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* CreatorBacklash: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] Website/PPTumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.

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* CreatorBacklash: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] Website/PPTumblr}} Website/{{Tumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.

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* CreatorBacklash: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] Website/PPTumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.



* OldShame: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] {{Website/Tumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.
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* OldShame: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] {{Website/Tumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[{{WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid}} Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.

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* OldShame: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] {{Website/Tumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[{{WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid}} [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.
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* OldShame: Hank has [[https://twitter.com/hankgreen/status/1161332426582515712 indicated]] his embarrassment about "[[https://youtu.be/es4t1WBJKqA Tumblr: The Musical]]", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a musical about]] {{Website/Tumblr}} created in collaboration with Avbytes. The lyrics and tone are suffused with the memes and in-jokes that were popular on the site at the time, like the sitewide obsession with Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, "GPOY", and the now-obscure {{Hipster}} [[{{WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid}} Ariel]]. After the site's culture took a [[MoodWhiplash sudden and dramatic U-turn]] from lighthearted fandom haven to ironic shitpost "hellsite" a few years later -- its userbase vehemently disavowing almost every cultural artifact of that more naïve era in the process -- the then-topical video [[CondemnedByHistory aged worse than milk]] in the eyes of many.
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* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].
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* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].

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* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].
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* BreakthroughHit: If it wasn't for "Accio Deathly Hallows", Vlogbrothers wouldn't have been ''nearly'' as popular as it is, and perhaps all of the projects they did would've never come to fruition in the first place.



* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].

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* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].finders]].
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* 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]].
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** Also a Culver Creek Prep t-shirt from ''Looking for Alaska''.

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** Also a Culver Creek Prep t-shirt from ''Looking for Alaska''.''Literature/LookingForAlaska''.
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** During the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting, ''Literature/PaperTowns'' 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.

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** During the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting, ''Literature/PaperTowns'' tour 2008, nerdfighters made many items that previously existed only in John's book, ''Paper Towns'', ''Literature/PaperTowns'', such as Margo's crazy shopping list/receipt, Amish hunger wonder bread, Go Fast bars, and more.
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** 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.

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** During the Great American Tour de Nerdfighting, ''Paper Towns'' ''Literature/PaperTowns'' 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'' ''Literature/PaperTowns'' tour. It was the exact same minivan owned by Q's mom in the book.
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* {{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''.
* OneOfUs: John once said he was a Hufflepuff and that they were particularly [[AVeryPotterMusical good finders]].

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