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* [[Acting for Two]]: In the episode ''iTwins'', Jennette McCurdy plays the roles of both Sam and Melanie Puckett, identical twins [[Different As Night and Day|who are polar opposites]].
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Tons, since the actors/actresses have also been cast in earlier [[Dan Schneider]] shows.
** Miranda Cosgrove who played Megan in [[Drake and Josh]] had an episode or two where Megan held her own webshow. Furthermore, in the show's near-end special, one of the Premiere Galleria's feature films was titled [[Lampshade Hanging|''Now She's Carly'']], a [[Shout
*** ''iBloop'' alludes to Miranda's previous role when Drake Bell randomly appeared on set, and addressed her as Megan, before asking where Josh & their parents were, and who Mrs. Benson was.
*** In ''iGet Pranky'', Carly watches ''Megan's Revenge'' on TV (to learn how to prank) and wonders why Megan is so good at pranking.
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* [[Badass]]: '''[[Mama Bear|Mrs. Benson]]'''. Do NOT underestimate the Fencin' Bensons.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Sam, a petite blonde, can kick ''anyone's'' butt. To an extent, Gibby's little bro Guppy also qualifies.
* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: The store clerk's home-made pirate movies (possible [[Shout
* [[Bad Liar]]: The Shays. Also Spencer's subplot in ''iRocked the Vote''.
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: ''iCarly Awards'', when one of the titular statuette dolls is shown skirtless.
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* [[Brick Joke]]: In ''iSpy a Mean Teacher'', Spencer mentions breaking up with Connie (his girlfriend) because he learned she juggles for someone else. While the gang is airing their webcast with Ms. Briggs, one of the show's viewers is shown with his new juggler girlfriend, Connie.
* [[Broken Streak]]: ''iWas A Pageant Girl'' had Sam breaking the streak of the long-running champ of a beauty contest by putting on an amazing dance number.
* [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]]: The main [[Power Trio]] is exactly this trope, only averted by Freddie's gender.
** ''iReunite With Missy'' evokes this trope alongside [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]. Carly and Sam are the beauty and brawn respectively, while Missy qualifies as the brains for staging a devious scheme to reenter into Carly's life.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Carly's speech to Sam and Freddie after they snap her patience in regards to their fighting and dragging her into them, telling the both of them exactly what was wrong with their behaviour ''without'' bothering to sugar-coat it, and then finishing it by saying [[Reason You Suck Speech|they shouldn't be dating at all]].
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Sam's constant abuse of Freddie might mask certain 'feelings' for him.
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: Sam. It is very obvious to the viewers that she caused a random misdeed and often times turns the blame on the resident [[Butt Monkey]], Freddie. [[Karma Houdini|She freely runs away with it]]... she's Sam!
** Unless the show ends with no pairings, then the trailer for ''iStart A Fan War'' is this, having told the audience that the shipping question would finally be answered.
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: In ''iReunite with Missy'', there's blonde Sam, brunette Carly, and redhead Missy.
** Wendy, a recurring character, can be considered as the show's resident redhead.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Wade Collins. He lied about his mother needing surgery to gain public sympathy, was rude and nasty to the iCarly gang when they tried to help him make his own music video, and is a big jerk.
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* [[Brand X]]: Being a [[Dan Schneider]] production, the product names on the show are [[Affectionate Parody|affectionate parodies or spoofs]] of famous brands (Peppy Cola, Send Ex, Web Flix, Pear Pods, Pear Tunes, Violin God, Skybucks Coffee, The Jonas Book of World Records etc.)
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Both Shays. Carly acts like this during Spencer's [[Overprotective Dad]] episodes, while Spencer can also behave like this whenever Carly acts as the [[Team Mom]].
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]
{{quote| '''Spencer''': Okay, I've separated your phone calls into three categories. Death threats, from your mother... and death threats from your mother.}}
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: This VERY hilarious dialogue in the iCarly website about the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Freddie, Gibby and Spencer; though the latter might be self-inflicted.
** The show seems not to care about the victimization on Freddie, sometimes even seeming to encourage it i.e. ''iMeet Fred'', with an Aesop that boils down to "Unpopular opinions are bad".
* [[But Thou Must!]]: In ''iDate a Bad Boy'':
{{quote| '''T-Bo''': You want some bagels?<br />
'''Spencer''': ...What?<br />
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* [[Chain Letter]]: Freddie gets a chain letter regarding Consuela, a Spanish woman who had died. He must pass it on, or suffer such misfortunes as red socks getting mixed with white shorts, his sandwich getting run over, and his computer shorting out and making weird popping sounds.
** Subverted though, because Sam caused all that misfortune. Freddie catches her in the act though and gets back at her at the end of the episode.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Complete with ''[[Its a Wonderful Life]]''-based plot and [[Shout
* [[Clip Show]]: ''iBloop''
* [[Complaining About People Not Liking the Show]]: In-show example: The world's reaction to Freddie saying that he didn't like [[Fred]] videos in ''iMeet Fred''. Mostly due to Fred {{spoiler|falsely}} claiming that he's not going to do his videos anymore because Freddie didn't like them, but even {{spoiler|after Fred admitted he just said that for publicity}}, Sam beats Freddie up for saying that he still didn't like them.
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* [[Character Development]]:
** [[Breakout Character|Gibby]]: From something of a [[The Simpsons|Ralph Wiggum]] [[Expy]], rarely seen friend in Season 1 to a hot-chick pimp, the [[Big Guy]] of the gang and [[Characterization Marches On|a major character]], and in Season 4 part of the credits.
** Freddie: From a very nerdy and shy kid to a smart, confident teenager. His feelings for Carly develop from a minor [[Stalker With a Crush]] vibe in the first season, into something more mature in Season 2, and then in Season 3 he saves her life, becomes her boyfriend, and then leaves the relationship because he's worried it's not real love on her part. Despite this he retains his feelings all the way up to the end of Season 4, which is when the [[Wham! Episode]] ''iOMG'' happens and from there who knows.
** Carly: From yet another [[Dan Schneider]] [[Purity Sue]] in Season 1, to girl who makes mistakes, is shallow with guys, disobeys Spencer and gets punished for her flaws and becomes a more well rounded person, completely killing the idea of her being a [[Purity Sue]] by the time ''iDate A Bad Boy'' ends.
** Sam: Grows up a little in the episode ''iReunite With Missy'', where she actually comes to Freddie and asks for his help.
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Ricky Flame's solution to always win is to wrestle pre-teen boys.
** Then he finds himself on the receiving end when [[Cute Bruiser|Sam]] takes him on.
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Spencer after his arrest for causing the worst traffic jam in Seattle history. In an effort to get more viewers, he made a far too bright glowing sign above ''a major highway.'' When dropped off at home he requested some lotion for his raw wrists, leading into a little comedic bit with the officer.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Sam is widely acknowledged as the toughest kid of either gender at school, has taken down a bully almost twice her size and ''ripped a chain lock'' off a door while in pursuit of Freddie in ''iKiss''. She was towing Gibby behind her and wasn't even out of breath.
** And in a non [[Unstoppable Rage]] moment in ''iCook'' she wrestles a full grown man to the ground without working up a sweat.
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* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Despite entering a relationship, Sam still hits Freddie. It's dismissed by Carly, and she even calls it ''sweet'' because Sam now avoids hitting him in the face.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Freddie in his pursuit of Carly.
* [[Do
* [[Door Focus]]: Carly and Sam get into a fight, which ends when Carly leaves their apartment, slamming the door behind her. A beat passes before Carly opens the door again and tells Sam to get out instead, as the apartment is her house.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Despite being a kids show, the writers can be [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|mercilessly subtle]] with such dialogues.
* [[Double Standard Abuse (Female On Male)]]: Sam towards Freddie. Can be seen as [[Crossing the Line Twice]] depending on the intensity and longevity of each individual action.
** Implied and justified with Carly, Sam and Shelby ganging up on a trapped Nevel at the end of ''iFight Shelby Marx'', given that Nevel caused Shelby to beat Carly to a pulp after he told her Carly had deliberately pushed her grandma down the podium.
** Freddie's extremely overbearing mother is actually a case of emotional abuse, yet this dynamic is only played for laughs. Many of her behaviors, including purposefully embarrassing him in front of his friends, being overprotective about things like scissors, and implanting a chip in his head so that she can track him are definitely not okay and would easily by classified as child abuse.
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* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Exactly What It Says On The Box]]: Literal versions: Lewbert's stash of "Deeply Personal Items" and Carly's box of "Inexpensive Meatballs".
** The [[Long Title|overly long titles]] of the iCarly skits. For titles like "''[[Who Writes This Crap?|Pathetic Plays]]: (insert [[Long Title|long title]])''", "''The Prisoner Who Wanted Some Soup and the Man Who Refused to Give Him Some''" and "''The Cowboy With a Mustache and the Idiot Farm Girl Who Thought the Mustache Was a Squirrel''", guess what the looping plot line of each skit is.
* [[Excuse Me, Coming Through]]:
{{quote| '''Sam''': Okay people, unless you're a bowling pin, ''MOVE''! <br />
(students scramble away) }}
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