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181 statements about Sydney Green in 106 videos, by upload date.

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2007

Also named in: June 13: Dominican Debacles, September 26th: Norbert Wiener

2008

  • 2008-01-08 · Sledding and YouTube Tag — Hank says his name is William Henry Green II, after his grandfather; his mom wanted to call him Hank, which he likes, though banks balk at checks made out to 'Hank'. — 00:03:26
  • 2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — Sydney Green: On the phone, the brothers' mom says it was the other way around (Hank tried to kill John) and answers yes when John asks whether he ever tried to kill Hank. — 00:01:40
  • 2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John protests that he is getting the short end of the stick, since Mom seems to make the case that he was the inferior sibling. (playful) — 00:02:15
  • 2008-07-08 (said on 2008-07-07, implied) · Hank Tried to Kill Me With a Hammer — John sums up that, according to their mom, the meanest thing Hank did to him was try to kill him with a hammer, and his own was spilling red cough syrup on Hank's bedspread and hugging him too hard. (playful) — 00:02:33
  • 2008-09-04 · Paper Towns Tour Dates! — announcement: John announces an October 16 New York launch party for Paper Towns' release with Hank, their parents, the Yeti, Maureen Johnson and other authors; Julia Nunes is floated as a 'rumor'. — 00:01:12
  • 2008-11-04 · Election Night In Indianapolis! — both: The brothers note that Elizabeth Dole no longer has a job, thanking their Dad and Mom for not voting for her; 'we just don't like Elizabeth Dole'. (playful) — 00:00:44
  • 2008-11-27 · Thanksgiving in Asheville — John spends Thanksgiving 2008 at his parents' house in Asheville, North Carolina, 'where it all started' for him. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — both: They say they featured none of their own videos and no best friends, except a video their parents made. (playful) — 00:01:35

Also named in: SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD, Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday)

2009

  • 2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John: In the childhood book, each family member makes a New Year's resolution: Mom to clean the drawers, Dad to weigh under 600 pounds, Hank to bathe, John to try his hardest; only John's comes true. (fiction) — 00:00:21
  • 2009-01-27 · Before Looking for Alaska… — John apologizes to his parents for the book's insults, then tells Hank he could in fact stand to take more showers. (playful) — 00:01:46
  • 2009-04-30 · A GOAT GIVING BIRTH — Hank did lose his camcorder charger and has no way to record, so he uses footage he shot at his mom and dad's house. — 00:00:03
  • 2009-06-23 (said on 2009-06-22, implied) · Fighting the Flame War! — Hank records on Monday, June 22, rather than Tuesday because their parents come to town the next day and will want him to spend time with them. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — John hopes Hank is having fun with their parents and Katherine. (hedged) — 00:03:08
  • 2009-10-29 · EMBARASSMENT: The Live Show — Hank says his parents just sent him a box of his old things from the house, including his diary. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-23 · Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank — John says he usually hates Christmas but is into it this year (2009): he and his wife expect their first kid, and Hank, Katherine, Mom and Dad are all there. — 00:00:34

Also named in: Star Trek: The Movie, Review, I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks!, Sell Outs!, I AM COMPUTER MAN!!!

2010

  • 2010-01-06 (said on 2010-01-05, implied) · 15 Hours in Target! — Hank feels a bit of a jerk complaining when John did nothing and has a root canal today, though John did break the rules of dental hygiene despite Mom buying them a toothbrush every year. (playful) — 00:01:27
  • 2010-02-15 · Hello Baby!! — John: Reason two: John recalls their mom showing his high-school girlfriends his baby pictures and doesn't want embarrassing stories about Henry reaching a large audience. (playful) — 00:01:43
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says the doors were locked overnight, so the suspects are the family and Red; he knows he didn't do it, and finds their parents unlikely since he thinks they liked the Nintendo keeping him busy. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's first point: nobody wants to touch dog poop, he never has unless asked, and he cannot imagine Jesus or their mom asking him to put it in the Nintendo. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-17 · Side-Boob is Not my Ultimate Concern — Hank: Family is always central to Hank's concerns, so he wishes his mom a happy birthday and plays her a song on party blowers. — 00:02:40
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says he and Hank are in Sonoma, California, for Dad's 60th birthday party. — 00:00:49
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John: Mom and Dad could not come because Mom broke her ankle, so the brothers celebrate Dad's 60th birthday without them and send them their love. — 00:00:57
  • 2010-09-11 (said on 2010-09-10, implied) · Giant Baby Attack — John says the video is short because they will honor Dad's 60th birthday (at wineries, Hank adds) and enjoy their rented house. — 00:01:22
  • 2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank loves that his mom still gets him toys for Christmas, and that he still likes getting them. — 00:01:16
  • 2010-12-27 · To: You - - From: The Vlogbrothers — Hank: A gift from his mom that Hank took for a musical instrument, enjoying the noise it made, turned out to be a cheese cutter. (playful) — 00:01:33

2011

  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: Rejecting the premise that he is cool for a nerd, John offers photos of his middle-school self and thanks his mom for those glasses. (playful) — 00:00:48
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John: Their mom is visiting John in Amsterdam; John teases that she comes all that way to see him but rarely sees Hank in Montana. (playful) — 00:00:20
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — Hank tells his dad he loves him for being an excellent father who never complains about how weird his sons are, and his mom for being proud of them even when they did weird things. — 00:02:26
  • 2011-11-23 · Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous — Hank: By Green family tradition, Hank tells John what he's thankful for this Thanksgiving: his brother, his viewers, his family and his wife, fulfilling an obligation to their mother. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — Hank says the brothers owe Papa a lot, beyond creating their mom, which was important to their existence and their happiness. — 00:00:27
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John woke at Mom and Dad's house, admired the view of Western North Carolina from the porch and went for a walk. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John: Mom and Dad raise goats and turn their milk into fancy soap and cheese; goats must have babies to produce milk. — 00:01:06
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John watched a long courtship (beard-rubbing, tail-wagging), hid so as not to discourage the goats, and after misplaced humping saw them mate; he was glad Henry didn't see. — 00:01:27
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — John: Lost in thought, John got very lost in the woods; following water downhill, he found his trail by the skid marks from his fall, 'another life saved by dead leaves'. — 00:02:07
  • 2011-12-28 · Goats Mating — announcement: John says the goats' mating means Mom should have more milk for soap soon; the description adds Mom has a little soap left after the holiday sales. — 00:02:56

Also named in: Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography, NERD FACTOR

2012

Also named in: 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song

2013

2014

  • 2014-06-06 · Thoughts from the TFiOS Premiere! — Hank says he came to New York for the TFiOS premiere, his first viewing of the film, and walked the red carpet with his wife; photographers published none of their pictures, but his mom took some. — 00:01:01
  • 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
  • 2014-12-02 · What You Eat Of Those You Love — 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

Also named in: Hanging with High School Hank

2015

Also named in: REUNION MINIGOLF

2016

  • 2016-07-05 · The Horizon Line — John: Their dad worked hard to get out of Indianapolis; he and Mom left for good a few weeks after John was born and never looked back. — 00:01:27
  • 2016-12-27 · The Best of My 2016 — John's first memory: attending the 100th running of the Indy 500 with his mom and dad and many friends. — 00:00:29

2017

  • 2017-06-20 · FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again — Sydney Green: Their mom, called on the phone, says it was John, not Hank, who fell out of a tree house. — 00:01:33
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says Mom told him a story a couple of months ago; as context, she grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, during segregation. — 00:00:00
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says a lot changed for Mom in the 1970s as the civil rights movement happened and she went to college. — 00:00:17
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank: After the family moved to Orlando, Mom was surprised that her sons would have black teachers and worried, like others in her friend group, that they couldn't teach as well as white teachers. — 00:00:23
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank thinks it says a lot about Mom that she let him share the story, which does not make her look good and which she hadn't brought up for about 25 years. (hedged) — 00:00:46
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says it is hard to talk about race and we need to do it more; Mom wanted to help them talk about it. (hedged) — 00:00:57
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says that ultimately, unlike some of his classmates, Mom kept them in the classes they were assigned to. — 00:01:45
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says her decision wasn't heroic and her thoughts don't make her a monster: she was neither hero nor monster, and he can still be proud of her. — 00:01:49
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank says Mom told him something he found really important: hate is so easy. — 00:02:01
  • 2017-08-18 · What I've Been Thinking About — Hank wants to learn from Mom that beliefs can change, empathy can grow, and the lifelong work toward a more compassionate, tolerant and just world is never done. — 00:03:22

2018

  • 2018-05-08 · Old Man Yells at Cloud — John says getting older need not mean yelling at clouds: his parents are wonderful models, having stayed passionate, hopeful and curious throughout their adult lives. — 00:01:02
  • 2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad says Mama Green is coming to PodCon, though she doesn't like big conferences. — 00:03:11
  • 2018-09-04 · The Eisenhower Matrix — John's parents introduced him to the strategy as a kid; he has found it very helpful though hard to implement minute by minute, and will keep trying. — 00:03:18
  • 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John's parents' solution: the family still visited his grandparents and he missed the game, but they had a trophy made reading 'John Green 1984 All-Star In Our Hearts'. — 00:01:56
  • 2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — John's parents always praised his effort more than his achievements; even now his mom says she knows he worked hard rather than congratulating him on an award. — 00:02:26
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: There is Pizzamas soap from Farmer Jane Soap, the goat-milk soap company John's mom founded, handmade with real goat's milk in Western North Carolina. — 00:02:07

2019

  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: That Evening of Awesome included the Mountain Goats, Kimya Dawson, Neil Gaiman and many friends, with Sarah, Katherine and the brothers' parents all there. — 00:00:28
  • 2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: Many favorite moments were little: a Joan Mitchell show with Sarah, sprawling at VidCon with Rosianna, hamburgers with Hank, the Pettibon spiral, his mom's painting of his La-Z-Boy, laughing while filming Crash Course with Stan. — 00:03:18
  • 2019-12-27 · Why I'm Worried about 2020 — Hank is worried about 2020 because 2020 needs him to be, just as he needs his mom to worry about him. — 00:03:08

Also named in: ...Not My Proudest Moment

2020

  • 2020-01-21 · Gifts That Changed My Life — John shows the world on a turtle that his parents gave him, which means a lot to him because of its symbolic resonances. — 00:00:58

2021

2022

2023

  • 2023-03-17 (said on 2023-03-16, implied) · This is a Video!! — Hank: Ranking his studio chairs, Hank calls the one his mother painted his best, gives his microscope chair seven out of ten and his drum throne, which falls whenever he sits on it, zero. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — John: The peppers are for John and his mom's annual hot sauce: he is making experimental fermented sauces with the early peppers, and the traditional family sauce later in the year. — 00:03:08
  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — John says the family names its hot sauce every year; last year's (2022) was Societal Collapse Is in the Air, after something Timothée Chalamet said during a press junket. — 00:03:20
  • 2023-08-22 · The Panera Phenomenon — ask: John asks viewers to suggest this year's (2023) hot sauce name in the comments, conveying that it will be hot but also fun, like August in Indiana. — 00:03:30
  • 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — announcement: John shows Pizza John's hot sauce, which tastes much like the hot sauce he makes with his mom but cannot legally sell; it is US-only as food. — 00:03:00
  • 2023-10-31 · How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle — The description says John and his mom make homemade hot sauce that costs $65 per bottle, takes about eight months and has a fairly high chance of catastrophic failure. (playful) — video description
  • 2023-10-31 · How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle — John: The mash is blended with garlic and white wine vinegar, here a pepper vinegar his mom made from excess peppers, then taste-tested and bottled. — 00:02:20
  • 2023-10-31 · How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle — John cannot sell the sauce, since it was not made in a commercial kitchen and would need about $80 a bottle to profit, so he gives it to family and friends for the holidays. — 00:02:50
  • 2023-10-31 · How to Make Hot Sauce for Just $65 per Bottle — John: Finishing the sauce leaves John a little less anxious: it is good to have hobbies, especially one shared with his mom. — 00:03:00

Also named in: New Office Tour!!

2024

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John offers 20 prints of the Good News Bridge, which his mother painted after learning Hank's cancer was treatable rather than the worst case; John and his parents were on a walk there when they heard. — 01:00:55
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says his father Mike Green, who donated, helped run the P4A matching fund with Amy, and thanks his parents for making a P4A perk again this year (2026). — 01:02:42
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John recalls first trying a swear word, the one starting with S, when a kite fell during a beach outing; his parents were unperturbed, which defanged swearing for him. — 01:12:13
  • 2026-04-14 · Babies. Babies. Babies. — John wants to show love for his mom, who has made many sacrifices and, having two boys, has not often received Mother's Day presents. — 00:04:23
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John and Hank, greeting from a French barge, are on vacation for their parents' 50th wedding anniversary. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — Hank teases John that he gets a World Cup twice every four years, counting the Women's World Cup, but their parents' 50th anniversary happens once. (playful) — 00:03:32
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says he is completely engaged in their parents' 50th anniversary, just short on sleep and not making a big deal of it. — 00:03:32
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John is very grateful to their parents for 50 long years of marriage, no small feat. — 00:06:34
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — both: Asked whether a long marriage is the biggest accomplishment, the brothers agree it is hard, also lovely, and takes luck. — 00:06:34
  • 2026-06-23 · A Very French Reunion — John says a long marriage has an accomplishment piece and a beauty piece; they are lucky to be a close family with extraordinary parents who helped make them who they are. — 00:07:14
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank: The brothers are in France to celebrate their parents' 50th anniversary, a trip planned for about two years. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank says the brothers' parents have made occasional appearances both in the channel's lore and on the channel. — 00:01:51
  • 2026-06-26 · No Video Today!! — Hank says how lucky the brothers are to have wonderful, thoughtful, empathetic, values-laden parents who worked hard to do good in their world and support each other, their children and grandchildren. — 00:02:20
  • 2026-07-17 · The Terrors of Middle Age — Hank: What lands: a favourite artist's 30th anniversary of a breakout album, and their parents' 50th anniversary where they held their 25th, which Hank attended as what he thought was an adult. — 00:01:14
  • 2026-08-25 · The Great Thing about Infectious Disease — John's mother's life was different: she was two when the first polio vaccine came, eight when TB became curable with combined antibiotics, eleven at the first measles vaccine. — 00:00:58
  • 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John and his mom grow pepper plants to make their family hot sauce; tending them is another thing he might be doing if he ever Salingered. — 00:03:32