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Hanklerfish

drawing · in 47 videos (2011–2026)

Hank's signature anglerfish doodle, which he draws on signature sheets for John's books, making some signed copies rarer 'Hanklerfished' ones. It has also appeared on cards in DFTBA packages, as a plush, and as Project for Awesome art perks that regularly sell out.

From: A Song About an Anglerfish

Videos by year: 2011: 8 · 2012: 9 · 2013: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2026: 6

Also known as: Hanklerfishes

Threads

Also named in the threads: John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) · DFTBA posters: Nerdfighter-designed posters sold at DFTBA.com (2011) · Hank asks viewers to donate to the P4A 2011 Fund at projectforawesome.com or fightworldsuck.org (2011) · P4A 2014 edition · P4A 2022 edition · Sarah Urist Green's collage poems: Project for Awesome perks, then DFTBA note cards for charity (2021) · P4A 2023 edition · P4A 2025 edition · P4A 2026 edition

Often together

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

Project for Awesome (22) · The Fault in Our Stars (9) · DFTBA (5) · DFTBA Records (8) · Los Angeles (3) · Punishment (4) · cancer (3) · Peeps (2) · Alice Green (2) · hankschannel (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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
    • 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: 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
    • 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
  • 2011-10-19 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • The tour starts January 10th, the day the book comes out, and ends January 31st. — 00:01:15
  • 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
  • …and 10 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

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
    • 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: They arrive in the early afternoon to lots of books needing signatures and Hanklerfishes, which takes a couple of hours. — 00:00:25
    • 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
  • 2012-01-27 · 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
  • 2012-01-31 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 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
  • 2012-12-28 · 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
  • …and 14 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

  • 2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? — announcement: Hank: Because things are boring at the DFTBA warehouse, every package that is not a poster now gets a Hanklerfish card; poster-only orders get a free DFTBA wristband. — 00:03:07
    • Hank made the Hanklerfishes while watching Call the Midwife on Netflix and recommends the show: super good, though he cried 'like a thousand times'. — 00:03:22
  • 2013-11-29 · REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! — both: They show drawings of each other: Hank's on sparkle-pen paper, apparently with a Hanklerfish earring for John, and John's of Hank as a beaver playing the guitar. (playful) — 00:02:14
  • 2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks — John says he would have to send cease-and-desist letters to makers of a spoon, Hanklerfish greeting cards and a DFTBA scarf, which he doesn't want: he wants such things to exist and to buy them. — 00:01:35

2014

  • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

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
    • 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

  • 2023-02-10 · If it ain't broke don't fix it. — announcement: Hank: This year's (2023) P4A art perk: Hank drew Hanklerfish on squares cut from the drop-cloth paper; there are 250, all signed and numbered. — 00:01:33
  • 2023-02-24 · The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet — Hank: Fan art shows a Hanklerfish crunching a lemon; Hank calls him lovely and says he has made a mistake. (playful) — 00:15:20
  • 2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · This is a Video!! — Hank says the Hanklerfish he made for the Project for Awesome are all sold out. — 00:03:13
    • Hank has made a design based on the Hanklerfish and put it on a t-shirt, his first in a long time, available at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:13
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John: After a Houston hotel sold their rooms on tour, the brothers got another hotel's best room, bigger than John's house, with a Picasso print and certificate of authenticity. — 01:56:36
    • Hank: As his punishment, Hank will draw anglerfish ('Hanklerfish') on 7,400 TFIOS signature sheets, 5% of the total; all pre-ordered copies are signed. — 02:08:36

Also named in: Whatcha think???

2024

  • 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
  • …and 2 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

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
    • Hank says new small Hanklerfish canvas perks are up, with 57 of 90 left. — 05:29:13
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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! — 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 — 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
    • 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
  • …and 2 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026

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