iFight Shelby Marx is the 21st and final episode in the 2nd season of iCarly.
When Carly jokingly challenges martial arts champion Shelby Marx to fight on iCarly, the fans take it too literally and she eventually finds herself in the ring.
Meanwhile, Spencer takes some experimental allergy pills which have rather strange side effects.
Tropes:
- Berserk Button: Carly falling on Shelby's grandmother during the press conference is what ticks Shelby off so much, she really wants to fight Carly during the match, until discovering that Nevel tricked her with his Manipulative Editing.
- Dirty Coward: Carly is treated like this after deciding to cancel the fight against Shelby, with everyone believing she "chickened out".
- Extra-Long Episode: The third after "iGo to Japan" and "iDate a Bad Boy".
- Happy Birthday to You!: Spencer wishes Socko a happy birthday over the phone by singing, "Happy birthday, buddy buddy buddy!"
- I Was Just Joking: After showing a clip from Shelby's match, Carly jokingly says she can kick her butt anytime and anywhere, Sam adding she was just joking. The following day, Freddie finds someone put up an edited video of Carly's rant on SplashFace, the comments saying fans really want Carly to fight Shelby.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: One of Spencer's side-effects is minor amnesia, causing him to forget what's happening at the moment in an instant.
- Manipulative Editing: Nevel uses this to make Shelby think that Carly falling on her grandmother was deliberate.Carly: "So what should I do?"
Sam: "Push her grandmother down."
Carly: "I'll do it!" - My Eyes Are Up Here:Freddie: [reading the comments on SplashFace] "That Carly chick is out of her mind." "Bring on the fight." "Shelby would destroy that twig."
Sam: "Twig?"
Carly: I'm not a twig! ... And I'm getting curvier every day!
Freddie: I know.
Carly: Eyes up, dude. - No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Carly, Sam, and Shelby give Nevel an off-screen one for his manipulative editing.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Carly's reaction during the fight when she realizes Shelby isn't going easy on her as she promised.
- Nevel when he realizes that Shelby heard his confession of Manipulative Editing.
- Special Guest: Victoria Justice as Shelby Marx.
