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''[http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers Vlogbrothers]'', as the name implies, is the [[YouTube]] channel and vlogging project of brothers [[Hank Green|Hank]] and [[John Green|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 "[[Crash Course (
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* [[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.
* [[A Good Name for
* [[And Call Him George]]: John would name his puppy-sized elephant Louis, and they would be the best of friends.
* [[Angry Dance]]: "5 STARS FOR [http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/350/i4CIh3DdWJE ANGER DANCE]!!"
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Hank made a video (and song) about the demolition derby in response to incredulous comments from people who thought derbies were fictional.
* [[Anti
** "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.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: It's rare, but John has occasionally shown himself to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYskPILyQ-c possess it.]
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: Occasionally bringing back old jokes.
* [[Continuity Lock Out]]: 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.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: 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].
* [[
* [[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.
** [[Invoked Trope|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''.
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Expressive Hair]]: 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.
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* [[Famous Last Words]]: John knows the [http://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers#p/u/384/jLm-5B7NXug last words] of lots of famous people.
* [[Fan Community Nickname]]: Nerdfighters.
* [[Filk Song]]: 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.
* [[Forced Meme]]: John has been trying to make "French the llama" a ''thing'' since the 2009 Project for Awesome.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: John.
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* [[Happy Dance]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxYNUu_2egM A whole montage of them].
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]]: John's wife, The Yeti. Her cute would break the camera.
* [[
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZx5UPr4mPU&list=PL30E188D6D5930BF4&index=44&feature=plpp_video Mules Are So Half-Ass]".
* [[In
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: DFTBA is not an acronym because it doesn't spell anything. It is an initialism.
* [[Insult Backfire]]: 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 ([[Proud to Be A Nerd|they take it as a compliment]]) or "gay" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsVgk9oMyx8&feature=relmfu this is not an insult anyway]).
* [[I Uh You Too]]: 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.
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* [[Memetic Hand Gesture]]: The Nerdfighter hand sign -- two [[Star Trek|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!"
* [[Moment Killer]]: OK, so they're already married and there's no [[Aborted Declaration of Love]] 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 "[[Happily Married|Because I love you!]]" She then asks him to do it again... [[Schmuck Bait|And when he obliges]], she ''licks his hand.'' Complete with "BLEAAAURG" sound.
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Both of them, big time.
* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: 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")
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* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Both wear glasses, but John has a special pair that are extra-nerdy.
* [[Wacky Marriage Proposal|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.
* [[Proud to Be
* [[Punny Name]]: [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...
* [[Pure Awesomeness]]: 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?
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* [[Raise Him Right This Time]]: 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.
* [[Running Gag]]: "Who the eff is Hank?", tiny chickens, airports, sock puppets, peep-eating contests, among many, many others.
* [[Shout
** Hank's guitar is painted with the words, "[
* [[Sibling Team]]: Obviously.
* [[Spin
* [[Stalker
** the restraining order is fake though, just so you know
* [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]: 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 [[Quizzical Tilt]] again.
* [[Temporary Substitute]]: YA author Maureen Johnson (no, not [[Rent|that one]]) fills in once in a while.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: INTERNET SENSATION BITCH!!
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: 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.
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* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: 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.
* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: 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.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: 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. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Hank.
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