Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts (2008)
running joke · status: running joke (last seen 2023) · last event: callback (2023-12-12)
Parts: Hank asks John to put an eyepatch on Willy for tomorrow's video (2008)
Told alongside: John's Fail Boat: Willy-captained Newsday tour of world suck (2009) · Willy's secret shame: his downward-bent tail (2009) · Willy's cast (2008)
About: Willy
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-05-22 | first use | Hank asks John to give the 'peg-legged' puppy an eyepatch, and maybe a parrot, for tomorrow's video; though on Team Ninja, he'd love a pirate puppy. (playful) | Adorable Puppy Injury!!!! 00:01:37 |
| 2008-05-30 | callback | John objects that the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts can't have a heart on his cast and hopes for a skull and crossbones next time. (playful) | The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) 00:01:49 |
| 2009-02-08 | callback | John names Willy, the Fail Boat's captain, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts (later 'Captain Fireball Roberts'). (playful) | All Aboard the Fail Boat 00:00:00 |
| 2009-02-11 | callback | Hank tells John he enjoyed his Question Tuesday and especially Captain Willy's voyage on the Fail Boat. | A Song About an Anglerfish 00:02:48 |
| 2009-06-30 | callback | Asked about an object behind his head, John runs through a My Little Pony, wooden shoes from Dutch fans and a sculpture of Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts. (playful) | Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL 00:00:39 |
| 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) | callback | John shows the great white wall of cow being ridden by the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts. (playful) | Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) 00:00:00 |
| 2010-01-20 | callback | Hank calls Willy 'their puppy Fireball Wilson Willie Roberts'. (playful) | OMG MY BROTHER HAD A BABY 00:01:57 |
| 2010-12-29 | callback | Willy 'says' he claims the snow for Fireball Wilson Roberts. (joke) | Baby on the Road: Thoughts from Places 00:00:53 |
| 2011-02-09 | callback | John brings along the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts on the in-joke walk. (playful) | NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:00:28 |
| 2011-04-29 | variation | John gives Willy's full name as, technically, Wilson Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy Roberts. (playful) | Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday 00:03:00 |
| 2016-03-29 | callback | The description lists 'the status of Fireball Wilson Roberts' among the topics, for the question about Willy. (playful) | My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! video description |
| 2018-12-07 | callback | John offers pressed pennies, horrible worthless pennies turned into souvenirs, including one honoring the late great Fireball Wilson Roberts. (playful) | BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… 00:03:21 |
| 2023-12-12 | callback | John says the parents wanted a regal name like the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts, but the kids insisted on Potato and won. (playful) | POTATO! 00:00:36 |
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
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2008-05-30 · The Dread Pirate Fireball Roberts! (And Housekeeping) — John: Willy needed a new cast after eating the old one; the new one has a heart on it, which John finds unfit for a dread pirate, hoping for a skull and crossbones next. (playful) — 00:01:49
- 2009-02-08 · All Aboard the Fail Boat — John introduces the Fail Boat, the puppy-captained vessel Nerdfighters use to travel Nerdfighteria and to sail the world learning about places experiencing world suck. (playful) — 00:00:06
- 2009-09-12 (said on 2009-09-11, implied) · Special Friday Video! (On Saturday) — John shows drawings on the wall: the great white wall of cow ridden by Willy as the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts, and a unicorn meant to motivate him, since he hates unicorns. (playful) — 00:00:00
- 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John piles up old in-jokes: pizza in the mustache, the singamajig, his puppy-sized elephant, the Dread Pirate Fireball Wilson Roberts and French the Llama, Tender Morsels in your pants. (playful) — 00:00:18