History Trivia / TheWiggles

** 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. Exposure grew further when [[Creator/DisneyChannel Playhouse Disney]] would broadcast music videos of theirs at the height of its popularity.

** There are alternate versions of the pre-2013 TV series, edited down from 20 minutes to 10 minutes for when the shows were only given a shorter timeslot. These edits appear to not have been used since 2012 when they aired on then-called [[Creator/UniversalKids Sprout]]. There's also an earlier version of Series 1 with "Kaz the Cat" segments, before they were eventually replaced with Kindergarten segments hosted by Dorothy the Dinosaur.

** 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.

* PromotedFangirl: Emma was a fan of the Wiggles as a little girl (saying the Yellow Wiggle was her favorite) before she herself became the new Yellow Wiggle.

** If, for whatever reason, you ''want'' to watch Greg collapse at the first bush fire relief gig, you're going to have to go to unofficial channels. The official VOD version ends the concert before he leaves the stage.

** The live clips of one of The Wiggles' 1998 concerts (The Wiggles Big Show) have been leaked in various places since the Wiggle Time! 98 video re-recording. In 2019, a 2000 Disney Channel Australia commercial on Website/YouTube revealed that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHeVVU0grJo there was a television special of The Wiggles Big Show concert]]. The commercial also featured clips of yet another Wiggles special that has already survived since 2014 called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtnHdGeKR8 The Wiggles in Disneyland]]", which was premiered a couple of years earlier, 1998.

** The brief omission of the Sam era albums from the digital re-up in 2019 read as that era being this trope to the brand. [[ZigZaggingTrope However]], with the brand now [[VindocatedByHistory reincorporating Sam's era into its media]] and such, this point since been made somewhat moot.

* NoBudget: For a group - and brand - that has become one of Australia's biggest (and richest) exports, it may shock some to see that in 1992, Dorothy the Dinosaur looked like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCU8RdxqMKc this]] and in 1995, the Big Red Car looked like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RxFP-_A0Wo&feature=relmfu this]].

** The brief omission of the Sam era albums from the digital re-up in 2019 read as that era being this trope to the brand. [[ZigZaggingTrope However,]] with the brand now reincorporating Sam's era into its media and such, this point since been made somewhat moot.

** Because one of the Series 2 episodes, "Play" was shortened from 21 minutes to 18 minutes on th UK DVD, "Playtime Children's Favorites", the short closing credits was used since it was from the episode's GMTV broadcast. In addition, the version of the song clip "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship" from the GMTV broadcast is from the Wiggle Time! 98 video re-recording, which was before it was changed to the live version (The Wiggly Big Show).[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7_hBbmsZDE A YouTube video]] revealed that the GMTV version of the Series 2 intro ran for just 20 seconds.

** The live clips of one of The Wiggles' 1998 concerts (The Wiggles Big Show) have been separated in various places since the Wiggle Time! 98 video re-recording. In 2019, a 2000 Disney Channel Australia commercial on Website/YouTube reveals that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHeVVU0grJo there was a television special of The Wiggles Big Show concert]]. The commercial also featured clips of yet, another Wiggles special that has already survived since 2014 called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CtnHdGeKR8 The Wiggles in Disneyland]]", which was premiered a couple of years earlier, 1998.

** The live clips of one of The Wiggles' 1998 concerts (The Wiggles Big Show) have been separated in various places since the Wiggle Time! 98 re-recording. In 2019, a 2000 Disney Channel Australia commercial on YouTube reveals that there was a television special of The Wiggles Big Show concert.

** Jett Fatt said that [[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-7573665/Purple-Wiggle-Jeff-Fatt-explains-surprising-origin-trademark-sleeping-act.html Anthony was going to be the Wiggle that had the sleeping habit.]] Jeff later became the one who would fall asleep as he is somewhat shy with kids.

** Alternate versions of the pre-2013 TV series, which were edited to fit shorter time slots when needed. These edits appear to not have been used since 2012 when they aired on then-called [[Creator/UniversalKids Sprout]]. There's also an earlier version of Series 1 with "Kaz the Cat" segments, which was eventually replaced with Kindergarten segments hosted by Dorothy the Dinosaur.

** Earlier airings of the pre-2013 TV series. Series 1 is especially notable for having the "Kaz the Cat" segments, which was eventually replaced with Kindergarten segments hosted by Dorothy the Dinosaur.

* DirectedByCastMember: Anthony directed both ''Hot Poppin' Popcorn'' and ''Surfer Jeff''. Typically, his brother, Paul Field, who also acts as the group's manager, handles direction for the group's videos.

** The original version of the Wiggles' first TV series (as shown on the Creator/SevenNetwork) is notable for the "Kaz The Cat" puppet segments (which were replaced with a segment involving Dorothy visiting a playgroup in later airings and DVD releases). Also originally, GMTV in the United Kingdom wanted 18 minutes for TV Series 2 whereas ABC wanted 11 minutes for TV Series 3, 4, 5, and 6. Nowadays, all pre-2013 episodes last 22 minutes because they needed to match the ones from their first TV series.
*** In the United Kingdom, HIT Entertainment's DVD Playtime Children's Favourites used the early GMTV version of one Series 2 episode Play, although the other 18-minute 25 episodes weren't known yet.
*** There might have been over 40 or 50 segments that did not appear in any of the Series 3 episodes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWxHzWH395U including this one]], although they did on ABC in Australia.

** All of the albums featuring Sam as the lead singer (albums where he provided backing vocals are obviously still available) are absent from streaming services. As such, if you want to listen to them you'll have to either purchase them online or listen to them on [=YouTube=].
*** As of September 2021, the Sam-era albums have now returned to streaming services worldwide, making this an [[AvertedTrope averted]] trope.
** Due to legal clearances, only a couple of unreleased archives were posted to [=YouTube=]. One was from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht87lq-y_ss 2006 during the Sailing Around the World US tour]] and another from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oEKS0Hiir8 2007 during the Racing to the Rainbow US tour]]. As a result, The Wiggles regularly post Los Wiggles content from 2006 to make up for the lack of unreleased content.

** The Screener DVD release of LIVE Hot Potatoes! revealed that instead of opening with the title card, it instead [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC_ypYnXFIA opened with just the full overture]].
** In 1998, The Wiggles used three songs each from the overseas version of their Big Show concert for the Wiggle Time video re-issue, as well as for their television series, but a year later, the complete live recording became a television special of its own, airing on the Australian Disney Channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6qGXHX30-k as revealed on YouTube in 2020]].

** During Sam's first Wiggles video, "Wiggledancing! Live in Concert", [[https://archive.org/details/thewiggleswiggledancingliveinconcert there have been some familiar-looking audience members in the first row as listed.]]
*** Miki Field (Anthony's wife)
*** Lucia Field (Anthony's daughter, who gives a rose to Dorothy)
*** Maria Field (Anthony's baby daughter)
*** Carla Field (Anthony's niece)
*** Jacqueline Field (Carla's mum and Dorothy's 2002-2005 voice actress)

*** As of June 2021, the Sam-era have returned to Australian streaming services, but have yet to be made available in the United States, making this a slightly [[AvertedTrope averted]] trope.
** Due to legal clearances, only a couple of unreleased archives were posted to [=YouTube=]. One was from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht87lq-y_ss 2006 during the Sailing Around the World US tour]] and another from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oEKS0Hiir8 2007 during the Racing to the Rainbow US tour]]. As a result, The Wiggles regularly post Los Wiggles contents from 2006.

*** There might have been over 40 or 50 segments that did not appear in any of the Series 3 episodes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzMzfh8exw4 including this one]], although they did on ABC in Australia.

** Due to legal clearances, only a couple of unreleased archives were posted to YouTube. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht87lq-y_ss One was from 2006 during the Sailing Around the World US tour]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oEKS0Hiir8 another from 2007 during the Racing to the Rainbow US tour]]. As a result, The Wiggles regularly post Los Wiggles contents from 2006.

** The band's entire 90s video output (excluding the well-known 1998 versions of Wiggle Time and Yummy Yummy, Wiggly Wiggly Christmas's 1999 re-edit, and Toot Toot's 2000 re-edit) were given this treatment for a long time, although there had been two releases rather than one. As a result, the 2000 issues of two videos, Big Red Car and Wake Up Jeff!, reused their entire contents, including the 1995 ABC Kids promo. Since 2018, The Wiggles have started to upload all of the Greg-era Wiggles videos onto Website/YouTube in parts, thus averting this.

** None of the Wiggles' television specials that appeared on the Australian Disney Channel, apart from the first one in 1998 ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdLxw9MZHvI The Wiggles in Disneyland]]), have surfaced, as of 2020.

** Greg dyed his hair black[[note]] and by the end (around 2004-06), dark brown [[/note]] throughout his entire original tenure with the band as he'd actually began going grey when he was only 16. He stopped sometime after his original retirement.

** The band's entire 90s video output (excluding the well-known 1998 versions of Wiggle Time and Yummy Yummy, Wiggly Wiggly Christmas's 1999 re-edit and Toot Toot's 2000 re-edit) were given this treatment for a long time, although there had been two releases rather than one. As a result, the 2000 issues of two videos, Big Red Car and Wake Up Jeff!, reused their entire contents, including the 1995 ABC Kids promo. Since 2018, The Wiggles have started to upload all of the Greg-era Wiggles videos onto Website/YouTube in parts, thus averting this.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed:]] while fans don't generally call ''You Make Me Feel Like Dancing'' the Wiggles' best album ever, it is easily the fan favourite of the Sam era. The Wiggles, however, have relegated it to the realm of OldShame with the rest of Sam's (main) oeuvre.

* OneHeadShorter: Emma is this to her band mates. The next tallest just happens to be Lachy, her [[AmicableExes ex-husband]].

* OldShame: Due to the negative feedback the Wiggle Puppets received due to them frightening children, the band definitely see them as this.
** All of their work with Rolf Harris has been officially removed from their discography following his trial and conviction for child sex offences. Needless to say, you'll never see the band acknowledge him again.
** The omission of the Sam era albums from the digital re-up in 2019 reads as that era being this trope to the brand.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Of ''Dorothy the Dinosaur'', between Sam (the yellow Wiggle from 2006-2012) and Lyn Stuckey, Dorothy's former suit actress (now his wife).

** Greg dyed his hair black throughout his entire original tenure with the band as he'd actually began going grey when he was only 16. He stopped sometime after his original retirement.

*** The series' theme song is actually [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4odFldyL4Y the rewritten of another song that appeared on ABC Kids as a promo and featured Greg Wiggle]].
** A 2D-animated special called ''Wiggles in Wonderland'' was set to be released sometime during the Sam era. However, the project was later abandoned and then completely canceled, with the only known footage of it being an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSuBKsHByyg render test from animator Matt Diks]].

*** In the original 18-minute version of The Wiggles' second TV Series (as shown on GMTV in the UK), the actual deleted scenes used in each episode of The Wiggles' second television series are from the Big Red Car 1995 video, the Wake Up Jeff! 1996 video, and the Wiggledance! 1997 video.