Truth or Fail! START HERE
2009-03-04 · announcement · Hank · 1:13 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Nerdfighteria · mode: Announcements · tags: recurring series, community lore
Hank launches Truth or Fail, a new game in which viewers pick the true one of two facts through a sequence of linked videos, winning an undisclosed prize for five correct answers, and poses question one.
What is said
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
00:00:00 — Truth or Fail introduced: two facts, pick the true one, five correct wins a secret prize; question one begins
- ★ Hank says the video was filmed well in advance because he wanted to try something weird. — 00:00:00
- ★★★ Hank introduces Truth or Fail, a new game he created: he states two facts and viewers say which one is true, or fail. — 00:00:00 · also in: TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info)
- ★★ Hank says the game guides viewers through a sequence of videos, and anyone correct all five times gets a very special prize he won't reveal. — 00:00:00
- ★★ Question one: either John won his first writing award at age eight, or 'Helen Hunt' is the oldest Hank Green song viewers have heard. (playful) — 00:00:00 · John Green · also in: TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info)
00:00:36 — Question one: John's first writing award at eight, or 'Helen Hunt' as the oldest Hank song you've heard
Threads in this video
- launched · Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — Hank launches Truth or Fail: two facts per video, pick the true one to follow a sequence of videos; five correct answers win a secret prize. (00:00:00)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009) — last documented in 2011 (looked back on in 2018)
Mentioned
Central: Truth or Fail
Also: Helen Hunt (song)
Also centred on Truth or Fail: TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! Episode 2 (New and Improved) · Truth or Fail with John! Famous Authors Edition · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail · Truth or Fail: John Green Books · Truth or Fail: DRUGS!
Later videos replying to this one
- 2009-03-05 · TRUTH OR FAIL!!! (START HERE) (re-try...with more info) (Hank) — corrects (rule-change on Truth or Fail game-show videos (2009)) — Hank corrects the game: one question's answer was wrong (Growing Pains, not Perfect Strangers) and there are four questions, not five. (00:00:45)