Decepticon
The brothers' word for the opposite of a nerdfighter, one of John's four kinds of people.
Origin on the channel: John's four kinds of people (Decepticons, nerdfighters, nits, the unaware) and mass promotions, including senior executive nerdfighters. — Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:01:57
in-group term (coinage) · in 9 videos, 2007–2023 · peak 2007 (3 videos) · last heard 2023
- First in the videos: 2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:01:57
- Last in the videos: 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41
- Running bit: John's nerdfighter ranks: Decepticons, nerdfighters, nits and mass promotions (2007) — 1 origin, 1 callback
- Related threads: John asks what the opposite of a nerdfighter is (2007) (Jun 2007)
- Related: nerdfighter (5) · in your pants (4) · DFTBA (3) · secret sibling (3) · Fail Boat (2) · Fail Puppy (2)
Videos per year: 2007: 3 · 2008: 2 · 2009: 2 · 2010: 1 · 2023: 1
Forms heard
How the speakers say this one item, as transcribed from the videos, in order of first appearance.
| form | videos | first heard | last heard |
|---|---|---|---|
| “decepticon” | 5 | 2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:01:57 | 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41 |
| “decepticons” | 3 | 2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:01:57 | 2009-04-23 · DFTBA 00:00:30 |
| “decepticonia” | 1 | 2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD 00:02:22 | |
| “decepticony” | 1 | 2008-06-16 · Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:02:07 |
Every video
2007
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-02 | Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting 00:01:57 | origin | John's four kinds of people (Decepticons, nerdfighters, nits, the unaware) and mass promotions, including senior executive nerdfighters. |
| 2007-07-03 | July 3: Decepticons 00:00:59 | callback | Hank welcomes the new senior executive nerdfighters and tells regular viewers they are no longer nits but nerdfighters. |
| 2007-10-10 | October 10th: A Spoilerific Attack on Unicorns 00:00:39 | mention | John's example of a politician whose promised cards (avoid nation building, no preemptive war) turn out to be the Joker ends with George Bush as a belligerent, anti-intellectual, mean-headed Decepticon. |
2008
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-03-04 | SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD 00:02:22 | mention | John says there will be no character named Hollis in Paper Towns, though it is a funny question to hardcore fans of his books. · “decepticonia” |
| 2008-06-16 | Maine Inspires Deep Thoughts 00:02:07 | mention | Hank calls wanting to destroy the world 'kind of Tobian', a word he says he just made up because it sounds evil (he also tries 'Decepticony'). · “decepticony” |
2009
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-04-23 | DFTBA 00:00:30 | mention | Hank raps a song, performed with Michael Aranda, made of Nerdfighter-suggested alternative expansions of DFTBA, framed by the refrain asking what DFTBA means. |
| 2009-12-27 | How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:02:16 | mention | John defines a Decepticon as the opposite of a Nerdfighter. |
2010
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-04 | Family, Love and BISON ATTACKS! 00:02:00 | mention | With the nephew gone, Hank and Katherine's parents took a longer trip to the National Bison Range, where Hank hit his head on a pile of antlers amid plague-level grasshoppers. |
2023
| date | video | use | what is said |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-24 | John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated 02:18:41 | mention | A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. |