History Recap / ICarlyS02Ep05IGoToJapan

* EngineeredPublicConfession: When the iCarlys get trapped in the control room (due to the guards bringing them there) as Kyoko and Yuki take their place, they are forced to act out what they've went through for the guards who cannot speak English. Freddie takes this to project their confession onto the big screen onstage, which the audience witnesses and Kyoko and Yuki's actions are exposed, and granting the iCarlys the victory.

When iCarly is nominated for an iWeb award for best comedy, Carly, Sam, Freddie and Spencer go to Japan where the award show is held. However, one of the nominees plots to sabotage their appearance, and they must find a way to expose them and get to the show in time.

* FrenchJerk: Sam says that this trope is the reason she does not want the iWeb Awards to be hosted in Paris, because it would be full of French people. And indeed, one of the contestants for the show named Henri is a selfish prick.

* OhCrap: Carly realizes something is wrong when Kyoko and Yuki's arguing causes them to miss their shopping and they come to the middle of nowhere, meaning they'll have no time to get to the iWeb Awards on time.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: When the iCarlys get trapped in the control room (due to the guards bringing them there) as Kyoko and Yuki take their place, they are forced to act out what they've went through for the guards who cannot speak English. Freddie takes this to project their confession onto the big screen onstage, which the audience witnesses and Kyoko and Yuki's actions are exposed.

* SlasherSmile: Kyoko and Yuki secretly trade this when they get the text that Spencer and Mrs. Benson are tied up.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Sam starts laughing at Kyoko and Yuki’s banter in the car, which she says it’s because there’s something about Japanese arguing that cracks her up.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: The vehicles that are driving along Japan have the driver’s seat and wheel on the left side, even though it should be on the right side because cars there drive on the left side of the road.

* AskAStupidQuestion: After Spencer gets knocked out of the Japanese taxi, Carly comes back out of it and asks why he’s just laying on the ground. He sarcastically says that he’s lazy.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Most of the actual “Japanese speaking” is just nonsense made to sound Japanese.
* AssShove: Apparently, given the way Mrs. Benson implies and Freddie’s distress upon figuring out what she means, her last vaccination shot for him goes up his butt.

* DopeSlap: When the clerk at the hotel [[MistakenForRomance mistakes Carly and Freddie for a honeymoon couple]], the two exchange glances. Freddie can’t help but look amused and pleased with the assumption, causing Carly to slap him across the face.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The passengers on the freight plane call the pilot Freight Dog. [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep And apparently, that’s his actual name]].

* HarmlessElectrocution: Spencer wears an electronic neck bracelet as part of a Japanese learning device, and he would get a shocking sensation if he gets a wrong answer. Although he struggles in agony each type and says that it sizzles his flesh, he seems fine and there are no burn marks after he gets it off.
* InsultBackfire: When Freight Dog asks Sam how she likes the plane, she replies that it’s almost as “charming” as a gas station’s men’s room. He says, “Thank you!”
* LookBehindYou: Mrs. Benson uses this tactic to distract the guards and have the iCarly team sneak inside. She walks to one of them who wears a wig, then suddenly looks up and point with a gasp. As soon that guard is turned, she snatched the wig off his head, causing him and the rest of the guards to chase after her.
* NoOSHACompliance: The jumbo jet that the iCarlys [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Mrs. Benson]] travel in to Japan is very unsafe. The atmosphere is cold, it’s carrying very unsanitary possums, the pilot sometimes doesn’t even fly the plane and just steers it with a rope, and they actually have to skydive out of it in order to enter Japan.

* NoOSHACompliance: The jumbo jet that the iCarlys [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Mrs. Benson]] travel in to Japan is very unsafe. The atmosphere is cold, it’s carrying very unsanitary possums, the pilot sometimes doesn’t even fly the plane, and they actually have to skydive out of it in order to enter Japan.

* SpeakOfTheDevil: When she gets on the ground after parachuting, Mrs. Benson says that she will chew out Spencer for making them travel to Japan this way. He then immediately comes down in a parachute, knocking her down in the process.

* CoveredInGunge: When the main iCarly trio try to head back to civilization while in the middle of nowhere, they are on a large mud puddle. When a large truck comes by, it washes a wave of mud onto them, covering them almost head to toe.

* TemptingFate: Mrs. Benson worries that the children won’t be safe in Japan with only Spencer as their caretaker. Spencer replies that he is a responsible authority figure, but then an invention that he was working on ignites on his head, and he is incapable of dousing it while the kids do it themselves. This proves to Mrs. Benson that he can’t be trusted to look after them in a different country.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Kyoko and Yuki's plot to cancel iCarly's appearance would've worked if Freddie didn't secretly record them backstage and project them onto the big screen.

* AssShove: Apparently, given the way Mrs. Benson implies and Freddie’s distress over it, her last vaccination shot for him goes up his butt.

* DopeSlap: When the clerk at the hotel mistakes Carly and Freddie for a honeymoon couple, the two exchange glances. Freddie can’t help but look amused and pleased with the assumption, causing Carly to slap him across the face.

* InsultBackfire: When Freight Dog asks Sam how she looks the plane, she replies that it’s almost as charming as a gas station’s men’s room. He says, “Thank you!”

* SkewedPriorities: When their luggage falls from the sky by being dropped by Freight Dog, Sam immediately starts searching for her Fat Cakes, instead of more necessary items such as clothing and water.

* BrutalHonesty: When the iCarly crew and their adult figures head to Japan, they get there by a cargo plane carrying opossums. When Mrs. Benson asks the pilot if they are vaccinated , he replies straight up no, and that they are full of disease.

* CoveredInGunge: When the main iCarly trio try to head back to civilization while in the middle of nowhere, they are on a large mud puddle. When a large truck comes by, it washes a wave of mud eighth in them, covering them almost head to toe.

* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The Japanese guards protecting the back lot of the iWeb Awards hosting studio are utterly incapable at understanding the English-speaking main characters. The original one who simply holds up signs is explicitly called stupid by the producer of the Awards. Also, when they chase after Mrs. Benson, not a single one of them stays behind to gird the back entrance, giving the iCarly team a chance to run inside. This proves to Mrs. Benson that he can’t be trusted to look after them in Japan.

* TemptingFate: Mrs. Benson worries that the children won’t be safe in Japan with only Spencer as their caretaker. Spencer replies that he is a responsible authority figure, but then an invention that he was working on ignites on his head, and he is incapable of dousing it while the kids do it themselves

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Kyoko and Yuki seem nice at first, but they are jealous of the iCarlys and plot to stop them from showing up.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: When the iCarlys get trapped in the control room as Kyoko and Yuki take their place, they are forced to act out what they've went through for the guards who cannot speak English. Freddie takes this to project their confession onto the bigscreen onstage, which the audience witnesses and Kyoko and Yuki's actions are exposed.

* OhCrap: Carly realizes something is wrong when Kyoko and Yuki's arguing causes them to miss their shopping and they come to the middle of nowhere, meaning they'll have no time to get to the iWeb Awards by now.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Kyoko and Yuki's plot to cancel iCarly's appearance would've worked if Freddie didn't secretly record them backstage and project them onto the bigscreen.