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Evil Baby Orphanage

Running bit from 2007 that returns in 2009 and 2011; Charlie McDonnell cites it.

Origin on the channel: John introduces commenter Brooke's 'evil baby orphanage': rescue evil babies by time travel and raise them as heroic nerdfighter babies. — Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage 00:00:40

in-group term (bit-coinage) · in 37 videos, 2007–2017 · peak 2007 (13 videos) · last heard 2017

Videos per year: 2007: 13 · 2008: 3 · 2009: 5 · 2011: 4 · 2012: 9 · 2013: 2 · 2017: 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
“evil baby orphanage” 22 2007-05-14 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage 00:00:40 2017-05-30 · What Should We Keep? 00:02:52
“the evil baby orphanage” 9 2007-05-29 · Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies 00:02:12 2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers 00:00:00

Every video

2007

date video use what is said
2007-05-14 Brotherhood 2.0: May 14: The Evil Baby Orphanage 00:00:40 origin John introduces commenter Brooke's 'evil baby orphanage': rescue evil babies by time travel and raise them as heroic nerdfighter babies.
2007-05-15 May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia 00:00:56 callback Hank returns to the Evil Baby Orphanage as 'more important matters'.
2007-05-16 Brotherhood 2.0: May 16: Beating the EBO into the ground 00:01:39 variant John extends the Evil Baby Orphanage: the babies grow into teenage evil baby junior counselors at a mountaintop school in Canada.
2007-05-17 May 17th: Wikeeeeeepedia...and Happy Birthday Katherine 00:01:03 mention On the proposed book proposals, Hank says so far he has only stories in his head, which are getting better, funnier, cooler and more intense.
2007-05-21 May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies 00:02:49 variant Hank extends the Evil Baby Orphanage: there are too few evil baby girls, so he floats a gay evil baby orphanage and asks for female evil babies and love interests.
2007-05-29 Brotherhood 2.0: May 29: The Goth Scene and Evil Ladies 00:02:12 variant Answering Hank's shortage of evil female babies, John offers the evil women of history, led by Queen Ranavalona I, to fill out the Evil Baby Orphanage.
2007-06-04 Brotherhood 2.0: June 4th: The First Nerdfighter Wedding! 00:02:02 callback John jokes that the giddy bride and groom must be discussing the Evil Baby Orphanage, which 'everybody's talking about'.
2007-06-06 June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants 00:01:35 callback John reports forum debates on whether George W. Bush is evil enough for the Evil Baby Orphanage.
2007-06-07 June 7: Weather and My Pants 00:01:46 callback Hank notes forum discussions about the Evil Baby Orphanage.
2007-06-08 Brotherhood 2.0: June 8: Studying the Clues 00:00:43 callback John finds drawings of evil baby Stalin and evil baby Hitler.
2007-06-15 June 15: AIRRRRPORRRTS!!! 00:01:02 callback Hank reports the brothers worked on the Evil Baby Orphanage idea during their family vacation.
2007-07-17 Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer 00:01:19 mention The three medals: his Alabama Library Association Author Award, a medal for being an Audie Award finalist, and a homemade one from an ethernet cable and a nerdfighter's Evil Baby Orphanage button.
2007-08-16 August 16th: Finding — and Licking — a Cat 00:00:09 callback John brings back the Evil Baby Orphanage as a retro item ('like evil baby Rasputin', unkillable) and notes Queen Ranavalona's death anniversary cake.

2008

date video use what is said
2008-02-21 People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes 00:01:16 callback John's desert-island CDs for the Evil Baby Orphanage would be stolen by evil baby Stalin anyway.
2008-03-04 SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD 00:01:27 callback John says a book written by all nerdfighters would be about the Evil Baby Orphanage, a dream come true.
2008-05-20 Guys Love Giraffe Love 00:02:42 variant John's new time-machine plan fills the Evil Baby Orphanage in Tibet with evil babies from Hitler to Ranavalona I, funded by selling the machine.

2009

date video use what is said
2009-04-05 The EVIL BABY ORPHANAGE Returns for North Korea 00:02:15 variant John brings back the Evil Baby Orphanage and proposes putting Kim Il-sung in it so that Kim Jong-il never exists.
2009-04-08 Become a Time Traveller TODAY! 00:01:00 variant Hank counters John's historical evil babies with an orphanage that already exists, its overworked creator's best effort being today's world.
2009-04-19 Weekend of Surreality 00:02:16 callback John refers back to the Evil Baby Orphanage, saying his upcoming special news videos will be Evil Baby Orphanage-related. → John: make two Evil Baby Orphanage news videos this weekend (2009)
2009-04-26 Peanut Butter Face Discusses Sri Lanka 00:03:16 callback John says that when there are no obvious candidates for the Evil Baby Orphanage, the world stops watching.
2009-05-08 Star Trek: The Movie, Review 00:02:38 callback Hank admits the irony of disliking time travel as 'a lover of the evil baby orphanage'.

2011

date video use what is said
2011-01-10 Top 5 Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories in the description
2011-02-11 200 People in Your Pants 00:01:34 callback Hank shows an evil baby with a duck head on it, 'an evil baby Hitler'.
2011-06-01 The Evil Baby Orphanage Returns...for George Washington? 00:00:08 callback John recalls the Nerdfighters' Evil Baby Orphanage idea and asks whether George Washington would be a good candidate.
2011-06-03 I AM A BAD PERSON! 00:02:54 callback Hank jokes that eating less meat lowers your chance of being taken from your cradle by a time traveller and sent to the Evil Baby Orphanage.

2012

date video use what is said
2012-01-02 Changes to Vlogbrothers 00:00:00 callback John finds a location for the Evil Baby Orphanage: the island in a lake on an island in a lake on Luzon, once there is a time machine.
2012-04-27 Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell 00:01:35 callback Charlie wonders why Hank asks about killing baby Hitler after years of the Evil Baby Orphanage.
2012-05-01 Moon Farts: Being Charlie While Running Errands 00:01:23 callback John says Hank is still asking the baby-Hitler question five years after the advent of the Evil Baby Orphanage, and opts to kidnap baby Hitler.
2012-08-07 An Open Letter to Students Returning to School 00:03:41 callback John calls back to the Evil Baby Orphanage, addressing viewers who dream of being a time nanny for one. → Evil Baby Orphanage card game: a game company's Kickstarter campaign (2012) (completed, 2013-06-21)
2012-08-10 I Don't Have a Favorite Pony 00:02:40 callback Hank recalls the Evil Baby Orphanage, conceived with John to escape the baby-Hitler dilemma, which he thinks viewers may not remember.
2012-08-21 Is College Worth It? 00:00:00 callback John tags his Tuesday greeting 'evil baby Genghis Khan', a nod to the Evil Baby Orphanage.
2012-08-24 Happy Birthday John Green! 00:00:58 callback Hank calls back to the brothers' Evil Baby Orphanage idea, now a card game.
2012-08-28 In Which the Candle Dies 00:00:00 callback John tags his Tuesday greeting 'evil baby lady Bathory', a nod to the Evil Baby Orphanage; an outtake at the end repeats it.
2012-12-04 Time for AWESOME 00:02:26 callback John says the P4A already has more than $15,000, thanks to Nerdcrafteria donations and to the Evil Baby Orphanage card game makers, who quietly donated part of their proceeds. → P4A 2012 edition (completed, 2013-12-16)

2013

date video use what is said
2013-01-15 An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:57:30 callback John retells the origin of the Evil Baby Orphanage (Hank's baby-Hitler question and a commenter's orphanage idea) and its fan fiction, web comics and card game.
2013-06-21 New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News 00:00:26 callback Hank: according to Weird Games, the Evil Baby Orphanage card game has now sold over 4,000 copies.

2017

date video use what is said
2017-05-30 What Should We Keep? 00:02:52 callback John says much is already gone: the comment that started the Evil Baby Orphanage, lots of early Nerdfighter artwork; sites are shuttered and links dead.