Changes: Wags the Dog

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Dog

Male

Eating bones

This article is about the Wiggly Mascot. For the song, see here.

Wags the Dog is a tall, brown dog with floppy ears, a big nose and a big "W" on his chest. He is Captain Feathersword's best friend.

He was the last of the core group of four Wiggly Friends to be created, in 1993, although he wasn't an official Wiggly Friend until 1995 (before then, he appeared as a "guest" or occassional minor friend similar to Hoot the Owl).
Anthony Field created him because he knew kids liked dogs.
Wags originally did not speak, instead communicating through barking. We're able to hear his thoughts in some episodes of TV Series 2, but Wags began speaking out loud in It's Time to Wake Up Jeff. Since then, he is sometimes portrayed as being able to speak, and other times simply barks as he originally did.

Jeff Fatt (1995-2017)
Mic Conway (1999-2011)
Paul Field (2009-2013)
Paul Paddick (1997-present)
Lachlan Gillespie (2013, 2017 - 2019)

Main Characters
The Wiggles (current)	Anthony Wiggle (since 1991) • Lachy Wiggle (since 2013) • Tsehay Wiggle (since 2021) • Simon Wiggle (since 2013)
The Wiggles (secondary)	Evie Wiggle (since 2021) • Lucia Wiggle (since 2022) • Caterina Wiggle (since 2022) • John Wiggle (since 2021)
The Wiggles (former)	Murray Wiggle (1991-2012) • Jeff Wiggle (1991-2012) • Greg Wiggle (1991-2006; 2012) • Phillip Wiggle (1991) • Sam Wiggle (2006-2012) • Emma Wiggle (2013-2021) • Kelly Wiggle (secondary; 2021-2022)
The Wiggly Friends	Dorothy the Dinosaur (since 1991) • Henry the Octopus (since 1992) • Captain Feathersword (since 1993) • Wags the Dog (since 1995) • Shirley Shawn the Unicorn (since 2019)

Supporting Characters
Officer Beaples (1997-2000, 2006, 2013-present) • Bok the Hand Puppet (since 2021) • Paloma the Mermaid (since 2021)

Minor Characters
Flora Door (1999-2000, 2021) • Hot-Pots The Oven (1999-2006, 2023) • Foodman (1998, 2004, 2009, 2023) • Foodgirl (2023) • Fiona The Circus Leader (2010) • The Little Wiggles (1997, 1999, 2005-2006, 2015, 2017, 2020) • Magdalena the Mermaid (2002, 2006, 2020) • Professor Singalottasonga (1999, 2005-2006) • Ringo the Ringmaster (2009-2012) • Santa Claus (since 1997) • The Wagettes (1997-1999, 2003) • Wally the Great (1997) • The Wiggly Dancers (since 2000)

Selected Guest Stars
Christine Anu (2000, 2016) • Morgan Crowley (2001, 2017) • Lee Hawkins (2014) • Paul the Cook (Paul Hester) (1998) • The Irwins - Steve, Terri, Bindi and Robert (2002, 2017, 2024) • Kylie Minogue (2009, 2017) • Robert Rakete (2014-2015, 2021) • Alfonso Rinaldi (2002-2006, 2012) • Al Roker (2011) • Leo Sayer (2008) • Daryl Somers (2011) • Ross Wilson (2003, 2017)

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 *[[Anthony Field]] created him because he knew kids liked dogs.
 * Wags originally did not speak, instead communicating through barking. We're able to hear his thoughts in some episodes of [[The Wiggles (TV Series 2)|TV Series 2]], but Wags began speaking out loud in [[It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (video)|It's Time to Wake Up Jeff]]. Since then, he is sometimes portrayed as being able to speak, and other times simply barks as he originally did.
 * In [[The Wiggles' World (TV Series)]] He usually plays a trick on Paul.
+* He was absent in the book [[Shake, Wiggle and Roll]].
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