History ICarly / TropesKToO

* MisterExposition: Wendy. Tells the gang that another TV show is stealing their bits. Explains that Freddie gave up a sea trip to get rid of Carly's old friend who was trying to break them up. TurnedUpToEleven in the fandom, who consider her the Seattle version of ''Series/GossipGirl''.

* MoeCouplet: Carly and Freddie. They both look cute together, peacefully get along harmoniously and cordially. Everything they do as a couple is cute [[UpToEleven to the extreme]].

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : It begins with a major plot twist featuring Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2, merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before and her way of mending fences with Freddie after jerkishly exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts, even though they can't stand each other most of the time. After Sam privately shares her first kiss with Freddie, they agree to keep it a secret and this changes the dynamic of their status, as they seem a little more friendly to each other most of the time, while simultaneously Sam sometimes is more jerkishly mean towards him. This can be because Sam's feelings for Freddie actually began to grow after they shared their first kiss with each other. And her being mean to Freddie even more could've been her way of trying to hide her crush on him in an abusively twisted way, then their smooch becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly becomes outraged when she finds out about their first kiss in private, confronts them both about it and acts jealous. Considering we saw Freddie pretentiously try to overimpress Carly in "iDate a Bad Boy" with a prank call involving pizza that hilariously backfired, it's implied that he never stopped loving Carly even after that first kiss with Sam and still had feelings for her, lampshaded when Sam walked in the room and curiously asked Carly "Will he ''ever'' give up on you?" to which Carly replies "I don't know." adding that she probably never should have told Freddie about her taste in guys. A major turning point occurs in Season 3, where Carly and Freddie affectionately enjoy their romance, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", Sam's softer side is shown to Gibby and Carly enjoys a Dance of Romance with Freddie, then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life" in Season 3, which features Freddie and Carly embarking on a romantic adventure, where Carly becomes smitten with Freddie (who just risked his own life to rescue her and injured himself), only for Sam to break them up by warning Freddie that Carly only admires his actions because of hero worship, which causes him to amicably break up with Carly on good terms, but they agree to remain as friends.
Following their amicable split (after this major Creddie romance in Season 3 is put to rest), this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play in the second half of Season 4, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG",
which was a shocking Cliffhanger with plot twists, it flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie, much to Carly's shock. When the show comes back they enter a 4-episode Story Arc early in Season 5, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" in Season 6 shows that Freddie is beginning to revisit and subtly rekindle his long lost romance with Carly. Even after everything he went through with Sam, he ''still'' has feelings for Carly, and tries flirtatiously asking her out in the hopes of getting back together and then ended in the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last Minute Hookup smooch. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie has sunk.

Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a shocking plot twist Cliffhanger, it flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode StoryArc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" in Season 6 shows that Freddie is beginning to revisit and subtly rekindle his long lost romance with Carly. Even after everything he went through with Sam, he ''still'' has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last Minute Hookup smooch. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie has sunk.

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : It begins with a major plot twist featuring Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2, merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before and her way of mending fences with Freddie after exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts, even though they can't stand each other most of the time. After Sam privately shares her first kiss with Freddie, they agree to keep it a secret and this changes the dynamics of their status, as they seem a little more friendly to each other most of the time, while simultaneously Sam sometimes is more jerkishly mean towards him. This can be because Sam's feelings for Freddie actually began to grow after they shared their first kiss with each other. And her being mean to Freddie even more could've been her way of trying to hide her crush on him in an abusively twisted way, then their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly finds out about their first kiss in private, confronts them both about it and acts outraged/all jealous. Considering we saw Freddie pretentiously try to overimpress Carly in "iDate a Bad Boy" with a prank call involving pizza that hilariously backfired, it's implied that he never stopped loving Carly even after that first kiss with Sam and still had feelings for her, lampshaded when Sam walked in the room and curiously asked Carly "Will he ''ever'' give up on you?" to which Carly replies "I don't know." adding that she probably never should have told Freddie about her taste in guys. Later in Season 3, Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a shocking plot twist Cliffhanger, it flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode StoryArc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" in Season 6 shows that Freddie is beginning to revisit and subtly rekindle his long lost romance with Carly. Even after everything he went through with Sam, he ''still'' has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last-Minute Hookup smooch. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie has sunk.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Carly confirmed during "iSaved Your Life" that Freddie had been in love with Carly since he first met her.
* LoveDodecahedron: Carly once briefly dated Freddie (who is enamored with her) in Season 3, only for them to break up because Sam told him that Carly's feelings for Freddie were hero worship. Sam once had a crush on Spencer, and then later has full blown feelings for Freddie, who enters into a relationship with Sam. [[spoiler: Then Carly kisses Freddie in the original series finale, which seemingly rekindles their romance.]] Gibby has shown interest in both girls, and had a girlfriend named Tasha, who had an episode where it looked like she cheated on Gibby with Freddie. Melanie, who is Sam's twin sister, had an obvious crush on Freddie, and has kissed him as well.

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : It begins with Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2 merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before and her way of mending fences with Freddie after exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts, even though they can't stand each other most of the time. After Sam privately shares her first kiss with Freddie, they agree to keep it a secret and seem a little more friendly to each other most of the time, while simultaneously Sam sometimes is more jerkishly mean towards him. This can be because Sam's feelings for Freddie actually began to grow after they shared their first kiss with each other. And her being mean to Freddie even more could've been her way of trying to hide her crush on him in an abusively twisted way, then their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly finds out about their first kiss in private, confronts them both about it and acts outraged/all jealous. Considering we saw Freddie pretentiously try to overimpress Carly in "iDate a Bad Boy" with a prank call involving pizza that hilariously backfired, it's implied that he never stopped loving Carly even after that first kiss with Sam and still had feelings for her, lampshaded when Sam walked in the room and curiously asked "Will he ''ever'' give up on you?" to which Carly replies "I don't know." Later in Season 3, Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a shocking plot twist Cliffhanger, it flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode StoryArc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" in Season 6 shows that Freddie is beginning to revisit and subtly rekindle his long lost romance with Carly. Even after everything he went through with Sam, he ''still'' has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last-Minute Hookup smooch. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie has sunk.

* TheMasochismTango: Sam's abusively toxic and dissonantly contentious love-hate pairing with Freddie is the epitome of Stockholm syndrome. Once they get together in the Season 5 premiere when she checks into a mental hospital having lost her mind due to her crush on him, the next episode features them aggressively locking horns at each other's throats ''repeatedly'', clashing and falling out to the point where Carly (who is their couples counselling mediator) becomes frustratedly fed up with their explosively confrontational blowout antics. She angrily tells them to screw off since they should break up if they can't resolve their own issues. By the next episode, they only clashed and butted heads ''three times'' that day, and that Sam still [[DomesticAbuse hits Freddie]], just [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale not in the face.]] They nearly split when Sam is revealed to have sabotaged an admission paper that could have helped him get into any college he wanted. After a lengthy plight featuring abysmally dreadful and dysfunctionally ruinous clashing, the duo ultimately break up in the fourth episode "iLove You", upon realizing that they are far too dissonant and incompatible polar opposites who have nothing in common interests outside of the web show, and they can't coexist peacefully and harmoniously without ruining it for each other.

** Freddie again evokes a variation of this trope in the extended version of "iSaved Your Life". After his break-up with Carly, his face changes expression while in the elevator and asks himself in regret, "What did I do?" Cue a zoom out of the Bushwell building as Freddie yells '''"WHAT DID I DO?!"'''

** Carly Shay is a quite a nice girl; by contrast, Miranda Cosgrove (who plays her) is a [[AdamWesting hardass boss]], as seen in "iBloop", in which she criticizes Jerry Trainor (Spencer) for goofing off at rehearsals.

** Freddie invokes this by trying to prank order a ''fishy pizza'' to his teachers house in front of Carly. When the pizza place calls back, he panics and runs away.
** Actually ''works'' in "iStage An Intervention" when he pulls a prank on Sam after she pulled one on him. Carly is impressed, but Freddie lacks the confidence to follow through and try to ask her out.

* OppositesAttract: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] or InvertedTrope with the Seddie arc, depending on how you look at it. The subversion is they are complete opposites that become physically attracted to each other but eventually break up when the actual relationship fails. They can't find any common ground in their interests and actually end up sabotaging them for each other when they try being involved in each other's activities. It ends up being one of the main causes of their breakup. The inversion is Sam wants someone abnormal, like her, and Freddie wants someone more normal, so that while they did have an OppositesAttract vibe, it's not what they need for a relationship.

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : It begins with Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2 merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before and her way of mending fences with Freddie after exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts, even though they can't stand each other most of the time. After Sam privately shares her first kiss with Freddie, they agree to keep it a secret and seem a little more friendly to each other, while simultaneously Sam sometimes is more jerkishly mean towards him. This can be because Sam's feelings for Freddie actually began to grow after they shared their first kiss with each other. And her being mean to Freddie even more could've been her way of trying to hide her crush on him in an abusively twisted way, then their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly finds out about their first kiss in private and acts shocked/all jealous. Later in Season 3, Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a shocking plot twist Cliffhanger, it flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode StoryArc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" in Season 6 shows that Freddie is beginning to revisit and subtly rekindle his long lost romance with Carly. Even after everything he went through with Sam, he ''still'' has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last-Minute Hookup smooch. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie has sunk.

** The end of "iThink They Kissed". The trio have been tied up with duct tape by escaped convicts, and Carly questions them if they enjoyed their first kiss. Sam gazes at Freddit for a bit, then Spencer busts in with his Banjo, plays a few chords and the show ends.

** "Harper" is used for the TV musician in "iCarly Saves TV and Carly's roommate in the [[Series/ICarly2021 revival]].

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : Begins with Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2 merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before, her way of mending fences with Freddie after exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts , then their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly finds out about their first kiss in private and acts shocked/all jealous. Later in Season 3, Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a Cliffhanger, flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode Story Arc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" shows that Freddie still has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last-Minute Hookup. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie is sunk.

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : Begins with Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2 merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before, her way of mending fences with Freddie after exposing his dirty secret, as it turns out that they don't truly hate each other's guts, then their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 "iThink they Kissed", when Carly finds out about their first kiss in private and acts jealous. Later in Season 3, Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "iSpeed Date", then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amicable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale "iOMG", which was a Cliffhanger, flips the romantic agenda on its head by having Sam kissing Freddie. When the show comes back early in Season 5, they enter a 4-episode Story Arc, but break up in "iLove You". "iOpen A Restaurant" shows that Freddie still has feelings for Carly, and then ended the finale "iGoodbye", which finally ends the speculation when Carly comes up to Freddie and initiates a Last-Minute Hookup. Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie is sunk.

** Carly does this to Freddie, despite her "We are just friends" lines, she will often act in ways that lead him on.

* MeaningfulEcho: In "iKiss", after their first kiss Freddie stops Sam walking away by saying "Hey. I hate you" and Sam responds with "I hate you too". Later, in "iLove You" after they break up, Freddie stops Sam walking away with "Hey. I love you", and she responds "I love you too".

* LoveEpiphany: Sam had have one for each Freddie, but their moment is not shown on-screen. In Season 5, Sam reveals she thought Freddie was cute for the first time, after she shoved him into a bike courier, who hit Freddie, knocked Freddie into a fire hydrant with so much force he started bleeding from the ears. Considering we never saw it happen or known it happened, it violates TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, is an unsatisfactory AssPull (because it invents a moment that should have been shown on screen) even though they had a surfeit of potential moments to have chosen from and knew about, because Creator/DanSchneider had spent entire blogs teasing said moments as potentially shippy. Which means that buried underneath her clashing and tormenting, Sam does have feelings for Freddie, in her own abusively twisted way.

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : It begins with Sam privately kissing Freddie mid-Season 2 merely to overcome their sexual frustrations of having never kissed anyone before. Their first smooch in private becomes a major plot device early on in Season 3 when Carly finds out. Then Carly and Freddie embark on a romantic adventure, starting with a romantic slow dance at the end of "ISpeed Date" then they spend the entire episode romantically dating and kissing in "iSaved Your Life". Following their amiable split, this is when the Sam/Freddie story arc comes into play, established in the season 4 finale and ended in "iGoodbye". Carly and Freddie passionately kiss. Seddie is sunk.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Freddie and Sam.
* TheMasochismTango: Sam's abusively toxic and contentious love-hate pairing with Freddie is the epitome of Stockholm syndrome. Once they get together in the Season 5 premiere when she checks into a mental hospital having lost her mind due to her crush on him, the next episode "iDate Sam & Freddie" features them aggressively at each other's throats ''repeatedly'', clashing and falling out to the point where Carly (who is their couples counselling mediator) has had it with their blowout antics and tells them to stick a fork in each other's face because they need to sort out their own problems or they should break up. The next episode says they only squabbled ''three times'' that day, and that Sam still [[DomesticAbuse hits Freddie]], just [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale not in the face.]] They then get into a massive almost break up moment when Sam is revealed to have sabotaged an admission paper that could have helped him get into any college he wanted. Despite this abysmally agonizing and dysfunctional clashing, they still stick together. The duo ultimately break up in the fourth episode "iLove You", upon realizing that they are far too dissonant and incompatible polar opposites who have nothing in common interests outside of the web show, and they can't coexist peacefully and harmoniously without ruining it for each other.

* MoeCouplet: Carly and Freddie. Everything they do as a couple is cute [[UpToEleven to the extreme]].

** The end of "iThink They Kissed". The trio have been tied up by escaped convicts, and Carly ends up asking if they liked the kiss. Freddie and Sam look at each other for a bit, then Spencer busts in with his Banjo, plays a few chords and the show ends.

** In "iOMG", Sam's wanting to help Freddie and Brad with a homework assignment, and then going to a movie with them, raised a lot of red flags.

* LastMinuteHookup: Carly in Freddie in the last few minutes of "iGoodbye".

** Freddie and Carly act like this, but more the "familiar and comfortable with one another" side than the bickering one.

** Averted with Sam and Freddie in "iDate Sam & Freddie". They don't fight LikeAnOldMarriedCouple, they fight like Sam and Freddie always have, never-ending bickering, constantly picking apart each other and dragging Carly into the fights. Carly finds it incredibly tiring and eventually berates them and calls them out saying that if they can't ''stop'' fighting, they shouldn't date at all.

* LoveDodecahedron: Carly once dated Freddie, who is in love with her, only for them to break up because Sam told Freddie that Carly's feelings for Freddie were hero worship. Sam has a crush on Spencer, and then later has full blown feelings for Freddie, who enters into a relationship with Sam. [[spoiler: Then Carly kisses Freddie in the series finale, which seemingly rekindles their romance.]] Gibby has shown interest in Carly and Sam, and had a girlfriend named Tasha, who had an episode where it looked like she cheated on Gibby with Freddie. Melanie, who is Sam's twin sister, had an obvious crush on Freddie, and has kissed him as well.
* LoveEpiphany: Sam and Freddie had have one for each other, but neither moment is shown on-screen. In "iDate Sam & Freddie", Sam reveals she thought Freddie was cute for the first time, after she shoved him into a bike courier, who hit Freddie, knocked Freddie into a fire hydrant with so much force he started bleeding from the ears. Considering we never saw it happen or known it happened, it violates TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, is an unsatisfactory AssPull (because it invents a moment that should have been shown on screen) even though they had a surfeit of potential moments to have chosen from and knew about, because Creator/DanSchneider had spent entire blogs teasing said moments as potentially shippy. Freddie eventually got one for Sam that boiled down to "I like making out with you."

* LoveTriangle / TriangRelations : Established as a season 4 finale and ended in "iGoodbye". Carly and Freddie kiss. Seddie is sunk.

** Freddie came out of "iSave Your Life" with a broken leg. The inertia from the moving truck can do much, much worse to a human body. That or he has incredible luck.

* TheMasochismTango: The Sam/Freddie pairing can be seen as this. Once they get together, the next episode "iDate Sam & Freddie" is about them ''constantly'' fighting, to the point where Carly tells them they need to sort out their problems or they should break up. The next episode says they only fought ''three times'' that day, and that Sam still [[DomesticAbuse hits Freddie]], just [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale not in the face.]] They then get into a massive almost break up moment when Sam is revealed to have sabotaged an admission paper that could have helped him get into any college he wanted. Despite this obvious dysfunction, they still remain together at the end of both episodes. They finally break up in the fourth episode of the plot line, "iLove You", when they realize that they have nothing in common interests outside of iCarly and making out, and they can't do anything else together without ruining it for each other.

* MissedHimByThatMuch: Throughout "iTwins", Sam and Melanie constantly leave the scene just as the opposite is about to appear, leading Freddie to think it's a scam even more. It isn't until the final scene where they are finally shown together.

* MoebiusNeighborhood: Well, moebius apartment building.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: In "iEntage Gibby", Freddie and Tasha have a private talk together in the studio, and Tasha trips and falls on him. Then Gibby enters, and it appears as if the two are making out, infuriating him enough to fight Freddie.

** There's no rule that specifically states that a full-grown adult can't wrestle in a community wrestling league. The pamphlet only ''recommended'' the activity to boys 6-10.

* LostAesop: InUniverse. In “iOMG”, Carly and Sam say in their webshow that a lesson has been learned, only to retract that and admit they learned nothing and wasted everyone’s time.

* LawOfDisproportionateResponse

* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall

* OutOfOrder:
** The reason that StatusQuoIsGod on the show is because Nick constantly shifts episodes on their own whims. The broadcast order is practically random compared to production order.
** "iOMG" and its cliffhanger ending had a completely unrelated {{Crossover}} with ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' sandwiched in between it and the first episode of the next season.

* OverusedRunningGag: T-Bo's food-on-a-stick is put up with a couple of times, and now every time it's brought up he is forcefully rejected by the other characters.

** Freddie, again, complete with ''volunteering'' for a LizLemonJob (almost exactly [[Series/ThirtyRock Liz Lemon's]] [[ShowRunner actual job]], for that matter.)

** This the plot of both ''iPsycho'' and ''iStill Psycho''.

*** In ''iStill Psycho'', the iCarly trio are called to the probation hearing of the aforementioned Nora who is serving time in juvie for holding them hostage. Carly is at first perfectly willing to let Nora rot in juvie but is moved by seeing how heartbroken Nora's parents are over potentially losing their daughter, decided to argue in favor of letting Nora out on parole. Against their better judgement, they also join Nora and her mother for dinner. This turns out to be a trap and they are once again at Nora's mercy only this time, her parents turn out to be just as twisted as Nora is and are in on the plot.