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Characters from ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' include:
== Carly Shay ==
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The [[The Protagonist|central protagonist]] and [[Straight Man]] to the constant shenanigans surrounding her, Carly is a relatively normal highschooler. At least, as normal as you ''can'' be when you're an Internet celebrity in a [[Dan Schneider]] TV series.
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* [[All Women Are Prudes]]: Personified in a kid-friendly way with her overall naivete.
** Is going by the wayside with the reams of random boyfriends Carly has had into Season 5, to the point where she gets 'itchy' about not having kissed a guy in 4 months.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Season 5 tends to have her deliver an [[Actor Allusion]] line that doubles as [[Take That Me]].
** A potshot on Miranda still not having her driver's license.
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* [[The Chick]]
* [[Dude Magnet]]: It seems almost all the guys want Carly. Almost.
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== Samantha "Sam" Puckett ==
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Carly's best friend and petite blonde co-host of the iCarly webshow. In this [[Power Trio]], Sam very definitely takes on the "Brawn" side: she's aggressive, violent and eats everything. She has a very tenuous relationship with her mom, who was S[[He Who Must Not Be Seen]] until finally introduced in Season 4, played by none other than [[Glee|Jane Lynch]].▼
▲Carly's best friend and petite blonde co-host of the iCarly webshow. In this [[
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV or Type V]].
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* [[Different As Night and Day]]: She and her twin sister Melanie
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: ''iParty With Victorious'' finally tells us her dad walked out on her, Melanie and her mom.
* [[Domestic Abuser]]: ''iCan't Take It'' informs us that Sam is still hitting Freddie even though they are in a relationship. Carly says it's ''sweet'' because [[
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Beating up a nerd and shoving him into a locker.
* [[Escapist Character]]: While Carly appears to be one as for her webshow fame, Sam overshadows her in terms of increasing "talents" and [[Chekhov's Skill|Chekhovs Skills]]: singing, dancing, lockpicking, even ''art''. It would even be nigh unheard of Sam's [[Badass]]-[[Jerkass]] tendencies being glorified and being able to run away from it. True, she's caught several times, but her arrests are shrugged off as [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: As the "[[Wholesome Crossdresser|Cowboy with a Mustache]]" with a deep, gruff voice, fake mustache and complete western attire.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Sam has her "evil" moments and loves (literal) ham, but averts this trope as a whole.
* [[Evil Twin]]: It should be noted that she ''is'' the evil twin, compared to her polite and mild mannered twin sister Melanie. Not exactly evil, but definitely more aggressive.
* [[For Want of a Nail]]: If she didn’t listen to Icarly (or didn’t have her to listen to, anyway), she’d be in juvie.
* [[
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Her mother. Her sister turned out totally different though.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: She's exactly like her mother, Pam.
* [[Hates Small Talk]]: Especially with guys.
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* [[Informed Ability]]: The tie-in blogs of other characters (usually Freddie) have Sam 'hack' them and make reference to Sam's ability with technology.
* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: The butter sock. That is all.
** [[Improvised Weapon]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Definitely
** [[Pet the Dog]]
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* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Has her moments, such as at the end of iSpeed Date.
* [[Jerk Justifications]]: Type 3. That's just the way she is, and isn't going to change.
* [[Jerkass Dissonance]]: Hits 7 out of the 9 requirements for [[Jerkass Dissonance]]. For what those are, check the [[ICarly
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Don't get us started with all the crap she pulls on Freddie.
* [[The Friend Nobody Likes]]: For Freddie and Gibby and anyone else who might be friends with Carly, Sam is this. Because of Type 1 ''Seniority'', Type 3 ''Fear'' and Type 7 ''Audience Popularity''.
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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Her butter sock.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Carly does this to Sam in ''iKiss'', when she explains to Sam how her exposing Freddie's secret has utterly ruined his reputation and made it impossible for him to leave his house without people making fun of him. Sam, at first, shrugs this off, until Carly makes her realize that she went too far, even for her.
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: with Freddie and Gibby.
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: She won't mind turning her blouse into a stash of French fries.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: with Freddie.
== Fredward "Freddie" Benson ==
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The cameraman and general tech-support guy for iCarly, as well as Carly's other best friend. He is an all-around nice guy, along with growing up under the wing of his [[My Beloved Smother|overbearing mother]] Marissa Benson.
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* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type I
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* [[Disappeared Dad]]
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: [[In
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Showing up as the [[Dogged Nice Guy]] and minor [[Stalker
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: As just ''himself.'' With all the girls that are attracted to him (named below in [[Hollywood Dateless]]), if he didn't want Carly, Freddie would be a full-on [[Kidanova]].
** Even lampshaded in-universe when he parodied the angsty vampire [[Fan Nickname|Fredward]] [[Twilight|Cullen]].
*** Don't forget that they're really kicking up the [[Mr. Fanservice]] vibe by constantly having him in the short sleeve shirts that would immediately mark him as a nerd - if it wasn't obvious that he's been spending some decent time on the free weights.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Averted in use, has one through [[My Beloved Smother|Mrs. Benson]] and his [[Disappeared Dad]].
* [[She
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: Previously. Now is an example of [[Nerds Are Sexy]].
* [[Hollywood Dateless]]: Averts both sides of the trope, by attracting regular girls on several occasions, but not being thought of by people (except Sam) as being completely inept. Valerie, Shannon, Rona, Leslie, Melanie, Carly, Magic Malika, Sabrina, the fangirls at Webicon, Patrice and Sam all show varying levels of interest in Freddie over the course of the series. He then dated Carly in ''iSaved Your Life'' and was in a temporary (four episode arc) relationship with Sam.
* [[Hopeless Suitor]]
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: In progress, as per the trope, it's played for laughs on the show. However, Mrs. Benson takes [[My Beloved Smother]] [[Up to Eleven]], their relationship can be quite bizarre, and will likely result in memories on par with the likes of Jeff from [[Coupling]].
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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Puts the brakes on his relationship with Carly, because he's unsure if he would be taking advantage of hero worship.
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Feminine Boy to Sam's Masculine Girl.
* [["No Respect" Guy]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]
* [[Pungeon Master]]
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* [[The Spock]]
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: He was about 16 years old when he finally managed to get Carly, for a week before he [[Anchored Ship]] because he wasn't sure if it was real. Carly says in that episode that Freddie wanted Carly to be his girlfriend since the first time they met. That's probably anywhere from 6 to 8 years (depending on when they first met) of being unlucky.
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: With Sam.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Sam
* [[You're Not My Father]]: To Lewbert.
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== Spencer Shay ==
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Carly's quirky older brother and legal guardian, as their parents are off [[Parental Abandonment|doing Godknowswhat]] (Mr. Shay is explicitly in the armed forces, but that's all that's been said). He is a sculptor of some sort, but easily out-wacky-hijinxes the younger characters despite his more-advanced age.
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* [[Adult Child]]/[[Man Child]]
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Despite his rather aloof personality, he shows potential of being Carly's guardian, especially in "iWanna Stay With Spencer", when Carly and Spencer's grandfather claimed Spencer was an unfit guardian, and tries to take Carly. Upon leaving, Spencer stops them to give them Carly's inhaler, despite she's never had one in years, stating that [[Truth in Television|asthma is tricky]]. This convinces their grandfather to let Carly stay with Spencer.
** In "iLook-a-Like", Spencer is shown in a much more mature demeanor, actually saying no to Carly for once when she asked to do iCarly at an MMA fight. When Carly demanded when Spencer become 'uncool', Spencer coldly retaliated by calling her out on 'acting a baby whenever she doesn't get what she wants'. In fact, he became highly pissed off when he discovered she actually sneaked out to see the fight.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Despite all his weirdness, he was able to pick up enough during his three days at law school (and the book on law he kept) to help the gang out of just about any legal mishap they get themselves in very effectively. It was even given quite a [[Shout
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Chew Toy]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
** [[The
* [[Epic Fail]]: His [[Running Gag]] is that the mundane objects he fixes, sculpts, or (at the very least) touches become extremely prone to bursting into flames, bypassing ''any'' form of scientific logic. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the more outlandish ones.
** This trait of his was [[Deconstructed]] by being [[Played for Drama]] in ''iGot A Hot Room'' when {{spoiler|a lamp that Spencer gives to Carly bursts into flames, destroying her room}}.
** ''iChristmas'' did the same from, but from Carly's perspective.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Hanging upside down from the ceiling to photograph his bottle bot.
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== Orenthal "Gibby" Cornelius Gibson ==
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Appearing as a minor character when the series began, Gibby is among the main trio's friend and schoolmate and a frequent [[Butt Monkey]] guest in the webshow. As the show progressed, [[Characterization Marches On|he was slowly developed]] to be one of the gang's most loyal friends and a usual sidekick to Carly's eccentric big brother Spencer.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Pulls this of [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|epically]] in ''iPsycho'' to save the gang from the [[Ax Crazy]] fangirl Nora.
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* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: When he confirms that Nora had captured his best friends, his action is to go from [[Cloudcuckoolander]] to busting down her locked door and engaging her in a brawl throughout her house.
** Just when it looks like Nora's defeated Gibby, he takes off his shirt. Cue [[Oh Crap|triumphant music]].
* [[Pokémon
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Is a '''huge''' fan of the British boy band [[One Direction]] and got to sing with them as a ploy to get their lead singer to stop pretending to be sick so he could keep staying at Carly's and be nursed by her.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: Season 4.
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* [[Running Gag]]: Alternates from being shirtless or slow-witted during the first few seasons. When he became a main character, his shirtless scenes are ditched in favor of being unable to decipher a joke or a pun (which he averts by solving the gang's coded message by himself in ''iPsycho'').
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: For some reason, the kid is fond of taking his shirt off, prompting a reaction of [[Please Put Some Clothes On]].
** In ''iStill Psycho'' Gibby [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] that he has been doing it less frequently.
*** In ''iOpen A Restaurant'' he states he won't take his shirt off anymore unless it's without good reason like "to take a swim or a shower or whatever.."
* [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Made recurring appearances in the first three seasons, then joined the main cast.
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=== Marissa Benson ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
* [[Badass]]: Whenever she decides to [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]], she WILL kick some ass. ▼
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In ''iStill Psycho'' along with T-Bo. ▼
▲* [[Badass]]: Whenever she decides to [[Let's Get Dangerous|get dangerous]], she WILL kick some ass.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: In "iToe Fat Cakes", where she actually does make an attempt to help Carly out of the bathtub.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: In ''iStill Psycho'':
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* [[Retired Badass]]: Came briefly out of retirement in ''iFence''.
** Again in ''iStill Psycho'', [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomping]] Nora and her equally [[Ax Crazy]] mother in a sword fight.
* [[Rhymes
* [[Safety Worst]]
* [[Super OCD]] / [[Neat Freak]]: Flits between these two [[Depending
=== Nevel Amadeus Papperman ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: He has a [[Foe Yay]] crush on Carly, but the way he acts you would expect it to be on Freddie.
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* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Stalker
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: His bloodcurdling screams in ''iGive Away a Car'' and ''iFight Shelby Marx''.
* [[Sympathy for
* [[What Have I Done]]: Has this reaction to his [[Heel Realization]].
=== Lewbert Sline ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Chew Toy]]
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Unishment]]: In one episode, he took the blame for a crime he didn't commit and was sent to jail. He did so in order to get away for his abusive ex-girlfriend.
=== Wendy ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Brother Chuck]]: Vanishes in season 3, after her appearance in ''iFight Shelby Marx'', the last episode of Season 2.
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]]
=== Guppy Gibson ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Happy Birthday!" Lampshaded in ''iDo'' when Gibby asks him if that's his catchphrase now.
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=== Principal Ted Franklin ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Bunny Ears Principal]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Though suprisingly, he's one of the most ''sane'' teachers.
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=== Chuck Chambers ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Chuck makes Spencer's life a living hell by locking him in a crate and spraying a suspicious liquid at him. He, also, beats on Spencer every chance he gets; the reason: Spencer requested Chuck to stop playing racquetball (which WAS against the rules) in an apartment building and Chuck ignored him. When Spencer told Mr. Chambers, Chuck's dad grounded him for two weeks.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Running Gag]]: Being grounded by his father.
=== Amanda "Mandy" Valdez ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Loony Fan]]
* [[Running Gag]]: Her duck mask
* [[She
=== T-Bo ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In ''iStill Psycho'' alongside Mrs. Benson.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Remember his first appearance on ''iDate a Bad Boy''? You know, the one where he coaxed Spencer into buying bagels by calling him a jerk?
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=== Nora Dershlit ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Ax Crazy]]: Lampshaded in-universe. She is ''completely insane'', and at one point is wielding an ax.
** As shocking as it sounds, she's ''worse'' in ''iStill Psycho''.
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* [[Dark Action Girl]]: While she's not all that attractive, she's no slouch when it comes to fighting and engages Gibby in a rather brutal fight and holds her own.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: While technically starting as a [[Woobie]] fan, she later turned into the episode's deranged [[Big Bad]].
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: She has no friends, her parents left her alone on her birthday (apparently something she's used to happening), and she's had a pretty horrible life.
** Though this isn't ''nearly'' enough to justify her actions in ''iStill Psycho'' and it turns out her family is ''just'' as psychotic as she is.
* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: Is a lonely girl with only her chicken to talk to... so she decides to kidnap the iCarly crew under the delusion that they're her friends.
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* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: In both of her appearences, she plays up her [[Freudian Excuse]] to trick the iCarly gang to do as she wants them to, not revealing her true motivations until they're already in her trap.
* [[Never My Fault]]: Blames the iCarly gang for "ruining" her birthday party, when it was her own fault for kidnapping them in the first place.
* [[The Sociopath]]: She's even refered to as one [[In
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Between appearences, she got ''a lot'' crazier as a result of being locked up in prison. She also begins to lose it quite a bit towards the end of ''iStill Psycho''.
* [[Yandere]]: For the iCarly gang.
== Other Characters ==
=== Melanie Puckett ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Acting for Two]]: Jennette's other role.
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: With Sam.
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=== Pam Puckett ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Chaotic Stupid]]
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* [[Foil]]: Pam is rather verbally abusive, a stark contrast to Freddie's [[My Beloved Smother|Beloved Smother.]]
* [[Generation Xerox]]: She and Sam are exactly alike.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Sam's mom is Sue Sylvester? [[Freudian Excuse|Although that explains a lot about Sam, doesn't it?]]
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Appears to be inflicting one of these on Sam.
* [[Really Gets Around]]
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=== Shelby Marx ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]
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* [[You Might Remember Me From]]
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