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Alice Green

child · in 60 videos (2013–2026)

John and Sarah's daughter, whose coming birth John announced on a 2013 livestream with President Obama; she was due around June that year. She grows up in his videos, learning her ABCs in 2016, making a YouTube video with him playing Dress to Impress in 2025, and in 2026 saying she does not want college in Indianapolis.

Child of: John Green, Sarah Urist Green

Speaks in 2 videos; this page lists what is said about them.

Videos by year: 2013: 17 · 2014: 1 · 2015: 8 · 2016: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 4

Also known as: Alice

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank: living with ulcerative colitis (2007) · Pizza John shirt: DFTBA pre-order of John's pizza-mustache photo shirt (2010) · John's Sharpie Face: answering questions with Sharpie drawn on his face (2012) · John's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts filling in (2013) · John applies for health insurance through the ACA exchange and a pre-ACA private insurer (2013) · Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2015 livestream (2015) · John's 'easier than IKEA' video in only two parts (2016) · Pizzamas 2020 edition · Everything Is Tuberculosis: John's nonfiction book about tuberculosis (2024) · P4A 2026 edition

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Henry Green (26) · Sarah Urist Green (14) · 100 Days (2) · Project for Awesome (11) · Hanklerfish (2) · Craig Benzine (2) · Mike Green (3) · AFC Wimbledon (3) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2) · Indianapolis (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2013

  • 2013-02-15 · Baby, Harlem, Obama, Dance Crazes, Big Week — Hank says John announced Sarah's pregnancy on the live stream with President Obama, which he calls the coolest way any baby has ever been announced; he is excited, proud and speechless. — video description
    • Hank reports that, in the interview, the President refused to name John's unborn child. — 00:02:37
  • 2013-04-02 · TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video — John says he is about to have a child, due around May or June (Sarah points out he will not be the one having it, but he will be its father). — 00:02:26
  • 2013-05-07 · The Clif Bars Go in the Jar Because Mice: An Office Tour — John says Sarah (the Yeti) is due to have their baby on June 1, though it might come earlier. (hedged) — 00:03:04
  • 2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby — John announces in a pre-recorded video that his baby has been born; he jokes about his 'epic loins' before conceding Sarah did the birthing and he only reinforced the doctor's 'push'. (playful) — 00:00:01
    • In a short insert recorded after the birth, John reports that everything is good: baby and mother are healthy, and the parents are exhausted. — 00:01:45
  • 2013-06-07 · How To Be a Baby Properly — Hank: if all goes well, in Alice's lifetime humans will walk on Mars, computers become intelligent, the paralyzed walk again, absolute poverty all but end, and she may live past 100; or technological society may implode. It could go either way. (hedged) — 00:00:12
  • 2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig explains he is there because John had a baby - Sarah had the baby, John helped - and they brought Alice Green into the world. (playful) — 00:00:48
  • 2013-07-12 · Oh, JK Rowling - A Harry Potter Song — John: Asked about Alice, John says she is great and beautiful and they love her; he thanks Nerdfighteria for its good wishes and says they enjoy being a family of four. — 00:02:59
  • 2013-07-16 · The Ghost of Teenaged Future — Sabrina Cruz: Like a ghost in a Dickens novel, she warns Hank about the annoying things his niece and nephew might do as teenagers, at least according to stereotypes. (playful) — 00:00:19
  • 2013-07-23 · Watermelon Internet Trolls — Maureen Johnson says she is filling in for John Green because once again he has contributed to the birth of a human child. — 00:00:01
  • 2013-10-08 · Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now — John: Once he has an account, John enters himself, his wife, his son Henry and his new baby, and finds the questions easy to answer. — 00:01:35
  • …and 11 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

Also named in: Introducing Subbable, Paternity Leave Ends! And I Find Myself…

2014

  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — John says that over the last roughly 100 hours he, Hank, Katherine and both of their parents had norovirus. — 00:00:01
    • John names his one-year-old daughter as the family's patient zero: five days before Thanksgiving she woke from a nap and vomited on him, though he did not get sick then. — 00:00:53
    • John says his daughter got Pedialyte, and that is the only difference between a funny family Thanksgiving story and the greatest personal disaster he can imagine. — 00:01:50

2015

  • 2015-06-02 · Let's Go Outside — John says while he looks for coyotes and herons, his son points out moss; his son and daughter remind him that with the right level of attentiveness, everything is amazing. — 00:01:55
  • 2015-06-30 · Some News — John's young daughter is a little sick and threw up this morning; he found it heartbreaking because small children cannot understand what is happening to them. — 00:00:18
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John announces a 48-hour P4A livestream with Hank, himself and many YouTubers, the one time of year his kids are likely to cover his face in Sharpie. — 00:02:28
  • …and 2 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

Also named in: Paper Towns Madrid with Nat Wolff! THE TOUR BEGINS, John Gets a Tattoo, It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2)

2016

  • 2016-08-30 · My Body Is a Broken Temple — John says in the almost five years since The Fault in Our Stars, Crash Course, The Art Assignment, Alice and some movies happened, but he has not published a new book. — 00:02:20
  • 2016-11-29 · Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited — John says Henry pooped on him many times but Alice never, because he went in with about seven diapers, like a diaper suit of armor. (playful) — 00:01:37
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John says it was an awesome year to be a dad: Henry learned to ride a bike, Alice learned her ABCs, and both learned every word to Moana. — 00:02:49
  • …and 1 statement more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

  • 2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — The description says John and Hank pause on a long desert walk to answer Nerdfighters' questions, mostly on two topics chosen by John's children: Pokémon and monkey turtles. — video description
    • John says Alice told him a monkey turtle is a monkey that turns into a turtle, for protection, and that it is '100 big'. (playful) — 00:00:17
    • Hank says talking to Alice is like talking to a bad chatbot: asked if her new water bottle was better than the old one, she said it's pink and the other's purple. (playful) — 00:00:34 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
    • John says a monkey-turtle would beat a turtle-monkey in a fight, because it can turn into a turtle for protection. (playful) — 00:02:47
  • 2017-05-23 (said on 2017-05-14, implied) · Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday — John's favourite dog breed is mutts, though he is also partial to what Alice calls 'Willy dogs'. — 00:02:39
  • 2017-06-27 · UNBOXING — John: Most sheets are just signed, but about 3% carry a DFTBA, some have yetis drawn by Sarah, a few were circled in hot pink by Alice and several hundred bear Henry's Pokéballs: a family affair. (hedged) — 00:03:08
  • 2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: Of John's five memories of shocked joy, the first two are his children's births: expected, yet both times the feeling, an overwhelmedness of joy and awe, was a complete surprise. (hedged) — 00:00:59
  • …and 2 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

2019

  • 2019-07-23 · What to Love and How — John drove to South Bend, Indiana to see reigning European champions Liverpool play a pre-season friendly at the University of Notre Dame. — 00:00:31
    • At halftime John, Sarah and Alice met Liverpool legends Patrik Berger and Ian Rush, who generously brought out the European Cup for them; John wept. — 00:02:54
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John says the two best days of his decade and his life were the days his kids were born. — 00:00:09
  • …and 2 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

  • 2020-04-07 · I am an artist. — recommendation: John loves that the book humanizes art, showing ideas come from regular life, such as a kid's kindergarten paper weaving (one he and Alice made together) or journaling. — 00:01:47
  • 2020-05-12 · We Could All Use a Little Change — John and Alice spotted a great horned owl in the backyard, researched its yellow eyes and watched videos; he wrote gratitude for the owl-enthusiast internet, the owl and the backyard. — 00:01:27
  • …and 1 statement more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2021

  • 2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John's daughter said she didn't like the cornmeal casing on her school-lunch corn dog, a conversation that could have happened at any time. — 00:00:00
    • John told his daughter her Uncle Hank loves corn dogs; she asked 'does he?', and John realized how successfully Hank has rebranded himself. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-03-12 · A Crisis of Branding — Hank: Answering John's claim that he rebranded away from loving corndogs while John is stuck with pizza, Hank admits to a ludicrous little crisis about it. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John's example is Pizza John: does he own it because it is his face from a screenshot of his video, or Valerie because they made the design? And who owns it when Alice makes one? — 00:01:27

2022

  • 2022-03-22 · Motivation in Hard Times — John's eight-year-old daughter recently said that in winter she feels it will never be warm again, and in summer that it will never be cold again. — 00:00:00
  • 2022-10-06 · The Pizzamas Magic Is Almost Over… — John: Asked by Reagan which one shirt to buy, John says choosing is like choosing between his kids, but Alice chose the square Pizza John in a pizza box and Henry chose the "if it rides, I lives" design. — 00:01:21
  • 2022-10-18 · Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London — John expected his daughter to call flying all that way to watch the Dons lose a fourth-tier game a bummer; instead she said it was amazing. — 00:00:39

Also named in: PIZZAMAS IS UPON US

2023

2024

  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John offers Alice a sip of Golden Fire Ginger tea on the livestream; she likes it; he jokes she mostly eats chicken nuggets, black beans and buttery noodles. — 00:45:32

2025

  • 2025-07-29 · Dad and Daughter Play Dress to Impress — John plays Dress to Impress with his daughter Alice, her favorite video game. — 00:00:00
    • The description says Alice asked John if they could make a YouTube video and he of course said yes. — video description
    • Alice Green: Alice explains the game: players dress up to a theme, other players vote on the looks, and whoever gets the most stars wins. — 00:00:00
    • Alice Green: Alice admits she paid for the game's VIP pass with her own money: 799 Robux. — 00:03:03
    • When Alice can't remember what a Robux costs in dollars, John says that's how they get you: a currency that isn't real makes you forget how much things cost. (playful) — 00:03:31
    • Alice Green: Asked the meaning of Dress to Impress, Alice says it is to dress up, show off your outfits, and see and appreciate other people's. — 00:06:14
    • Alice Green: Alice says being a fashion designer in real life may be one of her goals; John says the game lets her do that work. (hedged) — 00:08:25
    • Alice Green: Alice already knew the TB facts: she hasn't read John's book but has heard it from him talking over the years. (playful) — 00:10:10
    • John and Alice place second in the 'possessed' round, and John thanks Alice for teaching him the game. — 00:15:16
  • 2025-08-19 · The Problem with My Brother's Hit New App — John: With his daughter, her best friend and the friend's younger brother Sammy, who is learning his colours, John heard Sammy name everyone's hair colour and say John has gray hair; John insists his is brown with silver at the temples. (playful) — 00:03:09
  • 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — John says Alice, at three, was very upset by the woolly mammoth in the Indiana State Museum; now when he reminds her she tells him to shut up. — 00:33:33
  • …and 2 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John misses holding babies; Sarah forbids him to ask strangers, and his own children are now his size, Alice taller than Sarah. — 02:07:39
    • John tells Henry that he and Hank don't fight anymore, and that Henry and Alice get along really well, which makes him proud. — 02:59:31
    • John offers Sarah and Alice's Natural Intelligence portraits, strange collage portraits of human beings, as P4A perks, along with the right to name one for $100. — 07:07:23
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — John says a $100 donation to the 2026 Project for Awesome buys the right to name one of the collage faces made by Alice and Sarah. — 00:10:33
    • John lets Alice write on his face with a Sharpie the initials of donors giving over $100 in the last 14 minutes of the hour; Alice and Sarah cover his face with names. — 00:37:56
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — announcement: John: Talking with Rosianna Halse Rojas in the final three hours of the 2026 Project for Awesome, John says that when the next goal is hit, Alice will do his makeup. — 02:09:07
    • John sets the next goal at $3.3 million raised in total, and Alice will do his makeup once it is reached. — 02:15:53
    • Alice is almost 13, and John asks what she will do differently; she will get a phone, mainly to text her friends. — 02:22:47
    • As Alice does his makeup with their mother's makeup, John complains that her touch is violent, a long way from a movie-studio makeup artist's softness. (playful) — 02:27:01
    • John says both his kids are great, lovely, hardworking, good-hearted kids, all you could ask for, though he admits he is deeply biased. — 02:35:17
  • …and 5 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026