History YMMV / ICarlyS02Ep13IMeetFred

** Freddie's situation in this episode becomes even more uncomfortable to watch considering the real-life toxicity among popular fandoms.

* HarsherInHindsight: While the [[KafkaKomedy humor]] of this episode comes down to Lucas "quitting the internet" as a publicity stunt, it did prophesize the epidemic of popular content creators weaponizing their fanbases to brigade people who earned their ire.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Due to the episode's reputation, some viewers will only watch this episode just for the subplot involving Spencer and the Magic Meatball, and so they can see the origin of the "whatcha got there?" meme

* CharacterShilling: Being one of Nickelodeon's biggest contributors, the Fred webshow is absolutely glorified in this episode, which portrays ''everyone'' apart from Freddie as loving the show, and [[DesignatedVillain Freddie as being in the wrong for not liking it]]. Needless to say, the webshow is nowhere ''near'' as universally praised as the episode depicts.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Some viewers will only watch this episode just so they can see the origin of the "whatcha got there?" meme

* JustHereForGodzilla: Some viewers will only watch this episode just so they can see the origin of the "whatcha got there?" meme

* HarsherInHindsight: While the [[KafkaKomedy humor]] of this episode comes down to Lucas "quitting the internet" as a publicity stunt, it did prophesize the epidemic of popular content creators weaponizing their fanbases to brigade people who earned their ire.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: While the [[KafkaKomedy humor]] of this episode comes down to Lucas "quitting the internet" as a publicity stunt, it did prophesize the epidemic of popular content creators weaponizing their fanbases to brigade people who earned their ire.

'''Meatball:''' The answer is no.
-->'''Spencer:''' '''[[RageBreakingPoint THAT'S IT!]]''' You're not magic, you're just a mean meatball!

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Carly falls into this. While she is victimized for the whole thing, she shows no sympathy towards an ostracized Freddie and even ''blames him'' for the whole ordeal. At some points, she even ''agrees'' that Freddie is "wrong" for disliking Fred. She definitely is shown to care more about her own reputation than Freddie's feelings.

* FridgeHorror: Freddie never bothers to report Lucas' actions to the police, despite the latter committing conspiracy and harassment. However, since [[PoliceAreUseless police authorities are often portrayed as anything but reliable in the Schneider-verse]], it's likely that they won't even care and would be against Freddie's side as well.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: While the [[KafkaHumor humor]] of this episode comes down to Lucas "quitting the internet" as a publicity stunt, it did prophesize the epidemic of popular content creators weaponizing their fanbases to brigade people who earned their ire.

* CreatorsPet: Being one of Nickelodeon's biggest contributors, the Fred webshow is absolutely glorified in this episode, which portrays ''everyone'' apart from Freddie as loving the show, and [[DesignatedVillain Freddie as being in the wrong for not liking it.]] Needless to say, the webshow is nowhere ''near'' as universally praised as the episode depicts.
* DontShootTheMessage: It's very possible this episode was meant to be a satire of fandom culture, taking the idea of [[HePannedItNowHeSucks somebody being flamed for not liking something popular]] and greatly exaggerating it. However, many felt, even if this ''was'' the intended message, that the treatment Freddie gets for simply stating he didn't find Fred amusing was far more mean-spirited than it was funny, not helped by Fred's divisive status in real life (compared to the [[CreatorsPet nearly godlike portrayal]] he gets in the episode) making many [[UnintentionallySympathetic sympathize with Freddie all the more]].

-->'''Spencer:''' '''[[RageBreakingPoint THAT'S IT!]]''' you're not magic, You're just a mean meatball!

-->'''Spencer:''' You know what, you're not magic. You're just a mean meatball.

* CreatorsPet: Being one of Nickelodeon's biggest contributors, the Fred webshow is absolutely glorified in this episode, which portrays ''everyone'' apart from Freddie as loving the show, and [[DesignatedVillian Freddie as being in the wrong for not liking it.]] Needless to say, the webshow is nowhere ''near'' as universally praised as the episode depicts.

* CreatorsPet: Being one of Nickelodeon's biggest contributors, the Fred webshow is absolutely glorified in this episode, which portrays ''everyone'' apart from Freddie as loving the show, and Freddie as being in the wrong for not liking it. Needless to say, the webshow is nowhere ''near'' as universally praised as the episode depicts.

* DontShootTheMessage: It's very possible this episode was meant to be a satire of fandom culture, taking the idea of [[HePannedItNowHeSucks somebody being flamed for not liking something popular]] and pushing it UpToEleven. However, many felt, even if this ''was'' the intended message, that the treatment Freddie gets for simply stating he didn't find Fred amusing was far more mean-spirited than it was funny, not helped by Fred's divisive status in real life (compared to the [[CreatorsPet nearly godlike portrayal]] he gets in the episode) making many [[UnintentionallySympathetic sympathize with Freddie all the more]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Carly falls into this. While she is victimized for the whole thing, she shows no sympathy towards an ostracized Freddie and even ''blames him'' for the whole ordeal. At some points, she even ''agrees'' that Freddie is "wrong" for disliking Fred. She definitely is shown to care more about her own reputation than Freddie's feelings.
** Fred also falls into this since the whole thing was supposedly a publicity stunt to help both his show and iCarly, yet he never thought to let them in on a publicity stunt that resulted in them being shunned and harassed.

* CreatorsPet: Being one of Nickelodeon's biggest contributors, the Fred webshow is absolutely glorified in this episode, which portrays ''everyone'' apart from Freddie as loving the show, and Freddie as being in the wrong for not liking it. Needless to say, the webshow is nowhere near as universally praised as the episode depicts. In fact, the show has a ''huge'' hatedome.

* NeverLiveItDown: Viewers will ''never'' forgive Sam for nearly killing Freddie by beating him with a tennis racket and throwing him out of a treehouse. While she did become much nicer to Freddie later on in the series after the "Seddie" arc, her near deadly beating of him in this episode [[MoralEventHorizon put her beyond redemption]] in some viewers' eyes despite her later CharacterDevelopment.

* NeverLiveItDown: Viewers will ''never'' forgive Sam for nearly killing Freddie by beating him with a tennis racket and throwing him out of a treehouse. While she did become much nicer to Freddie later on in the series after the "Seddie" arc, her near deadly beating of him in this episode put her beyond redemption in some viewers' eyes despite her later CharacterDevelopment.