ADDICTED TO SELFIES

"But first, let me take a selfie."

ADDICTED TO SELFIES is a Smosh video uploaded 6th of June 2014 and the third installment of the "Addicted" series.

Synopsis
Anthony MIGHT be addicted to shirtless selfies. Can Ian make him see his problem before it's too late?!

Plot
In My Strange Addiction, Anthony tells the viewers that people think he's addicted to selfies. Although this is true, he states that he hardly does so before taking several selfies. Ian's the only person who knows about Anthony's problem and invited the crew to help Anthony overcome his addiction. Two scenes show Ian not worrying that his hand is on fire and walks on the sidewalk in a form of planking. Ian makes it clear that he's not Anthony's life partner wants the caption to go away. However, the caption changed from "Anthony's life partner" to "Anthony's overly defensive life partner". Ian is worried about him taking shirtless photos of him with his cat. He even takes selfies of other random cats in the streets. In the streets, Anthony is seen taking his shirt off, ripping off a stuffed cat from an old lady (Paula Barkley), and takes a selfie of it. The narrator states that Anthony spends seventeen hours a day deciding which filter to use which the narrator believes is over six thousand hours a week. He also believes six thousand feet is the height of an Apatosaurus (says Brontosaurus, but that's the actual name of the dinosaur).

Ian talks about how worried he is that the addiction will go wild. All of the sudden, Anthony starts making another selfie with Ian. Ian also mentions about Anthony going with the new selfie trends like one after sex, after going to the bathroom, after viewing a lady's butt, and after murdering someone. In the act of desperation, Ian invites his mom--which the narrator states that it's Anthony's girlfriend--to help out with him. The scene shows her riding a Mario Kart. Ian states that she isn't Anthony's girlfriend even though Anthony doesn't agree with him. Anthony starts making another selfie to show people his "new son" after marriage. Ian and his mother told the television crew to leave the room to talk to Anthony alone. However, they stayed in the room anyway.

Ian discusses that he doesn't want Anthony to take anymore selfies since that what he brought his mother for. Anthony starts agreeing to the problem and gives his phone to Ian. Ian's mom also takes another phone away from Anthony to help with his addiction. The narrator states that Anthony has taken 565 gigabytes of selfies and thought if gigabytes were hamburger bites that it would feed seven million midgets in New York City. He also states that hamburgers aren't made of ham which confuses him.

Ian states that the rehab is terrible. Ian tried to convince Anthony to only take the picture of the food like any Asian, but Anthony couldn't and starts taking another selfie. He even tried to just take a picture with another person, but Anthony pushes the girl (Shawna Smith) away from him, and takes another selfie of him with the ripped stuff cat. As a last ditch effort, Ian offered the crew six dollars (from his college fund) to make Anthony stop taking selfies. The narrator states that he likes taking baths with six naked Persian men, but also complained that Jerry, one of the employees, wrote it since he doesn't want his mother to know about it.

Ian finds Anthony in a guillotine which plans to do that as another selfie where his head gets cut off. Ian's mom tries to stop Anthony by saying that she'll be Anthony's girlfriend, but confesses that it won't happen and leaves. Ian tells Anthony that he has taken the selfies too far and also comments that he loves him (not in the gay way). Anthony confess that he wanted someone to love him (still not in a gay way). Ian decides to give Anthony a hug as he promises to him that he'll never take another selfie. However, Anthony lies to Ian and starts taking multiple selfies while having Ian not hear him because of his bad hearing. Ian feels happy that he thinks Anthony has overcome his addiction and starts contributing to society like taking pictures of his balls. In one scene, Ian is seen what seems like he's taking a picture of a baseball and tennis ball. However, he pushes them away and takes pictures of his penis. The narrator tells them to show this to a person who is addicted to selfies, but also states that the viewers can tell them to stop being such a narcissistic asshole.

Script
Addicted to Selfies/Script

Trivia

 * The intro was based off of the Chainsmokers song "#SELFIE".
 * The series "My Strange Addiction" is used for the third time in this video after 2012's Addicted to Honey Boo Boo Child and 2013's My Twerking Addiction.
 * There are only 168 hours in a week, so it's impossible to spend 6,000 hours a week on deciding a filter.
 * Anthony would've spend 119 hours a week on doing it.
 * Plus, an Apatosaurus is only 10-15 feet tall.
 * The fruit in Anthony's fruit selfie is arranged to resemble a penis.


 * As mentioned in the BTS Video, the video is based on Anthony's real life "addiction" in taking selfies.
 * Comments on Anthony's Instagram selfies read:
 * Cat Selfies: I wish I were that cat,moar shirtless MOAR
 * #AFTERSEX: You made so much noise last night!
 * #AFTERPOOP: That be some stanky stuff!
 * #AFTERMURDER: Where's 1?, lol,he dead!, I wish I were that hand
 * #ICANTSTOP:s he crawling like metroid?
 * Ending Selfies: ur a sniper of selfies!!,Did you just stub someone?, Yes you! hahaha, Nasty stuff!,


 * Ian's mom was driving Stevie's kart from Real Mario Lava Floor!.
 * This is the first time Pip, Anthony's real-life pet cat, appeared in a main Smosh video
 * Although all the items had a number on them, number one was the dead body.
 * Earlier, in The Real Party Song, Anthony said selfies are dumb, though he's addicted to them here.
 * One of Ian's balls selfies had the caption "FREE BALLIN'", a reference to the song Free Fallin' by Tom Petty

Shut Up! Opening
"But first, let me take a selfie. SHUT UP!"

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7GTf0baQU

Fan-made alternative version ("Ianthony" format):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kud8l6YVno

Cast
Anthony Padilla as himself

Ian Hecox as himself

Paula Barkley as cat lady

Sharon Hecox as Ian's mom

Shawna Smith as hot girl