Benny (Dora the Explorer)

Benny (originally known as Benito in the 1998 pilot) is a main character of Dora the Explorer. He’s a big, strong bull with a huge appetite and an even bigger heart. He often tries to help Dora on her adventures, but Benny is so accident-prone that it is usually him that is in need of Dora’s help. Benny lives in a large red barn. Dora often goes there to visit him. Benny is a skilled dancer and loves fiesta food, especially cake and ice cream. He’s also Tico's best friend.

Biography

Benny is a six-year-old bull with a big heart. Benny only speaks English and lives in Benny's Barn. Benny is also a bit accident-prone. He once got stuck in a wall and his loud hiccups are famous. But Benny can always count on his friends to get him out of a scrape. Benny isn't always a friend in need; he has also helped Dora in many ways. He played on Dora's Golden Explorers soccer team and helped them beat the dinosaur team; he took Dora and Boots in his go-kart on their way to meet Dora's new twin siblings; and his strength helped Dora win the Super Adventure Race.

Benny loves to crack jokes, especially knock-knock jokes. Despite his clumsy nature, he is very self-confident and is never afraid to speak his mind. In the episode "Boots' Cuddly Dinosaur," Benny reveals that he can not sleep without nine dolls, which he calls his "guys."

Benny owns his own hot air balloon with a distinctive rainbow pattern on it. He loves to fly high in the sky with his friends in the balloon, as long as it doesn't have a leak that needs to be fixed with sticky tape.

Physical Appearance

Benny is mostly dark blue, with a sky blue torso and black hooves. He almost always wears a blue bandana with white polka dots around his neck. He has small yellow horns, thick yellow eyebrows, light brown irises, and a yellow tuft of hair on his tail. His nose and the insides of his ears are bright pink and shaped like a bean, a hot-dog, or a kidney. Prior to the show's debut, Benny had a tomato red-colored body. His torso and eyebrows were a pale goldenrod color. He didn’t wear his bandana and was instead planned to wear a blue baseball cap backwards.

Trivia

• Benny has his own leitmotif that plays whenever he appears or is mentioned (E-C-D-F-E-C-D).
• Benny is the only main character without parents. Their whereabouts are unknown, but it's possible they passed away and now his grandparents are his primary caretakers.
• Unlike any other characters, this is the only character that lives with his grandparents.
• Benny only speaks English. This is the Opposite of Señor Tucan’s traits.