History Series / ICarly

Despite its very good viewership in the first few seasons, the show suffered a lot from [[ScrewedByTheNetwork very unstable air dates]], coupled by a [[LoveItOrHateIt very polarizing]] {{story arc}} that [[BrokenBase scattered the fanbase even further]]. TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't solidly establish which episode is under what season, since Nickelodeon doesn't specify which are the definite season enders and premieres leading to WildMassGuessing. A season may start its first month with consecutive weekly episodes and the rest will be scattered randomly, even taking an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes deemed as ''specials'' though it were only normal half hour episodes.

The show ended its run on November 23, 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''. Following this, Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two {{Spin Off}}s. The first is ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Cat being from ''{{VicTORIous}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

'''''iCarly''''' (2007-2012) was a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), a lass in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for a decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends. [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

''iCarly'' (2007-2012) was a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), a lass in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for a decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends. [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

[[caption-width-right:350: (L-R) [[HollywoodNerd Freddie]], [[OneOfTheKids Spencer]], [[GirlNextDoor Carly]], [[BreakoutCharacter Gibby]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Sam]]. ]]

The iCarly webshow itself consists of various random and surreal skits and sketches brainstormed by the kids themselves or related to fan-submitted clips. A common episode plot revolves around some aspect of producing the webshow whether it be acquiring musical guests, dealing with rival webshows, ProductPlacement, special "On Location" episodes like detention or a creepy abandoned apartment or with the trials of popularity and obsessive fans. At times, one of the trio's (or Spencer's) personal issues and quests or make its way to a broadcast of iCarly. Occasionally, they have guests who are just as bizarre. When they experience technical difficulties, they cut to funny photos or clips showcasing the characters doing something silly.

Has a CrossOver episode with ''VicTORious'', ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin iParty With VicTORious]]'' (officially an ''[=iCarly=]'' episode only, but exists in the canon of both shows). Other, smaller crossovers with ''Victorious'' with ambiguous canon status exist, namely in the form of webcast skits.

Despite its very good viewership in the first few seasons, the show had suffered a lot from [[ScrewedByTheNetwork very unstable air dates]], coupled by a [[BaseBreaker base-breaking story arc]] that [[BrokenBase further divided the fanbase]]. TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't solidly establish which episode is under what season, since Nickelodeon doesn't specify which are the definite season enders and premieres leading to WildMassGuessing. A season may start its first month with consecutive weekly episodes and the rest will be scattered randomly, even taking an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes deemed as ''specials'' though it were only normal half hour episodes.

The show ended its run on November 23, 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''. Following this, Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two {{Spin Off}}s. The first is ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Cat being from ''{{Victorious}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

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Has a CrossOver episode with ''VicTORious'', ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin iParty With VicTORious]]'' (officially an ''[=iCarly=]'' episode only, but exists in the canon of both shows).

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), a lass in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for a decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends. [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), a lass in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for a decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends. [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off. But he doesn't do that anymore.

The web show consists of various random and surreal skits and sketches brainstormed by the kids themselves or related to fan-submitted clips. Occasionally, they have guests who are just as bizarre. When they experience technical difficulties, they cut to funny photos or clips showcasing the characters doing something silly.

Their school is only slightly more normal. Some end up wearing chicken suits, others terrorize their classes after bad breakups, and others express deep hatred for three-holed paper. ''[[OneOfTheKids And those are the teachers.]]''

Most of the show revolves around some aspect of producing the show whether it be acquiring musical guests, dealing with rival web shows, ProductPlacement, special "On Location" episodes like detention or a creepy abandoned apartment or with the trials of popularity and obsessive fans. At times, even Spencer's personal issues and quests make its way to a broadcast of iCarly.

Interweaved amongst the webshow and school shenanigans are relationship issues between the FreudianTrio. A LoveTriangle slowly brewed amongst the three despite StatusQuoIsGod. The online fandom latched on to this, creating one of the biggest Nickelodeon shipping wars ever and rivaling some of the greatest {{Internet Backdraft}}s. There is a lot of fandom tropes discussed across the various pages for the show, such that the actual term {{Shipping}} and the associated pairings (complete with PortmanteauCoupleName) has been directly [[AscendedMeme referenced in the show]].

The show ended its run on November 23, 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''.

Following this, Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two {{Spin Off}}s. The first is ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Cat being from ''{{Victorious}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

The show ended to end in late 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''.

The show was confirmed to end in late 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''. Following this, Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two {{Spin Off}}s. The first is ''Series/SamAndCat'' (Cat being from ''{{Victorious}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

[[caption-width-right:350: (L-R) [[HollywoodNerd Freddie]], [[AdultChild Spencer]], [[GirlNextDoor Carly]], [[BreakoutCharacter Gibby]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Sam]]. ]]

Their school is only slightly more normal. Some end up wearing chicken suits, others terrorize their classes after bad breakups, and others express deep hatred for three-holed paper. ''[[AdultChild And those are the teachers.]]''

The show was confirmed to end in late 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''. Following this, Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two {{Spin Off}}s. The first is Series/SamAndCat (Cat being from ''{{Victorious}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), a lass in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for a decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends. [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), creative in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for an decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a Website/YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends: [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] (JennetteMcCurdy) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

Despite its very good viewership in the first few seasons, [[ScrewedByTheNetwork the show had suffered a lot from very unstable air dates]]. TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't solidly establish which episode is under what season, since Nickelodeon doesn't specify which are the definite season enders and premieres leading to WildMassGuessing. A season may start its first month with consecutive weekly episodes and the rest will be scattered randomly, even taking an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes deemed as ''specials'' though it were only normal half hour episodes.

''ICarly'' be ending in late 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''.

Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two SpinOff shows from Series/ICarly. The first is Series/SamAndCat (Cat being from ''{{Victorious}}'') in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

The will be ending in late 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''.

* Series/ICarly/{{Tropes A-E}}
* Series/ICarly/{{Tropes F-J}}
* Series/ICarly/{{Tropes K-O}}
* Series/ICarly/{{Tropes P-T}}
* Series/ICarly/{{Tropes U-Z}}

Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two SpinOff shows from Series/ICarly. The first involves Sam and Cat from ''{{Victorious}}'' in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), creative in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for an decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends: [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] ({{Jennette McCurdy}}) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

As part of the NickVerse, the show is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''DrakeAndJosh'' being produced by the same people, and also including MirandaCosgrove leading the cast as Carly with that show's EnsembleDarkhorse, Jerry "Crazy Steve" Trainor, as Spencer. The two shows could be assumed to be in a wider world setting, with various [[DanSchneider Schneider-verse]] references showing up like Galaxy Wars, Daka Shoes, the Gary Coleman Grill, Peruvian Puff Peppers, and the Parker-Nichols Hotel. And don't forget the loads of [[ParentalBonus adult jokes and innuendos]] inserted into the show.

Aside from a [[{{Characters/ICarly}} character sheet]], other sections are listed on the header links as well as a [[{{HoYay/ICarly}} Ho Yay/Les Yay page]]. Subjective and fandom-related tropes are under the YMMV link while HeyItsThatGuy is under the Trivia link. Also, the article is now officially TropeOverdosed.

Nickelodeon have announced the creation of two SpinOff shows from ICarly. The first involves Sam and Cat from ''{{Victorious}}'' in a cross-over, and the second involves Gibby.

* ICarly/{{Tropes A-E}}
* ICarly/{{Tropes F-J}}
* ICarly/{{Tropes K-O}}
* ICarly/{{Tropes P-T}}
* ICarly/{{Tropes U-Z}}

The show is confirmed to end this November 2012 with the final episode ''iGoodBye''.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), creative in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for an decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her two best friends: [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] ({{Jennette McCurdy}}) is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress) is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who works as the camera man and keeps the iCarly site running. Along with his a long-term crush on Carly, he has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

The web show consists of various random and surreal skits and sketches brainstormed by the kids themselves or related related to fan-submitted clips. Occasionally, they have guests just as bizarre, such as a strange kid who never speaks but will eat or drink anything, or guesting the tallest man in the apartment building (so tall his head wasn't shown on camera) to talk about recycling. When they experience technical difficulties, they cut to funny things such as a picture of a man with shrimp up his nose and a video of a rabbit eating peanut butter.

The show had suffered a lot from very unstable air dates. TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't even establish solidly which episode is under what season, since Nickelodeon doesn't specify which are the definite season enders and premieres leading to WildMassGuessing. A season may start its first month with several consecutive weekly episodes and the rest will be scattered erratically, i.e. Season 4 took an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes deemed as ''specials'' even if it were normal half hour episodes.

''iCarly'' is a {{Nickelodeon}} teen sitcom, created by DanSchneider about [[TheKirk Carly Shay]] (MirandaCosgrove), creative in her mid-teens living in Seattle with her big brother/guardian Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and whose father has been deployed in the military for an decade or so. After an accident where her comments on a talent show and a SadistTeacher made it onto a YouTube-esque site, [[InstantWebHit the positive internet reaction]] inspires her to make a creative web show with her best friends: [[TheMcCoy Samantha "Sam" Puckett]] ({{Jennette McCurdy}}) and [[TheSpock Fredward "Freddie" Benson]] (NathanKress).

Sam is a detention hall regular (and had been arrested several times) who craves meat, frequently mentions that her relatives are in prison or in parole, and keeps an array of dangerous tools in her backpack and locker. Freddie is an intelligent tech-savvy boy who has a crush on Carly, runs the iCarly website and works the camera for the show, and has an extremely overprotective and neurotic mother (Mary Scheer). The [[ThreeAmigos trio]] is often joined by their friend Gibby (Noah Munck), an eccentric pudgy kid with a penchant for taking his shirt off.

The web show consists of various random and surreal sketches brainstormed by the kids themselves, resulting in skits like: ''Turtle Races'', ''Meatball Wars'', ''Who's That Weirdo in my Neighborhood?'' and ''Animals Dressed as Other Animals'', amongst others. Some are related to fan-submitted clips, such as hatching chicks for a science project, inspired by a boy who thought sitting in a bathtub full of scrambled eggs and laughing manically was a perfect way to proclaim his love for the show.

Occasionally, they have guests, such as a strange kid who never speaks but will eat or drink anything like Sam's quarter or pureed spaghetti and meatballs, or the tallest man in the apartment building (so tall his head wasn't shown on camera) to talk about recycling. When they experience technical difficulties, they cut to funny things such as a picture of a man with shrimp up his nose and a video of a rabbit eating peanut butter.

Their school is only slightly more normal. Some end up wearing chicken suits, others terrorize their classes after bad breakups, and others express deep hatred for three-holed paper. ''And those are the teachers''.

The show has very unstable air dates. Some seasons would air back to back for months, others like Season 4 took an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes and Nick would often call every single episode a ''special'' even if it was a regular half hour episode. The currently airing Season 5 stretched the first 2 episodes over a month and called them both specials, but then [[ZigZagged switched]] to advertising the episodes as being aired every week from the 2nd episode, ''iDate Sam and Freddie''. After three episodes it went back to airing almost at random. It's so bad, TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't even establish solidly which episode is under what season, as Nickelodeon hasn't come out with any press stating when a season finale or premiere was, leading to WildMassGuessing, going off off-hand comments made by the cast and other information they can find, when most networks will state when a show's season ends or begins. The show is confirmed to end after the current season and will be airing a finale special in November.

The show has very unstable air dates. Some seasons would air back to back for months, others like Season 4 took an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes and Nick would often call every single episode a ''special'' even if it was a regular half hour episode. The currently airing Season 5 stretched the first 2 episodes over a month and called them both specials, but then [[ZigZagged switched]] to advertising the episodes as being aired every week from the 2nd episode, ''iDate Sam and Freddie''. After three episodes it went back to airing almost at random. It's so bad, TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't even establish solidly which episode is under what season, as Nickelodeon hasn't come out with any press stating when a season finale or premiere was, leading to WildMassGuessing, going off off-hand comments made by the cast and other information they can find, when most networks will state when a show's season ends or begins. The show is confirmed to end after six seasons and will be airing a finale special in November.

The show has very unstable air dates. Some seasons would air back to back for months, others like Season 4 took an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes and Nick would often call every single episode a ''special'' even if it was a regular half hour episode. The currently airing Season 5 stretched the first 2 episodes over a month and called them both specials, but then [[ZigZagged switched]] to advertising the episodes as being aired every week from the 2nd episode, ''iDate Sam and Freddie''. After three episodes it went back to airing almost at random. It's so bad, TheOtherWiki article for the show's episode guide can't even establish solidly which episode is under what season, as Nickelodeon hasn't come out with any press stating when a season finale or premiere was, leading to WildMassGuessing, going off off-hand comments made by the cast and other information they can find, when most networks will state when a show's season ends or begins.

The show has very unstable air dates. Some seasons would air back to back for months, others like Season 4 took an entire year to air less than a dozen episodes and Nick would often call every single episode a ''special'' even if it was a regular half hour episode. The currently airing Season 5 stretched the first 2 episodes over a month and called them both specials, but then [[ZigZagged switched]] to advertising the episodes as being aired every week from the 2nd episode, ''iDate Sam and Freddie''. After three episodes it went back to airing almost at random.