History Recap / ICarlyS03Ep09ISavedYourLife

* JerkassHasAPoint: Halfway through the episode, Sam plants a seed of doubt in Freddie's mind by telling him to savor Carly crushing on him because it won't last; she warns Freddie that his heroic actions are the real object of Carly's affections and she isn't enamored with him personally. Freddie ultimately decides Sam might be right and thus ends his relationship with Carly at the end.

When Freddie risks his life to rescue Carly and gravely injures himself as a result, she becomes smitten him and they kiss for the first time, symbolizing the start of a new relationship. Freddie finally has the girl of his dreams enamored with him, but he contemplates a difficult question: Is this really how he wanted Carly's affections? Meanwhile, Sam and Spencer engage in a cutthroat no-holds-barred paintball war that gets out of hand.

* BatteredBouquet: When Carly and Spencer visit Freddie after he got back from the hospital, Carly brings get-well flowers. Mrs. Benson is furious with Carly since Freddie got hit. So she takes the flowers, soaks them in bleach, and [[NoKillLikeOverkill pounds them with a mallet]].
* TheBigDamnKiss: After suffering from an unrequited crush towards her for the first 2 seasons, Carly ''finally'' gives Freddie the romantic kiss he has always wanted. What makes it even more powerful is how long he has been craving for this moment, and when Carly finally kisses Freddie (and several times too!) after she commends him for his heroism, he is rendered speechless.

* DeadpanSnarker: When Sam encounters Carly and Freddie at the school corridor, she mockingly jokes about their relationship, even referring to them as a married couple.

* PaintballEpisode: The entire episode revolves around Sam and Spencer doing this.

* RescueRomance: The main theme of this special episode's romantic adventure that Carly and Freddie embark on. They begin dating shortly after Freddie pushed Carly out of the way of an oncoming food truck, getting severely injured in the process. This prompts Carly to develop feelings for him. However, Freddie soon feels (due in part to Sam's advice, for what that may be worth) that [[DeconstructedTrope Carly might not really like him for anything other than the fact that he just risked his own life to rescue her]], and explains to her that while he hopes they will get back together someday in the future, for the time being, they should end their relationship and stay friends.

** Zigzagged with Sam. She mocks Freddie and Carly acting like a married couple and even agrees when Freddie accuses her of not liking them being together. However, Sam does raise some valid points when explaining why she doesn't approve of Carly being in a relationship with him.

* TonightSomeoneKisses: The [[https://vimeo.com/114605868 official trailer]] (which aired in November 2009) strongly implied a Carly/Freddie romance. In fact, this episode's promo didn't even bother teasing a romantic journey, and showing the two actually kissing on-screen.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Halfway through the episode, Sam plants a seed of doubt in Freddie's mind by telling him to savor Carly crushing on him because it won't last; she warns Freddie that his heroic actions are the real object of Carly's affections and she isn't enamored with him personally. Freddie ultimately decides Sam has a point and thus ends his relationship with Carly at the end.

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''. It originally aired on January 18, 2010, at 8:00 PM EST on Nickelodeon, garnering a whopping grand total of 13.88 million viewers followed by the debut of ''Series/BigTimeRush'', which aired at the 8:30PM timeslot. This episode became the highest-rated, most viewed and popular episode of any live action sitcom TV in Nickelodeon history with massively successful ratings, bringing upon their [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/01/26/nickelodeons-icarly-tops-all-basic-cable-programs-for-week-34355/20100126nickelodeon01/ biggest]] viewership audience ever, even [[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeon-is-2010s-top-ranked-cable-network-marks-16-years-as-number-one-111938584.html surpassing]] the ''Big Time Rush'' premiere which aired shortly afterward. It is the second most-watched premiere in Nickelodeon history, beaten by the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "All Growed Up".

* AFriendInNeed: Freddie to Carly. He is extremely selfless and willing to sacrifice his best interests for someone else's, in this case, his childhood love interest.
* TheBigDamnKiss: After suffering miserably from a pathetically one sided, unrequited crush in the first 2 seasons, Carly ''finally'' gives Freddie the romantic kiss he has always wanted. What makes it even more powerful is how long he has been craving for this moment, and when Carly finally kisses Freddie (and several times too!) after she commends him for his heroism, he is rendered speechless.
* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends with Freddie breaking up with Carly on good terms because he is nervously unsure if her affections for him are genuine, but they agree to remain as friends. He also leaves the door open for them to get back together in the future once he is fully healed up and his heroism blows over/fades away. If she still wants to date him, he would eagerly look forward to it.
* ButtMonkey: Spencer is this to Sam due to them horsing around.

* DownerEnding: On his way home, Freddie feels miserably remorseful and has second doubts dumping the girl of his dreams, the one he was enamored with for so long. In the elevator, he questions his actions and heartbreakingly screams it in anguished misery again in the extended version.

* GreenEyedMonster: Freddie asks Sam at school if she is envious of her best friend making out with him. She is immediately grossed out, feeling like vomiting blood.
* ItsAllMyFault: A bone of contention in this episode is Carly blaming herself for "causing" Freddie to become gravely injured and crippled (Freddie's mother Marissa harshly berates her for this), even though Freddie himself voluntarily jumped out in the middle of the intersection and shoved Carly (who was crossing the bustling city streets) out of harm's way, although he may have done this to protect and rescue her from getting run over by the food truck.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Freddie sacrifices his relationship with Carly to avoid taking advantage of her in the future because he wants her to be happy. Quite an unusual example, because Freddie himself backs out of the relationship in order to ensure Carly would be happy, rather than of potentially taking advantage of a situation where she might not really like him but just thinks she does. Coming from Freddie (who has been craving for Carly to fall in love with him), that's pretty selfless.

* LoveConfession: When Freddie calls off their relationship at the end, Carly does this to him before her interjects.
* LoveEpiphany: Carly to Freddie, after helping him out of the shower to his bed. Smitten with her savior, she leans in and passionately ''kisses'' him on the lips for half an hour.
* MakeOutKids: The episode (filmed in the Spring of 2009) featured several heavy make out kissing scenes between Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress. According to an interview article in [[https://tigerbeat.com/2010/01/mirandas-big-surprise-what-was-it/ Tiger Beat]], Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress were completely unaware that they would be kissing each other on-screen until they read the script, just before filming began. They were shocked. In the interview Miranda stated, "Since we're friends, it's not uncomfortable!"
* ManipulativeBitch: Halfway through the episode, Sam deviously plants a seed of doubt in Freddie's mind, telling him to savor (enjoy) Carly crushing on him because it won't last. Sam warns Freddie that his heroic actions are the object of Carly's affections and she isn't enamored with him personally. Her actions cause Freddie to ultimately end his relationship with Carly at the end of the episode, right when their budding romance is just getting started.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Freddie remorsefully doubts and questions his actions to himself on the elevator ride home.
* OfficialCouple: Carly with Freddie (temporarily, until the end of the episode).

* PostKissCatatonia: Freddie in the extended version after Carly kisses him for the first time. He wonders if he is dreaming, he stuns himself with a taser before she resumes kissing him for several seconds.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Carly begins a temporary relationship with Freddie following the rescue. They date for three days in canon before mutually breaking up at the end.
* RescueRomance: The main theme of this special episode's romantic adventure that Carly and Freddie embark on. They begin dating shortly after Freddie pushed Carly out of the way of an oncoming food truck, getting severely injured himself in the process. Eventually Freddie feels (due in part to Sam's advice, for what that may be worth) that Carly might not really like him for anything other than the fact that he just risked his own life to rescue her, and explains to her that while he hopes they will get back together someday in the future, for the time being they should end their relationship.
-->'''Carly:''' You know, everyone at school's saying you're a hero.
-->'''Freddie:''' That's dumb.
-->'''Carly:''' You are!
-->'''Freddie:''' I'm not a hero.
-->'''Carly:''' You almost got killed saving my life! That makes you a hero.
-->'''Freddie:''' I don't feel like a hero.
-->'''Carly:''' Well, you ''are'' one. ''[Sits on Freddie's bed]'' To me. ''[She leans in and kisses him]''

* TonightSomeoneKisses: The [[https://vimeo.com/114605868 official trailer]] (which aired in November 2009) strongly implied a Carly/Freddie romance. In fact, this episode's promo didn't even bother teasing a potential Carly/Freddie romance journey, and showing them actually kissing on-screen.
* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: In the first 2 seasons, Freddie suffered miserably from a pathetically one sided, unrequited crush on Carly, who turned him down and never reciprocated his love for her, only seeing him as a friend. Here, their roles are reversed. Now ''Carly'' has developed romantic feelings for Freddie, whose heroics win her heart but now ''he'' is dubious of the whole thing.

-->'''Mailman''': 'Cept where I come from, we don't call it a lollipop.
-->'''Spencer''': Oh, well, what do you call it?
-->'''Mailman''': A '''[[StealthInsult sucker.]]'''

* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Marissa (Freddie's mom) does this to Carly a few times.

* ShoutOut: Sam shooting Gibby in the head with her paintball gun is a reference to a scene of The Wire where Michael kills Snoop.

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''. It originally aired on January 18, 2010, at 8:00 PM EST on Nickelodeon TV cable, garnering a whopping grand total of 13.88 million viewers (making it Nickelodeon's highest-rated live-action TV series episode ever) followed by the debut of Big Time Rush, which aired at the 8:30PM timeslot. This episode became the highest-rated, most viewed and popular episode of any live action sitcom TV in Nickelodeon history with massively successful ratings, bringing upon their [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/01/26/nickelodeons-icarly-tops-all-basic-cable-programs-for-week-34355/20100126nickelodeon01/ biggest]] viewership audience ever, even [[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nickelodeon-is-2010s-top-ranked-cable-network-marks-16-years-as-number-one-111938584.html surpassing]] the Big Time Rush premiere which aired shortly afterward.

* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Marissa (Freddie's mom) does this to Carly a few times.

* MomentOfAwesome: The record-breaking [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/12/15/nickelodeon-is-2010s-top-ranked-cable-network-marks-16-years-as-number-one-212412/20101215nickelodeon01/ massive ratings]] that this episode managed to set. With over 13.88 million viewers, not only did it become Nick's most watched live action telecast on basic TV cable in history, but also their most watched half-hour telecast ever (it tops any episode of SpongeBob to date), AND 2010's most watched non-sports and news live action TV cable telecast. And then it proceeded to bring upon their biggest premiere ever with the [[https://www.nexttv.com/news/nickelodeons-big-time-rush-premieres-big-time-ratings-36017 debut]] of Big Time Rush. For Martin Luther King Day, that was absolute insanity.
** The amazingly sky high viewership for this highest rated episode ever was so off the charts, that the crew and Nickelodeon [[https://danwarp.blogspot.com/2010/02 aired]] an extended [[https://danwarp.blogspot.com/2010/01/fun-facts-about-isaved-your-life.html un-cut]] version of this special episode on Valentine's Day 2010, garnering 4.2 million views.
** Sam has a moment of awesomeness when she finally defeats Spencer and wins the paintball war at the end.

** The amazingly sky high viewership for this highest rated episode ever was so off the charts, that the crew and Nickelodeon aired an extended version of this special episode on Valentine's Day 2010, garnering 4.2 million views.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: There are some hilarious moments in this episode between Sam and Spencer's paintball war. And when Marissa (Freddie's mother) enters the room and freaks out upon discovering Carly ''kissing'' her son and seeing them making out in the bedroom, hilarity ensues.

* TheBigDamnKiss: After suffering miserably from a pathetically one sided, unrequited crush in the first 2 seasons, Carly ''finally'' gives Freddie the romantic kiss he has always wanted. Considering how long he has been craving for this moment,

* AFriendInNeed: Freddie to Carly. He is extremely selfless and willing to sacrifice his best interests for someone else's, in this case, his childhood love interest Carly.
* TheBigDamnKiss: After spending the first 2 seasons suffering miserably from a pathetically one sided, unrequited crush, Carly ''finally'' gives Freddie the romantic kiss he has always wanted.

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''. It originally aired on January 18, 2010, at 8:00 PM EST on Nickelodeon TV cable, garnering a whopping grand total of 13.88 million viewers (making it Nickelodeon's highest-rated live-action TV series episode ever) followed by the debut of Big Time Rush, which aired at the 8:30PM timeslot. This episode became the highest-rated, most viewed and popular episode of any live action sitcom TV in Nickelodeon history with massively successful ratings, bringing upon their biggest viewership audience ever, even surpassing the Big Time Rush premiere which aired shortly afterward.

* LoveConfession: When Freddie calls off their relationship at the end, Carly does this before her interjects.

* OfficialCouple: Carly with Freddie (temporarily, however, until the end of the episode).

* RescueRomance: The main theme of this special episode's romantic adventure that Carly and Freddie embark on. They begin dating shortly after Freddie pushed Carly out of the way of an oncoming food truck, getting severely injured himself in the process. Eventually Freddie fells (due in part to Sam's advice, for what that may be worth) that Carly might not really like him for anything other than the rescue, and explains to her that while he hopes they will get back together after some time passes, for the time being they should end their relationship.

* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: In the first 2 seasons, Freddie suffered miserably from a pathetically one sided, unrequited crush on Carly, who turned him down and never really reciprocated his love for her, only seeing him as a friend. Here, their roles are reversed. Now ''Carly'' has developed romantic feelings for Freddie, whose heroics win her heart but now ''he'' is dubious of the whole thing.

When Freddie risks his life to rescue Carly and gravely injures himself as a result, she becomes smitten him and they kiss for the first time, symbolizing the start of a new relationship. Freddie finally has the girl of his dreams become enamored with him, but he contemplates a difficult question: Is this really how he wanted Carly's affections? Meanwhile, Sam and Spencer engage in a cutthroat no-holds-barred paintball war that gets out of hand.

* MakeOutKids: The episode (filmed in the Spring of 2009) featured several heavy make out kissing scenes between Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress. According to an interview article in Tiger Beat, Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress were completely unaware that they would be kissing each other on-screen until they read the script, just before taping began. They were shocked. In the interview Miranda stated, "Since we're friends, it's not uncomfortable!"

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''. It originally aired on January 18, 2010, at 8:00 PM EST on Nickelodeon TV cable, garnering a grand total of 13.88 million viewers (making it Nickelodeon's highest-rated live-action TV series episode ever) followed by the debut of Big Time Rush, which aired at the 8:30PM timeslot. This episode became the highest-rated, most viewed and popular episode of any live action sitcom TV in Nickelodeon history with massively successful ratings, bringing upon their biggest viewership audience ever, even surpassing the Big Time Rush premiere which aired shortly afterward.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: There are some hilarious moments in this episode between Sam and Spencer's paintball war. And when Marissa (Freddie's mother) enters the room and freaks out upon discovering Carly ''kissing'' her son and them making out in the bedroom, hilarity ensues.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Freddie sacrifices his relationship with Carly to avoid taking advantage of her in the future.
* ManipulativeBitch: Halfway through the episode, Sam deviously plants a seed of doubt in Freddie's mind, telling him to savor (enjoy) Carly crushing on him because it won't last. Sam warns Freddie that his heroic actions are the object of Carly's affections and she isn't enamored with him personally. Her actions cause Freddie to ultimately end his relationship with Carly at the end of the episode, right when their budding romance is just getting started.

* MakeOutKids: The episode (filmed in Spring 2009) featured several heavy make out kissing scenes between Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress. According to an interview article in Tiger Beat, Miranda Cosgrove and Nathan Kress were completely unaware that they would be kissing each other on-screen until they read the script, just before taping began. They were shocked. In the interview Miranda stated, "Since we're friends, it's not uncomfortable!"
* MomentOfAwesome: The record breaking [[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2010/12/15/nickelodeon-is-2010s-top-ranked-cable-network-marks-16-years-as-number-one-212412/20101215nickelodeon01/ massive ratings]] that this episode managed to set. With 11.16 million viewers, not only did it become Nick's most watched live action telecast on basic TV cable in history, but also their most watched half-hour telecast ever (it tops any episode of SpongeBob to date), AND 2010's most watched non-sports and news live action TV cable telecast. And then it proceeded to bring upon their biggest premiere ever with the [[https://www.nexttv.com/news/nickelodeons-big-time-rush-premieres-big-time-ratings-36017 debut]] of Big Time Rush. For Martin Luther King Day, that was absolute insanity.
** The viewership for this episode was so amazingly sky high, that the crew and Nickelodeon aired an extended version of this special episode on Valentines Day 2010, garnering 4.2 million views.

* RescueRomance: The main theme of this episode's romantic adventure Carly and Freddie embark on. They begin dating after Freddie pushed Carly out of the way of an oncoming food truck, getting severely injured himself in the process. Eventually Freddie realizes (due in part to Sam's advice, for what that may be worth) that Carly might not like really like him for anything other than the rescue, and explains to her that while he hopes they will get back together after some time passes, for the time being they should end their relationship.

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''. It originally aired on January 18, 2010 at 8:00 PM EST on Nickelodeon TV cable, followed by the debut of Big Time Rush, which aired shortly afterwards at the 8:30PM timeslot. This episode became the highest-rated, most viewed and popular episode of any live action sitcom TV in Nickelodeon history, even surpassing the Big Time Rush premiere

'''iSaved Your Life''' is the 9th episode in Season 3 of ''iCarly''.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Freddie remorsefully doubts and questions his actions to himself on the elevator ride home.

* MomentOfAwesome: The record breaking massive ratings that this episode managed to set. With 11.16 million viewers, not only did it become Nick's most watched live action telecast in history, but also their most watched half-hour telecast ever (it tops any episode of SpongeBob to date), AND 2010's most watched non-sports cable telecast. And then it proceeded to bring upon their biggest premiere ever with the debut of Big Time Rush. For Martin Luther King Day, that was absolute insanity. The viewership for this episode was so sky high, that the crew aired an extended version of this episode on Valentines Day 2010, garnering 4.2 million views.

* TonightSomeoneKisses: The official trailer (which aired in November 2009) strongly implied a Carly/Freddie romance. In fact, this episode's promo didn't even bother teasing a potential Carly/Freddie, and showing them actually kissing on-screen.