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Punishment

ritual · in 132 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 45 · 2008: 26 · 2009: 21 · 2010: 12 · 2011: 13 · 2012: 8 · 2013: 7

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd — Recalling the agreed punishments for missed videos, John proposes the brothers also periodically give each other challenges. (00:01:19)
  • 2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank proposes suggesting more punishments so the brothers can choose between them, and letting people suggest punishments too. (00:01:11)
  • 2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John proposes punishments for failing to update, taken from his living room: the 1100-page Continuum History of Apocalypticism, a Christmas card with someone else's baby, knitting a scarf, eating a styrofoam peanut. (00:01:01)
  • 2007-01-23 · Week 1 Condensed! — From January 1st Hank sends a video blog, John replies the next day, and so on until the year is up; missing a weekday video brings punishments. Brotherhood 2.0 commences. (00:00:41)
  • 2007-01-25 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 25th — Expecting he may well be the first punished, Hank proposes that the unpunished brother choose the punishment, so the punished one can't take the one he'd most like; viewers see the other's pick. (00:01:05)
  • 2007-01-30 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 30, 2007 — John says he accidentally CC'd Hank on an email, which means he has to do a punishment, and asks Hank to be kind. (00:02:02)
  • 2007-01-31 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st — Hank gives John a choice of two punishments: grow his facial hair for a week and then wax his chin, or fill a large bowl with Ben & Jerry's ice cream and watch it melt. (00:02:13)
  • 2007-02-05 · Brotherhood 2.0, February 5, 2007 — Bleeding again, John tells Hank they will have to switch punishments because this one makes him bleed. (00:02:15)
  • 2007-03-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: Peeps and Genocide — Hank notes the video runs over four minutes, asks not to be punished since no such rule exists yet, and makes it one: from tomorrow videos must be under four minutes. (00:04:28)
  • 2007-04-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble — John says picking Hank's punishment has been hard because Nerdfighters made great suggestions, so he will let Hank choose his own from a list of five. (00:00:10)
  • 2007-04-05 · April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater — Hank calls test-driving a Hummer at his local dealership one of the best punishment ideas in a long time, but says he can't: the nearest Hummer dealership is 153 miles away. (00:00:03)
  • 2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender — John congratulates Hank on completing his punishment via sock puppet theater, but says the stories were not humiliating enough, so all viewers should see the picture Hank put up in comments. (00:01:59)
  • …and 64 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

  • 2008-01-22 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — Because nerdfighters miss punishing the brothers, John announces projects: when viewers complete one, they earn the right to punish or challenge the brothers, with the wives keeping veto power. (00:02:29)
  • 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — John cannot do Question Tuesday today, thanks viewers for thousands of book questions, and vows to do it by the end of the week or be punished. (00:00:43)
  • 2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John admits he didn't do his Question Tuesday video last week, which means he will be punished. (00:00:00)
  • 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)
  • 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — To make up for last week, John will do a punishment: a video every day this week, Sunday to Thursday, taking Friday off (jokingly as a Sabbath, though he isn't Jewish). (00:02:34)
  • 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)
  • 2008-08-15 · Metric Sabbath — Hank says the punishment he just did turned out worse than expected; someone suggested it, and since most people didn't want him punished at all, he chose it as easy and peculiar. (00:00:43)
  • 2008-09-22 · The Pwning of Oprah — John says that, as previously agreed, passing Oprah means Nerdfighters get to punish the brothers. (00:02:58)
  • 2008-09-22 · The Pwning of Oprah — John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. (00:02:58)
  • 2008-09-24 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John says the brothers do not pick their punishment; Nerdfighters do, and he names the most popular suggestions (partly lost in the audio). (00:02:10)
  • 2008-09-24 · Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday — John asks Nerdfighters to vote for their favourite punishments in the comments. (00:02:46)
  • 2008-10-08 · Hanks actual Vlog — Hank, who thinks John forgot to explain it in his last video, says Brotherhood 2.1, the brothers' private name for this month of vlogging, is their punishment. (00:00:32)
  • …and 19 more statements in 2008 (most important shown)

2009

  • 2009-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — A brother who fails to keep up these responsibilities will be punished; Hank jokes the punishment could be sticking a needle in his eye. (00:02:17)
  • 2009-02-21 · Paper Towns and PUPPY — Relaying a question, John tells Hank he needs to do the Carrie Bradshaw punishment now. (00:02:15)
  • 2009-06-05 · JOHN'S PUNISHMENT! Eating Carl's Jr John's Way — Hank sets John's punishment for not making a video on Sunday: eat the Carl's Jr. burger 'the way only John Green can' - not blenderized, but as its constituent parts. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-06-08 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John tells Nerdfighters they can still vote on his punishment. (00:03:46)
  • 2009-06-08 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — John says the sandwich is winning the vote, so Hank will likely see him eat a fat sandwich on Tuesday. (00:03:46)
  • 2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-06-17 · Half a Beard — Confident of winning, John proposes that the loser be punished by Nerdfighteria. (00:02:06)
  • 2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — John challenges Nerdfighters to find him a copy or the author of Gus Is a Bug; if they do, they may punish him however they see fit. (00:01:10)
  • 2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — John congratulates Nerdfighters: they now get to punish him, and an official thread for discussing punishments is linked. (00:02:33)
  • 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (00:00:29)
  • 2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John announces that Hank is getting punished, and says he doesn't mind his own punishment since Hank is being punished too. (00:01:57)
  • 2009-12-02 · Shaving for Pakistan — John sets Hank's punishment: be at the Missoula, Montana Target when it opens at 8 a.m. and stay, without leaving, until it closes 15 hours later. (00:03:17)
  • …and 11 more statements in 2009 (most important shown)

2010

2011

  • 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)
  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. (00:01:02)
  • 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)
  • 2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — Hank asks viewers to post punishment ideas in the comments and thumb up the ones they like. (00:03:05)
  • 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John tells Hank they still haven't decided on punishments and need to do that this week. (00:02:28)
  • 2011-06-09 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes a punishment adapted from Corey Vidal's video where viewers clicked annotations to choose two items he blended and drank: viewers will pick two of six ingredients for John's sandwich. (00:01:19)
  • 2011-06-09 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes John's two punishments, without saying which is which: a video of more than 35 parts (six times six), and making many sandwiches with gross ingredients. (00:02:37)
  • 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)
  • 2011-08-04 · I Love My Brother — Hank admits he missed a video, entirely his fault, so viewers get to punish him and can suggest punishments. (00:02:55)
  • 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)
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — John says he owes a punishment but cannot do the sandwich punishment, because his gallbladder was recently removed; he declines to show the scars. (00:01:35)
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — John asks viewers to suggest a different punishment for him; Hank will pick one. (00:02:09)
  • …and 8 more statements in 2011 (most important shown)

2012

2013