History Trivia / ICarly

** Griffin, Carly's temporary ex-boyfriend as seen in "iDate A Bad Boy", was played by Creator/DrewRoy, who was 23 and looked like it. And when he guest-starred in the 2021 revival, he was 35 and ''definitely'' looked it. The original episode featured him kissing the star of the show Miranda Cosgrove, who was 15 when they filmed it in the fall of 2008. Miranda apparently got to choose which guy they cast.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Before Season 3 had started airing, Schneider posted a [[http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/File:40991089.jpg script fragment of a future episode]]. He took it down quickly, but it was reposted on various sites. Naturally, shippers from both sides went nuts, especially on Website/LiveJournal. After receiving heavy criticism for ruining the fandom, Schneider deleted his [=LiveJournal=] account, without warning or notice (meaning the fandom lost a lot of interesting interaction with him), and eventually set up his own blog site, which he claimed was for better control. Schneider's first post, however, was about how pissed off he was about the reception of his script.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Before Season 3 had started airing, Dan posted a [[http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/File:40991089.jpg script fragment from a future episode]]. He took it down quickly, but it was reposted on various sites. Naturally, shippers from both sides went nuts, especially on Website/LiveJournal. After heavy criticism about Dan ruining the fandom and the LJ communities with his interaction he quit and deleted his [=LiveJournal=], without warning or notice (meaning the fandom lost a lot of interesting interaction with him), and eventually setup his own blog site, which he claimed was for better control, but his first post was about being pissed off with reponses to his script.

** "iRue the Day" was temporarily banned from Nickelodeon and Creator/TeenNick when Sony was hacked in 2014. The reason for the temporary ban was because a hacking heist was depicted. The episode started rerunning again the following year.
** "iLost My Mind" was removed from Creator/ParamountPlus and banned from future reruns on Creator/TeenNick in October 2021, due to its plot [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents being too eerily similar]] to the controversial [[Music/BritneySpears "Free Britney"]] movement. However, the episode is still available to purchase via ''The Complete 4th Season'' DVD set. Strangely, though, "iFix a Pop Star", which featured a '''direct parody''' of Britney Spears, wasn't pulled from circulation...at least not yet.

* TheWikiRule: Has a very large and active Wikia site located [[http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/ICarly_Wiki here]].

** Dan Schneider revealed in a blog post that they shot two different versions of the ending to “iOMG”; one where Carly never witnesses Sam and Freddie kiss near the end, and one where she does witness it. The second version is what made the final cut.

** McDonald’s sold a second set of toys in 2011 including a gumball machine sticker dispenser, customizable gummy bear, a photo frame and a bobble head of Baby Spencer.

** UsefulNotes/McDonalds sold a set of eight toys for girls in their Happy Meals in 2010, including the Magic Meatball, a mini laptop, and a dachshund with randomized sayings. These were sold opposite ''Franchise/StarWars'' toys for boys.

* MakeOutKids: The episode "iSaved Your Life" in Season 3 (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!"

* MakeOutKids: The episode "iSaved Your Life" in Season 3 (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!"
* NotScreenedForCritics: Like every teen and children's show, ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' is not shown to critics. In combination with closed set filming and tight control on information being passed around, Dan managed to keep the Sam/Freddie plot in "iOMG" ''and'' every episode in the subsequent story arc a secret.

** Creator/JennetteMcCurdy does not have fond memories of her experience on the show, and has detailed this in multiple interviews as well as her 2022 memoir. She has said that in-part she resented her past acting career in general due to suffering from depression, eating disorders, insecurities and embarrassment over her kiddie roles, and associates acting with a lot of her mental health triggers. She hated playing Sam, as she felt that the character was a bad role model for children and found it difficult to portray a character so different from her real self, and just found the character flat-out unlikeable and the show in general terrible. It was never her intention to pursue a full-time acting career, but her mother had made her become a child actress to financially support the family [[StageMom and to live vicariously through her]]; her mother was extremely abusive, and while working on the show she alleges she suffered significant emotional abuse from a higher-up she only refers to as "The Creator"[[note]]who is near-universally speculated by readers and commenters to be Creator/DanSchneider[[/note]], enough that Nickelodeon would eventually offer her hush money. Shortly after her mom died, Jennette left Nickelodeon when ''Series/SamAndCat'' got canned and was happy to leave, and would retire from on-camera acting in 2017, refusing to return for the show's revival on Paramount+. Despite her opinions of the show and her character, she has said that in a recent podcast with Creator/AnnaFaris that she remains good friends with her fellow castmates.

** Dan Schneider originally explored a straight ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' spin-off as a Miranda Cosgrove vehicle, with Miranda naturally reprising her role as Megan Parker, but ultimately he felt dissatisfied with every idea centered around that concept he could think of. He then explored the idea of a fresh concept and character that was getting closer to ''iCarly'', but centered around a girl who suddenly found herself getting her own variety TV show. He got as far as writing the script for the pilot - and then threw it in the trash, once again being dissatisfied. He then changed the "TV show" to "web show", and things finally started to click.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Before Season 3 had started airing, Dan posted a [[http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/File:40991089.jpg script fragment from a future episode]]. He took it down quickly, but it was reposted on various sites. Naturally, shippers from both sides went nuts, especially on Website/LiveJournal. After heavy criticism about Dan ruining the fandom and the LJ communities with his interaction he quit and deleted his [=LiveJournal=], without warning or notice (meaning the fandom lost a lot of interesting interaction with him), and eventually setup his own blog site, which he claimed was for better control, but his first post was about being pissed off with reponses to his script.

* CashCowFranchise: During the aforementioned AdoredByTheNetwork stage, this show was Nickelodeon's biggest for merchandise.

* DuelingShows: With ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''. Moreso with ''Series/HannahMontana''. Well, they were really dueling over who gets WebVideo/{{Fred}}.

* TakeThatTitForTat: Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had a minor feud going during TheNoughties, mainly playing out through stories and devices in ''[=iCarly=]'' and ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''. ''iCarly'' has an episode where it takes shots at the Disney Channel (a.k.a. "Dingo" Channel), for InUniverse stealing the ideas of iCarly.com. They also claim that the original ideas of the channel are bland and unentertaining, and they make all their adult characters stupid. ''Sonny With a Chance'' got to have its own go with ''Series/SoRandom'' going to hell with new producers in a storyline that is mocking Nick's ''Series/AllThat''. ''iCarly'' then counters again with an entire episode dedicated to completely (and unsubtly) criticizing a certain network's new interpretation of kids' TV and their programming overhaul that ditches all of the 'good' children's TV shows in favor of lesser and more demeaning ones.

* TakeThatTitForTat: Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} had a minor feud going during TheNoughties, mainly playing out through stories and devices in ''[=iCarly=]'' and ''Series/SonnyWithAChance''. ''iCarly'' has an episode where it takes shots at the Disney Channel (a.k.a. "Dingo" Channel), for InUniverse stealing the ideas of iCarly.com. They also claim that the original ideas of the channel are bland and unentertaining, and they make all their adult characters stupid. ''Sonny With a Chance'' got to have its own go with ''Series/SoRandom'' going to hell with new producers in a storyline that is mocking Nick's ''Series/AllThat''. ''iCarly'' then counters again with an entire episode dedicated to completely unsubtly criticise a certain network's new interpretation of kids' TV and their programming overhaul that ditched all of the 'good' children's TV shows in favor of lesser and more demeaning ones.

** Taken to the extreme with his post about the finale "iGoodbye". After seeing backlash about his failure to make the Seddie pairing canon while he made Creddie canon via a typical LastMinuteHookup, he wrote a blog that could be described in short as "completely inverting the meaning of what just took place on screen" by attempting to claim the LastMinuteHookup, the romantic moment Carly comes up to the studio, takes Freddie by the hand then kisses him just moments before leaving for Italy may have ''actually'' been a platonic 'friendship' kiss. This did not go down well in the fandom, with people calling him out for the BlatantLies, many female viewers were especially upset about the idea that they just go around passionately kissing their male friends to show their friendship. This is a good example of WordOfGod actually making the understanding of what took place on their show ''less clear''. Then again, it was likely deliberate as Dan has the new SpinOff ''Series/SamAndCat'', and he wanted to dangle the potential of the Seddie relationship picking up on that show to get more viewers. Most people in the fandom have simply ignored him and have gone by what took place on screen.