Henry the Octopus Through the Years

The evolution of Henry the Octopus (1992 - Present).

Costume 1

 *  1992 - 1996 : The original Henry costume represents a major departure from later costumes. He has small eyes, eyebrows, and a very pale purple color. Also, rather than a bowtie, he sports what appears to be a belt on his neck.

Appears in: 1992 Concerts, Wiggle Time, Yummy Yummy, Big Red Car, and the Wake Up Jeff! cover.

Costume 2

 *  1996 - 1997 : Henry's design is given a slight overhaul he now has bigger eyes his the skin is in a mauve colour. His belt is also redesigned slightly.

Costume 3

 *  1997 - 1998 : Henry's design is given another overhaul. Instead of a belt, Henry now has a bowtie. His bowtie goes down at the bow. Now his tentacles are rounder and all of his shoes shine. His skin is now a blue-violet HenryinWiggly,WigglyChristmas.jpg.

Appears in: The Wiggles Movie, Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas, Wiggle Time (re-recording), Yummy Yummy (re-recording), The Wiggles (TV Series 1), The Wiggles: Live at Disneyland, Toot Toot! (cameo) and The Wiggly Big Show (cameo).

Costume 4

 * 1998 - 2001: Similar to the previous costume, but now his blue-violet color is darker and his head is rounder and taller. The patterns on his clothing are also changed slightly. His bowtie is now more straight.HenryinTheWigglyBigShow.jpg

Appears in: Toot Toot!, The Wiggles (TV Series 2), The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video, The Wiggly Big Show, Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1999 cameo) in "Wiggly Christmas Medley"), Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate video, It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World, Wiggly TV, Wiggly Play Time, and the Hoop-Dee-Doo: It's a Wiggly Party cover

Costume 5

 *  HenryinWiggleBay.jpg - 2007 : Henry now has a more cartoony design. He looks a bit chubbier than previous costumes, and his shoes are rounder and his tentacles are curved. His head is skinnier and his hat is now straight on the top of his head instead of crooked on the side.

Appears in: Hoop-Dee-Doo: It's a Wiggly Party, Yule Be Wiggling, Wiggly Safari, Wiggle Bay, Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!, Top of the Tots, Cold Spaghetti Western, Santa's Rockin!, Live Hot Potatoes, Sailing Around the World, Here Comes the Big Red Car, It's Time To Wake Up Jeff!, Splish Splash Big Red Boat, Wiggledancing - Live In The USA, Racing To The Rainbow, Wiggledancing! Live in Concert, Sing a Song of Wiggles, Big Big Show, Hot Poppin' Popcorn, Taking Off! and Furry Tales.

Costume 6
Appears in: Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party, Getting Strong, Pop Go the Wiggles, Dorothy's Memory Book, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Let's Eat, The Wiggles' Australia Day Concert, Ukulele Baby!, Big Birthday, It's Always Christmas With You, Surfer Jeff, Furry Tales and other future videos.
 * 2007 - present: This costume is like the last one except that he now has gloves and his head is bigger.HenryinDorothytheDinosaur'sParty.jpg

Costume 7


Appears in: Big Birthday, Surfer Jeff, Celebration!, Taking Off!, and other future videos.
 * 2009 - present: The costume has a skinnier head and Henry's eyes are smaller. Henry's gloves are now back to shoes. Henry looks like his eyes are both looking in different directions. And his head looks like fabric.

Costume 8


2013-present: Henry goes through a slight overhaul. He doesen't have much fabric as the last one did but he looks slightly cuter. He only appears in concerts so far but he may be seen in an episode outside of the concert part.

Appears in: The Wiggles (TV Series 7), and concerts