ICarly
| ICarly | |
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| File:ICarlylogo2.jpg The show's title card, showing from left to right, Jennette McCurdy, Miranda Cosgrove, and Nathan Kress, excluding Jerry Trainor. | |
| Created by | Dan Schneider |
| Starring | Miranda Cosgrove Jennette McCurdy Nathan Kress Jerry Trainor |
| Opening theme | "Leave It All To Me" sung by Miranda Cosgrove featuring Drake Bell |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 21 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Dan Schneider Jacob Kaplan |
| Running time | 22 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon YTV |
| Release | September 8, 2007 – present |
iCarly is an American television series aimed at young teens and preteens, which premiered on September 8, 2007 and is currently aired on the TV channel, Nickelodeon. It first aired on YTV a month later on October 8, 2007, and now concurrently airs on The N. The show first aired on Nickelodeon UK in Easter 2008. It is set to air on Nickelodeon Australia in May 2008. iCarly is also the first show to have the audience send video clips to the offical website.[citation needed]
The series stars Miranda Cosgrove as title character Carly Shay. Carly creates a webcast Internet program (also called iCarly) with her best friends, Sam, played by Jennette McCurdy, and Freddie, played by Nathan Kress.
Main Characters
Carly Shay
Carly Shay is the 13-year old girl who created a webshow (iCarly) which quickly makes her and Sam online celebrities. She works with her best friend, Sam, whom she describes as "rude and obnoxious". In iCarly's pilot episode "iPilot", it is said her father is in the Navy (in a submarine 3 miles underwater), leaving her 26-year old brother Spencer, who is also her legal guardian, in charge of her. Carly frequently drinks decaffeinated coffee (Spencer switches it when she's not looking) and she has asthma, although Carly has not had an asthma attack since she was 7. Carly and Sam have been friends for 5 years (they became friends when Sam pushed Carly and stole her sandwich and Carly pushed her back and took her food back). Carly enjoys getting smoothies at Groovy Smoothies. Carly is constantly trying to stop her best friend Sam and Freddie from arguing.
Samantha "Sam" Puckett
Her real first name is Samantha, but her friends call her Sam for short. Sam is best friends with Carly and Freddie-, but often torments Freddie for her own personal game. Sam is Carly's co-host in iCarly. In one episode, it is revealed she hates work of any kind. She has a picture of music stars, most notably Drake Bell, who plays Drake Parker in Drake and Josh. She also likes Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's, as revealed in one episode. She likes ham, turkey bacon, and bacon flavored bubble gum. Sam is extremely aggressive, obnoxious, and rebellious. Sam has a tendency to commit theft and break-ins (she can expertly pick a lock and takes people's food on several occasions). Sam spends most of her time at Carly's house, and makes herself at home there in order to avoid her mother, who is an extremely poor caregiver. It is revealed that Sam was born in a bus. Sam is almost always in detention, and it is revealed in "iStakeout" that around half of her family members are what she says are "dangerous". Sam is portrayed by Jennette McCurdy.
Fredward "Freddie" Benson
Freddie is Carly's other best friend who pretends to hate Sam (who teases him mercilessly), but doesn't actually or does he. He is the tech producer of iCarly, and also Carly's across-the-hall neighbor. Freddie has a monsterously large crush on Carly, and is something of a pushover because of it (though he does have his limits,) he will do virtually anything for Carly. In "iSpy on a Mean Teacher", it is revealed that Freddie is highly allergic to bees. Freddie is a tech-whiz who can do almost anything with a computer. His mother is extremely precautionary and paranoid, and forces Freddie to do outrageous sanitary tasks, including signing a contract saying that he shampooed twice after every shower, and rubbing anti-tick and 'cloudblock' lotion on him. In "iStakeout" it is revealed that his full name is Fredward, and Sam has called him this once. Freddie is portrayed by Nathan Kress.
Spencer Shay
Carly's 26-year-old brother and legal guardian. It is revealed in the episode "iWanna Stay With Spencer" that he dropped out of law school to become an artist, and is usually seen working on a new sculpture. He also stayed at law school for 3 days, as shown in "iGot a Sponsor" He is kind, goofy and caring, and his nickname is Spence. He is also single, as he is seen dating or hitting on women in various episodes. He also spends much of his time at the local junkyard, gathering supplies for sculptures. He has many glowing, colorful, and bright socks, provided by his friend Socko, and glowing, colorful, and bright ties, provided by Socko's brother, Tyler. Spencer is portrayed by Jerry Trainor, who also plays "Crazy Steve", a movie theatre worker in Drake and Josh. Jerry and Miranda Cosgrove worked together in Drake and Josh.
Recurring Characters
Ms. Francine Briggs
Ms. Francine Briggs is a mean teacher at Carly's school whom she and her friends like to make jokes about. She also taught at the school when Spencer was a student. She has a crush on Randy Jackson and has lots of pictures of him in her closet and a talking cardboard cut-out of him, plus assorted Jackson-related merchandise. Francine is fond of exercising, as seen in "iSpy a Mean Teacher", in her spare time. According to Sam's blog on iCarly.com, she tampered with the school computer system and she apparently got Miss Briggs fired (after that episode, she was not seen any more, so Sam did get her fired, maybe). However, she was mentioned in a later episode, iHeart Art, so they apparently realized that she was supposed to be there and re-hired her. Francine is portrayed by Mindy Sterling.
Ms. Benson
Ms. Benson is Freddie's extremely rude and overprotective mother. She often embarrasses Freddie in front of his friends, and is overbearing, nosy, and prone to loud outbursts. She made Freddie take swimming lessons in a thong. She also broke into Freddie's school to put "cloud block" on him so he won't get "cloudburn". And even worse, she told many people that Freddie is a bedwetter so he would get attention. It was revealed in "iRue the Day" that Ms. Benson doesn't give Freddie much allowance ($8 a month) because she's afraid that he will buy a bus ticket and leave her (However, in one episode, Freddie says that Ms. Benson's reason isn't so crazy, so that suggests he doesn't like his mother very much and that he will eventually leave his mother without her permission whether she likes it or not). Ms. Benson despises Spencer so much and always keeps an eye on him because she is afraid that he will put her son in danger. She also gets angry with Carly because she doesn't know why she doesn't return Freddie's feelings. Ms. Benson is portrayed by Mary Scheer.
Jeremy
Jeremy is a sickly kid at Carly's school. He has been constantly sneezing and coughing since first grade. Sam, Freddie and Carly refer to him as "Germy", since he is the germiest kid in school. He is apparently a technology person, like Freddie, as he once went into a convention of technological things. Jeremy is portrayed by Nathan Pearson. When Freddie left iCarly Jeremy turned into iCarly's tech producer.
Minor characters
- Lewbert: Lewbert is the doorman of Carly and Freddie's apartment complex, who is notorious for stealing cookies from small children. He has a large wart on his left cheek which Carly and Sam named "Little Lewbert." He tends to get irritated when too many people are in his lobby (especially after he's just mopped). He is a victim (without knowing) in the iCarly segment "Messin' with Lewbert." Lewbert is also a self-proclaimed jerk, frequently misinforming the residents of the complex and starting loud, obnoxious arguments.
- Grandfather Shay (Greg Mullavey): Grandfather Shay, frequently referred to as "Granddad", is Carly and Spencer's grandfather from Yakima, which is in Washington State. He originally felt Spencer is incompetent as a guardian, but changed his mind in "iWanna Stay With Spencer" after Spencer brought Carly her asthma inhaler "just in case." He exercises daily, a habit he cites as the reason behind his ability to walk on his hands.
- Nevel Papperman (Reed Alexander): Nevel is an 11-year-old web critic, whose website, Nevelocity.com (which, unlike iCarly, is not a real website), receives five million page views per day. He had a crush on Carly when he first met her, and began harboring a major grudge when she revealed that she did not feel the same way about him. He has since attempted to exact revenge upon the iCarly crew ranging from a dishonest review to breaking into the webcast with a virus which would ruin the Plain White T's performance, but thanks to the assistance of Carly's dad's war buddy Colonel Morgan, Nevel's plot was foiled. (Note: Typing nevelocity.com in your address bar redirects you to iCarly.com.). He is first seen in "iNevel", and last seen in "iRue the Day."
- Principal Ted Franklin (Tim Russ): Ted Franklin is the Principal of Carly's school. He is very fond of Carly and Freddie. He also got used to seeing Sam in his office and giving her detention on a regular basis (despite this, the two seem to be on good terms). Ted has kids who are iCarly fans.
- Wesley (Colin Spensor): Wesley is a short, schoolmate boy. He is shown all the time with a microphone, constantly beat-boxing. He is also a fan of iCarly.
- "Rip Off" Rodney (Mark Anthony): Rodney is a kid at Carly's school that is known for 3 things. 1, selling things, 2, ripping off people, and 3, getting detention on a regular basis like Sam. He once sold fake hall-passes, and got caught by miss spelling hall. He once sold a box of peacock feather tissues for $20, and Cuddlefish concert tickets for $100 each. He also sold burritos (that don't contain "quality meats") for 2 for $6 during iCarly's 50th Webcast Spectacular in detention. Despite his high prices they still pay the prices if it's an emergency. He was first seen in "iDon't Want to Fight." He also gets arrested a lot.
- Gibby (Noah Munck): Gibby is a kid at Carly's school, whom Sam constantly insults, blames for her actions, bothers, and apparently expells him when Sam tampered with the school computer system. Behind Freddie, he's Sam's second-favorite target for insulting. He likes spelling bees and Ryan Seacrest.
- Socko: is mentioned on various instances, getting supplies and socks (hence his name) for Spencer. Socko himself never appears, though he is occasionally heard faintly while conversing over the phone with Spencer. He has a brother named Tyler, who gets Spencer neckties (hence his name).
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | First airdate | Last airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 21 | September 8, 2007 | TBD |
Conflicts for Cancellation
There have been many conflicts due to iCarly being cancelled, but they end up getting through and saving the show.
- Carly leaving with Grandad- In "iWanna Stay With Spencer", Carly and Spencer's Grandad think Spencer is not responisible to take care of Carly, so he wants her to live with him in Yakama. In the end Grandad sees that Spencer's responsible when he knows everything on how to take care of her. Grandad says that he'll allow her to stay with him.
- Nevel hacking iCarly- In "iRue the Day", Nevel gets back at Carly and her friends by hacking their site. He tells them that they would rue the day, so he has control of iCarly. In the end, Carly calls Uncle Roger, a Military soldier and Carly and Spencer's dad's friend, and his troops to invaid Nevel's house to make him apologize to Carly and to make him never hack. In conclusion, Carly and her friends got Nevel to apologize and were able o have the Plain White Ts to perform on their webshow.
- Carly leaving to Elite Private School- In "iMight Switch Schools", Carly is invited to a Private Elite School to attend. Sam and Freddie don't want her to leave or else this will be the end of iCarly and their good times. This episode airs April 26, 2008.
Live specials
iCarly: Live From Hollywood
The iCarly cast was live from Pauley Pavilion in Hollywood, where the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards is held. The cast aired from 9/8c - 11/10c. Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer were at the Kids' Choice Awards because Spencer was hired to make a Kids' Choice Awards Blimp out of wiener dogs. Although Spencer was working on his sculpture, he happened to peek around the show, like the gift bags for the celebrities, going into Jack Black's Dressing Room, and stealing some mini wienies from the snack table. In the end, his sculpture was destroyed when the snack lady attacked him.
Awards
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards:
- 2008 Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite TV Show (Nominated)
Guest Stars
| Guest Star | Season | Character | Episode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Butler | 1 | Jake Krandle | iLike Jake |
| The Plain White T's | 1 | Themselves | iRue The Day |
| Aria Wallace | 1 | Mandy Valdez | iAm Your Biggest Fan |
| Oliver Muirhead | 1 | Harry Joyner | iHeart Art |
| Horace Jones | 1 | Mr. Howard | iGot Detention |
Trivia
 | This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (April 2008) |
- Spencer has a car in "iNevel", but he is riding the bus in "iPromote Techfoots". What happened to his car, it is not mentioned. In "iPromote Techfoots," Carly buys him a motorcycle with her promotion money.
- Dan Schneider has his shows almost cross worlds. For example, Daka Shoes is a company in his previous show Drake & Josh, but it is also one in iCarly. Another product is the clackers, a European toy that was introduced, again in Drake and Josh. The toy was seen again in the Zoey 101 episode "Rumor of Love."
- The iCarly website is seen in Zoey 101 in many episodes. Two examples are the episodes "Vince Is Back" and "Anger Management."
- Jennette McCurdy's character that was on Zoey 101, Trisha Kirby, in the episode Bad Girl acted exactly like Jennette's character, Sam Puckett on iCarly.
- Miranda Cosgrove and Jennette McCurdy have both guest-starred on Zoey 101, although not in the same episode. Miranda starred in the episode "Paige at PCA", and Jennette starred in "Bad Girl."
- In one episode ("iWanna Stay with Spencer"), Carly and Spencer's grandfather says that he is staying at the Parker-Nichols Hotel. Parker and Nichols are the last names of Drake and Josh respectively on Schneider's previous show, Drake & Josh.
- In the episode, "iWanna Stay With Spencer", when Carly is cleaning her locker, she places a GEO in the box. Two GEO's were seen in the Drake & Josh movie, "Drake & Josh Go Hollywood".
- In the episode iGot Detention, Sam tells Mr. Howard (guest starred by Horace Jones) that physical punishments goes against detention procedures. This is a reference to the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which bans cruel and unusual punishments.