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88 statements about Hanklerfish in 44 videos, by upload date.

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2011

  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — announcement: John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John: Saying the brothers are not that creative, John asks Nerdfighteria what they would like to see happen and do on the tour (where to go is a separate conversation). — 00:02:39
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank admits he missed a video, entirely his fault, so viewers get to punish him and can suggest punishments. — 00:02:55
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John announces a punishment for Hank: besides his family, John brought to Montana one box of signature sheets for The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: Hank says the box holds 7,400 sheets, 5% of the total, and he will draw an anglerfish on every one, so buyers have a 5% chance of a 'Hanklerfished' copy. — 00:02:23
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — both: Hank coins the verb 'to Hanklerfish'; John sums up a Hanklerfish as an anglerfish drawn by a Hank, Hank agrees any Hank can make one, and John offers Hank Williams III. (playful) — 00:02:40
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John: In an outtake, John announces a punishment for Hank for failing to make a video, breaking their promise of a video every Monday, Wednesday and Friday into perpetuity. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — both: The brothers fumble the Hanklerfish maths: 7,500 of 150,000 sheets is 5%, after guessing half a percent and getting 20 on Hank's calculator. (playful) — 00:00:40
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — John: There will be exactly one Hanklerfished and Yetified copy of The Fault in Our Stars. (playful) — 00:02:30
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John announces that three and a half years later he, Hank and Katherine are going back on tour to celebrate the release of The Fault in Our Stars, in a slightly larger vehicle. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: In one take John lists the stops: Boston, New York, Washington DC, Raleigh, Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Albuquerque, Tempe, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John says the tour gatherings will feature music, readings, decreasing worldsuck, punishments and hilarity. — video description
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — ask: John invites tour questions in the comments or on Tumblr and says he will try to reply. — video description
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John says the tour mostly sticks to the coast, not for lack of love for the Midwest, but because it snows there in January and they travel by car; he apologises to the Midwest. — 00:00:45
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: The tour starts January 10th, the day the book comes out, and ends January 31st. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: In most cases admission is the price of a copy of The Fault in Our Stars bought from the host bookstore, which gets you a signed, Hanklerfished book, a poster and the show. — 00:01:15
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: The show will feature John reading from The Fault in Our Stars, Hank playing songs, discussion (and jokingly electrocution and puppetry); John will sign books and Hank CDs. — 00:01:49
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: Tickets are going fast and New York is almost sold out; they are trying to add a second New York event; ticket details are in the doobly-doo. (hedged) — 00:02:19
  • 2011-12-09 · Puppies and The Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 — announcement: John: Summing up, Hank, Katherine, John and occasionally the Yeti will be on tour in January 2012. — 00:02:19
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The money came from direct donations at ProjectForAwesome.com and from DFTBA.com purchases such as Hank's Hanklerfishes and John's new zombie apocalypse story, a sequel to Zombicorns. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — announcement: John: Tour de Nerdfighting updates are in the doobly-doo: shows in Vancouver, Boston, New York, Portland and Raleigh are sold out, but tickets remain in many cities. — 00:01:56
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — announcement: John: There are some new tickets to the Boston Tour de Nerdfighting event, and its venue has changed. — video description

2012

  • 2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — John is a bit stressed: he has to leave his family for a month, which is a bummer, but he is excited to go on tour. — 00:00:12
  • 2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John says Tour de Nerdfighting tickets remain only near New Orleans, Houston, Austin, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Seattle and San Francisco, with ticket info in the description. — 00:02:31
  • 2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — announcement: Hank says that during the tour the brothers do 'Nerdcash': leaving bags of buttons in places, which viewers can only find out about by following them on Twitter. — 00:01:07
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: On tour John wakes every morning after a few hours of sleep with 'Five Hundred Miles' stuck in his head, packs up and drives 500 miles or so in the van to the next place. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: They arrive in the early afternoon to lots of books needing signatures and Hanklerfishes, which takes a couple of hours. — 00:00:25
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: Then many people arrive, wearing John's face or Doctor Who shirts, bringing book cakes, some with things he wrote tattooed on their bodies; John finds it amazing, beautiful and completely terrifying. — 00:00:43
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: At the show John reads and talks about The Fault in Our Stars, Hank sings, John answers questions, Hank wears a tutu, and in joint questions whoever is talking when the timer goes off is shocked with Charlie McDonnell's 'patented shocker'. — 00:01:37
  • 2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: After the show they sign for five hours, reach the hotel around 2 a.m., and John sleeps a few hours before it starts again. — 00:02:10
  • 2012-01-20 · Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans — Hank: The brothers are in New Orleans and played a show last night (19 January 2012) in a synagogue, weird but awesome; John is at a conference while Hank walks the city with his wife, eating and watching street performers. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: A traveller, apparently John (speaker inferred), says he had four hours of sleep and asks Hank for a very quiet video. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — Hank narrates the drive from Arizona across the river into California, with back-and-forth over where the border is, and a stop at the Jesus Christ is Lord Travel Center. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — both: The brothers banter about the tour shows: a show line 'my greatest accomplishment is being your brother' is called a favourite joke, and one brother gets shocked almost every night instead of the other (speakers unclear). (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — John: Asked what he does backstage before a show, John says he mostly watches Hank play the same Chameleon Circuit song over and over; the brothers then joke about nerves and practising the set songs. (playful) — 00:02:00
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John's description thanks everyone who came to the tour, the independent bookstores and theaters that hosted it, and the Nerdfighter who held the camera. — video description
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John says the Tour de Nerdfighting is coming to an end after three weeks; last night (30 January 2012) they were signing in Seattle. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John says the three weeks were like the internet became IRL: fun, clever, crowded, good to be a nerd, with talk of Sherlock and Doctor Who and singing of songs about particle physics. — 00:00:01
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John: Like the internet, the tour went by very fast, like pressing the down key on Tumblr; John says a problem with the internet is that things pass too fast to really experience them. — 00:00:30
  • 2012-01-31 · How It Felt — John tells Hank the video is for their future selves: this is what the tour was like and how it felt; a montage follows with a crowd singing 'Five Hundred Miles'. — 00:00:51
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank says someone on tour suggested he redo 'An Awful Lot of Running' as 'An Awful Lot of Driving', and he did; he sings the parody about tour life. — 00:00:00
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank: In the song Hank describes the tour bus, playing Xbox 360 and beating John, waiting stage left every night, and stopping at 17 places in 21 days on cookies and gas station food. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank tells John that he and Katherine kept saying 'we did it' after the last show, at the hotel, the airport, landing in Missoula and getting into their own bed. — 00:00:54
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank wants to look back on the three weeks but can't: asked for a fun tour story he can't think of one; the tour feels like it lasted forever and took no time at all. — 00:01:35
  • 2012-02-03 · An Awful Lot of Touring — Hank thanks the many people who made the tour possible, especially those who came out and were enthusiastic, and says he doesn't know how he got so lucky. — 00:03:18
  • 2012-07-20 · The Universe is Weird: A Song — announcement: Hank says Alex Day made a Nerdfighteria Sopio expansion, with a giraffe love card and a Hanklerfish, available via the description. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — Hank mentions colouring in 'nude Oods', something 'you decided' at 4 a.m. on December 18th would be a good use of time, and says his 300 pieces of hanklerfish art are almost done. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — Hank says he has become extremely good at drawing hanklerfish, his lesson of the year being that doing something 10,000 times makes you pretty good at it. (playful) — 00:00:00

2013

2014

  • 2014-01-03 · The Golden Gate Bridge Didn't Collapse!! — Hank says he drew the things shown in this video on the backs of Hanklerfish drawings, so people who got a Hanklerfish drawing may receive one of them. — 00:03:41
  • 2014-01-31 · In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer — announcement: Hank reveals the Hanklerfish plush, available for pre-order at DFTBA.com; the posters shown were only available during the Project for Awesome. — 00:03:49
  • 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank: More perks: a calendar of YouTubers' baby pictures including Hank, pressed pennies stamped with P4A and Nerdfighteria logos, Hank's Hanklerfish drawings, Hank and Katherine's Princess Bride commentary, Nerdfighter music and art compilations. — 00:02:28

2017

  • 2017-07-11 · Signing 200,000 Autographs — John: Asked 'can I Hanklerfish some?', John tells Hank he will be putting this box of sheets in the mail shortly. — 00:03:29
  • 2017-11-21 · Two Love Stories — John: On the January 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour, at a hotel ballroom outside Washington, DC, Nerdfighters Sara and Luis met before the show, hit it off and later began dating. — 00:00:11

2018

  • 2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John: Hank sent John 2,000 of the signed sheets to add something to, the way Hank has added his signature move, the Hanklerfish, to many copies of John's books. — 00:01:02

2021

  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — announcement: Hank: P4A perks include Hanklerfish art Hank made with friends (already selling out), shirts, coins, socks, posters and Hank's short story about April May going to VidCon. — 00:03:14
  • 2021-04-02 · John's World Record — Hank: Some rare signed copies are worth more: misprints bound with two signature pages, and ones with Yetis, spirals, Pokémon balls and Hanklerfish. — 00:01:27

2022

  • 2022-08-05 · Let's Make Some Fish — Hank: To simplify his life, Hank shares footage of people from Complexly, DFTBA and friends making the Project for Awesome Hanklerfish art, available only during the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:40
  • 2022-08-05 · Let's Make Some Fish — Hank thanks everyone who ordered this year (2022); it was hot, windy and sweaty work, but it got done and felt good. — 00:02:40
  • 2022-10-28 · I'm Changing the Way I Think About Politics — Hank first met Monica Tranel, who is running for Congress, when he emailed her and she helped him make Hanklerfish art for Project for Awesome donors. — 00:00:00

Also named in: The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!!

2023

Also named in: Whatcha think???

2024

  • 2024-02-02 · The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA — recommendation: In a channel comment John says art is for the people and that Sara's work, including the Hanklerfish painting, is available at her shop. — creator comment
  • 2024-02-02 · The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA — Hank and Sara swapped canvases: she made one of her skulls on his, and since he only knows how to do one thing, hers got a Hanklerfish; in under an hour they made a thing together. — 00:01:57
  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — announcement: Hank: Perks not yet online include Hank's Hanklerfish and quote posters by artist Kenton Hoppas; Katherine's art and Sarah's collage art are always added during the P4A. — 00:06:33
  • 2024-11-13 · Some New Things… — John recalls the 2012 Fault in Our Stars tour: 32 consecutive nights at Holiday Inn Expresses, including a very nice one on a river outside Bend, Oregon; Hank doubts it was near Bend. — 00:53:22
  • 2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — announcement: Hank shows himself making Hanklerfish for the Project for Awesome, which will be held next year (2025); viewers cannot get them yet. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-11-29 · I am Grateful for My Worry — In a channel comment, Hank recalls that one year they did Hanklerfish on cut-up drop cloth and says it may be time for that again. — creator comment

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: Hank says the small Hanklerfish canvases he offers are experiments with new ways to make Hanklerfish: few, priced highly and about four inches across. — 01:02:03
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — announcement: Hank says his woodblock Hanklerfish perks are still available: 19 of 65 left of part one, eight-by-eight woodblocks he painted, fair market value $25. — 01:53:39
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — announcement: Hank says new small Hanklerfish canvas perks are up, with 57 of 90 left. — 05:29:13
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — announcement: Hank lists perks still available: small Hanklerfish canvases, a signed Hank Green and Sara Sandoval mural print, the digital download bundle and the Zombicorns audiobook. — 05:55:44
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John lists P4A perks: a glow-in-the-dark commemorative coin for a $40 donation and a Hanklerfish enamel pin for $30. — 02:18:47
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — Hank says he keeps trying different formats for his Hanklerfish art perks, and likes this year's (2026) woodblock because it is harder to break in the mail and feels substantial. — 07:03:54
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: Hank: To raise money toward the night's goal, Hank launches woodblock Hanklerfish perks, along with special visitors and a Roll for Drink. — 05:23:03
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — Hank says the Tiltify is $10,000 from the night's goal, reached mostly through the questions rather than the Hanklerfish, of which 75 of 85 remain. — 06:03:42
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John bought a Hanklerfish perk to replace the Hanklerfish behind him, paying extra because he thought it worth more than its price. — 02:19:37
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank says the small canvas Hanklerfish perks, 84 left, are made on four-by-four-inch canvases by Hank himself. — 03:47:12
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank says 25 of his Hanklerfish artworks, made over the last year, are still available as perks and might actually sell out. — 04:12:08
  • 2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — Hank's photo before the one of the pillow tripod was of a Project for Awesome Hanklerfish he is making; he is practicing to see what he might make. — 00:01:52
  • 2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — John says we should think of more of what we put into the world as art, like a home-cooked meal or a hand-knitted sweater: turning Earth's raw materials into something transformational and better than it needs to be is art. — 00:01:52

Also named in other years (nothing said): Give Me Your Tweets, I'll Give You My Phone · Last Video Before Leave! (2016-10-28)