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What Would Captain Picard Do?

song · in 7 videos (2008–2011)

Hank's Star Trek song advising that when you're confused and the choice is too hard, you should think of what Captain Picard would do.

By: Hank Green

Videos by year: 2008: 3 · 2009: 1 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 2

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Also named in the threads: Hank's album Ellen Hardcastle: release (2011)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2008

  • 2008-06-24 · Questions Answered! — announcement: Hank is making a Star Trek song longer than four minutes that he can't shorten, so he invokes the longer-than-four-minutes clause, which requires a Nerdfighting montage. — 00:03:12
  • 2008-06-27 · Marion the Nerdfightarion — announcement: Hank tells Nerdfighters they will see him perform a song about Star Trek in the next week or so. (playful) — 00:02:20
  • 2008-07-10 · What Would Captain Picard Do — Hank: In his song Hank says that when you're confused and the choice is too hard, you should think of what Captain Picard would do. (playful) — 00:03:54

2009

  • 2009-05-08 · Star Trek: The Movie, Review — Hank calls Star Trek one of his primary formative influences, alongside his parents and Jean-Luc Picard, and notes he wrote a song about it. (playful) — 00:01:18

2010

  • 2010-04-28 · Who's in Your Hug Bucket? — announcement: Hank says he will play his song 'What Would Captain Picard Do?' in front of Wil Wheaton, who in his head is still Wesley Crusher. (playful) — 00:03:02

2011

  • 2011-06-08 · Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies — announcement: Hank has been working on his long-overdue album Ellen Hardcastle, with older songs (Strange Charm, What Would Captain Picard Do?, Phineas Gage) and new ones (Shake a Booty, My Phone). — 00:03:03

Also named in: HARDCASTLED!