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John Green

person · in 252 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 64 · 2008: 43 · 2009: 29 · 2010: 38 · 2011: 28 · 2012: 17 · 2013: 33

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-03 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd — Hank proposes that the brothers make a video blog list of all the ways they are very different people. (00:00:54)
  • 2007-01-04 · Brotherhood 2.0: Eating Toilet Paper — Continuing Hank's list of differences, John says Hank is excellent at living in line with his values while John is not. (00:00:00)
  • 2007-01-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th — Hank plays another game, going to Barnes & Noble to see who is on the young adult romance shelf, and finds John Green, whom he serenades with 'Lady, lady, lady'. (00:02:35)
  • 2007-02-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 22nd: Where Do Books Go? — Hank asks John, and invites other authors, how authors feel about used bookstores, libraries and downloaded books. (00:02:56)
  • 2007-02-26 · Brotherhood 2.0: Earwax — Hank challenges John to find a hat like Miss Susie's and, wearing it, eat a teaspoon of horseradish and sing the last two lines of the Blossom theme song. (00:03:42)
  • 2007-04-13 · Friday the 13th: Step It Up! — Hank challenges John to attend a Step It Up event in New York and wants video of him at a rally, even a rally of one, asking Congress to step it up for 2007. (00:01:32)
  • 2007-04-17 · April 17th: Stepped Up — Hank advises John to work out which devices actually make his life better, so he doesn't have to use all the others. (00:03:18)
  • 2007-05-07 · May 7th: Birthday Extravaganza — Hank says John phoned before the film to tell them Neil Gaiman had posted a link to Brotherhood 2.0 on his blog. (00:01:10)
  • 2007-05-09 · My 9th: Singing and Randy — Hank officially accepts John's challenge to write a song every two weeks, which 'the other guy from Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants' suggested; he will sing on each of his Wednesdays. (00:00:10)
  • 2007-05-17 · May 17th: Wikeeeeeepedia...and Happy Birthday Katherine — Hank says he has no idea how to write a book proposal for fiction (list characters? propose situations?) and asks John for help, feeling John must know. (00:01:03)
  • 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — Hank wants female characters and leads in the Evil Baby Orphanage and says the brothers must work out where evil female babies and the love interests come from. (00:03:17)
  • 2007-05-23 · May 23rd: Miniature Soccer Team — In song, Hank teases that John's one dream is two entire miniature soccer teams of children with Sarah, and warns her she doesn't know what she swore to. (00:00:11)
  • …and 89 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

  • 2008-01-20 · John and Hank on NPR Today! — Hank reveals he was at his NPR affiliate and John at his, to record an interview for All Things Considered, which Hank calls the nerdfighteriest radio program in existence. (00:00:36)
  • 2008-02-05 · Obama Says Subscribe — Hank declares a 'man crush' on Obama and says he and John are both pretty much Obama supporters now. (00:02:02)
  • 2008-03-08 · Shawty Got Low, Tritube and Blurbing — For the 20,000th subscriber, Hank, and possibly John, will video-chat via Stickam on Nerdfighters.com's front page tomorrow night at 7 Mountain, 6 Pacific, 9 Eastern. (00:02:19)
  • 2008-04-02 · Please Google, Take Me to Mars — Hank complains John challenged him to a Peeps eating contest without consulting him, forgetting they agreed last year never to have one again; he 'defused' it by pinning a Peep John. (00:01:23)
  • 2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank says he is finally doing his punishment, which he learned only yesterday; it was chosen from suggestions by Nerdfighters and John. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank says John's punishment was five videos in five days, but John is not going to manage it, for a reason Hank withholds at first. (00:00:09)
  • 2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — Hank explains John spent most of the day at the dog hospital: Willy is okay but has a broken foot, which is why John is excused. (00:01:19)
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — Hank shows John a video by a young nerdfighter in Indianapolis who went to get the book John signed and recorded her excitement. (00:00:11)
  • 2008-07-28 · How to Buy Glasses Cheap...and Help Hank Pick Frames! — Hank invites John, Nerdfighters and other viewers to vote in the comments among seven frames he will wear for about five years; he will order the winner immediately. (00:02:07)
  • 2008-08-06 · Everyone's Your Friend... — Hank says they are holding the event because the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan apparently doesn't think John Green can draw a crowd, so this unsanctioned gathering will show that Nerdfighters can. (00:01:45)
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank tells John the only way to continue the awesome is to discuss the political situation in Georgia while giving himself a Ze Frank peanut butter mask. (00:04:09)
  • 2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 — The description presents the video as Nerdfighters saying happy birthday to John. (00:00:00)
  • …and 52 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

2010

  • 2010-01-06 · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank assigns John's punishment: face his fear of heights with a full session on the Frog Hopper, and tell Hank he loves him while up there. (00:03:17)
  • 2010-01-20 · OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY — Hank announces that January 20 is the birthday of John and Sarah's son: early that morning their 'two became three' when the baby was born. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-01-22 · ThisIsNotJohn — Maureen Johnson introduces herself and says she will be filling in for John while he is off being a father, for the next few days or weeks. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-01-26 · Name My Dog! — Hank reports he just talked to John, who is doing very well: John was changing a diaper when Hank called, a child of the brothers has the hiccups, and John and Sarah are both very tired. (00:00:29)
  • 2010-01-27 · Boobs and the iPad — Like John, she thinks the coming revolution of e-books and other ways of delivering books will radically change the way we read, and we have to embrace it. (00:01:53)
  • 2010-02-04 · Win The Awesomest Prizes EVAR! — Hank says John and Maureen will each write a 1,000-word short story on any topic the raffle winner chooses. (00:01:46)
  • 2010-02-05 · DARE TO SUCK — Maureen says John is taking one more week of paternity leave with baby a child of the brothers (joking he will then make a child of the brothers get a job), so she fills in on Wednesday before John returns. (00:03:25)
  • 2010-03-09 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank, answering John, insists he did not put poop in the Nintendo and offers a 'satisfaction guaranteed' argument in five points. (00:00:00)
  • 2010-04-09 · Why is the Sky Blue and Other Questions Answered — Hank tells baby a child of the brothers that his dad John is not good at science and worries he can't answer a child of the brothers's questions, so they are answering them pre-emptively. (00:00:09)
  • 2010-05-07 · How to Live Forever — Path ten: when you turn 30, have an awesome enough brother to get people to plant trees, so that after you die the trees planted because of you live on. (00:03:25)
  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank gives his own YouTube story: his brother convinced him to do something ridiculous they thought would be about two people, and it turned out to be about many more. (00:01:55)
  • 2010-06-09 · Should We Sue Viacom? — Spike.com has posted and monetized John's video about Viacom, so Viacom is monetizing a video about how it monetizes videos it does not own. (00:01:27)
  • …and 43 more statements in 2010 (most important shown)

2011

  • 2011-01-06 · Homeless Man with a Golden Voice Gets a Job — Hank calls John's headdesk lame and demonstrates a proper one: aim for the mouse pad and thump the desk with your fists for the Foley effect, because they are about movie magic. (00:01:41)
  • 2011-01-14 · Top 5 Actual Conspiracies — After his Monday top five conspiracy theories and John's top six conjoined twins, Hank goes back to a top five, 'because I just can't best you': five real conspiracies. (00:00:00)
  • 2011-01-19 · YOU ARE WRONG! — Hank recalls John recently telling him that 'it all comes down to the fact that the truth resists simplicity', a line he loves. (00:00:29)
  • 2011-02-08 · Cancer Sniffing Dog — Hank announces that he, John, WheezyWaiter, Alex Day and Elmify are creating a linked VYou space, which he calls like Question Tuesdays except forever and always. (00:03:09)
  • 2011-04-07 · Live on YouTube — Hank announces John is doing a livestream today from 2:30 to 4:30 Eastern time and thinks viewers should come. (00:00:29)
  • 2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank says that after a punishment drought three punishments are now owed: one for John not posting on Wednesday, and two (one per brother) for Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see the Helen Hunt video. (00:02:43)
  • 2011-06-28 · My Hairy Ball of Anxious Anxiety — It is different for Hank because the people he does things for care about him and are understanding, a rare gift; he thanks viewers, and John for never stressing him out. (00:03:24)
  • 2011-08-04 · I Love My Brother — Hank recounts that last year, when a private person was very sick, John promised the brothers would do whatever she wanted on her birthday in perpetuity, and she asked them to talk about family and love every year. (00:00:29)
  • 2011-08-04 · I Love My Brother — Hank says John missed a video because he was having his gallbladder removed, so as a medical exception viewers don't get to punish him. (00:02:55)
  • 2011-08-04 · I Love My Brother — Having put it off since the opening ('John, I will get to you later'), Hank ends the video by telling John 'I love you'. (00:03:16)
  • 2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! — Hank tells John to stop watching, then asks viewers curious about August 24 to sign up at nerdfighters.com within two days to learn how to join the celebrations; the description calls it a secret project for John. (00:02:25)
  • 2011-08-30 · A Letter to the Aliens — Hank asks John and Nerdfighters, in comments or a video response, what they would say to aliens if they could, calling it a really interesting exercise. (00:03:42)
  • …and 29 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

  • 2012-01-07 · Kill your TV — Hank says he and John offer at least six YouTube videos a week across vlogbrothers, SciShow and Crash Course (launching January 25), more than doubled with HankGames and Truth or Fail. (00:03:06)
  • 2012-03-17 · Exiting the FRIENDZONE — Hank says he has been in the friend zone himself, and teases that John, given his romantic past, has been there even more. (00:01:26)
  • 2012-04-06 · Can I be Space President? — Hank proposes that his title at 'Vlogbrothers Enterprises' become 'Hank Green, President of Space, Nerdfighteria' and asks John whether he can be president of space. (00:01:01)
  • 2012-04-13 · Introducing Lizzie Bennet — Hank says this video is part of a series he calls 'vlog extra days in April', which he hopes John will join. (00:00:01)
  • 2012-04-20 · Thoughts on Growing up — Hank thanks John for his well-received video answering questions on sex and relationships; out of sibling rivalry he answers Facebook and Twitter questions on adulthood and growing up. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank says he reads books very differently from John: he thinks about what they do to him, not how, and constant analysis would keep a book from doing its work. (00:00:00)
  • 2012-07-13 · An Army of Mindless Drones — Hank says John was terribly unfair to single out Clarisse as unrealistic in a novel full of unrealistic characters; as a professional constructor of fake teenagers John may be hypersensitive; Hank likes her. (00:00:29)
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — Hank tells John that, after 385 weeks on bookstore shelves, Looking for Alaska was on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time last week. (00:02:52)
  • 2012-08-03 · I Don't Understand My Life — When a private person was really sick, John told her the brothers wanted to celebrate her birthday every year the channel existed; after about two weeks she chose a day for saying 'I love you' to family and friends. (00:02:19)
  • 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — On John's birthday and the eve of the 1,000th video, Hank says he is grateful, thankful and proud of all they have done together. (00:02:11)
  • 2012-10-19 · Revolutionizing Education...With Weirdos — Nothing excites Hank more right now than revolutionizing how and what we teach; he thinks he and John are part of that innovation and lucky to be there. (00:03:25)
  • 2012-12-01 · VidCon 2013! — Hank explains VidCon as a yearly gathering he and John started for everyone who loves online video: professionals, hobbyists and fans, creators, communities and the industry that enables them. (00:01:47)
  • …and 7 more statements in 2012 (most important shown)

2013