IPear Store

iPear Store is the 5th episode of Season 5 and the 99th episode overall.

It premiered to 2.75 million viewers, the series' lowest documented audience yet.

Plot
Freddie gets a job at the Pear Store. When Carly, Sam, and Gibby visit him there, Sam manages to sell a computer by talking the customer into buying it instead of talking about technical details like Freddie does. Because of her talent for talking people into buying things, she is immediately hired, much to Freddie's dismay. When she gets promoted to a supervisor, Freddie complains about it and gets fired. Right after he is fired, Sam quits, too.

Subplot I
Carly meets a geeky salesman named Trey at the Pear Store. He is oblivious to her attempts at flirting with him, but accepts when she eventually invites him over. Once he is at her house, however, he acts bold and tries to kiss her. Carly gets scared by the sudden change of character and has Spencer throw him out.

Subplot II
The fire department gets fed up with Spencer's habit of causing fires, so they refuse to react to his calls again. In order to make it up to them, he brings the firemen brownies and agrees to doing one week of voluntary work at the fire department. However, when he sets the fire department's kitchen on fire, they throw him out and refuse to react to his calls for good.

Subplot III
Gibby starts to wear deodorant, but he can't decide what kind of scent he is going to wear. So, he wore one at the left armpit and another at the right. He let the others smell the deodorant so they can decide which scent is good. Meanwhile at the Pear Store, he tries to buy a new case for his PearPhone 2G from a desperate salesman named Woody and eventually causes him to have a nervous breakdown.

Trivia

 * According to Dan, this episode topped the iTunes Charts (for Children's Television)
 * The storyline for this episode was first revealed by Jennette McCurdy during one of her UStream Broadcasts.
 * This episode will have a character named Lonnie, (portrayed by Fawnda McMahan) and another character named Melinda (portrayed by Inda Craig-Galvan).
 * Miranda tweeted that a scene in this episode was filmed in Los Angeles' Griffith Park in freezing cold weather.
 * Actress Ro Hill worked on this episode.
 * Pear Company is a Parody of Apple Inc.545995_10150892783098308_134265793307_9910014_196582577_n.jpg
 * The working title of the episode was iWork for Pear as seen in this video. However it was confirmed the "iPear Store" title at a recent poll in iCarly.com and here.
 * In the iCarly studio TV, references to other Dan Schneider shows can be seen; Zoey 101 and Drake & Josh.
 * This is the first time, end credits played during the episode, however they were small and went very fast.
 * iPearStore trended worldwide on Twitter during its premiere night and was acknowledged by Dan Schneider himself.
 * The Doctor Who joke is a reference to the "Who's on First" routine by Abbott and Costello.
 * You could nearly see TheSlap.com on the computer screens in the Pear Company.
 * On the computer screen, you could see pCloud which is a parody of iCloud.
 * On a Computer you can see TheSlap.com & DanWarp Blog

Goof

 * The fire department could be sued if they refused to help people with fires.

Quotes
Chief Donker: [to Carly, after Spencer's snowwoman sculpture bursts into flames] The fire department is done with you people.

Freddie: How did....could you....How could you.... Sam: You wanna finish any of those sentences, or....?

Carly: [to Trey] So....So.... [turning his face towards herself] Soooo. Trey: Yeah? carly: You doin' anything tomorrow night?

Trey: There's a Doctor Who marathon on TV.

Carly: Annnnd?

Trey: [sounding confused] I'm gonna watch it.

Carly: I won't mind watching some Doctor Fooo.

Trey: [looking annoyed] Who.

Carly: [in a flirty voice] Me!

Trey:' No, I meant Doctor Who.

Carly: I don't know, you brought it up.

Trey: I'm so confused.

Carly: [to Spencer] You started a fire at the fire department?

Spencer: [pauses while covered in soot] Well...yeah.

Freddie: You're going to fire me?! Fine! But I'm keeping this PearStore shirt!

Sam: [going after Freddie] Dude! [Turning towards Natalie with a worried expression on her face] Don't you think you were a little rough on him?

Natalie: Aaaan, who cares?

Sam: [thinking for a second] Yeah.. [moving towards the door] I'll be right back.

Natalie: I'll never see you again, will I?

Sam: [without turning] Nope! [loops PearStore necklace over her head and drops it on the ground behind her as she walks out]

Related iCarly.com Blogs
Sam's Blog: How to Get Promoted

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