The brothers known as each other's brother: 'John Green's brother' and 'Hank Green's brother' (2007)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2025) · last event: callback (2025-12-19)
About: Financial Times, The Fault in Our Stars
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-03 | first use | Hank says being John's brother is frustrating: people tell him he looks like John and jokes like him, only less funny. (playful) | Brotherhood 2.0: January 3rd 00:00:13 |
| 2023-05-26 | callback | Hank sends the Los Angeles Times to D tier for calling him John Green's brother in the headline, including the short search-result version. (playful) | My Cancer Press Tier List 00:02:26 |
| 2025-03-11 | callback | The title calls Hank "Hank Green's Brother", turning the bit around. (playful) | Hank Green's Brother video title |
| 2025-12-16 | callback | John says the Financial Times wrote a lovely article about the brothers and their work, but its sub-headline credited the Fault in Our Stars author and his brother. (playful) | John Green's Brother 00:00:00 |
| 2025-12-19 | callback | Whether or not 'John Green's brother' is his correct honorific, Hank points to his longest-held LinkedIn job, younger brother at Vlogbrothers, and says being a professional brother is great. (playful) | My Big 2026 Prediction is...Not Fun 00:00:00 |
What is said about it
2 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John says in real life he is Hank Green's brother: at an art show last week (week of 8 December 2025) someone recognised Sarah from The Art Assignment and asked if she was married to the brother. (playful) — 00:00:29
- 2025-12-16 · John Green's Brother — John says at least a third of the time he is recognised, it is for being Hank Green, from people thanking him for organic chemistry to a woman shouting 'Hank Green!' in Philadelphia. (playful) — 00:00:29