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7	-> ''Get Ready to Wiggle\
8	We've been ready for so long\
9	Get Ready to Wiggle\
10	When you wiggle you can't go wrong\
11	Get Ready to Wiggle\
12	Wiggle will make you big and strong\
13	Get Ready to Wiggle\
14	Come on wiggle to this song\
15	Wiggle to this song''
16	-->-- '''"Get Ready to Wiggle"'''
17
18
19	The Wiggles are an Australian children's band, founded in 1991 but who gained international popularity during the 2000s. Greg Page, Anthony Field and Murray Cook met as early childhood education students at Macquarie University in the 80s, while Field was a member of 80s rock band ''The Cockroaches'' alongside Jeff Fatt; the three classmates undertook a university project of their own design intended to create music aimed at children with educational value, and Fatt was brought in as a pianist. A few years and a deal with [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation The ABC]] later, and The Wiggles were born.
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21	Over the years they have produced over fifty albums and home videos, several television series and [[Film/TheWigglesMovie a feature-length film]], with another one in the works. The ABC has broadcast the majority of their shows and been in charge of distributing all their albums and videos in Australia. In the United States, the program initially aired on [[Creator/{{Freeform}} Fox Family]], then moved to [[Creator/DisneyChannel Playhouse Disney]], but were eventually supplanted there by the ''Imagination Movers'', after which they moved again to Creator/UniversalKids.
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23	Besides the band themselves, the majority of Wiggles media also includes a secondary cast of friends; [[LizardFolk 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]].
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25	It says something about the Wiggles' importance within Australian culture that when the original yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, left the group due to an illness in 2006, it made national headlines for weeks. The majority of Australians will know at least three of their songs and sing them, as well as give you the trademark Wiggle finger pointing gesture unashamedly, an almost unique thing in the world when it comes to children's music.
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27	After Greg's departure, he was replaced as the Yellow Wiggle by Sam Moran, who stayed until January 2012, when Greg returned. Later that year, however, it was announced three of the original members - Greg, Murray, and Jeff - would retire from the group the following year (though they continued to be involved in the development of the band), and would be 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.
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29	In 2021, an additional personnel of Wiggles was introduced, with four new members joining alongside the core lineup. Around the same time, it was announced that Emma would be retiring and passing on her yellow skivvy to Tsehay Hawkins.
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31	The core lineup of The Wiggles currently consists of Anthony Field (blue), Lachlan Gillespie (purple), Tsehay Hawkins (yellow) and Simon Pryce (red), while the additional members consist of Evie Ferris (yellow), Lucia Field (blue), Caterina Mete (red) and John Pearce (purple).
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33	----
34	!!Members:
35	'''Current members:'''
36	* Anthony Field (Blue) - Guitar, drums, vocals, violin, didgeridoo, banjo, bagpipes, trumpet, bass (1991-Present)
37	* Lachlan Gillespie (Purple) - Vocals, piano, guitar, xylophone (2012-Present)
38	* Tsehay Hawkins (Yellow) - Vocals, rapping (2021-Present)[[note]]Formerly red as a supporting member.[[/note]]
39	* Simon Pryce (Red) - Vocals, percussion, bass (2012-Present)
40	* Evie Ferris (Yellow, supporting member) - Vocals (2021-Present)[[note]]Formerly blue.[[/note]]
41	* Lucia Field (Blue, supporting member) - Vocals, drums (2022-Present)
42	* Caterina Mete (Red, supporting member) - Vocals, guitar (2022-Present)
43	* John Pearce (Purple, supporting member) - Vocals, rapping, programming, guitar, drums (2021-Present)
44	'''OG Wiggles:'''
45	* Murray Cook (Red) - Guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, vocals (1991-2012)
46	* Jeff Fatt (Purple) - Keyboard, accordion, guitar, vocals (1991-2012)
47	* Greg Page (Yellow) - Vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards (1991-2006, 2012)
48	'''Other former members:'''
49	* Phillip Wilcher - Piano, vocals (1991-1992)
50	* Sam Moran (Yellow) - Vocals, guitar, drums, trumpet (2006-2012)
51	* Emma Watkins (Yellow) - Vocals, drums, guitar (2012-2021)
52	* Kelly Hamilton (Yellow, supporting member) - Vocals (2021-2022)
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54
55	----
56	!!'''Studio discography:[[note]]Based on official catalogue available on streaming.[[/note]]'''
57	* 1996 - ''Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas''
58	* 1997 - ''The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack''
59	* 1998 - ''Toot Toot!''
60	* 1999 - ''Wiggle Time!''[[note]]Re-release of "The Wiggles" from 1991 and "Here Comes a Song" from 1992, with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
61	* 1999 - ''Yummy Yummy''[[note]]Re-release of original album from 1994, with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
62	* 2000 - ''It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World!''
63	* 2000 - ''Yule Be Wiggling''
64	* 2001 - ''Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's a Wiggly Party!''
65	* 2002 - ''Wiggly Safari''
66	* 2002 - ''Wiggle Bay''
67	* 2003 - ''Go to Sleep Jeff''
68	* 2003 - ''Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!''
69	* 2003 - ''Top of the Tots''
70	* 2004 - ''Cold Spaghetti Western''
71	* 2004 - ''Santa's Rockin'!''
72	* 2005 - ''Sailing Around the World''
73	* 2006 - ''Here Comes the Big Red Car''[[note]]Re-release of "Big Red Car" from 1995, with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
74	* 2006 - ''It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!''[[note]]Re-release of "Wake Up Jeff!" from 1996, with new and re-recorded tracks.[[/note]]
75	* 2006 - ''Racing to the Rainbow''
76	* 2007 - ''Getting Strong!''
77	* 2007 - ''Pop Go the Wiggles''
78	* 2008 - ''You Make Me Feel Like Dancing''
79	* 2008 - ''Sing a Song of Wiggles''
80	* 2009 - ''The Wiggles Go Bananas!''
81	* 2009 - ''Hot Poppin' Popcorn''
82	* 2010 - ''Let's Eat''
83	* 2011 - ''Ukulele Baby!''
84	* 2011 - ''It's Always Christmas with You''
85	* 2012 - ''Surfer Jeff''
86	* 2013 - ''Taking Off!''
87	* 2013 - ''Furry Tales''
88	* 2013 - ''Pumpkin Face''
89	* 2013 - ''Go Santa Go''
90	* 2014 - ''Apples and Bananas''
91	* 2014 - ''Wiggle House''
92	* 2015 - ''Rock & Roll Preschool''
93	* 2016 - ''Wiggle Town''
94	* 2016 - ''Dance, Dance!''
95	* 2017 - ''Nursery Rhymes''
96	* 2017 - ''Duets''
97	* 2017 - ''Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas''[[note]]Not to be confused with the 1996 album.[[/note]]
98	* 2018 - ''Nursery Rhymes 2''
99	* 2018 - ''Wiggle Pop''
100	* 2019 - ''The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day''
101	* 2019 - ''Party Time!''
102	* 2020 - ''Fun and Games''
103	* 2020 - ''Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car''
104	* 2021 - ''Lullabies with Love''
105	* 2021 - ''Halloween Party''
106	* 2022 - ''Super Wiggles''
107	* 2022 - ''Wiggly Nursery Rhymes''
108	* 2023 - ''Ready, Steady, Wiggle!''
109	* 2023 - ''The Sound of Halloween''
110	----
111	!!'''Big Red Tropes'''
112
113	* TheAce: While every member of the band past and present is a multi instrumentalist, Anthony probably fits this trope the best. Just take a look above at how many instruments he plays.
114	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: '''D'''orothy The '''D'''inosaur.
115	* AlphabetSong: They have their own version of the song:
116	-->A, B, C, D, E, F, G
117	-->H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P
118	-->Q, R, S, T, U, V
119	-->W, X, Y Zed or Zee
120	-->Now I know my ABC's
121	-->Next time won't you come and sing with me
122	-->I said the A, the A and the B, the ABC's, thank you, thank you very much, you're a beautiful alphabet
123	* 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 from one of Australia's First Nations peoples.
124	* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Officer Beaples is always portrayed by a woman but sometimes sports a mustache. She's been referred to by she/her pronouns in the past[[note]]Notably in "Let's Go (We're Riding in the Big Red Car)", with the line "We'll all be waving to '''her''' too"[[/note]], but in 2020, Anthony referred to them by they/them pronouns. [[note]]Or, rather, the "they" pronoun. They were only referred to by a (non-)gendered pronoun once during the show in question.[[/note]]
125	* AmicableExes: Emma and Lachy.
126	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology:
127	** Dorothy's very existence in modern times is of course an obvious example. Then again, she exists in the same world as a human-sized bipedal dog, a suit-wearing octopus, a pirate, and a unicorn, so...
128	** During the Wiggles' performance of Music/LadyGaga's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTZRPhVEHds "Born This Way"]] for a radio show, Anthony explains that Dorothy survived the dinosaur extinction... because she ate roses.
129	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiUu1gHMlcc "Caveland"]] features the old cliche of cavemen co-existing with dinosaurs. It's been common knowledge for decades that dinosaurs went extinct tens of millions of years before the first humans appeared three million years ago.
130	* BackForTheFinale: In January 2012, Greg's return to the group was announced with much fanfare, only for him, Murray and Jeff to announce their retirement effective at the end of the year.
131	* BabysittingEpisode: In the side storyline of "Safety", Captain Feathersword babysits the Wagettes while Wags goes with the Wiggles to visit Henry.
132	* BigDamnMovie: Film/TheWigglesMovie is a prime example for the band, 'cause it's, y'know, a band.
133	* BigEater: Dorothy counts, at least towards [[TrademarkFavoriteFood roses]]. Her eponymous song describes her as such;
134	--> ''I knew that if mum saw her\
135	She'd never let her stay\
136	A dinosaur as big as that\
137	Needs feeding night and day''
138	** Anthony, whose shtick was his love for food.
139	* BigFriendlyDog: Wags, of course.
140	* BigGuyLittleGuy: Greg and Murray were the big to Anthony and Jeff's little.
141	** Simon has been the tallest out of everybody since his introduction.
142	* BigOlEyebrows: Greg.
143	* BorrowedCatchphrase: Lampshaded at the end of "Wake Up, Lachy!"
144	-->'''Lachy:''' Could you keep that noise down? I'm trying to sleep!
145	-->'''Jeff:''' Hey Lachy, that's my line!
146	* {{Bowdlerise}}:
147	** The VOD version of The Original Wiggles Concert for Bush Fire Relief ends the concert early, omitting the encore. An example of Administrivia/TropesAreTools, as right before the encore, Greg collapsed from cardiac arrest.
148	** Unsurprisingly, and understandably, Rolf Harris' guest appearance in the [=YouTube=] upload of ''It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World'' on the band's channel was removed.
149	** Subverted in their cover of "Elephant" by Music/TameImpala for Australian radio station triple j's weekly "Like a Version" segment: "Well, he feels like an elephant shakin' his big grey trunk for the hell of it." Understandable, given that the cover was recorded to appeal to the Wiggles' PeripheryDemographic.
150	* BreakoutCharacter:
151	** Captain Feathersword was supposed to be featured for a grand total of one appearance. His immense popularity after this one appearance cemented him as a mainstay for the rest of the series, even outlasting most of the OG Wiggles (it helps that his official actor since 1996 has been the always hilarious Paul Paddick).
152	** Emma. It's to the point where the group have reported little girls [[PeripheryDemographic a bit outside of The Wiggles' primary demographic]] coming to live shows dressed up as Emma. She's also gotten her own spinoff series, album, and merch (the latter of which is sometimes faced with HypeBacklash by parents online).
153	* CanonDiscontinuity: When the Wiggles' pre-2013 albums were released for streaming on December 5, 2019, the band's first few albums[[note]]''The Wiggles'', ''Here Comes a Song'', the original ''Yummy Yummy'', ''Big Red Car'' & ''Wake Up Jeff!''[[/note]] were excluded in favor of their re-releases.
154	** The albums featuring Sam were initially not included[[note]]However, some of Sam's songs had been available on the 2012 compilation ''Hits and Rarities''-- specifically "Follow The Leader", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Monkey Man", and live versions of "The Shimmie Shake" & "Dr. Knickerbocker"[[/note]], but they were eventually added a couple years later.
155	** Likewise, their cover of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" was not included on said streaming-based releases of ''It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World'' due to Rolf Harris making a guest appearance on it. It was also omitted from the live album ''Celebration''. This version didn't feature an appearance by Harris, however.
156	* CarnivoreConfusion:
157	** Dorothy's a dinosaur, obviously a tyrannosaurus rex of sorts complete with sharp-looking teeth, but [[BizarreTasteInFood she eats...]] [[TrademarkFavoriteFood roses]]. Her species has been designated as "rosasaurus".
158	** While not dealing with eating but similar still, Captain Feathersword is a ''friendly'' pirate.'
159	* {{Catchphrase}}: Say it with me... "Beauty mate!"
160	* ChangedForTheVideo: The album version of "Decorate The Tree", from ''Yule Be Wiggling'', primarily has Dorothy singing the chorus, but when production of the video came around, the chorus lyrics were changed entirely and it was now sung by The Manzillas, the band's in-house backing vocal group.
161	** Australian singer Music/KeithUrban sang lead vocals on the band's cover of England Swings from ''Let's Eat!'' However, Urban was away on tour when it was time to shoot its music video, so a second version was recorded for the video, replacing Keith's vocals with Sam's.
162	* ClothingReflectsPersonality: The colours of the Wiggles themselves; yellow = the star; red = the musician; blue = the hungry one; purple = the sleepyhead.
163	* ColourCodedCharacters: In the above image, that's Emma in the yellow skivvy, Simon in the red, Lachy in purple, and Anthony in blue. Greg wore the yellow skivvy until 2006 when he turned his skivvy over to Sam (and then took it back in 2012, only to give it to Emma at the end of the year). Murray wore red, and Jeff in purple, until Simon and Lachy (respectively) came in during 2013.
164	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The ending of "Wake Up Jeff/Lachy".
165	-->Would you keep that noise down? I'm trying to sleep!
166	* TheComplianceGame: In "The Toilet Song", the singers try to get the viewer ([[AssumingTheAudiencesAge who they assume to be a toddler]]) to [[ToiletTrainingPlot sit on the toilet for the entire song]] by calling it the "Toilet Challenge".
167	%%* CoolCar: The Big Red Car
168	* CoolShades: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/wiggles/images/8/86/YouBetterNotTouch.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131204233841 Murray, Anthony and Jeff wear them]] in the video for "Snakes (You Can Look But You Better Not Touch)" from "Wiggly Safari".
169	* TheCoverChangesTheMeaning:
170	** They've done a few covers/adaptations of songs aimed at older audiences, both written by the band themselves pre-Wiggles and by other artists.
171	** One that stands out is ''Monkey Man'', originally done by The Maytalls. The original version ''appears'' to be about a man telling someone (a girlfriend?) that he's heard rumors of her "hugging up the big monkey man" (implying cheating on the singer) although he can't confirm it. The Wiggles version, featuring Music/KylieMinogue, is about... an actual "monkey man".
172	** Their cover of Rolf Harris' "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" makes no mention of the dying stockman whose perspective the song was originally sung from. As such, all references to death are removed and the song merely becomes about animals. They also naturally cut the infamous "abos" [[note]]meaning "Aborigines"[[/note]] verse from the original, though Harris himself had already disowned that line by then due to it being considered racially insensitive.
173	** The [=OG=] Wiggles cover of "Pub Feed" by ''The Chats'' removes the bit where they're gambling in the bookies to try and raise their rent money and changes their desire for greasy food to healthy food.
174	* {{Crossover}}:
175	** The 2013 Wiggles 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.
176	** [[spoiler:Simon participated on Season 2 of ''Series/TheMaskedSingerAustralia'' as Puppet, making it to the semi finals. Emma would later take part in Season 4 as Zombie.]]
177	* DaysOfTheWeekSong: ''Series/SproutsWigglyWaffle'', a daily block that aired on the then-called [[Creator/UniversalKids Sprout]], started with The Wiggles singing about which day of the week it was.
178	* DemotedToExtra: The original 1992 video for "Dorothy the Dinosaur" was filmed around the time Phillip Wilcher was on his way out from the band, and it shows. He mostly just hangs around away from the rest of the group gesturing to the audience and really doesn't seem into it. The camera also seems to avoid focusing on him.
179	* TheDentistEpisode: A side-story in the Season 2 episode "Movement" has Dorothy visit the dentist when she gets a wobbly tooth.
180	* DrunkOnMilk: "Another Cuppa" is about Captain Feathersword getting addicted to Dorothy's rosy tea, and the other Wiggles persuading him to drink something else. Reminder that Captain Feathersword is a pirate, who are well-known for drinking nothing but rum.
181	* EarlyBirdCameo: ''Wiggledance!'' technically features the very first appearance by Emma, as she and her sister can be seen as children in the audience.
182	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
183	** The group originally had five members (including Philip Wilcher) and wore patterned shirts that bore no resemblance to their trademark coloured skivvies (except Murray's red polka dotted shirt). A couple of years later, Anthony donned a green shirt instead of his now-famous blue skivvy.
184	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxSsc3DUEZE "Desert Dreaming"]], from the Wiggles' first album, is a droning spoken-word piece. The group's later discography is far less experimental.
185	** Jeff was originally the driver of the Big Red Car when it made its first appearance in the video of the same name. It was also just a cardboard cutout at the time instead of the converted Volkswagen it would be later on.
186	** When the secondary cast was first added to the line-up, the characters were initially played by the Wiggles themselves, with Anthony playing Captain Feathersword, Murray voicing Dorothy and Jeff voicing Henry. Eventually, after Paul Paddick joined the group and became popular with them, he became the official actor for Captain Feathersword (and remains so to this day), and more performers were brought on to portray Dorothy, Henry and Wags. In particular, Murray would only voice Dorothy in her first few appearances before the character was recast to a lineup of female dancers and voice actresses.
187	* ExcitedKidsShowHost: Everyone, of course.
188	* ExtremeOmnivore: In the Series 2 episode "Nutrition", Anthony has a dream where he eats ''everything'', and not just the food.
189	* FakeInteractivity: Experimented with on occasion, particularly during the early Sam era. However, it isn't used much, with many of their shows and videos relying on sketch-based humor instead. The reason behind this is that Anthony, being [[IAmTheBand the band's co-manager (along with his brother, Paul)]], believes that The Wiggles [[AvertedTrope shouldn't]] treat their [[ViewersAreMorons viewers like morons]].
190	* FatAndSkinny: Anthony was notably more corpulent than the rest of the group for the first ten or so years of the band's history. He's stayed in shape since the mid-2000's, though.
191	* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: Once you hear them sing "Turkey In The Straw", you'll recognize the tune that's always been instrumental in older cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
192	* FormerlyFat: Anthony has admitted to have been "out of shape and very unhealthy" for much of the band's history, mostly due to his poor diet which consisted mostly of high sugar and starch foods. It made it difficult for him to complete shows and was one of the main reasons he would become so depressed and disillusioned with touring. Thankfully, he changed his diet, began regularly working out and is now much healthier.
193	* FountainOfYouth: The episode "Lachy Shrunk the Wiggles" has Lacey invent a rose that is supposed to turn whoever smells it into a superhero, Emma and Anthony get their hands on it when it hasn't been tested, and it turns them into children instead.
194	* FreakyFridayFlip: A Season 4 Wigglehouse segment revolves around the Wiggles catching "Topsy Turvy-itis", which causes them to swap personalities.
195	* FreezeFrameBonus: In their cover of Music/DukeEllington's "The Mooche" from ''You Make Me Feel Like Dancing'', [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/wiggles/images/6/69/JeffSleepinginYouMakeMeFeelLikeDancing.jpg/ a few posters]] in the background read "King Mondo", a reference to the character from ''Space Dancing!''
196	* FriendlyPirate: Captain Feathersword, who currently provides the trope image. He is always introduced as "Captain Feathersword, the friendly pirate", and he enjoys tickling people with his Feathersword. Aside from dressing and speaking like a pirate, he's otherwise a very nice fellow.
197	* FunnyOctopus: Henry the Octopus, a supporting cast member, [[Music/TheBeatles likes to be under the sea, in an octopus's garden, in the shade.]]
198	* GentleGiant:
199	** Greg is 6'4'', but like the rest of the band, is a total softie and also has one of the cleanest and most pleasant to listen to singing voices you'll ever hear.
200	** 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.
201	** Likewise, Murray, who's about 6'3'', would look more in line on a basketball team, but, much like the others, is a giant goofball. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUtfoqM31yg This clip]] is plenty proof of that.
202	* GirlishPigtails: Emma's usual hairstyle. Sometimes she switches to a PrimAndProperBun.
203	** Lucia also wears this as her hairstyle.
204	* HarshVocals: The band went nearly 30 years without any of their songs featuring this... then [[Series/SesameStreet Cookie Monster]] [[https://youtu.be/SRWgTm-CeKk sang "Do The Propeller"]] with them.
205	* HeavySleeper: '''WAKE UP JEFF/LACHY!'''
206	* HelpImStuck: A main storyline of the Season 2 episode "Safety" has Dorothy get stuck on the hedges of her harden when the ladder falls below her feet.
207	* HeroicBSOD / HeroicRROD: Anthony had no less than three of these after Greg's cardiac arrest:
208	** One the night of, once he realized how bad Greg was doing (which lead to panic-induced convulsions);
209	** One the morning after, while he was explaining to Greg what happened (inducing more convulsions); and
210	** One during the next reunion concert, while the crowd was chanting in support of Greg (causing Anto to break down crying onstage).
211	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Simon, Greg, and Murray are the huge to Emma's tiny.
212	* HypocriticalHumor: Captain Feathersword makes fun of Anthony in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGJGzpXceQ the Go Santa Go music video]] from 2017's "Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas" for not being able to do the dance associated with the song anymore because of his back. He then tries to do it himself and [[LaserGuidedKarma ends up throwing his own back out in the process.]]
213	* IAmTheBand: Anthony Field is this as the band was more or less his idea, to begin with and handled all of the business side of things with his brother (and co-manager) Paul, until the latter resigned in 2020.
214	* ICantDance: Anthony's problem for one of the side stories of the Series 2 episode "Dancing".
215	* IdiosyncraticWipes: Frequently shows up to transition to the next song or segment of a show.
216	* InTheStyleOf: "Monkey Man" was originally recorded by The Maytals, but The Wiggles clearly based their cover on the much more well-known version by Music/TheSpecials. This is made clearer by the band wearing the suits and hats generally associated with The Specials.
217	* InterspeciesRomance: Dorothy and Wags. They even had a wedding (or at least a pretend wedding)... '''''three times!'''''
218	* KentBrockmanNews: ''Network Wiggles'', their third TV series, included a news segment hosted by Greg, with Dorothy acting as a field reporter, and weather by Captain Feathersword (with his "Weathersword").
219	* TheKiddieRide: The Wiggles have three distinctive types of these; a carousel-type ride, ones of the Big Red Car, and one rare Dorothy-based swing ride that was produced in the late 90s.
220	* LargeAndInCharge:
221	** Greg was the tallest Wiggle and the lead singer during his time in the band.
222	** Subverted with the current lineup. Anthony is the clearly the one in charge but Simon is the tallest.
223	* LargeHam: Being a children's act, this is more or less a requirement for the group.
224	** Jeff took this trope up to eleven after he was woken up.
225	** Simon is an opera singer, so he's naturally this.
226	* LastNoteNightmare: "Wiggly Medley" ends with the loud plonking of pianos and a drumbeat that sounds almost like a gunshot or an oncoming train. The reverb and the fact that this comes out of nowhere make this verge on jump scare territory.
227	* LiveAlbum: The band has two; ''LIVE Hot Potatoes!'' and ''Celebration!''
228	* LongRunners: Got their start in 1991, and are still well and truly around.
229	* LongRunnerLineUp: They kept the same lineup from 1992 to 2006, making them a Type 4.
230	* LostVoicePlot: The main side story of "At Play" features Dorothy literally losing her voice.
231	* LyricalColdOpen: "Hot Potato".
232	* MadeOfIron: Greg has suffered from OI for well over a decade and had a cardiac arrest right at the end of the original lineup's reunion concert in 2020, but he's still alive and kicking!
233	* ManOfAThousandVoices: Simon displays his ability to go from bass baritone all the way up to a falsetto in "Simon's Cold Water Blues".
234	* MeaningfulAppearance: Tsehay mentions she wears Sunflowers as a nod to her name which means Sun.
235	* MetalScream: Captain Feathersword delivers an impressively high one in "Captain's Magic Buttons".
236	* MoodWhiplash:
237	** Happens to Dorothy in the Series 2 episode "Directions"; she is at Happy and Sad Street, going past either the happy or sad sign will cause her mood to switch to that respective one.
238	** The first bush fire relief gig in 2020. The mood went from being happy and jovial to grim and terrifying when Greg collapsed.
239	* TheMovie: [[Film/TheWigglesMovie A theatrically-released movie]], produced in 1997, pretty much cemented them as the world's best-loved children's performers.
240	* NoAntagonist: Played straight in every series. Though in Film/TheWigglesMovie, the closest thing 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.
241	* NoblewomansLaugh: Back when Murray voiced Dorothy, her laugh sounded more like this than the childlike giggle she'd have later on.
242	* OlderThanHeLooks:
243	** Go back and watch the earlier videos of the band from the 90s. You'd never guess that Jeff was in his late thirties to mid forties. Even today he still looks slightly younger than he actually is.
244	** Paul Paddick just doesn't seem to age at all. He looks exactly the same as Captain Feathersword now as he did when he first took on the role.
245	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49CvzBJuhio This video]], hosted by Greg after his collapse at the bushfire relief concert, is incredibly sombre to drive home the importance of CPR and defibrillators.
246	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Paloma the Mermaid. Who love teaching marine biology and blowing kisses.
247	* [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The Pirate Who Doesn't Do Anything]]: Captain Feathersword. He's just a big softie who also happens to be the resident ButtMonkey. The worst he ever gets is tickling people with his sword, which has a large bundle of feathers instead of an actual blade (hence his name). This was actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when the band appeared on an episode of ''Series/YesDear''.
248	--> '''Jimmy:''' Look buddy, I'll give you twenty bucks to get my kid onstage.\
249	'''Captain Feathersword:''' Ho ho! I can't take your money, sir. It wouldn't be fair! Hoohoohoo!\
250	'''Jimmy:''' "Fair"? You're a ''pirate!''
251	* PokemonSpeak: Subverted with Shirley Shawn the Unicorn. The only word they ever say is "Scrumptious!"
252	* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Anthony usually performs barefoot or in socks since he finds it easier to move around onstage without shoes.
253	* {{Pun}}: A lot of the pre-song trivia questions in 'Ready, Steady, Wiggle' do puns on the topic of the episodes. Example, after Simon turns into a duck when he drank Lachy's [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Turn You Into A Duck Drink"]].
254	--> Will Simon ''duck'' out for another cup?
255	--> Will the Wiggles send Lachy the ''bill''?
256	--> You just can't ''beak'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall this episode.]]
257	* RedShirt:
258	** Averted with Greg Page.
259	** And, [[{{Pun}} well]], Murray Cook and Simon Pryce.
260	* RevolvingDoorBand: [[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/the-wiggles-reveal-new-line-up-and-first-female-wiggle-after-jeff-fatt-murray-cook-and-greg-page-announce-retirement/story-fn6bfkm6-1226359223392 This]], especially occuring so soon after [[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/yellow-wiggle-greg-page-to-return-to-the-band-as-sam-moran-steps-aside/story-e6frfmqi-1226247884526 this]].
261	* RunningGag:
262	** "Oh no!" "Oh what!?" "Oh no!" "Oh what?!" [[RuleOfThree "Oh no!" "Oh what?!"]]
263	** "Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "Huh?"
264	** "Well, blow me down." (Captain Feathersword gets blown down, then gets back up again.) "I gotta stop saying that." "You gotta stop saying what?" "I gotta stop saying 'Blow me down'... [[OhCrap Oh no!]]" (Cue being blown down and getting up again.)
265	** Since the 2013 lineup, there have been jokes about Anthony being the oldest member. Greg gets this treatment as well during the 2017 version of ''Go Santa Go''.
266	** In TV Series 4 & 5, the Wiggles often talk about Bill O' Really... I mean O'Reilly.
267	* SelfBackingVocalist:
268	** Occasionally used early on, as the group could only record vocals with the people they had hired, which at the time was themselves. However, they mostly [[AvertedTrope averted this trope]] for most of their history, with their in-house backing vocal band "The Manzillas"[[note]]whose members included Paul Field, Paul Paddick, pre-yellow wiggle Sam Moran, Taiwanese Wiggles member James Arthur Chen and pre-red wiggle Simon Pryce[[/note]] providing backing vocals on all of their albums from ''Wiggly Safari'' to ''Surfer Jeff''.
269	** Played straight when Emma, Lachy & Simon joined, as they provided all of their own backing vocals.
270	* 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. Network Wiggles ran with it in the form of a game show where he would fall asleep in a random location (hence the name "Where's Jeff?" for both the game show and its related song) and the contestant (either one of the other Wiggles or Captain Feathersword) had to guess where he was.
271	* SelfTitledAlbum: The Wiggles' debut album.
272	* SesameStreetCred:
273	** Many prominent entertainment industry figures have guest-starred in Wiggles videos or on their numerous TV shows, including Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley, Music/KylieMinogue, [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival John Fogerty]], Christine Anu, Creator/SteveIrwin, Leo Sayer, [[Series/TheBradyBunch Barry Williams]] and many more.
274	** Of course, the band had a crossover with ''Series/SesameStreet'' itself.
275	* ShaveAndAHaircut: The tune is often used.
276	* ShowWithinAShow: Series 3 has the Wiggles producing a show at their own TV studio, Network Wiggles.
277	* SignatureHeadgear: Dorothy's white gardening hat, Henry's straw vaudeville hat and, of course, Captain Feathersword's pirate hat. Emma usually wears a yellow and black hairbow. She apparently has thousands of them. Tsehay has her sunflower headband she wears on her head.
278	* SignatureLaugh:
279	** Dorothy has a high-pitched and girlish "Hee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee!"
280	** Captain Feathersword has his "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"
281	* [[SittingSexyOnAPiano Sitting Cutely on a Piano]]: At one point in the [[ChristmasEpisode Santa's Rockin'!]] video, Dorothy does this on a beach chair [[BizarreTasteinFood while eating]] [[TrademarkFavoriteFood a rose.]] Considering that The Wiggles are Australian and that the video in question is one of their Christmas videos, [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasinAustralia the beach chair makes a lot of sense.]]
282	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Dorothy could have been considered this prior to Emma's arrival. As for Emma's character, the group arguably [[DownplayedTrope downplays this trope]] -- while Emma is the first official woman to be a Wiggle (not counting [[WestCoastTeam the foreign-language groups]]), she lacks the overt tokenism often associated with the trope. There have also been other recurring women in the various series, including Kylie Minogue as an honorary "Pink Wiggle", so Emma's arrival only really fits this trope in description.
283	* SnakesAreSinister: Averted with "Snakes (You Can Look But You Better Not Touch)". The Wiggles state that looking at snakes is fine, but firmly state that you should leave them alone and let them get on with their day. Considering that Australia has some of the most deadly snakes in the world, they definitely mean it when they tell you not to touch them.
284	* SpecialGuest: The Wiggles Go Bananas has Kylie Minogue join the set as an honorary Pink Wiggle.
285	* {{Spinoff}}:
286	** Dorothy had her own spin-off, called... ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dorothy the Dinosaur]].''
287	** Emma got her own show in 2015, with Lachy getting his own show a year later. The shows were called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Emma!" and "Lachy!"]]
288	** There were also foreign-language counterparts of The Wiggles themselves, formed overseas (see WestCoastTeam).
289	** There was also the Wiggles-produced show ''The Kingdom of Paramithi'', which featured many of their regulars (including Paul Paddick (best known as Captain Feathersword), as well as current red Wiggle, Simon Pryce) and technically counts as a spinoff.
290	* StageMagician: Greg's shtick before his initital retirement was performing magic tricks, wearing the obligatory magician's hat and cape. However, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption these tricks had an alarming tendency to go wrong]], [[NiceJobBreakingItHero especially whenever Anthony was involved]].
291	* UsefulNotes/StraightEdge: The band seem to be about as clean as you can get, with none of them ever being linked to drugs or alcohol and also promoting healthy eating and fitness, especially Anthony and Simon who regularly talk about their workout schedules.
292	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
293	** From 2006 to 2012, the original Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, was replaced with his understudy, Sam Moran, due to Page's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthostatic_intolerance illness]].
294	** In the first series, Wigglehouse's door is the grouchy Door, but for all series after it, he is replaced with the kinder [[NiceGirl Flora Door]].
295	* TeamMum: Dorothy is the most responsible and mature of the Wiggles cast, although as she is stated to be 5 years old in the franchise's context, she obviously still has her childlike moments. Despite this, it seems like the band has forgot about her apparent age in recent years.
296	* ThoseTwoGuys:
297	** During the first two TV series, Wags and Captain Feathersword were almost always seen together.
298	** The Wiggles' social media are pushing this trope with Simon and Lachy, as seen in posts like [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B89yiloHvyp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link these]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B9P8tHLI866/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link two]].
299	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Anthony's is fruit salad [[note]]yummy, yummy![[/note]] or apples. Dorothy's is roses.
300	* 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.
301	* TutuFancy: The skirt on Evie's outfit is frilly to resemble a tutu. Befitting her also being a ballerina.
302	* {{Unperson}}:
303	** Founding member Phillip Wilcher only appeared on the band's first album and left/was kicked out soon after. The band re-recorded the album without him later on, and there's never been any mention of him since then.
304	** Sam, for a time. Up until November 2020, the band only made mention of him where legally obligated to do so. However, as of Nov. 2020, The Wiggles are working to re-release content featuring Sam, going so far as to refer to his years with the band as the "Sam era".
305	* TheVoiceless:
306	** 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!", and that was made in '''2013''', pretty much rendering him voiceless again.
307	** Officer Beaples doesn't speak; she only blows her whistle.
308	* VoicesAreMental: Subverted in the Series 2 episode "The Body"; Captain Feathersword and Wags happen upon "Each Other's Voices Street", which causes them to switch voices.
309	* WestCoastTeam: There were officially licensed overseas counterparts of The Wiggles in Taiwan and Latin America, lasting between 2003 to 2007. They initially didn't last long, as dubbing The Wiggles' content became more convenient. However, the Latin American Wiggles group saw a resurrection in 2021, with the TV series being uploaded alongside newly filmed video clips. The fate of the Taiwanese Wiggles is currently unknown.
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311	->''And we're all fruit salad, yummy yummy\

Context Music / TheWiggles