History Recap / ICarlyS03Ep17IPsycho

While preparing for an appearance at a convention called Webicon, Carly, Sam and Freddie decide to visit a lonely fan on her sixteenth birthday to help her regain her popularity. But the fan turns out to be a psychopath and she refuses to let the trio leave, and they must take action.

* BadBadActing: The iCarlys' coded SOS for Gibby disguised as a "happy birthday" video shows them speaking rather stilted and unnatural-like.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Nora's party goes terribly downhill. Even with the three iCarlys there to cheer her up, the refreshments are stale, none of her friends show up until the show broadcast, and the clown that Nora hires ends up having an aneurysm and being sent to the hospital. This all causes Nora to throw up in the fireplace. It isn't until the iCarlys take pity on her and do a live show at her house that people come over there to celebrate with her and turn her day around.

* ChekhovsGunman: While Gibby arrived to fight against Nora, he brought his younger brother Guppy along who then help free the iCarly trio.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: The iCarlys visit Nora on her 16th birthday to help her party go without a hitch; too bad they didn't realize she refuses to let them leave.
* DepravedBisexual: Played disturbingly straight. In excitement over her party going well, Nora kisses one of the female guests. The show is not very ambiguous about this moment being meant as {{Foreshadowing}} that she is mentally unhinged.
* EurekaMoment: Upon listening to the coded birthday SOS message from the iCarlys, Gibby has this when he realizes the key to decoding the message is to read every fourth word.

* SympathyForTheDevil: When the iCarly gang are back at the Shay apartment from Nora's house, Carly says that they shouldn't have called the cops on Nora and gotten her arrested. When asked why, she says that she had a FriendlessBackground and was lonely.
* UnplannedStaycation: Gibby finds out he's now too old to go summercamp, which disappoints him since he looked forward to it every year. In an effort to cheer him up, Spencer invites him to "Camp Spencer" in his apartment, with the two of them setting up a tent and roasting marshmallows in the living room.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Nora mentions in her invite that her party will have a chicken, a pin the tail on the donkey, and a clown. All three of these details unnerve Sam. However, Nora then adds that there will be a chocolate fountain, and Sam immediately changes her mind and says she wants to go.

* LetsGetDangerous: Gibby manages to fight off Nora long enough for Guppy to free the iCarly from the prison has them trapped in.

* PsychoLesbian: Played disturbingly straight. In excitement over her party going well, Nora kisses one of the female guests. The show is not very ambiguous about this moment being meant as {{Foreshadowing}} that she is mentally unhinged.

* SympathyForTheDevil: When the iCarly gang are back at the Shay apartment from Nora’s house, Carly says that they shouldn't have called the cops on Nora and gotten her arrested. When asked why, she says that she had a FriendlessBackground and was lonely.

* NotTheirBirthday: The iCarlys send a coded "happy birthday" message for Gibby, even though his birthday was five months ago. The way to solve the message? Read every fourth word.

* SympathyForTheDevil: When the iCarly gang are back at the Shay apartment from Nora’s house, Carly says that they shouldn't have called the cops on Nora and gotten her arrested. When asked why, she says that she had a FriendlessBackground and was lonely.
* ShoutOut: When Nora is nervous after she lets slip that she is holding the trio captive, she tells Gibby "Nobody sees the Wizard!"

* BigDamnHeroes: When Gibby gets a coded message from the iCarly trio that they are trapped in Nora’s basement, he travels all the to her house to rescue them. He busts down the door, fights Nora to the point of tumbling down the stairs, and eventually beats her. Yes, Guppy did release the three with the keys to the sound booth, it was Gibby who led the rescue.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Nora’s party goes terribly downhill. Even with the three iCarlys there to cheer her up, the refreshments are stale, none of her friends show up until the show broadcast, and the clown that Nora hires ends up having an aneurysm and being sent to the hospital. This all causes Nora to throw up in the fireplace. It isn’t until the iCarlys take pity on her and do a live show at her house that people come over there to celebrate with her and turn her day around.

* CallBack: To “iFix a Pop Star.” When Gibby asks his mother if she wants to see Spencer, she replies with a BigNo. This shows that she is still bent up over their freaky break up.

* GetOut: When Gibby knocks down the locked door, Nora freaks and tells him to get out of her house. Gibby doesn’t obey for a second.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Gibby arrives at Nora’s place, wondering if the iCarly trio are here, Nora replies that they are not in her basement. Gibby, now more suspicious than ever, replies that he never said ANYTHING about her basement.

* SympathyForTheDevil: When the iCarly gang are back at the Shay apartment from Nora’s house, Carly says that they shouldn’t have called the cops on Nora and gotten her arrested. When asked why, she says that she had a FriendlessBackground and was lonely.
* ShoutOut: When Nora is nervous after she lets slip that she is holding the trio captive, she tells Gibby “Nobody sees the Wizard!”

* ChekhovsGunman: While Gibby arrived to fight against Nora, he brought his younger brother Guppy along who then help free the iCarly trio.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Every fourth!" "Word!"

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Nora’s party goes terribly upsetting. Even with the three iCarlys to cheer her up, the refreshments are stale, none of her friends show up until the show broadcast, and the clown that Nora hires ends up having an aneurysm and being sent to the hospital. This all causes Nora to throw up in the fireplace. It isn’t the iCarlys take pity on her and do a live show at her house do people come to celebrate with her and turn her day around.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When Gibby arrives at Nora’s place, wondering if the iCarly trio are here, Nora replies that they are not in her basement. Gibby, now ore suspicious than ever, replies that he never said ANYTHING about her basement.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Every fourth!" "Word!"

* LoonyFan: Nora Dershlit is so crazy over iCarly she refuses to let Carly, Sam and Freddie out of her basement because she needs them to be popular.