History DethroningMoment / ICarly

** Tropers/LunaVeg87: The fact that this episode was another [[OnlySaneMan Freddie]] Torture Porn isn't what gets me the most (one of the reasons I generally dislike this show in general is that it uses one of my [[ButtMonkey least favorite tropes]] as a substitute for good character writing and instead as a TakeThat to what the creator considers AcceptableTargets). What really annoys me is the purpose of the torture. [[InformedWrongness Everyone in the entire world turns on Freddie just because he says he thinks Fred is not that funny]] (which is a much more generous criticism than a lot of online personalities tend to get, regardless of their overall popularity), and the kid is beaten with a tennis racket by [[TheBully Sam]] later until he takes back his opinion. So really, the only point of the Freddie torture was just to make Fred look good (even that gets undermined when Fred (or Lucas Cruikshank) admits to just faking his Rage Quit just for publicity. Yeah... how is the fact that he lied [[{{Jerkass}} (and let Freddie get beaten within an inch of his life for basically no reason at all)]] supposed to make him look good? Really, it backfires all-around).

** [=DevNameless=]: To me, the moment that really solidified this as the worst episode of the series was the moment Lucas (I'm going to call the offline version of Fred by the creator's name for clairty's sake, [[OneSteveLimit so as to not confuse him with Freddie]]) refuses to stop his publicity stunt until Freddie says his videos are actually funny. Not only does it lead to the unpleasant moments such as Sam beating Freddie to force him to go against his beliefs, but it undoubtedly cemented Lucas as being the undeniable villain of the episode. At this point, it was established that this one publicity stunt was ruining the iCarly crew's life and getting them genuine harassment, including someone ''shooting a flaming arrow at Freddie''. For Lucas to say he wouldn't do anything to stop all just because Freddie has a god-damn opinion showed that the in-universe Lucas is a completely irredeemable, KarmaHoudini bully, even when I was young enough to be considered a target member of the audience. In fact, despite the fact Fred was an actual internet personality, I really wish he and the writers actually decided to write his character as being a genuine villain like Neville, because then I would actually be able to stomach this scene instead of writing about it here.

** [=DevNameless=]: To me, the moment that really solidified this as the worst episode of the series was the moment Fred refuses to stop his publicity stunt until Freddie says his videos are actually funny. Not only does it lead to the unpleasant moments such as Sam beating Freddie to force him to go against his beliefs, but it undoubtedly cemented Fred as being the undeniable villain of the episode. At this point, it was established that this one publicity stunt was ruining the iCarly crew's life and getting them genuine harassment, including someone ''shooting a flaming arrow at Freddie''. For Fred to say he wouldn't do anything to stop all just because Freddie has a god-damn opinion showed that the in-universe Fred is a completely irredeemable, KarmaHoudini bully, even when I was young enough to be considered a target member of the audience. In fact, despite the fact Fred was an actual internet personality, I really wish he and the writers actually decided to write his character as being a genuine villain like Neville, because then I would genuinely be able to stomach this scene instead of writing about it here.

* Tropers/{{Monkeyfightclub}}: This Troper isn't too fond of iCarly. [[PeripheryHatedom Maybe it's because I'm not part of the intended audience.]] But ''iGo to Japan'' grinds my gears. There were lots of unfunny jokes, teenagers and grown adults yelling there and there. Some [[FridgeLogic nitpicks]], like [[ArtisticLicenseGeography deserts being in Japan]], and a left-handed Toyota (Scion) in Japan. They portray [[UnfortunateImplications Asians as idiots (again.)]], and this troper is perplexed as why are these in-universe webshows nominated? The nominees for best comedy webshow include a popular webshow hosted by teenage girls who are usually [[NoIndoorVoice yelling]] and doing stupid stuff, a poorly done [[QuirkyWork Widget]] show involving Siamese twins and oversized hands, and a FrenchJerk with a puppet dog. The truly dumb moment in question? The iCarly gang has to explain situation to the Japanese guards so they would let them in the award show. They do it by playing charades. Not only do they make themselves and the guards look like idiots, but the guards bought all what they're saying. Freddie hacks the screen system, and puts the whole moment on screen. The audience thinks it's funny, and iCarly is given the best comedy webshow award. The guards arrest the Japanese twins for their crime. That's a DeusExMachina if I ever saw one.

* Tropers/{{Monkeyfightclub}}: This Troper isn't too fond of iCarly. [[PeripheryHatedom Maybe it's because I'm not part of the intended audience.]] But ''iGo to Japan'' grinds my gears. There were lots of unfunny jokes, teenagers and grown adults yelling there and there. Some [[FridgeLogic nitpicks]], like [[ArtisticLicenseGeography deserts being in Japan]], and a left-handed Toyota (Scion) in Japan. They portray [[UnfortunateImplications Asians as idiots (again.)]], and this troper is perplexed as why are these in-universe webshows nominated? The nominees for best comedy webshow include a popular webshow hosted by teenage girls who are usually [[NoIndoorVoice yelling]] and doing stupid stuff, a poorly done [[WidgetSeries Widget]] show involving Siamese twins and oversized hands, and a FrenchJerk with a puppet dog. The truly dumb moment in question? The iCarly gang has to explain situation to the Japanese guards so they would let them in the award show. They do it by playing charades. Not only do they make themselves and the guards look like idiots, but the guards bought all what they're saying. Freddie hacks the screen system, and puts the whole moment on screen. The audience thinks it's funny, and iCarly is given the best comedy webshow award. The guards arrest the Japanese twins for their crime. That's a DeusExMachina if I ever saw one.

* Tropers/futuremoviewriter: "iPear Store" is the bottom of the barrel. In my view, it is the worst episode of the series. While it didn't overstay its welcome, the Gibby plotline was a TorturePorn for that poor salesman. While the Carly and the nerd storyline goes to an uncomfortable place, the sequence of events that brought it there made no sense. A fire department cannot outright refuse to stop putting anyone's fires out just because they do not like the person who causes them and are sick of doing it (and even then, it's not like Spencer causes the fires on purpose). To refuse is a highly illegal action and 100% unrealistic. Both Sam getting a job at the store just to irritate Freddie and the customers having zero interest in their phones' technicals through Freddie's expertise are highly annoying and stupid to an insane degree (the bit where he almost calls one a moron is ActuallyPrettyFunny just because of LampshadeHanging). Ultimately, he's fired because Sam pushes him too far, she's portrayed as unbelievably perfect because everyone sees her as being unable to do no wrong (when she is absolutely anything but) and she ends up quitting for no real reason other than she got bored. This episode makes me so mad. It's a abomination.

* Tropers/WhiteCheddaPikachu: iCan't Take It is one the the absolute worst episodes of this entire show, in my opinion. It's part of the awful Seddie arc, which ended up providing much evidence as to why they shouldn't be a couple, and this episode comes after one where Sam an Freddie argued every five minutes about petty things. It begins with Carly asking Sam if it's going better with Freddie. She responds by saying they only had 3 fights this week and Sam didn't hit him, not in the face anyway. How nice of her to lower her DomesticAbuse. It's shown that how they act in their relationship is causing issues for others around them. For example, the first scene of the episode has Freddy showcasing a scene for iCarly he just finished editing, but he focused solely on Sam, literally editing Carly out of the frame. This is something that one would consciously and knowingly have to do. He is so obsessed with Sam that he forgot he was doing his job and messed up footage. And then later it's shown that Gibby is now the butt for Sam's abuse since she's dating Freddy, and it's not very nice either. He says she doesn't have to pick on anyone and she responds by hurting him more. Sam and Freddie also haven't told Ms. Benson about their relationship because obviously she would burst into flames if she found out her son was dating Sam, and I mean, considering how Sam is and how she treated Freddie not long before they began dating, it's not really that unreasonable that she would react this way. They have to hide from her, so they force Spencer to lie about sending Freddie to get yeast to cook bread (he later actually does it because lying makes him uncomfortable). Gibby, tired of the abuse, tells Ms. Benson about Freddie and Sam, and she screams very, very loudly. They come up with a plan to give Freddie a very valuable metal to bribe him into breaking up with Sam, but he refuses, causing her to scream and rip her shirt in a very unnerving way. Instead of, you know, trying to talk to her son about what he's doing and why she feels it isn't right, like an actual parent, but that's the [[FromBadToWorse least of this episodes awful morals...]] At some point between all this Freddie mentions a camp he wanted to go to, but he got rejected from it. This is really important later. As another example of the relationship affecting everyone else, they miss a webcast of iCarly because they were seeing a movie together. Carly has to do it with Gibby, but it ends up being so awkward that [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere she cancels it after a minute]]. She is understandably angered by this, and later Gibby reveals he had told Ms. Benson about their relationship. Sam then beats him up badly enough to dislocate his breast bone, and also kicked Spencer in the groin when he came to stop the assault.Later, the cast agrees that Sam and Freddie's relationship is negatively impacting everyone, and Carly reveals that Sam had messed up Freddie's application to the camp he really wanted to go to. So they plan to show him the application to prompt Freddie to break up with Sam. They show it to him and he is obviously really hurt by this, because this camp could have help him get into any college he wanted, and it was just something he really wanted in general. Sam states it was four months before they started dating and apologizes, but Freddie doesn't want to hear it. Now, what was it that prompted her to do such a thing? [[DisproportionateRetribution She asked Freddie the time, and he didn't know.]] Carly feels guilty about revealing the fact that Sam ruined a big opportunity for Freddie, so she tells them that they shouldn't let this thing break them up. Gibby suddenly doesn't want to get in the way of "young love" and escorts Ms. Benson out of the room. This change in motivation just happens for no apparent reason. Freddie tries to express again what Sam did, and how much it hurt, but Carly just tells him to forget about it, twice! She pushes them to kiss, Gibby sings, Spencer cries while eating yeast, the end. So the moral is, if your significant other has repeatedly harmed you in all ways possible for years, has actively tried to ruin your life over petty things, then it's ok, you should get over it, and your opinion doesn't matter. Freddie is basically shut down for being understandably upset over losing this thing he wanted, and Carly just tells him "who cares" and tells them to continue this bad relationship, which not a few minutes before this she was mad over. As was Gibby, who just all of a sudden supports it. The same Gibby who revealed the relationship to Ms. Benson in the first place, and the same Gibby who was taking Sam's abuse to the point he was actually seriously injured. And frankly that just isn't fair, and it makes no sense. Freddie isn't being unreasonable. Sam was being petty and weakly begs for forgiveness. Carly can't be decisive over anything. Ms. Benson, beig Freddie's mom, should be allowed to at least know who her son is dating, and if she doesn't accept it, then maybe she and Freddie should have an actual proper talk about things instead of bribery and hiding. Gibby didn't really do anything wrong by telling Ms. Benson, but then he just suddenly goes against her with weak/no motives. Spencer's subplot is practically nonexistent.
The only thing I liked about this episode was Carly's {{Pun}} "last but not yeast".

** DarkLadyCelebrian: ''iLook Alike'' is my DMOS as well. Carly acts like a complete entitled brat in this episode, and the worst part is it's portrayed as perfectly acceptable and Carly and her friends [[{{Karma Houdini}} get away with it scot-free]]. The MMA fighter beating up Spencer was horrible to watch, and even more horrible is that he's portrayed to be in the right! The episode seems to be saying that Spencer deserved to get beat up for daring to say no to [[{{Mary Sue}} Carly]] for what's probably the first time in the entire series. This episode is basically what did it for the entire show, in my opinion.

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* Animeking1108: ''iLost My Head in Vegas'' showed both {{Flanderization}} and CharacterDerailment. After Gibby was conned out of his money, the Series/PawnStars found Gibby's fake head, and it caught the attention of a customer. It was Gibby's prized possession, so he justifiably refuses the offer, but Sam uses the [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan Nerve Pinch]] and sold it while he was knocked out. Let me rephrase that: [[KickTheDog Carly, Sam, and Freddie stole something of Gibby's and sold it]]. I get that Gibby was tossed the IdiotBall, but if they had Gibby willingly part with the head to make up for this screw up, I would have been fine with it. But they just had to screw Gibby over, and there was no indication that they would pay him back either. They just end it with Spencer in the shower. If this weren't already the final season, I would have RageQuit by now.

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* Heroshii15: iDate a Bad Boy. The trailers leading up to it were hyping this twist ending as to her "bad" boyfriend's secret. What's the secret? [[spoiler:He collects a Beanie Babies CaptainErsatz.]] This gets by Carly, Sam and Freddie treated like it's the worst thing a boy could do. Really Schneider? Was that really the worst thing the censors would let you get away with? This is made even worse by the fact that these were the same people that created a webshow on the basis of, "kids can do whatever they want, no matter what society says."

** BobTheHun: I'll agree that iDate A Bad Boy was a Dethroning Moment of Suck, but for a different reason. The Aesop that if you like someone, you can date them regardless of the fact your legal guardian doesn't approve. Whether you feel its okay for teenagers to date or not, it's not for the kid to decide, it's up to the parents(or in this case, Spencer) whether the kid's ready to date or not. But Carly just does what she wants and acts like it's her call. It wouldn't be so bad if she was an adult living on her own, but she's a teenager. This isn't about whether teens should or shouldn't date, it's about how the episode implies you don't have to obey your parents if you feel they're wrong (how is a kid gonna know if their parents are wrong?) It's also a BrokenAesop. The message they wanted to convey is messed up by making her boyfriend a thug and troublemaker. It might have worked if he was a good guy that Spencer misjudged, but he's a guy that Spencer has every right to keep Carly away from. Thus the "you should let Carly make her own choices" message is ruined.
* Tropers/{{RA2}}: No shortage of options in the show, but the one that takes the cake is ''iLook Alike,'' or more appropriately ''iThink it's Getting Chilly in Hell Because Spencer Finally Grew a Pair.'' Spencer forbids Carly from going to an MMA event because he thinks it's too violent for them. So, the KarmaHoudini trio come up with the half baked plan to hire some lookalikes to cover for them [[note]]The lookalikes would stand with their backs to Spencer and only speak in prerecorded phrases[[/note]], which proves to be just as stupid an idea as it sounds when Spencer near-instantly blows the lid off. Spencer tracks them down and starts lambasting them, and an MMA fighter throws him through a table. In any reasonable show, it would end with said fighter in jail, Spencer in the hospital, and Carly serving her much due grounding. Instead, they just plonk the possibly-critical-condition Spencer on the couch, leave him alone, and he comes to and gargles out "you're grounded;" unlikely that that message ever actually makes it to Carly. This one takes the cake because while Carly always acts like an entitled bitch and rarely respects laws or any kind of authority, she seemed to have some semblance of respect for her brother. How can she be considered a good person when her guardian gives her just one rule to follow and she instantly breaks it?

* Frnmmma25: ''i Go Nuclear'' is this for me because of how the teacher handed out the grades. Freddie's project, which he put an incredible amount of time and money on, is given a bad grade because the hippie teacher thought that it cost too much resources to get the imported worms as composters in the first place, even though once the initial investment is done, you could just breed those worms and be much better down the line. Sam's project, however, is given an A, even though she only thought about it at that second, and her entire project on how we could be more eco-friendly just consisted of "eat plants, and then compost them", which she only came up with because she was eating an orange in class right before she was supposed to give her project. The teacher likes her idea so much, that he gives her an A, even though she didn't even do any planning before the project was due, and was only doing it by the seat of her pants. In Art class, kids are graded by the effort they put into their work, and whether they follow the guidelines because some kids have natural talent and only have to do a half finished sketch to make something look pretty, while another kid may have a mural that he worked days on, but it looks like crap because he has shitty art skills, regardless of how hard he tries. This wasn't like they had to write an essay, and then it could be judged on the technical aspects, this was basically an art project, where everyone who put actual effort and thought into their project had to go on a shitty trip to the woods alone with their hippie teacher, while the kid who did absolutely nothing managed to avoid that! Come on, why wasn't hippie teacher fired!? Who approved of this idiot as a teacher? All in all, this was just an excuse to screw over Freddie and and give the Jerk Ass Jerk Sue Sam rewards for something that she didn't deserve. What the fuck is with the writers?

* Chimanruler15: I've decided to change my entry to "iThink They Kissed" because I want everyone to know just how much of a [[JerkAss huge bitch]] Carly Shay is. Firstly, when Spencer was telling Carly about his day, Carly outright ignored him, and when he told her to calm down, she hit him a few times without even apologizing. Secondly, she attempted to get Freddie to reveal his secret by using physical force on him. Thirdly, she told Sam that she found out about the kiss, despite agreeing not to mention it for Freddie's sake, and when Sam attacked Freddie, she did nothing about it. Fourthly, when the gang was tied up, she blamed Freddie for it even though she caused it by telling the escaped convicts where the duct tape was. Fifthly, she cannot learn to mind her own business. Carly, your friends don't need to tell you everything about their lives. Yes, you all promised not to keep secrets from each other, but promised =/= entitled. If they want to keep something to themselves, they have every right to do so, but considering that this is Carly Shay we are talking about, a girl who is manipulative, spoiled, whiny, entitled, rude, enabling of abuse, and dismissive of laws, privacy, and authority, it's really no surprise that she would behave in such a disgusting manner. [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome The only good thing about this episode was when Freddie managed to pin down Carly.]] Just what did Freddie ever see in this girl?

* [=FromtheWordsofBR=]: "iSpace Out". I actually find this show to be a guilty pleasure, but this episode was just horrible. In this episode, the ''[=iCarly=]'' team gets invited to a competition against another webshow, ''Exercise Rox''. The winner of the competition gets to do a webshow [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE!]] But, before they can do that, they have to do tests to see if they withstand the basics of space travel. All goes well...until they have to do the space pod test. That's when Carly, Sam and Freddie start getting SpaceMadness, but Carly manages to make Sam and Freddie look tame. At this point, she develops claustrophobia and can't take it anymore, and [[spoiler:breaks the window of the pod to escape from it, thus disqualifying the ''[=iCarly=]'' team in the competition.]] [[spoiler:This ending]] is especially horrible because the hype for this episode was built around ''[=iCarly=]'' doing a webshow in space! I know it was an attempt to avoid a JumpingTheShark moment, but talk about about a [[spoiler:ShaggyDogStory]]!

* Tropers/MightyMewtron: While I think the Seddie arc is the worst thing this show ever did, and there are definitely worse episodes on this page, one episode that really bugs me is ''iHire an Idiot.'' Carly and Sam hire a attractive but [[TooDumbToLive painfully stupid]] intern who does damage to the show like spilling lemonade on Freddie's laptop during a broadcast. Personally I find jokes about painful stupidity unfunny, but YMMV. What I don't like is how the girls refuse to fire him because he's really hot, only complying because Freddie hires an equally stupid female intern and they want ''her'' fired. [[spoiler:The female intern, however, turns out to be ObfuscatingStupidity to help Freddie convince the girls to fire the male intern.]] Carly and Sam can be boy crazy at times, but this paints them as superficial hypocrites who sacrifice the quality of their show just to look at hot guys. It almost comes across as sexist.

''Series/{{iCarly}}'' makes its name in ComedicSociopathy, characters being {{Jerkass}}es, and multiple moments of KickTheDog and GettingCrapPastTheRadar. However, it can only go so far before it begins annoying or offending people for the wrong [[DarthWiki/DethroningMomentOfSuck reason]].

** Tropers/LunaVeg87: The fact that this episode was another [[OnlySaneMan Freddie]] Torture Porn isn't what gets me the most (one of the reasons I generally dislike this show in general is that it uses one of my [[ButtMonkey least favorite tropes]] as a substitute for good character writing and instead as a TakeThat to what the creator considers AcceptableTargets). What really annoys me is the purpose of the torture. [[InformedWrongness Everyone in the entire world turns on Freddie just because he says he thinks Fred is not that funny]] [[UnderminedByReality (which is a much more generous criticism than a lot of online personalities tend to get, regardless of their overall popularity)]], and the kid is beaten with a tennis racket by [[TheBully Sam]] later until he takes back his opinion. So really, the only point of the Freddie torture was just to make Fred look good (even that gets undermined when Fred (or Lucas Cruikshank) admits to just faking his Rage Quit just for publicity. Yeah... how is the fact that he lied [[{{Jerkass}} (and let Freddie get beaten within an inch of his life for basically no reason at all)]] supposed to make him look good? Really, it backfires all-around).

** BobTheHun: I'll agree that iDate A Bad Boy was a Dethroning Moment of Suck, but for a different reason. The FamilyUnfriendlyAesop that if you like someone, you can date them regardless of the fact your legal guardian doesn't approve. Whether you feel its okay for teenagers to date or not, it's not for the kid to decide, it's up to the parents(or in this case, Spencer) whether the kid's ready to date or not. But Carly just does what she wants and acts like it's her call. It wouldn't be so bad if she was an adult living on her own, but she's a teenager. This isn't about whether teens should or shouldn't date, it's about how the episode implies you don't have to obey your parents if you feel they're wrong (how is a kid gonna know if their parents are wrong?) In addition to being a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop, it's a BrokenAesop. The message they wanted to convey is messed up by making her boyfriend a thug and troublemaker. It might have worked if he was a good guy that Spencer misjudged, but he's a guy that Spencer has every right to keep Carly away from. Thus the "you should let Carly make her own choices" message is ruined.

* Tropers/WhiteCheddaPikachu: iCan't Take It is one the the absolute worst episodes of this entire show, in my opinion. It's part of the awful Seddie arc, which ended up providing much evidence as to why they shouldn't be a couple, and this episode comes after one where Sam an Freddie argued every five minutes about petty things. It begins with Carly asking Sam if it's going better with Freddie. She responds by saying they only had 3 fights this week and Sam didn't hit him, not in the face anyway. How nice of her to lower her DomesticAbuse. It's shown that how they act in their relationship is causing issues for others around them. For example, the first scene of the episode has Freddy showcasing a scene for iCarly he just finished editing, but he focused solely on Sam, literally editing Carly out of the frame. This is something that one would consciously and knowingly have to do. He is so obsessed with Sam that he forgot he was doing his job and messed up footage. And then later it's shown that Gibby is now the butt for Sam's abuse since she's dating Freddy, and it's not very nice either. He says she doesn't have to pick on anyone and she responds by hurting him more. Sam and Freddie also haven't told Ms. Benson about their relationship because obviously she would burst into flames if she found out her son was dating Sam, and I mean, considering how Sam is and how she treated Freddie not long before they began dating, it's not really that unreasonable that she would react this way. They have to hide from her, so they force Spencer to lie about sending Freddie to get yeast to cook bread (he later actually does it because lying makes him uncomfortable). Gibby, tired of the abuse, tells Ms. Benson about Freddie and Sam, and she screams very, very loudly. They come up with a plan to give Freddie a very valuable metal to bribe him into breaking up with Sam, but he refuses, causing her to scream and rip her shirt in a very unnerving way. Instead of, you know, trying to talk to her son about what he's doing and why she feels it isn't right, like an actual parent, but that's the [[FromBadToWorse least of this episodes awful morals...]] At some point between all this Freddie mentions a camp he wanted to go to, but he got rejected from it. This is really important later. As another example of the relationship affecting everyone else, they miss a webcast of iCarly because they were seeing a movie together. Carly has to do it with Gibby, but it ends up being so awkward that [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere she cancels it after a minute]]. She is understandably angered by this, and later Gibby reveals he had told Ms. Benson about their relationship. Sam then beats him up badly enough to dislocate his breast bone, and also kicked Spencer in the groin when he came to stop the assault.Later, the cast agrees that Sam and Freddie's relationship is negatively impacting everyone, and Carly reveals that Sam had messed up Freddie's application to the camp he really wanted to go to. So they plan to show him the application to prompt Freddie to break up with Sam. They show it to him and he is obviously really hurt by this, because this camp could have help him get into any college he wanted, and it was just something he really wanted in general. Sam states it was four months before they started dating and apologizes, but Freddie doesn't want to hear it. Now, what was it that prompted her to do such a thing? [[DisproportionateRetribution She asked Freddie the time, and he didn't know.]] Carly feels guilty about revealing the fact that Sam ruined a big opportunity for Freddie, so she tells them that they shouldn't let this thing break them up. Gibby suddenly doesn't want to get in the way of "young love" and escorts Ms. Benson out of the room. This change in motivation just happens for no apparent reason. Freddie tries to express again what Sam did, and how much it hurt, but Carly just tells him to forget about it, twice! She pushes them to kiss, Gibby sings, Spencer cries while eating yeast, the end.
[[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop So the moral is, if your significant other has repeatedly harmed you in all ways possible for years, has actively tried to ruin your life over petty things, then it's ok, you should get over it, and your opinion doesn't matter.]] Freddie is basically shut down for being understandably upset over losing this thing he wanted, and Carly just tells him "who cares" and tells them to continue this bad relationship, which not a few minutes before this she was mad over. As was Gibby, who just all of a sudden supports it. The same Gibby who revealed the relationship to Ms. Benson in the first place, and the same Gibby who was taking Sam's abuse to the point he was actually seriously injured. And frankly that just isn't fair, and it makes no sense. Freddie isn't being unreasonable. Sam was being petty and weakly begs for forgiveness. Carly can't be decisive over anything. Ms. Benson, beig Freddie's mom, should be allowed to at least know who her son is dating, and if she doesn't accept it, then maybe she and Freddie should have an actual proper talk about things instead of bribery and hiding. Gibby didn't really do anything wrong by telling Ms. Benson, but then he just suddenly goes against her with weak/no motives. Spencer's subplot is practically nonexistent.

* [=Nightfurywitch=] My DMOS would have to go to this episode’s subplot. While the trio are gone, Spencer starts seeing a little girl. At first he thinks he’s just hallucinating, until she hits him. And does the episode end with us finding out who this little girl is, or even why she’s there? Nope! The little girl never says a word! The episode ends with the little girl now bugging Carly! This might be even more of a ShaggyDogStory than the main plot!

* Tropers/futuremoviewriter: ''iPear Store'' is the bottom of the barrel. In my view, it is the worst episode of the series. While it didn't overstay its welcome, the Gibby plotline was a TorturePorn for that poor salesman. While the Carly and the nerd storyline goes to an uncomfortable place, the sequence of events that brought it there made no sense. A fire department cannot outright refuse to stop putting anyone's fires out just because they do not like the person who causes them and are sick of doing it (and even then, it's not like Spencer causes the fires on purpose). To refuse is a highly illegal action and 100% unrealistic. Both Sam getting a job at the store just to irritate Freddie and the customers having zero interest in their phones' technicals through Freddie's expertise are highly annoying and stupid to an insane degree (the bit where he almost calls one a moron is ActuallyPrettyFunny just because of LampshadeHanging). Ultimately, he's fired because Sam pushes him too far, she's portrayed as unbelievably perfect because everyone sees her as being unable to do no wrong (when she is absolutely anything but) and she ends up quitting for no real reason other than she got bored. This episode makes me so mad. It's a abomination.