Truth or Fail

project · in 34 videos (2009–2012)

Mentions by year: 2009: 16 · 2010: 5 · 2011: 8 · 2012: 5

Threads

• Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — stage, milestone, 2009–2011
• Hank asks viewers to subscribe to the Truth or Fail channel (2009) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2009–2009
• Hank asks viewers to subscribe to vlogbrothers, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames and Truth or Fail (2012) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2012–2012

What the videos say

2009

• 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — Hank introduces Truth or Fail, a new game he created: he states two facts and viewers say which one is true, or fail. (00:00:00)
• 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — Hank says the game guides viewers through a sequence of videos, and anyone correct all five times gets a very special prize he won't reveal. (00:00:00)
• 2009-03-04 · Truth or Fail! START HERE — Question one: either John won his first writing award at age eight, or 'Helen Hunt' is the oldest Hank Green song viewers have heard. (00:00:00)
• 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — In the re-used opening, Hank introduces Truth or Fail: two facts, pick the true one through a sequence of videos, five correct answers win a secret prize. (00:00:00)
• 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — Hank says he got one question wrong: the one about Perfect Strangers was actually the theme from Growing Pains, and hints viewers should click the Perfect Strangers answer. (00:00:45)
• 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — Hank corrects the rules: there are four questions to answer, not five. (00:00:45)
• 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) — Hank apologises that the first video didn't show up in many subscription boxes, hopes this one will, and says it is all part of figuring out how Truth or Fail will work. (00:00:45)
• 2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — John apologises for the Truth or Fail subscription-box spamming problem, saying they didn't expect it and it will never happen again. (00:00:00)
• 2009-07-04 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — Hank announces that he and John are relaunching Truth or Fail as of today: two facts are given and viewers choose the true one or fail. (00:00:00)
• 2009-07-04 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) — Hank says viewers may remember the original Truth or Fail as a great big fail, but he liked the idea and has refined it. (00:00:00)
• 2009-07-18 · Selling Out, Chewbacca and Taking Leave — Hank says they love making videos and would do it without the money, but money lets them spend more time, do things like Truth or Fail and studio music, so they treat it as work. (00:02:52)
• 2009-10-25 · Truth or Fail: HOAXES! — Hank says people have been fooling people since time began, so this is the hoax edition of Truth or Fail. (00:00:37)
• …and 13 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

• 2010-01-26 · Name My Dog! — Hank hands over to a pre-recorded 'Hank from last week' to start an episode of Truth or Fail about dogs: two facts per round, click the true one or fail. (00:02:38)
• 2010-02-06 · Truth or Fail: SUPERBOWL — With the Super Bowl tomorrow, Hank offers football facts in a Truth or Fail game: two purported facts per round, only one of them true. (00:00:00)
• 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank appends a new episode of Truth or Fail that he has just made. (00:03:16)
• 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — Inspired by Hank, John makes a World Cup episode of Truth or Fail, hoping to turn Hank into a football fan. (00:02:17)
• 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — Truth or Fail option one, one of two purported facts: the US goal against England in the 1950 World Cup 'Miracle on Grass' was scored not by an American but by a Haitian. (00:02:57)
• 2010-06-21 · You're Gonna Die — Truth or Fail option two: the term 'soccer' derives from early football players often playing in their socks rather than cleats. (00:03:08)
• 2010-12-02 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank shows a new end screen the brothers are thinking of using: the left side (shirts, Truth or Fail) will change, while previous/next, subscribe, Twitter and Facebook stay; he asks for opinions. (00:03:03)

2011

• 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — Hank also created Your Pants more or less overnight, built Phototrometon and the HankGames channel, ran Truth or Fail, gave blood twice and beat Portal 2 two days ago. (00:02:07)
• 2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — Having to get back to The Fault in Our Stars, John gives Hank instead a Truth or Fail on animal mating that he filmed in the past. (00:00:29)
• 2011-10-10 · Animal Mating and Librarian Talking — Truth or Fail rules: two purported facts, click the true one or fail; one randomly chosen person who finishes the game will receive a signed copy of one of John's books. (00:01:05)
• 2011-11-29 · Stuffed with STUFF! — Hank says Truth or Fail now has over 130,000 subscribers; his latest is about the Muppets because the movie was amazing. (00:01:57)
• 2011-12-27 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank plays another edition of Truth or Fail, a game show in which he gives two purported facts and viewers click the true one, this time on Christmas carols. (00:01:27)

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)
• 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. (00:00:03)
• 2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! — Counting HankGames, SciShow, Crash Course, Hank's channel, Truth or Fail and forgotten second channels, Hank says they have made well over a thousand videos. (00:00:29)
• 2012-10-05 · 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song — Per the description, a recent Truth or Fail round on Sherlock Holmes titled "21st Century Sherlock" inspired the song. (00:00:00)