History YMMV / TheWiggles

** In 2023, the band released a song called “[[https://youtu.be/9NnS9zhmUYs?feature=shared Bouncing Balls]]”, which is dripping with this. The song features the band singing about different coloured balls including ''blue'' ones and tells listeners to bounce their balls at the park. And that’s before you get to Lachie’s drawn out final line of “Big bouncing balls”. Not to mention Anthony’s spoken lines:

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When the band was first formed they were actually a big turning point for Children's music back in 1991, their wacky music videos as well as being one of the first children's group to be targeted toward preschoolers made them stand out to the genre, nowadays with many children's groups around the world, The Wiggles may not be that new to modern audiences.

** There were female Wiggles in both of the short-lived localizations of the band (Taiwanese/Mandarin and Latin American), before Emma.

** In the very early videos, Anthony donned a green shirt instead of his now-famous blue skivvy. Meaning the colors were [[Series/Teletubbies yellow, red, purple, and green.]]

--->'''Anthony:''' Come on everybody,
bounce your balls!

--->'''Anthony:''' Come on everybody, [

** In 2023, the band released a song called “[[https://youtu.be/9NnS9zhmUYs?feature=shared Bouncing Balls]]”, which is dripping with this. The song features the band singing about different coloured balls including ''blue'' ones and tells listeners to bounce their balls at the park. And that’s before you get to Lachie’s drawn out final line of “Big bouncing balls”.
--->'''Anthony:''' Come on everybody, [[BallsGag bounce your balls!]]

** In 2023, the band released a song called “Bouncing Balls”, which is dripping with this. The song features the band singing about different coloured balls including ''blue'' ones and tells listeners to bounce their balls at the park. And that’s before you get to Lachie’s drawn out final line of “Big bouncing balls”.

* AccidentalInnuendo: The lyrics of [[https://youtu.be/hoGmtnKkqhU Camera One]] are this for some:

* MemeticMutation: "Fruit Salad" is quite popular with mash-up makers; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PPcnmO76rg case in point]].

* FirstAndForemost: While the current lineup does have its fans, everyone who grew up with the original lineup of Greg, Murray, Anthony, and Jeff will always prefer them.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The band is a perennial favorite in their native Australia, but they were huge in the United States in the early-to-mid-2000s, thanks in part to their shows airing on Playhouse Disney and their direct-to-video productions being distributed in the States by Lyrick Studios of Series/BarneyAndFriends fame.

* BizarroEpisode: ''Space Dancing'' is... weird. The story takes place in one of Jeff's dreams where the band, for whatever reason, go on a journey into space where they meet aliens and planets have faces, and one of Anthony's real-life dogs makes a cameo as an Italian-accented usher at a nightclub (though unlike Wags, she's a regular-looking dog). It's safe to assume that the band and everyone involved with them as a whole are all clean and sober, but this definitely seems like a WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs video.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs:
** The aforementioned ''Space Dancing''.
** "Desert Dreaming''. With what Greg is coming out with during it, you'd honestly think he was on an acid trip rather than just a regular dream.

* CreatorWorship: Generally, if you’re an Australian, you don’t make fun of the Wiggles

* SacredCow: Generally, if you’re an Australian, you don’t make fun of the Wiggles.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Greg's singing voice. Check out [[https://youtu.be/aI1kmPw8kvo this track]] from his self titled solo album and you'll see that he's a seriously talented vocalist.

* ReplacementScrappy: Sam was this to many fans who grew up with The Wiggles through TheNineties and the better part of the TurnOfTheMillennium. Bizarrely, Greg became one himself to many long-term fans when he replaced Sam, mainly because of the controversy over how Sam was allegedly treated. Then along came Emma...

* RetroactiveRecognition: If it took you until 2012 (or later) to realize how much singing work Simon Pryce contributed to The Wiggles before donning the red skivvy, you're not alone. That deep voice Anthony would use for songs like "Where's Jeff?", for instance? That was Simon.

* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn95SL8G4VM original version]] of "I Love It When It Rains". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHyoQRkGEBU Greg revealed]] he had the song stuck in his head as he drifted out of and into consciousness during his cardiac arrest.

--> '''Sam:''' ''Murray is friends with Anthony, who's friends with Jeff.''
--> '''Murray, Anthony and Jeff:''' And we all like Sam!

---> Worried for Greg. In shock. Please get well mate.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The TV show might be thought to have gone downhill starting with Series 3. Its format became [[StrictlyFormula more predictable]], the Waggettes and Officer Beaples [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared]], Jeff was made even lazier than he already was, and The Wiggles were no longer seen at the Wigglehouse.

* FaceOfTheBand:
** As the only constant member of the group and clearly the one in charge, Anthony is this. However, when the current lineup gained traction, Emma became the most popular member among the group's target audience—[[https://youtu.be/8q8ji56A3kM?t=291 something the band have acknowledged themselves]].
** Lachy has been getting pushed to the spotlight a lot more in recent years, with him singing lead vocals on most of the songs.
** This trope didn't really apply to the classic lineup, as all four members were equally well known. It was only with the Sam era that Anthony began to stick out particularly.

** While many fans respect Anthony's decision to continue on with the band after the rest of the original members had left, some believe that he should also retire and hand the blue skivvy over to a younger performer. Some fans also believe he hogs too much of the spotlight from the rest of the current lineup due to him being the only classic member left and basically handling all of the group's PR himself. That said, he was, rather unfairly, accused by his detractors of trying to make the story surrounding Greg's cardiac arrest about himself when he discussed the panic attacks (and possible seizures) mentioned below that he experienced during and after the ordeal.

** Sam. Is he a nice, talented guy who was handed a raw deal by the band, or is he a {{Jerkass}} who thoroughly deserved his [[{{Unperson}} Unpersonning]]? It's quite possibly ''the'' most contentious issue in the fandom.
** Emma. She's either a talented and likable performer and worthy of her popularity or a bland singer who's only being pushed to the front so much due to [[TokenGirl her gender]]. On the plus side, at least she's not always lead singer for the group, with many songs helmed by Simon or Lachy.

* SlashFic: Yep! They range from mild fluff to hardcore smut (though you have to dig around for the latter). Popular pairings include Murray/Jeff, Anthony/Greg, and Anthony/Captain Feathersword.

* ValuesDissonance: "Okki Tokki Unga" can be this to Canadian viewers, ''especially'' if it's introduced as an "Eskimo" song.[[note]]"Eskimo" is, at absolute best, considered an antiquated term for the Inuit and Yupik peoples, and it's generally considered an outright racial slur.[[/note]] The band no longer introduces it as such, instead referring to it as an "Inuit fishing song".

* DorkAge:
** While the Sam-era isn't considered ''bad'' by most people, most of his albums with the band are generally considered to be the group's weakest.
** [[BrokenBase Depending on who you ask,]] the new generation is also this for the band.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* HarsherInHindsight: