A Short History of the PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANT

[Melchary]

Went to go see Journey 2 The Mysterious Island yesterday.

All I can say is that, John, it's got puppy sized elephants in them. Just 'sayin.

[theresak419]

two words: pygmy elephants.

[indiefairytale]

ahaha, i remember that australian news lady from that kid who had the wild house party video!

[likjewso]

PUPPYPHANT!

[plushalligator]

@JoLLyGymsoCKs1 hank is one of the largest tribes in the United States. hank is also one of the largest Indian tribes in North America, at one time occupying a territory that extended from east of Lake Huron, north into Canada, and as far west as the mountains of Montana. hanks first settled in Minnesota during the mid-seventeenth century after migrating from the southern shores of Lake Superior. hanks in Minnesota battled Dakota groups for occupancy of the naturally abundant northern areas o

[FellToRise]

So... old!!!

[AlyReality]

I'm currently holding a puppy sized elephant.

[LoyalFreak4ever]

Dear John, My sister has a whole cabinate of stuffed puppy sized elephants, and she won'y let me touch them!!! What should I do?

[darkling2222]

I read there really is an evolutionary benefit in being cute. I think its called neoteny and its when adult animals retain juvenile traits. Ero puppy sized elephants. I think....

[Ignelux]

Pic at 00:37 looks like my mum...

The woman, not the elephant.

[annmarie876]

This is why we can't have nice things.

[adrianascitip]

ikea is selling puppy-sized elephants. i bought one instantly

[Charity22296]

cory worthington hahaha

[JoLLyGymsoCKs1]

who is Hank?

[iflipped4u]

THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD!!! x10 million

[LuckyLiza2]

0:35 One of those is my friend's puppy. No joke.

[SkullJokeBrook]

A 3 foot puppy would be a large puppy.

[MrSpazzyunicorn]

i agree more rainbows

[Shellewell]

it's amazing that Helen Hunt did eventually see the video, it took over 4 years after the video was published and 3 years after it was set as a proper challenge but it did actually happen

[listentotheraenfall]

@SnowingWolfGirl My friend has tiny girraff earings. So jealous.

[SnowingWolfGirl]

Your dream is to have puppy-sized elephants. Mine is to have kitten-sized giraffes. And no, not because of the Xfinity commercial. I dreamt about a small giraffe long before that commerical XD

[emavj97]

I like the glasses

[NargleSparkles]

What about baby elephants? Very bigish dogs...?

[Shellewell]

@NargleSparkles a baby elephant is stillgoing to grow into a full sized elephant soon enough, we're talking an elephant that grows to about the size of a normal baby elephant and stays that size

[fishswishroxz]

there taking hank green to isengard

[BalrogNinja]

Also World of Warcaft has a noncombat pet called "Pint-Sized Pachyderm" which is awesome because it's pint-sized (almost puppy-sized!), it says pachyderm (which we all know is a cool name) instead of elephant, and because its pink.

Oh, and there is a noncombat pet called "Peanut", a normal-colored-puppy-sized elephant (too many dashes I think?)

DFTBA.

[MissMeggie2804]

You know, I played with regular sized elephants for a week in Thailand, and, while puppy sized elephants would be wonderful, the normal ones are pretty great too :)

[Charity22296]

HAHAHA COREY WORTHINGTON!

[Bamberellala]

"Well I just received word that they're taking Hank Green to Isengard."

THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY. I mean, the LOTR nerdiness, not Hank going to Isengard... that would be awful... mostly.

[MyRationalHypothesis]

LOL you got Corey Worthington news in OTHER COUNTRIES?! hahahahahahhaha i hate the world

[simonzephyr]

south park series 1 episode 4, this come up with the idea of minature elephants!

[DesmondtheRhino]

You're welcome for your thumbs  - evolution

[kangarookia]

@DesmondtheRhino Dear Evolution, I appreciate the gesture. In return I shall use my thumbs to portray the fact I enjoyed your comment and this video

[mkyb843]

i made you a puppy sized elephant...but then you killeded it

[MsWasteland101]

John,

I think the universe heard you four years later and gave you a double rainbow. It would like a thank you note.

[BenGriffithsReviews]

Haha A Current Affair Corey Worthington Interview.

[EmoWolfMaster]

why hate on the glasses?

[randobanana]

I love those glasses

[ashleeDFTBA]

Puppy sized elephants are really real :)

Well sorta :(

When a elephant is pregnant the baby elephant is about as big as a puppy

Work out how to make the baby elephant like in the big wide world by itself and not grow then you can all play in the sun :)

DFTBA

[Rociero1991]

Correct me if I am wrong, but have we gotten to dole out the punishment after Helen Hunt saw the video? Because you never stated a time limit... And we would also need a new project...

[GONEmypurpleflapjack]

You should've ask FIgwit to save Hank.

[FantasticBlueGirl]

00:47 Did anyone else notice that the puppy sized elephant on the left is actually a baby?

[HallowsOverHorcruxes]

I miss these glasses.

[powergannon]

I got the glasses reference.

[KittyTheNinja]

and now she has seen that video XD 3 years later! :D

[tricksternerd]

JOHN I LOVE YOUR GLASSES

[LilyTheAnnoyance]

Oh, John. I miss the nerd glasses. :'(

[twihard398]

John, do we get to punish you now?

[NinaQueenofSpades]

This was filmed on my 17th birthday. When I was 17, I had read Looking for Alaska, but did not know this vlog existed. PeRsPeCtIvE

[chickb12]

John, I would like to inform you that /we have matching nerd glasses./ Yours are a bit more pointy, but still! Very nerdy, and they get the job done. I'm considering posting pictures of my nerd glasses on Your Pants now...

Sincerely,

A Nerd Fighter with nerd glasses

[Ravenclaw797]

0:43-0:44 i've always wondered what john was staring at so intensely. also i want a miniature elephant.

and PUNISHMENT TIME...a few years late.

[thebishman99]

I love that John used footage from the most un nerfighterly show on Australian TV (a current affair) talking to the most un nerdfighterly teenager in australia Corey worthington. Actual LOLs

NERD GLASSES FOREVER!!

[JustAnotherReviewer1]

So, now we get to punsih you... hm. What haven't we made you do yet?

[ajaandkimmy]

Helen Hunt has seen the video!!! :D

[ernie9224]

what music did they use for the intro?

[uiruu]

3:20. Helen Hunt actually HAS seen that video now. Do we get to punish them?

[StasiaXDawesomness]

<3 the glasses

[bwaychick20]

It took us almost 3.5 years, but we completed the challenge!!! Go Nerdfighteria! DFTBA

[Spontenaity]

Yeah. The Dwarf Sicilian Elephant. It's way to freaking cute. But still, dead. And it's Italian.

[anniexan]

I love John's glasses!!!

[LovesSummerStuff]

wow. it took us 3 whole years, but we finally get to punish you! nerdfighter win! x

[TinyRobotOverlord]

While evolution is still working on giving us puppy sized elephants, we do have puppy sized giraffes to enjoy in the mean time. Just check out petite lap giraffes.

[omgashiny]

SUCCESS!

[Kaythanksbye]

Today is a beautiful day. It's Hanko de Mayo 2011 and HELEN HUNT HAS FINALLY HEARD HER SONG.

Congrats guys, we did it.

[mdgnys]

Im assuming that comment about Chuck Norris was talking about dislikes... If so, 1 dislike in 8 months!!! COOL!

[Drwhatquestion]

@paulmccarneyrocks 1: I agree Paul McCartney does rock 2: Thanks! I quite liked the book and when puppy sized elephants were mentioned that's immediately where my mind went. 3: Hopefully the puppy sized elephant that John asked natural selection for will turn out better than the genetically engineered one :)

[paulmccartneyrocks]

They did make a puppy-sized elephant...in the novel of Jurassic Park, that is. Genetic engineering. Didn't go over too well...

[Drwhatquestion]

Not to rain on your puppysizedelephant parade but didn't they try that in Jurasic Park? And didn't it fail quite miserably? Inless you're suggesting it will happen naturally.. That makes more sense

[paulmccartneyrocks]

@Drwhatquestion You're amazing for knowing that! I just looked up this video specifically so I could leave a comment about the puppy-sized elephant in Jurassic Park! And then I happened to see this comment that had just been posted a day before mine! You're awesome! :D

[blulemonade]

pre- iPhone John just made my life.

[Silverballoons]

I want to high-five the person who first asked the Puppy-Sized Elephant question!

[JMusicFX]

Is that A Current Affair in that snippet?

[Telepian]

There is a puppy sized girraffe. petitelapgiraffe(dot)com

[LolitasLucidity]

@Telepian I came back to watch this after finding that too! Wish they were real...

[drakebane2]

XD when i was a really little kid i wanted a "rhino sized as a penguin"

[MegaBacktalk]

I went to the optomotrist (I don't know the spelling) today and I got nerd glasses!

[PyroPlasticPenguin]

xD 1:05 *poker face* More rainbows...

[OddballEndorser]

Soooo.. did Helen Hunt ever see Hank's song?

[shoshanish]

there also is an equal and opposite effect on small animals on island, making them balloon up!

i dont know what its called though.

[YeahHildeKase]

does clifford the big red dog count as an elephant sized puppy?

[Ambassad0rPineapple]

@YeahHildeKase YES!

[NickandMarcel]

@YeahHildeKase Clifford was tiny when he was a puppy. Like, teacup. Get your facts straight, dude.

[TheAglover26]

34 people hate puppy size elephant,

[verytotallyreally]

what about ELEPHANT-SIZED PUPPY

now that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WorldOfPsych]

@verytotallyreally Yeah, but it'd have the disadvantage of wanting to lick your face and accidentally crushing your face.

[BluberryMuffins17]

@verytotallyreally Clifford the Big Red Dog. And yes, he IS awesome.

[xurdones]

And two years later, proof still does not exist that Helen Hunt has learned of Hank's undying love. This is saddening.

[notamuggle11]

@xurdones Correction: THREE years later. Even more saddening.

[aquadrop25]

@xurdones It's probably for the best. We can't have a jealous Katherine, and who wouldn't love Hank?!!

[cherokeecelt]

...not to be too much of a nerd here (is there such a thing?), but that technically isn't evolution, but genetics. just sayin....

[VictoryAsIAm]

I was beginning to wonder if someone was going to point out the evolutionary thing in one of the videos. The dwarf elephants of the islands of Southeast Asia thank you Nerdfighters.

[JediCoati]

Thank you for that beautiful phone call to Orly. I mean the rest of the vid was great... but man that call, c’était parfait!

[ilovelokie]

to the puppy sized elephant my puff is a forest 

[silverturtle14]

PHOTOSHOP FOR REALITY!!!!!

[mrsboywiththebread]

oh man i never thought that cory guy (with the glasses) would ever be in a vlog :)

[madeovergirl]

If you put a puppy sized elephant in a kiddy pool would said kiddy pool then have a mega awesome sprinkler?

[GrayStudios]

1:39 "And all the sudden"

All of a sudden, John, you know this!

[WeasleyWrock]

My friend, who sits next to me in algebra, told our teacher, "Well, I couldn't hear you because APRIL was distracting me by talking about puppy-sized elephants!" Only about three other people in the room knew what I was talking about. I got stared at.

[nerdfightersrox1113]

hank there r puppy sized elephants that arent dead yayyayayyayayyayyayay and i might get a dog that is similar to willy Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[smcgaff222]

im surprised the example of the dwarfism john mentions isnt an answer to the infamous question..... "WHO THE EFF IS HANK?"

[HobbitSized]

...did he ACTUALLY prank call Orlando Bloom?

Understand that I'm pretty gullible, so yes, I do need to ask - just to be sure one way or another.

[NsAuDxS]

In reference to your rainbows comment: Johannesburg, South Africa saw today a perfectly circular rainbow that acted as a halo for the sun. Hooray freakishly awesome weather effects!

[Rivoluzzjoni]

i love how in three months only one other person had disliked the video

[SlytherclawXD]

@Rivoluzzjoni They're scared of Chuck Norris. 

[oneorangespider]

In The Book of Dragons, a compilations of short stories by E. Nesbit, there is this charming little sentence.

"The guinea pig, as you know, was as big as our elephants, and the elephant--dear little pet--was the size of the silly, tiny, black and tan dogs that ladies carry sometimes in their muffs."

Puppy-sized elephants FTW!

[greengirllover]

I like the glasses too!

[VeggetableMonster]

Storytime: So I was driving on this road where the trees are really overgrown and in the way and scrape my windows. So I tried to photoshop them in my mind. It didn't work and the noisy cars behind me were honking. :(

[fearthegeeklord]

I have the evolutionary advantage of being adorable!

\m/

[nicolefancy532]

this was on my birth day!!

[MRdynomite101]

opposite clifford?

[ManTheBush]

His response from evolution was Awesome!

[Prometheus722]

Science and Technology are the Photoshop of reality, and the updates are getting bigger and bigger.

[QueenNoreen]

So did we ever do it? Did we get Helen Hunt to see it?

[AllieYourAlly]

I miss the Nerdglasses! I want to get those kinds of nerdy glasses for my next pair but...the nerdiest ones are in the men's section...and apparently I cannot get glasses from there.... Sadface. :\

[Sims2players]

"People, why must you ruin everything?" - Story of my everyday life.

[nork3]

erhm.... why don't you blink?

[flody19]

@nork3 Because the Amazing ZeFrank didn't blink and they copy ZeFrank.

[KrustyFrank27]

@Embarr1234567 Chuck Norris watched Brotherhood 1.0. John, that noise outside your house, it wasn't a raccoon.

[theatrejunkie4564]

i just saw Despicable Me and they shrunk an elephant at one part and i immediately thought of this. :)

[Nani101]

@theatrejunkie4564 Vector also made the Nerdighter Gang Sign at one point.

That movie made me so effing happy :D

[khakivideos]

Idea! Elephant sized puppies!

[mrrhinohead31two31]

@khakivideos I believe that would be Clifford.

[fluffysucks08]

@khakivideos That would just have the advantage of being huge....trust me....an animals cuteness is almost always directly proportional to it's size.

[SSSOFFBFProductions]

Is the dwarfism how crawfish came to be?

[Ihavebreakfast]

You're welcome for the thumbs! Brilliant

[gaboriault106]

dont worry ur nerdy enough...love the nerdy glasses!!!

[kiao1208]

they're taking hank green to Isengard hahah awesome.

[Hanziejane]

I don't think I've told you guys how much I love your entrance sequence. I shall proceed to. A lot.

[emilyyloveeyouu]

Is ACA only Australia?

I WANT PUPPY SIZED ELEPHANTS

I love your nerd-glasses.

I want them back.

[Erob1313]

They took Hank to Isengard! That's awesome! Well awesome that Hank is in Middle Earth, not that he is being held prisoner.

[artvandelay13]

Ha, I love the Cory Worthington reference :)

[oomboo2]

All of John's older videos are so good! He was so much calmer.

[jufemonve]

what about elephhant sized puppies

[gg10009]

aww poor john. i like your glasses! <3

[TheChristiti]

YOU'RE WELCOME FOR YOUR THUMBS

[Cakevspie94]

Is the quest to get hellen hunt still going?

[thismachineisaQK]

did john say all the sudden? that's not very writerly ;) i love john still <3 (and hank :D)

[horrabletypoe]

Due to the nature of Channel 9 News, those sound clips probably made less sense when they were in the correct context...

[megahappypinkskitty]

I have a stuffed toy elephant and I named him jango the puppy sized elephant

[wmike82]

I really did enjoy the Puppy-sized Elephants, so cute!

[wmike82]

Intelligent Design, NOT Evolution!!! Fight the Power!

It has also been proven that Natural Selection is as ridiculous as non-fermented Soy products being healthy for you!

Species have developed and lived on by co-operation, and died off due to lack of co-operation between the species. IE. Bird fly in flocks from cold to warm climate.

[wmike82]

It is well known of coarse that your body adapts to a situation, and that your cells have memory (ie, having babies) and so developing thumbs was a matter of time. Of coarse, pigment differences between our races also are the outcome of co-operation and adapting to the climate.

[eragonlover1]

OMG THEY ARE SO ADORABLE!

"People" are so stupid sometimes. I'm quite disgusted by it.

3: 28 onward: LOVE.

[Achw3l]

They're taking the Hank to Isengard! Oh noes

[harihariharihar]

You are the masters aren't you. Peace, laughter, harmony and love!

[LaurenAnneHoff]

I love this video so much seriously. can i have it

[OhSoSwingin60s]

If we had photoshop in reality, does that mean I'd be able to just.... make britney spears appear? RAD!

[HaileISela]

I'm gonna write a highly sophisticated book about the Evolution of PSE and call it:

"The Evolution and Extinction of Puppy Sized Elephants in your pants"

[ArchetypeGotoh]

Dear Human,

Thank you for your letter. We made you a Puppy-sized elephant, but then you killed it. Fancy that. your welcome for your thumbs.

Evolution

[punkslilncs]

Did we ever get Helen Hunt to see the video?

[kperkins737]

Do you ever blink? LOL Still love you, thanks, your video helped me in an argument.

GO EVOLUTION!

[M4rple]

I really like those glasses! Where did you get them?

[eyesmiling]

Oh, I love glasses.

[elephantsrock4333]

I miss these glasses...

Also, yes. A puppy sized elephant would make my life. SO CUTE!

[Abagfullofwhat]

Well now I'm just disapointed. Stupid dying elephants.

[puppysizedelephant]

I can assure you, human, that not all of us are dead.

not yet.

[Abagfullofwhat]

...ANYONE WHO KILLS THIS ELEPHANT (that can type?) WILL BE INJURED!

[jessstarr09]

The ending was so nerdfightertastic!!!!

[GravityProductionz]

i was the 1800 rating!!!

[ilikepi315]

ı ןıʞǝ dnddʎ sızǝp ǝןǝdɥɐuʇs¡

¡sʇuɐɥdǝןǝ pǝzıs ʎddnd ǝʞıן ı

I like puppy sized elephants!

[buttercuphoneyy]

I LOVE THE NERD GLASSES

[dontwaitupforme]

i very much like the nerd glasses, and i want some myself

[originalnerdgirl]

Has anyone ever accomplished the Helen Hunt Challenge?

[ThomasWadeFraser]

Not as yet. But the Nerdfighters are now over a hundred thousand in number, so who knows!

[ThePurpleGummeBear5]

My friend made an inside joke about Orlando Bloom and all his "Bows"

[fortheloveofLDS]

I wonder what the Yeti thought of the nerd glasses during this period. Heh heh.

[magisa233]

John!!!!!!

Ok, I was watching Southpark, and there is an entire episode dealing with the concept of puppy-sized elephants. They try to cross an elephant with a pig, to make a small elephant that could live indoors... I laugh through the whole episode, because all I could think of was the nerdfighters :P

[fredbobgeorgethe3rd]

Your glasses are unbelievably AWESOME! That is all there is to it.

[Pumpkie234]

I miss the nerd glasses! I remember when you passed them around in Phoenix. I liked them.

[JustAPrayer]

Hahaha. Evolution's letter, Hahahaha.

Your glasses rock.

[xDangerousCupcakex]

I also want John's glasses. I mean, I WEAR glasses, but they're not very nerdy! Shame on me! :(

"Dear Human.

We made you a puppy-sized elephant, but you killed it. Fancy that.

You're welcom for your thumbs,

Evolution."

xD

[DefinitionDiana]

WHAT? WHY WOULD THEY HATE ON YOUR GLASSES? I Literally said "I WANT THOSE GLASSES!' really loudly.

[MetalBlasterX]

I WANT A 3 FEET TALL ELEPHANT LOL

(How would my Rottweiler react to it?¿ hmmm)

[superjensh]

I think those glasses is awesome! much cooler then the other you have

[rainbowbubblesXD]

i quite enjoy this video.

and your glasses.

[ChickaPowOfficial]

too bad there's no such thing as evolution

[XHitThePanicButtonX]

phail