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The Taiwanese Wiggles (also referred to as The Wiggles Asia and then The Mandarin Wiggles) was a localization of The Wiggles for the Taiwan market, created by Walt Disney Taiwan in 2003 and discontinued in 2007.

History[]

The Wiggles signed a licensing agreement with Walt Disney International in 2001 and auditions commenced in June 2002.

To make sure that the mannerisms of Taiwan's Wiggles remained as close to the original group as possible, Carlos, Anni, Danny, Arthur and stand-in, Kurt were packed off to Sydney. There the group underwent six weeks of training at "Wiggles boot camp".[1]

Songs[]

First line-up (2003-2004)[]

Songs listed were featured in available Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media unless otherwise noted. DON'T add any other songs until they are released.

Second line-up (2006)[]

Songs listed were featured in available Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles media unless otherwise noted. DON'T add any other songs until they are released.

Note: Some of the songs that had been re-recorded by The Taiwanese/Mandarin Wiggles are marked with an asterisk (*)

Taiwanese-exclusive songs[]

Broadcasting[]

The Taiwanese Wiggles' first television series aired on Disney Channel Taiwan weekdays at 7:30am and 11:00am and on weekends at 6:00am and 8:55am beginning in March 2003.[citation needed] A second series featuring the second line-up was broadcast in 2006.

Cast Members[]

Guest stars[]

In addition to being Wiggles, Danny Shao and Anni Hsu also provided the voices for the Wiggly Friends; Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog were voiced by Shao, and Hsu voiced Dorothy the Dinosaur.

In the second line-up, Danny continued to voice Henry while Jennifer Taipari voiced Dorothy.

Localized Names[]

The Wiggly Friends were given names in Mandarin for the first iteration of the Taiwanese group. In the second iteration, their names were reverted back to their original English versions.

Original Name Mandarin Name Phoneticized
Wags the Dog 狗狗Wags Gǒu Gǒu Wags
Captain Feathersword 飛毛船長 Fēi máo chuánzhǎng
Dorothy the Dinosaur 小恐龍Dorothy Xiǎo kǒnglóng Dorothy
Henry the Octopus 章魚Henry Zhāngyú Henry

Releases[]

Discography[]

Videography[]

Other[]

Trivia[]

  • The Taiwanese Wiggles was a supporting act for Disney on Ice.
    • They also provided the voices for the Mandarin dub of the 2003 Disney/Pixar animated film "Finding Nemo"[5][6]
  • On April 7, 2007, The Taiwanese Wiggles performed a Spring festival concert at Taipei's Family Fun Theater in Taipei City, Taiwan. Tickets for the concert went on sale almost two months earlier, on February 16th.
  • From 2006 to 2007, The Taiwanese Wiggles hosted their own radio show.
  • There were several unidentified understudies who filled in for the Wiggles in some concerts.
  • Like the Australian Wiggles, The Taiwanese Wiggles used sound effects from Warner Bros and Hanna Barbera, but unlike the Australian Wiggles, The Taiwan Wiggles used comical sound effects from Series 4000 (although The Australian Wiggles used the comical sound effects in Sprout's Wiggly Waffle and The Wiggles Movie, as well as many of their North American trailers by HIT Entertainment).
  • Like the Spanish adaptation, it was originally unknown that Sir Lesley Longley had some of the footage such as the alternate version of Captain's Magic Buttons.
  • Although the regular Australian Wiggles wore skivvies from 2003 to 2005, the first iteration wore skivvies similar to the 1997-2001 one, with the only difference being a smaller logo on the front. The only similarity between the two outfits was the black pants with stripes.
  • The first iteration used cheap copies of authentic instruments.

Gallery[]

See Also[]

Taiwanese Wiggles Concerts

References[]

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