History Recap / ICarlyS02Ep07IChristmas

* AnAesop: Appreciate your family for who they are.

* AlliterativeName: Mitch, Carly's guardian angel, is a midget (dwarf).

** Spencer and Melissa Benson (Freddie's mother) become engaged and plan to marry on Christmas, thus making Carly and Freddie step-aunt and step-nephew.

* IncrediblyLameFun: In the alternate universe, Spencer doesn't make tasty foods nor is he creative with cooking, so he never invented Spaghetti Tacos. Instead, he enjoys steamed halibut and thinks of that as a special Christmas dinner, which Carly whines is boring. [[FridgeBrilliance Most likely]], Spencer is letting his fiancée Marissa (Freddie's mother) do the cooking because she is said to be a mundane cook who makes bland-tasting foods, according to Carly back in Season 1's [=iHeart Art=].

** Spencer is not an artist anymore. Instead, he graduated law school and is a successful attorney who's always on the phone talking to his clients, being too busy to spend any personal time with Carly to even know her personality. He ''did'' buy a real tree for Christmas just as Carly wanted, but he also never gives her the time of day, not even on Christmas, as [[{{Workaholic}} he now cares much more about work than family]]. He also does not possess his artistic creativity anymore, which was a huge inspiration for his younger sister to do the web show iCarly. He becomes a devout, born-again Christian who doesn't create art or sculptures and instead reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time. Instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. Finally, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Spencer never invented Spaghetti Tacos]], which Carly absolutely loves.

** Sam and Carly are not friends because Spencer forbade their friendship. Sam started committing crimes even more malicious than normally seen on the show since Carly's not there to reign her in or mother her anymore. Eventually, [[NoodleIncident she wound up in juvie for some reason with no chance of parole]] and has to stay behind bars instead of attending high school like a normal teenager. As a result, the web show iCarly is never made.

** Spencer is not an artist anymore. Instead, he graduated law school and is a successful attorney who's always on the phone talking to his clients, being too busy to spend any personal time with Carly to even know her personality. He ''did'' buy a real tree for Christmas just as Carly wanted, but he also never gives her the time of day, not even on Christmas, as [[{{Workaholic}} he now cares much more about work than family]]. He also does not possess his artistic creativity anymore, which was a huge inspiration for his younger sister to do the web show iCarly. He becomes a devout, born-again Christian who doesn't create art or sculptures and instead reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time. Instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. Finally, Spencer never invented Spaghetti Tacos, which Carly absolutely loves.

* HeroicBSOD: Seeing Normal Spencer announce he's getting married to Mrs. Benson is what pushes Carly over the limit, causing her to completely break down and want her old life back.

* IncrediblyLameFun: In the alternate universe, Spencer doesn't make tasty foods and is not creative with cooking, so he never invented Spaghetti Tacos. Instead, he enjoys steamed halibut and thinks of that as a special Christmas dinner, which Carly whines is boring. [[FridgeBrilliance Most likely]], Spencer is letting his fiancée Marissa (Freddie's mother) do the cooking because she is said to be a mundane cook who makes bland-tasting foods, according to Carly back in Season 1's [=iHeart Art=].

** Spencer is not an artist anymore. Instead, he's a successful attorney who's always on the phone talking to his clients, being too busy to spend any personal time with Carly to even know her personality. He ''did'' buy a real tree for Christmas just as Carly wanted, but he also never gives Carly the time of day, not even on Christmas, as [[{{Workaholic}} he now cares much more about work than family]]. He also does not possess his artistic creativity anymore, which was a huge inspiration for his younger sister to do the web show iCarly. He becomes a devout, born-again Christian who doesn't create art or sculptures and instead reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time. Instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. Finally, Spencer never invented Spaghetti Tacos, which Carly absolutely loves.

After Spencer accidentally burns down a Christmas tree (by building a metallic, magnetic one instead of a real tree), Carly wishes that her brother was born normal. She is approached by her guardian angel Mitch, who grants her wish and shows her a universe in which Spencer is normal.

* AlliterativeName: Mitch, Carly's guardian angel, is a dwarf.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Carly wishes for Spencer to become normal. She enters an alternate universe where all of these consequences have occurred.
** Spencer is not an artist anymore. Instead, he's a successful attorney always on the phone talking to his clients and being too busy to spend any personal time with Carly to even know what her personality is like. He ''did'' buy a real tree for Christmas just as Carly wanted, but he also never gives Carly the time of day, not even on Christmas, as [[{{Workaholic}} he now cares much more about work than family]]. He also does not possess his artistic creativity anymore, which was a huge inspiration for his younger sister to do the web show [=iCarly=]. Spencer also never invented Spaghetti Tacos, which Carly absolutely loves. Also, Spencer becomes a devout, born-again Christian and instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. He doesn't create art or sculptures anymore. Instead, he reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time.
** Sam and Carly are not friends because Spencer forbade their friendship. So without Carly, Sam started committing crimes even more malicious than normally seen on the show as Carly's not there to control or mother her anymore. [[NoodleIncident She wound up in juvie for some reason with no chance of parole]] and has to stay behind bars instead of attending high school like a regular teenager. As a result, the web show iCarly is never made.

** Nevel is now dating Carly, he's her boyfriend now, since Spencer warmly accepted Nevel into the Shay family. Carly is not amused by this and shoos him away, ordering him to [[GetOut leave the country]].

* CrappyHomemadeGift: Carly ends up in a world where Spencer was born normal. One of the changes made is that Freddie is now dating a girl named Rona Berger, [[HatedByAll who everyone hates]]. To demonstrate this, Freddie is shown giving her a thoughtful Christmas present: a digital picture frame filled with pictures of them. [[UngratefulBastard She]] yells at him for not getting her a [[IPhony Pear Pad]] and [[AgonyOfTheFeet stomps on his foot]] before storming off.

** Anger: The Magnatree catches fire and burns Carly's presents, and she gets so angry with Spencer, she wishes he were normal.
** Bargaining: Mitch appears and grants Carly's wish, and she sees how horrible her life would be like if Spencer were normal.
** Depression: After seeing the alternate universe, Carly learns her lesson and breaks down, and pleads to Mitch to give her her old life back.

* GenreShift: Normally, iCarly mostly stays within the perimeters of a live-action sitcom for teenagers in which the problems the main characters face are often realistic as in they have to deal with a rival malicious blogger (Nevel), financial issues, strict overbearing parents (Freddie's mother), school teachers, and fire hazards. Here, magic and fantasy play a crucial role in the episode and Carly ends up entering an alternate universe where she wished Spencer was born normal. It's not confirmed onscreen if Carly was dreaming all of this.

* HenpeckedHusband: Freddie becomes a constantly abused and exploited boyfriend to Rona Berger, who forces him to buy her expensive luxuries such as the newest [=iPad=] for her as a Christmas present.
* IncrediblyLameFun: In the alternate universe, Spencer doesn't make tasty foods and is not creative with cooking, so he never invented Spaghetti Tacos. Instead, he enjoys steamed halibut and thinks of that as a special Christmas dinner, which Carly whines is boring. Most likely, Spencer is letting his fiancée Marissa (Freddie's mother) do the cooking because Marissa is said to be a mundane cook who makes bland-tasting foods, according to Carly back in Season 1's [=iHeart Art=].

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Carly is approached by her guardian angel Mitch to see what life would be like if Spencer were born normal - that would mean [=iCarly=] wouldn't have been made while Sam and Freddie wouldn't be friends with Carly.

** Freddie dating Rona is (sort of) this. Her wish for Spencer to become normal probably should have not changed his fate. The only explanation Mitch gives as to why Freddie ended up with Rona instead of her is that Carly was already dating Nevel. The iCarly Wiki makes note of this in the [[https://icarly.fandom.com/wiki/IChristmas#Goofs Goofs section of the episode's page]], but neglects Mitch's explanation.

* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: "Normal Spencer" has converted into an implied devout Christian and is a credentialed, no-nonsense lawyer who mostly pertains to classic literature and finds art, sculpting, blend-fusion foods, and singing (except for church hymns) all pointless and irrelevant to his daily life because of Carly's wish.

After Spencer burns down a Christmas tree (by building a metallic, magnetic one instead of a real tree), Carly wishes that Spencer were born normal. She is approached by her guardian angel Mitch, who grants her wish and shows her a universe in which Spencer is normal.

** Spencer is not an artist anymore. Instead, he's a successful {{workaholic}} attorney always on the phone talking to his clients and being too busy to spend any personal time with Carly to even know what her personality is like. He ''did'' buy a real tree for Christmas just as Carly wanted, but he also never gives Carly the time of day, not even on Christmas. He now cares much more about work than family. He also does not possess his artistic creativity anymore, which was a huge inspiration for his younger sister to do the web show [=iCarly=]. Spencer also never invented Spaghetti-Tacos, which Carly absolutely loves.
** Sam and Carly are not friends because Spencer forbade their friendship. So without Carly, Sam started committing crimes even more malicious than normally seen on the show as Carly's not there to control or mother her anymore. [[NoodleIncident She winds up in juvie]] for [[NoodleIncident some reason]] with no chance of parole and has to stay behind bars instead of attending high school like a regular teenager. As a result, the web show [=iCarly=] is never made.
** Freddie and Carly also never became friends, and Freddie is now dating a materialistic FetishizedAbuser Rona Berger, who bosses him around and forces him to wait on her hand and foot and spend money on frivolous luxuries for her. Freddie's fate here has nothing to do with Spencer turning normal, but rather with the fact that Carly already has a boyfriend (see below).
** Nevel is now dating Carly, he's her boyfriend now, since Spencer warmly accepted Nevel into the Shay family. Carly is not amused by this and shoos him away ordering him to [[GetOut leave the country]].

** Spencer becomes a devout born-again Christian and instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. He doesn't create art or sculptures anymore, instead, he reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time while working as a full-time attorney who is committed to his job even on Christmas.

* CrappyHomemadeGift: Carly ends up in a world where Spencer was born normal. One of the changes made is that Freddie is now dating a girl named Rona Berger, who everyone hates. To demonstrate this, Freddie is shown giving her a thoughtful Christmas present- a digital picture frame filled with pictures of them. [[UngratefulBastard She]] yells at him for not getting her a [[IPhony Pear Pad]] and [[AgonyOfTheFeet stomps on his foot]] before storming off.

** Anger: The Magnatree catches fire and burns Carly's presents, and she gets so angered with Spencer she wishes he were normal.

** Acceptance: Back in the real universe, Carly accepts Spencer for the goofball he is.

* GenreShift: Normally, [=iCarly=] mostly stays within the perimeters of a live-action sitcom for teenagers in which the problems the main characters face are often realistic as in they have to deal with a rival malicious blogger (Nevel), financial issues, strict overbearing parents (Freddie's mother) and school teachers and fire hazards. Here, magic and fantasy play a crucial role in the episode and Carly ends up entering an alternate universe where she wished Spencer was born normal. It's not confirmed onscreen if Carly was dreaming all of this.
* HeroicBSOD: Seeing Normal Spencer announces he's getting married to Mrs. Benson is what pushes Carly over the limit, causing her to completely break down and want her old life back.

* IncrediblyLameFun: In the alternate universe, Spencer doesn't make tasty foods, is not creative with cooking, and did not invent Spaghetti Tacos. Instead, he enjoys steamed halibut and thinks of that as a special Christmas dinner, which Carly whines are boring. Most likely, Spencer is letting his fiancee Marissa (Freddie's mother) do the cooking because Marissa is said to be a mundane cook who makes bland-tasting foods according to Carly back in Season 1's [=iHeart Art=].

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Carly is approached by her guardian angel Mitch to see what life would be like if Spencer were born normal - that would mean [=iCarly=] wouldn't have been made and Sam wouldn't be with Carly.

** For some reason, Normal Spencer still lives in the studio apartment at Bushwell Plaza even though as a successful attorney he could afford to move himself and Carly into a proper house. It would seem that the show's crew didn't have the budget to create a whole new set.

** Freddie dating Rona is (sort of) this. Her wish for Spencer to become normal probably should have not changed his fate. The only explanation Mitch gives as to why Freddie ended up with Rona instead of her is that Carly was already dating Nevel. The iCarly Wiki makes note of this in the [[https://icarly.fandom.com/wiki/IChristmas#Goofs Goofs section of the episode's page,]] but neglects Mitch's explanation.

** Carly saying "That's not bad at all, just needs a little love," which is the same thing that Linus said about Charlie Brown's tree.

* TookALevelInKindness: Nevel is actually much more polite and kinder in the "Normal Spencer" universe than the home universe of [=iCarly=], most likely as Carly accepting him as her boyfriend is what gave him the change-of-heart that prevented him from becoming the main villain of [=iCarly=]. He's still just as socially eccentric as he was in the "Abnormal Spencer" universe, but he's seen as normal by Carly's soon-to-be family.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Spencer is converted into an implied devout Christian and a credentialed no-nonsense lawyer who mostly pertains to classic literature and finds art, sculpting, blend-fusion foods, and singing (except for church hymns) all pointless and irrelevant to his daily life because of Carly's wish.

** Spencer and Melissa Benson (Freddie's mother) become engaged and plan to marry on Christmas, thus making Carly and Freddie siblings-in-law.

* BerserkButton: Carly flips when she finds out Nevel is her boyfriend in the alternate universe if Spencer was born normal.

** Freddie dating Rona is also this. Her wish for Spencer to become normal should have not changed his fate. Mitch doesn't even explain why Freddie ended up with Rona instead of her. The iCarly Wiki even makes note of this in the [[https://icarly.fandom.com/wiki/IChristmas#Goofs Goofs section of the episode's page.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: Nevel is actually much more polite and kinder in the "Spencer's Normal" universe than the home universe of [=iCarly=], most likely as Carly accepting him as her boyfriend is what gave him the change-of-heart that prevented him from becoming the main villain of [=iCarly=]. He's still just as socially eccentric as he was in the "Spencer's Abnormal" universe, but he's seen as normal by Carly's soon-to-be family.
* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Spencer is converted into a devout Christian and a credentialed no-nonsense lawyer who mostly pertains to classic literature and finds art, sculpting, blend-fusion foods, and singing (except for church hymns) all pointless and irrelevant to his daily life because of Carly's wish.

** Freddie and Carly also never became friends, and Freddie is now dating a materialistic FetishizedAbuser Rona Berger, who bosses him around and forces him to wait on her hand and foot and spend money on frivolous luxuries for her. For some reason, Freddie's fate here has nothing to do with Spencer turning normal.

* CrappyHomemadeGift: Carly ends up in a world where Spencer was born normal. One of the changes made is that Freddie is now dating a girl named Rona Burger, who everyone hates. To demonstrate this, Freddie is shown giving her a thoughtful Christmas present- a digital picture frame filled with pictures of them. [[UngratefulBastard She]] yells at him for not getting her a [[IPhony Pear Pad]] and [[AgonyOfTheFeet stomps on his foot]] before storming off.

After Spencer burns down a Christmas tree (by buying a metallic, magnetic one instead of a real tree), Carly wishes that Spencer were born normal. She is approached by her guardian angel Mitch, who grants her wish and shows her a universe in which Spencer is normal.

** Sam and Carly are not friends because Spencer forbid their friendship. So without Carly, Sam started committing crimes even more malicious than normally seen on the show as Carly's not there to control or mother her anymore. [[NoodleIncident She winds up in juvie]] for [[NoodleIncident some reason]] with no chance of parole and has to stay behind bars instead of attending high school like a regular teenager. As a result, the web show [=iCarly=] is never made.

** Spencer and Melissa Benson (Freddie's mother) become engaged and plan to marry on Christmas, thus making Carly and Freddie siblings in law.
** Spencer becomes a devout born-again Christian and instead of singing songs for fun, he only sings in church. He doesn't create art or sculptures anymore, instead he reads books such as the Bible in his leisure time while working as a full-time attorney who is committed to his job even on Christmas.

** Depression: After seeing the alternate universe, Carly learns her lesson and breaks down, and pleads Mitch to give her her old life back.

* GenreShift: Normally, [=iCarly=] mostly stays in the perimeters of a live-action sitcom for teenagers in which the problems the main characters face are often realistic as in they have to deal with a rival malicious blogger (Nevel), financial issues, strict overbearing parents (Freddie's mother) and school teachers and fire hazards. Here, magic and fantasy play a crucial role in the episode and Carly ends up entering an alternate universe where she wished Spencer normal. It's not confirmed onscreen if Carly was dreaming all of this.
* HeroicBSOD: Seeing Normal Spencer announce he's getting married to Mrs. Benson is what pushes Carly over the limit, causing her to completely break down and want her old life back.

* IncrediblyLameFun: In the alternate universe, Spencer doesn't make tasty foods, is not creative with cooking and he did not invent Spaghetti Tacos. Instead, he enjoys steamed halibut and thinks of that as a special Christmas dinner, which Carly whines is boring. Most likely, Spencer is letting his fiancee Marissa (Freddie's mother) do the cooking because Marissa is said to be a mundane cook who makes bland-tasting foods according to Carly back in Season 1's [=iHeart Art=].

** Mitch claims that Carly, who he just pulled into an alternate reality, needs to accept Spencer for who he is in her home universe before he can send Carly back. However, Carly already did wish for Spencer to be changed back midway through the episode and yet Mitch still didn't grant her second wish.

* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: Spencer is converted into a devout Christian and a credentialed no-nonsense lawyer who mostly pertains to classic literature and finds art, sculpting, blend-fusion foods and singing (except for church hymns) all pointless and irrelevant to his daily life because of Carly's wish.

* TheScream: Carly when Nevel kisses her.

** Freddie is now dating a materialistic FetishizedAbuser Rona Berger, who bosses him around and forces him to wait on her hand and foot and spend money on frivolous luxuries for her. For some reason, Freddie's fate here has nothing to do with Spencer turning normal.

** Freddie is now dating a materialistic BastardGirlfriend Rona Berger, who bosses him around and forces him to wait on her hand and foot and spend money on frivolous luxuries for her. For some reason, Freddie's fate here has nothing to do with Spencer turning normal.