The Smosh Family (or the Smosh Fam) is the term used to describe the entirety of the regular Smosh cast members. The name originated from the group's tendency to refer to themselves as a family and is currently used both by fans and Smosh itself alike.
Below is a list of all current and former Smosh Family members.
History[]
Increasing the family[]
Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla founded Smosh on November 19, 2005. On April 23, 2011, Mari Takahashi officially joined the Smosh Family, hosting the show Smosh Pit Weekly on the IanH channel. On September 26, 2012, Clevver Games officially joined with Smosh to create Smosh Games, adding David "Lasercorn" Moss, Joshua "Jovenshire" Ovenshire and Matthew "Sohinki" Sohinki to the Smosh Family. Having appeared in Smosh Games videos throughout 2014, Amra "FlitZ" Ricketts and Wesley "Wes" Johnson were inducted into the Smosh Family on October 12 of the same year. On March 13, 2015, Keith Leak Jr., Noah Grossman and Olivia Sui joined, forming the Smosh Squad, with Courtney Miller and later Shayne Topp (as part of Smosh Summer Games) joining the group. They were both inducted on July 17, 2015. Ericka "Boze" Bozeman joined the Smosh family at Smosh Winter Games: Again! in February, 2017, and Damien Haas began appearing in videos since March 2017. The two were inducted on August 4, 2017.
Departures and Defy[]
On June 14, 2017, Anthony officially announced that he was leaving Smosh and working on his own personal channel and content. Two months later, on August 5, 2017, Lasercorn and Sohinki confirmed on their personal channels that they were becoming part-time members of Smosh Games, and they would be appearing less frequently in Smosh content, with Lasercorn appearing in more videos than Sohinki. On January 4, 2018 in order to legally combat accusations of sexual assault by several women on social media, while not wanting to "risk having a negative impact" on Smosh Games (and Smosh as a whole), Flitz left Smosh with immediate effect. As revealed in the eleventh episode of the SmoshCast, Joven and Mari both became freelancers on May 1, 2018, but continued to regularly appear in Smosh Games videos and their departure from Defy Media was never announced. Meanwhile, new cast members, including Kimmy Jimenez, began to appear in Smosh sketches, in an attempt to gradually introduce the audience to the new cast members. However, on November 6, 2018, Defy Media announced the immediate closure of the company, meaning all employees of Defy, and thus Smosh, were now unemployed. Whilst Ian, the Smosh Squad and Damien continued to make videos for Smosh, the members of the Smosh Games Crew did not appear in any Smosh videos, continuing to work on their personal channels. On January 12, 2019, Boze announced that she was seeking new job opportunities and was leaving YouTube, and thus Smosh.
Acquisition by Mythical[]
On February 22, 2019, it was announced that Mythical Entertainment had acquired Smosh. As part of this move to Mythical, Ian, Courtney, Shayne, and Damien became the main cast members of Smosh, whilst Olivia, Keith, and Noah took on a recurring role. On April 10, Smosh Games relaunched, with the Smosh Games Crew and the Smosh Squad joining together so only the Smosh Family existed. Mari and Lasercorn returned to relaunch the Smosh Games channel, while Wes and Joven confirmed they would become part-time members and appear less frequently in Smosh content. Kimmy was the only member of the cast hired before Defy's closure to return to Smosh, taking part in Smosh Summer Games: Apocalypse, and she would later be confirmed as a member of the Smosh Family on March 20, 2020. At the same time, Sarah Whittle, Matt Raub, Tommy Bowe and Spencer Agnew began appearing in more Smosh content as well as working as crew, with Sarah taking part in HALLOWEEN JUST DANCE 2020. On March 4, 2020, Mari, Joven, Lasercorn, Sohinki, Flitz and Wes reunited to form New Element Six, implying that they had all officially left Smosh, but Mari continued to appear in some videos throughout early 2020. On May 22, 2020, Jacklyn Uweh was inducted into the Smosh Family. On June 5, 2020, Mari confirmed on her Twitch stream that she had left Smosh to focus on New Element Six and her personal channel.
On June 26, 2020, NE6 seemed to come to a close. Following a statement made by Wes regarding allegations against him, Mari, Lasercorn, and Joven all came forward with the news that they each were going to step away from New Element Six, and focus on their own projects. The last video on the NE6 channel was uploaded on June 24, 2020. Mari, Lasercorn, Joven, and Sohinki have since reunited with OGSoG, a podcast that they host together. Having previously appeared as a guest in several Smosh Games videos and Twitch streams, on December 15, 2020, Ify was officially confirmed to be a member of Smosh in a collaborative video where he represented Smosh Games with Damien. His role within the Smosh Family was temporary, with Ify leaving at some point in May 2021, later returning sporadically in videos. On April 2, 2021, Saige was officially inducted into the Smosh Family, having previously guest-starred in several Twitch streams. On May 4, 2021, it was officially announced on the SmoshCast that Sarah was leaving Smosh. After appearing in several scripted videos since 2020, Amanda Lehan-Canto began appearing in Smosh Pit and Smosh Games videos, being confirmed as a member of the Smosh Family on March 24, 2022. In August 2022, Chanse McCrary, Angela Giarratana, Arasha Lalani, Matt Fox and Daniel Stonewall were added as temporary cast members, with only Chanse, Angela and Arasha becoming permanent cast members. Having not appeared with Smosh since June 2022 (at Vidcon), Saige confirmed her departure from Smosh in October 2022. In 2023, Ify, Sarah, and Mari returned as guests in various videos. Also in January, 2023, Kimmy became the Associate Producer on Smosh Pit, leading to her being featured less in videos.
Return to independence[]
On June 20, 2023, it was announced that Anthony was returning to Smosh and that he and Ian had bought Smosh from Mythical Entertainment. Whilst the duo were reuniting on the Smosh channel, the other members of the Smosh Family remained with Smosh. On August 23, 2023, Jackie announced her departure from Smosh to join the inaugural mainstage cast of The Second City in New York City. On January 1, 2024, after making various guest appearances on Smosh Pit and Smosh Games, Trevor Evarts from the Mythical Kitchen was confirmed to be a member of the Smosh Family whilst retaining his role as a culinary producer for Mythical. In March 2024, Kimmy announced that she left Smosh. On June 20, 2024 Spencer & Tommy's photos were included in an announcement by Anthony & Ian on the Smosh main channel video We Need To Tell You Something with all other Smosh Ensemble Cast members.
Current members[]
Main cast[]
Name | Born | First video | Officially inducted | Latest video |
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Ian Hecox | November 30, 1987 | Power Rangers Theme (November 19, 2005) | November 19, 2005 (co-founder) | Gen Z vs Millennials - Lunchtime with Smosh 11 (November 7, 2024 / SmoshCast) |
Anthony Padilla | September 16, 1987 | Power Rangers Theme (November 19, 2005) | November 19, 2005 (co-founder) June 20, 2023 (Return) |
Gen Z vs Millennials - Lunchtime with Smosh 11 (November 7, 2024 / SmoshCast) |
Courtney Miller | June 19, 1995 | THE MOTHER'S DAY RULE (May 8, 2015) | July 17, 2015 | Are They Better Off? - Reading Reddit Stories (November 9, 2024 / Smosh Pit) |
Shayne Topp | September 14, 1991 | THE SUMMER GAMES ARE HERE! (Smosh Summer Games) (July 3, 2015) | July 17, 2015 | Guessing What Our Coworkers Drew (Gartic Phone) (November 13, 2024 / Smosh Games) |
Amanda Lehan-Canto | February 14, 1988 | Every Awkward Moment Ever (April 15, 2020) | February 1, 2022 | We Fixed Your Fanfics (November 12, 2024 / Smosh Pit) |
Recurring members[]
Former members[]
Smosh crew members with regular appearances[]
The following are past members of the Smosh crew who, despite not being officially inducted into the cast, have made regular appearances in videos nonetheless.
Name | Born | Position(s) at Smosh | First video | Date left | Latest video |
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Ryan Todd | August 15, 1980 | VP — Content, Director, Producer | BADASS NEW POWER RANGERS (October 5, 2012) | January 1, 2020 | "FOOD BATTLE 2023" (November 17, 2023 / Smosh) |
Matt Raub | October 23, 1986 | VP — Unscripted, Director, Producer, Writer | TBA | July 29, 2022 | Try Not To Laugh Challenge 85 - Gauntlet w/ OUR CREW! (December 21, 2021 / Smosh Pit) |
Sarah Whittle | February 7, 1989 | Director — Unscripted, Producer, Social Media Manager | CRAZY CABIN QUIPLASH (Smosh Winter Games) (February 8, 2017) | May 3, 2021 | World's Worst Coworkers | Reading Reddit Stories (February 24, 2024 / Smosh Pit) |
Garrett Palm | December 30, 1979 | Producer — Unscripted, Director, PA | WES THE PERPETRATOR! (April 14, 2018) | January 2024 | Eat It Or Yeet It: The Last Supper (January 23, 2024 SmoshCast) |
- And though they don't get regular appearances, these Smosh crew members are seen/referenced on the various Smosh channels enough to be recognizable, and have spoken in multiple videos. Including Marcus Manguia, Peter Ditzler, Emily Jacobson, Alessandra Catanese, Luke Baker, Lizzy Jones, Brennan Iketani, Selina Garcia, Josh Fleury, Erin Dougal, Rockerline Coleman, Kiana Parker, Alex Tran, Matt Duran, Alex Aguilar, Erica Noboa, Vida Robbins, Zoe Moacanin, Tim Baker & Heidi Ha.
- These Smosh crew members have been referenced in videos and seen on rare occasions. Including Bailey Petracek, Mallory Myers, Katie, Amanda Barnes, Nate, Kortney Luby, Erin Kuschner & Gareth Hird.
Trivia[]
- Out of the twenty-seven official Smosh members, many come from either California or Ohio. Nearly all current and former members now officially reside in Los Angeles, CA.
- Anthony, Ian, Mari, Jovenshire, Olivia, Noah, Courtney, Kimmy, Jackie, Ify and Angela all grew up in California. Anthony and Ian are both from Sacramento, Noah comes from San Fernando Valley, Courtney comes from Thousand Oaks, Olivia grew up in Arcadia, Kimmy grew up in Irvine, Jackie comes from Stockton, Ify comes from Los Angeles, Mari comes from San Francisco,[1] Angela comes from Santa Clara, and Joven comes from Hollywood.
- Lasercorn, Wes and Keith all come from Ohio. Lasercorn is from "the Cleveland area",[2] and Keith is from the city of Middletown,[3] but he and Wes both grew up in Cincinnati.[4]
- Spencer and Tommy both come from Florida. Spencer comes from Niceville, while Tommy comes from Palm Beach County.
- Flitz comes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Boze comes from Virginia.
- Damien grew up in Georgia. He has lived in Peachtree City and Atlanta, at least according to Famous Birthdays.[5]
- Shayne comes from Phoenix, Arizona, but he was born in Florida, lived in Virginia for four years and moved to California when he was sixteen.
- Amanda comes from Easton, Massachusetts.
- Chanse comes from Nashville, Tennessee, and once lived in Chicago, Illinois.
- Arasha grew up in San Antonio, Texas.
- Trevor comes from Idaho.
- Mari was the first Smosh Family member other than Ian or Anthony to be introduced. She is also the only newer member who didn't originally join as a part of Smosh Games or the Smosh Squad.
- In keeping with this, Mari was initially sometimes known as "the third member" of Smosh.
- Though most of the cast met one another after being hired by Smosh, many of the later cast members knew each other prior to working there.
- Joven, Lasercorn, Sohinki, Flitz and Wes met while working at YouTube content brand MahaloGames. Joven, Lasercorn and Sohinki left Mahalo to work for Clevver Games, before they were hired together by Ian and Anthony to form Smosh Games; Flitz and Wes both joined Smosh behind the scenes at around the same time and were later assimilated into the main cast.
- Shayne and Noah met in 2009 through acting classes.
- Shayne and Damien met on the set of So Random!, a Disney Channel spinoff show, and were living together at the time of Shayne's Smosh audition. It was Shayne who later got Damien a job at Smosh Games.[6]
- Courtney and Olivia knew each other through their Vine work, and Olivia encouraged Courtney to attend the Smosh audition.
- Kimmy and Amanda became friends while working at the same restaurant in Los Angeles.[7]
- Chanse and Angela met through the sketch team Moon Goon in 2019.[8]
- Lasercorn is the oldest person to have been a member of the Smosh Family, and Trevor is the youngest.
- In total, nine members of the extended Smosh Family are married. Lasercorn was engaged before he joined Smosh Games and married his wife soon after joining; Joven got married in late 2017; Mari and Sarah got married in 2018; Wes got married in 2022; Kimmy and Amanda both got married in May 2023; and Shayne and Courtney married each other in March 2024.
- Coincidentally, the first three are from the original Smosh Games lineup, while Wes was part of the subsequent lineup and Sarah, Kimmy and Amanda are from the overall Smosh Family lineup, and Shayne and Courtney were from the original Smosh Squad, meaning by default that the only original Smosh Games member to be unmarried is Sohinki.
- As well as being the first to get married, Lasercorn was also the first member to both become a parent and to have a second child. Flitz and Joven became parents in 2020 and 2022 respectively.
- Prior to 2017, it seemed to be an unwritten rule that all Smosh Games members had to use some kind of nickname as their online persona. The first member to join who wasn't known as something other than their given name was Damien.
- Mari and Wes's names still apply to this rule, as they use nicknames for their online work rather than their full first names. However, they are unique among the first seven Smosh Games members for using a shortened version of their first names as a nickname, though both have used longer online names in the past.
- None of the original Smosh Squad members use nicknames on a regular basis. However, later additions Kimmy, Jackie, and Tommy all use shortened versions of their first names.
- Almost every Smosh Family member has at least one sibling, whether fully related or only on one side.
- Ian and Damien each have one older sister.
- Olivia has one younger half-sister.
- Sohinki, Noah and Jackie all have two older brothers.
- Shayne also has two older brothers (sometimes identified as his half-brothers).
- Anthony has two half-brothers.
- Joven and Lasercorn both have at least one brother.
- Mari has one older brother.
- Keith has three sisters and one half-brother. He has also had a total of six stepsiblings.
- Amanda has 3 sisters (two older, 1 younger).
- Spencer has 2 sisters.
- Wes and Courtney are both one of seven children.
- Wes is known to have two younger brothers and one younger sister (at least two of which may be his half-siblings), and Courtney has three older sisters and three brothers (one older, two younger).
- Flitz apparently has several half-siblings.
- Boze has never explicitly mentioned whether or not she has siblings. According to Famous Birthdays, she has one brother and one sister.[9]
- Angela has one younger brother.[10]
- Arasha has been mentioned to have a brother, most likely older than her.
- Chanse has at least 2 younger siblings. A brother and sister.[11]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ (@) on Facebook
- ↑ David Moss ([https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtE8oLo5cCZqwC7kmeGOlA Lazercorn) "Lasercorn's 1st Vlog!" at 6:49] on the {{{4}}} YouTube channel
- ↑ "WHO KNOWS ME BEST CHALLENGE! (Squad Vlogs)" at 20:14 on Smosh Pit
- ↑ "OUR WEIRD SECRETS EXPOSED (Board AF)" at 7:59 on Smosh Games
- ↑ Damien Haas on Famous Birthdays
- ↑ "OUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EACH OTHER (Story Time)" at 13:50 on Smosh Pit
- ↑ Kimmy & Amanda Play 2 Truths 1 Lie - YouTube
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/wearemoongoon/
- ↑ Ericka Bozeman on Famous Birthdays
- ↑ https://twitter.com/pizzaruben/status/979863502658482177?s=20
- ↑ Our Weirdest Holiday Traditions | Smosh Mouth 26 (youtube.com)