Who's Dora?

I was contacted to make a Dora the Explorer cake from a friend of a friend of a friend and my first question was, "Who's Dora?". I started getting a little anxious since I know nothing about children and am not tuned in to kid nation. My only real Dora frame of reference is from a Kevin Smith Q&A special...don't ask. So off to the internet to be introduced to Dora (whom I discovered has an incredibly similar hairstyle as I did circa 1990) and Boots the monkey. The internet as well, has a vast array of incredible Dora cakes that are way beyond my limited expertise, cakes shaped like Dora's face, Dora Land, jungles and parks and whatnot. In my opinion cutting into the face of my favorite childhood tv character and then eating a section of her cheek and eyeball, seemed a bit too cannibalistic so I opted to go in a different artistic direction. A mini two tiered vanilla cake with oreo buttercream, decorated in bright, fun colors that reminded me of playdough. My solution in avoiding the painstaking process of creating a Dora face out of fondant was to turn to my boyfriend who just happens to work in a print shop and get him to make me custom cake toppers. All in all it turned out to be a fun experience and I learned something as well, as it turns out I do still have an inner child.