John's puppy-sized elephant (2008)
bit · status: variant
About: puppy sized elephant, evolution, Nerdfighteria, insular dwarfism, Willy
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-01-09 | origin | John prefers a puppy-sized elephant to an elephant-sized puppy and writes to Evolution asking for one. | The Return of Question Tuesdays 00:00:00 |
| 2008-01-20 | callback | Hank promises lots of puppy-sized elephants in coming videos and signs off to John with puppy-sized elephants. | John and Hank on NPR Today! 00:01:58 |
| 2008-01-22 | callback | John recalls his open letter asking Evolution for a puppy-sized elephant and shows the ones nerdfighters made him. | A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT 00:00:00 |
| 2008-01-22 | variant | John extends the bit with real dwarf elephants and an imagined reply letter from Evolution. | A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT 00:01:59 |
| 2008-02-08 | callback | Asked about animals better than puppy-sized elephants, John names puppy-sized humans. | QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday) 00:02:06 |
| 2008-05-18 | callback | John compares Willy's noise to all the kittens and birds at war with monkeys and puppy-sized elephants. | A CUTETACULAR INTRODUCTION! 00:02:01 |
| 2008-06-08 | callback | In Hank's zoo skit, one wish at the zoo is to see a puppy-sized elephant. | Monkeys!!! (with pants) 00:00:59 |
| 2008-10-31 | callback | John shows a fan-made puppy-sized elephant figure and a puppy-sized elephant costume for Willy. | Show 'n Tell Thursday 00:01:06 |
| 2009-04-22 | callback | John's joke Nerdfighter initiation involves riding a puppy-sized elephant. | Question Tuesday 00:00:40 |
| 2009-06-08 | callback | John asks evolution where his puppy-sized elephant is; later Natalie and a child of the brothers sing about puppy-sized elephants at the gathering. | I Will Call Him Louis: Australia Rocks! 00:01:33 |
| 2009-07-20 | callback | John plays 20Q thinking of puppy-sized elephants, 'the most outrageously wonderful creature not currently in existence', and it guesses unicorns. | Harry Potter Nerds Win at Life 00:02:08 |
| 2009-09-12 | callback | John jokes that the agenda includes funding the re-evolving of puppy-sized elephants. | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:02:51 |
| 2009-10-12 | variant | John dresses Willy in a tiny elephant costume and builds his capitalism example on puppy-sized elephant costumes. | Puppy Elephant Defends Capitalism 00:00:16 |
| 2009-12-28 | callback | In the dictionary John explains puppy-sized elephants: they asked natural selection for them and are waiting. | How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ 00:01:43 |
| 2010-04-21 | callback | John's closing line addresses 'the puppy-sized elephant'. | The Insurrection of Subjugated Knowledges 00:02:32 |
| 2011-01-07 | callback | Asked what he would name his puppy-sized elephant, John says Lewis, and they would be best friends. | CONCUSSED Question Friday 00:01:08 |
| 2011-02-09 | callback | John takes his puppy-sized elephant on his in-joke walk. | NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:00:28 |
| 2011-05-13 | callback | Among the zoo animals John lists 'almost puppy-sized elephants'. | Winkels to the Left, Winkels to the Right: Thoughts from Places, Antwerp 00:01:20 |
| 2012-03-09 | callback | Hank converts the SLS's lift capacity into more than 23,000 puppy-sized elephants. | The Future of Manned Space Exploration 00:01:08 |
| 2012-08-17 | variant | Hank varies the puppy-sized elephant with a puppy-sized llama elephant. | Open Letter to the Wizards 00:03:32 |