Battle Of The Pop Stars

Battle Of The Pop Stars is the twelfth episode of the first season of Smosh: The Animated Series. It aired on August 15 in the United States.

Sypnosis
In order to prevent Daimon from keeping his friends and all the other boys and girls brainwashed with a music-based evil plot, Anthony goes undercover by becoming a famous pop star.

Plot
The episode begins with Anthony watching a news report about Daimon's newly-found glory as a pop singer on the TV. He goes to tell Ian not to listen to any of Daimon's music but when he enters Ian's room, he finds him listening to the music and he proves himself immune to the song. Zayn, who is in the room with Ian, tells him that he and Ian both like Daimon's music and want to hear the rest of the album. Anthony tries to warn everybody else but most of the people in the Smosh mansion like Daimon's music save for a few boys like Niall and Len, as Niall has decorated his half of the room with Len's merchandise while Len has decorated his half of the room with Jonas Brothers merchandise.

Upon telling his housemates that Daimon is signing autographs at the music shop, Ian takes most of them over there to get Daimon's autograph. Anthony overhears this and suspects that something is fishy so he shows up to the music shop to investigate but Eggman waves him off by telling him that only musical personnel are allowed. This gives Anthony the idea of becoming a famous pop star, as he likes pop songs, and he quickly choreographs several dance routines and records some songs in which he writes the lyrics. After this, he tries to think of stage name suggestions but Tom and Danny, who have come over to the mansion to check on him, suggest to each other that he settle on using just Anthony Padilla, hence the latter's name. Anthony decides to go with it.

With that sorted, Anthony shows up to the World Crossover City Leisure Center, where the after show party is being set up. Eggman tries to wave him off again but Anthony says that he is Daimon's opening act and shows off his singing and dancing skills which earns him entrance to the site, where Daimon and Plankton are talking about how Daimon's fame is going. When Doofenshmirtz asks Daimon how his evil scheme is coming along, Daimon tells him that it is going perfect and that any boy or girl within a five mile radius will become a mindless product consuming zombie. Anthony overhears this and tries to warn everyone in the city and despite being unable to convince most people including Ian and most of the rest of his housemates, he is able to convince Sonic, Niall, Harry, Kaito, Len and Tails. Suddenly, Evil Anthony shows up and says that only the frequency from the good Anthony's singing can break the mind control over the others and as such provides Anthony with the Measure-O-Meter, a handheld device that he built because he knew that Daimon was going to mess with Anthony in the first place.

Later that night, the boys go to a concert being given by Daimon at the Pepsi Center only to hear from Eggman that Daimon has had to cancel at the last minute. This gives Anthony the chance to go onto the stage and perform in front of the entire crowd. The frequency from his singing during his first song only frees a few people including Ian, Manic and a few girls including Alex, Rin and Miku. So after the first song, Sonic provides Anthony with an electric guitar for the next song. During the song, Anthony uses his guitar to knock over Daimon, who was actually tied up backstage by Eggman, and destroy the mind control device thus freeing everybody else from the mind control spell and making them fans of his which begins with them buying his newly-made merchandise while throwing Daimon's merchandise away. Daimon, upon hearing that Anthony will be recording music in addition to his Smosh duties with Ian, vows revenge on Smosh and leaves the arena with his gang while Anthony continues to perform his concert with the crowd cheering him on.

Two days later, Anthony tells Tom and Danny about his adventure and they both praise him for his actions. He then says that he was worried that he might have broken a nail but Danny tells him that this is considered a ladies' accident.

The episode ends with Anthony writing a book based on his adventure while explaining the adventure itself in a voiceover narration as usual. He explains that everyone's into his music now and that his songs are better than Daimon's and therefore, his music is safer to handle as it is. He then finishes his narration by advising kids to pursue their dreams of becoming a famous singer.