French the llama
term · in 20 videos (2009–2012)
Mentions by year: 2009: 2 · 2010: 8 · 2011: 7 · 2012: 3
Threads
- 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) — bit, callback, 2009–2012
- Hank urges viewers to buy the scarce Nerdfighter-designed posters at DFTBA.com quickly (2011) — ask, open (no report in 2007–2013), 2011–2011
What the videos say
2009
- 2009-12-21 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John explains 'French the llama': he kept seeing 'world suck FTL' in comments; FTL means 'for the lose', but a nerdfighter told him it means 'French the llama'. (00:02:21)
- 2009-12-21 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John thinks 'French the llama' should be an exclamation of amazement. (00:02:21)
- 2009-12-28 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says 'French the llama' is something John is trying to make into an exclamation and it won't work; John insists he will make it happen. (00:01:58)
2010
- 2010-08-25 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! — Hank's song bids goodbye to 32-year-old John, recapping his year (travel, a son, VidCon, a book with David Levithan) with the refrain 'now you're 33, French the llama'. (00:03:23)
2011
- 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John piles up old in-jokes: pizza in the mustache, the singamajig, his puppy-sized elephant, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts and French the Llama, Tender Morsels in your pants. (00:00:18)
- 2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday — Asked whether a 17-year-old girl dating a 15-year-old boy is 'cougish', John says it strikes him as completely normal, and asks why 'cougish' is a thing when 'French the llama' is not. (00:00:10)
- 2011-09-03 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — Hank thanks the Nerdfighters who designed the posters, including the llama poster and the Ellen Hardcastle Hank Green one. (00:00:26)
- 2011-09-03 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — Hank says there are not many of the Ellen Hardcastle and French the Llama posters, so viewers should be fast. (00:00:26)
- 2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — John closes with an inside joke he says viewers will get, 'French the llama', running straight into thanks for making his career possible by watching into the 36th minute. (00:30:01)
- 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John shows a painting given to him: he rides a smoking French llama in a Swoodilypoopers jersey, with a child of the brothers and a Yeti, labelled 'the adventures of John Green'. (00:02:15)
2012
- 2012-08-17 · Open Letter to the Wizards — Remembering something he forgot, Hank calls it a puppy-sized llama elephant, then sings 'French, the puppy-sized llamaphant'. (00:03:32)
- 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John says DFTBA grew to one employee, Kristen Franklin, who he says was the first to use the words 'French the Llama' in Nerdfighteria, during the 2009 Project for Awesome. (00:00:58)