Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited

2016-11-29 · Q&A · John, Hank · 3:58 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Books & writing, Pop culture, Everyday life) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, recurring series, community lore

In a reunion Question Tuesday, Hank briefly returns from paternity leave and the brothers answer nerdfighters' questions: baby Orin, why there is no TFIOS sequel, favourite Disney films, baby poop, desert-island books, self-care (you are a good burrito) and five-word autobiographies.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Reunion: Hank's temporary return from paternity leave; a possible VidCon video; Question Tuesday questions from nerdfighters

• ★★ John announces a reunion video: Hank is making a triumphant but temporary return to vlogbrothers from his leave. (playful) — 00:00:05 · Reunion video, Vlogbrothers, Hank Green
• ★★ Hank says he might make another video this week (week of 28 November 2016) about VidCon; John teases that he is bad at paternity leave. (hedged) — 00:00:12 · VidCon

00:00:19 — How is Orin doing?

• ★★ Hank: Asked how Orin is, Hank says he is a good, very cute baby; he may have smiled at Hank that morning, or may just have been pooping. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:20 · Orin Green

00:00:32 — Why is there no sequel to The Fault in Our Stars?

• ★ Hank: Asked why there is no sequel to The Fault in Our Stars, Hank suggests it would maybe not have been the happiest book. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:35 · The Fault in Our Stars · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
• ★★ John says he doesn't know how a sequel to The Fault in Our Stars could have happened, but people in Hollywood did make suggestions. — 00:00:39 · The Fault in Our Stars

00:00:45 — Favourite Disney movie: 'Go', the new Lin-Manuel Miranda one, Hank's Star Wars song, Frozen

• ★★ Asked for his favourite Disney movie, John names the new one Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the songs for. — 00:00:51

00:01:17 — Most surprising thing about having a baby: poop noises, Orin's first-day accident, John's diaper suit of armor

• ★★ Hank: Asked the most surprising thing about having a baby, Hank says the noise of the poops; on Orin's first day home he pooped with his diaper off and Hank tried to catch it by hand. (playful) — 00:01:22 · Orin Green
• ★★ John says Henry pooped on him many times but Alice never, because he went in with about seven diapers, like a diaper suit of armor. (playful) — 00:01:37 · Henry Green, Alice Green

00:01:49 — The brothers switch glasses

• ★★ both: The brothers switch glasses, as they do every time; Hank finds John's lenses dirty and their left-eye lenses about the same. (playful) — 00:01:49

00:02:03 — One book for a desert island: The Fountainhead, John's Shakespeare/survival-guide book, the Kingkiller trilogy

• ★★ For a desert-island book, John imagines a book that read forwards is the collected works of Shakespeare and read backwards is a survival guide for the island. (hypothetical) — 00:02:12
• ★★ Hank says he would take Patrick Rothfuss's Kingkiller trilogy, even though its last book isn't out yet. — 00:02:31

00:02:56 — Self-care advice: Self-Care Bunny; Nathan Zed's lesson that you are a good burrito

• ★ both: Asked for self-care advice, Hank defers to Self-Care Bunny, which John says is there to remind you to be nice to yourself. (playful) — 00:02:56

• ★★★ both: Recalling Nathan Zed's video, the brothers say you are a good burrito, not the best: stop putting pressure on yourself, as there are only different kinds of good burritos. (playful) — 00:03:05

  “There’s only different kinds of good burritos.”

00:03:23 — Autobiography in five words

• ★★ Hank: Asked for an autobiography in five words, Hank gives the one he wrote: 'He made stuff with John.' — 00:03:33 · John Green

  “He made stuff with John.”

00:03:38 — Thanks to Hank (and Katherine); sign-off; Alice's thumbs-up

• ★ both: John thanks Hank for taking time away from his baby for the video; Hank says to thank Katherine. — 00:03:38 · Katherine Green

Humor (significant)

• John explains Alice never pooped on him because he went in with about seven diapers — 00:01:43

  “I’d be wearing like a diaper suit of armor.”

• John says he has thought a lot about which one book he'd take to a desert island; Hank asks if the point is to leave it there so no one could read it again — 00:02:11

  “Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.”

• Hank would take the Kingkiller trilogy though its last book isn't out; John says nice guy Pat Rothfuss would have a plane fly over and drop the third book when it comes out — 00:02:52

  “and just wave goodbye to you.”

• Asked for a five-word autobiography, one brother offers his — 00:03:26

  “I guess mine would probably be, “Is this mole a concern?””

Threads in this video

• update · Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — John says Hank is making a triumphant but temporary return to vlogbrothers for a reunion Question Tuesday; John says he's bad at paternity leave. (00:00:09)
• update · Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — Asked about his son Orin, Hank says he is a good, very cute baby. (00:00:20)
• told · Orin poops with his diaper off on his first day home and Hank tries to catch it (2016) — Hank tells how, on Orin's first day home, Orin pooped with his diaper off while Hank was changing him, and Hank tried to catch it with his hand. (00:01:28)
• first use · Hank the 'baby poop rookie' (2016) — John calls Hank's attempt to catch the poop 'a rookie error'; Hank: 'I'm a rookie' (the title's 'Baby Poop Rookie'). (00:01:34)
• callback · Hank's 'naughty professor' (for 'nutty professor') in John's glasses (2014) — The brothers switch glasses again ('every time we do this'); Hank finds John's dirty, and John says their left-eye lenses are the same. (00:01:49)
• callback · Nathan Zed's 'you're a pretty good burrito' metaphor: you needn't be the best at anything (2016) — Asked about self-care, John recalls Nathan Zed's video: you are a good burrito, not the best burrito; there are only different kinds of good burritos. (00:03:05) → refers to You're Not Good Enough

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank's paternity leave from vlogbrothers, with guest hosts standing in (2016) — followed over 16 videos (2016); last: update, 2016-12-23
• Orin poops with his diaper off on his first day home and Hank tries to catch it (2016) — told 3×; last: retold, 2023-12-24
• Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — told 5×, last update 2026; last: mentioned, 2026-10-30

Mentioned

Central: Reunion video

Also: People: Alice Green · Ayn Rand · Henry Green · Nathan Zed · Orin Green · William Shakespeare

Projects: VidCon

Works: Frozen · Go · Moana · Star Wars: The Force Awakens · The Fault in Our Stars · The Fountainhead · The Kingkiller Chronicle

Organizations: The Walt Disney Company

Rituals: Question Tuesday

Places: Hollywood · Montana

Characters: Self-Care Bunny

Only in the description or credits: Katherine Green · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Patrick Rothfuss

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