Lists: Nerdfighteria
184 lists in parts of videos about nerdfighteria (a written list: in videos about it), oldest first. All topics · Overview
2007
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2007-01-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 2nd · John, 2 named (playful) — John suggests two challenges: eating five sheets of toilet paper while discussing the political situation in Nepal, and drinking a glass of Strawberry Hill wine without hurling. (00:01:53)
1 Nepal · 2 Boone's Farm “Strawberry Hill” -
2007-01-12 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 12, 2007 · John, 2 named (3 unnamed items) — Punishment ideas for failing to update, picked from the living room: an 1100-page book, a Christmas card with someone else's baby, knitting a scarf, a styrofoam peanut, a happy dance in 5-second clips (00:01:01)
1 The Continuum History of Apocalypticism · … · 5 Happy dance (practice) -
2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 · John, 2 named — Opening footage introduced as Maureen Johnson and E. Lockhart; website praise; 6:30 a.m. and a writing day; first period, math: the 70-42 mishap and the novel draft due in 8,640 minutes (00:00:12)
1 Maureen Johnson · 2 E. Lockhart -
2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 · John, 2 named (playful) — John says editing it made him realise he is 'such a loser', and he won't show his even more embarrassing Hemingway vs. Faulkner battle. (00:02:37)
1 Ernest Hemingway · 2 William Faulkner -
2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 · John, 2 named — John asks Hank to mail him about five of the misprinted EcoGeek business cards, getting his address from their parents. (00:02:37)
1 Sydney Green “Mom” · 2 Mike Green “Dad” -
2007-01-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd · Hank, 2 named — Hank says he was recently at Maureen Johnson's blog, about a long conversation John, Johnson and Lockhart had on the suffix 'in your pants': every book title gets better with it. (00:01:57)
1 Maureen Johnson · 2 E. Lockhart -
2007-01-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd · Hank, 4 named (joke) — Hank applies the suffix to books in the cabin: The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Present Moment Wonderful Moment, Stumbling on Happiness, The Left Hand of Darkness and a student bible. (00:02:28)
1 The Dance of the Dissident Daughter · 2 Present Moment Wonderful Moment · 3 Stumbling on Happiness · 4 The Left Hand of Darkness -
2007-01-24 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 · John, 11 named (joke) — John applies the 'in-your-pants rule' to books from his home library: Getting the Girl, The Mystery of the Golden Spheres, Rabbit at Rest, The Cheese Monkeys, Everyman, The Stranger and more. (00:01:24)
1 Getting the Girl · 2 The Mystery of the Golden Spheres · 3 Rabbit at Rest · 4 The Cheese Monkeys · 5 Everyman · 6 The Stranger · 7 The Little Drummer Girl · 8 The Sun Also Rises · 9 The Thin Man · 10 The Echo Maker · 11 Everything That Rises Must Converge -
2007-02-07 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 · John, 10 named (fiction) — The list of pant-poopers: his mom, dad and brother John, Kirsten Dunst while filming Spider-Man 2, Liverpool Football Club, Günter Grass, Stephen Dedalus, Al Roker and Lenin. (00:00:42)
1 Sydney Green “My mom.” · 2 Mike Green “and dad” · 3 John Green · 4 Kirsten Dunst · 5 Liverpool FC · 6 Günter Grass · 7 Stephen Dedalus · 8 Al Roker · 9 Vladimir Lenin · 10 George W. Bush -
2007-02-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 17, 2007 · John, 2 named (playful) — Voicing the popular side as George W. Bush and Tom Brady, John answers poker-style with famous nerds, from Bill Clinton and Lincoln to all four Beatles, and declares 'We win!' (00:00:51)
1 George W. Bush · 2 Tom Brady -
2007-02-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 17, 2007 · John, 15 named (playful) — The war between nerds and popular people: John's roster of famous nerds beats Bush and Tom Brady (00:01:39)
1 Bill Clinton · 2 Abraham Lincoln · 3 Franklin Delano Roosevelt · 4 Tiki Barber · 5 Isaac Newton · 6 William Shakespeare · 7 Blaise Pascal · 8 Albert Einstein · 9 Immanuel Kant · 10 Aristotle · 11 Jane Austen · 12 Bill Gates · 13 Mahatma Gandhi · 14 Nelson Mandela · 15 The Beatles -
2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th · Hank, 3 named — Hank's best books of the year: The Memory of Whiteness (serious fiction), Going Postal (funny fiction) and Last Child in the Woods (non-fiction). (00:00:46)
1 The Memory of Whiteness · 2 Going Postal · 3 Last Child in the Woods -
2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th · Hank, 4 named (playful) — Quick answers: Hank is an 'absent-minded kid in a candy store' online, loves science fiction, would live anywhere his friends were, and his first concert was the B-52s. (00:02:15)
1 Under the Sea · 2 Mars · 3 Montana · 4 United States -
2007-02-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 19, 2007 · John, 8 named (playful) — John reads out viewers' first concerts (NSYNC, Paula Abdul, Chicago, Huey Lewis and the News, New Kids on the Block, the Spice Girls, the Oak Ridge Boys, LaToya Jackson) as proof of bad childhood taste, mocking LaToya Jackson. (00:00:00)
1 NSYNC · 2 Paula Abdul · 3 Chicago (rock band) · 4 Huey Lewis and the News · 5 New Kids on the Block · 6 Spice Girls · 7 The Oak Ridge Boys · 8 La Toya Jackson -
2007-03-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: March 15: Decreasing Suck · John, 3 named (playful) — John has just reached his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where Strawberry Hill, Peeps and Nerds were waiting; he thanks Kalamazoo. (00:00:00)
1 Boone's Farm “Strawberry Hill” · 2 Peeps · 3 Nerds -
2007-04-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 2nd: Punishments in the Ramble · John, 2 named (playful, 3 unnamed items) — Options four and five: convince people in downtown Missoula to sing verses from the Nerdfighters song with him, or visit his local GM dealer and test-drive a Hummer. (00:00:59)
1 YMCA · … · 5 General Motors “GM” + Hummer -
2007-04-06 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender · John, 5 named (playful, 2 unnamed items) — Commenter Query's every-eighth-week-off proposal; John's rant that suck never rests, so neither do Nerdfighters; Geto Boys parody (00:00:56)
… · 3 climate change “global warming” · 4 Dick Cheney · 5 orbital cellulitis · 6 Us Weekly · 7 world suck -
2007-04-10 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models · John, 2 named — John says behaviour is inevitably shaped by people around us, physically or virtually (e.g. Lindsay Lohan, Cristiano Ronaldo), so one must be aware how one's behaviour shapes others and is shaped. (00:00:33)
1 Lindsay Lohan · 2 Cristiano Ronaldo -
2007-05-15 · May 15th: A Bit More EBO and Wikipedia · Hank, 3 named — Hank finds it strange that after Alabama, Chicago and New York, and always saying he'd go back to Alabama, John returns to Indianapolis, which he jokes John hated. (00:00:56)
1 Alabama · 2 Chicago (city) · 3 New York City -
2007-06-19 · June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN · Hank, 2 named (playful, 3 unnamed items) — Suggesting viewers may like a change of setting, Hank floats filming in his bedroom, with the cat, at the Missoula skate park, downtown Missoula or Target, and asks for suggestions. (00:01:07)
… · 4 Missoula, Montana · 5 Target Corporation -
2007-07-02 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting · John, 3 named (playful) — John divides people into four kinds: Decepticons (not nerdfighters); nerdfighters (the brothers, commenters, forum regulars, song writers); nits, or nerdfighters in training (occasional viewers); and would-be nerdfighters who don't know the word yet. (00:01:57)
1 Decepticon · 2 Nerdfighteria “your nerdfighters” · 3 nit -
2007-07-17 · Brotherhood 2.0: July 17: Topless Dancer · John, 2 named — 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. (00:01:19)
1 Alabama Library Association Author Award · 2 Audie Award -
2007-08-22 · August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS · John, 5 named (joke, 1 unnamed item) — John declares that 'in your pants' jokes never get old, like the family in Tuck Everlasting, and runs through literary titles 'in your pants'. (00:02:37)
1 Susan Sontag + Regarding the Pain of Others · 2 As You Like It · 3 Robert Frost · 4 The Road Not Taken “Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood” · … · 6 Virginia Euwer Wolff + Make Lemonade -
2007-08-24 · August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 · a guest, 2 named (playful) — Contributors blenderize birthday cakes (with Nerds, Otter Pops, orange Peeps), toast John and drink them (00:01:59)
1 Otter Pops · 2 Peeps -
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker · John, 3 named (joke) — 'In your pants' Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys titles (00:02:03)
1 The Clue in the Jewel Box · 2 The Silver Cobweb · 3 The Invisible Intruder -
2007-09-18 · September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker · John, 11 named (joke) — 'In your pants' Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys titles (00:02:32)
1 The Twisted Claw · 2 The Hooded Hawk Mystery · 3 The Masked Monkey · 4 The Shattered Helmet · 5 The Tower of Treasure · 6 The Mystery of the Samurai Sword · 7 The Stone Idol · 8 The Four-Headed Dragon · 9 The Swamp Monster · 10 Passport to Danger · 11 Trouble in the Pipeline -
2007-10-04 · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations · John, 2 named (joke) — Part four: feud topics with John's picks (dragons, love, ninjas, rivers, puppies, books, text, zombies) (00:02:26)
1 Mary-Kate Olsen · 2 Ashley Olsen -
2007-10-18 · October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO · John, 2 named (joke) — Party Blower Solo as anti-anxiety medicine and peace plan, played again; can it loop in his mind as an MP3?; sign-off (00:01:12)
1 Israel · 2 Palestine -
2007-11-05 · November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan · John, 3 named — John reports Nerdfighters found scavenger hunt clues (dollar bills in Indianapolis and Englewood, Florida, a note near Chicago), solved the anagrams and found the hidden video; a day's pause follows. (00:03:37)
1 Indianapolis · 2 Englewood, Florida · 3 Chicago (city) -
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY · John, 4 named (playful) — John thanks Nerdfighters for names for his hypothetical puppy, lists favorites (Rana Valona, Chomsky the Nerdfighting Puppy, Wootponer, Optimus Prime, Johnny Funtimes) and picks Norbert Wiener the Puppy as winner. (00:01:52)
1 Ranavalona I · 2 Noam Chomsky · 3 w00t “Wootponer” · 4 Optimus Prime -
2007-12-24 · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT · Debbie Kitto, 4 named — The tribute lists what the brothers brought: intelligent humor, blended meals, 'In My Pants', DFTBA, songs on Wednesday, stuff on heads, awesome and togetherness. (00:08:16)
1 in your pants · 2 DFTBA · 3 Song Wednesday · 4 Stuff on Heads -
2007-12-27 · December 27th: The Gig! · Hank, 3 named — Hank recaps the concert with clips of his songs, including 'It's Too Hot', 'I Sold Your Dog on eBay' and 'The Day That the Nerds Took Over YouTube'. (00:01:59)
1 It's Too Hot · 2 Baby I Sold Your Dog on eBay · 3 The Day That the Nerds Took Over YouTube -
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video · John, 3 named (2 unnamed items) — John says Nerdfighters are about a made-of-awesome book by a woman in Australia going to a baby in the US, raising money and awareness for causes, and a supportive community of friends 'in my pants'. (00:02:41)
1 Mummy, How Do I Know If I'm a Nerdfighter? “a made of awesome book” · … · 3 Brotherhood 2.0 forum “community of friends in my pants” · … · 5 Pakistan -
2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video · John, 2 named — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (00:03:18)
1 Nerdfighter Happy Dance Project · 2 Project for Awesome
2008
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2008-01-08 · The Return of Question Tuesdays · a viewer, 4 named (joke) — Offered Game Boy, Teletubby, Harry Potter or George Lucas, John picks Harry Potter as the only 'real human', joking that a robot killed Lucas and made episodes 1-3. (00:01:06)
1 Game Boy · 2 Teletubbies “Teletubby” · 3 Harry Potter (character, “Harry Potter”) · 4 George Lucas -
2008-02-08 · QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) · John, 2 named (playful) — Brownies, Looking for Alaska, Lost or Heroes, puppy-sized animals, Alaska's origin, 'Ness', anagrams, the God-burrito question (00:02:06)
1 Lost · 2 Heroes -
2008-02-19 · Your Spying Thieving Valentine: Hank · Hank, 7 named — Part 2: the Amazon affiliate link and what Nerdfighters buy (00:00:58)
1 Elsewhere · 2 Star Wars · 3 Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need Them · 4 Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences · 5 Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius · 6 The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide · 7 Fraggle Rock -
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes · John, 2 named — For a trip to the Evil Baby Orphanage John would take A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and something by the Mountain Goats, though evil baby Stalin would steal them. (00:01:14)
1 A Love Supreme · 2 The Mountain Goats -
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD · John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:00:28)
1 Darth Vader · 2 Voldemort -
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD · John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:01:56)
1 Immanuel Kant · 2 Friedrich Nietzsche -
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD · John, 2 named — John's quick picks: Kant over Nietzsche, the Beatles over the Rolling Stones, cookie dough over cake batter, Vader over Voldemort, a blue shirt. (00:01:56)
1 The Rolling Stones · 2 The Beatles -
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD · John, 2 named — John recommends Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson and Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter. (00:01:56)
1 Suite Scarlett “Sweet Scarlet” · 2 Three Little Words -
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD · John, 2 named — World-record Question Tuesday: rapid answers to viewer questions (00:02:51)
1 Alaska Young · 2 Lindsey Lee Wells “Lindsay” -
2008-05-16 · Hank's Punishment (ugh...I don't believe uploading this...) · Hank, 4 named — Hank suggests birthday material: Katherine loves cute things, Ze Frank, Cute with Chris, Johnny Depp (particularly Captain Jack Sparrow) and cats. (00:03:23)
1 Ze Frank · 2 Cute with Chris · 3 Johnny Depp · 4 Jack Sparrow -
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love · John, 6 named (joke) — Choosing between a million dollars and punching Hitler, John would time-travel to put evil baby Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin and others in the Evil Baby Orphanage in Tibet, then sell the time machine. (00:02:42)
1 Adolf Hitler · 2 Joseph Stalin · 3 Idi Amin · 4 Vlad the Impaler · 5 Elizabeth Báthory · 6 Ranavalona I “evil baby Queen Rana Valona the First” -
2008-06-19 · Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) · John, 2 named — John notes that in recent weeks they have asked a lot of Nerdfighters: money for Daniel Biss, Tetris pieces, T-shirt ideas and a collaboratively written novel. (00:03:17)
1 Daniel Biss · 2 Tetris -
2008-08-06 · Question Tuesday Returns (on a Wednesday) · John, 2 named (joke) — Questions: being a nerd, proposing to the Yeti via Hendrik Hertzberg, superhero, starting the next book, favourite Hank song, parents, Green Green Manifesto, another P4A, grades, what Hank does for money, toast (00:02:38)
1 Fred Figglehorn · 2 Smosh -
2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome · Hank, 6 named — 8/8/08 in Chicago: talk at Google, library event with 380+ Nerdfighters, wizard rock in the park, The Bean, electrified concert, dancing (00:02:42)
1 Short sisters · 2 The Butterbeer Experience · 3 The Parselmouths · 4 Five Awesome Girls · 5 Rosianna Halse Rojas · 6 Adam -
2008-08-21 · INTERNET SENSATION B$%CH · Susan Carlson (quoted), 2 named — CBS 2 report by Susan Carlson with Hank's commentary: textual communication vs texting, 13.5 million viewers, John on the community's message, the Chicago library crowd, the non-existent prize, air quotes, JT, fans and a parent on Nerdfighters (00:02:58)
1 Britney Spears · 2 Justin Timberlake -
2008-08-25 · Oh John Green, You're 31 · a guest, 6 named (playful) — Search for a song with John in the name: John Barleycorn, John Brown, Wild Thing, John Deere Green, Johnny Appleseed, Jingle Bell Rock (00:03:48)
1 John Barleycorn · 2 John Brown's Body · 3 Wild Thing · 4 John Deere Green · 5 Johnny Appleseed · 6 Jingle Bell Rock -
2008-09-11 · A Video about Videos · John, 2 named — John describes Amy Krouse Rosenthal as the author of acclaimed best-selling books, including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Little Pea. (00:01:34)
1 Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life · 2 Little Pea -
2008-10-22 · Punish Hank? Save Hank? YOU DECIDE. · John, 2 named (playful) — 4:16 video with no montage breaks the rules; phone call: Hank's black-space defence; Nerdfighters to vote (00:02:17)
1 Vlogbrothers · 2 Brotherhood 2.0 -
2008-10-24 · Paper Towns MOVIE1!!!11! · John, 2 named — In solidarity with Hank's punishment and in gratitude, John asks Nerdfighteria what he can do for them, offering examples, and asks for answers in comments. (00:01:50)
1 Happy Meal · 2 Bangladesh -
2008-11-03 · Hank and John from the Road · John, 4 named — After Greenwood the tour goes to Louisville, Kentucky, then Knoxville, Tennessee, then Gadsden, Alabama. (00:02:18)
1 Greenwood, Indiana · 2 Louisville, Kentucky · 3 Knoxville, Tennessee · 4 Gadsden, Alabama -
2008-11-17 · Life on Tour · John, 2 named — John looks forward to seeing Nerdfighters in Kansas City and St. Paul. (00:02:51)
1 Kansas City, Missouri · 2 Saint Paul, Minnesota -
2008-12-08 · I Am Afraid of Heights · video description, 3 named —
1 Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” · 2 First Book · 3 Asha for Education “Ashanet”
2009
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2009-01-21 · Google Verb! A Meme. · Hank, 5 named — Hank tags five YouTubers to do the meme because he thinks it would be funny: Nerimon, Dr. Noise, Sistersalad, Short sisters and pilocrates. (00:02:06)
1 Alex Day “Nerimon” · 2 Bill Martin “Dr. Noise” · 3 Sistersalad · 4 Short sisters · 5 Stefan Chin “pilocrates” -
2009-02-11 · A Song About an Anglerfish · Hank, 2 named — Hank announces that DFTBA Records hosts the DFTBA Radio Hour tonight at 9 pm Eastern, with Toddly00 and Caitlin Sky talking about nerdy and musical things. (00:02:35)
1 Toddly00 · 2 Caitlin Sky -
2009-02-18 · Winners and Winners and Ningmasters · Hank, 9 named — Anglerfish song title chosen; the first Ningmasters announced with their roles and days (00:01:19)
1 Ningmaster Tom · 2 AmberTheAmberyOne · 3 KatieMonster · 4 Eric · 5 Sarah (community member, mentioned from 2009) · 6 Panny · 7 Jennafighter · 8 Chip (community member, mentioned from 2009) · 9 Benny Boo Boo -
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You · John, 2 named — John names Ransriggs and Wheezy Waiter as recent favourite new YouTubers, linked in the sidebar. (00:02:51)
1 Ransom Riggs “Ransriggs” · 2 Craig Benzine “wheezywaiter” -
2009-04-01 · A Few Of My Favorite Things · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Hank enjoys unrelated organisations sharing an acronym, like NWA (Northwest Airlines) and the two WWFs (wildlife and wrestling). (00:02:40)
1 World Wide Fund for Nature · 2 WWE “World Wrestling Federation” -
2009-04-08 · Become a Time Traveller TODAY! · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Hank says the brothers disagree on the orphanage as a story: John wants well-known evil babies like Stalin and Hitler, but then why does the world still suck? (00:00:50)
1 Joseph Stalin · 2 Adolf Hitler -
2009-05-13 · My Birthday Rocks · Hank, 3 named — Among birthday-mail superlatives Hank shows the largest birthday card he has ever received, a card with Katherine, John and the Yeti, and one saying he could have gone to Hogwarts had it not been stuck in time. (00:02:06)
1 Katherine Green “Catherine” · 2 John Green · 3 Sarah Urist Green “the Yeti” -
2009-05-19 · Question Tuesday! · John, 2 named — Question Tuesday intro: an hour to make it, LeakyCon then Australia, book edits; Spock or Kirk; hand-sign workaround (00:00:00)
1 Spock · 2 James T. Kirk -
2009-06-01 · DFTBA Street Team In Your Pants · Maureen Johnson, 2 named — As E. Lockhart sought a title for what became The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, Maureen, staring at John's cream cheese, proposed adding 'in your pants' to any title; Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines came first. (00:02:00)
1 Looking for Alaska (novel) · 2 An Abundance of Katherines -
2009-08-06 · Robert Pattinson and DJ Railstone · John, 2 named — John and other Nerdfighters, in a BlogTV room, invented DJ Paige Railstone's identity, history and career; Alan made a website, Karen Kavett photos, plus Twitter and Facebook pages. (00:01:49)
1 Twitter · 2 Facebook -
2009-08-24 · HAPPY JOHN DAY!!! · a guest, 3 named (playful) — Montage of Nerdfighters' birthday greetings, cakes, a Willy Peep, fan songs and John Muffins (00:06:13)
1 Hank Green · 2 Willy · 3 Sarah Urist Green “a Yeti” -
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! · John, 2 named — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. (00:01:20)
1 James Joyce · 2 W. B. Yeats -
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! · John, 3 named — Question Tuesday record attempt: 100 viewer questions answered in four minutes (Willy, the puff, books, bands, Hank, favorites, in-your-pants); sign-off (00:01:39)
1 Alaska Young · 2 Lindsey Lee Wells “Alaska, Lindsay or Margo?” · 3 Margo Roth Spiegelman “Mmmmargo” -
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! · John, 2 named — In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. (00:01:55)
1 William Faulkner · 2 Walt Whitman -
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! · John, 2 named — John picks Picard over Kirk, Mario over Link, Canon over Nikon, Final Cut as best editing software, Amsterdam as favorite city and Fantasia as favorite Disney movie. (00:02:55)
1 Jean-Luc Picard · 2 James T. Kirk -
2009-09-25 · Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts · Hank, 3 named (playful) — Hank lists the pictures: John loving unicorns, dressed as Edward Cullen, kissed by the Poe bust, swapped with Willy, admitting the puff is a wig; others, like a John Green cereal, are 'ridiculously awesome'. (00:00:29)
1 Edward Cullen · 2 Willy · 3 the Puff -
2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins · Hank, 4 named — Hank concludes that if 60,000 people watch this, a Michelangelo, a Da Vinci, a Machiavelli and a Raphael are watching right now; it's about what you think you can do and your community. (00:01:21)
1 Michelangelo · 2 Leonardo da Vinci · 3 Niccolò Machiavelli · 4 Raphael -
2009-10-31 · Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm · Hank, 4 named — Hank says he will probably be in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Phoenix soon, so people there need not drive far to see him this once. (00:01:27)
1 Los Angeles · 2 San Francisco · 3 San Diego · 4 Phoenix, Arizona -
2009-12-02 · This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song · Hank, 2 named — Hank calls a huge bag from Dark Horse Comics his coolest tour gift ever: a stretchy Hellboy, signed posters (Abe, Buffy) and a stack of comics and graphic novels, including the new Dr. Horrible. (00:03:14)
1 Abe Sapien · 2 Buffy Summers -
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ · Hank & John, 13 named — Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round: puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, gatherings, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, giant squid of anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants, notsome, the Yeti, the Katherine, the gang sign (00:01:41)
1 puppy sized elephant · 2 Stuff on Heads · 3 French the llama · 4 the Puff · 5 Decepticon · 6 giant squid of anger · 7 tiny chickens · 8 secret sibling · 9 in your pants · 10 notsome · 11 Sarah Urist Green “The Yeti” · 12 Katherine Green · 13 Nerdfighter gang sign -
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ · Hank & John, 2 named (playful) — John says 'in your pants' was discovered by Maureen Johnson: adding it to book titles makes them funnier, e.g. The Sun Also Rises and A Spot of Bother. (00:02:46)
1 The Sun Also Rises · 2 A Spot of Bother -
2009-12-27 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ · Hank, 2 named — Playlist of 20 Vlogbrothers videos for newcomers; send confused friends here; playlist song (00:03:15)
1 Star Wars · 2 giraffe
2010
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2010-01-06 · 15 Hours in Target! · Hank, 3 named — Hank reports that, after Reese's and Dove peanut butter cups, the Lindor Peanut Butter Truffles came out highest at 5.9 calories per gram, and cost more. (00:02:25)
1 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups · 2 Dove Peanut Butter Cups · 3 Lindor Peanut Butter Truffles -
2010-03-01 · The Marriage Ref SUCKS · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — John says unlike NBC, Nerdfighteria is not in the advertiser business but in pond sand filters, Haitian relief and the pizza shirt, and above all in taking care of each other. (00:02:14)
… · 2 Haiti · 3 Pizza John -
2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS · Hank, 3 named — Hank cuts in to announce that the Vlogbrothers have just broken into the top 100 most-subscribed YouTube channels, thanking Ray William Johnson, Charlieissocoollike and Meekakitty. (00:03:43)
1 Ray William Johnson · 2 Charlie McDonnell “Charlieissocoollike” · 3 Meekakitty -
2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls · video description, 5 named —
1 Meekakitty · 2 DeStorm Power · 3 Elmify · 4 LizzieRadio · 5 Secret Brother Tom “Namlhots” -
2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! · Hank, 3 named — Showing his favourite book, Hank hopes the crowd shows many Harry Potters and some John Green books, and not so many Stephenie Meyer books. (00:00:29)
1 Harry Potter (book series) · 2 John Green · 3 Stephenie Meyer -
2010-08-24 · FRENCH THE LLAMA! John is 33! · Hank, 13 named — Hank's song 'goodbye 32-year-old John' recapping John's year, refrain 'now you're 33, French the llama' (00:03:23)
1 Henry Green “you got yourself a son” · 2 Snooki · 3 Balloon boy hoax “You got really upset about” · 4 Pizza John · 5 Sarah Urist Green “you and the Yeti did” · 6 VidCon · 7 Haiti · 8 Netherlands · 9 FIFA World Cup · 10 Gus Is a Bug · 11 David Levithan · 12 Will Grayson, Will Grayson “you published a book with David Levithan” · 13 Margo Roth Spiegelman -
2010-09-02 · Fitness for Nerds · John, 3 named (playful) — Lifting Infinite Jest, a Mark Twain biography and the Norton Shakespeare as weights, John says books are beautiful for reading and also for holding. (00:01:33)
1 Infinite Jest · 2 Mark Twain · 3 The Norton Shakespeare -
2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus · John, 2 named — John tells Nerdfighters the Giant Squid of Anger shirt by Vondell Swain and a DFTBA shirt are in stock at DFTBA.com and ship immediately. (00:02:54)
1 Giant Squid of Anger shirt · 2 DFTBA shirt -
2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song · Hank, 3 named — Hank shows a new end screen the brothers are thinking of using: the left side (shirts, Truth or Fail) will change, while previous/next, subscribe, Twitter and Facebook stay; he asks for opinions. (00:03:06)
1 Truth or Fail · 2 Twitter · 3 Facebook
2011
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2011-01-21 · Looking for Alaska Five Years After the Printz Award · John, 4 named (playful) — John's joke top five: Sarah and Henry, pizza, the rest of his family, Nerdfighteria, the Mountain Goats. (00:03:16)
1 Sarah Urist Green · 2 Henry Green · 3 Nerdfighteria · 4 The Mountain Goats -
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition · video description, 4 named — Readers must also promise to read one of John's actual books so they don't think he is as bad a writer as the novella suggests.
1 Looking for Alaska (novel) · 2 An Abundance of Katherines · 3 Paper Towns · 4 Will Grayson, Will Grayson “WGWG” -
2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition · John, 2 named — Peeta or Gale? John is 'with the bakers', i.e. Peeta. (00:01:43)
1 Peeta Mellark · 2 Gale Hawthorne -
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) · John, 6 named (playful) — John piles up old in-jokes: pizza in the mustache, the singamajig, his puppy-sized elephant, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts and French the Llama, Tender Morsels in your pants. (00:00:22)
1 Singamajigs · 2 puppy sized elephant · 3 Willy “dread pirate Fireball Wilson” · 4 French the llama · 5 Tender Morsels · 6 in your pants -
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) · John, 4 named — John notes much conversation on Tumblr, the Ning, YouTube and Twitter about Nerdfighteria changing as it grows and how to keep the community strong, and offers his two cents. (00:00:59)
1 Tumblr · 2 Nerdfighter Ning · 3 YouTube · 4 Twitter -
2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) · John, 7 named — What Nerdfighteria accomplished in recent months (00:01:26)
1 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 2 Project for Awesome · 3 Warner Chilcott · 4 space pasta · 5 nerdfighteria.info · 6 Phineas Gage (historical) · 7 giant squid of anger “regular squids of rational debate” -
2011-02-16 · This Video Brought to you by Nyquil · Hank, 2 named — Hank describes a Your Pants thread whose Palestinian and Israeli members decided to collaborate and become one thread. (00:01:56)
1 Palestine · 2 Israel -
2011-04-29 · Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday · John, 3 named (playful) — John explains the 'in your pants' rule: their friend Maureen Johnson discovered that book titles are funnier with 'in your pants' added, and gives examples. (00:01:34)
1 The Nature of Monsters · 2 The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work · 3 La Festa è Finita -
2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn · John, 5 named — John says Tumblr seems to be the top destination for Nerdfighter jokes, Looking for Alaska quotations, DFTBA tattoos, Pizza John jokes and Humpy Hank sites. (00:02:50)
1 Looking for Alaska (novel) · 2 DFTBA · 3 nerdfightastic · 4 Pizza John · 5 Hank Green -
2011-08-12 · The Fair: Testacular! · Hank, 2 named — Mock-serious reflection on 'Good morning, John' as the most important words of the videos, abandoned as boring (00:00:00)
1 anglerfish · 2 French Revolution -
2011-08-17 · Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT! · John, 2 named (playful) — Hank would rather have a pegasus than a unicorn: it has wings, while a unicorn is just a horse; John disagrees. (00:00:26)
1 unicorn · 2 Pegasus -
2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. · John, 2 named (playful) — To a viewer sorted into Hufflepuff on Pottermore, John says he will congratulate rather than console them on joining the house of Helga Hufflepuff and Tonks. (00:03:29)
1 Helga Hufflepuff · 2 Nymphadora Tonks -
2011-09-12 · Adorable Baby and Insufficient Cartography · John, 5 named — John says the great thing is that the brothers are not the only Nerdfighters: thousands work together through YouTube comments, Twitter, Tumblr, the Ning and Your Pants to improve the maps, making better maps than anyone could alone. (00:02:03)
1 YouTube · 2 Twitter · 3 Tumblr · 4 Nerdfighter Ning · 5 Your Pants -
2011-10-26 · 7,000,000,000 People · Hank, 3 named — Hank's end-screen picks: a song by Dr. Noise (watch to the epic end), HankGames videos (Swindon Town, Super Mario Bros. Wii with Katherine) and last week's (week of 17 October 2011) Truth or Fail on October holidays. (00:03:18)
1 Bill Martin “Dr. Noise” · 2 HankGames · 3 Truth or Fail -
2011-12-14 · Greek Phallic Disco Golf Balls: A Free Association Game · Hank & John, 14 named (playful) — Word association, part 1: lemon pie to Mitt Romney, George Bush, Mountain Brook ('where we are right now'), disco golf balls, DFTBA.com pre-order gag, Pizza John shirt (00:00:31)
1 Sonic the Hedgehog · 2 Mario · 3 Luigi · 4 Katherine Green · 5 Mitt Romney · 6 George W. Bush · 7 Mountain Brook, Alabama · 8 DFTBA · 9 Hank Green · 10 George Washington · 11 Socrates · 12 Venice · 13 Italy · 14 Silvio Berlusconi -
2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! · John, 3 named — As word spread, more and more Nerdfighters on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook pledged not to read the book before January 10, or not to spoil it for the majority who receive it then. (00:01:52)
1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr · 3 Facebook
2012
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2012-01-02 · Changes to Vlogbrothers · John, 4 named — John says five years ago he would never have guessed there would be a Nerdfighteria, a Project for Awesome, In Your Pants jokes or an Evil Baby Orphanage (which still doesn't exist but should). (00:00:00)
1 Nerdfighteria · 2 Project for Awesome · 3 in your pants · 4 Evil Baby Orphanage -
2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday · John, 2 named — John recommends the Swedish hip-hop of Afasi och Filthy, best enjoyed if you don't speak Swedish, and Snook. (00:02:29)
1 Afasi & Filthy · 2 Snook -
2012-04-27 · Hank Talks to Charlie McDonnell · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Offered Pinkie Pie on his bicep or DFTBA inside his lip, Charlie says he wants no tattoos: an hour of extreme pain for something no one will see. (00:02:05)
1 Pinkie Pie · 2 DFTBA -
2012-05-22 · You ARE The Product · John, 2 named — Unsure, John asks Nerdfighters whether Chrysler, super PACs and scammy online dating sites should fund Nerdfighteria and whether to be okay with being the product, to discuss in comments. (00:02:36)
1 Chrysler · 2 super PAC -
2012-06-05 · The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday · John, 5 named — In a lightning round John names favorites: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (book of the year so far), Harvey (movie), the White Album, Charlie (YouTuber) and, this time, Macbeth over Hamlet. (00:01:45)
1 Behind the Beautiful Forevers · 2 Harvey (film) · 3 The Beatles (album) “White” · 4 Charlie McDonnell · 5 Macbeth -
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! · John, 2 named — John says participating is more fun than watching and gives three easy ways to be nerdfightastic: a free first Kiva loan, reading Fahrenheit 451, and replying to comments with niceness, which is surprisingly entertaining. (00:02:44)
1 Kiva · 2 Fahrenheit 451 -
2012-06-19 · Solving Your Problems! · John, 2 named (1 unnamed item) — To find local Nerdfighters, John points to Facebook, the Ning and Your Pants, where there are many location-specific Nerdfighter groups. (00:03:16)
… · 2 Nerdfighter Ning · 3 Your Pants -
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! · Hank, 4 named (playful) — Hank says they now have a database of 5,000 Nerdfighters to photo-mosaic into anything, such as Mario, a TARDIS, John Green or Matt Damon, whom he loves. (00:00:00)
1 Mario · 2 TARDIS · 3 John Green · 4 Matt Damon -
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! · Hank, 5 named — Counting HankGames, SciShow, Crash Course, Hank's channel, Truth or Fail and forgotten second channels, Hank says they have made well over a thousand videos. (00:00:29)
1 HankGames · 2 SciShow · 3 Crash Course · 4 hankschannel · 5 Truth or Fail -
2012-08-24 · Happy Birthday John Green! · Hank, 3 named — People have drawn, sculpted and knitted the brothers; Kimya Dawson, Lupe Fiasco and Minecraft creator Notch watch, and John got to hang out with Rainn Wilson. (00:01:42)
1 Kimya Dawson · 2 Lupe Fiasco · 3 Markus Persson “Notch the guy who created Minecraft” -
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! · Hank, 3 named — Since then John has had a baby and Hank got a dog, while the world got the last Harry Potter book, a new president and a new fundamental particle; video went from 240p to 1080p. (00:00:18)
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · 2 Barack Obama “a new president” · 3 Higgs boson “a new fundamental particle of physics” -
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! · Hank, 5 named — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. (00:01:04)
1 Project for Awesome · 2 This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · 3 Bank of Nerdfighteria “the Nerdfighter group on Kiva.org” · 4 Thoughts from Places · 5 Tumblr “Tumblogs” -
2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! · Hank, 4 named — Hank lists his songs about quarks, ponies, Harry Potter and Helen Hunt, notes Helen Hunt tweeted him about hers, and recalls inventing 2D glasses and turning Pride and Prejudice into a video blog. (00:01:36)
1 Strange Charm “quarks” · 2 I Don't Have a Favorite Pony “ponies” · 3 Harry Potter (book series) · 4 Helen Hunt (song) -
2012-10-30 · TINY BALLS! Nerds Do Vegas. · John, 2 named (joke) — The P.S. ends by adding bitterballen ('tiny delicious balls') and Dippin' Dots to John's tiny balls. (00:02:52)
1 bitterballen · 2 Dippin' Dots -
2012-11-09 · The Stadium of Representatives: The End of B20 Week :-( · Hank, 2 named — They can't keep it up because of Crash Course, SciShow and other work, and Hank hopes Nerdfighteria thinks that is worth it. (00:03:24)
1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow -
2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS · John, 9 named — John says Nerdfighteria used to be a YouTube-based phenomenon but now has many places, listing Minecrafteria, Facebook groups, the Ning, Our Pants, Reddit, Tumblr and Kiva, and probably more. (00:00:58)
1 Nerdcrafteria “Minecrafteria” · 2 Adult Nerdfighters · 3 Facebook · 4 Nerdfighter Ning · 5 Our Pants · 6 Reddit · 7 Eff Yeah Nerdfighters · 8 Tumblr · 9 Bank of Nerdfighteria “Nerdfighters of Kivo”
2013
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2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! · Hank, 2 named — Hank's research: counting regular watchers Nerdfighteria is bigger than 61 countries (incl. Barbados); counting subscribers, 85 countries (incl. Djibouti, Africa's least populous). (00:00:51)
1 Barbados · 2 Djibouti -
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! · Hank, 4 named — Hank thanks Henry from MinutePhysics, Stefan, Emily and Michael, who were in the room helping with the whip pans. (00:03:43)
1 Henry Reich · 2 Stefan Chin · 3 Emily Graslie · 4 Michael Aranda -
2013-06-04 · A New Nerdfighter Baby · John, 5 named — Every Tuesday there will still be a 'John video' on vlogbrothers, with John played by others: Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, Craig (WheezyWaiter), Maureen Johnson and two Nerd Factor winners. (00:01:30)
1 Hannah Hart · 2 Grace Helbig · 3 Craig Benzine · 4 Maureen Johnson · 5 Nerd Factor -
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green · Craig Benzine, 3 named (parody) — Craig parodies more things John does: Question Tuesday with fake questions, a 'Who the eff is Hank?' answer, Sharpie face (a cracker smashed on his forehead), a Thoughts from Places about his office, an Oscar Wilde reading, and a 'not-airport'. (00:02:11)
1 Question Tuesday · 2 Sharpie Face · 3 Thoughts from Places -
2013-08-30 · Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam · Hank, 3 named — Hank says Nerdfighteria is his biggest inspiration: when he lacks a video idea he asks on Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram, and this video is made from their suggestions. (00:00:15)
1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr · 3 Instagram -
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria · John, 3 named — John says Crash Course, SciShow and Mental Floss all have large and growing audiences. (00:01:20)
1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow · 3 Mental Floss -
2013-10-15 · Thoughts for Nerdfighteria · John, 3 named — John thinks they should keep making videos explaining health care costs, sovereign debt and the war in Syria, and videos about things they care about, like the TFiOS movie. (00:02:24)
1 health care prices in the United States · 2 government debt · 3 Syrian civil war -
2013-10-25 · When Was it a Million Seconds Ago? · Hank, 2 named — For a book, Hank recommends Neil Gaiman's quick, beautiful The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Barnes's Losers in Space, an excellent introduction to hard science fiction. (00:03:30)
1 The Ocean at the End of the Lane · 2 Losers in Space -
2013-12-03 · Who Owns DFTBA? An Introduction to Trademarks · John, 6 named — John lists other companies using DFTBA: a Kate Spade wallet, a Hobby Lobby poster, a dELiAs T-shirt, an Aeropostale ad, items from Pier One and Ron Jon Surf Shop. (00:00:20)
1 Kate Spade New York · 2 Hobby Lobby · 3 Delia's · 4 Aéropostale “Aeropostale” · 5 Pier 1 Imports · 6* Ron Jon Surf Shop
2014
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2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People · John, 3 named — John says The Hollywood Reporter's article on the TFIOS film included a photo of him; a longtime nerdfighter posted herself 'johning', then Charlie McDonnell, Josh Sundquist, Hank and many others followed. (00:00:19)
1 Charlie McDonnell · 2 Josh Sundquist · 3 Hank Green -
2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria · John, 2 named (playful) — Henry asked John for a video about dragons and dinosaurs fighting bad guys together, with scary parts but not too many; John explained he can only make videos where his head moves around a screen. (00:00:01)
1 dragon · 2 dinosaur -
2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains · John, 4 named (playful) — Rapid-fire answers: owed punishment, baby names, One Direction, books on head, Henry, toddler food, socks, signed posters, font, Wheezy Waiter, Harry Potter (00:02:55)
1 Harry Styles · 2 Niall Horan · 3 Liam Payne · 4 Zayn Malik -
2014-09-26 · Gettin' Real with Hank · Hank, 3 named — Hank says that by watching, viewers grant him power; in a world of infinite content (30 Rock, Breaking Bad, PewDiePie, cat videos) he finds it weird they choose this, and is honored by their time. (00:01:34)
1 30 Rock · 2 Breaking Bad · 3 PewDiePie -
2014-10-17 · MY FACE ON A BUS · Hank, 5 named (joke) — Vlogbrothers is too weird to be mainstream; shouted in-joke mash-up; Death to pennies; sign-off (00:03:48)
1 Pizza John · 2 puppy sized elephant · 3 Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers “SWOODILYPOOPING” · 4 Agloe, New York · 5 Abolish the US penny “DEATH TO PENNIES” -
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns · John, 2 named — Reverse Question Tuesday with Tyler Oakley (00:00:18)
1 zombie · 2 unicorn
2015
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2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions · Hank, 4 named — Hank says that, with nothing pressing to make a video about, he turned this one over to the Nerdfighters of Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Reddit to decide what he would do. (00:00:09)
1 Facebook · 2 Twitter · 3 Tumblr · 4 Reddit -
2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions · Hank, 6 named — Asked for favourite things few people know, Hank names the anime Kodocha, Locke & Key comics, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Cicierega's creations, the board game Robot Ricochet and TheThirdPew. (00:01:34)
1 Kodocha · 2 Locke & Key · 3 Paolo Bacigalupi · 4 Neil Cicierega · 5 Ricochet Robots · 6 TheThirdPew -
2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows · Hank, 3 named — Hank tells Nerdfighteria they are really important in his life, so it feels wrong not to talk about important things happening to him, on video or social media. (00:01:12)
1 Twitter · 2 Tumblr · 3 Facebook -
2015-03-13 · Screaming Into Pillows · Hank, 4 named — Hank says that as SciShow, Crash Course, VidCon and DFTBA have grown, more complicated infrastructure leaves him less freedom to talk about them. (00:02:38)
1 SciShow · 2 Crash Course · 3 VidCon · 4 DFTBA Records -
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff · Nat Wolff, 2 named (joke) — Rapid-fire Nerdfighter questions: animal, inspiration, angry bubbles, eyebrow dance-off, Haim, Gollum and Godfather impressions, llamas, breakups, dreams, a horned hippo, spelling names backwards, Hogwarts houses, arm wrestling (00:01:41)
1 The Fault in Our Stars · 2 Paper Towns -
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff · John, 2 named — Rapid-fire Nerdfighter questions: animal, inspiration, angry bubbles, eyebrow dance-off, Haim, Gollum and Godfather impressions, llamas, breakups, dreams, a horned hippo, spelling names backwards, Hogwarts houses, arm wrestling (00:02:22)
1 unicorn · 2 hippopotamus -
2015-09-29 · Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling · John, 17 named — 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. (00:01:35)
1 Woody Guthrie · 2 Willy · 3 puppy sized elephant · 4 Hank Green + Peeps · 5 Yoshitomo Nara · 6 Yeti + Sarah Urist Green “the Yeti” · 7 Daniel Biss · 8 Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers · 9 Abraham Lincoln · 10 Black Santa · 11 Agloe, New York · 12 nerdfightastic · 13 Chewbacca · 14 DFTBA · 15 An Imperial Affliction · 16 French the llama · 17 Francis of Assisi
2016
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2016-03-25 · Snapchat Question Time! · video description, 5 named — The description says Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Driftless Pony Club and Harry and the Potters, featuring Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang, tour in May, starting May 16 in Lawrence, Kansas.
1 Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers · 2 Driftless Pony Club · 3 Harry and the Potters · 4 Rob Scallon · 5 Andrew Huang -
2016-03-25 · Snapchat Question Time! · video description, 13 named — Hank lists the rest of the May tour: Austin (May 19) and El Paso (May 20), venues to be announced; the Rialto Theater in Tucson (May 21); Chain Reaction in Anaheim (May 22); two nights at Slim's in San Francisco (May 23 and 24); the Regent Theater in Los Angeles (May 25); the Irenic in San Diego (May 26); then, without Hank, Kilby Court in Salt Lake City (May 28), Denver (May 29) and Omaha (May 30), with May 27 still to be set.
1 Lawrence, Kansas · 2 Dallas · 3 Houston, Texas · 4 Austin, Texas · 5 El Paso, Texas · 6 Tucson, Arizona · 7 Anaheim, California · 8 San Francisco · 9 Los Angeles · 10 San Diego · 11 Salt Lake City · 12 Denver · 13 Omaha -
2016-03-25 · Snapchat Question Time! · Hank, 2 named (playful) — Snapchat questions: favorite potato, Snapchat filters with kids in Jordan, a cat, Jackson vs Roosevelt, shampoo or conditioner (00:01:41)
1 Andrew Jackson · 2 Theodore Roosevelt -
2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! · John, 2 named — John recommends the films Dope and The End of the Tour, saying he really loves both. (00:00:17)
1 Dope · 2 The End of the Tour -
2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! · John, 2 named — John says his favorite furniture is his La-Z-Boy, where he wrote part of all his books, described by The New Yorker as grubby and oatmeal-colored and by The Wall Street Journal as tan. (00:01:38)
1 The New Yorker · 2 The Wall Street Journal -
2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! · John, 2 named — Doctor Who spin-off by Patrick Ness, his high-school fuchsia-plum hair, a barfing sloth, Macbeth, tree and season puns, cooking channel, games, Willy (00:03:01)
1 The Fault in Our Stars (film) · 2 Paper Towns (film) -
2016-05-06 · I Hate Only Making One Video a Week · Hank, 4 named — Hank wants to make Wizard School an amazing game and VidCon an amazing conference, encourage new video creators, and make SciShow and Crash Course bigger and better. (00:01:19)
1 Wizard School · 2 VidCon · 3 SciShow · 4 Crash Course -
2016-06-24 · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon · Hank, 4 named — Hank thanks everyone who did his homework assignment: he got many letters on Snapchat, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. (00:00:41)
1 Snapchat · 2 Facebook · 3 Tumblr · 4 Twitter -
2016-06-24 · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon · Hank, 3 named — Asked which fictional person he would have as a VidCon guest, Hank weighs Luna Lovegood, Galadriel and Huck Finn and says he'd have to write a fanfic. (00:01:46)
1 Luna Lovegood · 2 Galadriel · 3 Huckleberry Finn -
2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit · Hank, 2 named — Hank says a video with someone he met at a tiny Missoula research museum led to The Brain Scoop, and their French Revolution and circulatory-system videos led to Crash Course. (00:00:47)
1 French Revolution · 2 circulatory system -
2016-11-10 · The Museum of Pizza Johns Past · Dave, 3 named — The staff tour Pizza John designs by year: the 2010 original; 2012 green, neon nineties, eyes, vampire and evil; a 2013 hoodie; 2014 Bowie, glowy, halftone, Obey; 2015 Warhol, rainbow, blue neon, Pisa, Misfits, faux-knitted and nebula. (00:01:34)
1 David Bowie · 2 Andy Warhol · 3 Pisa -
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done · Hank, 8 named — Hank lists the dream-like things of his ten years: friends, touring in a rock band, Carnegie Hall, a first home, creating VidCon, SciShow and Crash Course, a bobblehead, 2D glasses, interviewing the president. (00:00:12)
1 Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers “rock band” · 2 Carnegie Hall · 3 VidCon · 4 SciShow · 5 Crash Course · 6 Hank Green bobblehead · 7 2D Glasses · 8 Barack Obama “the President” -
2016-12-30 · The Most Interesting Thing I've Ever Done · Hank, 6 named — Hank says people elsewhere have figured these things out too and also lead the community, from Mark Twain to Vi Hart, Michelle Obama to Ze Frank, Reinhold Niebuhr to Nathan Zed. (00:03:51)
1 Mark Twain · 2 Vi Hart · 3 Michelle Obama · 4 Ze Frank · 5 Reinhold Niebuhr · 6 Nathan Zed
2017
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2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) · Hank, 3 named — Hank says he asked people on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to ask him hard questions. (00:00:17)
1 YouTube · 2 Facebook · 3 Twitter -
2017-08-25 · Trust and Fire - Thoughts from the Smoke · Hank, 2 named — Hank tells everyone on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana he hopes it won't be as bad as it looks, asks them to be safe and make good decisions, and says he is thinking of them. (00:03:39)
1 Texas · 2 Louisiana
2018
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2018-04-17 · John Green Answers Your John Green Questions · John, 3 named — John's books have won a Printz Award, an Edgar Award and, 'most prestigiously', an MTV Movie Award. (00:03:22)
1 Michael L. Printz Award · 2 Edgar Award · 3 MTV Movie & TV Awards -
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John · Hank, 5 named (playful) — Commenters say Hank looks like Minkus from Boy Meets World, handsome Squidward, one of the Proclaimers, a YA urban fantasy hero, Alton Brown and Scott Pilgrim. (00:00:29)
1 Stuart Minkus · 2 Squidward Tentacles · 3 The Proclaimers · 4 Alton Brown · 5 Scott Pilgrim -
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John · Hank, 7 named (playful) — Commenters say John looks like Jimmy Neutron, a Lamborghini-touting scammer, a Weeble, middle-aged James Potter, Megamind with hair, a young Santa Claus and Tom Hanks. (00:00:29)
1 Jimmy Neutron · 2 Weebles “weeble wobble” · 3 James Potter · 4 Megamind · 5 Bernard · 6 Santa Claus · 7 Tom Hanks -
2018-11-05 · Reading Mean Comments with John · Hank, 3 named (playful) — A separate category of comments describes John with his mustache: the guy you glance at at Walmart, an 80s substitute teacher, a Ned Flanders double, the protagonist of Her. (00:03:06)
1 Walmart · 2 Ned Flanders · 3 Her
2019
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2019-03-15 · Why We Stopped Making Explainers: EXPLAINED · Hank, 8 named — Hank lists explainer topics: Brazil, Israel and Palestine, Syria (twice), and US subjects: mass incarceration, net neutrality, Benghazi and tax plans. (00:00:00)
1 Brazil · 2 Israel · 3 Palestine · 4 Syria · 5 mass incarceration · 6 Net neutrality · 7 2012 Benghazi attack · 8 tax -
2019-08-20 · Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion · John, 3 named — Couple portmanteaus are for people in love and dating, like Bennifer, or William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman, together about 30 years. (00:02:34)
1 Bennifer · 2 William H. Macy · 3 Felicity Huffman
2020
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2020-01-03 · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel · Hank, 6 named — Hank lists what that togetherness has produced: Life's Library, the Project for Awesome, the work with Partners in Health, the ideas that helped him understand the world, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. (00:01:47)
1 Life's Library · 2 Project for Awesome · 3 Partners In Health · 4 Dear Hank and John · 5 SciShow · 6 Crash Course -
2020-01-03 · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel · Hank, 3 named — Hank invites viewers to come see the brothers in Atlanta, Raleigh or St. Petersburg next week (week of 6 January 2020). (00:03:50)
1 Atlanta · 2 Raleigh, North Carolina · 3 St. Petersburg, Florida -
2020-03-10 · A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video · John, 2 named — John says he and Hank are going to their show in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow will be in Indianapolis and then Ann Arbor, Michigan. (00:03:38)
1 Indianapolis · 2 Ann Arbor, Michigan -
2020-10-07 · The Golden Age of Vlogbrothers · John, 3 named — John loves making a video every Tuesday and seeing nerdfighter groups flourish from Facebook to Reddit to Discord. (00:02:11)
1 Facebook · 2 Reddit · 3 Discord
2021
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2021-08-06 · Remembering What's Special · Hank, 3 named — The projects that vibed include Crash Course, now huge; DFTBA Records, which helped creators make a living; and the Awesome Socks Club, which has raised over $600,000 for Partners In Health. (00:01:32)
1 Crash Course · 2 DFTBA Records · 3 Awesome Socks Club -
2021-09-14 · I do this every. single. tuesday. · John, 3 named — John's best professional day was January 10, 2013, when he, Hank, Kimya Dawson, the Mountain Goats, Neil Gaiman and others played Carnegie Hall; he uploaded a video that morning. (00:00:37)
1 Kimya Dawson · 2 The Mountain Goats · 3 Neil Gaiman
2022
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2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day · Hank, 3 named — Hank calls it an amazing, weird, fun run that would not have been possible without the community and the people at Complexly, VidCon and DFTBA. (00:03:20)
1 Complexly · 2 VidCon · 3 DFTBA Records -
2022-04-08 · Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties · Hank, 4 named — Asked for a podcast to learn from, John names 99% Invisible, Radiolab, Invisibilia and Throughline, after Hank jokingly suggests The Anthropocene Reviewed. (00:02:16)
1 99% Invisible · 2 Radiolab · 3 Invisibilia · 4 Throughline -
2022-10-04 · Hank and John Reunited at Last · John, 3 named — Rounds of 'Got It': ocean picnic, universal healthcare, cheating scandals, chemistry, lightning party, putt-putt (00:02:25)
1 William Shakespeare · 2 Jane Austen · 3 Toni Morrison -
2022-10-14 · The Surprise Revelation of NerdfArters · Hank, 7 named — Hank runs through early prompts: DFTBA, Pizza John Yourself, Breezy Fall Day (a reference to his second novel), Just the Word Pelican, Surprise Fiddle Concert, Nerdfighteria and Pizzamas. (00:00:39)
1 DFTBA · 2 Pizza John · 3 pelican · 4 Nerdfighteria · 5 Pizzamas · 6 French the llama · 7 puppy sized elephant
2023
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2023-02-17 · COUNTDOWN TO THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME · Hank, 4 named — Hank says Butfartman, Beanie Sanfurbs, Crank Green, Dave the Fish and Glenn and Dale are mascots of former Projects for Awesome; no one knows this year's (2023) mascot until it starts. (00:00:00)
1 Butfartman “Buttfartman” · 2 Beanie Sanfurbs · 3 Crank Green · 4 Dave the Fish -
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships · Hank, 3 named — Hank says some shared things can be controlled: the average nerdfighter knows much more about tuberculosis, pelicans and AFC Wimbledon than the average human. (00:03:27)
1 tuberculosis · 2 pelican · 3 AFC Wimbledon -
2023-11-03 · We Need to talk about Sarapocial Relationships · Hank, 4 named — By capable Hank means the community can act for itself and the world, from TB access to Crash Course, SciShow and the clubs funding maternal health in Sierra Leone; membership should feel valuable. (00:04:25)
1 Crash Course · 2 SciShow · 3 Awesome Socks Club · 4 Awesome Coffee Club -
2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated · Hank & John, 13 named — 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. (02:02:56)
1 puppy sized elephant · 2 Stuff on Heads · 3 French the llama · 4 the Puff · 5 Decepticon · 6 giant squid of anger · 7 tiny chickens · 8 secret sibling · 9 in your pants · 10 notsome · 11 Fail Puppy · 12 Fail Boat · 13 Nerdfighter gang sign
2024
- 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter · Hank, 2 named — Hank says the goal of raising $25 million for the Maternal Center of Excellence caused many of their ideas, like the Awesome Socks Club and the Awesome Coffee Club, and many asks of individuals and the community. (00:01:06)
1 Awesome Socks Club · 2 Awesome Coffee Club
2025
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2025-01-24 · Am I OK? · Hank, 3 named — Hank is a huge fan of what the teams at DFTBA, Good Store and Complexly do and feels lucky to be involved. (00:04:02)
1 DFTBA Records · 2 Good Store · 3 Complexly -
2025-06-06 · The Secret Inside my MIT Commencement Speech · Hank, 4 named — Hank says he represents more than himself: the people at Crash Course, Study Hall, SciShow and Good Store, the community that is the only reason any of it happened, science communication and John. (00:00:29)
1 Crash Course · 2 Study Hall · 3 SciShow · 4 Good Store -
2025-09-19 · Let's Just Be Stupid For a Moment · video description, 3 named — The description thanks Coltan Compton for this year's (2025) logo, Milo for the edit and Incompetech.com for all of the music over all these years.
1 Coltan Compton · 2 Milo · 3 Incompetech -
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING · Hank, 7 named — Hank lists such things: VidCon, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, Complexly, DFTBA.com selling merch for many creators, and Good.Store donating its profit to charity. (00:01:27)
1 VidCon · 2 The Lizzie Bennet Diaries · 3 Crash Course · 4 SciShow · 5 Complexly · 6 DFTBA Records · 7 Good Store -
2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING · Hank, 4 named — Hank adds things they are no longer associated with, like VidCon, plus the work of Emily Graslie and Chelsea Fagan, a hard-to-run crowdfunding platform acquired by Patreon, and a third-tier English soccer team. (00:03:24)
1 Emily Graslie · 2 Chelsea Fagan · 3 Subbable “a crowdfunding platform that was acquired by Patreon” · 4 AFC Wimbledon “a third-tier English soccer team”
2026
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2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! · Hank & John, 5 named — Hank's top three cities are Philadelphia, London and New York, ahead of Chicago and Los Angeles. (00:29:48)
1 Philadelphia “Philly” · 2 London · 3 New York City · 4 Chicago (city) · 5 Los Angeles “LA” -
2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! · Hank, 4 named — Hooray for 3.1 million; final songs: We Are All Bat People and All Star (06:14:30)
1 Marilyn Hanson · 2 David Duchovny (song) · 3 Helen Hunt (song) · 4 Mother Pheasant Plucker