History Trivia / TheWiggles

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to Greg in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyDSSuaXP8Y&feature=youtu.be&t=20m58s recent Q&A video]], had Murray and Jeff decided to stay after 2012, Simon would've become the new yellow wiggle after Sam.

** Emma and Lachy (the current yellow and purple Wiggles) also count as this, as they have spin-offs as well.

** Lachy and Emma, the current purple and yellow Wiggles, recently revealed they've been secretly dating and in love for over two years... and now they're engaged... make that HappilyMarried now. Awwwww.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Of ''Dorothy the Dinosaur'', between Sam (the yellow Wiggle from 2006-2011) and Lyn Stuckey, Dorothy's suit actress (now his wife).

** Emma and Lachy (the current Yellow and Purple Wiggles) also count as this, as they have spin-offs as well.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Of ''Dorothy the Dinosaur'', between Sam and Lyn Stuckey, Dorothy's suit actress (now his wife).
** Lachy and Emma, the current purple and yellow Wiggles, recently revealed they've been secretly dating and in love for over two years. Awwwwww. And now they're engaged. Make that HappilyMarried now. Awwww.

* [[TheOtherDarrin The Other Yellow Wiggle]]: The Wiggles' fourth TV series, ''Wiggle & Learn'', was produced in 2008, when Sam had replaced Greg. Sam does turn up as a background dancer in some of the earlier series' episodes, though, and even takes on larger non-Wiggle roles (such as Professor Singalottasonga).

** Lachy and Emma, the current purple and yellow Wiggles, recently revealed they've been secretly dating and in love for over two years. Awwwwww.
*** And now they're engaged.
*** Make that HappilyMarried now. Awwww.

** Lachy and Emma, the current purple and yellow wiggles, recently revealed they've been secretly dating and in love for over two years. Awwwwww.

* ActingForTwo: In the earlier days, it was not uncommon for the secondary cast (Waggs, Dorothy, Henry, and Captain Feathersword) to be played by one of the four main Wiggles during shows.
** In TheMovie, Paul Paddick plays signature character Captain Feathersword, does the costume work for Waggs the Dog in some scenes, and also plays the LargeHam lifeguard when the Wiggles visit Henry.
* CashCowFranchise: The Wiggles have put their name on everything from bedspreads to lunchboxes and even ''yogurt''.

*** And now they're engaged.

* ExecutiveMeddling: Though the group had released VHS tapes, [=CDs=] and cassettes through TheABC with no complaint, when the group filmed the pilot for the television show for ABC in the mid-90s the powers insisted that the group drop their skivvies in favour of caps and shorts, among other things. Naturally, the group dropped the pilot due to [[CreativeDifferences "irreconcilable artistic differences"]] and funded their own TV show through profits made from live shows and TheMerch. They eventually sold the show to the Seven Network, but seeing their newfound success [[ChannelHop ABC was all-too-happy to screen their programmes later on]].

* ColbertBump: The Wiggles' rise to fame in America was, in part, thanks to [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]]. Lyrick Studios, who created the purple dinosaur, put song clips on Barney videos and the band was the intermission act for the "Barney's Musical Castle" live tour.

** Clips of The Wiggles also appeared on''Mister Moose's Fun Time'' (a spinoff of ''The All New Series/CaptainKangaroo'' that aired on what was then [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]), providing their first American TV appearance.

* ColbertBump: The Wiggles' rise to fame in America was thanks to [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]]. Lyrick Studios, who created the purple dinosaur, put song clips on Barney videos and the band was the intermission act for the "Barney's Musical Castle" live tour.

* ColbertBump: Americans may've heard the Wiggles in the late 90s, thanks to either home video or from ''Mister Moose's Fun Time'' (a spinoff of ''The All New Series/CaptainKangaroo'' that aired on what was then [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]]).

* ColbertBump: Americans may've heard the Wiggles in the late 90s, thanks to either home video or from Mister Moose's Fun Time.

** Lachy and Emma, the current purple and yellow wiggles, recently revealed they've been secretly dating and in love for over two years. Awwwwww.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Of ''Dorothy the Dinosaur'', between Sam and Lyn Stuckey, Dorothy's suit actress (now his wife).

** TheOtherMarty: Subverted. While the current Wiggles lineup (Emma, Simon, Lachy, and Anthony) have re-done music videos that featured the 2012 lineup to include the current cast, there has been no attempt to hide the original versions, even keeping them alongside the newer versions on their YouTube channel.

** TheOtherMarty: Subverted. While the current Wiggles lineup (Emma, Simon, Lachy, and Anthony) have re-done music videos that featured the 2012 lineup to include the new cast, there has been no attempt to hide the original versions, even keeping them alongside the newer versions on their YouTube channel.

** TheOtherMarty: Subverted. While the current Wiggles lineup (Emma, Simon, Lachy, and Anthony) have re-done music videos featuring the 2012 lineup with the new cast, there has been no attempt to hide the older versions, even keeping them alongside the newer versions on their YouTube channel.