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* [[Freudian Trio]]: [[The McCoy|Sam]], the voracious and meat-loving brawn ('''id'''); [[The Spock|Freddie]], the goody-two-shoes and cool-headed brains ('''superego'''); and [[The Kirk|Carly]] is the main link of the trio's friendship and mediator between the two ('''ego'''). Whenever Carly and Sam gets into a quarrel, Freddie takes over the mediator role.

* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Inverted with the version of [[Rock Band]] created specifically for the show. It's very good for what only shows up for maybe half a minute or so once in a blue moon. ''iSaved Your Life'' took it to another level, when they created ''Violin God'', with its ''Bow Power''. The first airing of the show had an error where the notes kept being hit even though Carly stopped playing to talk to Freddie, but after that error was pointed out to them, the [[Recut]] extended episode aired a month later had fixed it.

** Not done quite as well with [[Pac-Man|Pak Rat]] during ''iStage An Intervention''. It seems to be a pre-recorded video set into an old arcade machine box. Spencer and Sasha play it like that type of game actually would, but Carly's actor Miranda Cosgrove probably had no experience with that type of game, and at the end, Carly plays the machine by wigging the control stick around so hard the box keeps shifting, in a way that would be unplayable on a real pac man type arcade game.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Ms. Briggs, [[Sadist Teacher]], after playing a prominent role for the first half-season, disappeared until mid-season two. It would've been more of a case of [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]] if Sam's [[Character Blog]] hadn't mentioned that she accessed the school computers and manually removed any chase of Ms. Briggs from the schools' files. [[Status Quo Is God|Apparently, it's been cleared up.]]

* [[Putting a Hand Over His Mouth]]: Happens in a few episodes, notably when Carly licks Sam's hand in "iLost My Mind" and exclaims that it tastes like peanuts and dirt.

* [[Race Against the Clock]]: In ''iHatch Chicks'', the baby chicks have to be found before four hours pass, or... ''bad things'' will happen.

* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: Happens more and more as the show goes into its fourth season. Notable example being ''iGet Pranky''.

** In later seasons, Gibby saying "Gibbay!", usually as his first line of the episode.

* [[Ruritania]]: Sam refers to the origin of Norwegian air-conditioners as from '''Norwegia''' (Norway).

* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Miss Ackerman when dumped by her boyfriends.

** See also [[Disproportionate Retribution]] entry above.

* [[Sweet Dreams Fuel]]: ''iSaved Your Life''. Freddie would sacrifice his life to save Carly, Carly realises how much he means to her, they kiss about 8 times in a very cute way. They practically glow with happiness whilst they are together, and the final 'dawww', Freddie has a [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]] moment because he doesn't want to hurt Carly by taking advantage of her when he's unsure if her feelings are true. Even though it's a minor [[Downer Ending]], it's a very powerful expression of his feelings for her and that it's not just some random teenage hormonal attraction on a show with practically no morals, aesops or lessons

* [[Sympathy for the Devil]]: The plot point of ''iPity the Nevel''. (See also [[Enemy Mine]].)

* [[Take a Third Option]]: In iDon't Want To Fight, on a poll asking whether Sam or Carly is right, {{spoiler|the voters [[Take a Third Option]], offered by Freddie. "Carly and Sam are both acting dumb and should just make up and be friends again." It won by around 200 times the other two options combined.}}

* [[Take Our Word for It]]: The neck infection video.

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: ''iHave My Principals''.