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* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|Ugly Guy, Hot Girlfriend]]: Gibby/Tasha

* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: [[Played for Laughs]].

** When Guppy first appears (shirtless) in the Shay's loft, Spencer mistakes him for a diminutized Gibby and is utterly alarmed. It does get funnier when an ending credit for an earlier episode involved Spencer "turning" Gibby into a 5-year old (Guppy).

* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Mr. Buttburn, one of the Ridgeway teachers.

** Freddie if he stays "in love" with Carly but Carly keeps him as really [[Just Friends]]. Sam if she and Freddie break up and she retains feelings for Freddie, but Freddie enters a relationship with Carly. Carly if she develops feelings for Freddie, but he stays with Sam. Anything involving a fourth person may leave all three of them in this position.

** Or Spencer and Sam get together, now that she's revealed a little crush on him.

* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Enforced with Spencer and Carly's parents, wherein their names are never disclosed throughout the series.

** Sam's and Freddie's fathers are [[Disappeared Dad|never named or mentioned]].

** ''iWon't Cancel the Show'' finally stated that their dad's name is Steven Shay.

* [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo]]: ''iChristmas''. Carly gets really upset over two things in this episode that relate to Freddie. The first is that Freddie has moved on, and no longer is in love with her. The second is that Freddie also appears to have given up on their friendship as well. Not quite a full-blown example due to the [[Wonderful Life]] premise, but her lines indicate she is very upset that Freddie is not in love with her anymore.

* [[The Un-Reveal]]: In ''iThink They Kissed'', Carly asks Sam and Freddie if they enjoyed the kiss. Before they answer, Spencer interrupts them, and the question is never answered (although in iKiss they both say they thought it was "nice").

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Sam, Sam, SAM!

* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: Aside from character expressions, the random phrases printed on the Penny Tees can be either this or [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|this]].

** Sam's "Whoa, daddy!", "No chiz!", and "Holy cheese!"

** Freddie's "Oh, butter!" and "Good gravy!"

* [[Up to Eleven]]. Gibby turns up the stink spray to this in ''iOMG''.

* [[Urine Trouble]]: "Who has urine trouble?"

* [[The Vamp]]: Valerie in ''iWill Date Freddie'' uses her feminine wiles to lure Freddie to her web show, temporarily stealing him from iCarly, and goes so far as to [[Les Yay|try it on Sam]]. Another example is Missy trying to "break up" Carly and Sam.

* [[Very Special Episode]]: ''iGet Pranky'' sort of subverts this. While it may be a more general, subtle "just say no" message, the lack of dramatic seriousness suggests that it's a [[Take That]] to other older teen shows like [[Saved by the Bell]].

* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: In ''iMake Sam Girlier'', a bully shoves french fries down Sam's shirt. After Sam beats her up, she pulls a fry out of her blouse, eats it, and remarks that it's a pretty good place to keep french fries.

** Pam Puckett keeps her lipstick inside her blouse.

* [[Villain Ball]]: Missy in ''iReunite With Missy''. Missy tries to regain her old "best friend" position from Sam, by treating her nicely around people, but indirectly attacking her in ways that force Sam away from Carly. Sam herself is unsure if Missy is trying to hurt her, or if she's jealous of Missy. The evil plot is ruined when Missy gives Sam a [[Motive Rant]] for no reason. This pushes Sam to ask Freddie for help. Carly has no clue until she [[Right Behind Me|overhears]] [[Evil Gloating|Missy gloating]] about the cruise Freddie gave up to get rid of her.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Sam and Freddie qualify to a Type 2, starting from season 2 onwards.

* [[Vocal Evolution]]: Freddie's voice became significantly deeper at the start of Season 2.

** And, like everything else in iCarly-land, it is promptly lampshaded:

'''Freddie:''' I dunno, puberty? }}

** Gibby's voice has deepened as well.

* [[The Voiceless]]: The little girl who infiltrates the Shays' apartment in ''iSpace Out''.

* [[Wacky Guy]]: Spencer.

* [[Wafer-Thin Mint]]: ''iDate A Bad Boy'' with Spencer's pressure trigger plate. An obese postman steps on it but still doesn't activate it. The alarm fires off when Spencer handed the postman a stamp.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Gibby is Seasons 1-3, [[Running Gag|most of the time]].

* [[Wall Slump]]: The imprisoned trio leans down against the wall in the sound booth while Nora sings obnoxiously in ''iPsycho''.

** [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|Sam confesses that Freddie is the one "she's in love with" using a kiss.}}

* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: In ''iEnrage Gibby'', Carly, Sam and especially Freddie are dumbfounded that Gibby can get someone hot like Tasha as his girlfriend. They all agree in the end that "There's something wrong with that chick."

** In ''iNevel'', the titular antagonist mocks Spencer's sculpture, prompting Spencer to mutter "Nevel's a stupid name" under his breath.

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

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Freddie and Sam.

* [[Writer Revolt]]: It's likely that ''iGo Nuclear'' is the result of being forced by [[Executive Meddling]] to create an episode with a [[Green Aesop]]. See the [[Broken Aesop]] entry at the top of the page to see how it turned out.

* [[Why Don't You Marry It?]]:

'''Carly''': If he's a nub, someday I wanna be Mrs. Carly Nub. }}

* [[Word Salad Philosophy]]: Reuben in ''iWin A Date''. Also, in the video "iHave A Question: Weird and Random" on the website, where the cast descend into 'Reubenesque' banter.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: After ''iOMG'', arguably Sam's subconscious rationale towards her behavior towards Freddie (and the possibility towards her hope that [[Last Girl Wins]]) all the way back to ''iPilot''.

* [[X Meets Y]]: [[Lizzie McGuire]] meets [[YouTube]], minus the animated counterpart.

* [[Yandere]]: Miss Ackerman to Spencer in "iHave A Lovesick Teacher".

** Marta Trundel, Lewbert's ex girlfriend. Because of her, Lewbert got his wart and was compelled to change his name to escape from her. The woman seemed to be a pretty nice and cool girlfriend you could ask for until her [[True Colors]] showed as a manic [[Control Freak]]. Lastly, Lewbert was more than happy to stay in prison just to get away from her and smacked a cop to extend his imprisonment.

* [[You Just Had to Say It]]: In ''iStake Out'', Spencer meets his old camp bully again and Freddie asks why Stu is nicknamed 'Spanky'. Spanky [[Captain Obvious|shows Freddie why,]] and Spencer sarcastically thanks Freddie for asking while being spanked in the butt with his own umbrella by Spanky.

* [[You Meddling Kids]]: Sam, [[Genre Savvy]] as she is, mocks Ms. Briggs after she had caught them in her house and blackmails them to guest her on the webshow.

* [[You Monster!]]: Spencer to the soup-stealing... well, [[Captain Obvious|monster]], in ''iDate A Bad Boy''.

* [[You Should Have Died Instead|You Should Have Almost Died Instead]]: Mrs. Benson to Carly in "iSaved Your Life." Even though Freddie chose to get hit by a truck instead of Carly, who he saved, his mom interprets the incident as Carly trying to kill Freddie.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Carly rocked a Grade B level of this in ''iHave My Principals''.

** Sam got a class D one during their Pathetic Play skit in ''iSpeed Date''.

** [[Defied Trope|Defied]] in ''iWant My Website Back''. Mandy comes up with a plan to get iCarly.com back from Nevel. As soon as she mentions it involving [[Noodle Implements|three zebras]], Sam shuts her up.