secret sibling

term · in 40 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 22 · 2008: 7 · 2009: 6 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 1 · 2013: 3

Threads

• The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) — bit, callback, 2007–2013

What the videos say

2007

• 2007-02-21 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 20th: Computer Trouble — Hank asks who Tom is: he did not know they had a secret brother named Tom, who seems like a nice guy. (00:01:48)
• 2007-05-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 2: Book Banning — John reports that Maureen Johnson, whom he calls a fan of the show and 'future secret sister', has had her book The Bermudez Triangle banned in Oklahoma. (00:00:52)
• 2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — John recalls that on February 21 their secret brother Tom prophesied more secret siblings; secret sister Maureen has since emerged, and with more video responses John suspects there are more. (00:00:31)
• 2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — John suggests that if Hank ever starts a wizard rock band he call it 'Tonks for the Memories', a joke he credits to their secret sister Maureen. (00:00:31)
• 2007-07-31 · July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books — John wouldn't be surprised if nerdfighters became secret siblings who take up vlogging and respond to the brothers' videos; he always wanted a big family, and nerdfighters can do anything. (00:00:54)
• 2007-08-04 · August 3: The Retail Dance — Hank says the WorldSuck meter is raised to suck-level orange because of the Minneapolis disaster, John's punishable offence and a secret sister being kicked out of her house. (00:03:28)
• 2007-08-16 · Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! — Hank thanks Melissa for becoming a nerdfighter and a secret sibling, saying it's really cool to have such a high-profile user as a secret sibling. (00:00:03)
• 2007-08-16 · August 16th: Finding--and Licking--a Cat — John notes that yesterday was the anniversary of the death of 'noted evil lady baby' Queen Ranavalona, for which secret sisters made a happy death day cake. (00:00:57)
• 2007-08-21 · August 20th: Winner, South Dakota — John lists the Nerdfighters' recent work: animations, an intro for all secret siblings, helpers building the wiki, hundreds of Nerdfighter pictures, songs, and a humiliation-for-charity project he calls awesome. (00:01:53)
• 2007-08-24 · August 23rd: John's Secret Project Part 1 — The video opens with Happy Birthday sung to John and a WRAS Atlanta radio birthday dedication from his secret siblings and Nerdfighters in Atlanta. (00:00:03)
• 2007-08-31 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — To become a secret sibling, make a video response to one of their YouTube videos, preferably several, every day. (00:01:14)
• 2007-11-01 · November 1st: When Nerdfighters Fall in Nerdfighter-Like — One of the secret siblings, unnamed at her request, has just started seeing a somewhat prominent Nerdfighter. (00:01:19)
• …and 7 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

• 2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — The Vloglovers YouTube channel is back, and the two 'secret siblings' behind it are in nerdfighter-like. (00:03:20)
• 2008-07-30 · Audiobooks and 8 8 08 — Because the day coincides with the Harry Potter conference Terminus, John says special guests will come: Secret Brother Adam, Secret Sister Rosianna, some of the Five Awesome Girls and Guys, and a surprise guest. (00:00:25)

2009

• 2009-05-20 · Question Tuesday! — Asked about the hand sign, John says those who can't make it can use a workaround invented by the brothers' 'secret niece and nephew' in Australia, whom he'll meet soon. (00:00:00)
• 2009-09-12 · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John says secret brother Tom is running for office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and asks Cambridge residents to work for or vote for him. (00:02:22)
• 2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — John says it is still possible to be a secret sibling: everyone who makes video responses is one. (00:00:00)
• 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John thanks 'our secret brother' Dan Brown (pogobat), who made about 20,000 phone calls during the challenge, including to a trailer park, a Ben & Jerry's and a prison guard. (00:01:54)
• 2009-12-28 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Hank says secret siblings are anyone who makes video responses to their videos. (00:02:30)

2010

• 2010-08-17 · Lust and Folly in London and Edinburgh — With his secret sister Rosianna, John went to an East End basement club to read while three musicians, including Tom Milsom and Alex Day, played. (00:01:12)

2011

• 2011-09-30 · YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses — John says secret sister Maureen Johnson, 'aka Actual John Green', had her best book ever, The Name of the Star, come out yesterday, and everybody is going to love it. (00:00:13)

2013

• 2013-07-02 · The Perks of Being John's Assistant — Rosianna introduces herself as John's assistant and, 'as of way back when', John and Hank's secret London sister. (00:00:01)
• 2013-07-19 · TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! — John says he won't be back next Tuesday, when viewers will see his secret sister Maureen, but the following Tuesday, which he thinks is July 30th. (00:03:30)