ICarly

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***iCarly*** is an American teen sitcom. It had a substantial following among children, older teens, and adults. It aired from September 8, 2007 to November 23, 2012 on Nickelodeon.

This was the longest running live-action situation comedy in Nickelodeon history until July 27, 2019 as Henry Danger became the longest running live action sitcom after airing a two part special titled Henry Danger: The Musical, and is the third longest running live-action Nickelodeon show overall, behind *All That* which ran for 171 episodes throughout ten seasons. A revival of the show was announced on December 9, 2020 on Paramount+.

*iCarly* has been streaming on Paramount+ since October 2020. On February 8, 2021, Netflix (in America) released the first three seasons on the platform. (Season 1-3) This includes the four one hour episodes from Seasons 2-3.

## Plot

iCarly follows a 13-year-old teenage girl, named Carly Shay who lives with her older brother, who gets in trouble for vandalisin her teacher's picture, Miss Briggs, when it was actually her best friend, Sam Puckett. They are then punished and are forced to do the talent show auditions and a geek, Freddie, records it. He then records Sam and Carly making fun of their teacher, Miss Briggs and it gets posted on the internet. It then goes viral, so Carly, Sam and Freddie start a webcast called "iCarly". Later in the show, Gibby joins

## Open Credits

**Freddie:** In, **5,4,3,2**

(Upbeat Music)

**Carly:** I know you see

Somehow the world will change for me

And be so wonderful

Live life, breathe air

I know somehow we're gonna get there

And feel so wonderful

And it's all real

I'm telling you just how I feel

So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be

There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see

The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be

So give me your best and leave the rest to me

I know it's time

To raise the hand that draws the line

And be so wonderful

Golden sunshine

I know somehow it's gonna be mine

And feel so wonderful

Show me what you can become

There's a dream in everyone

And it's all real

I'm telling you just how I feel

So wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be

There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see

The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be

So give me your best and leave the rest to me

Leave it all to me (leave it all to me)

So make it right (make it alright)

And see it through (you got to)

You know won't be free until you

Wake up the members of my nation, it's your time to be

There's no chance unless you take one and the time to see

The brighter side of every situation, some things are meant to be

So give me your best and leave the rest to me

Leave it all to me, (leave it all to me), leave it all to me, just leave it all to me

## Cast

### Main Cast

* Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay (2007-2012) 97 episodes

* Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett (2007-2012) 95 episodes (She was in the hospital during the filming of an episode; the episode was probably improvised (they said that Sam got arrested), and it was called iWon't Cancel The Show. She also didn't appear in IBloop.)

* Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson (2007-2012) 96 episodes (He didn't appear in IBloop.)

* Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay (2007-2012) 97 episodes

* Noah Munck as Gibby Gibson (2007-2012) 60 episodes *(21 Episodes as a Recurring Character from 2007-2010/Season 3. 39 Episodes as a Main Character from 2010-2012/Season 4-5).*

### Characters

Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove) is the 13-year-old (17/18 in season 5) star of her own popular web show, iCarly, which she produces with her two best friends, Sam and Freddie. Sam acts as her co-star, while Freddie is the producer and technical director. She lives with her 26-year-old brother Spencer in Bushwell Plaza, a fictional apartment building in Seattle. Her father is a Colonel in the Army, stationed on a submarine, and what happened to her mother is unknown. Carly is known as a local celebrity which sometimes helps her get out of sticky situations, but remains an average teenage girl who never lets fame get to her head. Carly is quite intelligent, and hates to lie about anything or anyone, implied in the episode iPromise Not to Tell, where she was overcome by guilt when forced to keep Sam's trouble-making a secret. Carly has very high grades in school, and was even offered a scholarship to Briarwood Academy, an elite private school. Carly gets most things she wants, such as boyfriends (Griffin, Austin, Shane, Jake, etc.) and stuff (a new room with a new bed, ice-cream sandwich love seat, automatic hairdryer, etc.). Spencer spoils her slightly but he takes care of her, as seen in iWanna Stay With Spencer.

### Samantha "Sam" Puckett

Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is Carly's 13-year-old (17/18 in season 5) best friend and co-host of iCarly. While she's also friends with Freddie, their relationship is strained at best, since Sam enjoys torturing Freddie (but they help each other when they need help). Sam tends to be the opposite of her best friend; while Carly is the level-headed one, Sam is argumentative, hot-tempered, sarcastic, stubborn, and at times intimidating. Sam is almost always at Carly's apartment to get away from her family; it's implied that she has a dysfunctional home life and an unreliable mother, who apparently never wakes up before 12:00pm (midday), and is supported more by Sam than vice versa. Sam is a bit of a bully, her main targets being Freddie, classmate Gibby, and anyone else who crosses her. Sam is also a trouble maker and extremely lazy, and as a result she often gets in trouble with Principal Ted Franklin, and other teachers in school. She has an appointment with Principal Franklin every Tuesday, where they discuss the trouble she has gotten in over the last week. She has been proved to be a very good liar in many episodes, and even taught Spencer to lie in one episode. She has had many boyfriends, her last known one being Freddie Benson. The two of them broke up in the episode iLove You.

### Fredward "Freddie" Benson

Fredward "Freddie" Benson (Nathan Kress) is the 13-year-old (17/18 in season 5) technical producer of iCarly and Carly's neighbor

across the hall, where he lives with his obsessively-protective mother. He has had a huge crush on Carly since the beginning of the show, and she sometimes appears to be amused by this. (See Creddie) While he and Sam are friends, he bears the brunt of her abuse, and they have a volatile relationship. (See Seddie) Freddie has been shown to have had three girlfriends in the show: a girl with ulterior motives named Valerie (in the episode iWill Date Freddie), Carly (after he saved her life in iSaved Your Life), and then Sam Puckett (as of iLost My Mind until iLove You). Freddie is also particularly close to Carly's brother Spencer, whom he tends to rely on as an older male figure who he comes to for advice (See Fencer).

### Spencer Shay

Spencer Shay (Jerry Trainor) is Carly's 26-year-old (30 in season 5) brother and legal guardian. He is an artist by profession and is an impressive sculptor. He is goofy, weird, and sometimes immature (which sometimes embarrasses Carly), but he has also proven to others that he is a responsible guardian to Carly in the episode iWanna Stay With Spencer. Spencer went to law school for three days, and his marginal law knowledge has occasionally proven useful to Carly and her friends, such as in the episode iPromote Techfoots, when Carly and the gang use Spencer as their lawyer to get out of a contract with Daka Shoes. As a running gag, whenever Spencer builds or fixes something, it tends to burst into flames spontaneously therefore necessitating the use of a fire extinguisher. In iGot a Hot Room, he was well known by the fire department.

### Orenthal Cornelius Hayes "Gibby" Gibson

Gibby Gibson (Noah Munck) is Carly, Sam, and Freddie's schoolmate and friend. Gibby is often seen on iCarly, doing wacky thing. Gibby is eccentric, wild, and often seen without a shirt. He has a little brother, Guppy, who appeared in iPsycho. As of Season 4, he doesn't take his shirt off anymore.

## Production

Production on iCarly began in December 2006, with the first episode titled, iPilot.

The series had gotten 25 episodes for it's first season. It had aired from 2007-09-08 to 2008-07-05. It was then renewed by Nickelodeon for a second season.

Season 2 had been renewed by Nickelodeon and was set for 45 episodes. It had aired from 2008-09-27 to 2010-06-26.

Season 3 was set for 44 episodes. It had originally aired 30 July 2010-4 June 2010

Season 4 had 24 episodes. It had the special crossover "iParty with Victorious" which was a crossover with VICTORiOUS. It had aired 2010-07-30 to 2012-01-21

Season 5 had 15 episodes. It had aired from March 12, 2012 to November 23, 2012. It had the series finale. It is also the series last season.

Season 6 is Season 5 in half.

## Trivia

* This series lead female, Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, was also in Drake and Josh as Meghan Parker. Drake and Josh was from 2004-2007
	+ This is the reason why they was clapping and excitement when Carly had walkedd into the principle's office
	+ Jerry Trainor as Spencer, Carly's brother, was also in Drake and Josh as Crazy Steve

* It was filmed at Nickelodeon Sunset
* iCarly had a crossover with Victorious
	+ This had served as the first iCarly crossover
	+ These shows had joined and created the spin-off, Sam and Cat, starring Jeanette McCurdy as Sam Puckett from iCarly as Carly's friend, and Ariana Grande from VICTORIOUS as Tori's friend. This series would also feature new characters like Cameron Ocasio and Zoran Korach.

* Episodes in Henry Danger and Game Shakers show iCarly as a TV show in their unive
	+ - This means that *Danger Force, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, Warped!, Side Hustle, That Girl Lay Lay, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan,* and *The Haunted Hathaways have iCarly as a TV Show*
		- It is the same story with VICTORiOUS, it is a show in *Danger Force, Game Shakers, The Thundermans, Warped!, Side Hustle, That Girl Lay Lay, Tyler Perry's Young Dylan,* and *The Haunted Hathaways have iCarly as a TV Show*

1. ↑ https://deadline.com/2018/12/henry-danger-order-10-additional-episodes-nickelodeon-1202513200/
2. ↑ https://deadline.com/2019/04/nickelodeon-the-substitute-prank-series-opens-strong-henry-danger-10-more-episodes-1202587742/
3. ↑ http://www.justjaredjr.com/2019/07/27/henry-danger-the-musical-new-all-that-premiere-tonight-nickelodeon/
4. ↑ Official iCarly Facebook page confirming a reboot
5. ↑ Paramount+ Tweet Oct 27
6. ↑ iCarly Streaming On Netflix