ICarly: iGo to Japan

iCarly: iGo to Japan is a 2008 Nickelodeon film that premiered on November 8, 2008 on Nickelodeon. The TV Movie stars Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Kress, and Jerry Trainor. This is the very first iCarly movie, and being 90 minutes (1 hour, 30 minutes) long. The movie aired before the TV premiere of the new series, True Jackson, VP.

Plot
The team, along with Spencer and Mrs. Benson, go to Japan when iCarly is nominated for the iWeb Awards. After an unsanitary, dangerous plane ride and finally finding the hotel, they find out that they will be staying with Kyoko and Yuki, the stars of a competing webshow. Kyoko and Yuki give Spencer and Mrs. Benson free passes to a spa, and take the kids shopping.

As generous as their gestures seem, Kyoko and Yuki have their minds set on sabotaging iCarly. They take Carly, Sam and Freddie to the middle of nowhere, and drive off, while Spencer and Mrs. Benson are trapped in seaweed. Although they are eventually able to overcome their situations and get to the iWeb Awards, they can't get in because the security guards don't speak English. Mrs. Benson makes a distraction, and they go in, until the security guards find them again. Then, the guards keep them in a room, and Carly and Sam try to communicate with them. So they act out what happened when they got to Japan, and Freddie videotapes them, on the screen on stage, by Freddie connecting a plug onto his camera. They win the award due to Freddie showing them the performance from his camera. Kyoko and Yuki are arrested for kidnapping and the gang returned to America on a big old stinky fishing boat.

Production
This is the first iCarly television movie. It began production in Spring 2008, with a November 8, 2008 release.

Cast

 * Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay
 * Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett
 * Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson
 * Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay
 * Michael Butler Murray as Mr. Wilkins
 * Andrew Kishino as Japanese Standee
 * Ally Matsumura as Kyoko
 * Harry Shum Jr. as Yuki
 * Mary Scheer as Mrs. Benson
 * Good Charlotte as themselves

Japanese Fact Misunderstood
In Japan, the driver's seat in a car is in the right, but in the film, it is still in the left as in the U.S. However, the cars could be imports, like in the second Death Note movie showed.

Early Viewing
The movie was made available to watch on Nickelodeon On Demand for Comcast customers in October, a month before the expected premiere on Nickelodeon.

Reception

 * Newsdays gives the movie a B- for a grade.
 * IMDb currently gives the movie a 10/10.