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Red Green's poop in the brothers' childhood Nintendo

story · status: told 3×, last update 2023 · last event: mentioned (2023-11-17)

In 2010 the brothers argued over who left poop in their childhood Nintendo: John blamed the dog Red Green, Hank was the suspect, and John finally allowed his memory might be false. Hank still recalled the mystery in 2023.

Parts: John asks Hank whether he put Red Green's poop in the family Nintendo (2010)

About: Red, Nintendo Entertainment System

date event what video
2010-03-05 told John tells how one summer morning he found Red Green's poop inside the family Nintendo, whose flap he had left open, and lays out the suspects. (playful) Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK 00:01:29
2010-03-08 retold Hank retells the family story of the poop in the Nintendo from his side, blaming Red Green, a dog that peed hundreds of times in his room. (playful) GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! 00:00:29
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) retold John retells finding Red Green's poop inside his Nintendo almost 20 years ago and names Hank the prime suspect. (playful) → refers to GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! The Case of the Poopy Nintendo 00:00:00
2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) update John tests Hank's theory with a Twitter survey and a book-and-ruler experiment, concludes only projectile pooping fits, and gets a denial from Dad. (playful) The Case of the Poopy Nintendo 00:00:50
2010-06-30 update John revises his account of the poop in the Nintendo: his vivid memory may be a false flashbulb memory, since no one else saw the poop and he was a lying child. (hedged) Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE 00:01:58
2011-05-11 mentioned Hank recalls that John controlled the family Nintendo 'when it wasn't filled with poop', so Hank played DOS simulation games instead. (playful) 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! 00:00:24
2023-11-17 mentioned Hank recalls that the channel spent a long time trying to figure out whether their childhood dachshund pooped in their Nintendo. (playful) WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:31

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

24 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John notes that in more than three years of videos the brothers have never discussed Red Green, and wonders whether Hank is guilty of a terrible crime. (playful) — 00:00:16
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says that as a kid his best friend was the Nintendo Entertainment System, and he hardly left the house. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says the family also had a miniature dachshund, Red Green, who hated him, enjoyed biting children and peed on John's carpet while staring at him. (playful) — 00:00:49
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says after long days of Zelda, Mario, Double Dribble and Blades of Steel he would leave the NES cartridge flap open. — 00:01:05
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John says the doors were locked overnight, so the suspects are the family and Red; he knows he didn't do it, and finds their parents unlikely since he thinks they liked the Nintendo keeping him busy. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — John concludes that either Hank put the poop in the Nintendo or Red Green, in a jealous fit, projectile-pooped into it, which he cannot rule out. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:23
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank, answering John, insists he did not put poop in the Nintendo and offers a 'satisfaction guaranteed' argument in five points. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's first point: nobody wants to touch dog poop, he never has unless asked, and he cannot imagine Jesus or their mom asking him to put it in the Nintendo. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's second point: Red Green was a smart, bad dog; a black light Hank got in high school in the 90s showed Red had peed hundreds of times in his room. (playful) — 00:00:29
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank argues that Red Green soiled almost every part of their home, so it was only a matter of time before some got into the Nintendo. (playful) — 00:00:52
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's third point: dogs normally pick out important items and mark them, and the Nintendo was an important item that would not slip past Red. (playful) — 00:00:52
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's fourth point: a commenter on John's video said her mom's beagle, similar to a dachshund, poops in weird places like the shower ledge, paint cans and the vacuum cleaner. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2010-03-08 · GIGANTIC CHICKEN EGG!! — Hank's final point: it was their shared Nintendo, which he loved too and would never endanger; he compares it to John and a ninth-grade crush, then drops the comparison. (playful) — 00:01:22
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John recalls that almost 20 years ago he went to bed without closing his Nintendo's game flap and woke to find the dog Red Green's poop inside it. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John names Hank the prime suspect, with motive (John hogged the Nintendo and loved it more than Hank) and opportunity. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John recalls that Hank denied putting poop in the Nintendo and blamed Red Green himself. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: To test Hank's theory, John asked on Twitter for miniature dachshund owners to measure the dogs' anus height; several dozen nerdfighters did. (playful) — 00:00:50
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With a stack of books, a bendy ruler and an open NES, John shows poop could enter only if the dog kept its back straight; at a real pooping angle it cannot. (playful) — 00:01:19
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John says only projectile pooping could have got poop into the Nintendo, and thinks it far more likely a human being did it. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:28
  • 2010-06-02 (said on 2010-06-01, implied) · The Case of the Poopy Nintendo — John: With Mom, Dad and Hank all denying it, John says it was Red Green, a home invader, or a lying family member, and insinuates that it was Hank. (playful) — 00:02:58
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — John sets out to use his knowledge of brains to definitively solve the mystery of the poopy Nintendo. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — John has an extremely vivid flashbulb memory of discovering Red Green's poop in the Nintendo, but research suggests he was the only one who physically saw it. (hedged) — 00:01:58
  • 2010-06-30 · Poopy Nintendo Mystery SOLVED WITH SCIENCE — John concedes he may have invented the poop in the Nintendo and come to believe it, blaming a deceased miniature dachshund and Hank for poop that never existed. (hedged) — 00:02:27
  • 2011-05-11 · 1990's Sim Games. SO GOOD! — Hank says that because John hogged the family Nintendo (when it wasn't filled with poop), he grew up playing DOS simulation games instead. (playful) — 00:00:21