ICarly
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| 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 |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 25 (List of Episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Dan Schneider Jacob Kaplan |
| Production location | Seattle, Washington |
| Running time | 22 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nickelodeon YTV |
| Release | September 8, 2007 – present |
iCarly is an American television sitcom that premiered September 8, 2007 on Nickelodeon. It started airing on YTV a month later, and now concurrently airs on The N.
Main Characters
Carly Shay
Carly Shay (played by Miranda Cosgrove) is a 13-year old girl who founded a web show which her friend Freddie dubbed "iCarly". The popularity of her web show quickly makes her friends, Sam and Freddie, and herself online celebrities. She lives in an apartment with her older brother, Spencer, because her father is on a submarine and never lives at home.The mother's status is unkown. Her next door neighbor is Freddie, and although Sam doesn't live near Carly, she is frequently seen in Carly's apartment. The small "i" at the beginning of the episodes are a satirical reference to the iGeneration, which is the generation of today's adolescents. Carly is outgoing, a loyal friend, and has a good sense of humor. She is also sarcastic.
Samantha "Sam" Puckett
Sam Puckett (played by Jennette McCurdy) is best friends with Carly and Freddie but often torments Freddie for her own fun. Sam is Carly's co-host on iCarly. She has said that she hates work of any kind, She is also known to have read only 4 books her entire life: Boogie Bear, Boogie Bear 2, and Boogie Bear 3: The Return of Boogie Bear. They are presumably picture books. She reads her fourth, Penny Treasure, in the episode, iFence. She has a picture of music stars, most notably Drake Bell, in her locker. She also likes Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's, as found out in one episode. She likes ham, beef jerky, pork chops, bacon, barbecued ribs, and bacon flavored bubble gum very much. 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) in addition to editing school records (in the episode iPromise Not to Tell) . 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. In the episode "iScream on Halloween", it is also said that her mom cooks her dinner only twice a year. Sam is almost always in detention, and it is told in iStakeout that around half of her family members are what she says is "dangerous". Sam and Carly became friends over a tuna sandwich. In third grade, Sam asked Carly if she could have her sandwich. Carly responded, "No way! Get your own!" Sam pushed her down and got the sandwich but Carly rebounded by pushing her back and retrieving her sandwich. Sam smiled, sat down, and said, "You're all right." After hearing this story, Freddie said, "Wow. Even back then you were obnoxious and aggressive." Carly and Sam's friendship anniversary is on "the twenty-fifth" though the month is never said. In iCarly Saves TV, a dinosaur named "Zeebo" joins the show against their will when iCarly becomes a TV show and often bumps his co-hosts. Sam, annoyed, asks the microphone to be lowered, and when it is, she grabs it and starts beating him up. In one episode, it was mentioned by Carly that Sam may be annoying and obnoxious, but she doesn't lie. In a later episode, iPromise Not to Tell, Sam clearly states that she can lie and feel nothing at all.
Fredward "Freddie" Benson
Freddie Benson (played by Nathan Kress) is Carly's other best friend. He and Carly's other friend, Sam, fight constantly and portray a love/hate relationship and tries to insult Sam and try not to get hurt. He is the tech producer of iCarly, and also Carly's across-the-hall neighbor. Freddie has a 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 including making her crush sing better on iCarly (as seen on iLike Jake). 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. His mother does not approve of him spending as much time as he does at Carly's loft. He is also forced to take a tick bath once every other week. In iStakeout, his mom called him Fredward. In iFence, it is revealed that Freddie is an amazing fencer and fencing runs in Freddie's family history. Also revealed in iFence is the fact that Freddie's last name of Benson is his mother's surname instead of his father's. There may have been an unintentional "goof" when writing this episode as she is referred to as Mrs. Benson, indicating that this is in fact her married name and not her maiden name. This may mean that Freddie was adopted by his mother. It is unknown about his father's status.
Spencer Shay
Spencer Shay (played by Jerry Trainor) is Carly's 26-year-old brother and legal guardian. His guardianship is put to the ultimate test when the Shays' grandfather visits them and insists that Carly live with him in Yakima, ninety minutes away. This sentiment stems from Spencer's fondness for sculpting going awry, when his sculpture "fan of hammers", malfunctions and a component hammer narrowly misses Carly. Spencer comes through, however, by insisting that Carly be equipped with asthma medication though, as has been shown above, she has not required its use in several years. 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 stated that he stayed in law school for 3 days, as shown in iPromote Techfoots. 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. The last woman he dated was actually Carly's History teacher. Spencer then broke up with her after he realizes that she is crazy, and then she was arrested by the FBI for downloading 500 songs illegally on Spencer's pear pod. 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 a glowing, colorful, and bright tie, provided by Socko's brother, Tyler (the joke being that Socko sounds like "sock" and Tyler sounds like "tie") It is supposed to be sarcastic but Spencer doesn't see it as funny.
Recurring characters
Ms. Francine Briggs
Ms. Francine Briggs is a mean teacher at Carly's school that Carly and her friends like to make fun of. 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 Randy Jackson-related merchandise. Ms. Briggs enjoys playing the bagpipes though it often tortures her students. She is portrayed by Mindy Sterling.
Mrs. Benson
Mrs. Benson is Freddie's extremely overprotective mother. She often embarrasses Freddie in front of his friends, is nosy, and is prone to loud outbursts. She also appears to be highly paranoid about almost everything and limits Freddie's activities accordingly. Freddie resents this overprotection to the extent that Mrs. Benson gives him only $8 a month in allowance because she's afraid that he will buy a bus ticket and leave her, which Freddie comments on saying it's not so crazy. Mrs. Benson despises Spencer 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. She is a very skilled fencer because her father made her take lessons as a child. Mrs. Benson is portrayed by Mary Scheer.
Gibby
Gibby is a kid at Carly's school, whom Sam constantly insults, blames for her actions, bothers, and apparently expels him when Sam tampered with the school computer system (iPromise Not to Tell). Behind Freddie, he's Sam's second-favorite target for insulting. He likes spelling bees and Ryan Seacrest and was given a Texas wedgie twice. He is also seen in various episodes. He first appeared in iDream of Dance and has been seen in other episodes. For some reason, he appears without his shirt on in "iMight Switch Schools", when he plays mini golf in the Shay apartment. As seen in iDream of Dance, Gibby runs into Sam's nightmare in his boxers. He's also the one that Sam finds an easy target. In "iwin a date" it is revealed that he had a crush on a girl named Shannon, who has a crush on Freddie. Gibby is portrayed by Noah Munck.
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" because of this. He is fascinated with technology, once attending a technological convention. Jeremy is portrayed by Nathan Pearson. When Freddie left iCarly Jeremy turned into iCarly's tech producer but continuously sneezed during production.
Lewbert the Doorman
Lewbert is the doorman of Carly and Freddie's apartment complex, who is notorious for being "the meanest doorman on Earth". He has a large wart on his left cheek which Carly and Sam name "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 a "self-proclaimed jerk", frequently misinforming the residents of the complex and starting loud, obnoxious arguments. As seen on the iCarly website, Lewbert was once a malemodel.
Nevel Papperman
Nevel is an 11-year-old web critic, whose Web site, Nevelocity.com (which, unlike iCarly, is not a real Web site), receives five million pageviews per day. Typing "nevelocity.com" as a website address redirects to iCarly.com. He has had a crush on Carly since he first met her, and harbors a major grudge when she reveals that she does not feel the same way about him. He has since attempted to exert 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. However, thanks to the assistance of Carly's father's friend Colonel Morgan (Christopher B. Duncan), who bursts into Nevel's house with an army assault squad and confiscates his equipment for "illegal hacking, which is a threat to internet secuirty" and decides not to arrest him, instead, he dangles him around his living room with a harnes until he apologizes to Carly and calls himself a weenie, Nevel's plot was foiled. He is first seen in iNevel, and last seen in iRue the Day.
Principal Ted Franklin
Ted Franklin is the principal of Carly's school. He is very fond of Carly and Freddie. He has also gotten used to seeing Sam in his office and gives her detention on a regular basis (despite this, the two seem to be on good terms). Ted has kids who are iCarly fans and he is an iCarly fan himself.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | First airing | Last airing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 25 | September 8, 2007 | July 25, 2008 |
Media
CD/DVD Releases
Columbia Records and Nickelodeon Records has released a soundtrack for the show entitled "ICarly: Music From and Inspired by the Hit TV Show." It includes the theme song, four original songs by the iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, several tracks by guest artists, and cast dialogue.
Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon will release iCarly: Season 1, Volume 1 Box Set for DVD on September 23 2008. [1]