Dora the Explorer Gets Grounded (series)

Dora the Explorer Gets Grounded, also known as Dora Gets Grounded, is a series of videos made by several users on GoAnimate. First made in 2011, it is one of, if not the oldest, series of Grounded videos to feature a children's show character of the same name.

Por Qué No Puede Explorar (Why It Cannot Explore)

 * 1) This series, like many other Grounded videos, portrays characters from preschool and children's shows as troublemakers. This series of videos utilizes the "It's made for kids/Baby show" excuse, which is a lazy, uninspired and repetitive approach for video creation.
 * 2) There is such little elements and details from the original show, to the point that it feels like an in-name only fan work of the original series. Here are a few reasons:
 * 3) The canonical cast, with Dora, Elena, Cole, and Abuela Valerie being the only exceptions, are all absent from this series. While one could presume that this series takes place in a different location, Dora's friends are not mentioned at all. Furthermore, characters like Boots, Backpack, Map, Swiper, Benny, Isa, Tico, Grumpy Old Troll, Big Red Chicken, Fiesta Trio, Baby Blue Bird, Val, Chocolate Tree, Azul, Roberto, Diego, Baby Jaguar, Daisy, Alicia, Dora's younger twin siblings (Isabella and Guillermo) and other family members (Nico and Sabrina/Tío and Tía/Diego's Parents/Dora's Uncle and Aunt and Abuelito/Abuelo/Dora's Grandfather) who could have been major or recurring characters, are completely absent whatsoever.
 * 4) Dora's father is always referred to as his voice Miguel, even though his canonical name is Cole. This can be misleading towards people who haven't watched the original show, but he was also commonly referred to as "Papi".
 * 5) Dora's grandmother Abuela is sometimes referred to as her voice Soledad, even though her canonical name is Abuela.
 * 6) Dora's mother (Elena) uses anti-Mexican/Hispanic insults towards her daughter, despite the fact that she's also Mexican, making her a hypocrite. It's also offensive to the Mexican/Hispanic audience, implying that the people did no research on them. To add insult to injury, she is saying it in front of her family members (Cole, Abuela, in some cases Diego and others who are also Mexican) and they don't even seem to care about what Elena said. This makes the viewer think that Elena is rejecting who she is.
 * 7) In some videos, Diego is considered the son of Cole, even though he is the nephew of Cole and son of his brother Nico.
 * 8) Dora's character is so simple that she nothing like the actual 'Dora the Explorer', and instead a man with long hair.
 * 9) All of the characters are unlikable and out of character, especially Dora herself.
 * 10) *Dora has become adapted out to become a horrible jerk who does bad things and treats other people around her like garbage, especially Gina.
 * 11) *Elena has gone from a caring and compassionate mother to a self-hating xenophobic hypocrite, as she continue using anti-Mexican/Hispanic to her daughter.
 * 12) *Cole has gone from a polite, honorable and compassionate father to a a weapon wielding psychopath who aids Dora's punishments.
 * 13) *Abuela has gone from a caring, good-natured and compassionate grandmother to a brute who enjoys grounding Dora. Not only that, she also is shown in peak condition, despite her age.
 * 14) They also included some characters that didn't appear in the actual show.
 * 15) *Starting off, with the well known one: Gina (Dora's rival), who is no better than Dora, as she is a constant Tattle Tale who always snitches and tries to be the "hero", which can make her very annoying. She is also a weakling, and has no self defense when it comes to physical situations. To add insult to injury, anyone who defends Gina are in denial. She even gets off without punishment making her a Karma Houdini. Despite that there are exceptions where Gina gets grounded.
 * 16) *This also applies to Gina's parents, who are also not in the show.
 * 17) *Same thing applies with Gab (Gina's BFF), who defends Gina is also no better than Dora and is more of a pawn of Gina and defends her, gets off without any punishment, same applies with her parents, despite that there are exceptions where Gab gets grounded.
 * 18) *Speaking of which, they also included Kevin, who the latter had his own grounded series, as stated before, he doesn't appear in the actual show.
 * 19) *Ms. Christina is more harsh than both Gina and Gab, she always abuses Dora and gets off without any punishment, Ms. Christina doesn't appear in the actual show itself, in which Dora has an actual teacher called "Maestra Beatriz", which points out the creators didn't watch the show.
 * 20) This series is a dead horse beating as Dora the Explorer was already cancelled on June 5, 2014 (with 6 episodes, until to August 9, 2019), meaning that the show is outdated, while it was ongoing during Vyond's golden age, yet the Vyonders still make these kind of videos. It doesn't help that Dora and Friends: Into the City! came out in August 18, 2014 and ended in February 5, 2017, and the non canon movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold which was made in 2019.
 * 21) *Same thing applies with Go, Diego, Go! which ran from September 6, 2005 to September 16, 2011, which was the time the first Dora grounded video came.

The Only Redeeming Quality (La única cualidad redentora)

 * 1) Despite the majority of videos usually featuring only Dora, Cole, Elena, and Abuela, some videos include additional characters from the original franchise. At least almost all of these aforementioned characters can be likable and/or tolerable at times.
 * 2) *Speaking of which, Dora and her family members are likable outside this grounded series.

PaperLuigi99

 * Dora Shoots Up the School

Roku Kun

 * GoAnimate Toons: Dora's WORST Birthday Gift
 * Caillou And Dora Causes a Terrorism in the Subway

Other Youtubers

 * Dora and Caillou Get Executed Big Time
 * Dora's Parents (Roku Kun Version) Gets Arrested and Executed
 * Dora's Temper Tantrum
 * Veena Cam: Dora's Tantrum