Humpy Hank: Nerdfighter animations of Hank humping things (2011)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2016) · last event: callback (2016-10-07)
Humpy Hank began in April 2011, when Hank briefly humped Google and Nerdfighters answered with Tumblr animations of him humping things such as the TARDIS. That summer it became Hank's punishment, humping things all over town, and the brothers still recalled it in 2015 and 2016.
Told alongside: Hank: punishment earned by Nerdfighters getting Helen Hunt to see his Helen Hunt video (2011) · John invites viewers to follow Hank's and John's new Tumblrs (2011) · Nerdfighters asked to suggest punishments for John's skipped Wednesday video and the Helen Hunt punishments (May 2011) · Hank: donate $5 to charity for the viewer who sent a $5 origami star (2011) · Hanko de Mayo 2011 edition: Nerdfighters' gifts and videos for Hank's birthday
About: Mattie Boosh, Google, TARDIS, Tumblr
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-15 | first use | John recounts how Hank's brief humping of Google and Mattie Boosh's Tumblr animation of Hank humping the TARDIS gave birth to the Humpy Hank phenomenon, the title bit. (playful) | Humpy Hank 00:00:05 |
| 2011-04-22 | callback | Hank refers to Nerdfighters' Tumblr animations of him humping things: he did not mention them in his last video but was impressed. (playful) → refers to 2D Glasses! Take the Headache out of 3D | 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) 00:02:47 |
| 2011-05-06 | callback | Nerdfighters send Hank a Humpy Hank birthday card whose figure can hump different things at different speeds. (playful) | Happy Birthday To Me! 00:01:44 |
| 2011-05-23 | callback | 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. (hedged) | Eating the Unicorn 00:02:50 |
| 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) | callback | The Humpy Hank bit returns as Hank's punishment, 'Humpy Hank All Over Town'. (playful) | Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) 00:02:26 |
| 2011-07-01 | callback | Humpy Hank returns as Hank humps things all over town for his punishment, the title bit. (playful) | Humping the Town 00:02:33 |
| 2015-09-29 | callback | John's wall holds a card someone sent him of Hank humping Peeps. (playful) | Writing, Walling, Racing, and Wizard Schooling 00:01:38 |
| 2016-10-07 | callback | Hank recalls that sometimes he humped things, among the brothers' past experiments. (playful) | Changing Our Business a Bit 00:00:15 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — The description says the video collects animations of Hank humping an astonishing variety of people and animals (and himself) into a single music video. (playful) — video description
- 2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John reminds Hank that he recently made a video in which he briefly humped Google. (playful) — 00:00:05
- 2011-04-15 · Humpy Hank — John says that a couple of days later Nerdfighter Mattie Boosh posted an animation of Hank humping the TARDIS on his Tumblr, and the Humpy Hank phenomenon was born. (playful) — 00:00:05
- 2011-04-22 · 500,000 Subscribers (Almost...and Thank You) — Hank says Nerdfighteria's support runs from that to him humping things on Tumblr; he admits he did not mention it in his last video but was impressed. (playful) — 00:02:47
- 2011-06-15 (said on 2011-06-14, implied) · Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading) — John sets Hank's punishment as the one most popular in Nerdfighteria, Humpy Hank All Over Town: Hank must hump the town. (playful) — 00:02:23
- 2016-10-07 · Changing Our Business a Bit — Hank lists past experiments: he humped things, John ate toilet paper, Hank sang songs, and they went to the developing world. (playful) — 00:00:15