History Music / TheWiggles

* BassoProfundo: Again, Simon, most notably in "Do the Skeleton Scat", where he lowers his voice deep enough to mimic the sound of a trombone. "We're All Fruit Salad!" probably features his lowest recorded notes yet.

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/TheABC later, and The Wiggles were born.

* 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 and the contestant (either one of the other Wiggles or Captain Feathersword) had to guess where he was.

'''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/TheABC later, and The Wiggles were born.

* 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.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Anthony usually performs barefoot or in socks since he finds it easier to move around onstage without shoes.

* MemeticHandGesture: You'd be hard-pressed to find an Australian child of the nineties or later who ''doesn't'' recognize their signature pointing-wiggling.

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[[caption-width-right:350:The OG Wiggles, 1991-2006/2012 (from left to right): [[BeautifulSingingVoice Greg]], [[HeavySleeper Jeff]], [[TheRockStar Murray]] and [[BigEater Anthony]]. Not pictured: [[ThePeteBest Phillip Wilcher]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Wiggles during the Sam era, 2006-2011 (from left to right): Anthony, [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Sam]], Murray and Jeff.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The 2013 lineup of the Wiggles, 2013-2021 (from left to right): [[BassoProfundo Simon]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Emma]], [[MadScientist Lachy]] and Anthony.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The current lineup of The Wiggles (back) with the secondary cast (front), as of 2022 (from back to front, left to right): [[FlowerMotifs Tsehay]], Lachy, Simon, Anthony, [[AscendedExtra Caterina]], [[ParentChildTeam Lucia]], [[TutuFancy Evie]] and [[FitnessNut John]].]]

* CoolOldGuy:
** Anthony is this as he's the only member of the group to have been there for its entire existence, and he's also in remarkable shape for his age. [[Main/JustifiedTrope Justified]] as the group's touring schedule requires him to be in peak physical condition.
** Simon also counts. The man is nearing 50 and competed on ''[[https://youtu.be/yxtDfYslO_c Australian Ninja Warrior]]'' in 2018.
** Jeff was arguably this for his entire run with the band as he was much older than the others.

* Tsehay Hawkins (Yellow) - Vocals (2021-Present)[[note]]Formerly red as a supporting member.[[/note]]

* John Pearce (Purple, supporting member) - Vocals, programming, guitar, drums (2021-Present)

'''Current lineup:'''

* Tsehay Hawkins (Yellow) - Vocals (2021-Present)[[note]]Formerly red in the secondary cast.[[/note]]
* Simon Pryce (Red) - Vocals, bass, cowbell (2012-Present)

'''Additional members:'''
* Evie Ferris (Yellow) - Vocals (2021-Present)[[note]]Formerly blue.[[/note]]
* Lucia Field (Blue) - Vocals, drums (2022-Present)
* Caterina Mete (Red) - Vocals, guitar (2022-Present)
* John Pearce (Purple) - Vocals, guitar, drum machine (2021-Present)
* Kelly Hamilton (Yellow) - Vocals (2021-2022)

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. 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).

In 2021, it was announced that Emma would be retiring and passing on her yellow skivvy to Tsehay Hawkins. Also introduced that year was a new culturally-diverse cast as part of the ''Fruit Salad TV'' series. This cast currently consists of Evie Ferris (yellow), Lucia Field (blue), Caterina Mete (red) and John Pearce (purple), alongside the current main lineup.

[[caption-width-right:350:The current lineup of The Wiggles, as of 2022 (from top to bottom, left to right): [[FlowerMotifs Tsehay]], Lachy, Simon, Anthony, [[AscendedExtra Caterina]], [[ParentChildTeam Lucia]], [[TutuFancy Evie]] and [[FitnessNut John]].]]

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[[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]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Emma]], [[MadScientist Lachy]], [[BassoProfundo 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]].]]

* BadassBaritone:
** Greg counts, to the point where his voice is practically iconic in the Australian music industry.
** This role is currently filled by Simon. He's an accomplished opera singer, and boy, does he like to show off his skills.

* GoldTooth: Anthony sports a rather noticeable one these days.

[[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]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple 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]].]]