History ICarly / TropesUToZ

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Gibby is Seasons 1-3, [[RunningGag most of the time]].

** ''iWon't Cancel the Show'' finally stated that their dad's name is Steven Shay.

** Sam displays this in ''iMake Sam Girlier'' after the bully Jocelyn pushes Carly down and when Freddie manacles her to Gibby in ''iKiss''.
** Gibby in ''iEnrage Gibby''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title says it all]].

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Sam, Sam, SAM! One wonders why Carly and Freddie would still have anything to do with her. Freddie especially — it's a small miracle that nothing she's done to him has resulted in a permanently disabling injury.

-->'''Sam''' [''having been babysitting Ginger Fox's baby]'': Careful, he's a distance pee-er."

* TheVamp: Valerie in ''iWill Date Freddie'' uses her feminine wiles to lure Freddie to her web show, temporarily stealing him from iCarly, and goes so far as to [[LesYay try it on Sam]]. Another example is Missy trying to "break up" Carly and Sam.
* VandalismBackfire: Inverted when Sam thought it was okay to bust through her locker door with a hammer because her combination wouldn't work. It turned out to be Gibby's locker - Sam's was the one ''next to'' it.

** ''iGet Pranky'' sort of subverts this. While it may be a more general, subtle "just say no" message, the lack of dramatic seriousness suggests that it's a TakeThat to other older teen shows like ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
** ''iMeet The First Lady'' is about the importance of military families.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment:
** In ''iMake Sam Girlier'', a bully shoves french fries down Sam's shirt. After Sam beats her up, she pulls a fry out of her blouse, eats it, and remarks that it's a pretty good place to keep french fries.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: In-show example in ''iWin A Date''. While Spencer was looking at the emails sent to him by ladies from whynotdateme.com, he remarks that the most recent email sender is 'kinda pretty'. Carly then points out to him that she's really a dude. [[invoked]]
* VillainBall: Missy in ''iReunite With Missy''. Missy tries to regain her old "best friend" position from Sam, by treating her nicely around people, but indirectly attacking her in ways that force Sam away from Carly. Sam herself is unsure if Missy is trying to hurt her, or if she's jealous of Missy. The evil plot is ruined when Missy gives Sam a MotiveRant for no reason. This pushes Sam to ask Freddie for help. Carly has no clue until she [[RightBehindMe overhears]] [[EvilGloating Missy gloating]] about the cruise Freddie gave up to get rid of her.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Sam and Freddie qualify to a Type 2, starting from season 2 onwards.

-->'''Sam:''' Why does your voice sound deeper?\\

* TheVoiceless: The little girl who infiltrates the Shays' apartment in ''iSpace Out''.

* WallSlump: The imprisoned trio leans down against the wall in the sound booth while Nora sings obnoxiously in ''iPsycho''.

* WasItReallyWorthIt: In ''iHurt Lewbert'', the iCarly trio use a cannon to prank Lewbert, but end up accidentally seriously injuring him. They get forced by Spencer to cater to Lewbert as punishment and Lewbert asks them for unpleasant to difficult tasks such as scratching his foot with a fork, feeding his lizard with [[HoneyTrap honey-trapped bugs]] and finding him something to eat that he won't complain about.

** Wedgies occur several times throughout the series. Notably, in the episode "iHate Sam's Boyfriend," Sam and Carly have been working on perfecting a wedgie machine for the show. They decide to use Jonah as their first victim after he tries to kiss Carly while he is dating Sam. As payback, Sam hooks Jonah's tighty-whities to the machine and allows him to get a hanging wedgie from the machine for more than two hours.
** In "iWill Date Freddie," Sam gives Freddie a wedgie while her arms are wrapped around him to give him a hug.
* WhamEpisode: ''iOMG'' viciously hits a home run with this, further lampshaded by Carly and Freddie's wide-eyed reactions. While ''iKiss'' and ''iSaved Your Life'' had reasonable plot devices for the ending scenes, the episode's entirety shoots out the ending into [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold another familiar Nickelodeon show]].

-->'''Carly:''' Why do you have that printed out?\\

** From "iOMG": [[spoiler: Sam confesses that Freddie is the one "she's in love with" using a kiss.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: In ''iEnrage Gibby'', Carly, Sam and especially Freddie are dumbfounded that Gibby can get someone hot like Tasha as his girlfriend. They all agree in the end that "There's something wrong with that chick."
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Sam assaulted an ''ambassador'' in ''iWon't Cancel The Show''. Sure, she was in juvie, but that's what always happens when kids get arrested. She still would have had to go to court for a trial and possible incarceration.

** ''iStill Psycho'': Gibby, after getting stuck in Nora's chimney while trying to get to the cops, is seen at the end of the episode still stuck, with no explanation of how he was pulled out.

** In ''iNevel'', the titular antagonist mocks Spencer's sculpture, prompting Spencer to mutter "Nevel's a stupid name" under his breath.

** In the end Freddie and Carly get a moment in ''iGoodbye'' when Carly kisses Freddie and he celebrates it.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Freddie and Sam. In the series finale, "iGoodbye", [[spoiler: Freddie calls Sam on the phone, and out of the blue she asks if he is calling because he wants to get back together. After repeated "well, uh, do you?"s, they pretend it never happened.]]
* WrittenInAbsence: Jennette [=McCurdy=] was in the hospital when the cast was taping ''iWon't Cancel The Show''. Thus, Sam was absent in the episode, explained as spending the day in juvie after shoving food into a Mexican ambassador's pants. (Remarkably, this is the ''only'' episode of the entire run in which any of the four original cast members are absent.)

-->'''Sam''': "I love this pie. I wanna be Mrs. Sam... This Pie."\\
-->'''Freddie''': (talking about a guy doing a dance video for iCarly): Come on, he's a total nub.\\
'''Carly''': If he's a nub, someday I wanna be Mrs. Carly Nub.
* WordSaladPhilosophy: Reuben in ''iWin A Date''. Also, in the video "iHave A Question": Weird and Random" on the website, where the cast descend into 'Reubenesque' banter.

-->'''Carly''': Nora…YOU'RE A NUTCASE!
-->'''Nora''': The proper term is "disturbed, lonely sociopath."

** Freddie wins a competition for the giant locker. He proceeds to do a victory dance of sorts, insults Sam... and then they reveal Sam won the competition as well. [[FromBadToWorse To add insult to injury,]] at the very end of the episode Sam's (implied to be) drunk mom crashes into the school and demolishes the locker in one fell swoop.

* YearsSupplyPrize: In "iCook," Carly, Sam, and Freddie win a year's supply of free steaks for beating master chef Ricky Flame.

-->'''Sam''': Because I came here. Have I ever come to you for help before, for anything?

** "iMight Switch Schools": [[JerkAss Sam]] and [[ButtMonkey Freddie]] rescheduling Carly's interview with a private school headmistress to her apartment, setting up a mini-golf course there, inviting two dozen kids over, and getting the kids to think she had a prize hidden on her, done to sabotage Carly's chances of being admitted to the school so Carly wouldn't leave them.

* WidgetSeries: The ShowWithinAShow Webcast qualifies as an in-universe W(H)AT Weird Humorous American Thing.

* Wedgie:

* UncoolUndies: Throughout the series, several of the male characters on the show are seen wearing tighty-whities, as opposed to a "cooler" type of underwear such as boxer shorts or boxer briefs:
** In "iLost My Mind" Spencer is seen wearing tighty-whities as he tries to put on a very tight pair of jeans which he initially believes are his, but turn out to be Carly's.
** In "iWill Date Freddie," Freddie is seen to be wearing tighty-whities when Sam gives him a wedgie while her arms are wrapped around him to give him a hug.
** In "iHate Sam's Boyfriend," when Sam and Carly give Jonah a wedgie on the "Wedgie Bounce" machine, Jonah is wearing a pair of tighty-whities.

* Wedgie: Wedgies occur several times throughout the series. Notably, in the episode "iHate Sam's Boyfriend," Sam and Carly have been working on perfecting a wedgie machine for the show. They decide to use Jonah as their first victim after he tries to kiss Carly while he is dating Sam. As payback, Sam hooks Jonah's tighty-whities to the machine and allow him to get a hanging wedgie from the machine for more than two hours.

** In the end Freddie and Carly get a ''TheyDo'' moment in ''iGoodbye'' when Carly kisses Freddie and he celebrates it.

** Melanie's anecdote involved her identical twin sister Sam attempting to convince Melanie that the latter is an adopted child.
** When Guppy first appears (shirtless) in the Shay's loft, Spencer mistakes him for a diminutized Gibby and is utterly alarmed. It does get funnier when an ending credit for an earlier episode involved Spencer "turning" Gibby into a 5-year old (Guppy).

* UpToEleven. Gibby turns up the stink spray to 11 in ''iOMG''.

* WrittenInAbsence: Jennette [=McCurdy=] was in the hospital when the cast was taping ''iWon't Cancel The Show''. Thus, Sam was absent in the episode, explained as spending the day in juvie after shoving food into a Mexican ambassador's pants. (Remarkably, this is the ''only'' episode of the entire run in which any of the four original cast members are [[AbsenteeActor absent]].)

* UnnamedParent: Enforced with Spencer and Carly's parents, wherein their names are never disclosed throughout the series.

** Sam mentions her father in "iParty with VICTORiOUS", and "iLost My Mind" mentioning that he left the family and she does not know his location.

* UnstoppableRage: Sam displays this in ''iMake Sam Girlier'' after the bully Jocelyn pushes Carly down and when Freddie manacles her to Gibby in ''iKiss''.

* TheUnseen: Socko.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Sam, Sam, SAM!

* UpToEleven. Gibby turns up the stink spray to this in ''iOMG''.

* VerySpecialEpisode: ''iGet Pranky'' sort of subverts this. While it may be a more general, subtle "just say no" message, the lack of dramatic seriousness suggests that it's a TakeThat to other older teen shows like ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
** ''iMeet The First Lady'' which will be about the importance of military families.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: In ''iMake Sam Girlier'', a bully shoves french fries down Sam's shirt. After Sam beats her up, she pulls a fry out of her blouse, eats it, and remarks that it's a pretty good place to keep french fries.

* VillainousCrush: Nevel to Carly.

* VocalEvolution: Freddie's voice became significantly deeper at the start of Season 2.

* WeWillMeetAgain: Carly in the final episodes to her fans.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Sam assaulted an ''ambassador'' in ''iWon't Cancel The Show''. Sure, she was in juvie, but that's what always happens when kids get arrested. She still would have had to go to court for a trial and possible incarceration.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The very first question Sam's mom asks about iCarly after watching it for the first time is "Who names their kid 'Gibby'?"

* WildTeenParty: The party Andre throws at Kenan Thompson's house in "iParty With VICTORiOUS" is a little downplayed; there's obviously no alcohol or drugs, but with loud music, several rap battles, and exciting games, it certainly counts.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Averted for now. Carly and Freddie get together, but then break up in the same episode. Sam and Freddie get together 3 days after Sam reveals her feelings for Freddie, then they break up again after.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Freddie and Sam.
** In the series finale, "iGoodbye", [[spoiler: Freddie calls Sam on the phone, and out of the blue she asks if he is calling because he wants to get back together. After repeated "well, uh, do you?"s, they pretend it never happened.]]

* {{Yandere}}: Miss Ackerman to Spencer in "iHave A Lovesick Teacher".

* YankTheDogsChain: Freddie wins a competition for the giant locker. He proceeds to do a victory dance of sorts, insults Sam... and then they reveal Sam won the competition as well. [[FromBadToWorse To add insult to injury,]] at the very end of the episode Sam's (implied to be) drunk mom crashes into the school and demolishes the locker in one fell swoop.

* YouMonster: Spencer to the soup-stealing... well, monster, in "iDate A Bad Boy".
** Carly occasionally pulls this on Sam when they have a big fight, most especially in their iconic [[strike:divorce]] [[LesYay break-up]] scene in "iQuit iCarly". The show even handwaves that Carly is very aware how horrible her best friend can be.

* UnfortunateNames: Mr. Buttburn, one of the Ridgeway teachers.

** Marta Trundel, Lewbert's ex girlfriend. Because of her, Lewbert got his wart and was compelled to change his name to escape from her. The woman seemed to be a pretty nice and cool girlfriend until her TrueColors showed as a manic ControlFreak. Lastly, Lewbert was more than happy to stay in prison just to get away from her and smacked a cop to extend his imprisonment.

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-->'''Sam''': "I love this pie. I wanna be Mrs. Sam... This Pie."
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