History Music / TheWiggles

** Simon is just a little bit shorter than Greg and looks like he should be on the starting lineup for the Australian rugby team, but in reality he is of course a big teddy bear.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: The man Greg meets in "Desert Dreaming". He can't tell if he's "white, brown or black". Considering he's in the desert and also mentions totems, it's safe to assume the man is an Aborigine.

* ExcitedShowTitle: Many of The Wiggles' song and album titles are an example of this, notably "Wake Up Jeff!" and "Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's a Wiggly Party!".

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. Though in Film/TheWigglesMovie, one of the closest things is Wally the Great, who originally intended to steal Greg's magical wand, until he somehow eventually apologized for his mistake and learned from his lesson afterward.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. Though in Film/TheWigglesMovie, Wally the Great, who originally intends to steal Greg's magical wand, is one of the closest things, until he somehow eventually apologized for his mistake and learned from his lesson afterward.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. Though in Film/TheWigglesMovie, Wally the Great, who originally intended to steal Greg's magical wand, is one of the closest things, until he somehow eventually apologized for his mistake and learned from his lesson afterward.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series.

* TuruFancy: The skirt on Evie's outfit is frilly to resemble a tutu. Befitting her also being a ballerina.

* CoolCar: The Big Red Car

After Greg's departure, he was replaced as the Yellow Wiggle by Sam Moran, who stayed until January 2012, when Greg returned. In December of 2012, however, three of the original members - Greg, Murray, and Jeff - retired from the group (though they continue to be involved in the development of the band), and were replaced by three younger band members, Simon Pryce as the red Wiggle, Lachlan "Lachy" Gillespie as purple, and Emma Watkins as yellow, with Anthony staying.

** In the current lineup, this role is filled by Simon. He's an accomplished opera singer, and boy, does he like to show off his skills.

* BigGuyLittleGuy: Greg and Murray were the big to Anthony and Jeff's little. In the current lineup, Anthony, Emma and Lachy are all much shorter than Simon.

* CanonDiscontinuity:
** When the Wiggles' "classic" discography[[note]](i.e., the albums released before 2013)[[/note]] was released for streaming on December 5, 2019, none of the albums from the Sam era were included[[note]]However, certain Sam era songs can be heard on the 2012 compilation ''Hits and Rarities''-- most notably "Follow The Leader", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Monkey Man", and live versions of "The Shimmie Shake" & "Dr. Knickerbocker"[[/note]]. [[ZigZaggingTrope However,]] in November 2020, the Sam-era videos were re-released on Website/YouTube, [[DownplayedTrope thus downplaying this trope]].

** The current lineup met none other than [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Cookie Monster]] in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVw1JvcyzSU this collaboration video,]] where said Muppets performed "Do the Propeller" with the Wiggles.

** With the new group of Wiggles, there are often jokes about Anthony being 'old'. Greg gets this treatment as well during the 2017 version of ''Go Santa Go''.

** Played straight with the new generation, as they've provided all of their own backing vocals since their debut.

** Wags the Dog... at least, initially. In the second TV series, we can hear his thoughts (similar to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}), most likely provided by Greg Page, revealing him to be quite the [[DeadpanSnarker snarker]] in the presence of Captain Feathersword's antics. Eventually, he was given the ability to speak aloud at around the time of the fourth TV series. Despite this, he hasn't spoken out loud since "Go Santa Go!", the first Christmas video of the new generation, and that was made in '''2013''', pretty much rendering him voiceless again.

!!'''Studio discography:'''
* 1991 - ''The Wiggles''
* 1992 - ''Here Comes a Song''[[note]]Re-issued in 1999 as "Wiggle Time!", with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
* 1994 - ''Yummy Yummy''[[note]]Re-issued in 1999, with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
* 1995 - ''Big Red Car''[[note]]Re-issued in 2006 as "Here Comes the Big Red Car", with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
* 1996 - ''Wake Up Jeff!''[[note]]Re-issued in 2006 as "It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!", with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:All members of the Wiggles, past and present, and the Wiggly Friends (from left to right): [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Sam]], [[HeavySleeper Jeff]], [[BeautifulSingingVoice Greg]], [[TheRockStar Murray]], [[BigEater Anthony]], [[TheChick Emma]], [[MadScientist Lachy]], [[BadassBaritone Simon]], [[LivingDinosaurs Dorothy the Dinosaur]], [[BigFriendlyDog Wags the Dog]], [[FunnyOctopus Henry the Octopus]], [[FriendlyPirate Captain Feathersword]] and [[SixthRanger Shirley Shawn the Unicorn]]. Not pictured: [[AscendedExtra Tsehay]], [[ThePeteBest Phillip Wilcher]].]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: Evie was this being the Blue Wiggle and a professional Ballet Dancer. Upon her being changed to the new Yellow Wiggle, this role was passed over to Lucia.

* TrueBlueFemininityL Evie was this being the Blue Wiggle and a professional Ballet Dancer. Upon her being changed to the new Yellow Wiggle, this role was passed over to Lucia.

* Simon Pryce (Red) - Vocals, bass, cowbell (2012-Present)

* Evie Ferris (Yellow) - Vocals (2021-Present)

!!Members (Founding members in '''bold''', current members in ''italic''):
* '''Jeff Fatt''' (Purple) - Keyboard, accordion, guitar, vocals (1991-2012, 2020)
* '''Murray Cook''' (Red) - Guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, vocals (1991-2012)
* '''Phillip Wilcher''' - Piano, vocals (1991-1992)
* '''''Anthony Field''''' (Blue) - Guitar, drums, vocals, violin, didgeridoo, banjo, bagpipes, trumpet, bass (1991-Present)
* '''Greg Page''' (Yellow) - Vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards (1991-2006, 2012)

* ''Simon Pryce'' (Red) - Vocals, bass, cowbell (2012-Present)
* ''Lachlan Gillespie'' (Purple) - Vocals, piano, guitar, xylophone (2012-Present)
* ''Tsehay Hawkins'' (Yellow) - Vocals (2022-)

* SelfDeprecation: In interviews, Jeff has said that his role as the one who always falls asleep and needs to be woken up derives from his lack of background in early childhood education and that it's a way to get him involved in the shows without him actually needing to do anything.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dorothy, of course.

Besides the band themselves, the majority of Wiggles media also includes a secondary cast of friends; [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dorothy]], a green-and-yellow dinosaur girl that [[BizarreTasteInFood eats]] [[TrademarkFavoriteFood roses]], [[FunnyOctopus Henry]], a purple band-conducting octopus, [[FriendlyPirate Captain Feathersword]], a FriendlyPirate, and [[BigFriendlyDog Wags]], a big brown dog. In 2019, the group added [[SixthRanger a fifth friend]], [[{{Unicorn}} Shirley Shawn the Unicorn]].

[[caption-width-right:350:All members of the Wiggles, past and present, and the Wiggly Friends (from left to right): [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Sam]], [[HeavySleeper Jeff]], [[BeautifulSingingVoice Greg]], [[TheRockStar Murray]], [[BigEater Anthony]], [[TheChick Emma]], [[MadScientist Lachy]], [[BadassBaritone Simon]], Dorothy the Dinosaur, [[BigFriendlyDog Wags the Dog]], [[FunnyOctopus Henry the Octopus]], [[FriendlyPirate Captain Feathersword]] and [[SixthRanger Shirley Shawn the Unicorn]]. Not pictured: [[AscendedExtra Tsehay]], [[ThePeteBest Phillip Wilcher]].]]

In 2021, the same year ''Fruit Salad TV'' was released introducing a new culturally-diverse cast, it was announced that Emma would be retiring and passing on her yellow skivvy to Tsehay, who previously wore red alongside Kelly Hamilton (yellow), John Pearce (purple), and Evie Ferris (blue).

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. In the Wiggles Movie however, the closest thing within and toward making an exception, are Wally the Great and Roland the Remarkable, who first start off as the film's antagonists, but reformed later on.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. In the Wiggles Movie however, the closest thing within and toward making an exception, are Wally the Great and Roland the Remarkable, who first start off as the film's enemies/villains, but reformed later on.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. In the Wiggles Movie however, the closest thing to making an exception with and for, are Wally the Great and Roland the Remarkable, who first start off as the film's enemies/villains, but reformed later on.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. In the Wiggles Movie however, the closest thing to antagonists are Wally the Great and Roland the Remarkable, who first start off as the film's enemies/villains, but reformed later on.

* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series.