Puns on names

377 plays on names in 279 videos, 2007–2026: 250 puns, 97 parodies, 30 portmanteaus. Each item: the spoken (or title) form in quotes → the entity it plays on, the kind of play, the sentence it was said in (the form in bold), who said it, the video and timestamp. One form that evokes several things lists them all. pun = a sound or double-meaning play; parody = a known title, line or lyric reworked; portmanteau = a blend of two words. In list games (Hardy Boys titles "in your pants", poets' names for swear words) the name itself is said straight and the play is in the sentence around it.

Years: 2007 (80) · 2008 (27) · 2009 (38) · 2010 (20) · 2011 (43) · 2012 (20) · 2013 (35) · 2014 (22) · 2015 (26) · 2016 (15) · 2017 (5) · 2018 (5) · 2019 (5) · 2020 (6) · 2021 (9) · 2022 (8) · 2023 (4) · 2024 (4) · 2026 (5)

2007

“will you miss me when I'm gone” → Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? · parody — “For instance, will you miss me when I'm gone in your pants is a little funny.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: January 24, 2007 (00:02:31)
“Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants” → in your pants, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? · parody — “You might expect that Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants took more than one take to film.” — Hank, Brotherhood 2.0: January 29th (00:02:10)
“the issue of everyone poops” → Everyone Poops · parody — “But Hank, I'd like to discuss a serious issue, which is the issue of everyone poops.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: January 30, 2007 (00:01:22)
“everyone poops” → Everyone Poops · parody — “… our commenters that in my pants is funnier than in your pants when it comes to everyone poops.” — Hank, Brotherhood 2.0: January 31st (00:02:13)
“Nerd Fighters” → nerdfighter, Aero Fighters · pun — “This game seems to be called Nerd Fighters.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0, February 1, 2007 (00:00:54)
“Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green” → in your pants, Everyone Poops, John's planned picture book 'Everyone Poops in My/Your Pants' · parody — “Our story today is called Everyone Poops in My Pants by Hank Green.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: February 7, 2007 (00:00:10)
“They had Nerdfighters! Nerdfighters!” → Aero Fighters · pun — “They had Nerdfighters! Nerdfighters! Here's my question about Nerdfighters.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: February 17, 2007 (00:00:14)
“An underabundance of Catherines” → Katherine Green, An Abundance of Katherines · pun — Hank, Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th (00:03:04)
“Everyone Poops in My Pants, by Hank Green” → in your pants, Everyone Poops, John's planned picture book 'Everyone Poops in My/Your Pants' · parody — “Our story today is called, Everyone Poops in My Pants, by Hank Green.” — Hank, Brotherhood 2.0: Everyone Poops in my Pants, a Picture Book (00:00:04)
“wizard of the coast” → Wizards of the Coast · pun — “I'm a wizard of the coast and I rarely shower.” — Hank, March 14: Becoming a NerdFighter (00:02:21)
“Ghetto Boys” → Geto Boys · parody — “It reminds me of something the Ghetto Boys once said, real gangster-ass nerdfighters don't run from nothing, because real gangster-ass nerdfighters can't run fast.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: April 6: Nerdfighters Never Surrender (00:01:37)
“Brotherhood of the Traveling shirt” → The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · parody — “It's kind of like the Brotherhood of the Traveling shirt.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts (00:01:58)
“how to be a lady in your pants” → How to Be a Lady · parody — “of how to be a lady in your pants.” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: April 24: Moving (00:00:44)
“twister” → Twister · pun — “… Hunt, you make my heart do acrobatic stunts You stand and face the brunt of the twister of my burning want” — Hank, Helen Hunt (00:00:38)
“mad about you” → Mad About You · pun — “How did you know I'm mad about you?” — Hank, Helen Hunt (00:01:21)
“water dance” → The Waterdance · pun — “I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in my pants And for that I really want …” — Hank, Helen Hunt (00:01:21)
“as good as it gets” → As Good as It Gets · pun — “I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in my pants And for that I really want to thank you.” — Hank, Helen Hunt (00:01:21)
“Barack Saabama” → Saab Automobile, Barack Obama · portmanteau — video title, June 1: Barack Saabama (00:00:00)
“we'll continue this discussion of John McCain in my pants” → in your pants · pun — “… maybe one of us is starting a discussion in video format, we can say things like, we'll continue this discussion of John McCain in my pants.” — Hank, Jun 5th: S-S-S-Somethin From the Forum (00:02:06)
“my pants are full of people” → in your pants · pun — “Hank, the reason that I'm in my boxer shorts is because my pants are full of people!” — John, June 6th: Lindsay Lohan's Bikini and My Pants (00:01:06)
“the Green Brothers” → Hank Green, John Green · pun — “Maybe somebody needs green lawns, but it's not the Green Brothers.” — Hank, June 21: Gotta Get Outside! (00:02:48)
“spam in my pants” → in your pants · pun — “Well, thank God there's not any more spam in my pants.” — Hank, June 27: Good Morning John, it's Wednesday (00:02:11)
“post-colonial theory in his pants” → in your pants · pun — “People who aren't yet nerdfighters are like, Why is that guy talking about post-colonial theory in his pants?” — John, Brotherhood 2.0: July 2nd: The Law of Compound Nerdfighting (00:03:27)
“people in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “… 150 pages in, but I thought just for fun I might read you the prologue, since people in my pants have been spending so much time debating what my book is about, I thought maybe I …” — John, July 19: A Day in the Life of a Writer (Who Has No Friends) (00:01:32)
“into my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “… a kind of sort of New York Times contributor, I would like to invite the Nerdfighters into my pants to come and give their opinion on why they think that Harry Potter is such a …” — Hank, July 24: More Harry Potter?! (00:02:05)
“Brotherhood 2.04 in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “Nerdfighters do stuff like hang out at the Brotherhood 2.04 in my pants and, uh, embroider pillows.” — John, July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! (00:01:40)
“Axio, Accio, Oscio, Oscio, Oshkosh, Bagachio, Deathly Hallows” → Accio Deathly Hallows · pun — “Axio, Accio, Oscio, Oscio, Oshkosh, Bagachio, Deathly Hallows has been featured on the front page of YouTube, and it's been watched over 200,000 times!” — Hank, July 26: The Price of Fame (00:00:51)
“Tonks for the Memories” → Nymphadora Tonks · pun — “… happen to start a wizard rock band, that you definitely should call the wizard rock band Tonks for the Memories.” — John, July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books (00:00:31)
“All we are saying is give Ninja Pirate Peace a chance.” → Give Peace a Chance · parody — “I could be like, All we are saying is give Ninja Pirate Peace a chance. Yeah, I think you can do better than that.” — John, July 31: HP, Secret Siblings, and Books (00:02:50)
“nerdfighters in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “The extraordinarily hard-working nerdfighters in my pants have found a textual communication that I apparently made to you on January 11th, 2007.” — John, August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans (00:01:49)
“Curd Fighter Nurt” → Kurt (bystander guest) · pun — video title, August 7th: Curd Fighter Nurt (00:00:00)
“The Lawn and the Fury” → The Sound and the Fury · parody — video title, August 8th: The Lawn and the Fury (00:00:00)
“in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “And I can't wait to hear your Current Affairs Nerdfighter song or see it in my pants.” — Hank, Re: Vlog 6: Secret Siblinghood! (00:01:46)
“Wiki? Wookie? Wookie!” → Wookiee, Brotherhood 2.0 forum · pun — “Wiki? Wookie? Wookie! Plus we got hundreds of people sending in Nerdfighter pictures like this and this and this …” — John, August 20th: Winner, South Dakota (00:02:22)
“the wiki wiki wookie” → Wookiee, Brotherhood 2.0 forum · pun — “I had to temporarily suspend the wiki wiki wookie, and there may be a couple of days where everyone's gonna have to go to …” — John, August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS (00:02:12)
“my pants are gonna be on fire” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum · pun — “… videos, but in the long run, Brotherhood2.com is gonna be back, it's gonna be more awesome, my pants are gonna be on fire, and everybody's gonna be happy, Hank.” — John, August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS (00:02:12)
“Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood” → The Road Not Taken · parody — “Of course, there's that American classic, Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood and I.” — John, August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS (00:02:37)
“Judy and the Blooms” → Judy Blume · pun — “… I was the bass guitarist for a children's literature rock band, we would totally be called Judy and the Blooms.” — John, September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:01:08)
“Schrodinger and the Maybe Dead Cats” → Schrödinger's cat · pun — “My art rock band would be called Schrodinger and the Maybe Dead Cats.” — John, September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:01:08)
“The Moby Moby Dicktones” → The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby-Dick · pun — John, September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:01:49)
“All Loud on the Western Front” → All Quiet on the Western Front · pun — “If I was in a noise band, we'd be from California, and we'd be called All Loud on the Western Front.” — John, September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:02:17)
“my pants are on fire” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “The WikiWikiWookie is back, my pants are on fire, and the site isn't going down except maybe like a couple times late at night.” — John, September 4th: Negative Suck Cubed Equals Awesome (00:02:17)
“The clue in the jewelry box” → The Clue in the Jewel Box · pun — “The clue in the jewelry box in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:03)
“The silver cobweb” → The Silver Cobweb · pun — “The silver cobweb in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:03)
“The invisible...” → The Invisible Intruder · pun — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:03)
“The Twisted Claw” → The Twisted Claw · pun — “The Twisted Claw in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Hooded Hawk Mystery” → The Hooded Hawk Mystery · pun — “The Hooded Hawk Mystery in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Masked Monkey” → The Masked Monkey · pun — “The Masked Monkey in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Shattered Helmet” → The Shattered Helmet · pun — “The Shattered Helmet in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Tower of Treasure” → The Tower of Treasure · pun — “The Tower of Treasure in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Mystery of the Samurai Sword” → The Mystery of the Samurai Sword · pun — “The Mystery of the Samurai Sword in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Stone Idol” → The Stone Idol · pun — “The Stone Idol in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Four-Headed Dragon” → The Four-Headed Dragon · pun — “The Four-Headed Dragon in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“The Swamp Monster” → The Swamp Monster · pun — “The Swamp Monster in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“Passport to Danger” → Passport to Danger · pun — “Passport to Danger in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“Trouble in the Pipeline” → Trouble in the Pipeline · pun — “And of course, Trouble in the Pipeline in your pants.” — John, September 18: In Defense of Chris Crocker (00:02:32)
“the corners of Sydney and Green” → Sydney Green · pun — “Not to mention the fact that the hotel itself is located at the corners of Sydney and Green.” — John, September 26th: Norbert Wiener (00:00:00)
“Eh, mad about her.” → Mad About You · pun — Hank, September 27th: Bionic Woman v. Helen Hunt on PCP (00:02:26)
“Fiona apples” → Fiona Apple · pun — “Actually, on that one, I'm for Fiona apples.” — John, October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations (00:02:26)
“in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “… it is to have a vigorous discussion about presidential politics, which we've been doing for months in my pants, there's something that I think matters just a little bit more right now.” — John, October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns (00:01:35)
“I Don't Yahoo” → Yahoo! · pun — “It's because Dayton, Ohio anagrams to I Don't Yahoo.” — John, October 18: Live from Datyon: PARTY BLOWER SOLO (00:00:43)
“Kirkland, Captain Kirkland, Washington” → Kirkland, Washington · pun — “We did get there to Kirkland, Captain Kirkland, Washington.” — Hank, October 19th: Missoula to Seattle (00:02:44)
“Paper Towns anagrams to Pants Power” → Paper Towns · pun — “Oh, and speaking of Paper Towns, Hank, have I ever mentioned to you that the phrase Paper Towns anagrams to Pants Power?” — John, October 22nd: The Anniversary of Young Earth Creationism (00:01:32)
“Will You Miss Me When” → Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? · parody — “You might recognize these friends as the duo who assisted us in Will You Miss Me When” — Hank, October 23rd: Some Explaining to Do… (00:00:10)
“Sharif, needless to say, don't like it” → Rock the Casbah · pun — John, November 7: Discussing the Political Situation in Pakistan (00:02:54)
“Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants” → in your pants, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? · parody — “This song is called Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone From Your Pants.” — Hank, November 12th: Brotherhood Clue Point Oh! (00:00:54)
“in my pants” → in your pants · pun — “And for those of you who've never been here before, the Nerdfighters and secret siblings in my pants have teamed up to decrease world suck using a scavenger hunt.” — Hank, November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project (00:00:10)
“my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum · pun — “And for those of you who've never been here before, the Nerdfighters and secret siblings in my pants have teamed up to decrease world suck using a scavenger hunt.” — Hank, November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project (00:00:10)
“my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “Instead, head to my pants and help us solve our identity crisis.” — John, Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT (00:02:36)
“Green Green Manifesto” → environmentalism, Green Green Manifesto · pun — “to the Green Green Manifesto.” — John, Dec. 6th: Peer Pressure and the Green Green Manifesto (00:01:38)
“my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “I would love to see those answers there, or you can put them in my pants, which is the Brotherhood 2.0 forum, if you were confused.” — Hank, December 7th: Fight Night with the Green Bros. (00:03:00)
“went to my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “By the way, Hank, do you know that Maureen Johnson went to my pants?” — John, Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY (00:01:27)
“Wootponer” → w00t · portmanteau — “My favorites included Rana Valona, Chomsky the Nerdfighting Puppy, Wootponer, Optimus Prime, and Johnny Funtimes.” — John, Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY (00:01:52)
“Norbert Wiener the Puppy” → Norbert Wiener · pun — “But Hank, the doubtless winner has to be Norbert Wiener the Puppy.” — John, Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY (00:01:52)
“Everything That Rises Must Converge” → Everything That Rises Must Converge · parody — “I believe that would be the Flannery O'Connor classic, Everything That Rises Must Converge.” — John, Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! (00:01:38)
“TLC” → TLC (band) · pun — “John: I mean these videos are so crazy and sexy and cool, they could be a TLC album.” — John, THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT (00:01:32)
“so crazy and sexy and cool, they could be a TLC album” → CrazySexyCool · pun — “John: I mean these videos are so crazy and sexy and cool, they could be a TLC album.” — John, THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT (00:01:32)
“the invisible nerdfighter” → nerdfighter · parody — “socks are the visible sign of the invisible nerdfighter.” — John, Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop (00:02:16)
“community of friends in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum · pun — “Nerdfighters are about building a supportive community of friends in my pants.” — John, Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video (00:02:53)
“my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “… that you'll be sad to see it go Will you miss us if we go from my pants?” — both, Dec 31: Goodbye Brotherhood 2.0 (00:00:40)

2008

“Ning-y” → Ning · pun — “It's like Kling, only no one ever broke up with me for being too Ning-y.” — John, Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton (00:00:36)
“they're taking Hank Green to Isengard” → Taking the Hobbits to Isengard · parody — “Um, well, I just received word that they're taking Hank Green to Isengard.” — John, A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT (00:03:14)
“Ness” → Nintendo Entertainment System · pun — “… needs to be a word in the English language that encompasses both yes and no, like, Ness.” — John, QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) (00:02:36)
“Jambo Read” → Jambo Read · pun — “… in the morning in the afternoon and speaking at two o'clock at the Spartanburg Public library Jambo Read.” — John, Best Wishes! (00:01:36)
“Decepticonia” → Decepticon · portmanteau — John, SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD (00:02:22)
“peeps” → Peeps · pun — “I'm just, you know, chilling with my peeps.” — John, PEEPS Eating Contest Is Peepstacular, Painful (00:00:00)
“I vote count chocula” → Count Chocula · pun — “Like obviously I vote count isn't a sentence, but maybe what they meant to say was I vote count chocula.” — John, Belated Book-tacular Questions (00:00:00)
“Happy birthday to Hank. Happy birthday to Hank.” → Happy Birthday to You · parody — “Happy birthday to Hank. Happy birthday to Hank. We forgot to do something awesome for the occasion.” — John, A HORRIFYING OVERSIGHT!!!! (00:02:16)
“you vote count. Chocula.” → Count Chocula · pun — “Remember, Nerdfighters, you vote count. Chocula. Part four, eventful.” — John, Hank Would Think This Is Awesome: The Project (00:01:05)
“carbon unoxide poisoning” → carbon monoxide · pun — “How come nobody ever dies of carbon unoxide poisoning?” — Hank, Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! (00:02:19)
“Three-street pursuit.” → Trivial Pursuit · pun — Hank, Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! (00:02:22)
“ask not what Nerdfighteria can do for me, ask what I can do for Nerdfighteria” → John F. Kennedy · parody — “Part 3.5, ask not what Nerdfighteria can do for me, ask what I can do for Nerdfighteria.” — John, Memo to the Fourteenth Century (and to the Tobians) (00:03:17)
“save the children” → Save the Children · pun — “I did that before I left actually to save the children.” — John, Don't Suck on That Bone (00:02:45)
“Nerdfightarion” → nerdfighter · portmanteau — video title, Marion the Nerdfightarion (00:00:00)
“my pants” → in your pants · pun — “… And thank you all for an amazing Nerdfighter experience in general I hope that you enjoy my pants, and I hope that you enjoyed that song, and John, I will” — Hank, Book Eight...Another Harry Potter Song (00:04:14)
“metric Sabbath” → metric Sabbath · pun — “… wife being fantastic and being very glad that I was home, and having a sort of metric Sabbath.” — Hank, Metric Sabbath (00:01:36)
“Mr. T” → Mr. T · parody — “As Mr. T so memorably put it, I pitied a third.” — John, Paper Towns Tour Dates! (00:01:43)
“I can't get enough Columbus” → Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Ohio · pun — “… gonna be back in Columbus because like noted evil lady baby Queen Isabella used to say, I can't get enough Columbus!” — John, Paper Towns Tour Dates! (00:02:13)
“Little Pee in Your Pants” → in your pants, Little Pea · pun — “… the author of many critically acclaimed and best-selling books, including Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Little Pee in Your Pants.” — John, A Video about Videos (00:01:34)
“the original llama song” → Llama Song · parody — “I actually found the guy who wrote the original llama song.” — Hank, Obama llama Duck (00:00:45)
“Obama Llama Song” → Llama Song · parody — video title, Obama Llama Song (00:00:00)
“an actual, literal nerdfighter” → nerdfighter · pun — “I mean, Hank, that is an actual, literal nerdfighter.” — John, Berlin and Let it Snow (in Your Pants) (00:03:18)
“Yeti” → Sarah Urist Green · pun — “Because if it were always a vowel, there would be no Yeti, and then I would be all alone in the world.” — John, Question Friday (00:02:37)
“national 'drive-around-America-with-your-brother' month” → Tour de Nerdfighting · parody — “The only problem with that is that November is also national 'drive-around-America-with-your-brother' month” — John, The Unzipped Zipper (Of Your Pants) (00:01:03)
“SPWNING” → pwned, spoon fingers · portmanteau — video title, SPWNING Halloween (00:00:00)
“a video with 50 Jokes” → Jokes in four minutes · pun — “I kind of want to do a video with 50 Jokes.” — Hank, Funny Noises from Tennessee (00:01:38)
“a Catherine” → Katherine Green · pun — “And down here we have a Catherine reading a paper town.” — Hank, Vlogging from Gadsden (00:01:20)

2009

“bordering Djibouti” → Djibouti · pun — “Then in the far northwest bordering Djibouti, which I'm obviously only mentioning so that I can say Djibouti, we have Somaliland.” — John, SOMALI PIRATES! France Penetrates Chad! (00:02:35)
“Everything That Rises Must Converge” → Everything That Rises Must Converge · parody — “The book title '"Everything That Rises Must Converge " - in your pants?” — John, All Aboard the Fail Boat (00:01:41)
“in my pants” → Brotherhood 2.0 forum, in your pants · pun — “And lastly, we have Chip, who was in my pants pretty much from the day they were created.” — Hank, Winners and Winners and Ningmasters (00:02:57)
“gentlemen prefer blondes” → Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · parody — “Hank, you know the famous axiom, gentlemen prefer blondes.” — John, Free Will Fetish (00:00:00)
“NWA” → N.W.A · pun — “Yeah, like NWA.” — Hank, A Few Of My Favorite Things (00:02:11)
“HANKROLL'd” → Rickrolling · portmanteau — video title, HANKROLL'd (00:00:00)
“A long, long time ago,” → American Pie · parody — “♪ A long, long time ago, ♪” — Hank, The Day the YouTubes Died (00:00:01)
“abundance of catherines” → An Abundance of Katherines · pun — “… have to ride a puppy-sized elephant around the circumference of winter South Dakota while holding an abundance of catherines in your pants on your head.” — John, Question Tuesday (00:00:40)
“oinkbarf” → oinkbarf · portmanteau — “… you could imagine my dismay when the news broke about H1N1 flu, or swine flu, or oinkbarf.” — John, Oinkbarf Pandemic! An Intellectual Response to Swine Flu (00:01:20)
“Hanko de Mayo” → Hanko de Mayo · pun — John, HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! (00:00:00)
“Cinco de Hanko” → Cinco de Mayo · pun — John, HANKO DE MAYO! Happy Birthday Hank! (00:00:00)
“Edgar Allan Pwned” → pwned · pun — “You just got Edgar Allan Pwned!” — John, What Could You Do with a Poe Bust?! (00:00:31)
“New Hampshire rhymes with New Hamster” → New Hampshire · pun — “New Hampshire rhymes with New Hamster, and a hamster is something that I don't have.” — Hank, Open Letters (00:00:00)
“our mother” → Sydney Green · pun — “A city named after our mother, where they really like Harry Potter.” — John, I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! (00:00:42)
“Walt Whitman-ing” → Walt Whitman · pun — “You Walt Whitman-ing Edna St.” — John, GAY is NOT an INSULT (00:00:00)
“Emily Dickinson” → Emily Dickinson · pun — “Vincent Millay, go Emily Dickinson your mom.” — John, GAY is NOT an INSULT (00:00:00)
“Robert Frosting” → Robert Frost · pun — “You Robert Frosting Nikki Giovanni, get a life, nerd!” — John, GAY is NOT an INSULT (00:00:40)
“Poke her face” → Poker Face · pun — Hank, 50 MORE JOKES in FOUR MINUTES (00:02:11)
“Twittikit” → Twitiquette · portmanteau — “You said that I had some work to do on my Twittikit.” — Hank, Twitter Games and Truth or Fail (00:00:53)
“hippotatamus” → HipPOTATOmus · portmanteau — “Immediately after I called that the hippotato, Sam pointed out that it should be called the hippotatamus.” — John, HipPOTATOmus (00:01:15)
“in my pants” → in your pants · pun — “… you I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in my pants” — Hank, So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:43)
“as good as it gets” → As Good as It Gets · pun — “… you know I'm mad about you I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in my pants” — Hank, So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:43)
“water dance” → The Waterdance · pun — “… burning want Helen Hunt, you know I'm mad about you I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in my pants” — Hank, So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:43)
“twister of my burning want” → Twister · pun — “… Hunt You make my heart do acrobatic stunts You stand and face the brunt of the twister of my burning want Helen Hunt, you know I'm mad about you I saw you naked in the water dance …” — Hank, So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:43)
“you know I'm mad about you” → Mad About You · pun — “… stunts You stand and face the brunt of the twister of my burning want Helen Hunt, you know I'm mad about you I saw you naked in the water dance It was as good as it gets in …” — Hank, So Jokes: Video EP (00:03:43)
“Little Pea in your pants” → Little Pea · parody — John, 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:00:10)
“Favorite Beatle?” → The Beatles · pun — “"Favorite Beatle? "” — John, 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! (00:02:34)
“Chewy” → Chewbacca · pun — John, My Puppy's SECRET SHAME (and Paper Towns) (00:00:52)
“pwner” → pwned · pun — “YouTube is a pretty big, pretty big pwner.” — Hank, Television Crime Shows Suck (00:02:59)
“tell me what you really, really want” → Wannabe · parody — “And I was like, yes, tell me what you really, really want.” — John, Victoria Beckham In Your Pants (00:00:32)
“weird science where you make hot girls” → Weird Science · pun — “And not the kind of weird science where you make hot girls, but the kind of weird science where you think that Hillary Clinton is a reptilian.” — John, The Balloon Boy Hoax (00:01:34)
“wife swap” → Wife Swap · pun — “Cause the kids at school keep telling me this tale About how wife swap has a different meaning in jail Well, you thought I was in a balloon But I …” — Hank, Balloon Boy: A Short Song (00:01:40)
“Crawl Space Boy” → Balloon boy hoax · pun — “Crawl Space Boy, and Crawl Space Boy and how his family wanted to be famous.” — John, Fame: The Road Trip (00:00:39)
“oink barf” → oinkbarf · portmanteau — “… it to happen to me but just as I was having all these misgivings about the oink barf vaccine I read a study that only 40% of parents of American school children plan to …” — John, H1N1 Vaccine Fears (00:00:47)
“he bites people's fingers” → Charlie Bit My Finger · pun — “How about a booth where Charlie McDonald sits and he bites people's fingers so that they can say, ouch, ouch, Jolly.” — Hank Sock, ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL (00:02:53)
“Don't forget to beat all malaria” → DFTBA · parody — John, THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! (00:02:32)
“the talent Britain's got” → Britain's Got Talent · pun — “you don't have to be hot to be the talent Britain's got.” — Hank, The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:01:50)
“Teabagger” → Tea Party movement · pun — “proudly holding up a sign proclaiming he's a Teabagger.” — Hank, The STUPIDEST NEWS STORIES of 2009 (a song) (00:01:56)

2010

“keep it in his pants” → in your pants · pun — “And honestly, this wouldn't really even be an issue if John just could, you know, keep it in his pants.” — Maureen Johnson, ThisIsNotJohn (00:00:42)
“epic fail” → Epic fail · pun — “In 1985, Apple went from epic to epic fail, with an advertisement that portrayed IBM users as Lemmings blindly walking to their deaths.” — Hank, An Extremely Brief History of Superbowl Commercials (00:01:17)
“Google Search Stories” → Google Search Stories · parody — video title, Google Search Stories: Harry Potter (00:00:00)
“the Moby Moby Dicktones” → Moby-Dick · pun — “Or the Moby Moby Dicktones.” — John, New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! (00:01:36)
“Charlie McDonald” → Charlie McDonnell · pun — “Ze Frank, The Ball Pit, Charlie McDonald biting my finger, and the awesome concerts at night.” — John, New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! (00:02:05)
“Charlie McDonald biting my finger” → Charlie Bit My Finger · pun — “Ze Frank, The Ball Pit, Charlie McDonald biting my finger, and the awesome concerts at night.” — John, New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! (00:02:05)
“no sleep 'till burpin'” → No Sleep till Brooklyn · parody — “' no sleep 'till burpin',” — John, Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition (00:03:06)
“who's down with opp? dad's down with opp” → O.P.P. · parody — “and of course ' who's down with opp? dad's down with opp'” — John, Cute OVERLOAD: The Ultimate Concern Edition (00:03:07)
“Two girls, one uke” → 2 Girls 1 Cup · parody — “Two girls, one uke, don't fear, it won't make you puke unless you're easily nauseated by things abnormally cute.” — Hank, Hank Raps about w00tstock...for real (00:00:57)
“do you want to join the pin 15 club” → PEN15 Club · pun — “… I was in middle school, a really cool kid came up to me and he said, do you want to join the pin 15 club?” — Hank, JOIN THE PEN15 CLUB!! (00:01:27)
“hostess ding-dongs” → Ding Dongs · pun — “… world suck, and to launch this positive pranking campaign, she reinvented ding-dong ditching by delivering actual hostess ding-dongs to strangers throughout Chicago.” — John, Positive Pranking: The TP Edition (00:00:29)
“TP some people” → toilet papering · pun — “And then I set off to TP some people.” — John, Positive Pranking: The TP Edition (00:00:58)
“The treat is a lie” → The cake is a lie · parody — John, MY FRIEND CHESTER (00:01:47)
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood” → The Road Not Taken · parody — “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I,” — John, The Terrible Burden of Destiny: Chicago and Waupaca (00:00:55)
“Christopher Walken” → Christopher Walken · parody — “To paraphrase the great Christopher Walken, you need more sing-a-ma-jig.” — John, Making Adorable Music (00:01:09)
“NaFadoyBimScom” → NAFADOYBIMSCOM · parody — “I am not doing NaNoWriMo this year, but I am doing NaFadoyBimScom, National Finish a Draft of Your Book, I Mean Seriously Come On Month.” — John, Consider the Lemming (00:00:00)
“NAPOLEONICALLY” → Napoleon · pun — “and then better, and then NAPOLEONICALLY worse, so stay tuned for that next time.” — John, God and Grain: The French Revolution, Part I (00:05:11)
“Arby's” → Arby's · pun — “But I'm not going to go get one because Arby's is so good.” — Hank, Blood!!! (00:04:52)
“Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 2.0” → Brotherhood 2.0, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood · pun — “… addition to being excited about Harry Potter, I was also really excited about the release of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 2.0.” — Hank, HARRY POTTER SONG! (00:03:33)
“NAFADOYBIMSCOM” → National Novel Writing Month, NAFADOYBIMSCOM · parody — “even though I mentioned earlier that it is December 3rd, I still haven't finished NAFADOYBIMSCOM,” — John, Giant Squids OF LOVE (00:00:11)

2011

“Youtube-versary” → YouTube · portmanteau — “Good morning Hank, it's Monday, January 3rd, 2011. Happy four year Youtube-versary!” — John, Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? (00:00:00)
“the Yeti” → Sarah Urist Green · pun — “Will we ever see the Yeti?” — John, CONCUSSED Question Friday (00:01:48)
“Yeti Researcher” → Yeti · pun — “Yeti Researcher volume 24 number 8.” — John, CONCUSSED Question Friday (00:01:51)
“regular squids of rational debate” → giant squid of anger · parody — “Halloween to drawing regular squids of rational debate and source citation to attending anything” — John, NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) (00:02:02)
“doing lots of things to Your Pants” → in your pants · pun — “short, I've been doing lots of things to Your Pants, all night long.” — Hank, 200 People in Your Pants (00:03:34)
“great job with Your Pants!” → in your pants · pun — “Hank, by the way, great job with Your Pants!.” — John, CHUBBY BUNNY...blergh! (00:02:10)
“Middle East peace in Your Pants” → in your pants · pun — Hank, This Video Brought to you by Nyquil (00:02:02)
“Where have all the Gussies gone?” → Where Have All the Flowers Gone? · parody — “[singing] Where have all the Gussies gone?” — Hank, Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! (00:00:15)
“Don't stand so close to Gussie” → Don't Stand So Close to Me · parody — “[singing] Don't stand so close to Gussie.” — Hank, Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! (00:00:42)
“Will Gussie be... all by herself?” → All by Myself · parody — “[singing] Will Gussie be... all by herself?” — Hank, Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! (00:01:42)
“They call me Gussie, say I'm a Horsey” → That's Not My Name · parody — “[singing] They call me Gussie, say I'm a Horsey, Manlove, or Gowen; always the same.” — Hank, Gussie Manlove UNCOVERED! (00:01:57)
“Byzantium” → Byzantine Empire · pun — “like, complicated, I mean like of Byzantium.” — John, TERRIBLE (00:02:39)
“Thoughts from The Well” → Thoughts from Places · parody — video title, Thoughts from The Well (00:00:00)
“what rough Humpy Hank, his hour come round at last, slouches towards Youtube” → The Second Coming (poem) · parody — “Yeats, who famously wrote, "And what rough Humpy Hank, his hour come round at last, slouches towards Youtube, to be born?” — John, Humpy Hank (00:01:52)
“singularity” → gravitational singularity · pun — “to become a singularity.” — John, Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday (00:02:08)
“There is no "do not" There's no effin try” → Yoda · parody — Hank, Grab It By The Testicle (00:00:28)
“fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com” → fishing boat proceeds · pun — John, Eating the Unicorn (00:03:22)
“Thoughts from a Battlefield” → Thoughts from Places · parody — video title, Thoughts from a Battlefield (00:00:00)
“Indianapolicious” → Indianapolis · pun — “Or Indianapolicious.” — John, Men Running on Tanks and the Truth about Book Editors (00:00:59)
“William Blake” → William Blake · parody — “"I'm a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge, you're” — John, Then I Took Off My Bra (00:01:06)
“Samuel Taylor Coleridge” → Samuel Taylor Coleridge · parody — “"I'm a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge, you're” — John, Then I Took Off My Bra (00:01:06)
“William Wordsworth” → William Wordsworth · parody — “going to want to be all up IN this William Wordsworth, like OH Percy Shelley, OH OH Percy” — John, Then I Took Off My Bra (00:01:09)
“Percy Shelley” → Percy Bysshe Shelley · parody — “going to want to be all up IN this William Wordsworth, like OH Percy Shelley, OH OH Percy” — John, Then I Took Off My Bra (00:01:09)
“Lord Byron” → Lord Byron · parody — “I'm the Lord Byron -ing Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Blake!” — John, Then I Took Off My Bra (00:01:15)
“a pole in your pants” → Your Pants, in your pants · pun — “There is a link in the doobly-doo to a pole in your pants.” — John, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (00:01:10)
“Irish Republican Army” → Irish Republican Army · pun — “bank and set up an IRA, which is not an Irish Republican Army, but an Individual Retirement” — John, How to Turn Your Dumb Summer Job Into $162,000 (00:01:29)
“a poll in your pants” → Your Pants, in your pants · pun — “There is a link in the doobly-doo to a poll in your pants” — John, Kill the Dollar Bill! (00:02:55)
“HARDCASTLED!” → Ellen Hardcastle · pun — video title, HARDCASTLED! (00:00:00)
“Hanklerfish” → Hanklerfish · portmanteau — “Hank: And I'm going to Hanklerfish all of them John: Hanklerfish?” — Hank, HANKLERFISH! (00:02:28)
“Ravenpuff” → Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw · portmanteau — “I'm kind of a Ravenpuff and Luxembourg.” — John, Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. (00:01:37)
“Green Day” → Green Day · pun — John, Narrowly Avoiding Arrest: Some Airport Insanity (00:00:53)
“attack of the clone's” → Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones · pun — “garter snakes, or do you believe in the terrifying attack of the clone's whiptail lizards?” — John, Animal Mating and Librarian Talking (00:01:52)
“first-world problem” → First World problem · pun — “the world's first-est first-world problem.” — John, Signing Psychosis Takes Over (00:01:13)
“French llama” → French the llama · pun — “It's a French llama and I'm riding it wearing a Swinnetown Swoodleypoopers jersey and there's Henry and a Yeti.” — John, LECTROJOG! (00:02:15)
“Kardashians” → Kardashian family · pun — “"Why are Kardashians famous?” — Hank, Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous (00:02:04)
“Cardassians” → Cardassian · pun — “Cardassians are famous” — Hank, Why are Barns Red and Kardashians Famous (00:02:11)
“the huge load of nerdfighterity in your pants” → in your pants · pun — “But it turns out that the huge load of nerdfighterity in your pants is just really.” — Hank, Stuffed with STUFF! (00:00:58)
“The Colour Derple” → The Color Purple · pun — “"The Colour Derple.” — Hank, World's Stupidest Dog (00:00:16)
“herp-a-derpes simplex” → herpes simplex · pun — “she would be a herp-a-derpes simplex.” — Hank, World's Stupidest Dog (00:00:18)
“Wyatt Derp” → Wyatt Earp · pun — “she'd be Wyatt Derp.” — Hank, World's Stupidest Dog (00:00:22)
“herp-a-derp-a-pottamus” → hippopotamus · pun — “she would be a herp-a-derp-a-pottamus.” — Hank, World's Stupidest Dog (00:00:26)
“Cylon” → Cylon · pun — “right wing Cylon with some other letters left over, but right, really?” — Hank, 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! (00:02:33)
“Winnie the Pooster” → Winnie-the-Pooh, Hank's wall poster · portmanteau — “Leave the most interesting comment to win my Winnie the Pooster.” — Hank, How to Tip Properly (00:03:24)

2012

“your pants is coming back” → Your Pants · pun — “… two, for the past several months your pants have been down due to Russian hackers, but your pants is coming back this week, huzzah!” — John, Changes to Vlogbrothers (00:01:08)
“your pants have been down” → in your pants · pun — “Change number two, for the past several months your pants have been down due to Russian hackers, but your pants is coming back this week, huzzah!” — John, Changes to Vlogbrothers (00:01:08)
“this freaking song” → I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) · parody — “🎶When I wake up, will you know I’m gonna have this freaking song in my head🎶” — John, Thoughts from Places: The Tour (00:00:04)
“In 'N' Out” → In-N-Out Burger · pun — video title, In 'N' Out-Erview (00:00:00)
“an awful lot of running” → An Awful Lot of Running · parody — “While we were on tour, someone suggested that I redo an awful lot of running with an awful lot of driving, and so I did that.” — Hank, An Awful Lot of Touring (00:00:00)
“inception” → Inception · pun — “You can also sense the need to go deeper, which is called inception.” — John, 10 Misconceptions Debunked! (00:02:44)
“I'm on the edge of glory” → The Edge of Glory · pun — “I'm on the edge of glory and I'm hanging on a moment with you.” — Hank, How Big is the Universe? (00:03:35)
“Honey badger don't care” → The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger · parody — Hank, World's Smallest Animals (00:00:19)
“Madmartigan” → Madmartigan · pun — Hank, LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun (00:02:19)
“Tartigrade” → tardigrade · pun — Hank, LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun (00:02:19)
“hypothetheories” → hypothetheory · portmanteau — “I'm calling them hypothetheories.” — Hank, Your Arguments Are Invalid: Gay Marriage (00:01:31)
“your pants” → Your Pants · pun — “You should look on facebook and the ning and in your pants, context is everything” — John, Solving Your Problems! (00:03:16)
“in your pants” → in your pants · pun — “You should look on facebook and the ning and in your pants, context is everything” — John, Solving Your Problems! (00:03:16)
“Up Up Down Down” → Konami Code · parody — Hank, Hank is Maybe Crazy (00:01:40)
“Thoughts from Tour” → Thoughts from Places · parody — video title, EXTRA! Thoughts from Tour (00:00:00)
“French, the puppy-sized llamaphant!” → French the llama, puppy sized elephant · portmanteau — Hank, Open Letter to the Wizards (00:03:40)
“21st century Sherlock” → 20th Century Fox (song by The Doors) · parody — “He's a 21st century Sherlock.” — Hank, 21st Century Sherlock: A Sherlock / Doors Song (00:00:02)
“Thoughts from Dead Animals” → Thoughts from Places · parody — video title, Thoughts from Dead Animals (00:00:00)
“Milo and Otis, but Cobra and Tardigrade” → The Adventures of Milo and Otis · parody — Hank, Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) (00:01:45)
“nude oods” → Ood · pun — “And coloring in nude oods, because at 4 o'clock in the morning on December 18th, you decided that that would …” — Hank, Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! (00:00:00)

2013

“50 Cent” → 50 Cent · pun — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:00:20)
“Face of Boe” → Face of Boe · pun — “Why did the Face of Boe go to the party by himself?” — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:00:41)
“Gary Newman” → Gary Numan · pun — “What does Gary Newman want to be when he grows up?” — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:01:21)
“Gary Oldman” → Gary Oldman · pun — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:01:22)
“Barackoli” → Barack Obama · portmanteau — “Yeah, it's Barackoli [broccoli].” — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:01:27)
“Santa's” → Santa Claus · pun — “What do you call Santa's little helpers?” — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:02:53)
“ET” → E.T. · pun — “What's ET short for?” — Hank, 53 Terrible Jokes! (00:03:09)
“keep calm and party on” → Keep Calm and Carry On · parody — “don't forget to be awesome, says keep calm and party on!” — Hank, On the Ownership of Ideas (00:01:31)
“The fault is in our stairs” → The Fault in Our Stars · pun — Hank, Thoughts from Carnegie Hall (00:00:43)
“Who-lock” → Doctor Who, Sherlock · portmanteau — “homoerotic "Who-lock " watercolors.” — John, How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday (00:00:13)
“YouTube” → YouTube (groundhog), YouTube · pun — “We actually call him YouTube because he spends a lot of time inside, he's easily distracted, and he knew who Hank …” — John, TFiOS Movie Casting, New Books, and Groundhog Wars: An Old School Vlogbrothers Video (00:00:58)
“I am a very model of a Nerdfighter Eclectanerd.” → Major-General's Song · parody — “"I am a very model of a Nerdfighter Eclectanerd. I have information, epic, awesome, literary and absurd.” — a guest, NERD FACTOR! (...And Why I Fear for Tumblr) (00:03:17)
“Question Tuesday” → Question Tuesday · parody — “like Question Tuesday, the day I answer fake questions that I just made up, but I assume that …” — Craig Benzine, How To Be John Green (00:02:11)
“Hank is a large flippered marine mammal” → Hank Green · pun — “Hank is a large flippered marine mammal found in the Arctic Ocean and Hank may also refer to the movement” — Craig Benzine, How To Be John Green (00:02:35)
“Sharpie face” → Sharpie Face · parody — “"Will you do Sharpie face?” — Craig Benzine, How To Be John Green (00:02:47)
“Thoughts from places” → Thoughts from Places · parody — Craig Benzine, How To Be John Green (00:03:03)
“Godot” → Waiting for Godot · pun — “Gah, I am done waiting for Godot.” — Grace Helbig, 50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter (00:01:48)
“Wii” → Wii · pun — “"Don't forget your Wii!” — Hank, Plane Butts, Fish Farts, LeakyCon, and Marriage Equality (00:01:51)
“DFTBA con four” → DEFCON, DFTBA · pun — “When John takes us to DFTBA con four, I changed that to change the” — Rosianna Halse Rojas, The Perks of Being John's Assistant (00:01:53)
“the adolescent wolf program” → Teen Wolf (2011 TV series) · parody — “Benedict Cumberbatch and the adolescent wolf program, just keep everyone happy.” — Rosianna Halse Rojas, The Perks of Being John's Assistant (00:02:55)
“The Girl Who Chased the Moon in Your Pants” → The Girl Who Chased the Moon · pun — “In Sarah Addison Allen's novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon in Your Pants, a character's ex-husband, who is a Class D douchebasket, used to leave black dust wherever …” — MagicTurtle643, The World Needs More Magic (00:00:58)
“in Your Pants” → in your pants · pun — “In Sarah Addison Allen's novel, The Girl Who Chased the Moon in Your Pants, a character's ex-husband, who is a Class D douchebasket, used to leave black dust wherever …” — MagicTurtle643, The World Needs More Magic (00:00:58)
“The Sugar Queen in Your Pants” → The Sugar Queen · pun — “And in another one of her books, The Sugar Queen in Your Pants,” — MagicTurtle643, The World Needs More Magic (00:00:58)
“Decrecio World Succio” → world suck · pun — “Now sadly, I can't just say Decrecio World Succio and make everything better, but all it takes is a community of people who love to …” — MagicTurtle643, The World Needs More Magic (00:03:16)
“The Ghost of Teenaged Future” → A Christmas Carol · parody — video title, The Ghost of Teenaged Future (00:00:00)
“The game of thrones” → A Song of Ice and Fire · pun — “- The game of thrones.” — Hank, TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! (00:01:56)
“don't forget to be awesome” → DFTBA · parody — “I said both thank you for being awesome and don't forget to be awesome.” — John, Million Dollar Ideas (00:03:27)
“Swindon Town” → Swindon Town FC, Swindon · pun — “We went through Swindon Town.” — Hank, Thoughts from Bath: The Legacy of Wealth (00:00:00)
“John” → John Lennon · pun — “[ John ]: Meh, see mine are- mine are John and green.” — John, Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) (00:03:33)
“The Womb of Requirement” → The Womb of Requirement · pun — “I wrote a Harry Potter fanfic called "The Womb of Requirement ",” — Hank, TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc (00:02:28)
“The Hunger Games” → The Hunger Games (book series) · pun — “John: Oh, almost like The Hunger Games” — John, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! (00:01:41)
“BOHRing” → Niels Bohr · pun — “John: I'd tell you a physics joke but you'd probably find it BOHRing” — John, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! (00:02:51)
“Dorian Gray” → Dorian Gray · pun — “Hank: But, you know, jokes about Dorian Gray, they never get old.” — Hank, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! (00:02:54)
“Super Wholock” → Superwholock · portmanteau — “The idea is to just spend one day of our internet experience, instead of on Super Wholock and cat gifs” — Hank, Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! (00:00:24)
“Squirrel-bama” → Barack Obama · portmanteau — “I blame Squirrel-bama.” — Hank, Best Moments of the Project for Awesome (00:00:30)

2014

“Free Willy” → Free Willy · pun — John, Warm Things for Cold Times (00:00:04)
“Thoreau” → Henry David Thoreau · pun — “Thoreau editing.” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:00:28)
“Virgin mobile” → Virgin Mobile · pun — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:00:33)
“Roman Catholic” → Catholic Church · pun — “She was a Roman Catholic.” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:00:36)
“Chewy” → Chewbacca · pun — “but it was a little Chewy.” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:01:31)
“Mmmount Rushmore” → Mount Rushmore · pun — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:01:46)
“Instagram” → Instagram · pun — “An Instagram.” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:02:06)
“Watson” → Dr. Watson · pun — “It's a lemon tree, my dear Watson.” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:02:35)
“Barty Crouch Jr” → Barty Crouch Jr. · pun — “Why did Barty Crouch Jr quit drinking?” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:03:07)
“Abraham Lincoln” → Abraham Lincoln · pun — “How did Abraham Lincoln plead when charged with murder?” — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:03:10)
“Forever 21” → Forever 21 · pun — Hank, 54 JOKES! In Four Minutes! (00:03:43)
“Ford Thunderburp” → Ford Thunderbird · pun — “In the book, she drives a green Ford Thunderburp.” — Hank, In Depth Viewing of the TFiOS Trailer (00:02:24)
“Augustus Waters” → Augustus Waters · pun — “H: They're thirsty for Augustus Waters, John.” — Hank, The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (00:00:02)
“Hankroll” → Rickrolling · portmanteau — “The infamous Hankroll.” — Hank, EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! (00:02:11)
“Meningitis is a bummer” → Summer · parody — “[singing] Meningitis is a bummer,” — Hank, Who Owns a Monkey's Selfie? And a Song About Meningitis! (00:02:52)
“Cheesus of Nazareth” → Jesus · pun — John, It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains (00:00:08)
“I Kinda AM Batman” → Batman · parody — video title, I Kinda AM Batman (00:00:00)
“turning down for what” → Turn Down for What · pun — “that I'm not 100% turning down for what?” — Hank, MY FACE ON A BUS (00:00:23)
“SWOODILYPOOPING” → Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers · pun — “THE PIZZA JOHN HAS TO HUMP THE PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT WHILE SWOODILYPOOPING IN AGLOE, NEW” — Hank, MY FACE ON A BUS (00:03:48)
“octothorpes” → octothorpe · pun — “know, you are the best at building things that have octothorpes inside of them.” — John, The Paper Towns Movie IS HERE! (00:03:33)
“Eeyore” → Eeyore · pun — Hank, A Surprise Relationship Between John and Hank! (00:02:28)
“Fartmas” → Fartmas · portmanteau — “Hank: Fartmas is trending worldwide!” — Hank, BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! (00:03:06)

2015

“Buckminster Fuller” → Buckminster Fuller · pun — “There's Barry Fuller or as I call him on the Wimbly Womblys Buckminster Fuller.” — John, AFC Wimbledon v. Liverpool: Thoughts from the Greatest Game on Earth (00:02:10)
“Pizza Bowie John shirt” → Pizza John · portmanteau — “Got my Pizza Bowie John shirt on.” — Hank, Interviewing the President (00:00:59)
“Draw my life!” → Draw My Life · parody — “"Draw my life! "” — Hank, Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:02:43)
“I got a Hank face baby” → Blank Space · parody — “I got a Hank face baby, and I'll write your name.” — Hank, Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions (00:03:41)
“Beatosu, Ohio” → Beatosu, Ohio · pun — “is Beatosu, Ohio, which is a town created by mapmakers who were fans of the University” — John, What Are Paper Towns? (00:01:20)
“Blank space, baby.” → Blank Space · pun — Hank, This Video Makes No Sense (00:00:20)
“Artax is dead and you need to name the childlike empress” → The Neverending Story (film) · parody — “Help us John, help free us from the scourge of the nothing, Artax is dead and you need to name the childlike empress, BASTION, CALL MY NAME!” — Hank, This Video Makes No Sense (00:00:21)
“They call me Brian, they call me Nargle, the call me Amber, they call me Jeff” → That's Not My Name · parody — “[singing] They call me Brian, they call me Nargle, the call me Amber, they call me Jeff,” — Hank, This Video Makes No Sense (00:01:02)
“Nerdfighter-like” → nerdfighterlike (coinage) · pun — “I love it when Nerdfighter-like turns into Nerdfighter-love.” — John, A Stunning Turn of Events (00:02:33)
“Vlogbrothers Olympics” → Olympic Games, Vlogbrothers · parody — “Hank: I would make, like to make that video a, a kind of, uh, Vlogbrothers Olympics.” — Hank, Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank (00:03:27)
“quadragocon” → Quadragocon · portmanteau — “What about like a, no, like a septathlon, or maybe a quadragocon.” — John, Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank (00:03:39)
“don't stop, believing” → Don't Stop Believin' · pun — “Stop, just don't stop, believing.” — Hank, 15 Rants in Four Minutes (00:00:33)
“Ryan Gosling” → Ryan Gosling · pun — “I love geese and their little goslings, I also love Ryan Gosling but that's a different” — John, Let's Go Outside (00:01:02)
“Haim Solo” → Han Solo, Haim · pun — “she'd be called "Haim Solo "” — Cara Delevingne, Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff (00:01:24)
“Thoughts from Yachts” → Thoughts from Places · parody — video title, Thoughts from Yachts (00:00:00)
“Mediterranean” → Mediterranean Sea · pun — “Hank: Mediterranean.” — Hank, Thoughts from Yachts (00:03:20)
“Grexit” → Grexit · portmanteau — “word "Grexit.” — John, Understanding the Financial Crisis in Greece (00:00:31)
“No Fault in These Stars” → The Fault in Our Stars · parody — “really liked my book, No Fault in These Stars.” — John, Paper Towns, Agloe, and Touring: Thoughts from (Many) Places (00:02:29)
“The Mountain Goats” → The Mountain Goats · pun — “John: I was gonna say The Mountain Goats too.” — John, Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition (00:02:43)
“the Yeti” → Yeti, Sarah Urist Green · pun — “And speaking of the Yeti, there's one, as well as a misprinted business card, and Brotherhood” — John, Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling (00:01:45)
“Styles icon” → Harry Styles · pun — “I think you mean Styles icon.” — John, Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books! (00:03:32)
“H'Angus” → H'Angus the Monkey · pun — “In fact, Hank, since 1999 the mascot of Hartlepool's football team has been a monkey named H'Angus.” — John, Monkey Hangers (00:02:04)
“Pisa John” → Pisa, Pizza John · pun — “This is the Pisa John.” — Hank, Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) (00:00:45)
“Pisa” → Pisa · pun — “I can't decide what is my favorite but I think it might be the Pisa shirt.” — John, It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) (00:01:18)
“Ringo Silver” → Ringo Starr · portmanteau — John, Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4) (00:00:59)
“Satan” → Satan · pun — “Santa is a weird omniscient magical demi-god that clearly anagrams to Satan, and the madness” — Hank, On Hating Christmas (00:00:26)

2016

“Slytherclaw” → Ravenclaw, Slytherin · portmanteau — “I'm an entrepreneur, a YouTuber, a Slytherclaw, and I am Divergent.” — Hank, Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity (00:00:33)
“Divergent” → Divergent · pun — “I'm an entrepreneur, a YouTuber, a Slytherclaw, and I am Divergent.” — Hank, Who Am I?! - Some thoughts on Personal Identity (00:00:33)
“The Fault in Our Potatoes” → The Fault in Our Stars · parody — John, Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:02:03)
“The Lord of the Rings” → The Lord of the Rings · parody — “HANK: Oh, I was talking about The Lord of the Rings!” — John, Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:02:11)
“their eyes were watching potatoes” → Their Eyes Were Watching God · parody — “JOHN: I'm quite fond of, uhh, Their Eyes Were Watching Potatoes.” — John, Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition (00:02:21)
“Tree Rollins” → Tree Rollins · pun — “" I guess former Orlando Magic player Tree Rollins.” — John, My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:02:58)
“Season Kent” → Season Kent · pun — “" Oh, definitely Season Kent, the music supervisor for the The Fault In Our Stars and Paper Towns movies.” — John, My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! (00:03:01)
“Donald Trump” → Donald Trump · pun — “… fuel the burn but I'm too old for revolution I just don't want to feel the Donald Trump okay?” — Hank, Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge (00:00:46)
“fuel the burn” → Bernie Sanders · pun — “The majority of my audience wants me to fuel the burn but I'm too old for revolution I just don't want to feel the Donald Trump okay?” — Hank, Hank Roasts Himself Diss Track - Roast Yourself Challenge (00:00:46)
“Mutant Ninja Turtles” → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · pun — “States mutant ninja turtles.” — Hank, Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon (00:01:13)
“DFTNYBR” → DFTBA · parody — “Hank, DFTNYBR, I will see you on Friday.” — John, My Body Is a Broken Temple (00:03:20)
“Pisa John” → Pisa · pun — “Caenaan: Pisa John” — Dave, The Museum of Pizza Johns Past (00:01:43)
“Go” → Go · pun — “Hank: Is “Go ” a Disney movie?” — Hank, Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited (00:00:47)
“Will Smith” → Will Smith · pun — “Hank 2: "I'm looking for Will Smith.” — Hank, 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) (00:01:11)
“Michelle” → Michelle Obama · pun — Hank, 41 Dad Jokes in 4 Minutes! (with special guest star...) (00:02:11)

2017

“Cat pineapple. Apple pear.” → PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) · parody — “♪ Cat pineapple apple pear. ♪ Is the S or the C” — Hank, Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) (00:02:47)
“The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up” → The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up · parody — video title, The Life Changing Magic of Thumbs Up (00:00:00)
“Not the band” → The Gourds · pun — “Not the band (there is a band called The Gourds).” — Hank, The World's Largest Fruits (00:02:18)
“this paper town” → Paper Towns · pun — “Alright so first off, quick thank-you to the Winter Park High School students who made this paper town.” — John, Look at Tiny Baby Hank (00:00:42)
“Holden turtle fields” → Holden Caulfield · pun — “--we've even got some Holden turtle fields in the microwave.” — John, Tour Bus Bus Tour (00:02:53)

2018

“Did you ever know that you're my pea-ro?” → Wind Beneath My Wings · parody — “[singing] Did you ever know that you're my pea-ro?” — John, How to Cook Eight Peas (00:02:38)
“Dwayne Johnson” → Dwayne Johnson · pun — “Um, Dwayne Johnson, in role,” — John, Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:22)
“Rock of Gibraltar” → Rock of Gibraltar · pun — “The rock of Gibraltar is my third favorite type of rock.” — John, Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes (00:00:25)
“mountain goat fan” → The Mountain Goats · pun — “He's a mountain goat fan, not a billy goat fan.” — Hank, REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats (00:00:42)
“The Spice Girl” → Spice Girls · pun — Hank, REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats (00:01:20)

2019

“Of the Loom” → Fruit of the Loom · pun — “For me, it's definitely Of the Loom.” — John, Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (00:00:00)
“none pizza with left John” → None pizza with left beef · parody — “And then lastly, but certainly not least, it's none pizza with left John.” — John, PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!! (00:01:15)
“An Abso2tely Remarkable Thing” → A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor · pun — video description, Book News! (00:00:00)
“Hank-erchief” → Hank-erchief · pun — “… also because we did a Pizza John bandana this year, now we are also doing a Hank-erchief …?” — Hank, My Most Controversial Opinion (00:03:38)
“Hope is the Thing with Feathers” → "Hope" is the thing with feathers · parody — “Butt is the thing that happens above the legs sounds like a ripoff of Hope is the Thing with Feathers.” — Hank, Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS) (00:00:32)

2020

“that Lizzo song that goes, like, why men great till they gotta be great” → Truth Hurts · parody — “You know that Lizzo song that goes, like, why men great till they gotta be great?” — John, A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video (00:00:00)
“There is one knows not what sweet” → Moby-Dick · parody — “There is one knows not what sweet -” — John, hey now (00:02:25)
“The Sharpest Tool in the Shed” → Sharpie · pun — video title, The Sharpest Tool in the Shed (00:00:00)
“beckoned so much lovely” → The Beckoning of Lovely · pun — “Many of you know the work of Amy Krauss Rosenthal, who beckoned so much lovely into this world and helped me and many others sing and hope that we are here …” — John, get your game on (00:03:24)
“Nun Pizza with Left Hank” → None pizza with left beef, None Pizza with Left Hank shirt · pun / parody — “It's Nun Pizza with Left Hank, and it is available only at DFTBA.” — John, YOU'RE AN ALL STAR! (00:02:55)
“three John Moon” → Three Wolf Moon · pun — “It's three John Moon.” — John, Thank God It's Over and PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!!!!!! (00:01:54)

2021

“I for one welcome our new superior fish being overlords” → I for one welcome our new overlords · parody — “Anyways Hank, I for one welcome our new Superior Fish Being overlords.” — John, SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS (00:03:54)
“that rover landed on the red planet” → Mars 2020 · pun — “Hank, thank you for making me a fan of Mars so I could openly weep when that rover landed on the red planet.” — John, A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life (00:03:24)
“perseverance” → perseverance · pun — “As it says on my 2021 vision board, here’s to Perseverance!” — John, A Little Joy and Color in an Otherwise Unbearably Bland Life (00:03:31)
“Perseverance rover” → Mars 2020 · pun — “it is that the perseverance rover landed safely and spectacularly” — Hank, How Much Hope is OK? (00:00:24)
“Old man yells at pizza” → Old Man Yells at Cloud · parody — “Oh, one of my all time favorite jokes, old man yells at pizza!” — John, PIZZAMAS IS HERE! (00:01:33)
“Nickelback” → Nickelback · pun — “Nickelback which will give you 5 cents off of any order at Pizzamas.” — Hank, What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend (00:02:46)
“Holden Clawfield” → Holden Caulfield · pun — “some punny names like Holden Clawfield or Catnip Everdeen,” — John, Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide (00:02:08)
“Catnip Everdeen” → Katniss Everdeen · pun — “some punny names like Holden Clawfield or Catnip Everdeen,” — John, Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide (00:02:08)
“foot sleeve” → Sock · parody — “Like a foot sleeve.” — Hank, We Have Invented Something Marvelous (00:00:21)

2022

“Newman's owning it” → Newman's Owning · pun — “gets way better when you give all the profit away to charity, that’s Newman’s Owning it.” — Hank, How John and I Talk About Ideas (00:02:05)
“Emily Dickinson” → Emily Dickinson · pun — “The hope is the thing with Emily Dickinson's forks.” — Hank, The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! (00:17:13)
“An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati” → An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris · parody — video title, An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati (00:00:00)
“rotten in the state of wanderlust” → Hamlet (play) · pun — “that something might be rotten in the state of wanderlust.” — John, An Attempt at Exhausting an Artwork in Cincinnati (00:02:21)
“John and green” → John Lennon · pun — “John: Mine are John and Green Cree: (long-pause)” — John, Hello! Meet Daisy! (00:00:32)
“nervcited” → nervcited · portmanteau — “Hank, I’m so nervcited, I hope this works,” — John, Nauseous Puddle Water (00:03:21)
“the ancient proverb” → The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago · parody — “And that's a reminder to me, Hank, that as the ancient proverb puts it:” — John, COMMIT TO THE BIT (00:03:44)
“escalator to heaven” → Stairway to Heaven · pun — “London escalators that rather resembles an escalator to heaven” — John, Terraverse Over Everything: Thoughts from London (00:01:44)

2023

“if it ain't broke, don't fix it” → If it ain't broke, don't fix it · parody — “You know a lot of people like to say, if it ain't broke don’t fix it.” — Hank, If it ain't broke don't fix it. (00:03:38)
“The Anthropobene Refilled” → The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) · parody — “Hank Green and my new book, The Anthropobene Refilled.” — Hank, The P4A 2023 is The Hottest Club on the Internet (00:14:51)
“Great value, Hank Green” → Great Value · pun — John, How Does He Do It? (00:02:05)
“faster and furiouser” → Fast & Furious · pun — “And the big thing is just a particle accelerator going faster and furiouser” — Hank, The Hottest Place and the Coldest Place in the Universe are the SAME PLACE (00:05:01)

2024

“Raxalent” → Rax Restaurants · portmanteau — “Also, because we weren't able to deliver on the Hank and John's Raxalent Adventure perk last year, because cancer got in the way, we are making that one available …” — Hank, How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter (00:06:04)
“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Turtles All the Way Down (film) · pun — video title, The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie looks WEIRD!!! (00:00:00)
“brat summer” → brat summer · pun — “It was a BRAT summer, but it's gonna be a PIZZA fall, baby.” — John, IT'S HERE! (00:02:43)
“of the Pacific” → Pacific Ocean · pun — Hank, Hank Steals John's Cells (00:01:00)

2026

“Lies, Damn Lies” → Lies, damned lies, and statistics · parody — video title, Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (00:00:00)
“none pizza with right beef” → None pizza with left beef · parody — “That's none pizza with right beef.” — Hank, Project for Awesome Recap Video 2026!! (00:03:34)
“Hollywoodification of YouTube” → Hollywood · portmanteau — “… to think it was about the YouTubification of Hollywood, but now I worry it's about the Hollywoodification of YouTube.” — John, YouTube Says This Video Has 683,183 Views, It Actually Has 312,584 (00:04:22)
“Brando Sandoz” → Brandon Sanderson · pun — “I think you honestly need to sweat more about Victoria Schwab than Brando Sandoz, since Schwab signed more than 350,000 tip-in sheets for their last novel.” — Hank, Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? (00:08:16)
“the trillion-dollar corporation that takes human attention and turns it into ad revenue” → Meta Platforms · pun — “I do love a hit of meta, not the trillion-dollar corporation that takes human attention and turns it into ad revenue, but self-referential layers of irony so thick they must be cut with a knife, art, …” — John, The Point of Life (00:00:00)