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myth · in 13 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 5 · 2010: 3 · 2011: 4 · 2013: 1

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2007

  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John says something matters a little more than the presidential debate they have had for months on the forum ('in my pants'): he is appalled that Hank prefers unicorns to zombies. (00:01:35)
  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John says young adult authors have been feuding for months over whether zombies or unicorns are preferable. (00:01:35)
  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John does not like zombies either: they have flesh hanging off them and are not technically people, and he would bet against a zombie versus a werewolf or vampire, though Shaun of the Dead was excellent. (00:02:04)
  • 2007-10-08 · October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns — John prefers the hard truths of zombies to the easy lies of unicorns, and says that goes for his presidents as well as his myths. (00:02:33)
  • 2007-10-10 · October 9th: The Feud Continues — Hank would rather meet a unicorn than a zombie in an enchanted forest: zombies can only make more undead by killing the living, and he prefers something whose mission is not to kill him. (00:01:47)
  • 2007-10-10 · October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns — John is not defending zombies, which are disgusting, but zombies didn't kill Tonks; in Narnia unicorns only impale people and in Harry Potter they save villains, so unicorns kill while zombies only make people undead. (00:02:22)
  • 2007-10-12 · October 11th National Coming Out Day — In the feud, Hank says he may be ready to accept that zombies are more awesome than unicorns, though not for John's reasons, but will not give up his place on Team Unicorn. (00:02:57)

2010

2011

  • 2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths — Answering viewer requests, Hank says there is no science of zombies: no undead creature can exist, since life is a complex balance that fails if any part breaks down (homeostasis). (00:00:09)
  • 2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths — Hank says fictional zombies are generally created by disease, like rabies, and werewolves and vampires are other disease-based conversions from natural to supernatural. (00:00:47)
  • 2011-03-11 · Superhero Creation Myths — Hank says zombies are a disease based in violence and vampires one based in romance, which is why women prefer vampires and men zombies, like action movies versus chick flicks. (00:01:05)
  • 2011-10-31 · Pumpkin Slashing, Sexy Watermelons, and Zombie Tools with Jayne — As a Halloween special, Hank visited a company in his hometown, Zombie Tools, that makes tools specifically for killing zombies, brought them pumpkins and made a mini music video. (00:00:42)
  • 2011-11-17 · Top 5 Zombie Apocalypses OF ALL TIME — John says George Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead basically invented modern zombies, though it never uses the word; zombies originally come from Haitian folklore. (00:01:53)
  • 2011-11-24 · Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous — Hank argues zombies are popular because the zombie myth lets us do metaphorical battle with what we can't fight in life: disease, decay, violence and death. (00:03:37)