Spencer Shay

Spencer Shay (born November 11, 1981) is Carly Shay's older brother and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shay. Since their father is in the military, Spencer is Carly's legal guardian. His mother has never been mentioned. He is portrayed by Jerry Trainor.

Characteristics
Spencer is shown to have an eccentric, random and weird demeanor, but despite that, he isn't fooled easily, as seen in iLook Alike, iDate a Bad Boy, and iGet Pranky. He is often called abnormal, "weird" and sometimes gullible and easily distracted, with a short attention span. According to his old girlfriend Veronica, he's a "creative, fun spirit." He is frequently seen building strange sculptures on the show and most of his works are seen in the apartment.

Spencer also frequently finds himself in sticky situations that serve as a subplot for the episode. Some of these subplots include his nemesis, the notorious Chuck Chambers.

Spencer is quite a ladies' man, having dated over 10 women. Some of his relationships are even more eccentric than he is, like Connie, the juggler, Lauren Ackerman, a teacher with a lot of emotional problems and Stefanie, a girl who believes in unicorns.

Another recurring gag is that many objects Spencer touches or fixes spontaneously burst into flames, the first being the chicken stir fry he made in iWanna Stay With Spencer, with added humor due to the fact the item that does so is always made of a material that is non-flammable in real life, such as a hotel bell or the cymbal on a drum.

Spencer attended Ridgeway Middle School, and also attended Seattle Law School for 3 days, but quit to become an artist. Although he may have quit law school after only for 72 hours, he still possesses some legal knowledge as shown in iPromote Techfoots and iOwe You. He even kept a book he got from law school. He never told his dad that he dropped out, as revealed in iSpace Out. In iHire An Idiot, he reveals a bet he made with his grandfather that if he couldn't get one of his sculptures in a museum in three years, he had to go back to law school.

It is revealed in iGet Pranky that Spencer had an obsession with playing pranks on others when he was in middle school. Although he insisted he had gotten over it, the obsession returned when Carly asked him to teach her how to prank, and got out of control. Eventually Carly and Freddie asked his former classmates (and prank victims) to visit the apartment and try to reason with him. Instead they got revenge on him by pinning him to the ground and hitting him; his obsession seems finally cured.

In iDo, it is confirmed that he hasn't had a steady girlfriend since high school, he doesn't like it when people say his butt is flat, and he drinks milk in the shower (also in iGot a Hot Room.) It is seen on a few occasions that he can play the banjo.

According to Veronica (his previous girlfriend) in iEnrage Gibby, that Spencer is "too loud", which is technically true as proven in most of the episodes.

Carly Shay
See Sparly for details

Sam Puckett
See Spam for details

Freddie Benson
See Fencer for details

Gibby Gibson
See Gencer for details

Art Projects
As an artist, Spencer is usually making an odd art project for some equally weird reason. A recurring gag is that some of his projects will burst into flames randomly. Added humor comes from the fact that the item subjected to this gag is always either: a: made entirely of material that is non-flammable at room temperature in real life, or b: made of both flammable & non-flammable materials, but it's the parts made of the latter that invariably catch on fire. Spencer gets many of his art supplies from the local junkyard and even claims to have an account there (iAm Your Biggest Fan). Spencer has also made a short claymation film called The Alien, The Space Hamster, and the Burrito.

Girlfriends, Dates, & Crushes
Throughout the series, Spencer has been dating many women, being considered a ladies' man.

An unnamed girl: Referred to as 'that girl' by Sam in iWant More Viewers who only liked Spencer because of his socks.



Connie: Dated her, but found out she was "juggling for other guys", so he decides to broke up with her. It is said she is diabetic.

Stefanie: Dated Spencer, but he broke up with her because she was annoying. She was never seen in the show, but Spencer talked to her on the phone. Apperently, she is a believer in unicorns, claiming she has a pet one.

Lauren Ackerman: Dated her, but couldn't take her anymore because she overreacted if Spencer wasn't thinking of her, so he broke up with her.



Sasha Striker: No real relationship as seen on the show, but they kissed after Spencer won the title for best Pak-Rat player ever. (see Spasha)

Marissa Benson: In an alternate reality, if Spencer was born normal, then Mrs. Benson and Spencer would have married, making Mrs. Benson Carly's sister-in-law and Freddie her nephew. (see Sparissa)

Trudy Galini: He dated Trudy in order to get Mr. Galini's delightfully delicious pie recipe, and Trudy kept kissing Spencer for some reason.

Veronica: A supermarket clerk at Hey Food, who Spencer was convinced only liked him when he was in a tuxedo. (see Speronica)

Ms. Fielder: They have no real relationship, but they made out at the end of iMust Have Locker 239.

Gabriella: She only appeared for minutes. She is Mrs. Benson's Building Watch Patrol assistant. It is obvious Spencer had a crush on her.

Alison: She only appeared in iWas a Pageant Girl. He went on a double date with her along with Freddie, and her 15 year old cousin Leslie.

Charlotte Gibson: Dated her, but he saw a vision of Gibby (especially her 'Gibby lips') when he saw her face, and Gibby's mother also saw a vision of Carly on Spencer's face, so they both ran away screaming in horror.

Candace: He had a date with her, but they broke up when she found out he helps children with webcasts, plus was thought of as out of her league.



Gia Chambers: The older sister of his nemesis Chuck Chambers. In iBeat the Heat, Spencer kept flirting with her and even put up with Chuck tormenting him in order to keep him from taking her away.

Jodi: She was meant to marry Gordon Birch, but when she saw Spencer, she decided that she wanted to marry him (something that Spencer is not exactly pleased about). However, when Carly sings, Jodi realizes she belongs to Gordon. (see Spodi)

Kristacia: A woman from Uzbekistan who didn't speak any English. Spencer went out with her because he thought she was hot. Gibby tried to help him translate, but instead he got a man who only spoke Uzbek as well and stole Krustacia away from Spencer. (see Spristasia)

Dierdra: She was in iHire An Idiot episode. Spencer kisses her twice near the end. She works at the art museum.