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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.

 

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=== 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.

* [[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]!!"

* [[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''.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[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?

* [[Sibling Team]]: Obviously.

* [[Spin-Off]]: Many nerdfighters have been inspired to do other collaborative vlogs, notably shortsisters and fiveawesomegirls.

** 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.