Punishment

channel rule · in 224 videos (2007–2026)

A penalty a brother takes for breaking a channel rule, such as posting a non-educational video over four minutes; from 2010 Nerdfighters and the other brother chose it, to be done within a week. Punishments ranged from 15 hours inside a Target to an inkless tattoo and drinking Gushers juice; by 2026 the brothers no longer get punished for missing a day.

Videos by year: 2007: 72 · 2008: 32 · 2009: 32 · 2010: 16 · 2011: 16 · 2012: 12 · 2013: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2015: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2017: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2026: 4

Also known as: punishments

Threads

Often together

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

Four-minute rule (24) · No textual communication (10) · Brotherhood 2.0 (26) · Peeps (11) · Daniel Biss (9) · world suck (13) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (8) · Paper Towns (13) · Katherine Green (14) · Sarah Urist Green (14)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

2007-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 1st — announcement: Hank tells John they will no longer communicate by any textual means: no instant messaging or email, only video blogs and possibly phone calls. — 00:00:13 · also in: Week 1 Condensed!
2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 — John proposes punishments for failing to update, taken from his living room: the 1100-page Continuum History of Apocalypticism, a Christmas card with someone else's baby, knitting a scarf, eating a styrofoam peanut. (playful) — 00:01:01 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
2007-02-05 · Brotherhood 2.0, February 5, 2007 — John: Bleeding again, John tells Hank they will have to switch punishments because this one makes him bleed. (playful) — 00:02:15
2007-03-08 · Brotherhood 2.0: Giving Away Peeps — Hank: One punk, Kurt, holds 12 Peeps in his hands and eats them in rapid succession while the others urge him on. — 00:02:27
2007-04-05 · April 5th: Embarrassing Moment Sock Puppet Theater — Hank calls test-driving a Hummer at his local dealership one of the best punishment ideas in a long time, but says he can't: the nearest Hummer dealership is 153 miles away. — 00:00:03
2007-07-06 · July 6: Ooooooops — ask: Hank tells Nerdfighters that the brothers will need some punishment ideas. — 00:02:59
2007-07-13 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 13: Outside — John looks forward to doing his punishment on Tuesday: he has gathered some medals and this weekend will get big baggy pants, maybe an old belt like he used to have, and green hairspray at a thrift store. — 00:01:38
2007-08-02 · August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans — announcement: John says hard-working Nerdfighters have found a textual communication he apparently sent Hank on January 11, 2007, so he, not Hank, is about to be punished. (hedged) — 00:01:49
2007-08-08 · August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury — announcement: John: Contributions to Biss's ActBlue page before midnight Eastern on Friday count toward John's punishment, as do contributions by non-US people and minors to the Fund to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:31
2007-08-14 · August 14th: The Blenderized Happy Meal (and Leg Waxing) — John: Presenting it as 'cooking with John Green', John blends a Happy Meal (orange drink, French fries, hamburger), keeping some drink to wash it down. (playful) — 00:00:56
2007-12-20 · December 20th: HANK SHALL BE PUNISHED! — announcement: John settles on two punishment options for Hank; Nerdfighters will vote and Hank must do the winner. Option one: eat a blenderized Christmas meal including at least ham, eggnog and Christmas cookies. — 00:02:59
2007-12-31 · Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 — both: The chorus says goodbye to Brotherhood 2.0, telling viewers the brothers know they will be sad to see it go. — 00:00:40
…and 180 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

2008-01-21 · A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT — announcement: John: Because nerdfighters miss punishing the brothers, John announces projects: when viewers complete one, they earn the right to punish or challenge the brothers, with the wives keeping veto power. — 00:02:29
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Since this video will have few jokes, John says he will make up for it with a 'joketacular' Question Tuesday next Monday (14 April 2008). — 00:00:00
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to suggest in comments how the brothers should be punished, wondering about a shared or simultaneous punishment. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) — Hank says he is finally doing his punishment, which he learned only yesterday; it was chosen from suggestions by Nerdfighters and John. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-22 · Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! — announcement: Hank says John's punishment was five videos in five days, but John is not going to manage it, for a reason Hank withholds at first. — 00:00:09
2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John says Brotherhood 2.0 was initially his idea; he has a crazy idea every 45 minutes and relies on Hank to reject them, but Hank said this one was not terrible. (playful) — 00:00:25
2008-09-21 · The Pwning of Oprah — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave punishment suggestions in the comments. — 00:02:58
2008-10-06 · Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) — John announces that today is the first day of the brothers' month-long Brotherhood 2.0-style vlogging challenge, the first such in almost ten months. — 00:03:18
2008-10-14 (said on 2008-10-13, implied) · Numa Numa Hank Dance — ask: Hank asks viewers to comment whether or not they want him to be punished. — 00:03:32
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. — John notes Hank's previous video was 4 minutes 16 seconds long and expects a 'weird semantic argument' against being punished. (playful) — 00:00:36
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! — ask: John: In solidarity with Hank's punishment and in gratitude, John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them, offering examples, and asks for answers in comments. — 00:01:50
2008-11-06 · Funny Noises from Tennessee — Hank says this is the last video of Brotherhood 2.1 and bids it goodbye. — 00:00:06
…and 40 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

Also named in: QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday), Live from LAX, Travel Tips, Delivered Hoarsely

2009

2009-01-01 · Brotherhood 2.0.0.9 — announcement: Hank: Every Sunday for the year, John will send Hank a video about a current news event he considers vitally important and Hank is probably ignorant of. — 00:01:19
2009-03-01 · Free Will Fetish — announcement: John reveals, whispering, that the vlogbrothers now have more subscribers than Google, the company that owns YouTube. (playful) — 00:02:12
2009-04-01 (said on 2009-03-31, implied) · A Few Of My Favorite Things — announcement: Hank apologises for not yet being dressed as Carrie Bradshaw and says he thinks he will make up for it tomorrow. (hedged) — 00:03:38
2009-04-01 · HANKROLL'd — Hank sings a cover of 'Never Gonna Give You Up', rickrolling viewers; the description says he does it dressed as Carrie Bradshaw. (playful) — 00:00:17
2009-06-07 · I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! — ask: John tells Nerdfighters they can still vote on his punishment. — 00:03:46
2009-06-10 · WIDE ANGLE LENS! And Not Eating Fat Sandwiches — announcement: Hank announces the chosen punishment: strawberry-flavored protein powder dissolved into melted Crisco and made into a fat sandwich, like a Carl's Jr. burger eaten 'John's way'. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-06-17 (said on 2009-06-16, implied) · Half a Beard — announcement: John announces the Vlogbrothers 2009 Fitness Challenge: in two months, a three-part contest - a three-mile run, consecutive push-ups, and getting closer to ideal BMI. — 00:01:34
2009-06-20 · Neck Beards and Fitness Challenges — Hank tells John he is ready to take him on in the fitness challenge, though he can't recall its name; he did six push-ups, his Wii Fit age went from 28 to 45, and his BMI went down. (playful) — 00:02:31
2009-11-03 · This Machine Pwns n00bs! — announcement: John uses the album's first single to start the first event of the 2009 Nerdfighter Fitness Challenge: how many circuits of Jumping Jack Push-Up Dance Move during the anglerfish song. — 00:00:47
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John challenges Nerdfighters to find him a copy or the author of Gus Is a Bug; if they do, they may punish him however they see fit. — 00:01:10
2009-11-22 · Hank in FAMY — John says Nerdfighteria has long wanted to punish Hank, but Hank keeps the rules: a video every Wednesday, a song every other Wednesday, never more than four minutes. (playful) — 00:00:29
2009-12-01 · Shaving for Pakistan — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: be at the Missoula, Montana Target when it opens at 8 a.m. and stay, without leaving, until it closes 15 hours later. (playful) — 00:03:17
…and 59 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

2010-01-04 · It Hurts In My Toof: The 2010 Rules — announcement: John announces rule four: breaking any rule brings a punishment chosen by Nerdfighters and the other brother, to be completed within one week of being assigned. — 00:02:39
- John says he still owes a punishment too, which Hank has not yet given him; once Hank does, John will have a week to complete it. — 00:02:39
2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank, tired and unwell, starts his punishment inside a Target with 15 hours to fill; five hours in, he is really bored. — 00:00:00
- Hank assigns John's punishment: face his fear of heights with a full session on the Frog Hopper, and tell Hank he loves him while up there. (playful) — 00:03:17
2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank gives his own YouTube story: his brother convinced him to do something ridiculous they thought would be about two people, and it turned out to be about many more. — 00:01:55
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — announcement: Hank says he and John both failed to make a video last week (week of 5 July 2010); viewers' forgiveness over VidCon doesn't count, since they agreed to keep the schedule, so both must be punished. — 00:02:13
- Hank asks viewers to suggest punishments or vote on suggested ones in the YouTube Moderator module below the video on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:02:42
2010-07-21 · I Hung out with Snookie...Accidentally — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, first suggested to him at VidCon: a 10-minute workout video working 'the whole nerd body', since John is doing well on his fitness plan. — 00:02:34
2010-08-02 · I Love Hank: Esther Day 2010 — announcement: John sets Hank's punishment: a makeup tutorial in the style of YouTube makeup tutorials, deadline September 1. — 00:02:55
2010-08-18 · Demon Four Year Old Interviewed — announcement: Hank notes both brothers owe punishments (his makeup tutorial is not done; John is unpunished) and proposes an agreement that both be complete seven days from now. (hedged) — 00:01:49
2010-09-02 · Fitness for Nerds — In the description, John says he fulfils his punishment with this video, a mock nerd workout he hosts as 'Fitness for Nerds'. (playful) — video description
2010-11-05 · God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I — ask: John says no punishment is due for going over four minutes, since Nerdfighters allowed longer videos, and asks viewers to say how the brothers are doing. — video description
…and 17 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

2011

2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — announcement: John chose not to upload a video on Wednesday, reasoning that the best gift for his brother is the chance to make him do something humiliating, embarrassing or unpalatable. (playful) — 00:00:54
2011-05-06 · Happy Birthday To Me! — announcement: Hank says that after a punishment drought three punishments are now owed: one for John not posting on Wednesday, and two (one per brother) for Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see the Helen Hunt video. — 00:02:43
- Hank asks viewers to post punishment ideas in the comments and thumb up the ones they like. — 00:03:05
2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — Hank proposes a punishment adapted from Corey Vidal's video where viewers clicked annotations to choose two items he blended and drank: viewers will pick two of six ingredients for John's sandwich. — 00:01:19
- Hank proposes John's two punishments, without saying which is which: a video of more than 35 parts (six times six), and making many sandwiches with gross ingredients. (hedged) — 00:02:37
2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John sets Hank's punishment as the one most popular in Nerdfighteria, Humpy Hank All Over Town: Hank must hump the town. (playful) — 00:02:23
2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank performs his punishment, humping things around town to a dance track, and calls it a very punishing punishment. (playful) — 00:02:20
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
- Hank says John missed a video because he was having his gallbladder removed, so as a medical exception viewers don't get to punish him. — 00:02:55
2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — John says he owes a punishment but cannot do the sandwich punishment, because his gallbladder was recently removed; he declines to show the scars. — 00:01:35
- John asks viewers to suggest a different punishment for him; Hank will pick one. — 00:02:09
- 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
…and 16 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers — John marks five years since he uploaded his first Vlogbrothers video, on January 2, 2007, with a deliberately terrible jump cut. — 00:00:00
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
2012-06-26 · Insufficient Funds: A Story of Canada — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to prepare punishment ideas for Hank and leave them in the comments. (playful) — 00:02:21
2012-06-29 (said on 2012-06-30, implied) · Online Video about Online Video — Hank says he did make a video, and that the punishment ideas viewers suggested for him on John's last video could easily apply to John, who has at least one outstanding punishment. (playful) — 00:00:00
2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John's deal: if the Nerdfighter Kiva group reaches $1 million before the brothers reach 1,000 videos, Nerdfighteria can challenge both; they will do the challenges and the slate is cleared. — 00:01:56
- John says both brothers have outstanding punishments they haven't done because punishments suck, which he calls a roadblock in their relationship. (playful) — 00:01:56
2012-08-31 · Why The Rich Pay Lower Taxes — Hank: Nerdfighteria blew past John's goal: a million dollars raised for Kiva before Hank even made his first video promoting it. — 00:03:02
2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: John says he will do his punishment next week (the week of 1 October 2012) and is trying to find a llama. — 00:01:27
2012-10-23 · Understanding the National Debt and Budget Deficit — John apologises that he is still working on his punishment. — 00:06:31
2012-11-04 · Policy and Politics: Brotherhood 2.0 Week Begins — announcement: John says the brothers are doing a week of Brotherhood 2.0-style daily vlogs as a punishment. — 00:00:00
- The description says this is the first of six consecutive daily videos the brothers will make to fulfil the first of their two outstanding punishments. — video description
2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( — Hank says this concludes the week of Brotherhood 2.0-style videos; it was really fun and he wishes they could keep going. — 00:03:24
…and 6 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John announces a live Question Tuesday: two teams, questions sent on Twitter read by teammates, and whoever is talking at the end is punished with mild electrocution. (playful) — 01:43:42
2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank says Grace found out and sent him something (the description calls it 'Daily Grace Slaps Herself'), and declares: 'Punishment served.' (playful) — 00:00:00
2013-06-25 · Thoughts from Places: Dog Days of Summer — Hannah Hart: She stops recording because she does not want to go four minutes like Grace did. (playful) — 00:03:24
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria — John says his last video ran over four minutes and Nerdfighters in Our Pants ruled it not educational, so he is punished. — 00:02:39
- According to Our Pants both brothers already owe punishments, so both are punished and John doubly. — 00:03:00
2013-10-18 · Curiosity is the Greatest Human Quality — announcement: Hank says there are lots of genius and terrifying punishment suggestions; they are going to gather them and then hold a poll. — 00:03:05
2013-11-08 · VidCon, Punishments, Comments, and Pumpkins — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment, a mix of suggestions: Henry decides and cooks John's dinner, short of poisoning him, and John has to eat it. (playful) — 00:02:12
2013-11-12 · But Is Worm Pizza Poisonous? — The description says you can get intestinal hookworms from eating earthworms, so the punishment excludes worm pizza. — video description
- John tells Henry he cannot eat worm pizza, Henry's first suggestion, because eating worms can be really bad for you, even kind of poisonous, as they carry bacteria. (hedged) — 00:02:15
- John sums up the punishment menu Henry has chosen for him to eat: slobber carrots with Henry's drool, really gross barbecue with drool, and hats. — 00:03:49
2013-12-10 · Cooking with a 3-Year-Old: Slobber Carrots and Gross Barbecue — John: On 'punishment Tuesday' John reminds Henry he came up with the gross meal: slobber carrots with drool, gross barbecue with drool, and hat. — 00:00:00
- In the description John is glad to have the punishment behind him and thanks Henry and Nerdfighteria for the horror. — video description
…and 5 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John: Meanwhile John will make a video on Behind the Beautiful Forevers, the Nerdfighter Book Club summer pick, and schedule it to upload next Tuesday (22 July 2014) so he doesn't get punished. — 00:02:34
- John tells Hank he owes Nerdfighteria a punishment and asks Nerdfighters for punishment suggestions for Hank in the comments. — 00:02:51
2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: Answering John's claim that he owes a punishment, Hank says the brothers have been doing this so long, with so many punishable infractions, that it is getting confusing. (playful) — 00:00:01
- Hank says the brothers created the channel on January 1, 2007 with three rules: a video on your day, no video over four minutes, and no textual communication between them. — 00:00:21
- After 2007 the brothers abolished the textual communication rule, changed the schedule, and exempted educational videos, montage videos and 4:01 videos (YouTube adds a second) from the time limit. — 00:01:32
- Hank says that on October 28, 2012, with both brothers owing punishments for reasons he can't find, John bet Nerdfighteria: reach 1,000 videos before $1 million in Kiva loans and the punishments are wiped, otherwise doubled. — 00:03:17
- Nerdfighteria loaned the million dollars, so each brother had two punishments; they cleared one by making six videos in a week, three each, leaving one punishment each. — 00:03:34
- Hank says he got a really good idea for his own punishment from comments on John's video, and asks everyone to comment what John's punishment should be. — 00:03:48
2014-07-22 · Ambiguous Victories and Real Progress: Behind the Beautiful Forevers — John: Answering Hank's rant about punishments, John says that although he still believes he does not owe a punishment, he will do one because data does not lie. — 00:00:04
2014-08-01 · PUNISHMENT OF PAIN AND SCIENCE! — announcement: Hank says today's video, inspired by a comment on John's video about Hank needing to be punished, explains the science of pain while he experiences pain. (playful) — 00:00:02
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John: Asked about a punishment, John says he owes one and asks Hank what it is. — 00:02:47
2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank sets John's punishment: since John doesn't want a tattoo, he will get a tattoo with no ink in the gun, painful with nothing to show. — 00:03:09
…and 14 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John: Asked when he will do his inkless tattoo punishment, John says 'Soon. Ish.' and asks viewers for tattoo ideas in the comments. (hedged) — 00:01:33
2015-09-15 · John Gets a Tattoo — John, outside Firefly Tattoo with Rosianna, is getting an inkless tattoo as a punishment for something punishable he apparently did in 2012, which Hank and Nerdfighteria dredged up. (playful) — 00:00:03
- John chooses to have the tattoo say DFTBA on his upper arm. (hedged) — 00:00:34
- Laura made John's DFTBA tattoo with water instead of ink, so it will go away in about a month. — 00:01:26
- Though he spent the last several weeks fearing it, John says this turned out to be the least punishing Vlogbrothers punishment ever. — 00:01:29
2015-11-12 · Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) — John says his tattoo is not fake, just made with water instead of ink, so not visible but real; he would consider more invisible tattoos. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:04
2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — ask: John playfully asks whether Nerdfighteria will really punish him because his video about refugee camps in Ethiopia ran over four minutes, calling them monsters. (playful) — 00:02:22
…and 1 statement more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

2016-10-21 · Coming Out, Goats, Government, and Attack Ads with Denise Juneau — Hank reminds viewers that educational videos are exempt from the time limit, so they should stop talking about punishments in the comments. (playful) — 00:08:34
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done — announcement: Hank decides to be punished for this too-long video in front of people at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria; it will be recorded and uploaded, and he doesn't know what it will be yet. — 00:06:01
…and 1 statement more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

2017-01-03 · 10 Years on YouTube (...and MORE GREAT NEWS) — announcement: John: Since Hank's last 2016 video went over four minutes without being educational, there is a vlogbrothers punishment for the first time in years, to take place live on stage at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:59
- John asks Nerdfighters to leave suggestions for Hank's punishment in the comments. — 00:03:12
2017-03-03 · PUNISHED: Blenderized Audience Choice: LIVE! — announcement: Hank says he is at NerdCon: Nerdfighteria about to be punished, and the audience is voting on the things he will blend. — 00:00:00
- Hank drinks the blended mixture to chants of chug, still has a little left, and finds it very spicy once the peanut butter stops masking the heat. (playful) — 00:02:44
- Mid-chug Hank recites the rule that when a Vlogbrother messes up, a Vlogbrother must be punished. (playful) — 00:03:02
- In a voice-over Hank tells John he survived the punishment and it was worth it. (hedged) — 00:03:46
2017-07-14 · YouTube History Lesson: Vlogbrothers Through the Ages — Hank: In December 2007, having done the project for its planned year and with 11,000 subscribers, the brothers thought about stopping but decided to keep going, which turned out okay. — 00:03:06
2017-07-18 · Accio Decade Hallows — John: In July 2007 John was doing Brotherhood 2.0, a year-long project of weekday videos with Hank, watched by a few hundred people a day. — 00:02:12
2017-08-29 · 40 — John says next week's (week of 4 September 2017) video, his reading of the first chapter of Turtles All the Way Down, will be over four minutes but is not punishable, citing precedents from 2011 and 2008 when he read the first chapters of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. (playful) — 00:02:51

2018

2018-07-03 · How Does This End? — ask: John: Having worked for 'this company' for 12 years, John requests three weeks of unpunished vacation per year, not to be used now or all at once; that, he says, is why he made the video. (playful) — 00:03:21
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank: The survey results say people are fine with the brothers taking three weeks of vacation. — 00:00:40
2018-11-16 · Doing This Makes Me Happy, but Maybe it Doesn't' Seem that Way? — announcement: Hank says Census responses gave him many ideas for his upcoming punishment; he is pretty sure he knows what he will do, and it will be unpleasant. (hedged) — 00:00:00
2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — announcement: Hank says he will do his punishment live during the livestream, record it and edit it for next week (week of 10 December 2018). — 00:03:44
2018-12-14 · Cute Goth Shock Collar Trivia Punishment for Charity — announcement: Hank says he is doing his punishment while recording his vlogbrothers video: a makeup challenge while wearing a shock collar. — 00:00:00
- Hank explains the rule: every $200 raised gets him a trivia question, and every wrong answer gets him shocked. — 00:00:00
- The description says Hank did the punishment during the P4A livestream, filmed by Matt Gaydos, Maia Ledesma and Tuna Metesh. — video description

2019

2019-05-10 · The Worst Product Ever — announcement: Hank says he accidentally uploaded a Hank's Channel video to Vlogbrothers that ran over four minutes, so he has another punishment brewing. — 00:03:24
2019-07-19 · In Which Hank Consumes the Juice of Over 400 Gushers — Hank says that at VidCon he did his punishment for uploading a 4:02 video meant for Hank's channel to Vlogbrothers: drinking the juice of Gushers. — 00:00:29

2020

2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — John: Last year (2019) Nerdfighteria voted to give the brothers three weeks of vacation per year; John has not used much of it. — 00:03:21
2020-12-08 · A Love Letter to My Brother, Basically — John says starting a collaborative video blog back in 2006 was his idea. — 00:00:00

2021

2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. — John: In late 2006, after An Abundance of Katherines came out, John quit his day job to write full time, found himself still inconsistent and the empty days terrifying, and three months later invented an unpaid job, this channel. — 00:01:34
- John treated Vlogbrothers as a job, with work due at set times: a missed book deadline has no consequence, but a missed vlog deadline might mean eating a blenderized Happy Meal. — 00:01:56

2022

2022-11-08 · Dr Pepper Enthusiast John Green Taste Tests Dr Pepper and Its Misbegotten Pretenders — The description admits the video is over four minutes and probably not educational, so John technically probably owes Nerdfighteria a punishment. (hedged) — video description

2023

2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John: After having his gallbladder removed, John says he can't do the sandwich punishment and asks viewers to suggest another for Hank to pick. — 02:08:36
- 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

2026

2026-03-13 · Pain — Hank notes the brothers no longer require themselves never to miss a day, and no longer get punished for missing one. — 00:03:04
2026-09-29 · Pretend You Don't Know This — Hank recalls they decided to upload a video every weekday of 2007 and relive that for two weeks every year in Pizzamas, not near Christmas and loosely based on pizza. — 00:01:30
2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John recalls that early on the brothers replaced text with video blogs for no reward but bit commitment: no money, and 200 videos before 200 subscribers. — 00:02:08
2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — Hank: Asked his favorite part of his day of punishment in Target, Hank recalls a nerdfighter coming to the Target's Starbucks (not yet a Starbucks then) with little penguin art (as heard) for him: a nerdfighter gathering of three. — 00:02:22