Opening Titles (WildSide)

**WildSide**, like every other Comedies for Kids show produced at the time, had an opening title sequence that would play following a cold opening scene in each episode. Each season received its own unique title sequence featuring clips from episodes in or around the season. Some significant episodes of the series also received its own unique title sequence with different versions of the show's theme song.

The purpose of this article is to document the different versions of the opening titles used through out the series, including a description and where applicable, the episodes where the clips take place.

## Opening Titles

### **Season 1**

* Dean applauding following Rachel's introduction speech (Wild Pilot).
* Rachel talking to a ketchup bottle (Wild Bowling Day).
* Rachel and Gary jumping (Wild Big Sister).
* Rachel, Justice, Gary, Dean and April putting their hands together and raising them (Wild Pilot).
* Rachel smiling while cutting a cucumber (deleted scene from Wild Pilot).
* Rachel spraying *Pineapple Punch* everywhere (Wild Rainy Day).
* Rachel nodding with sunglasses on (Wild Boyfriend).
* Rachel rolling her eyes in a swimming costume (Wild Embarrassment).
* Justice screaming into her cell phone (Wild Embarrassment).
* Justice crying after getting her cell phone taken off her (Wild School).
* Justice tripping over (Wild Rich Girl).
* Justice dancing in a top hat and cane (Wild Undercover Celebrity).
* Gary tugging his shirt and smiling (Wild Pilot).
* Gary displaying a handful of money (Wild School).
* Gary relaxing on the couch (deleted scene from Wild Injury).
* Dean showing Rachel the "Dean Jig" (Wild Broken Faucet).
* Dean throwing a football around in his hands (Wild Broken Nose).
* Dean getting water thrown in his face by Justice (Wild Injury).
* April raising her arms and smiling (Wild Pilot)
* April running out of Triquan (Wild Job)
* Justice complaining about the disgusting breakfast she just ate (Wild Pilot).
* Rachel peering around the corner (promotional; not from any episode).
* Dean and Gary high-fiving each other (deleted scene from Wild Embarrassment).

### **Season 2**

* Gary moving his fists in achievement (deleted scene from Wild Lucky).
* Dean jumping around (Wild and Wet, however it is slowed down)
* Rachel crossing her legs while holding a smoothie (Wild Lucky).
* Justice and Rachel fist bumping each other (deleted scene from Wild Heartthrob).
* Rachel laughing loudly (deleted scene from Wild Lucky).
* Rachel banging a mallet dressed as a judge (Wild Opposition).
* Rachel pointing her fingers (deleted scene from Wild and Wet)
* Rachel underlining the word "DISCIPLINE" on a whiteboard (Wild Opposition).
* Justice rising up from behind the kitchen bench (Wild Old Lady).
* Justice walking backwards while talking on her phone (Wild Justice).
* Justice showing off her "text thumbs" (Wild Justice).
* Justice throwing a football away (Wild and Wet).
* Gary opening up his jacket to display the word "WINNER" (Wild Lucky).
* Gary tipping his hat down (Wild Snake).
* Gary setting off a party popper (Wild Lucky).
* Dean struggling to use Ms Waters' vacuum cleaner (Wild Old Lady).
* Dean dancing with sunglasses on (Wild Justice).
* Dean stumbling to his feet after being beat up by Justice (Wild Valentine's Day; a season 1 episode)
* April wooshing her arms around (Wild Oh No!)
* April diving backwards into a pool in a diving costume (Wild and Wet).
* Rachel putting her thumbs up and smiling (deleted scene from Wild and Wet).
* Rachel peering around the corner (promotional; reused from season 1's titles)
* Gary erasing markings from his arm (Wild Oh No!). **\*\***

*Added* from Wild Principal's Principles onwards:

* Rachel peering around the corner (promotional; re-filmed for season 2)
* Mr Leopron running around with an inflated water duck around his waist (Wild and Wet).
* Mr Leopron giving Rachel a lecture (Wild Oh No!).
* Bill sitting down and breaking the couch (Wild Oh No!).
* Bill banging his hands on his cheeks in shock (deleted scene from Wild Game).

Notes:

**\*\*** - Due to time constraints, this clip was later cut from Season 2's second set of opening titles.
### **Wild Dream Come True**

The five friends appear to be dressed as rock stars performing a sped up version of the show's theme song at a concert. While each cast member can be seen singing through a microphone, Sierra can be seen with an electric guitar, Chloë can be seen with a bass, Kyle can be seen on the drums, Zach can be seen with a keytar, and Rebecca can be seen with maracas. As the song initially opens with a shot of Chloë playing the bass, it then pans to each cast member during their respective lines. At the end of the song, the camera pans out to show all five cast members, who all do one final act in sync with the final note of the song. Sierra strums her guitar aggressively, Chloë breaks her bass over her knee, Kyle throws his drumsticks into the air, Zach jumps around in a circle, and Rebecca throws her maracas away.

## Trivia

* The range of episodes used varies between each season:
	+ Season 1: Wild Pilot (S1 E1) to Wild Rainy Day (S1 E24) - 24 episodes
	+ Season 2: Wild Valentine's Day (S1 E27) to Wild Snake (S2 E13) - 14 episodes
	+ Season 3: Wild Weather (S3 E1) to Wild, Wild West (S3 E17) - 17 episodes
	+ Season 4: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (S3 E20) to Wild Future (S4 E14) - 17 episodes
* The opening titles are acknowledged a couple of times through out the series:
	+ During the cold opening in Wild Bigfoot, Dean tells his friends that they needed to get to the "opening credits". When he is asked to explain this, he tells them about the fact that someone opened the trunk of the car to get their camping gear out, and that the person needed to receive "credit" for it.
	+ During the cold opening of Wild Life Before, the friends tell their viewers to stick around for the opening titles.