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Hank Green

person · in 223 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 48 · 2008: 36 · 2009: 29 · 2010: 31 · 2011: 32 · 2012: 25 · 2013: 22

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2007

2008

  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says his name is William a child of the brothers II, after his grandfather; his mom wanted to call him Hank, which he likes, though banks balk at checks made out to 'Hank'. (00:03:26)
  • 2008-01-22 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — First project: make sure Helen Hunt has seen Hank's months-old song about her and provide proof; if nerdfighters succeed, they can punish both brothers. (00:03:14)
  • 2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says Hank had to go to the hospital and pay for it himself because, to save money, his doctor had given him a drug John calls known to be unsafe. (00:02:45)
  • 2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John says insurers will not cover Hank at any price, though his only wrong was being sick; this unfairness, unlike some of illness, can be fixed. (00:03:14)
  • 2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John admits he and the Nerdfighters forgot Hank's birthday: some Nerdfighters remembered, but they did not pool their cognitive surplus to make him something awesome. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — John asks everyone to wish Hank a happy birthday in the comments, then to suggest a really good idea, distinctly better than blenderizing birthday cakes. (00:01:18)
  • 2008-05-05 · A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! — Nerdfighters in or near Grand Rapids, Michigan can hear John, Maureen Johnson and Hank talk at a library on Thursday at 6:30. (00:01:47)
  • 2008-05-06 · Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project — John's project: Nerdfighters have 15 seconds or one photograph to show themselves doing something Hank would think is awesome, left vague for creativity. (00:00:36)
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John shows what Nerdfighter Sean did with the Xbox money Hank sent him: in a very rural part of Bangladesh where few NGOs work, it will help a family keep their kids in school. (00:01:05)
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John reveals that he and Hank have been working on a semi-secret wiki about lies rather than facts, Omnictionary, named after the Wikipedia-like reference source in Paper Towns; Hank acquired the domain. (00:02:11)
  • 2008-05-23 · Happy (Belated) Birthday, Hank — The video is the Nerdfighters' birthday present for Hank: hundreds of Nerdfighters show him, in clips and photos, what awesome is. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John announces the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting across America and hopefully a few places in Canada, telling Nerdfighters to mark their calendars for November. (00:00:48)
  • …and 46 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

  • 2009-03-02 · Free Will Fetish — To thank Nerdfighters, John says he and Hank will do pretty much whatever they are told, and asks for challenge ideas in the comments. (00:02:12)
  • 2009-04-22 · Question Tuesday — John urges viewers to buy Hank's first CD while waiting for a second; anyone who buys it in the next week gets a special secret bonus video emailed by John. (00:02:04)
  • 2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — John tells Nerdfighters, asking Hank to stop watching, that Hank's birthday is this Tuesday. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-05-03 · Important (Temporary) Video — John suggests Nerdfighters get Hank something: buy his CD, bake him a Hank cake, or wish him happy birthday on YouTube. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John wishes Hank a happy birthday on Hanko de Mayo, noting Hank is 29, which makes John feel old. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John's present to Hank is a rare original-printing Rock-afire Explosion record with 'Happy Birthday Medley' on one side and 'Do You Love Me' on the other. (00:00:51)
  • 2009-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! — John says he is in the process of getting the actual Rock-afire Explosion to record Hank's song Book 8, his 'real present', if all goes to plan. (00:01:29)
  • 2009-06-17 · Half a Beard — John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. (00:01:34)
  • 2009-07-15 · Sell Outs! — John doesn't think making an awesome CD you work hard on, as Hank did, and telling people they can buy it is selling out, nor sharing his books, any more than Derek Jeter hitting hard. (00:01:30)
  • 2009-09-21 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says that despite a successful business, Hank could not get health insurance for many years because insurers avoid covering ulcerative colitis, which is very expensive. (00:01:06)
  • 2009-09-21 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank now has insurance through that plan, though without drug coverage he still pays $20 a day; worrying less about cancer and bankruptcy, he invests more in EcoGeek, which employs more people. (00:02:04)
  • 2009-09-23 · Paper Towns in Paperback: A How-to Guide — John says that looking back on the year since the hardcover, he will remember it as the year Hank and the Nerdfighters changed his life. (00:00:00)
  • …and 29 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

  • 2010-03-11 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — Asked whether he and Hank are trying to get rich from VidCon, John jokes about it, then says any proceeds from VidCon will go to charity. (00:02:35)
  • 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — John tells Nerdfighters that in two weeks, on May 5, it will be Hank's 30th birthday, Hanko de Mayo, and they need to get ready. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-04-21 · The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges — Half of John's proceeds from the corndog shirt go to planting trees where trees used to be; the other half to an account for Nerdfighteria to buy Hank 30 presents for his 30 years. (00:02:03)
  • 2010-05-05 · HANKO DE MAYO!!!!11!! — John says that, because Hank likes oxygen, Nerdfighteria planted more than 10,000 plants and trees for him on six continents to raise the world's oxygenation. (00:00:36)
  • 2010-06-02 · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John names Hank the prime suspect, with motive (John hogged the Nintendo and loved it more than Hank) and opportunity. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-06-02 · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (00:02:58)
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John thanks Hank for the thousands of hours he spent making VidCon and says it felt like his favourite parts of the internet existed in real life for three days. (00:03:08)
  • 2010-07-17 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week; viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. (00:02:13)
  • 2010-07-24 · Grammar School with Snooki — John stresses that Snooki isn't stupid and that everyone makes mistakes, Hank (who misspelled her name) and John included, but says she doesn't value language or care about the quality of discourse. (00:02:57)
  • 2010-08-03 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John's hypothetical: saying you like your brother and showing love (thousands planting trees for his birthday) is not the same as telling him you love him, which John thinks a private person wants. (00:02:26)
  • 2010-08-03 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John tells Hank that he loves him. (00:02:55)
  • 2010-08-03 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — John sets Hank's punishment: a makeup tutorial in the style of YouTube makeup tutorials, deadline September 1. (00:02:55)
  • …and 31 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — As kids the brothers mainly fought over John rewriting game rules mid-game to ensure his victory, which he saw as an older brother's privilege and responsibility; Hank was 'kind of a wuss' about it. (00:00:34)
  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — New Nerdfighters can pick up the old in-jokes by listening to Hank's music, reading John's books, watching old videos and hanging around. (00:01:13)
  • 2011-01-12 · Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History — John one-ups Hank's top-five video from Monday with the top six pairs of conjoined twins in history, 'kind of a top twelve'. (00:00:13)
  • 2011-01-26 · I OWN WARNER CHILCOTT! — John recaps Hank's Monday video: Warner Chilcott, maker of Asacol HD, the drug that keeps Hank well enough to work, raised its price overnight and without warning by more than 1200%. (00:00:00)
  • 2011-03-23 · Why Does My Dog Eat Poop? — John thanks Hank for his extraordinarily thoughtful and nuanced video about Haiti, which gave viewers a real way to really help, linked in the description. (00:00:00)
  • 2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John says that a couple of days later Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh posted an animation of Hank humping the TARDIS on his Tumblr, and the Humpy Hank phenomenon was born. (00:00:05)
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John chose not to upload a video on Wednesday, reasoning that the best gift for his brother is the chance to make him do something humiliating, embarrassing or unpalatable. (00:00:54)
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. (00:02:15)
  • 2011-06-15 · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John sets Hank's punishment as the one most popular in Nerdfighteria, Humpy Hank All Over Town: Hank must hump the town. (00:02:23)
  • 2011-06-21 · On Religion — John: how to balance the urge to be more than nihilists with blunting consciousness's sharp edges through funny stuff like Paula Deen riding Paula Deen riding him, or Humpy Hank. (00:02:58)
  • 2011-09-07 · The Great Gatsby: Living the Dream in the Valley of Ashes — John asks Hank two non-rhetorical questions to discuss in the comments: to what extent is Gatsby, and his quest, heroic, and is Hank's own quest heroic? (00:06:31)
  • 2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John says he really wants his brother Hank to answer the survey next. (00:02:36)
  • …and 32 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

  • 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John says Hank is launching SciShow today, a show where he talks about science, and that Hank is very funny. (00:01:37)
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John wakes grateful and astonished to have the readers and the brother he has lucked into. (00:02:19)
  • 2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says that on tour Hank told him his punishment would strike when he least expects it; it still hasn't happened, so maybe Hank has forgotten. (00:02:39)
  • 2012-04-10 · A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV — John's son a child of the brothers watches little television but enjoys Uncle Hank's space videos; John watched 12 of the most popular toddler programs to understand what a child of the brothers might watch. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John can't believe Hank still asks the baby-Hitler question five years after the Evil Baby Orphanage began; he would not kill baby Hitler but kidnap him. (00:00:53)
  • 2012-05-01 · Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands — John says he has a present for Hank that involves the viewers, which he will reveal on Hanko de Mayo. (00:02:52)
  • 2012-05-15 · Religion and Gay Marriage — John argues that limiting marriage's legal benefits to covenant marriages creates a huge problem: Hank and Katherine, wed in a field, might lose hospital visits, custody or joint taxes, and which churches would count? (00:02:19)
  • 2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product — John praises Hank's Friday video explaining Facebook's IPO and stock markets, which ended by asking how a free service he will never pay for is worth $100 billion; John answers that question. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-06-06 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday — John says his eyesight is only a little better than his dad's: once, after losing his glasses in the ocean, their dad asked John to move some clothes that were actually Hank. (00:01:32)
  • 2012-09-04 · The Five Worst Places to Vomit — Aside from your lungs, the worst place to puke is onto another person; children always puke on their parents, so Hank should call their parents and thank them. (00:02:46)
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John recounts that Hank and Alan Lastufka started DFTBA Records in 2008 to connect YouTube musicians with audiences while giving the musicians most of the album proceeds, which worked very well. (00:00:29)
  • 2012-11-08 · VOLT! A Dream Comes True. — For about the next 72 hours, six variations Hank made on Valerie2776's original Pizza John shirt design are on pre-order at DFTBA.com, then disappear forever. (00:03:01)
  • …and 24 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013