Henry the Octopus

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"Henry the Octopus" is a fun-loving Octopus who likes to make music with his Underwater Big Band. He also likes to dance and spin around. He is the leader, boss and best friend of The Underwater Big Band. He is the main protagonist and star of his own segment, a major character in all of The Wiggles videos, a supporting character in the first series, a recurring character in the second series and one of the main characters of the rest of the TV seasons. He also has a minor role in Seasons 7-8.

He is purple with 8 tentacles and 8 shoes. He wears plaid clothes, a boater hat and a black bowtie. (Sometimes purplish blue)

He is the leader of the Underwater Big Band, and likes to sing and to breakdance with his eight legs. He is said to have a bubbly personality and loves a good joke! He has a son seen at the end of the episode Family. He is the main protagonist of Henry the ocotpus Puppet Show as a Puppet. and He lives under the sea.

According to Anthony in Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!, Henry was named after Tony Henry. And according to Jeff, an ocotpus with eight tentacles would play the drums.

Even though at many times he is voiced by Paul Paddick after 2006, he is still occasionally voiced by Jeff.

He was introduced in 1992 for appearing on the song Henry the ocotpus from the Wiggles' second album Here Comes A Song. He also likes octo pie.

He has had songs named after him like Henry's Dance, Henry Likes Water and Move Your Arms Like Henry.

In recent years, he has became more of a background character in between songs on the videos, not doing much speaking at all, most likely due to Jeff's departure in 2012. He does still speak at concerts though on a regular basis.

He is one of the few characters to never show signs of visible anger and frustration.

Origins

Henry the octopus is named after Tony Henry, a drummer from the band The Cockroaches.

Trivia

Henry was created by Jeff.
Paul Field played Henry in 1992, then Anthony played him. After that Jeff took over the role, then Henry was occasionally played by Paul Paddick, who has voiced him in most albums and videos recently.
Jeff played Henry in Taking Off, In the songs ( Everybody's Here ) and ( Get Ready To Wiggle )
Henry doesn't talk that much.
Henry is never seen in The Wiggles Go Bananas! (video)
Henry is named after Tony Henry who was with Jeff Fatt & Anthony Field in The Cockroaches as told by Anthony and Jeff in (Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! Documentary).

Voice Talents

Anthony Field (1992-1993)
Jeff Fatt (1993-2005- full time) (2006-present- part-time)
Paul Paddick (2005-present)

Costume Performers

Jacqueline Fallon (1993)
Vanessa Fallon Rohanna (1994-1995)
Darren Phillips (1994)
Leeanne Ashley (1996)
Leanne Halloran (1996-1998)
Charmaine Martin (1997, 1999)
Donna Halloran (1998)
Elisha Burke (1998)
Reem Hanwell (1998-2002)
Kristy Talbot (2002-2003)
Katherine Patrick (2003-2004, 2006)
Lucy Stuart (2005)
Mario Martinez-Diaz (2007, 2010)
Rebecca Knox (2008-2009)
Clare Field (2010-2011, 2014)
Megan Bolton (2011)
Lauren Hannaford (2012-2014)
Caterina Mete (2012-2014)
Blathnaid Conroy-Murphy (2013)
Jeff Fatt (2013)
Anthony Field (2013, 2016)
Kelly Hamilton (2013)
Dominic Field (2016)
Eden Schmitzer (2017)

Costume Models

Henry the Octopus Through the Years

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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)

Henry the Octopus

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