IMeet Fred

iMeet Fred it is the 10th episode of the 2nd Season of iCarly. It guest stars Lucas Cruikshank as himself.

Plot summary
When Freddie offends an international internet sensation, Fred, he gets crushed and says to all of his fans that he will not make any more Fred videos. Carly, Sam, and Freddie soon start losing friends and acquaintances that are fans of Fred, and everybody in Ridgeway Jr. High turns on the iCarly group and Freddie is banned from all of his clubs. They meet Lucas, Fred's creator and portrayer, in his home in Idaho for Freddie to forgive him about the Fred videos comment. Lucas later apologizes because he wasn't really mad, it was intended to get Fred and iCarly more ratings. At the end of their next web cast, they apologize on camera, and presented a new Fred video with Carly, Sam, Freddie and Spencer guest starring as themselves with high-pitched voices like Fred. Meanwhile, Spencer puts a Magic Eight Ball-like toy (called a "Magic Meatball") in control of his life, with disastrous results.

Trivia

 * Lucas Cruikshank is a real-life Internet star, and his character, Fred, can be considered an inspiration for iCarly.
 * The German Title is Freddie gegen Fred, which means, Freddie vs. Fred.
 * Spencer finds his "Magic Meatball" which is a spoof of a "Magic Eightball." The differences are:
 * The magic meatball is brown and lumpy, while a magic eightball is black and white and smooth
 * The magic meatball talks in a japanese man's accent, but a magic eightball doesn't talk but shows a message
 * The similarities are:
 * They both give advice about yes or no questions
 * They both answer after being shaken.
 * The cabbage video that ends the episode includes Sam uttering the phrase, "I buried Paul". One of the more obscure references in iCarly (for its target audience, anyway), this is a reference to the infamous "Paul is dead" conspiracy / urban legend which began in 1969. According to the legend, Paul McCartney of the Beatles supposedly died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a Canadian musician who looked and sounded just like McCartney. Proponents of the theory point to apparent clues on record album covers and within various Beatles recordings themselves. The actual phrase "I buried Paul" is said to be uttered by John Lennon if you listen closely to the end of the Beatles recording of "Strawberry Fields Forever", though Lennon claimed what he said was "cranberry sauce".
 * Also during the cabbage video, Fred asks "What's wrong with David Schwimmer?" Schwimmer is an actor best known for his role in the long-running sitcom Friends. Exactly what Fred/Lucas means by the question (if anything) is unclear.

Quotes
Fred: Why won't this cabbage speak Spanish? MUCHACHO!

Freddie: Why are you drinking ketchup?

Spencer: My magic meatball told me to.

Freddie: He's a jerk.

Sam: You're the queen of the jerks!

Carly Shay: Until next time, stay in school,

Sam Puckett: Recycle,

Carly Shay: Pour milk on your parents,

Sam Puckett: Hug a duck,

Carly Shay: Eat a stick of butter,

Sam Puckett: And shampoo a squirrel, goodbye!