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Yeti

legendary creature · in 55 videos (2007–2025)

The Yeti is John's nickname for his wife Sarah, who, like the creature, features in many stories but is rarely seen. John jokes that her cuteness would break the camera or viewers' computers, and says he doesn't think viewers will ever see her. Over the years she moved with him to Indianapolis, was expecting a baby, and later started her own YouTube channel.

Videos by year: 2007: 24 · 2008: 14 · 2009: 5 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 4 · 2012: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2025: 1

Threads

Also named in the threads: John decorates the blank blue wall behind him with objects from vlogbrothers history (2015) · Wizard School: DFTBA Games' first card game and its Kickstarter (2015)

Often together

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

Sarah Urist Green (5) · Twitter (2) · Katherine Green (2) · YouTube (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

2008

  • 2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: The Yeti isn't seen on camera because, John says, her cute would break the camera. (playful) — 00:02:22
  • 2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — John reports that the Yeti is sick and, whispering, takes Hank on a mock safari to see her asleep. (playful) — 00:02:10
  • 2008-04-28 · Ranting and Giving Stuff Away — John: The Yeti told John she doesn't get some of the brothers' jokes; John welcomes new Nerdfighters and says it will all make sense later. — 00:01:17
  • 2008-05-18 · A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! — John: The real reason for the absence: John and the Yeti have made an extraordinary, unbelievably time-consuming acquisition, a puppy. — 00:00:46
  • 2008-05-19 · Three Things — John recalls that on moving to Indianapolis last year (2007) he and the Yeti found their gigantic front lawn a waste of space, energy and water and wanted native plants and vegetables instead. — 00:00:36
  • 2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — John says his last words would probably tell the Yeti he loves her; they have been married two years today, and he thanks Hank and Katherine for sustainably farmed flowers. — 00:02:13
  • 2008-06-26 · Don't Suck on That Bone — John frames the video as doing ten things the Nerdfighters asked of him; the first two were to see more of Willy and more of the Yeti (Sarah). — 00:00:00
  • 2008-07-13 · Willy's Elusive Head Turn — John and the Yeti try on camera to get Willy to do the head turn with new noises, without quite succeeding. (playful) — 00:01:13
  • 2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) — John says he proposed to the Yeti by having Hendrik Hertzberg, a writer she likes whom he met at a conference, sign a book to Sarah asking "Will you marry John Green?". — 00:02:09
  • 2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road — announcement: John: They miss the Yeti but are coming home to her the next day for the Election Day Spectacular in Greenwood, Indiana. — 00:02:18
  • …and 4 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

2009

  • 2009-06-30 · Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL — John recalls that he did not ask the Yeti to marry him himself: he had Hendrik Hertzberg do it when signing John's copy of his book Politics. — 00:00:39
  • 2009-08-10 (said on 2009-08-09, implied) · HipPOTATOmus — John can show little footage because the Yeti is in all of it, and showing her would make Nerdfighteria collapse. (playful) — 00:00:23
  • 2009-08-11 · The Island of Nerdfighteria? — John: Asked again to show the Yeti after three years, John says he cannot, because her cuteness would break viewers' computers. (playful) — 00:01:39
  • 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John 'discovers' a crib in his new filming spot and reveals that the Yeti, his wife, is going to have a baby. (playful) — 00:03:36
  • …and 1 statement more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

  • 2010-09-29 · MY FRIEND CHESTER — John says that three years ago he and Sarah (the Yeti) moved from New York City to Indianapolis, where more space meant buying a lot of furniture. — 00:00:43

2011

  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John: Will viewers ever see the Yeti? After consulting 'Yeti Researcher' magazine, John says he doesn't think they ever will. (playful) — 00:01:48
  • 2011-10-05 · SIGNING MADNESS — John: The Yeti (Sarah) sits with John watching TV at night while he signs and, when bored, draws Yetis on some of the signed sheets. (playful) — 00:01:24
  • 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
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John shows the painting behind him: he rides a smoking French llama in a Swoodilypoopers jersey, with Henry and a Yeti, labelled the adventures of John Green. — 00:02:15

2012

2014

  • 2014-02-21 · Ranting about Books — Hank notes that 'the Yeti' (Sarah) has a YouTube channel: who would have guessed? (playful) — 00:03:52

2015

  • 2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling — John tours the wall's relics: Willy, a puppy-sized elephant, a card of Hank humping Peeps, Daniel Biss's 'bloated triangles' paper, an Agloe road map, An Imperial Affliction 'stolen' from the movie set. (playful) — 00:01:35
    • John says he is excited, was one of the first ten backers, and that he and the Yeti are huge nerds for tabletop card games. — 00:02:53

Also named in other years (nothing said): I'm Just Going to Talk for Four Minutes (2016-08-26), Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets (2021-12-07), The Format but it hurts to stand up (2025-01-07)