporting character for the series. She hails from the village's Senju clan, and is also a descendant of the Uzumaki clan through her grandmother Mito. Along with former team-mates Jiraiya and Orochimaru, she is recognised as one of the "Three Legendary Shinobi" (伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin). Tsunade is considered to be the most powerful kunoichi in the world,^[3] and is celebrated as the greatest medical-nin of all time, credited with creating the official system which governs them.^[4]

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Little Krishna

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Little Krishna
Genre	Children's television series
Format	Computer animation
Created by	BIG Animation and India Heritage Foundation
Written by	Jeffrey Scott
Directed by	Vincent Edwards and Balasubramanian Rajasekaran
Voices of	Cara Pareira (Krishna) Rajeshrie Sharma (Radha) Vikrant Chaturvedi (Kamsa) and others
Composer(s)	J.V. Varaprasad
Country of origin	India
Original language(s)	English, Hindi, and others
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Prafull Gade and Ravi Mahapatro
Editor(s)	J.V. Varaprasad
Running time	23 minutes
Production company(s)	BIG Animation
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Picture format	HDTV 720p
Original airing	May 11, 2009
External links
Website

Little Krishna is a 3D computer-animated series which is a co-creation between BIG Animation and India Heritage Foundation (promoted by ISKCON Bangalore). The series started showing on Indian television on Nickelodeon from 11 May 2009.
It depicts the childhood pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead. The stories revolve around Little Krishna, the land of Vrindavan and the life of villagers there. Little Krishna is a lovable and mischievous character who enjoys helping his friends and villagers.
There are currently 13, 23-minute episodes in the series. Using the traditional tales of Krishna’s childhood adventures as a foundation, the tonality of the stories is both light-hearted and, at times, serious.
Based on the chronicles of the most beloved prankster Little Krishna, the series is an outcome of seven years of research with two and half years of production work by BIG Animation. Scripted by Emmy Award winner Jeffrey Scott and researched by India Heritage Foundation which was based on the teachings of HDG A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the series has a visual style, which combines Indian design motifs with classical Western styles. The design team at BIG Animation has researched every style aspect of the land of ‘Vraj’, where these stories took place 5000 years ago. The backgrounds, art direction, color keys and all other elements of detailing were thoroughly researched upon, unearthing every possible reference and finally deciding on the designs that will suit the contemporary formats. The series has been primarily created in English, but it has also been dubbed in several other Indian languages, including Hindi. Though it is primarily targeted at the age group of 7–9 years and for the global market at that, on the whole the series is a family entertainer. Under the able leadership of Prafull Gade (Associate Producer), who diligently married economics with creativity and Ravi Mahapatro (Line Producer) who was responsible for managing the day-to-day operations. A team of 280 artists have worked on this project which is directed by the tag team of Vincent Edwards who has earlier worked on Spider Man: TV Series and R. Balasubramaniam, while the music has been rendered by Varaprasad. The series explores a lot of very interesting stories beyond the popularly known ones from the life of Krishna, ones that have never before been presented to the audience, thus ensuring a truly superior

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Snow White

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This article is about the traditional fairy tale. For the Disney character, see Snow White (Disney). For other uses, see Snow White (disambiguation).

Schneewittchen (Snow White)
Schneewittchen by Alexander Zick
Folk tale
Name:	Schneewittchen (Snow White)
Data
Aarne-Thompson Grouping:	709
Country:	Germany
Related:	"Bella Venezia" "Myrsina" "Nourie Hadig" "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree"

"Snow White" is a German fairy tale known across much of Europe and today one of the most famous fairy tales worldwide. The original version collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 is entitled as German: Sneewittchen (in modern orthography Schneewittchen) as tale no. 53. The final version of the tale was finished in 1857 under consisting title and registration number.^[1]
The fairy tale features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual names in the Broadway play Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912) and then given different names in Walt Disney's 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Grimm story, which is commonly referred to as "Snow White", should not be confused with the story of "Snow White and Rose Red" (in German "Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot"), another fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm.^[2]
In the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification, tales of this kind are grouped together as type 709, Snow White. Others of this kind include "Bella Venezia", "Myrsina", "Nourie Hadig" and "Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree".^[3]

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