History YMMV / VlogBrothers

** Puppy-sized elephants. And tiny chicken disease (in which tiny chickens lay eggs inside your nose, which hatch baby chickens that eat your brain and poop out of your nostrils. In other words, the common cold.)

* "Remember, this man is an award winning novelist." Used whenever John acts kooky.

* FanDumb: Hank and John have occasionally called Nerdfighteria out for "hero-worshiping" them and putting them on a pedestal. A major theme present in their projects (especially in John's books) is "imagining people complexly" - remembering that your heroes are human beings, and not idealizing them.
** As [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4UF0F1yi14 this video]] gently points out, Nerdfighteria, although a very well-behaved community overall, isn't completely exempt from the problems that all fandoms run into. John and Hank are aware of this, and John discusses it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnra9YsD4Cw this followup video]].

** Jokingly averted when the brothers are doing a joint video, and agree not to end it by saying good-bye, because that would require them turning to each other and staring into each other's eyes.

** More recently, Hank trying to express frustration over ketchup bottles in a discreet manner: "[[{{Angrish}} Passive-agressive...robot...sack of...ketchup...pee!]] '''[[{{Angrish}} Gah!]]'''" It's even been turned into a T-shirt!

* HilariousInHindsight: In 2013, Hank released his annual HarryPotter song- this one was called "Oh, JK Rowling", begging said author to please release another book or project. Barely a day later, and it came out that Rowling in fact ''had'', under the PenName Robert Galbraith.

** Puppy-sized elephants. And tiny chicken disease (in which tiny chickens lay eggs inside your nose, which hatch and spill yolk out of your nostrils. In other words, the common cold.)

** More recently, Hank trying to express frustration over ketchup bottles in a family-friendly manner: "Passive-agressive...robot...sack of...ketchup...pee!" It's even been turned into a T-shirt!

* MemeticMutation: Adding "in my/your pants" to the ends of book titles.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: A whole lot, but highlights include pwning [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]], taking over Website/YouTube every year with the Project For Awesome, VidCon, and starting an independent record label (DFTBA Records).
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "No Hank, it's not the ography that bothers me. It's the porn."
** Hank's '50 Jokes' videos.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3V7BmCIzEQ "Koninginnedag! Wuuuuuuh!"]] (occurs at about 1:40 seconds in)
** Maureen Johnson, YA author and the second prettiest Green Brother.
** In a video with the brothers together, they coincidentally push their glasses up at the same time.
** The whole week John and Hank were doing their videos together. Any time they do videos together.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The entire "Adorable Baby is Adorable" video, where John sings to Henry.
** "The Luck of my Life", Hank's song to the Katherine for their first anniversary.
** The surprisingly poignant "It All Makes Sense At The End."

** Also the "HITLER and SEX!" theme from [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9CjcQSbVb4&feature=g-all-u this video]].

* MemeticMutation: Adding "in my/your ([[RuleOfFunny whichever is funnier]]) pants" to the ends of book titles.

* TearJerker: The video "Rest in Awesome, Esther."

* ArchivePanic: While it is impossible to tell how many new viewers have looked at the Vlogbrothers' 900 videos (and counting) and fled in fear, the potential is certainly there. Especially taking their [[http://www.youtube.com/user/truthorfail other]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/hankgames YouTube]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/theecogeek channels]] as well as non-Website/YouTube [[http://nerdfighters.ning.com/ websites]] into account. The volume really is massive.

* [[AndTheFandomRejoiced And Nerdfighteria Rejoiced]]: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-aoeyyNbIY&feature=g-user-u John and Sarah Play Wii Tennis]]. Even hearing The Yeti's voice was cause for much rejoicing in the comments.

* TearJerker: The video "Rest in Awesome, Esther"

* ArchivePanic: While it is impossible to tell how many new viewers have looked at the Vlogbrothers' 900 videos (and counting) and fled in fear, the potential is certainly there. Especially taking their [[http://www.youtube.com/user/truthorfail other]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/hankgames YouTube]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/theecogeek channels]] as well as non-YouTube [[http://nerdfighters.ning.com/ websites]] into account. The volume really is massive.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: A whole lot, but highlights include pwning [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]], taking over YouTube every year with the Project For Awesome, VidCon, and starting an independent record label (DFTBA Records).

* ArchivePanic: They have about 2 days worth of videos. And they have a lot of callbacks. Oh God.
** Luckily, they have a playlist that catches you up with what you need to know to get most of their jokes.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3V7BmCIzEQ
"Koninginnedag! Wuuuuuuh!"]] (occurs at about 1:40 seconds in)

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3V7BmCIzEQ "Koninginnedag! Wuuuuuuh!"]] (occurs at about 1:40 seconds in)