the first appearance of smosh cast members

[@smoshandgrab]

thanks to everyone who let me know spencer appeared before this. he was the hardest to pinpoint because every source I checked said something different!

[@brilab]

it’s hard to know the exact timeline when crew turns into cast

[@boredape1986]

So which video did he appear in then?

[@ItsCCMTV]

i think it was in a restaurant vlog @@boredape1986

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

I think he first appeared in summer games…….. i have no idea tho

[@macyhufford8586]

@@boredape1986 the smosh wiki says he's been crew since 2014 he's in a smosh game bang in 2015 with a fish mask on

[@SailHatinSoap]

Amanda: "you're insane" Angela "so are you" And thus a lifelong friendship began

[@bamboozla9977]

Was about to put the same then scrolled to see if anyone else had lol

[@XFallenFreakX]

thought the exact same.

[@aflo5411]

i don't think enough people appreciate chanse's first appearance, he EMBODIED that

[@fabrizziovillegasgiraldo5734]

I could not believe that was chanse first appearance, that was perfect, bro was made for smosh

[@wiggletonthewise2141]

He really came out swinging

[@trinitybernhardt9944]

I have seen that sketch. Never guessed it was his first.

[@shiningroses1789]

Fr

[@cutepiku]

The first time I saw that, I remember being like, damn I hope they use this guy more. He really nailed it.

[@allieisnothere8389]

Insane that Angela went so hard in her first appearance, but honestly so fitting

[@jackwhat5969]

Feral Guinea Pig energy right from the very start.

[@kngbee07]

true but tbf she has probably the most iconic improv experience and a previous fanbase so i think many of us werent surprised LMAO

[@KaraDaumueller-ez8sh]

Chanse too

[@kerahbundy5705]

I mean, honestly, why did I expect anything different?

[@jamessirot854]

She did the Willamina voice!

[@certifying]

Everyone seems so nervous and quiet as they get settled into their place then angela is the complete opposite, truly a performer, I love the dedication to the bit

[@blakewhite3131]

She wasted NO TIME being the MOST and I love her so much for it

[@jjuyeoni]

didn’t she talk about how she was so nervous the whole time and felt like she had to give it her all lol but still she did amazing, one of my favorite smosh characters

[@_lemony_tart]

Let's not forget tho that when Angela first appeared on Smosh she was 28 with lot's of experience in improv and musicals! The others where younger and with less experience. (Obviously I'm not taking anything out of her iconic first appearance! I love her)

[@Alyumic]

And then there's chanse who is well chanse

[@deljanae]

chanse popped off a bit too

[@evieroselane3602]

Could never have anticipated that Amanda’s first appearance would include her kissing Ian on the mouth

[@egret512]

She also said that the kiss was improvised Edit: and it was the first time she had met Ian

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

@@egret512 talk about making a first impression with your boss

[@hakijin]

Casting

[@xxasdoo7]

@@hakijincouch

[@BloomPlays1614]

Right, i got jealous

[@PeekaBB00]

It's kind of interesting when you realize that Olivia's first Smosh video was a brand deal for a movie that her future boyfriend was in.

[@RelaxAlexX]

Context? Who his future boyfriend?

[@PeekaBB00]

@@RelaxAlexX Sam Lerner. He was in Project Almanac, which was the movie that sponsored that video. He’s also made a good handful of appearances on Smosh over the years.

[@OctagonalSquare]

Butterfly effect goes hard

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Everyone looks pretty much the same and then there's Noah who literally looks about 12

[@1dareu2mov3]

Courtney looks quite a bit younger too.

[@RoKer13]

Courtney looks different and Noah doesn’t age lol

[@SailHatinSoap]

I didn't recognize Courtney until she started making sounds

[@g0thgfwastaken]

i bet it's the dye chemicals.

[@LavenderrLatte]

Aka, the same 😂

[@dylanvargas1985]

Oh My Gosh, Courtney lookes so different the first time she appered on smosh Bruh

[@blueberries408]

i wonder how old she was there, she looked like a kid haha

[@1991sth]

Yeah, I know she does also Damien sort of looks different compared to now

[@RollForGains]

Hooooly shit yes

[@caitvictoriaa3588]

she was 20@@blueberries408

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

@@blueberries408 19, nearly 20.

[@brilab]

amanda and angela have been gold together since the beginning

[@ShadowzinTh]

The fact that Angela has the WILDEST first appearance really matches her "now" energy

[@yourfriendlach]

So wild that Keith has been here for almost 10 years. Feels like they all just showed up

[@veganmax8015]

They should give him a funeral for his tenth anniversary

[@tjgamerwolf3336]

@@veganmax8015 I believe it's been stated before that he's not comfortable with doing one

[@veganmax8015]

@@tjgamerwolf3336 that's understandable

[@veganmax8015]

@@tjgamerwolf3336 esp after garretts

[@edgelordfawt]

@@veganmax8015what happened with garretts? i havent watched it

[@violetjade64]

courtney was sooo baby there 😭

[@SailHatinSoap]

It felt wrong seeing Courtney that young

[@wiggletonthewise2141]

Tiny Corbin

[@ibperson]

In the Tiny Car Mukbang 2023, they had a flashback to them surprising Courtney on her 20th birthday at Summer Games, and I all I thought was how she looked so much like she did in the middle school pictures and whatever. Then I realized she's 20, so of course she does. That was like 3 years before

[@SailHatinSoap]

@@ibperson middle school was more than 3 years before she turned 20.

[@ibperson]

@@SailHatinSoap A lot of the pictures we see are 3-10 years before. The 3 was just when they mostly end

[@joylecarullo1090]

The cast members needs to react to these ASAP

[@Jamjosh]

I just love the way Ian is just watching Angela being completely unhinged, committing to the bit and recognizing she's a perfect fit for the channel while Angela had no fucking clue she was sitting next to the president of the company and thought Noah was "the guy"

[@taptaptaps]

I remember hearing the story but not where she shared it. What video did she talk about this?

[@No.1guy]

I think its was a flashback with smosh video. Reacting to our compilations i believe i could be wromg tho ​@@taptaptaps

[@eliwarren1040]

@@taptaptaps it was reacting to our first smosh videos

[@alilwoozyhere]

That being Angela's first appearance just makes SO MUCH SENSE

[@ihatesponsorships]

her first appearance is going STRONG OMG

[@rhettmitchell]

It’s so crazy how recently some of the cast joined bc I cannot imagine Smosh without them 😵‍💫 I watched some of the viral stuff sporadically growing up of course, but i never seriously watched until I randomly saw some video of Amanda, and I’ve been hooked ever since

[@TheCrazeace]

I know! Like I am quite surprised that Arasha and Chanse basically debuted on Smosh like half a year ago. Feels like they've been around for a long time considering the fit in so well with the group

[@ryderls2729]

A huge part of Smosh will die if Shayne ever leaves

[@feliciteacup]

i only started watching them in december 2023 so sometimes ill click on older videos and be like who are these people lmao

[@ΟΑυγολεμονος]

@@feliciteacup That is interesting to think about cause it is how i feel with the new videos

[@joshua.h]

Courtney saying "that was a weird sound" during the high five thing was foreshadowing to a certain academy.

[@Mellun-P]

I HAD THE EXACT SAME THOUGHT

[@BenjaminIdle]

Felt

[@DemonicChicken22]

Wdym?

[@tjgamerwolf3336]

my brain just exploded, so hard I fully thought and wrote blain before I had to go back and correct it back to brain

[@DemonicChicken22]

@Hsple0 I totally forgot about that

[@stephanievicente4359]

Chanse, amanda, and Angela are just straight up hardcor3 😭😂😂

[@Juriee.e]

I love them even more after watching this 😆

[@Kyrazi]

Angela's first appearance being a demon child from hell is too accurate

[@kg4wwn]

Surprised she didn't decide to do a bit instead, honestly.

[@isskyokay]

0:11 Keith 2:13 Olivia 3:35 Noah 3:58 Courtney 5:50 Shayne 6:06 Damien 6:31 Spencer 7:13 Kimmy 8:44 Tommy 9:50 Jackie 11:46 Amanda 13:31 Trevor 14:09 Chanse 14:53 Arasha 18:19 Angela

[@manic_melodies]

Thank you!!!

[@amosbehavedcalm]

Didn't realize Angela's the MOST RECENT one in terms of appearance

[@rolandverde8771]

​@@amosbehavedcalmshe's the little sister of smosh

[@pavanbiliyar]

They came in sets of three every couple of years.

[@BrotherGothel]

I really need smosh to react to this, this is really cool to learn everyone's start at smosh.

[@sams.garden]

Oh ikr it would be so cool

[@JeansXoX]

I love the fact that Angela thought Noah was Ian and he was the boss because he was hosting lol

[@MG-mn7ig]

Do you know where she talks about it? Is it in a video?

[@broomstickarms5665]

@@MG-mn7ig “we react to your compilations” from last thanksgiving

[@zadegetsfaded]

the best part of Angelas first video you can see Amanda falling in love with her :) they really are sisters

[@SouLeozinho]

I knew Spencer edited for Smosh Games for ages before appearing on camera, but I'm still shocked he's in videos with Boze. They are in 2 very different eras in my head.

[@jonasfilmstudio]

4:14 you’re telling me that’s COURTNEY?? never in a million years would I have recognized her! Only by her voice …

[@27aphelps]

She looks like Taylor swift

[@HeatMiserr]

She was in a way earlier food battle video, believe in 2012

[@mayamagination]

Ikr her face is totally different

[@abbie_joan]

it's really is amazing how a style change can make some look completely different

[@threeleggedcat]

I was so sure Shayne’s first appearance was as Tom Cruise

[@theepoopydoodoo]

His first main channel appearance, but he first did appear as the ref is Smosh Summer Games.

[@Chutte_Mi]

@@theepoopydoodoo Wait reallly???? Ive been watching smosh way before summer games was a thing and I rememebr seeing Shayne before games....i must be trippin

[@CommanderLexaa]

​@@Chutte_Mi He would appear as a ref in smosh games too I'm pretty sure

[@theepoopydoodoo]

@Chutte_Mi sometimes we misremember stuff fam, all good. But I for sure remember 1st seeing Shayne in Summer Games like "who is this guy"

[@scarlettmi]

He did all of the first Summer Games as the ref, then a bunch of Every Blank Ever sketches, then the Tom Cruise is my Roommate sketch.

[@martispartis05]

They all look young but wow courtney had such a baby face😭❤️

[@andresmendieta7012]

I appreciate the addition of Jackie even if she’s moved to New York and not with the company anymore. Miss home girl 💔💔💔

[@mac_ni_ghairadh]

Some of the first appearances I knew, some I had no clue, and some were a surprise. I remember Keith’s first appearance, I had no idea when Arasha showed up, and Damien’s I got wrong. It’s cool seeing where they all started

[@TrueYoungDax]

Fr I thought he first appeared on a show with no name episode

[@TotoDG]

It's so bizarre that Shayne is such a big part of Smosh as a whole, yet three other members of the main cast had appeared in videos before him.

[@Mourmo12]

Other than Ian and Anthony, Shayne and Courtney are the main faces of Smosh. They’ve been the ones most consistently there for almost 10 years. I’d be devastated if they ever left.

[@bensneb360]

Of course THAT is Angela’s first appearance, why wouldn’t it be lol

[@ThePi314Man]

Angela is every bit as unhinged in her first showing as she is every other appearance she makes.

[@kytykat]

i love that angela’s been breaking amanda since the beginning of

[@1dareu2mov3]

How am I just now finding out Courtney is left-handed? Me too! 😎

[@RoKer13]

Same, lefties are the besties 😂

[@Mcjojo308]

@@RoKer13mind making this a trio with the token gay (even doe I’m pan)

[@RTMonitor]

Neurodivergency can also be considered as humanity's left hand, too 😊

[@jahnabanana]

Arasha is too! SMOSH LEFTY GANG RISE

[@RoKer13]

@@jahnabanana No wonder I like her. Her brain is like mine lol

[@jahnabanana]

I regularly use the Shayne "don't be a fucking dick" GIF, it's so USEFUL. :P

[@evelyns5258]

14:35 chanse was destined to be the manager of the Spud Hut from day one

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

You included Trevor! Nice!

[@Mcjojo308]

That’s what I said

[@lena__lu]

i can't wait for him to be in more videos soon

[@ink6637]

it's fun to see that Damien's first appearance was with a dude that is dressed like present day Damien

[@1991sth]

I never knew that Tommy and Spencer first appeared on Smosh Games because I don't really watch much of Smosh Games

[@rhettmitchell]

Smosh Games hardly feels different from Smosh Pit at all, all kinds of bangers there too

[@violetjade64]

​@@rhettmitchellimo current smosh ganes is actually better than current smosh pit lolmao

[@smishsmashsmosh]

@@violetjade64 same 🫢

[@1Shadowz]

same. my first time seeing spencer was his "straight white man" bit on TNTL

[@Gnomey97]

You're missing out! Smosh games is so great! Check out their moose master series it kills me!

[@alantarazona]

It's amazing that Angela's first appearance was BAZANKA, THE DEMON hgahahhaa

[@ki0riginal]

I like to imagin that Shayne just went to smosh with Famien one day and dumpt him on the games crew as if tgey were a daycare🤣

[@newwaveplus]

Chanse's first appearance might be favorite, dude is so fucking expressive

[@JunkyardBashSteve]

Angela first appearing as Bazanka really set the stage for her future batshit character arc

[@binxwaxcap7832]

You can really tell that Courenty was like fresh out of her mormon girl era and Damien was straight off the disney channel train. They looked so baby faced

[@garbomode29]

courtney was a mormon??

[@ezraxelle]

@@garbomode29 yep

[@8snuc]

i miss when boze was on smosh, she does her own true crime channel now Boze vs the world 😍

[@esinger23]

Great video! I loved seeing everyone’s debut

[@T1J]

i love how they never make a big deal out of it, they're just like "hey a new person's here. ok lets start"

[@ViKatamari]

Everyone aged like fine wine

[@eslesss]

I remember Chanse's first appearance sooo well. He was really the standout in the whole video

[@rylout1786]

omg thank you i have been looking for keith’s forever now bc i remember it vaguely but didn’t know what video specifically. and it was first too!!!!

[@chloehooperart]

who would think two kids singing and dancing to the power rangers theme song could built a whole entertainment company. This is the most inspiring channel I've watched

[@k_Emptyhead]

I feel like the past members need to be here too

[@JSGaming0327]

Amazing video!!! I had no idea some of these members have been around for so many years!! I’ve been watching Smosh since 2013 and I thought Tommy, Damien and a few others came in more recently but they’ve been here for a long time!!! 🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣💙💙💙💙✨✨✨

[@Chutte_Mi]

Nice vid! Also, I have seen Spencer in a Smosh Summer Games vlog in 2015. So ig technically that was his first appearance. Since hes been a crew member since 2014

[@radlee974]

Daaaamn… Jackie looks soooooo good with that bigger, looser Afro in the office sketch! (Though my all-time-favorite hairstyle on her has got to be when she was rocking those awesome braids!) Also, I miss her horribly!! (However I am also _very_ happy for her and I wish her nothing but incredible success going forward!! 💜)

[@robbieboydudeguy]

Courtney’s art skills have improved so much ❤

[@LateLastNight]

This was really cool to see. Good job!

[@derekmaverick5986]

There’s some poetic justice to Damien essentially being smormu’d into smosh existence “This is Damian, look everyone it’s Damien”

[@PandanaJim]

Of course Angela plays a demon in her first video

[@gilly_axolotl]

The face chanse makes for the laugh at 14:20 is crazy omg

[@loganferrales427]

5:29 “That was a weird sound” And so it begins..

[@Arkatox]

Lowkey really sad to see all the Smosh Games people who left when Defy shut down in Damien's first video. A couple of them have had some unfortunate scandals, but I'd kill to get Boze or Sohinki to guest on some modern Smosh videos, Games or Pit.

[@jamesbedwell8793]

What do you mean scandals? I haven't been keeping up with all the news, did I miss something big?

[@broomstickarms5665]

@@jamesbedwell8793Flitz left Smosh because of allegations that turned out to not be true. I think Wes just never came back to Smosh after they got bought by Mythical, but he did have some weird allegations afterwards that are possibly true. Sohinki also just bailed after Defy collapsed and never came back.

[@jamesbedwell8793]

@@broomstickarms5665 I'm pretty sure Sohinki and Lasercorn (and possibly Joven?) were already technically gone before the collapse. They've mentioned on OgSoG that they pre-recorded a bunch of videos and some random clips so that it seemed like they were with the company for much longer. Surprised about Flitz though, he was always such a positive character, I don't even know where allegations could come from.

[@OsirisT]

I bet Courtney was dying at the fact that she was sitting next to Ian and Anthony from Smosh 😂

[@hwells64]

damien looking at wes for the first time knowing hes going to take his entire style when he leaves

[@jjrambles683]

Courtney looks like a high schooler who's been in her horse girl phase for way too long

[@rustycottonprograms1342]

I was looking for something like this for months! Thanks for this!

[@jayemel]

Olivia's first appearence has one of the most giant coincidences ever, her first was a advertising for a movie called Project Almanac, years later she would eventually enter a long term relationship with Sam Lerner, one of the main actors of the movie.

[@gia380]

I totally forgot boze was on smosh until this video

[@Losertunes.mp3]

I started watching around when Shayne joined and watched on and off for years but stopped in 2021 now I watch them every single day and it’s honestly emotional seeing how much they’ve grown as a company, cast, and as people in general I feel like now with so many new members and with Anthony back they’ve finally found their “sound” as a channel they inspire so many people me included and I can’t wait to look back at this in 5+ years after hopefully many more changes !!! :)

[@juanperret7044]

seeing Flitz and Sohinki is like a trip back through time

[@jahnabanana]

It took Spencer 3 years to appear on camera? He started editing for them in 2014. May is his 10-year!!!! (Also he looks so BABEY here.)

[@niazkordei]

it blows my mind that keith, olivia, courtney, noah and shayne have been on the channel for 9-10 years like if you told me they joined last year i would believe you

[@sketchycat6223]

Cool to see the evolution of different Smosh eras over the years

[@NateyCat]

I love how everyone of the main cast members has been brought on, or stuck around, and honestly have only improved over time. And baby Courtney was adorable and she’s again only gotten better in. Well. Everything. Confidence, comedy, being comfortable ‘being Courtney’. She’s such a gem. And everyone else is great too ❤

[@elitettelbach4247]

This was such a cool look back on the cast! I knew some of these immediately, whereas other ones caught me by surprise that that was their first appearance. Also this made me miss Boze so much! She was my favorite on Smosh Games. I watch her true crime channel from time to time because I love her energy, even though the content is not my usual cup of tea.

[@ibperson]

3:34 Coming back to this and realizing the joke Shayne made when they reacted to this, "and that's the whole gang." Madi was supposed to be part of the squad, but wasn't hired. It's a lot funnier now.

[@ellesbelles64]

Do you remember which video they reacted to that one in? I would love to watch that!

[@ibperson]

@@ellesbelles64 I think it's just called Reacting To Our Old Videos (Squad Vlogs)

[@ellesbelles64]

@@ibperson You were spot on, I found it!! Thank you!

[@manic_melodies]

Omigosh I thought he said that cuz Anthony had left not too long before this! That's my bad haha

[@svevo]

It's amazing that Bazanka has been playing that Angela character for so long now. Talk about dedication!

[@KittyKatAspen]

4:34 sometimes you forget just how different someone can look just by parting their hair different.

[@theepoopydoodoo]

If this is for former cast members too like the Smosh Games members, old cast members like Saige and Ify.

[@nicholasnovent2293]

i think saige and ify only 1 year contract for the twitch smosh games, i remember somewhere after the twitch, ify want to focus on his fam and his own teitch, while saige, idk kinda shad, almost all of the cast unfollow him, including damien (maybe broke up) but yeaa... i loved them both and still especially ify he's so funny

[@livplusrose]

i love how you can see courtney’s different hair colours throughout the video 😭💕

[@TM.BECK14]

Thanks for this, it was fun to see! I haven't actually seen most of these 1st appearances since I only watched Smosh the first year or 2 it started and got back into watching it last year, so there's a whole bunch in the middle I haven't caught up on yet.

[@FoxBD]

That wasn't Angela's first appearance. It's was a video of the girls playing with the Ouiji Board & then a shot down to Hell where "Bazanka" was freaking out about the piece of hers moving on the board.

[@TM.BECK14]

Angela has said herself that this was her first appearance

[@FoxBD]

@@TM.BECK14 For an entire video, the first appearance was a small clip.

[@namastedown]

I think Chanse's entrance is my favorite here! He really brought some theatre to that silly little skit, and I respect it!

[@4skin595]

Spencers first appearance was in "what are those (beauty products gone wrong)"

[@ilan_profile]

PLEASE THEY NEED TO DO A REACT VIDEO TO THIS

[@OsirisT]

I can't believe they introduced Damien as "Shayne's friend" Noooooo lmao forever living in his shadow 😭

[@therickster6089]

This year marks 10 years since Keith joined Smosh! Happy 10th anniversary, Keith!

[@UserNameGenerated]

Angela's intro to Smosh is absolute insanity.

[@moontheloon5]

This was so fun! I remember seeing most of these first time around. The one where Spenser was grasping the butt and Boze told him "you don't have to put your hands on it!" made me do a spit-take😂 Do one with all the OG game squad, please🙏

[@Lemon_Sainto]

Id like to see the LAST appearance of people that we didnt know were leaving.

[@lysmoriarty6818]

i never even watched that much old smosh as a kid so why did that power rangers theme make me legitimately emotional

[@jackganthier1381]

It’s crazy that in Damien’s first video, the guy on the left with the VR headset looks like Damien now.

[@foks0054]

Chanse KILLED that lmao

[@girli-with-an-i]

19:13 and so one of the most iconic friendships is formed 😂 Fr tho as a new smosh fan (like within the past month) Jesus this is such an intro for Angela 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@Mack10011]

sometimes i forget that spencer didn't just spawn in sometime durning the mythical era of smosh

[@ye3s146]

5:31 Courtney: ‘yeah that was a weird sound’ THE FORESHADOWING

[@creativesparks2164]

Omg all my favs came at the second half

[@treyaranza1839]

That iconic cd wall at the beginning, I remember thinking it was so cool in highschool 😂

[@kqirva]

Not Spencer’s first vid, his first proper vid was the beauty products what’re those? with joven and flitz back in like December 2016

[@theepoopydoodoo]

Yup!

[@You-bn3sh]

Yep! I definitely remember seeing him a couple times during the defy era. He also made an appearance in costume on the games channel in a game bang October 2015. That’s the earliest memory I have of him anyway