What Is The 'Wiggle Fox?' The Fox Puppet At The 2023 Anthrocon Furry Convention Explained

A tiny white fox-shaped puppet made a splash at the 2023 Anthrocon Furry Convention in June 2023, with people in the community dedicating fan art and memes to the puppet for weeks now. A similar tiny white puppet went viral in 2022 as part of the me when I was a baby trend, but the fox puppet may have an even more dedicated fanbase.

Here's the lore behind Wiggle Fox, the fox on strings that was wriggling all over the recent furry convention.

What Is 'Wiggle Fox' And Who Made It?

Wiggle Fox is a small fox-shaped white marionette puppet made by Twitter user and furry @TheHearthFox, who goes by Ash. Ash originally made the puppet as a tribute to a deceased friend in the furry fandom and planned to take Wiggle Fox to the 2023 Anthrocon Furry Convention as a means to commemorate their memory. Wiggle Fox made a lively debut, courtesy of Ash, on their Twitter and TikTok on June 25th, 2023.

Puppet test :3 pic.twitter.com/rYB7kkQunY

— HearthFox🪶 ΘΔ (@TheHearthFox) June 25, 2023

What Where Some Of Wiggle Fox's Earliest Viral Videos?

Furry Convention-goers began posting images of Wiggle Fox as the puppet, manned by Ash, made his way around the convention. One furry named DrWildlife posted a video of Wiggle Fox dancing with his paw before being walked away by Ash, gathering over 13,000 likes in a week.

What just happened? pic.twitter.com/5GQf3TqxyB

— Doc (@DrWildlife) July 1, 2023

Images and videos of Wiggle Fox continued to spread in furry fandom circles, with one Twitter user posting a video of the puppet dancing at the rave, and another posting the puppet dancing in a furry's paws.

Why Did People Like Wiggle Fox So Much?

Wiggle Fox's creator took to their social media to thank the convention-goers for turning a painful weekend into a happy one, since the puppet was originally created to commemorate the death of his friend. Various members of the furry community saw the universal love for Wiggle Fox as a sign of the undying power of love and friendship and made art commemorating the puppet as well.

What Have People Made To Honor Wiggle Fox?

For the full history of Wiggle Fox, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.