Carly Shay

Carly Shay (born July 24, 1994) is the younger sister of Spencer Shay and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shay. She lives with Spencer in Bushwell Plaza. She is the best friend of Sam Puckett. She is also the best friend and ex-girlfriend of Freddie Benson. She is portrayed by Miranda Cosgrove as a teenager, and Jadin Gould as an eight-year-old (iDon't Want to Fight), making her and Sam the only characters to have at least two different actors portraying them at different ages, although Sam is portrayed by three different actresses.

Characteristics
Carly is a kind, caring person who would do anything for her friends. Occasionally, she has to get between her best friends Sam and Freddie when the two argue too much. She gets good grades and usually stays out of trouble, except for when she takes the blame for Sam's misdeeds.

She is easily grossed out by vermin, the gross videos Sam likes, or even just by Spencer saying "bowels" in "iTake on Dingo". In "iSpace Out", it was also shown she gets claustrophobic when she was locked in a room for several hours. In iMake Sam Girlier, Sam tells Carly that she is "girly." In iTake on Dingo Sam called her "prissy" and Carly agreed, saying she is the "prissiest."

In "iWanna Stay With Spencer", it was implied Carly used to be a sickly child, since according to Spencer, she has to take vitamins every day and suffers from allergies and asthma. She had her last asthma attack when she was seven years old.

As revealed in a few episodes, Carly likes a band called "Cuttlefish". Also, in iEnrage Gibby, she says that she plays the ukelele.

Relationships With other Main Characters

 *  Sam Puckett : Carly and Sam met when they were about eight years old and Sam wanted to steal Carly´s tuna sandwich. When Carly fought back, Sam was impressed and they became friends. To this day, they share a close friendship that some fans even think of as platonic love (see: Cam Relationship).


 * Carly acts as a moral guardian to Sam, trying to keep her out of trouble and occasionally taking the blame for her pranks. Although Sam frequently causes Carly trouble, she likes her for being "creative,smart,fun and awesome". In iChristmas, it was shown that Carly´s life would be very different without Sam and iCarly would never have existed. At times, Carly and Sam's fights are extremely bad, such as in iDon't Want to Fight and iSaw Him First. In iQuit iCarly, one of their fights even lead to a near-death situation for both of them. While Carly serves as a conscience for her, Sam seems to be Carly's protection; in iMake Sam Girlier, she beats up a bully, Jocelyn, after seeing her push Carly down. Where as Carly supports her friend more emotionally, she can look to Sam to physically protect her. Carly knows Sam like a sister and usually predicts her actions. (see: Cam Friendship).


 * Freddie Benson : Carly is very aware of Freddie´s crush on her, and occasionally exploits that he would do anything for her if she says "Please? For me?", in a baby-ish voice. They keep up a good friendship, though, and know they can rely on each other when it´s necessary. Many fans wish for Carly and Freddie to end up together. Freddie and Carly share in common that they maintain high grades, don't like getting in trouble, and live in the Bushwell plaza. Freddie and Carly have become closer, and as he used to knock on Carly's door and wait for it to be answered, now he just knocks and lets himself in. In more recent episodes it seems to appear that Carly is growing closer to Freddie, and is seen often touching him lightly or standing/sitting very close to him. In more recent episodes, she is seen turning to him for help, rather than Sam. (see: Creddie).


 * Spencer Shay : Carly and her brother usually have a good relationship and have fun hanging out together. Carly acts as the voice of reason or as an emotional support when needed, but can also rely on him when she has trouble. She is used to him letting her have a lot of freedom and gets irritated when he doesn't give her what she wants, as shown in iLook Alike. Their brother/sister relationship is very important to the show, (see: Sparly).

Boyfriends/Dates/Crushes
Ben Huebscher (first kiss)

In iKiss, Carly tells Sam and Freddie that her first kiss was with a boy named Ben Huebscher. It is unknown whether they were dating or not. He is named after an iCarly writer (for example: iPsycho).

Jake Crandle (2007, Crush)''' ''' In "iLike Jake" (the fourth episode), she had a crush on Jake and he liked her back. After Jake saw Carly give Freddie a kiss on the nose (for helping to make Jake's singing voice sound good for the web show), he believed that they were a couple. Because of this, Jake decided to get back together with his ex-girlfriend, leaving Carly single.

Shane (2008, Crush, Date)

She went out with him when Sam was also going out with him in "iSaw Him First" (one of the first episodes in the second season), which made Carly and Sam both jealous and mad with each other. They later vowed that they wouldn't ever argue over a boy again, lest it ruin their friendship.

Griffin (2009, Boyfriend)

She dated him in "iDate a Bad Boy" until she found out he collects PeeWee Babies. She tried to make the relationship work, but then Griffin overheard Carly and Sam making fun of his PeeWee Babies and then broke up with Carly.

Austin (2009, Date)

Carly chose him as her date in "iSpeed Date". At the end of the episode, she dumped him because he interrupted her with random sentences whenever she wanted to say something, in which she began with several, "Shut up's!" and then her famous, "Get outta here!" in which he fled The Groovie Smoothie.

Freddie Benson (2010, Boyfriend)

Freddie has had a crush on Carly ever since he met her, but she constantly rejects him and says she just wants to be friends with him. In "ILike Jake", Carly gave Freddie a kiss that was "strictly nasal" and in "iSpeed Date", they slow-dance together. They were in a relationship in "iSaved Your Life", but Sam convinced Freddie that Carly was only touched that he saved her life and wasn't in love with him, but what he did. They broke up, but agreed that if Carly still likes him when he's out of the casts, they can date again. It is rumored that in a season 4 episode the two retry their relationship, in an episode called "iStill Love You", or "iStill Love Freddie". (See: Creddie)

Enemies

 * Lewbert (various)
 * Nevel Papperman(iNevel, iRue The Day, iWant My Website Back, iFight Shelby Marx)
 * Tasha (iNevel)
 * Valerie (iWill Date Freddie)
 * Mr. Devlin (iPromise Not to Tell)
 * Jonah(iHate Sam's Boyfriend)
 * Amber Tate (iCarly Saves TV)
 * Zeebo (iCarly Saves TV)
 * Kyoko and Yuki (iGo To Japan)
 * Wade Collins (iRocked the Vote)
 * Chuck Chambers
 * Mr. Howard (especially iHave My Principals)
 * The Petographers (iMove Out)
 * Nora Dirshlitt (iPsycho)

Quotes

 * Not happening! (whenever Freddie hints that he wants to go out with her)
 * Sam!!!
 * I'll heimleich his tummy!
 * Please, for me? (Whenever she wants Freddie to do something for her)
 * You know, for most eighth grade girls, if they came home and found their twenty-six year old brother dangling upside-down from the ceiling over a giant robot made out of soda bottles, it’d be weird. (iPilot)
 * I'm gonna be a Yakimite, or a Yakimanitian. (iWanna Stay With Spencer)
 * Thanks, girls love hearing that. (iPromise Not to Tell)
 * We don't care about taters! Even in tot form! (iPromise Not to Tell)
 * Oh...you know... he has a face... and hair. (iHeart Art)
 * Spencer, get off the table. (iHeart Art)
 * I'm a 13 year old girl and I have the fingernails of a hobo! Did you know they can't afford cable?! (iPromise Not to Tell)
 * What do hobos have to do with science? (iHatch Chicks)
 * Well what do you expect from a card game invented for the lonely? (iGo Nuclear)
 * I'm not laughing. Sometimes my lip just quivers like this. (iScream On Halloween)
 * I don't know. But If you're gonna be obsessed with an "American Idol" judge, you might as well pick one that's firm, but fair. (iSpy a Mean Teacher)
 * Isn't he charming? (iRocked the Vote)
 * What would me and Sam look like if we had purple troll hair? (iRocked the Vote)
 * Okay, nobody likes a rhymer! (iWant My Website Back)
 * We're gonna have our honeymoon on Pee-Wee island! (iDate A Bad Boy)
 * Could not happen! (to Freddie) (iFight Shelby Marx)
 * Eyes up, dude! (From iFight Shelby Marx, comment when Freddie comments about her getting "curvier every day".)
 * Rawr (iSaved Your Life)
 * One might call him, ' Hobnoxious ' . (iFix a Pop Star)