What is the 'how did Dora die' trend on TikTok? Reaction videos explained

June 2023 · 2 minute read

TikTok users are going viral by sharing their reactions to googling the question ‘how did Dora die?’ and garnering hundreds of thousands of views. Here’s everything to know about the odd trend.

Short-form video platform TikTok can often be a bizarre place, and many of the trends that have gone viral on the app have blown up simply thanks to how strange they are.

One such example, that has been baffling users on the app in late May, is the ‘how did Dora die’ trend.

Dora, in this case, refers to cartoon character Dora the Explorer, who stars in a show of the same name that features the character going on adventures with a monkey called Boots. The character has become an iconic part of several memes online.

This new trend involving Dora instructs people to google search how the character supposedly died, filming their face both before and after finding out the information.

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@talialopes_ who makes this stuff up 😭 #fyp ♬ original sound – AntiNightcore

Some users that have participated in the trend have garnered thousands of views and likes for their shocked reactions.

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@your_football_gal♬ son original – justanunknownstar

Did Dora actually die?

No — you will be relieved to hear that Dora is not actually canonically dead.

Searching her cause of death may bring up results like falling into quicksand or a river, falling into a gorge, getting eaten by a crocodile, and getting “disintegrated by a lightning bolt,” among many others.

However, these all appear to have originated with a fanmade music video called ‘Dora No More’ posted by TheStringiniBros in 2012. The video, viewed over 8 million times, shows the variety of different ways Dora could have died on her adventuring, with the caption reading: “Exploring can be dangerous kids.”

Despite not being real, these fake causes of Dora’s death have been proving to be great source material for reaction videos on TikTok.

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