Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
(s)He Who Must Not Be Seen
Changed line(s) 74 (click to see context) from:
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti... until the Obama Hangout.
to:
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: (s)HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti... until the Obama Hangout.end of the Evening of Awesome.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* OneOfUs: John once said he was a hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* VomitDiscretionShot: From the "Eating a FAT SANDWICH" video:
-->'''John''': Uh... I'm just gonna freeze it right there, Hank, because a lot of young people watch our videos and they don't need to see a thirty-one year old man having what is known in competitive eating circles as a "reversal of fortune".
-->'''John''': Uh... I'm just gonna freeze it right there, Hank, because a lot of young people watch our videos and they don't need to see a thirty-one year old man having what is known in competitive eating circles as a "reversal of fortune".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos. In ''addition'', Hank prodcued ''TheLizzieBennetDiaries'' and WebVideo/TheBrainScoop, a modern adaptation of ''PrideAndPrejudice'' and a show about taxidermy, respectively.
to:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos. In ''addition'', Hank prodcued produced ''TheLizzieBennetDiaries'' and WebVideo/TheBrainScoop, a modern adaptation of ''PrideAndPrejudice'' ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' and a show about taxidermy, respectively.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 17 (click to see context) from:
** LetItSnow
to:
** LetItSnowLiterature/LetItSnow
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,11 (click to see context) from:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos. In ''addition'', Hank prodcued TheLizzieBennetDiaries and WebVideo/TheBrainScoop, a modern adaptation of PrideAndPrejudice and a show about taxidermy, respectively.
Recently posted their 1000th video.
Recently posted their 1000th video.
to:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos. In ''addition'', Hank prodcued TheLizzieBennetDiaries ''TheLizzieBennetDiaries'' and WebVideo/TheBrainScoop, a modern adaptation of PrideAndPrejudice ''PrideAndPrejudice'' and a show about taxidermy, respectively.
Recently posted their 1000th video.
respectively.
Recently posted their 1000th video.
Changed line(s) 96,99 (click to see context) from:
* [[WackyMarriageProposal Nerdy Marriage Proposal]]: One nerdfighter asked John to propose to his girlfriend for him.
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
* PokeThePoodle: In "[[http://youtu.be/2O9BkGxWBVY Positive Prank Calls]]" - "Hi, this is Hank Green of the Vlogbrothers, and I just wanted to let you know that global poverty rates have dropped 30% since 1990, and they're on track to drop another 10% before 2015. She was talking and I just hung up on her. Ha! Ha, ''pranked!''"
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
* PokeThePoodle: In "[[http://youtu.be/2O9BkGxWBVY Positive Prank Calls]]" - "Hi, this is Hank Green of the Vlogbrothers, and I just wanted to let you know that global poverty rates have dropped 30% since 1990, and they're on track to drop another 10% before 2015. She was talking and I just hung up on her. Ha! Ha, ''pranked!''"
to:
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
-->''Hi, this is Hank Green of the Vlogbrothers, and I just wanted to let you know that global poverty rates have dropped 30% since 1990, and they're on track to drop another 10% before 2015. She was talking and I just hung up on her. Ha! Ha,
* WackyMarriageProposal: One nerdfighter asked John to propose to his girlfriend for him.
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
Changed line(s) 129 (click to see context) from:
->Links are in the dooblydoo. Hank, I'll see you tomorrow.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* PokeThePoodle: In "[[http://youtu.be/2O9BkGxWBVY Positive Prank Calls]]" - "Hi, this is Hank Green of the Vlogbrothers, and I just wanted to let you know that global poverty rates have dropped 30% since 1990, and they're on track to drop another 10% before 2015. She was talking and I just hung up on her. Ha! Ha, ''pranked!''"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
to:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
videos. In ''addition'', Hank prodcued TheLizzieBennetDiaries and WebVideo/TheBrainScoop, a modern adaptation of PrideAndPrejudice and a show about taxidermy, respectively.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 75 (click to see context) from:
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti. Her cute would break the camera.
to:
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti. Her cute would break Yeti... until the camera.Obama Hangout.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
corn dog brick joke
Added DiffLines:
**This became a BrickJoke when someone at the Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall asked Hank what his patronus would be, and he answered "It's a corndog"...which IS a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
project for awesome
* {{Telethon}}: [[http://www.projectforawesome.com/ The Project for Awesome]] is a, well, awesome subversion of this.
Changed line(s) 124 (click to see context) from:
->Links in the dooblydoo. I'll see you tomorrow.
to:
->Links are in the dooblydoo. Hank, I'll see you tomorrow.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
It was a snake. Why do parents think it\'s okay to give little children reptiles? -M
Changed line(s) 99 (click to see context) from:
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
to:
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) snake) was named Blue Green.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 88 (click to see context) from:
* MotorMouth: Both of them, big time.
to:
* MotorMouth: Both of them, big time.time, but John far, far more. After a few of John's videos, Hank's speech sounds downright leisurely.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 8,9 (click to see context) from:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
to:
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. They are the organizers of VidCon, the world's first and only convention dedicated to internet videos. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** TheLizzieBennetDiaries, cowritten with Bernie Su
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Serious version Defied, they make a point of avoiding topics they disagree on.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 54 (click to see context) from:
* DeathOfTheAuthor: John is a strong proponent of this about his novels. Applied similarly to his community, and they both don't think their opinions defines Nerdfighteria anymore then a viewers does.
to:
* DeathOfTheAuthor: John is a strong proponent of this about his novels. Applied similarly to his community, and they They both don't think their opinions defines Nerdfighteria anymore then a viewers does.feel this way about Nerdfighteria.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[folder:Related Articles]]
* HankGreen
** SciShow
* JohnGreen
** AnAbundanceOfKatherines
** TheFaultInOurStars
** LetItSnow
** LookingForAlaska
** Machinima/TheMiracleOfSwindonTown
** PaperTowns
** WillGraysonWillGrayson
* WebVideo/CrashCourse
[[/folder]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 40 (click to see context) from:
* DeathOfTheAuthor: John is a strong proponent of this about his novels. Applied similarly to his community, and they both don't think there opinions defines Nerdfighteria anymore then a viewers does.
to:
* DeathOfTheAuthor: John is a strong proponent of this about his novels. Applied similarly to his community, and they both don't think there their opinions defines Nerdfighteria anymore then a viewers does.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveOneAnother: John and Hank famously are uncomfortable saying they love each other, but watch any number of their videos where one of them talks about the other one and it's blatantly clear
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 21 (click to see context) from:
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: John and Hank famously are uncomfortable saying they love each other, but watch any number of their videos where one of them talks about the other one and it's blatantly clear
to:
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveOneAnother: John and Hank famously are uncomfortable saying they love each other, but watch any number of their videos where one of them talks about the other one and it's blatantly clear
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 20 (click to see context) from:
** "The Adorable Cannibal" may also be an example because it is actually a love song, but a really wierd one that overlaps love and sexual attraction with food cravings, and eating with making out.
to:
** "The Adorable Cannibal" may also be an example because it is actually a love song, but a really wierd weird one that overlaps love and sexual attraction with food cravings, and eating with making out.out.
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: John and Hank famously are uncomfortable saying they love each other, but watch any number of their videos where one of them talks about the other one and it's blatantly clear
* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: John and Hank famously are uncomfortable saying they love each other, but watch any number of their videos where one of them talks about the other one and it's blatantly clear
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 22,23 (click to see context) from:
* BlatantLies: On "Question Tuesday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerdfighters!", John always answers the question "Who the eff is Hank?" (whether or not it was actually asked) with some wordy description of a person, thing, or phenomenon which is quite obviously not his brother.
** "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
** "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
to:
** This comes up whenever he discusses health care reform, as he gets noticeably angry talking about how it was hard for Hank to get insurance thanks to his ulcerative colitis
* BlatantLies: On "Question Tuesday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerdfighters!", John always answers the question "Who the eff is Hank?" (whether or not it was actually asked) with some wordy description of a person, thing, or phenomenon which is quite obviously not hisbrother.
**brother. To make it even more BlatantLies, Hank himself has answered that question once:
-->Hank: "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
* BlatantLies: On "Question Tuesday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerdfighters!", John always answers the question "Who the eff is Hank?" (whether or not it was actually asked) with some wordy description of a person, thing, or phenomenon which is quite obviously not his
**
-->Hank: "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* CloudCuckoolander: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLcF_1STyKI&feature=channel&list=UL this video]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DeathOfTheAuthor: John is a strong proponent of this about his novels. Applied similarly to his community, and they both don't think there opinions defines Nerdfighteria anymore then a viewers does.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fixing namespace stuff
Changed line(s) 4,8 (click to see context) from:
->''DFTBA!''[[hottip:*:Don't Forget To Be Awesome]]
''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]]'', as the name implies, is the YouTube channel and vlogging project of brothers [[HankGreen Hank]] and [[JohnGreen John]] Green. Vlogbrothers (also known as Brotherhood 2.0) was originally a one-year project starting January 1, 2007, where the two brothers swore off textual communication with each other. They were to update one after the other every weekday of the year and each video was to be no more than 4 minutes long. After the year was up, the large demand from their fanbase led them to continue the project.
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]]'', as the name implies, is the YouTube channel and vlogging project of brothers [[HankGreen Hank]] and [[JohnGreen John]] Green. Vlogbrothers (also known as Brotherhood 2.0) was originally a one-year project starting January 1, 2007, where the two brothers swore off textual communication with each other. They were to update one after the other every weekday of the year and each video was to be no more than 4 minutes long. After the year was up, the large demand from their fanbase led them to continue the project.
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
to:
''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]]'', as the name implies, is the
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
Changed line(s) 34 (click to see context) from:
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The brothers have a longstanding rule that they have to keep their videos under four minutes or face punishment. For example, Hank once went two seconds over the time limit and was forced to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSffsb5ztRo spend fifteen hours in a local Target store]].
to:
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The brothers have a longstanding rule that they have to keep their videos under four minutes or face punishment. For example, Hank once went two seconds over the time limit and was forced to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSffsb5ztRo spend fifteen hours in a local Target store]].
Changed line(s) 46 (click to see context) from:
* FilkSong: Many of Hank's songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg This Isn't Hogwarts]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVQEFLcG6w Dead Boy's Girlfriend]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApbvchiEdTY The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbn9F32TaA0 I'm Not Edward Cullen]], and lots more.
to:
* FilkSong: Many of Hank's songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg This Isn't Hogwarts]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVQEFLcG6w Dead Boy's Girlfriend]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApbvchiEdTY The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbn9F32TaA0 I'm Not Edward Cullen]], and lots more.
Changed line(s) 57 (click to see context) from:
* InsultBackfire: Both John and Hank have mentioned in several videos the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/149/xy1M5VHF3no stupidity of negative comments]] that accuse them of being nerds/geeks ([[ProudToBeANerd they take it as a compliment]]) or "gay" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8&feature=relmfu this is not an insult anyway]]).
to:
* InsultBackfire: Both John and Hank have mentioned in several videos the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/149/xy1M5VHF3no stupidity of negative comments]] that accuse them of being nerds/geeks ([[ProudToBeANerd they take it as a compliment]]) or "gay" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8&feature=relmfu this is not an insult anyway]]).
Changed line(s) 62 (click to see context) from:
* LighterAndSofter: They have their moments, but on the whole, they're the lighter and softer alternates to most of the other vloggers on YouTube.
to:
* LighterAndSofter: They have their moments, but on the whole, they're the lighter and softer alternates to most of the other vloggers on YouTube.Website/YouTube.
Changed line(s) 66 (click to see context) from:
* MomentKiller: OK, so they're already married and there's no AbortedDeclarationOfLove here, but in the "Fifth Anniversary with the Katherine" video, Katherine deftly assassinates a moment and keeps things from getting sappy: Hank starts stroking her hair. When she asks why, he replies "[[HappilyMarried Because I love you!]]" She then asks him to do it again... [[SchmuckBait And when he obliges]], she ''licks his hand.'' Complete with "BLEAAAURG" sound.
to:
* MomentKiller: OK, so they're already married and there's no AbortedDeclarationOfLove here, but in the "Fifth Anniversary with the Katherine" video, Katherine deftly assassinates a moment and keeps things from getting sappy: Hank starts stroking her hair. When she asks why, he replies "[[HappilyMarried Because I love you!]]" She then asks him to do it again... [[SchmuckBait And when he obliges]], she ''licks his hand.'' Complete with "BLEAAAURG" sound.
Changed line(s) 73 (click to see context) from:
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
to:
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
Changed line(s) 76,78 (click to see context) from:
* PunnyName: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cekUpsoPQ In this survey, Hank plans to avert this trope.]] Any potential child of his will not be called Hunter, Olive, Forest, Lime...
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, Red Green.
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, Red Green.
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
to:
* PunnyName: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cekUpsoPQ In this survey, Hank plans to avert this trope.]] Any potential child of his will not be called Hunter, Olive, Forest, Lime...
Lime...
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, RedGreen.
Green.
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, Red
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
Changed line(s) 84 (click to see context) from:
** Hank's guitar is painted with the words, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodie_Guthrie this machine pwns n00bs]]", and John's laptop has a sticker with the original words "This machine kills fascists".
to:
** Hank's guitar is painted with the words, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodie_Guthrie this machine pwns n00bs]]", and John's laptop has a sticker with the original words "This machine kills fascists".
Changed line(s) 89 (click to see context) from:
* StupidStatementDanceMix: Hank put one together called "Willy's Song;" it was an amalgamation of all the bizarre sounds Nerdfighters had made in an attempt to get Willy to do his QuizzicalTilt again.
to:
* StupidStatementDanceMix: Hank put one together called "Willy's Song;" it was an amalgamation of all the bizarre sounds Nerdfighters had made in an attempt to get Willy to do his QuizzicalTilt again.
Changed line(s) 95,96 (click to see context) from:
--->'''John:''' I’m a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You’re gonna wanna be all up in this William Wordsworth - Like oh Percy Shelley! Oh oh Percy Shelley! I’m the Lord Byroning Samuel Taylor Coleridge - WILLIAM BLAKE!
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
to:
--->'''John:''' I’m a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You’re gonna wanna be all up in this William Wordsworth - Like oh Percy Shelley! Oh oh Percy Shelley! I’m the Lord Byroning Samuel Taylor Coleridge - WILLIAM BLAKE!
BLAKE!
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
Changed line(s) 99 (click to see context) from:
* WritersCannotDoMath: John has often had to call up "Resident Mathematician" Daniel Biss to do simple sums and even verify that one number is larger than another.
to:
* WritersCannotDoMath: John has often had to call up "Resident Mathematician" Daniel Biss to do simple sums and even verify that one number is larger than another.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Namespaced properly now.
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:280:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/VlogBros_6236.png]]
[[caption-width-right:280:John and Hank Green: Epic Nerdfighters!]]
->''DFTBA!''[[hottip:*:Don't Forget To Be Awesome]]
''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]]'', as the name implies, is the YouTube channel and vlogging project of brothers [[HankGreen Hank]] and [[JohnGreen John]] Green. Vlogbrothers (also known as Brotherhood 2.0) was originally a one-year project starting January 1, 2007, where the two brothers swore off textual communication with each other. They were to update one after the other every weekday of the year and each video was to be no more than 4 minutes long. After the year was up, the large demand from their fanbase led them to continue the project.
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
----
!!The Vlog Brothers provide examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Hank and John, obviously, but also Hank's wife Katherine. Maureen Johnson, who took over for John when he was on paternity leave, also fits this quite nicely.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/176/xocKCimxwQU John has several prepared]].
* AndCallHimGeorge: John would name his puppy-sized elephant Louis, and they would be the best of friends.
* AngryDance: "5 STARS FOR [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/350/i4CIh3DdWJE ANGER DANCE]]!!"
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Hank made a video (and song) about the demolition derby in response to incredulous comments from people who thought derbies were fictional.
* AntiLoveSong: Hank sings "Florida" like a regular ballad love song, but it's actually about how much Florida sucks.
** "The Adorable Cannibal" may also be an example because it is actually a love song, but a really wierd one that overlaps love and sexual attraction with food cravings, and eating with making out.
* BigBrotherInstinct: It's rare, but John has occasionally shown himself to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYskPILyQ-c possess it.]]
* BlatantLies: On "Question Tuesday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerdfighters!", John always answers the question "Who the eff is Hank?" (whether or not it was actually asked) with some wordy description of a person, thing, or phenomenon which is quite obviously not his brother.
** "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
* BrokenBase: Invoked by fans with the [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate Zombies/Unicorns]] issue, a completely silly and non-serious break specifically because they decided there wasn't enough conflict.
* CatchPhrase: These are abundant. "[=DFTBA=]!"
** "The link is in the doobly-do." (borrowed from WheezyWaiter)
** "Best Wishes!"
** ......In your pants.
** "God, I love librarians!"
** "French the Llama!" (sort of)
** "I'll see you on Monday/Wednesday/Friday."
** "Dude...no edge."
* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: ZombiesVsUnicorns, which started in the community of YA novelists and has since spilt over into Nerdifghteria, dividing even the Green brothers themselves. Hank is pro-unicorn, and, while John is not exactly pro-zombie, he is definitely anti-unicorn.
* ContinuityNod: Occasionally bringing back old jokes.
* ContinuityLockout: Because the series is so long-running and there are ''so many'' videos, many jokes and references can easily be lost on new viewers. Sometimes even John and Hank forget how some things got started.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The brothers have a longstanding rule that they have to keep their videos under four minutes or face punishment. For example, Hank once went two seconds over the time limit and was forced to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSffsb5ztRo spend fifteen hours in a local Target store]].
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: British tabloid The Daily Star did a article on Britain's Got Talent runner-up Jonathan Antoine and his professing to be a nerdfighter. The group was referred to as "The Nerd Fighters", was called a bizarre internet cult, and that [[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/250266/Britain-s-Got-Talent-Jonathan-Antoine-s-Nerd-battle/ Members are often intellectual loners, claim they are “not made of flesh and bone’’ and watch Harry Potter and Star Trek movies all the time.]]
* {{Defictionalization}}: During the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting/ ''Paper Towns'' tour 2008, nerdfighters made many items that previously existed only in John's book, ''Paper Towns'', such as Margo's crazy shopping list/receipt, Amish hunger wonder bread, Go Fast bars, and more.
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in the case of the vehicle used to drive across the country for the ''Paper Towns'' tour. It was the exact same minivan owned by Q's mom in the book.
** Also a Culver Creek Prep t-shirt from ''Looking for Alaska''.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[SarcasmMode Who would guess]] that the Vlogbrothers are a couple of brothers who vlog?
* ExpressiveHair: John's hair gets puffy when he gets anxious (because of a nervous habit of running his hands through it). Hank's hair does this too to a lesser extent.
** "Puff Levels are unusually high today." Sometimes the Puff Level will steadily increase over the course of a video.
* FaceYourFears: John is afraid of heights, but he faced his fear and stood up on top of a table to raise money for his favorite charity.
** He also later rode the Frog Hopper as a punishment.
* FamousLastWords: John knows the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/384/jLm-5B7NXug last words]] of lots of famous people.
* FanCommunityNickname: [[invoked]] Nerdfighters.
* FilkSong: Many of Hank's songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg This Isn't Hogwarts]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVQEFLcG6w Dead Boy's Girlfriend]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApbvchiEdTY The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbn9F32TaA0 I'm Not Edward Cullen]], and lots more.
* ForcedMeme: John has been trying to make "French the llama" a ''thing'' since the 2009 Project for Awesome.
* GrammarNazi: John.
** "You should probably know that in that context, "you're" is a contraction, and any time you're contracting "you are" it's spelled WHY-OH-YOU-APOSTOPHE-ARE-EE. Omigod, youtube, before you click "submit comment", ''read your comment'' and ask yourself, "DO I MEAN ''YOU ARE''?". And if you do, ''you need an apostrophe''."
* HappilyMarried: Both of them.
* HappyDance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYNUu_2egM A whole montage of them]].
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti. Her cute would break the camera.
* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Evil Baby Orphanage.
* HurricaneOfPuns: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZx5UPr4mPU&list=PL30E188D6D5930BF4&index=44&feature=plpp_video Mules Are So Half-Ass]]".
* InJoke: Tons. Often confuse or are totally lost on new viewers. Best wishes!
* InsistentTerminology: DFTBA is not an acronym because it doesn't spell anything. It is an initialism.
* InsultBackfire: Both John and Hank have mentioned in several videos the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/149/xy1M5VHF3no stupidity of negative comments]] that accuse them of being nerds/geeks ([[ProudToBeANerd they take it as a compliment]]) or "gay" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8&feature=relmfu this is not an insult anyway]]).
* IUhYouToo: While this is obviously a family example rather than the usual romantic ones, John and Hank do seem to have a pretty hard time saying the words "I love you" to each other. Even when forced to do so by beloved nerdfighter Esther, it was clearly an awkward experience for them.
* {{Keet}}: Both of them, but especially Hank.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: Used heavily in Hank's song, "I'm Gonna Kill You", which threatens gruesome deaths on people that irritate him by slowing down the grocery store checkout lane, owning a giant SUV, and throwing a loud party late at night.
** "[[BewareTheNiceOnes I'm usually a very peaceful person]], [[DisproportionateRetribution but I'm gonna kill you]]."
* LighterAndSofter: They have their moments, but on the whole, they're the lighter and softer alternates to most of the other vloggers on YouTube.
* LovableNerd: Both of them.
* MemeticHandGesture: The Nerdfighter hand sign -- two [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salutes]] done with palms inward and arms crossed, accompanied by gun-cocking sound effects.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: John has done this once or twice. After a nice, undecipherable one: "I'm a novelist. I make up metaphors for a living!"
* MomentKiller: OK, so they're already married and there's no AbortedDeclarationOfLove here, but in the "Fifth Anniversary with the Katherine" video, Katherine deftly assassinates a moment and keeps things from getting sappy: Hank starts stroking her hair. When she asks why, he replies "[[HappilyMarried Because I love you!]]" She then asks him to do it again... [[SchmuckBait And when he obliges]], she ''licks his hand.'' Complete with "BLEAAAURG" sound.
* MotorMouth: Both of them, big time.
* NerdsAreSexy: Many viewers have commented on how appealing they find both John and Hank, and Hank has appeared on several blogs in lists of "certain people [the blogger] would like to do certain things with" (also known as the "celebrity do list" or "guilt-free three")
** Also, both brothers have talked about the hotness of nerd girls, John in response to a young viewer's question about dating, and Hank, in usual Hank fashion, in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHT5eEjkfLE song]].
* {{Nerdcore}}: Several of Hank's songs, including ''DFTBA'' and ''The Man Who Throws The Tetris Piece'' (especially the Dr. Noise cover).
* NerdGlasses: Both wear glasses, but John has a special pair that are extra-nerdy.
* [[WackyMarriageProposal Nerdy Marriage Proposal]]: One nerdfighter asked John to propose to his girlfriend for him.
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
* ProudToBeAGeek: John, Hank, and Nerdfighters in general.
* PunnyName: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cekUpsoPQ In this survey, Hank plans to avert this trope.]] Any potential child of his will not be called Hunter, Olive, Forest, Lime...
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, Red Green.
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
* PureAwesomeness: The official definition of a Nerdfighter is someone who is composed of pure awesome instead of tissue, bones, etc. Also, the mission of Nerdfighteria, to increase awesome and decrease worldsuck. What more could you ask for?
* QuizzicalTilt: Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy was prone to this upon hearing new sounds. Once he stopped, the Nerdfighting community at large attempted to get him to do it again. Because it was eye-meltingly cute.
* RaiseHimRightThisTime: The Evil Baby Orphanage. The idea is that, instead of going back in time and assassinating famous dictators and other evil people, time travelers should abduct them when they're infants and bring them to the orphanage to raise them to be good people instead.
* RunningGag: "Who the eff is Hank?", tiny chickens, airports, sock puppets, peep-eating contests, among many, many others.
* {{Shoutout}}: ''Lots and lots.'' To authors, poets, musicians, and scientists living and dead, to movies and books, to other video bloggers.
** Hank's guitar is painted with the words, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodie_Guthrie this machine pwns n00bs]]", and John's laptop has a sticker with the original words "This machine kills fascists".
* SiblingTeam: Obviously.
* SpinOff: Many nerdfighters have been inspired to do other collaborative vlogs, notably shortsisters and fiveawesomegirls.
* StalkerWithACrush: While Hank's [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/search/0/wP1q5lo1cTo Helen Hunt song]] is supposed to be funny and non-serious, when the real Helen Hunt heard it, she thought it was this trope and took out a restraining order against him. A restraining order [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkqn61Hy1d1qdv0bro1_500.jpg covered in flowers and smiley faces]].
** the restraining order is fake though, just so you know
* StupidStatementDanceMix: Hank put one together called "Willy's Song;" it was an amalgamation of all the bizarre sounds Nerdfighters had made in an attempt to get Willy to do his QuizzicalTilt again.
* TemporarySubstitute: YA author Maureen Johnson (no, not [[{{Rent}} that one]]) fills in once in a while.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: INTERNET SENSATION BITCH!!
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Corn dogs and occasionally Hot Pockets for Hank, pizza and Marshmallow Peeps for John.
* UnusualEuphemism: French the llama! Asshat. Warner Chilcott.
** And there are several videos in which John uses the names of famous poets in place of swear words.
--->'''John:''' I’m a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You’re gonna wanna be all up in this William Wordsworth - Like oh Percy Shelley! Oh oh Percy Shelley! I’m the Lord Byroning Samuel Taylor Coleridge - WILLIAM BLAKE!
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrnd63DAH8o Nerd Jokes]]. You have to be pretty familiar with scientific theories, literature, computer science, comics, psychology, anime, sci fi and fantasy, politics, math and physics, and/or famous historical scientists and scholars to get the jokes at all.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome
* WritersCannotDoMath: John has often had to call up "Resident Mathematician" Daniel Biss to do simple sums and even verify that one number is larger than another.
** He also infamously calculated once that there were 100 seconds in a minute.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Beginning videos with "Good morning Hank/John/Nerdfighters" became a tradition even though videos are actually rarely made and not necessarily watched in the morning. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hank.
----
->Links in the dooblydoo. I'll see you tomorrow.
[[caption-width-right:280:John and Hank Green: Epic Nerdfighters!]]
->''DFTBA!''[[hottip:*:Don't Forget To Be Awesome]]
''[[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]]'', as the name implies, is the YouTube channel and vlogging project of brothers [[HankGreen Hank]] and [[JohnGreen John]] Green. Vlogbrothers (also known as Brotherhood 2.0) was originally a one-year project starting January 1, 2007, where the two brothers swore off textual communication with each other. They were to update one after the other every weekday of the year and each video was to be no more than 4 minutes long. After the year was up, the large demand from their fanbase led them to continue the project.
Since then, they have developed a sizable fanbase, due not only to the success of their videos, but also music, books and various charity works. Both now also host another channel "WebVideo/CrashCourse", where each brother gives lectures on subjects they're knowledgeable about, and Hank also hosts "SciShow", filled with various science news videos.
----
!!The Vlog Brothers provide examples of:
* {{Adorkable}}: Hank and John, obviously, but also Hank's wife Katherine. Maureen Johnson, who took over for John when he was on paternity leave, also fits this quite nicely.
* AGoodNameForARockBand: [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/176/xocKCimxwQU John has several prepared]].
* AndCallHimGeorge: John would name his puppy-sized elephant Louis, and they would be the best of friends.
* AngryDance: "5 STARS FOR [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/350/i4CIh3DdWJE ANGER DANCE]]!!"
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Hank made a video (and song) about the demolition derby in response to incredulous comments from people who thought derbies were fictional.
* AntiLoveSong: Hank sings "Florida" like a regular ballad love song, but it's actually about how much Florida sucks.
** "The Adorable Cannibal" may also be an example because it is actually a love song, but a really wierd one that overlaps love and sexual attraction with food cravings, and eating with making out.
* BigBrotherInstinct: It's rare, but John has occasionally shown himself to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYskPILyQ-c possess it.]]
* BlatantLies: On "Question Tuesday, the day that I answer real questions from real nerdfighters!", John always answers the question "Who the eff is Hank?" (whether or not it was actually asked) with some wordy description of a person, thing, or phenomenon which is quite obviously not his brother.
** "Hank is a sausage covered in cornbread batter and deep fried."
* BrokenBase: Invoked by fans with the [[CavemenVsAstronautsDebate Zombies/Unicorns]] issue, a completely silly and non-serious break specifically because they decided there wasn't enough conflict.
* CatchPhrase: These are abundant. "[=DFTBA=]!"
** "The link is in the doobly-do." (borrowed from WheezyWaiter)
** "Best Wishes!"
** ......In your pants.
** "God, I love librarians!"
** "French the Llama!" (sort of)
** "I'll see you on Monday/Wednesday/Friday."
** "Dude...no edge."
* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: ZombiesVsUnicorns, which started in the community of YA novelists and has since spilt over into Nerdifghteria, dividing even the Green brothers themselves. Hank is pro-unicorn, and, while John is not exactly pro-zombie, he is definitely anti-unicorn.
* ContinuityNod: Occasionally bringing back old jokes.
* ContinuityLockout: Because the series is so long-running and there are ''so many'' videos, many jokes and references can easily be lost on new viewers. Sometimes even John and Hank forget how some things got started.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The brothers have a longstanding rule that they have to keep their videos under four minutes or face punishment. For example, Hank once went two seconds over the time limit and was forced to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSffsb5ztRo spend fifteen hours in a local Target store]].
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: British tabloid The Daily Star did a article on Britain's Got Talent runner-up Jonathan Antoine and his professing to be a nerdfighter. The group was referred to as "The Nerd Fighters", was called a bizarre internet cult, and that [[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/250266/Britain-s-Got-Talent-Jonathan-Antoine-s-Nerd-battle/ Members are often intellectual loners, claim they are “not made of flesh and bone’’ and watch Harry Potter and Star Trek movies all the time.]]
* {{Defictionalization}}: During the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting/ ''Paper Towns'' tour 2008, nerdfighters made many items that previously existed only in John's book, ''Paper Towns'', such as Margo's crazy shopping list/receipt, Amish hunger wonder bread, Go Fast bars, and more.
** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in the case of the vehicle used to drive across the country for the ''Paper Towns'' tour. It was the exact same minivan owned by Q's mom in the book.
** Also a Culver Creek Prep t-shirt from ''Looking for Alaska''.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[SarcasmMode Who would guess]] that the Vlogbrothers are a couple of brothers who vlog?
* ExpressiveHair: John's hair gets puffy when he gets anxious (because of a nervous habit of running his hands through it). Hank's hair does this too to a lesser extent.
** "Puff Levels are unusually high today." Sometimes the Puff Level will steadily increase over the course of a video.
* FaceYourFears: John is afraid of heights, but he faced his fear and stood up on top of a table to raise money for his favorite charity.
** He also later rode the Frog Hopper as a punishment.
* FamousLastWords: John knows the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/384/jLm-5B7NXug last words]] of lots of famous people.
* FanCommunityNickname: [[invoked]] Nerdfighters.
* FilkSong: Many of Hank's songs. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Gt9m64LBg This Isn't Hogwarts]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVQEFLcG6w Dead Boy's Girlfriend]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApbvchiEdTY The Man Who Throws the Tetris Piece]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbn9F32TaA0 I'm Not Edward Cullen]], and lots more.
* ForcedMeme: John has been trying to make "French the llama" a ''thing'' since the 2009 Project for Awesome.
* GrammarNazi: John.
** "You should probably know that in that context, "you're" is a contraction, and any time you're contracting "you are" it's spelled WHY-OH-YOU-APOSTOPHE-ARE-EE. Omigod, youtube, before you click "submit comment", ''read your comment'' and ask yourself, "DO I MEAN ''YOU ARE''?". And if you do, ''you need an apostrophe''."
* HappilyMarried: Both of them.
* HappyDance: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYNUu_2egM A whole montage of them]].
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: John's wife, The Yeti. Her cute would break the camera.
* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the Evil Baby Orphanage.
* HurricaneOfPuns: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZx5UPr4mPU&list=PL30E188D6D5930BF4&index=44&feature=plpp_video Mules Are So Half-Ass]]".
* InJoke: Tons. Often confuse or are totally lost on new viewers. Best wishes!
* InsistentTerminology: DFTBA is not an acronym because it doesn't spell anything. It is an initialism.
* InsultBackfire: Both John and Hank have mentioned in several videos the [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/149/xy1M5VHF3no stupidity of negative comments]] that accuse them of being nerds/geeks ([[ProudToBeANerd they take it as a compliment]]) or "gay" ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8&feature=relmfu this is not an insult anyway]]).
* IUhYouToo: While this is obviously a family example rather than the usual romantic ones, John and Hank do seem to have a pretty hard time saying the words "I love you" to each other. Even when forced to do so by beloved nerdfighter Esther, it was clearly an awkward experience for them.
* {{Keet}}: Both of them, but especially Hank.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: Used heavily in Hank's song, "I'm Gonna Kill You", which threatens gruesome deaths on people that irritate him by slowing down the grocery store checkout lane, owning a giant SUV, and throwing a loud party late at night.
** "[[BewareTheNiceOnes I'm usually a very peaceful person]], [[DisproportionateRetribution but I'm gonna kill you]]."
* LighterAndSofter: They have their moments, but on the whole, they're the lighter and softer alternates to most of the other vloggers on YouTube.
* LovableNerd: Both of them.
* MemeticHandGesture: The Nerdfighter hand sign -- two [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salutes]] done with palms inward and arms crossed, accompanied by gun-cocking sound effects.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: John has done this once or twice. After a nice, undecipherable one: "I'm a novelist. I make up metaphors for a living!"
* MomentKiller: OK, so they're already married and there's no AbortedDeclarationOfLove here, but in the "Fifth Anniversary with the Katherine" video, Katherine deftly assassinates a moment and keeps things from getting sappy: Hank starts stroking her hair. When she asks why, he replies "[[HappilyMarried Because I love you!]]" She then asks him to do it again... [[SchmuckBait And when he obliges]], she ''licks his hand.'' Complete with "BLEAAAURG" sound.
* MotorMouth: Both of them, big time.
* NerdsAreSexy: Many viewers have commented on how appealing they find both John and Hank, and Hank has appeared on several blogs in lists of "certain people [the blogger] would like to do certain things with" (also known as the "celebrity do list" or "guilt-free three")
** Also, both brothers have talked about the hotness of nerd girls, John in response to a young viewer's question about dating, and Hank, in usual Hank fashion, in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHT5eEjkfLE song]].
* {{Nerdcore}}: Several of Hank's songs, including ''DFTBA'' and ''The Man Who Throws The Tetris Piece'' (especially the Dr. Noise cover).
* NerdGlasses: Both wear glasses, but John has a special pair that are extra-nerdy.
* [[WackyMarriageProposal Nerdy Marriage Proposal]]: One nerdfighter asked John to propose to his girlfriend for him.
** John appeared to be just as nervous before the proposal (and as [[spoiler: elated and relieved]] when she said [[spoiler: yes]]) as an actual groom-to-be would be.
** In fact, this is the same way he proposed to his wife, by asking her favorite author to ask her for him.
* ProudToBeAGeek: John, Hank, and Nerdfighters in general.
* PunnyName: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-cekUpsoPQ In this survey, Hank plans to avert this trope.]] Any potential child of his will not be called Hunter, Olive, Forest, Lime...
** The brothers also named their childhood dog, a dachshund they got for Christmas, Red Green.
** And another pet (a fish? a snake?) was named Blue Green.
* PureAwesomeness: The official definition of a Nerdfighter is someone who is composed of pure awesome instead of tissue, bones, etc. Also, the mission of Nerdfighteria, to increase awesome and decrease worldsuck. What more could you ask for?
* QuizzicalTilt: Bubbles the Nerdfighting Puppy was prone to this upon hearing new sounds. Once he stopped, the Nerdfighting community at large attempted to get him to do it again. Because it was eye-meltingly cute.
* RaiseHimRightThisTime: The Evil Baby Orphanage. The idea is that, instead of going back in time and assassinating famous dictators and other evil people, time travelers should abduct them when they're infants and bring them to the orphanage to raise them to be good people instead.
* RunningGag: "Who the eff is Hank?", tiny chickens, airports, sock puppets, peep-eating contests, among many, many others.
* {{Shoutout}}: ''Lots and lots.'' To authors, poets, musicians, and scientists living and dead, to movies and books, to other video bloggers.
** Hank's guitar is painted with the words, "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodie_Guthrie this machine pwns n00bs]]", and John's laptop has a sticker with the original words "This machine kills fascists".
* SiblingTeam: Obviously.
* SpinOff: Many nerdfighters have been inspired to do other collaborative vlogs, notably shortsisters and fiveawesomegirls.
* StalkerWithACrush: While Hank's [[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/search/0/wP1q5lo1cTo Helen Hunt song]] is supposed to be funny and non-serious, when the real Helen Hunt heard it, she thought it was this trope and took out a restraining order against him. A restraining order [[http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkqn61Hy1d1qdv0bro1_500.jpg covered in flowers and smiley faces]].
** the restraining order is fake though, just so you know
* StupidStatementDanceMix: Hank put one together called "Willy's Song;" it was an amalgamation of all the bizarre sounds Nerdfighters had made in an attempt to get Willy to do his QuizzicalTilt again.
* TemporarySubstitute: YA author Maureen Johnson (no, not [[{{Rent}} that one]]) fills in once in a while.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: INTERNET SENSATION BITCH!!
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Corn dogs and occasionally Hot Pockets for Hank, pizza and Marshmallow Peeps for John.
* UnusualEuphemism: French the llama! Asshat. Warner Chilcott.
** And there are several videos in which John uses the names of famous poets in place of swear words.
--->'''John:''' I’m a William Blake gangster, so of course you want my Samuel Taylor Coleridge. You’re gonna wanna be all up in this William Wordsworth - Like oh Percy Shelley! Oh oh Percy Shelley! I’m the Lord Byroning Samuel Taylor Coleridge - WILLIAM BLAKE!
* ViewersAreGeniuses: While both John and Hank often take time to explain what they are talking about, for the most part they assume that the majority of viewers are Nerdfighters and, therefore, smart enough and nerdy enough to understand and be interested in the topics mentioned. Hank and John both make casual references to people, works, and terms many casual viewers might not understand. Also, John can go into literary-sounding musings or descriptions, often filled with quotes from his favorite authors as well as his own books.
** Also, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrnd63DAH8o Nerd Jokes]]. You have to be pretty familiar with scientific theories, literature, computer science, comics, psychology, anime, sci fi and fantasy, politics, math and physics, and/or famous historical scientists and scholars to get the jokes at all.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome
* WritersCannotDoMath: John has often had to call up "Resident Mathematician" Daniel Biss to do simple sums and even verify that one number is larger than another.
** He also infamously calculated once that there were 100 seconds in a minute.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Beginning videos with "Good morning Hank/John/Nerdfighters" became a tradition even though videos are actually rarely made and not necessarily watched in the morning. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Hank.
----
->Links in the dooblydoo. I'll see you tomorrow.
