History ICarly / TropesAToE

* CanadaEh: Mostly averted in ''iToe Fat Cakes''. The tour guide has an accent and they talk about weight in kilos but it could be the USA otherwise.

** "iMeet Fred". Freddie mentions he doesn't think Fred is that funny on video. Fred responds by claiming he won't make videos anymore, which results in social isolation and emotional and physical abuse to Freddie until he took it back. Sam beat him with a tennis racket until it broke. And it turned out it was a publicity stunt by Fred.

** You can hearing the full words in ''iGetPranky'' when Spencer dropped 200lbs. of garlic powder on his classmates.

* CliffHanger: The end of ''iOMG'' doesn't outright show what reaction Freddie has to Sam's kiss, and Carly's main reaction to TheReveal. The fifth season resumes right off the events of the episode, making it the actual season finale.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Carly displayed this in the hallway scene of the extended ''iSaved Your Life''. When Freddie becomes popular to the Ridgeway students after his accident, one of the girls flirts with him by insistently inviting him to a party. Possibly in her pants. Annoyed, Carly hugs Freddie and initiates a French kiss that forces the girl to leave. After the kiss, Freddie then prompts, "Wow, my kitty's got claws!"

** In the end credits of ''iGot a Hot Room'', Carly, Sam and Freddie all sing the iCarly theme song. Freddie and Sam then sing the chorus of the theme songs of Drake and Josh and Victorious, which leaves Carly utterly perplexed.

** In "iStill Psycho" Sam still has the shock pen that Spencer had Carly use in "iGet Pranky" the season previous.

* CreatorCameo: Dan Schneider appears as [[spoiler:Spencer's auto parts dealer Meekalito]] in iGoodbye.

** In "iStart a Fanwar," Eric, Craig, and Gavin from ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' make an appearance, along with Stacey Dilsen from ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}''.

* DanceOfRomance: The ending of ''iSpeed Date'' in Season 3. After Freddie's magician dance partner vanishes and Carly drives away her talkative date, Carly and Freddie admit how frustrated they felt by this awful plight. Since they are the only ones left alone in the Groovy Smoothie, Freddie tries to salvage the night by requesting Carly to share a well-deserved special dance with someone they ''aren't'' fed up with. Despite initially refusing to be Freddie's acquantance, Carly enthusiastically agrees. The cashier T-Bo tunes up the music, then Carly and Freddie comfortably share a relaxing and heartwarming romantic slow dance that clears away all the bad memories.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: In ''iEnrage Gibby'', after a newspaper mistakenly prints Spencer's obituary, his art suddenly becomes worth thousands of dollars. Spencer uses this to his advantage.

** Carly/Spencer's father is in the military until ''iGoodbye'', Sam and Freddie's are completely absent, never even mentioned. In the latter's case, however, it's readily apparent that Freddie's mom is ''impossible'' to live with, suggesting a divorce.

** Also, Nevel. Carly refused to kiss him and stuck some food on his face. Therefore, he swore Carly would [[CatchPhrase rue this day]] and he embarked on a campaign of revenge, which included fraud and cyberterrorism.

** In "iBeat The Heat" Freddie tries to lift Carly onto the kitchen bench. He fails, and ends up making it look like he's having (clothed, obviously) sex with her.

** When Carly stopped dating the guy in "iQ" Sam gives Carly the huge fork which she took from the Shays at the beginning of the episode. When Carly asks Sam why is she giving up her beloved fork, Sam pulls out a huge fork. Carly replies " That is comically big." Which, not only reminds us of a body part that can sometimes be comically big, also reminds some of us of what one woman might give her now-lonely girl friend to compensate for not having a boyfriend any more. If you know what I mean? Probably the closest a kid show ever came to making a masturbation joke. And it's with females at that.

** Implied and justified with Carly, Sam and Shelby ganging up on a trapped Nevel at the end of ''iFight Shelby Marx'', given that Nevel caused Shelby to beat Carly to a pulp after he told her Carly had deliberately pushed her grandma down the podium.

** Sam pushes Freddie into a bike courier, who hits Freddie, who falls onto a fire hydrant and is knocked out with blood pouring from his ears. This wonderful moment of bullying, abuse, and potential brain damage is--according to Freddie--worth the hearing loss because it's when Sam realizes that Freddie is cute. Again, iCarly logic makes it okay by playing it for laughs yet again.

---> '''Spencer''': Look! Sam and Freddie are here! ''That's'' different!

-->'''Carly''': She should be here 4 hours ago!\\
'''Ginger Fox''': You said 2 o'clock.\\
'''Sam''': It's 6 o'clock!\\
'''Ginger Fox''': Well, I didn't know if you mean o'clock AM or o'clock PM.\\
'''Sam''': You're o'mazingly stupid.\\
'''Ginger Fox''': What did she say?

-->'''Freddie''': If we can only find a way to smoothly slide him (Spencer) out of there.\\
'''Duke''': Oh, I want a smoothie! (runs away)\\
'''Freddie''': Wait, wait! (groans) Tell them to add some intelligence boost!

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness

* EasilyForgiven: In ''iCan't Take It'', Sam ruins Freddie's chances of getting into an exclusive science camp that would help him get into any college he wants. Because [[DisproportionateRetribution Freddie didn't know what time it was when Sam asked him]]. Freddie finds out and gets angry, then, after prodding by Carly, forgives her about 2 minutes after and kisses her again to end the episode.

* EndOfAnAge: The series finale iGoodbye, which premiered in November 2012, seemed to kickstart the end of classic golden age era Schneider's Bakery Nickelodeon sitcoms. During 2013, the series finale of Victorious, Victori-Yes and the series finale of non-Schneider fellow Nickelodeon sitcom Big Time Rush, Big Time Dreams both premiered and the year also saw Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice retire from TV and begin careers into movie actreeses and also, Nickelodeon began premiering new sitcoms such as The Thundermans, Henry Danger, Game Shakers and various other long-running sitcoms which lasted for the remainder of the 2010s.
* EnemyMine: In ''iPity The Nevel'', Nevel asks for the iCarlys' help in restoring his reputation.

--->'''Spencer''': HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!

--->'''Spencer''': ''[exasperated]'' HOW?!

* EverybodyCries: Near the end of "iQuit iCarly", Carly and Sam ([[FeudEpisode who spent most of the episode having a fight]]) have just been rescued from falling from the apartment building while trying to film an iShorts video in a window washer platform. They claim that they were brave and didn't cry the whole time...only to start crying moments later, prompting Spencer to guide the girls into a hug with each other as they reconcile. This causes Dave and Fleck (who also spent most of the episode having a fight) to start crying as well as they hug and reconcile too. After seeing those unfolding moments, Freddie and Spencer happily decide to share a hug themselves while remaining composed. A moment later, the janitor of the apartment building, Morris, arrives with harnesses for Carly and Sam's video and is left confused when he sees all the hugging and crying.

* EvilCounterpart: Nora to Sam. Both are teen harassing/bullying action girls (Nora is an [[DarkActionGirl evil one]]). But if Nora is totally psychotic ; Sam is sane (mostly due to Carly). It's possible that Sam can be like Nora if she didn't have friends too.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Although not seen, Mr. Howard and Ms. Francine Briggs likely have their limits as far making the lives of the students, especially the main characters, as miserable as possible. However, they haven’t been seen going as far as wanting one of them to die unlike Marissa Benson did, as seen in iSaved Your Life.

-->'''Sam''': Okay people, unless you're a bowling pin, ''MOVE''! \\

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs
-->'''Spencer''': Okay, I've separated your phone calls into three categories.: From your mother, death threats, and death threats from your mother.

--> '''Freddie:''' Does Baby Spencer love Jerry Trainor?\\

--> '''Sam:''' How do we save ourselves from this wind?\\

* BreakOutCharacter: Gibby, as of season 4 he's finally been Promoted to a Main Character.

-->'''Sam''': Okay, it was me, all right? I hacked the computer and I changed the grades.\\
'''Principal Franklin''': Now ''that'' I believe.

* ChewToy:

** Wendy, a popular minor EnsembleDarkhorse character simply vanished as well after her last appearance in the final episode of Season 2.In ''iLove You'' Wendy was ''referenced'' as going with Sam to hit golf balls at the soccer team. She doesn't come on screen, so we don't know if it was her or not.
** Brad has vanished off the face of the earth. It could be conceivable he wouldn't be in ''iLose My Mind''. In ''iDate Sam & Freddie'' the trio do a webshow in their usual time and place and he's not there, which would seem to confirm he isn't showing up again.

* CloudCuckoolander: ''Everyone'' is just a bit nutty, especially Spencer.

** The sequences where Nevel gets angry at a little girl for dropping something of his on accident and yelling at her in iPity the Nevel. While this is a serious situation, a LaughTrack plays over this, so we are expected to laugh over a guy yelling at a girl who is much younger than him. Justified - the audience is expected to laugh about [[BigBad Nevel]] losing his popularity, not that he's tormenting a little girl.
* ComicBookTime: Averted in the first and second seasons, with them clearly moving up a grade, as well as the cast clearly entering puberty and growing up. They also explained how their school was a combined Middle and High school as they moved to a grade, that in almost all US education systems, means moving from from a Junior or Middle school, to a new High School. After season 2 however, it gets hazy. It's likely they are now in grade 10, but it's possible they could be still in grade 9, or have moved ahead to grade 11.

** In ''iPity The Nevel'''s B-plot, Freddie gets attention for a bunch of vampire FanGirls for his intentionally horrible acting in a parody of popular vampire fads, not seeming to get that he did it to make fun of said fangirls and their favorite things.

* CoolBike: The 1964 Sterling (which is actually a Triumph like the one Fonzie rides in Series/HappyDays). Socko wanted to give it to his cousin [[MeaningfulName Ryder]] but [[spoiler: Ryder and Socko get in a fight and Socko gives it to Spencer who gives it to Sam.]]
* CoveredInGunge:

** In ''iGo To Japan'' the trio gets mud splattered on them by a passing truck.

--->'''Sam''': Pranking Gibby doesn't count! You have to prank a real person!\\
'''Carly''': Gibby is a real person, and this is a good prank! You'll see.\\

'''Carly''': (''dismayed'') I kinda got him.\\
'''Sam''': You got him dinner.

--->'''Carly''': Lewbert got hurt, which brought out your mom's motherly instincts.\\
'''Sam''': So, what if you... ''got hurt''?\\
'''Freddie''': Yeah... (pauses) '''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]'''

-->'''Spencer''': What does it feel to lose someone you're close to? It means you've lost someone that you're close to.
** In ''iSell Penny Tees'' when Sam looks at a can of "Chunk Meat" She opens the can after saying this:
--> "May contain meat". Well, if it may.

-->'''Carly''': Steven told me I'm one of a kind!\\
'''Sam''': Yeah, and [[BlackComedy my dad once told my mom he was coming back]]! (Everyone stares at her in horror) ...Moving on.

--->'''Chuck''': If I can't watch TV, then NOBODY CAN!

-->'''Carly''': You guys are so embarrassing! (beat) If you're gonna do it, do it right!\\

** Nevel in "iPity The Nevel". He spends the entire episode learning to be a better person after ending up on the internet insulting a little girl. At the end of the episode he does the exact same thing that he just learned not to do.

* AllMenArePerverts: For a kids show, the main cast of males each have their moments, given that all 3 of them are also stepping on ChickMagnet territory. Spencer is already a quirky HandsomeLech since season 1, Gibby has the makings of a pimp, and Freddie is becoming quite versed from watching the Animal Channel.

** In ''iCan't Take It'':

** In the episode, ''"iHave A Lovesick Teacher,"'' Ms. Ackerman gets arrested by the FBI and goes to jail for illegally downloading thousands of songs from the internet to her [=PearPod=]. In real life, although it is a crime to illegally download music from the internet without paying for it, prison sentences for it are extremely rare, and you will usually end up being punished only with heavy fines, lawsuits, and court orders telling you to cease and desist. This is because most criminal prosecutors consider it a waste and practically pointless to actually prosecute downloading copyrighted material from the internet, especially if the perpretrator is not reproducing it and trying to sell it as their own work.

** In ''iHatch Chicks'':

** In ''iPity The Nevel'':

** In ''iParty With Victorious'':

** Carly also tends to answer Sam like this, particularly in ''iFence''.

** Sam, in ''iLost My Mind'':

->''"C'mon it's like two fresh apples back here!"''

--> '''Sam:''' Raise your hand if you think Bigfoot is real.\\

--> ''<After being asked if Carly & Freddie are dating, and the response leading to being asked if Sam & Freddie are dating>''\\

* BittersweetEnding: Happens in ''iGoodbye'': [[spoiler: Carly gets to go to Italy with her Dad, but she had to leave behind her friends to do so, and they can't do Series/ICarly anymore, but on the bright side, [[OfficialCouple Carly and Freddie finally fall in love.]]]]

** Spencer beautifully evokes a "NonLethalKO" version in ''iSaved Your Life'', complete with SlowMotionFall and distorted voice effects.
-->'''Spencer''': What's that, a lollipop?\\
'''Delivery Man''': Yeah, except from where I'm from, we don't call it a lollipop.\\
'''Spencer''': What do you call it?\\
'''Delivery Man''': '''[[PreMortemOneLiner SUCKER]]'''! (slaps Spencer and dives on the floor)\\

'''Spencer''': NOOOOOOOOOOO! (attempts to draw his blowtube but Sam strikes him with a headshot, claiming victory)
** Carly also evokes this in ''iBeat the Heat'' (again, with distorted vocal effects) when Sabrina blindly tramples on her model of an Utopian City a la Godzilla.

-->'''Sam (as Natalie)''': Do you want to fit in with the popular crowd?\\
'''Carly (as Kelly)''': I do!\\
'''Natalie''': Well, ''too bad''!\\
'''Kelly''': NOOOOOOOOOO!

-->'''Carly:''' Okay Spencer, [[SarcasmMode we're going shoplifting!]]\\

--->'''Spencer''': This little piggy went to market... and this little piggy [[AmusingInjuries got hit by a truck]]!" \\
'''Carly''': SPENCER!

-->'''Pam Puckett''': Hey Sam remember Fluffles you had as a kid? I sold him.
-->'''Sam''': You sold my bunny?!
-->'''Pam''': [[CrossesTheLineTwice To foreigners!]]

--->'''Spencer''': What if I don't [sign the contract]?
--->'''Carly''': Well then I might sneak into your room tonight and push a pillow over your face until you stop kicking.
--->'''Spencer''': [[LampshadeHanging That's some pretty dark stuff]].

---> '''Freddie:''' Last night, I slept with my socks on.\\

'''Freddie''' (grins) ''Just'' my socks.\\

---> '''Sam:''' Check out [[ShockSite this new video]] I found called Neck Infection.\\

--> '''Drake:''' Hey, Megan! Where's Josh?

--> '''Carly:''' [[LampshadeHanging Seen it.]] ''(flips to another channel)''

-->'''Spencer''': Hey, why'd you turn that off?
-->'''Carly''': I'm turning ''you'' off!

--->'''Carly''': What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Sam''': Why won't you ask your new helping bra?\\
'''Carly''': (looks down and gasps) There's nothing wrong with a little help.

** Occurs repeatedly throughout the third half of “iSaw Him First”.
** Happens In “iBeat The Heat” when Carly has a talk with Griffin in the hallway. He proceeds to kiss her, but she immediately declines mid-sentence.
** Also In “iHate Sam’s Boyfriend”, Jonah attempts to kiss Carly in the middle of a conversation but she stops him and realizes he’s cheating on Sam.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: to Creator/DisneyChannel's ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', despite that the two shows are years apart from each other. Almost everything is a bit similar.

---> '''Gibby''': Sam dislocated my breastbone!

-->THERE'S A '''FORK''' IN MY SHOULDER!!!!

-->'''Carly''': What's the temperature in here?
-->'''Spencer''': Seventy-two!
-->'''Carly''': Turn the heat up to ninety!
-->'''Spencer''': Ninety degrees?
-->'''Sam''': No, ninety pickles! Yes ninety degrees!

-->'''Spencer''': Papperman?
-->'''Sam''': No, Nevel Van Hooter-Schmoozen.

-->'''Freddie''': The ''famous'' Kenan Thompson?
-->'''Sam''': No, Kenan Thompson, the ''butt doctor''!

-->'''Carly:''' (her phone is between her cheek and her shoulder) You know whats even weirder? The Dorfmens are coming and Spencer's not back yet!
-->'''Sam:''' Did you try calling him?
-->'''Carly:''' No Sam, I'm just keeping my cellphone warm here between my cheek and my shoulder!

--> '''Freddie''': "Yeah, way to go Sam. You just ruined iCarly's 50th Web Show Spectac--ooh, popcorn!"

--> '''Sam''': "Who cares, so I kissed you. So... so maybe I do like you a little bit. It doesn't matter 'cause there's no way I'd ever go out with you or be your little girlfriend and--dang this place makes good quesadillas."

--> "Ha! More duct tape. I think this is like the third episode in a row that features the use of duct tape. No, the writers are not obsessed with duct tape. It's just a coincidence."

** Technically both Bensons, but since Freddie's part of the [[ThreeAmigos main threesome]], only his mom really fits the trope.

* BettyAndVeronica: Carly and Sam respectively, with Freddie as Archie. Kind of subverted though as, while Carly and Sam both fit the archetypes, there wasn't really a love triangle present. The trio were really ThreeAmigos.

*** In "iGet Pranky", it is revealed that Carly has never pulled a practical joke. After being pressured by Sam and Freddie, she unsuccessfully attempts to prank Gibby. Later in the show, she's shown watching TV, and you can hear the final scene of the ''Drake & Josh'' episode "Megan's Revenge" when Megan (who is [[ThePrankster well-known for her pranking]]) causes an explosion that makes the floor under Drake and Josh collapse. Carly sighs, saying "How come that little girl is so good at pranking?"

** Deliberately invoked by Drake Bell when he walks onto the set of iCarly in an outtake and says, "Hey, Megan! Where's Josh?"

** The [[LongTitle overly long titles]] of the iCarly skits. For titles like "''[[WhoWritesThisCrap Pathetic Plays]]: (insert [[LongTitle long title]])''", "''The Prisoner Who Wanted Some Soup and the Man Who Refused to Give Him Some''" and "''The Cowboy With a Mustache and the Idiot Farm Girl Who Thought the Mustache Was a Squirrel''", guess what the looping plot line of each skit is.

* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: Carly (and everyone else) repeatedly say "Yaki-MUH," as in "I'm not moving to Yaki-MUH." It's actually pronounced "Yakih-MAH." [[PlayedForLaughs Apparently this was done deliberately]]. Also an odd case of RealityIsUnrealistic, since it's not an uncommon mispronunciation, though it's more common to southeastern Washginton than metropolitan Seattle.

* CuffsOffRubWrists: Spencer after his arrest for causing the worst traffic jam in Seattle history. In an effort to get more viewers, he made a far too bright glowing sign above ''a major highway.'' When dropped off at home he requested some lotion for his raw wrists, leading into a little comedic bit with the officer.

** Sam versus Dana and her friends at the 'smash party' in ''iRescue Carly''. [[TheCavalry Sam]] + [[ImprovisedWeapon 'Butter Sock']] + [[ShadowDiscretionShot night-vision goggles & darkness]] + Carly in danger = [[RoaringRampageofRescue bad business for you]], [[ OhCrap juvie punks!]]

** Sam versus Dana and her friends at the 'smash party' in ''iRescue Carly''. [[TheCavalry Sam]] + [[ImprovisedWeapon 'Butter Sock']] + [[ShadowDiscretionShot night-vision goggles & darkness]] + Carly in danger = [[OhCrap bad business for you, juvie punks!]]

%%* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Both Shays. Carly acts like this during Spencer's OverprotectiveDad episodes, while Spencer can also behave like this whenever Carly acts as the TeamMom.

* AppleForTeacher: In "iSpy a Mean Teacher", a student tries to give Ms. Briggs a grapefruit that he grew especially for her. She slaps it out of his hand and snarls "I ''hate'' citrus fruit!"

* BareYourMidriff:
** Carly does this numerous times. Some examples include "iFight Shelby Marx" (fighting outfit) and "iHatch Chicks" (bikini).
** Plus there was Suzay in [=iAm Your Biggest Fan=].
** A girl at Webicon wears this kind of costume.
** Shelby Marx as well.

** Mrs. Benson. [[MyBelovedSmother Way overprotective mother]], [[SuperOCD way too concerned about the smallest hygiene]], and... oh yeah. '''Master swordfighter'''.

** ''iQuit iCarly'': T-Bo talks about his best friend Eddie Robinson who was hit by a bus and now became [[IncrediblyLamePun "Dead-die Robinson"]].

%%* BuxomIsBetter: Discussed by Sam and Carly in ''iWas A Pageant Girl''.