John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated

2023-12-24 · compilation · John, Hank, Henry Green, Alice Green, Maureen Johnson, Sarah Urist Green · 2 h 46 min · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life, Books & writing, Internet & YouTube, History & curiosities, Science & nature, Projects, Global development) · mode: Q&A & conversation · tags: guest or collab, community lore, calendar ritual, recurring series, self promotion, fundraising ask

A Christmas Eve supercut of the brothers' reunion videos played backwards from a 2023 Jamaica vacation to their 2007 Dominican Republic reunion: Question Tuesdays, tours, Pizzamas, premieres, P4A and Esther Day; in the description Hank says rewatching made him want to be both sillier and smaller and bigger.

What is said

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

00:00:00 — Jamaica vacation reunion (2023): no content made, getting along, the P4A ahead

• ★★ both: On vacation together in Jamaica, the brothers call going on vacation without making content about it the most radical, countercultural thing two content creators could do in 2023. (playful) — 00:00:24 · first in: 2023-02-14, Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best?
• ★★ John says it sometimes surprises him that they don't fake it for the camera: the brothers genuinely get along. — 00:01:18 · Hank Green
• ★★ Hank says the Project for Awesome starts Friday with a 48-hour livestream, and part of the vacation's purpose was to arrive at it centered and full of energy. — 00:03:12 · Project for Awesome · first in: 2023-02-14, Worst Reunion Video Ever ... or Best?

00:03:41 — Chip butty Question Tuesday: platypuses, what doesn't kill you, F1, lack of inspiration

• This part replays Utter Chippy Butty Chaos (2022-04-12); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

00:07:33 — Mother's-birthday reunion: fanfic, the Turtles film, learning after school, podcasts

• This part replays Hank and John Discover Chippy Butties (2022-04-08); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

00:11:49 — Question Tuesday YouTube edition: early YouTubers, careers, site changes, Brotherhood 2.0

• This part replays What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) (2021-12-10); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

00:15:03 — Reading Hank's 2011 tweets: goatee vote, TFIOS cover, the roller-coaster internet

• ★★ Hank: From a 2011 tweet, Hank recalls a donation vote to keep or shave his goatee ($993 to $879) that he calls a huge mistake, since the first SciShow and Crash Course episodes were filmed with it. (playful) — 00:16:34 · SciShow, Crash Course
• ★★ Hank says the communication revolution felt in 2011 like going up a roller coaster; now it feels like going down, further than it went up. — 00:18:28 · Twitter · first in: 2021-12-07, Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets

00:19:06 — Epitaph hunting at Crown Hill Cemetery

• This part replays John and Hank at the Cemetery (2021-12-03); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

00:23:15 — Reunion spectacular Q&A: gifts, thoughts and guilt, a pulped Paper Towns, writing the next book

• This part replays Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST (2021-11-30); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

00:27:01 — Mind Blowers: pi, dinosaur bone on the moon, the Big Bang, recorded music, why matter exists

• This part replays Mindblowers with Hank and John (2021-06-22); what is said here is covered on that page: 7 statements.

00:31:19 — Question Tuesday: The Anthropocene Reviewed, Crash Course coins, sibling squabbles

• This part replays VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!! (2021-06-15); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

00:35:01 — Question Tuesday on the theme 'foolish but beautiful'

• This part replays Foolish · Beautiful (2020-01-14); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

00:39:07 — Smooth-jazz Q&A at the Madison airport on tour

• This part replays Hank and John's Smooth Airport Reunion (2019-08-20); what is said here is covered on that page: 2 statements.

00:42:57 — VidCon Q&A: silly vs earnest videos and why they still make Vlogbrothers

• This part replays Why Are We Still Doing This? - Reunion Video! (2019-07-12); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

00:46:58 — Pecan-orchard Question Tuesday on the book tour during Pizzamas

• This part replays Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday (2017-11-07); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

00:50:45 — Pizza John cocktail tasting

• This part replays Pizza Cocktails with John and Hank! (2017-11-01); what is said here is covered on that page: 1 statement.

00:54:55 — Pizzamas 2017 merch unboxing at the DFTBA warehouse

• This part replays I Mustache You: A Pizzamas Reunion! (2017-10-30); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

00:58:41 — Turtles All the Way Down tour rehearsal and audience questions

• This part replays Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video (2017-10-10); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

01:00:54 — Desert-walk Question Tuesday: Pokemon and monkey turtles

• This part replays Green Brothers Reunited! (2017-03-14); what is said here is covered on that page: 2 statements.

01:05:11 — Hank's return from paternity leave: Orin, no TFIOS sequel, desert-island books

• ★★ John says there is no Fault in Our Stars sequel because it would maybe not be the happiest book, though people in Hollywood made suggestions. (hedged) — 01:05:40 · The Fault in Our Stars · first in: 2016-11-29, Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited
• ★★ Hank: On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. — 01:06:29 · Orin Green
• ★★ Hank: Asked for a five-word autobiography, Hank writes 'he made stuff with John'. — 01:08:32 · John Green

01:08:58 — Nine years of Vlogbrothers: things viewers don't know about them

• This part replays Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) (2016-02-26); what is said here is covered on that page: 2 statements.

01:12:43 — Pizzamas reunion after the Save the Children gala

• ★★ Hank says that besides Vlogbrothers his greatest accomplishment is the internet's most viewed video of a goat giving birth. (playful) — 01:12:43 · first in: 2016-02-26, Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!)
• ★★ During Pizzamas, John says they have just come from the Save the Children gala, where he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde. — 01:12:43 · Pizzamas, Pizza John, Save the Children · first in: 2015-11-18, SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8)
• ★★ John says (in November 2015) Rosianna took away his Tumblr password, so he no longer knows what is happening on Tumblr. — 01:14:41 · Rosianna Halse Rojas, Tumblr · first in: 2015-11-18, SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8)
• ★★ John says their mom pressures them every holiday to name something new they are thankful for, rejecting answers they gave in earlier years. — 01:14:41 · Sydney Green · first in: 2015-11-18, SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8)
• ★★ Hank says humans have eliminated about 40% of species in the last 500 years, more in 400 years than in the previous million. (playful) — 01:15:10 · first in: 2015-11-18, SUIT UP! A Very Fancy Reunion Video (Pizzamas Day 8)
  • a number in question (doubtful): "40%" — check against the recording

01:17:07 — Goat-themed Question Tuesday

• ★★ Hank says goats have horizontal rectangular pupils, which probably help them look out in multiple directions. (hedged) — 01:17:33 · first in: 2015-08-25, Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition
• ★★ John discovers all the Question Tuesday questions are about goats because Hank's tweet said 'goat questions preferred'. — 01:18:10 · Question Tuesday
• ★★ John says the word 'goat' comes from Old English. — 01:19:07

01:20:31 — Mini-golf Question Tuesday in Florida

• This part replays REUNION MINIGOLF (2015-01-20); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

01:23:36 — Black Friday: serious and silly things they are thankful for

• This part replays Global Health and Human Hair: What the Vlogbrothers are Thankful For (2014-11-28); what is said here is covered on that page: 8 statements.

01:26:58 — Question Friday at the DFTBA warehouse

• This part replays REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER! (2014-09-05); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

01:30:39 — The Fault in Our Stars movie premiere

• This part replays The Fault in Our Stars Movie Premiere (2014-06-03); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

01:33:47 — Question Friday at the beach

• ★★ John says the first episode of The Art Assignment comes out in late February (2014). — 01:34:23 · The Art Assignment
• ★★ Hank: Asked why Dave Green is never in the videos, Hank says Dave, a third unsuccessful brother, was made up by Tumblr; John is surprised to have an imaginary brother. (playful) — 01:35:21 · Dave Green, Tumblr
• ★★ Asked why love is so hard, John says it should always be a little bit of work because it matters. — 01:35:44 · first in: 2014-01-24, The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION!

01:37:57 — Question Friday at home: arm wrestling, drawings, Black Friday, P4A video tips

• ★★ John says he has read the finished hardcover of The Fault in Our Stars zero times, preferring books he doesn't remember. — 01:37:57 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★ Hank says his favorite book series will always be Harry Potter, though he likes Divergent a lot. — 01:37:57 · Harry Potter (book series)
• ★★ Hank announces $3 shipping on all DFTBA.com orders for Black Friday, international included. — 01:40:50 · DFTBA Records
• ★★★ John says a good Project for Awesome video shows the charity at work instead of just talking, and pitches why the cause matters to you personally. — 01:40:50 · Project for Awesome · first in: 2013-11-29, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John!
• ★★ Hank adds that the best Project for Awesome videos are ones the charities themselves can use in outreach to their donors. — 01:40:50 · Project for Awesome · first in: 2013-11-29, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John!

01:41:36 — Esther Day 2013

• ★★★ On Esther Day 2013, John explains that Esther Earl, a nerdfighter they met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston, died in 2010 at 16, and they remember her by spreading her message of love. — 01:42:12 · Esther Day, Esther Earl · first in: 2013-08-03, Esther Day 2013
• ★★ Hank recalls that LeakyCon 2009 was his first major concert, where he sold his first CDs. — 01:42:12
• ★★ John says he told Esther the holiday would be on her birthday as long as they make Vlogbrothers; she wanted it about love between family and friends, a Valentine's Day for the rest of love. — 01:43:00 · Esther Day, Esther Earl

01:43:34 — Question Friday in Florida: TFIOS filming, John's tooth, babies, bees

• This part replays TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More! (2013-07-19); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

01:47:19 — Table Topics on a Florida family vacation

• ★★ Playing Table Topics, John names mutual generosity as the most important quality in a marriage. — 01:48:35
• ★★★ John says his dream job is making video blogs with his brother and writing novels, so he already has it. — 01:48:35 · Hank Green · first in: 2012-06-01, Adorable Squirrel and Table Topics

01:51:04 — Family reunion in Seaside, Florida

• ★★ John and Hank are at a family reunion in Seaside, Florida, which John calls the world capital of teenagers who don't know who they are. — 01:51:34 · Florida

01:53:29 — Tour interview with John after TFIOS reaches number one

• ★★ John tells Hank that, though he is the younger brother, his marriage continues to inspire John. — 01:53:29 · Hank Green, Katherine Green · first in: 2012-05-29, Nerds at the Beach: A REUNION VIDEO!
• ★★ Asked how being number one feels, John calls it ridiculous and credits Nerdfighteria, which he loves, saying it has nothing to do with him. — 01:54:25 · The Fault in Our Stars, Nerdfighteria
• ★★ Hank notes that Lev Grossman wrote in Time magazine that John was 'damn near genius'. — 01:55:02

01:56:36 — Houston hotel upgrade with a Picasso print

• ★★ After a Houston hotel sold their rooms on tour, the brothers got another hotel's best room, bigger than John's house, with a Picasso print and certificate of authenticity. — 01:56:36 · Tour de Nerdfighting

01:58:34 — Word-association game in Mountain Brook

02:02:12 — Hank's first Question Wednesday with John

• ★★ After their word-association game, John asks Nerdfighters to continue it in comments, starting from Silvio Berlusconi. — 02:02:12 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ Hank says their biggest childhood argument was about John's lying: John was the better liar, so Hank got blamed. (playful) — 02:02:12
• ★★★ Asked the point of doing things, John says there is no cosmic mandate to do stuff; he has struggled with that and wrote The Fault in Our Stars about it. — 02:05:12 · The Fault in Our Stars
• ★★★ Hank says that though nothing cosmic requires it, human nature is to like doing stuff, interacting with people and making the world better for each other. — 02:05:42 · first in: 2011-08-17, Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT!

• ★★★ John says making things is fulfilling in a way shallow video games aren't: they love making awesome stuff with awesome people and feel lucky in their community. — 02:05:42 · Nerdfighteria

  “We love making awesome stuff with awesome people.”

02:06:12 — John in Missoula: HankGames, gallbladder and the Hanklerfish punishment

• ★★ John points to a HankGames video of the brothers playing FIFA 11 badly and says he will make more HankGames videos with Hank. — 02:07:35 · HankGames
• ★★ After having his gallbladder removed, John says he can't do the sandwich punishment and asks viewers to suggest another for Hank to pick. — 02:08:36 · Punishment
• ★★ Hank: As his punishment, Hank will draw anglerfish ('Hanklerfish') on 7,400 TFIOS signature sheets, 5% of the total; all pre-ordered copies are signed. — 02:08:36 · Hanklerfish, The Fault in Our Stars, Punishment

02:10:17 — LeakyCon 2011 and the release of Ellen Hardcastle

• This part replays ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video (2011-07-13); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

02:13:22 — P4A 2010 announcement, the moon-pasta challenge, Black Friday shirts

• This part replays p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger (2010-11-26); what is said here is covered on that page: 5 statements.

02:17:12 — Vlogbrothers FAQ and Nerdfighter dictionary

• ★★★ both: In an FAQ, the brothers say a nerdfighter is made of awesome, and Nerdfighteria is the community around their videos doing awesome things and fighting world suck. — 02:17:44 · nerdfighter, world suck, Nerdfighteria, made of awesome
• ★★ both: Asked whether they have real jobs: Hank runs the environmental technology site EcoGeek; John is an award-winning author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. — 02:17:44 · EcoGeek, Looking for Alaska (novel), An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Katherine Green
• ★★ John says he doesn't blink on camera because he is focusing, and as a tribute to their hero, the original video blogger Ze Frank. — 02:18:13 · first in: 2009-12-27, How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ
• ★★ John insists DFTBA is an initialism, not an acronym, because acronyms are pronounceable; it stands for don't forget to be awesome. — 02:18:13 · DFTBA, DFTBA Records
• ★★ both: The FAQ says nobody is too young, old, weird or anything else: if you want to be a nerdfighter, you are one. — 02:18:41 · nerdfighter · first in: 2009-12-27, How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ
• ★★ both: A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. — 02:18:41 · puppy sized elephant, Stuff on Heads, French the llama, the Puff, Decepticon, giant squid of anger, tiny chickens, secret sibling, in your pants, notsome, Maureen Johnson
• ★★ both: For newcomers, the brothers point to a playlist of 20 Vlogbrothers videos giving a broader sense of Nerdfighteria. — 02:20:08 · Vlogbrothers, Nerdfighteria

02:20:49 — Christmas facts

• This part replays Amazing Christmas Facts With John and Hank (2009-12-23); what is said here is covered on that page: 4 statements.

02:24:52 — X-Scape outing montage set to a song

02:27:52 — Unpacking Nerdfighter gifts in Westport on tour

• ★★ Among tour gifts, John picks 'Team zombie', saying he prefers the hard truths of zombies to the easy lies of unicorns. — 02:29:28 · first in: 2007-10-08, October 8th: Zombies v. Unicorns
• ★★ Unpacking nerdfighter gifts on tour, John says it is very gratifying when the stuff you imagine becomes real. — 02:31:14 · first in: 2008-11-19, Sharing Presents in Westport

02:31:52 — A day in the life on the 2008 Tour de Nerdfighting

• ★★ John shows a day on the 2008 tour: early alarm, minivan drives, BlogTV broadcasts from the van, and arriving in Pittsburgh to face Maureen Johnson. — 02:31:52 · Tour de Nerdfighting, Maureen Johnson
• ★★ Maureen Johnson says she and John are mortal enemies because he crosses her name out of Let It Snow and signs her books; they agree to a truce. (playful) — 02:33:42 · John Green, Let It Snow, Maureen Johnson · first in: 2008-11-17, Life on Tour

02:35:17 — On the road through Missouri: So Jokes, gatherings, cows

• This part replays Hank and John from the Road (2008-11-03); what is said here is covered on that page: 6 statements.

02:39:10 — 2007 FAQ and the Happy Dance Project

• This part replays August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters (2007-08-30); what is said here is covered on that page: 3 statements.

02:42:40 — Dominican Republic family reunion (2007) and outtakes

• ★★ Hank: At a family reunion in the Dominican Republic, Hank says the most exciting part is the reunion of the brotherhood; Katherine is stuck in Montana at work. — 02:44:01 · Katherine Green, Montana

In the description and comments

• ★★★ In the description, Hank says he rewatched all their reunion videos this year (2023), got weepy, and saw the project grow from very silly and tiny to silly, big and sometimes too serious. — video description · Reunion video
• ★★ Hank says the retrospective makes him want to be sillier and smaller but also bigger and more interesting, and proposes doing both, since they have always figured out weird impossible things. — video description

Humor (significant)

• John lists his many illnesses ending in -itis. — 00:05:04

  “Heavy on the itis is gonna be the name of your memoir, man.”

• An epitaph credits a man's magnets with the Apollo mission; the brothers riff on landing on the moon as 'mooning'. — 00:20:16

  “I am mooning! Let us moon!”

• After a kid peed off a VidCon balcony in 2016, all the balconies are closed; it is called a metaphor for the internet. — 00:43:37

  “One person pees on the balcony and nobody else gets a balcony ever again.”

• Asked for a Pizzamas discount code, John offers the code 'pizza' for 24 hours. — 00:50:45

  “1% off of your purchase at DFTBA.com.”

• Thankful for cranberries, the brothers note humans wipe out species fast. — 01:15:50

  “Yeah, we're roughly on par with an asteroid. We are killing it.”

• Asked who plays Margo in the Paper Towns movie, Hank says he does it purely for the money. — 01:28:14

  “I'm the Nick Cage of John Green movies.”

• Asked for bad jokes, the brothers offer one about the ageless portrait character. — 01:40:50

  “But, you know, jokes about Dorian Gray. They never get old.”

• Walking into a huge upgraded Houston hotel room, John marvels at the furniture. — 01:57:08

  “Armoire? More like, armoissome.”

Threads in this video

• kept · Hank: upload a weird video to Vlogbrothers on Christmas Eve (2023) — Hank uploads the promised weird Christmas Eve video: a nearly three-hour supercut of the brothers' reunion videos. (video description)
• callback · Dave Green: the imaginary third Green brother invented on Tumblr (2014) — Asked why Dave Green is never in the videos, Hank says Dave, a third unsuccessful brother, was made up by Tumblr; John is surprised to have an imaginary brother. (01:35:21)
• callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. (02:18:41)
• callback · The brothers' 'secret siblings' (2007) — A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. (02:18:41)
• callback · Hank's 'tiny chickens' illness bit (2007) — A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. (02:18:41)
• looked back · Project for Awesome 2007 edition: the final Brotherhood 2.0 project (2007) — Hank recalls P4A began in 2007 when they realized Nerdfighteria had become a big deal and decided to make YouTube about charity for one day. (02:13:22)
• looked back · Tasks for becoming a nerdfighter (2007) — John says that if you want to become a nerdfighter you probably already are one; technically you should go to Brotherhood2.com and write a song. (02:40:15)
• looked back · The brothers' feud, to be judged by Nerdfighters (2007) — Among tour gifts, John picks 'Team zombie', saying he prefers the hard truths of zombies to the easy lies of unicorns. (02:29:28)
• looked back · Stuff on Heads: viewers send pictures and videos of stuff on their heads (2007) — A Nerdfighter dictionary lightning round defines puppy-sized elephants, stuff on heads, French the llama, puff levels, Decepticons, the Giant Squid of Anger, tiny chicken disease, secret siblings, in your pants and the gang sign. (02:18:41)
• looked back · Question Tuesday: weekly Tuesday question days for nerdfighters (2007) — John says Brotherhood 2.0 left about 70 million abandoned projects along the way; Question Tuesdays appeared only once. (02:40:46)
• retold · The brothers reunite at a family reunion in the Dominican Republic (2007) — At a family reunion in the Dominican Republic, Hank says the most exciting part is the reunion of the brotherhood; Katherine is stuck in Montana at work. (02:44:01)
• reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to help fund Shawn Ahmed's work in Bangladesh (2008) — John says they met Shawn Ahmed in Plano, who works with Save the Children in Bangladesh; they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the tour. (02:36:13)
• looked back · Nerdfighter donations to the Uncultured Project for rural Bangladesh (2008) — John says they met Shawn Ahmed in Plano, who works with Save the Children in Bangladesh; they will collect money for Save the Children Bangladesh throughout the tour. (02:36:13)
• looked back · Tour de Nerdfighting 2008 edition — Driving through Missouri, John says the tour minivan is the same one Q's mom owns in Paper Towns, one reason they picked it. (02:35:17)
• looked back · Hank's album So Jokes: release (2008) — John says they announced Hank's first studio album So Jokes, sold only at tour gatherings for $15, cash only. (02:35:43)
• retold · A Nerdfighter shows John a Looking for Alaska half eaten by a Hawaiian mongoose (2008) — In Oklahoma City, a man showed John a copy of Looking for Alaska half-eaten by a Hawaiian mongoose. (02:36:42)
• looked back · LeakyCon 2009 edition — On Esther Day 2013, John explains that Esther Earl, a nerdfighter they met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston, died in 2010 at 16, and they remember her by spreading her message of love. (01:42:12)
• callback · John's 'giant squid of anger' (2009) — For Black Friday, DFTBA Records lowers prices on new and old shirts, including the giraffe love, DFTBA University and Giant Squid of Anger shirts. (02:16:13)
• looked back · HankGames: Hank's channel of commentated game-play videos (2010) — John points to a HankGames video of the brothers playing FIFA 11 badly and says he will make more HankGames videos with Hank. (02:07:35)
• retold · Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) — On Esther Day 2013, John explains that Esther Earl, a nerdfighter they met at LeakyCon 2009 in Boston, died in 2010 at 16, and they remember her by spreading her message of love. (01:42:12)
• reminder · John asks viewers to buy a physical copy of Ellen Hardcastle to get a ten-word Hank video (2011) — Hank offers every buyer of a physical Ellen Hardcastle a ten-word script he will film and upload; it must not be profane, must be in English and make sense. (02:11:16)
• callback · Hanklerfish: an anglerfish drawn by a Hank (2011) — As his punishment, Hank will draw anglerfish ('Hanklerfish') on 7,400 TFIOS signature sheets, 5% of the total; all pre-ordered copies are signed. (02:08:36)
• recalled · Hank: film a video of each physical Ellen Hardcastle buyer's ten-word script (2011) — Hank offers every buyer of a physical Ellen Hardcastle a ten-word script he will film and upload; it must not be profane, must be in English and make sense. (02:11:16)
• outcome · Hank's album Ellen Hardcastle: release (2011) — John asks about Hank's album Ellen Hardcastle, a year and a half in the making and named after a nerdfighter who won a Project for Awesome raffle, not knowing its release date; Hank says it is out today. (02:10:46)
• looked back · Keep It or Shave It: Hank's facial-hair vote with dollars for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2011) — From a 2011 tweet, Hank recalls a donation vote to keep or shave his goatee ($993 to $879) that he calls a huge mistake, since the first SciShow and Crash Course episodes were filmed with it. (00:16:34)
• looked back · SciShow: launch of Hank's science channel (2011) — From a 2011 tweet, Hank recalls a donation vote to keep or shave his goatee ($993 to $879) that he calls a huge mistake, since the first SciShow and Crash Course episodes were filmed with it. (00:16:34)
• looked back · Tour de Nerdfighting 2012 edition — After a Houston hotel sold their rooms on tour, the brothers got another hotel's best room, bigger than John's house, with a Picasso print and certificate of authenticity. (01:56:36)
• retold · John's colonoscopy (July 2011) — Feeling poorly after a colonoscopy, John gives viewers reading The Great Gatsby an extension on the first six chapters until Monday (25 December 2023). (02:10:17)
• retold · John and Hank at LeakyCon 2011 — At LeakyCon 2011, John says his crippling social anxiety disorder makes taking pictures with or hugging strangers impossible, and he feels guilty about it. (02:10:46)
• mentioned · John's diseased gallbladder and its removal (2011) — After having his gallbladder removed, John says he can't do the sandwich punishment and asks viewers to suggest another for Hank to pick. (02:08:36)
• reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to read The Great Gatsby with him for the Blurbing Book Club (summer 2011) — Feeling poorly after a colonoscopy, John gives viewers reading The Great Gatsby an extension on the first six chapters until Monday (25 December 2023). (02:10:17)
• milestone · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — John says The Fault in Our Stars movie opens Friday, or Thursday at The Night Before Our Stars in some cities. (01:31:50)
• retold · The Green family reunion in Seaside, Florida (2012) — John and Hank are at a family reunion in Seaside, Florida, which John calls the world capital of teenagers who don't know who they are. (01:51:34)
• retold · The brothers' Houston hotel mix-up and luxury room with a Picasso print on the tour (2012) — After a Houston hotel sold their rooms on tour, the brothers got another hotel's best room, bigger than John's house, with a Picasso print and certificate of authenticity. (01:56:36)
• reminder · Hank asks people to make and submit P4A 2013 videos promoting their favorite charities (2013) — John asks viewers to upload P4A videos on December 17 showing charities they care about in action, even if it means leaving their bedrooms. (02:14:32)
• repeated · John predicts The Fault in Our Stars movie will be a good movie (2013) — John says people think he is making the TFIOS movie, but he is just the author of the book; he thinks it will be a very good movie. (01:44:09)
• looked back · The Art Assignment: Sarah's PBS Digital Studios show (2013) — John says the first episode of The Art Assignment comes out in late February. (01:34:23)
• retold · John has a tooth surgically removed (2013) — John explains his missing tooth: terrible chronic pain since before Brotherhood 2.0 ended in a complicated, painful surgery, and it no longer hurts. (01:44:55)
• update · Birth of John and Sarah's second child, Alice (2013) — John says his daughter Alice is one month old and makes no intentional gestures; Henry waits nose-down for her to bop him, as in a Berenstain Bears book. (01:44:55)
• retold · Henry's sayings: Lego villains, learning to turn on the TV, a message for Uncle Hank (2014) — John recounts Henry insisting a Lego villain is really bad when John urges imagining him complexly, and calling learning to turn on the TV a good kind of learning. (01:29:35)
• callback · Goat-themed Question Tuesday with Hank: 'The Goat Edition' (2015) — John discovers all the Question Tuesday questions are about goats because Hank's tweet said 'goat questions preferred'. (01:18:10)
• retold · Hank and John's family trip to Florida (January 2015) — Playing mini golf, Hank admits he is nervous about interviewing the President of the United States. (01:20:31)
• retold · The brothers' reunion in New York City during Pizzamas (November 2015) — During Pizzamas, John says they have just come from the Save the Children gala, where he met Jennifer Garner and stood near Olivia Wilde. (01:12:43)
• mentioned · John's social media hiatus to write a novel (2015) — John says Rosianna took away his Tumblr password, so he no longer knows what is happening on Tumblr. (01:14:41)
• update · John's face is hit by a bike messenger in Chicago, starting years of chronic mouth pain (about 2003) — John explains his missing tooth: terrible chronic pain since before Brotherhood 2.0 ended in a complicated, painful surgery, and it no longer hurts. (01:44:55)
• retold · Orin poops with his diaper off on his first day home and Hank tries to catch it (2016) — On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. (01:06:29)
• retold · Hank and Katherine have a baby, Orin (2016) — On paternity leave with his son Orin, Hank says the most surprising thing about having a baby is the noise of the poops. (01:06:29)
• callback · John and Hank abandon one opinion every day, begun on the Turtles tour (2017) — John says that on tour the brothers abandon one opinion a day, such as whether a hot dog is a sandwich, Phil Collins' music and M&M flavors. (00:48:57)
• recalled · John and Hank: send all the Pizzamas 2017 stuff to the author of the chosen Pizza John cocktail (2017) — Judging their Pizza John cocktails, John names the winner the 'old school Vlogbrothers joke': equal parts Strawberry Hill, champagne and Diet Dr Pepper. (00:54:14)
• milestone · Turtles All the Way Down film adaptation (2017) — John reminds Hank that Turtles All the Way Down is going to be a real movie; Isabella Merced is named as its star. (00:08:31)
• callback · Hank's 'Auto power off, still some glitches to work out' line from the first vlogbrothers video (2007) — Hank says that whenever a camera fails he still says 'Autopower off, still some glitches to work out', from the very first Vlogbrothers video, 13 years later. (00:37:17)
• retold · John's labyrinthitis after the Turtles All the Way Down tour (2017) — John says many bad things that didn't kill him didn't make him stronger at all; labyrinthitis just made his life worse, and still does a little. (00:05:04)
• retold · Hank's teenage wish to get a mohawk at 40 (high school) — Hank says that in college he wanted a job where he could get a mohawk at 40, and now he has one. (01:03:00)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• Hank: upload a weird video to Vlogbrothers on Christmas Eve (2023) — kept

Mentioned

Central: Crown Hill Cemetery · Ellen Hardcastle · Esther Day · Nerdfighter Happy Dance Project · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

Also: People: Alice Green · Ansun Sujoe · Ayn Rand · Benjamin Harrison · Christopher Walken · Conan O'Brien · Dmitri Mendeleev · Esther Earl · Felicity Huffman · Gary Paulsen · George Washington · Hank Williams III · Henry Green · Isabela Merced · Jack Nicholson · James Lord Pierpont · Jennifer Garner · Joe Biden · John Darnielle · Justin Bieber · Katherine Green · Larry Langford · Laura Dern · Lev Grossman · Lewis Hamilton · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Maureen Johnson · Max Verstappen · Mike Birbiglia · Mitt Romney · Natalie Tran · Neil Armstrong · Nicolas Cage · Olivia Wilde · Orin Green · Pablo Picasso · Padre Pio · Patrick Rothfuss · Phil Collins · Robert L. May · Rosianna Halse Rojas · Ryan Hunter-Reay · Sarah Urist Green · Shailene Woodley · Shawn Ahmed · Silvio Berlusconi · Skrillex · Socrates · Sydney Green · T. S. Eliot · Tony Hawks · W. B. Yeats · William H. Macy · Willis Carrier · Winekone · Ze Frank

Projects: All the Questions · Brotherhood 2.0 · Crash Course · Dear Hank and John · dft.ba · DFTBA Records · EcoGeek · HankGames · Paper Towns Tour · Pizzamas · PodCon · Project for Awesome · SciShow · Sports with John · Stuff on Heads · The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) · The Art Assignment · Thoughts from Places · Tour de Nerdfighting · VidCon

Works: 99% Invisible · A Spot of Bother · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing · An Abundance of Katherines · Cats (2019 film) · Crash Course coin · DFTBA University shirt · Divergent · Fermi Paradox (song by Hank Green) · FIFA 11 · Giant Squid of Anger shirt · Giraffe love shirt · Hamilton (musical) · Hanklerfish · Harry Potter (book series) · Hatchet · Hot cockles · House · Invisibilia · Jingle Bells · Jingle Bells, Batman Smells · Let It Snow · Little Women · lonelygirl15 · Looking for Alaska (novel) · Marble League · Paper Towns · Paper Towns (film) · Phineas Gage (song) · Picasso print 'Seated Woman' in the Houston hotel room · Pokémon · Radiolab · Round Ireland with a Fridge · Selma · Shake a Booty · So Jokes · Star Wars · Strange Charm · The Anthropocene Reviewed (book) · The Fault in Our Stars · The Fountainhead · The Great Gatsby · The Kingkiller Chronicle · The Second Coming (poem) · The Sun Also Rises · Throughline · Today (American TV program) · Turtles All the Way Down · Turtles All the Way Down (film) · Whiplash · You'll Never Walk Alone

Organizations: Adobe Inc. · AFC Wimbledon · Arsenal F.C. · Banana Republic · BlogTV · Burberry · Courtyard by Marriott · Don's Guns · Edgar Award · ExxonMobil · F. W. Woolworth Company · Formula One · HowJSay · Liverpool FC · Michael L. Printz Award · Montgomery Ward · National Alliance on Mental Illness · Oakley, Inc. · Premier League · Save the Children · The Economist · The New York Times · TikTok · Time · Tumblr · Twitter · YouTube

Groups: Chameleon Circuit · One Direction · The Mountain Goats

Rituals: Nerdfighter gang sign · Punishment · Question Tuesday

Terms: Decepticon · DFTBA · Fail Boat · Fail Puppy · French the llama · giant squid of anger · in your pants · nerdfighter · notsome · Pizza John · puppy sized elephant · secret sibling · space pasta · the Puff · tiny chickens · Who the Eff Is Hank · world suck

Concepts: anxiety disorder · banana equivalent dose · baryon asymmetry · Big Bang · Bloody Mary · child mortality · chip butty · chronic pain · colonoscopy · common cold · dinosaur · Earth's magnetic field · extinction · fact-checking · fan fiction · goat · guilt · ivory-billed woodpecker · labyrinthitis · mohawk · Mountain goat · natural selection · obsessive-compulsive disorder · Olbers' paradox · Old English · pi · Russian oligarchs · sound recording · star (classification) · tuatara · what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Places: Alabama · Amsterdam · Bangladesh · Birmingham, Alabama · Boston · Byzantine Empire · Canada · China · Dane County Regional Airport · Dominican Republic · Egyptian pyramids · Florida · Gadsden, Alabama · Greenwood, Indiana · Hanging Gardens of Babylon · Houston, Texas · Indianapolis · Ireland · Jamaica · Jesus Christ Is Lord Travel Center · Jupiter · Knoxville, Tennessee · Los Angeles · Louisville, Kentucky · Manhattan · Mars · Milky Way · Missoula, Montana · Missouri · Montana · Moon · Mountain Brook, Alabama · Oklahoma City · Pittsburgh · Plano, Texas · Saint Paul, Minnesota · Seaside, Florida · St. Louis · Westport, Connecticut

Events: Apollo 11 · Apollo program · Black Friday · Christmas · LeakyCon · Philae landing · Save the Children gala · Smuggling of silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire · Thanksgiving · The Night Before Our Stars

Characters: Aza Holmes · Charizard · Culver Creek Preparatory School · Dave Green · Dorian Gray · Great White Wall of Cow · Green Ducks · Isaac (character, “The Fault in Our Stars”) · Margo Roth Spiegelman · Mr. Mime · Patronus · Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer · Sarlacc · Self-Care Bunny · Snorlax · Time Lord

Products: Boone's Farm · Dogecoin · Dr Pepper · Dr Pepper Ten · Fidget spinner · Frog Hopper · Hot Nuts · Metamucil · Oculus Rift · Ovaltine · Peeps · Pringles · Siri · Songify · Table Topics · Volvo 240 · YouTube Creator Awards · YouTube video responses

Myths: Pegasus · Santa Claus · unicorn · zombie

animal: Willy

Only in the description or credits: Beth Radloff · Evan Palmer · Henry Reich · Joey Chou · Nathan Zed · Reunion video · Swerve · X-Scape

Also centred on Crown Hill Cemetery: America's Capital of Dead Vice Presidents · John and Hank at the Cemetery

Also centred on Ellen Hardcastle: Punishments, Floods, and Pink Hitler Babies · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video · HARDCASTLED!

Also centred on Nerdfighter Happy Dance Project: August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters · September 7th: Fatalities, Dances and Thanks · October 4th: Happy Dances, Feuds, and Raccoon Infestations · Nov. 30th: A CHRISTMAS RANT · THE NERDFIGHTER HAPPY DANCE PROJECT · Dec. 26th: Christmas, Manga, and Goat Poop

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