Wiggle Fox is a white fox marionette made by furry artist TheHearthFox that went viral for its dancing videos at Anthrocon 2023.

Where did Wiggle Fox come from?

The puppet was built by Twitter and TikTok user @TheHearthFox, aka Ash, who revealed the finished marionette on June 25th, 2023 as a tribute to a late friend in the furry fandom.

What does Wiggle Fox mean?

The name refers to the floppy, wiggling motion of the string-controlled fox puppet rather than a caption or catchphrase, since its appeal is the physical dance itself.

How do you use Wiggle Fox?

Fans mostly share clips of the puppet dancing to music or interacting with attendees at Anthrocon 2023, such as the Pinegrove Shuffle TikTok HearthFox posted on July 4th.

Is Wiggle Fox still popular?

It is best known as a classic 2023 Anthrocon moment, with viral posts from @DrWildlife and others documenting the puppet's convention run.

Wiggle Fox

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Published November 11, 2026

Wiggle Fox is a white fox marionette made by furry artist TheHearthFox that went viral during Anthrocon 2023 in late June. Clips of the puppet dancing on strings spread across Twitter and TikTok, inspiring thousands of likes, fan art and a comic from its creator. By July 2023, HearthFox had the puppet performing the Pinegrove Shuffle for TikTok crowds.

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Overview

Wiggle Fox, also known as the Anthrocon 2023 Fox Puppet, is a white string-controlled fox marionette operated by foxtherian artist TheHearthFox1. Short clips of the puppet dancing on its handler's paws, sipping from drink cups, or bouncing through rave crowds spread through furry Twitter in late June 20232. The appeal is physical rather than textual, since the humor comes from the puppet's expressive floppy movements and the furry community's reactions to seeing it skitter around the convention floor3.

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Most viral posts fall into two buckets: candid convention footage shot by attendees who ran into Ash and Wiggle Fox at Anthrocon, and polished dance videos that HearthFox filmed themselves4. Later entries lean into music trends, including a Pinegrove Shuffle edit that pairs the puppet with the indie track associated with the TikTok dance5. Fan art and comics starring the marionette also took off within a week of the convention, turning a personal tribute project into a recognizable mascot6.

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Origin & Background

Platform

Twitter / TikTok (viral spread)

Creator

TheHearthFox

Date

2023

On June 25th, 2023, Twitter user @TheHearthFox, known as Ash, posted a photo of a work-in-progress white fox puppet with the caption "Just gotta string them up :)"7. Later the same day, Ash uploaded the first video of Wiggle Fox dancing to Twitter and TikTok, which picked up more than 1,700 likes and 34,000 views within a week8. HearthFox has stated the marionette was made as a tribute to a deceased friend in the furry fandom1.

How It Spread

Anthrocon 2023 ran from June 29th to July 2nd in Pittsburgh, and Ash brought Wiggle Fox along to the convention1. Attendees began filming the puppet almost immediately. On June 30th, Twitter user @samoyote shared a photo of Wiggle Fox drinking from a cup, and @DrWildlife posted a clip of the puppet dancing in their hands that pulled more than 13,000 likes within five days9.

On July 1st, @Verselynx captured Wiggle Fox dancing at the convention's rave, earning over 7,600 likes in four days10. That evening, HearthFox uploaded a video of the puppet dancing on another furry's paws that climbed past 7,000 likes, followed by a thank-you post that reached more than 26,700 likes in four days2. On July 3rd, HearthFox drew a comic featuring Wiggle Fox that cleared 52,000 likes within two days11.

On July 4th, HearthFox posted a Pinegrove Shuffle edit to TikTok that passed 52,000 views in under a day, with the Twitter mirror picking up more than 8,000 likes in a similar window5. KYM archived the puppet's run as a dedicated entry shortly after the convention1.

Timeline

2023-06-25

TheHearthFox posts the work-in-progress puppet photo on Twitter, followed by the first dance video to Twitter and TikTok.

2023-06-29

Anthrocon 2023 begins in Pittsburgh with Ash and Wiggle Fox in attendance.

2023-06-30

@DrWildlife's hand-dancing clip and @samoyote's drinking photo spread the puppet beyond HearthFox's own followers.

2023-07-01

@Verselynx films Wiggle Fox at the Anthrocon rave; HearthFox's thank-you post reaches more than 26,700 likes.

2023-07-03

HearthFox publishes a Wiggle Fox comic that passes 52,000 likes within two days.

2023-07-04

The Pinegrove Shuffle TikTok of Wiggle Fox clears 52,000 views in under 24 hours.

How to Use This Meme

Fans typically share Wiggle Fox as short dance clips or candid convention photos rather than captioned image macros. Common conventions include setting the puppet's movements to music, filming it interacting with other furries' paws or props, and tagging HearthFox when reposting a new clip. The original creator still posts most of the canonical videos, so community use mostly takes the form of fan art and reaction posts celebrating sightings.