Anthony

**Anthony** was an Iron Golem that served as a national guard from 2019 to his death the same year. He is known for being very cool, and for doing very good at his job. He was a member of the YouTube comedy group Smosh alongside his close friend, Ian. He was the adopted son of blockminer88.

He was murdered by explosives that were set off by thieving scum idiot LocalTheorist on February 18th, 2019.

## History

### As a member of Smosh

In 2002, Anthony and his best friend Ian created a website known as Smosh, where the two would do comedy sketches and lip-syncing videos. Eventually, in 2005, it evolved into an iconic YouTube channel, and the two would end up uploading hundreds of videos over the years, such as "SMOSH Assassin's Creed 3 Song [MUSIC VIDEO]". They would even go on to inspire the legendary Ghetto Smosh.

Eventually in 2016, after Smosh was acquired by Defy Media and began adding new members to the group. Anthony felt that a lot of their creative freedom was taken away and decided to leave Smosh. Though he still remained good friends with the other members, notably Ian and Courtney, and all of them would eventually work alongside him during Anthony's time as a national guard for Turtle Town,

### As a national guard

The mayor of Turtle Town, blockminer88, adopted Anthony at the age of 28. He was immediately promoted to the National Guard of Turtle Town. He was later promoted to Chief of the National Guards, becoming the leader of the group. He was murdered on February 18th, 2019 by explosives that were set off by EtheriDuckhead in front of blockminer88's house.

## Death

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LocalTheorist was someone who hated Smosh and Iron Golems. On February 18th, 2019, Etheri decided to kill Anthony by blowing him up with an explosive right outside of blockminer88's House. The police arrested Etheri for this. Etheri blamed his death on a creeper explosion, but the police found this suspicious since Iron Golems won't attack creepers.

Etheri was arrested by police, and the police made a statement saying that Etheri was involved in the murder of Anthony. It is still heavily debated on if Etheri is innocent or not, and Etheri still denies the fact that he did it, even going so far as to create a 30-minute video where he attempts to prove his innocence. Despite this, the police still ruled Anthony's death a murder and charged Etheri with the crime.

## Legacy

   After Anthony's death was announced to the public, the entire country of Taftia was devastated. Anthony left a large impact on the entirety of Turtle Town, as well as the country of Taftia as a whole. Many people viewed him as a role model and w often used as an example of "the perfect citizen". He won the award for "Person of the Year" in 2019 by TaftCraft Awards, and his murder was given the award for "Most Tragic Event of the Year".

Anthony was buried across the street from the Dollar Plant and Gun Store, next to Ian's grave. In 2022, a statue commemorating Anthony was built near the Turtle Town Theater.

## Awards and nominations

List of awards/nominations received from TaftCraft Awards.
 2019

## Gallery

The "Murderous Garfield photo", the last known photo of Anthony ever taken, which shows Anthony standing next to his murderer, Etheri, only one day before he died.