Sam Puckett

Sam Puckett (born Samantha Joy Puckett on April 17, 1994) is the co-host of iCarly and controls the sound effects of the show. She was born on the north side of Chicago, Illinois along with her sister Melanie Puckett on a bus at 4:29 am according to the episode iPromote Techfoots, due to poor planning by her mother.

Characteristics Of Sam Joy Puckett
Sam is portrayed as an aggressive, tomboyish girl who has little to no respect for rules or other people. In other words, she's bossy at times. Because of this, she frequently gets into trouble, has already been arrested three times and a fourth in iwont Cancel the Show. and even has a "regular Tuesday appointment" with Principal Ted Franklin (iPromise Not to Tell). She also has been in a juvenile detention center at least once and in iLook Alike, Carly mentioned Sam has a therapist to discuss her "issues".

If possible, she avoids any kind of work unless Carly forces her to do it. Her disgust of work even led to her having a crying jag when she had to get a job to pay back money ($526) she owed Carly and Freddie (iOwe You).

Although she usually makes fun of Freddie´s love for technology, Sam seems to be quite skilled with it herself. This shows when she gives the correct definition of "MPEG" while Freddie has it wrong in iStakeout and in iMust Have Locker 239 when she builds a lot of entertainment technology and even "random dancing" into the locker.

For a girl of her size, she is shown to have amazing physical strength. In iKiss, she ripped off Carly´s door chain with her bare hands (although this was fueled by anger) and she occasionally flips or wrestles people who are much bigger than herself, such as Ricky Flame in iCook. If she wants to make Freddie go somewhere he doesn´t want to, she usually just hefts him over her shoulder. This feat even caused him to ask "How do you do this!?" in iFind Lewbert's Lost Love.

Maybe her most prominent trait is her immense appetite and love for food (or anything meat-flavored). In iWin a Date, she finished a gigantic bowl of salad in no time while everyone else had trouble with their portion. If she´s hungry, she doesn´t even care if someone else already ate from a food item, as demonstrated in iHeart Art and iMake Sam Girlier. At times, she kept a microwave or a grill in her locker and occasionally, she eats breakfast in class. She also carries fried chicken and ribs with her in her purse, as revealed in iWas A Pageant Girl. Carly said in her birthday speech that Sam can eat an entire ham in less than 15 minutes, even though in iPilot she had difficulties in eating one, stating that Ham shouldn't have a bone in the middle.

In iChristmas, many minor quirks of Sam were revealed. She is right handed, but punches harder with her left, wears different socks for good luck, her favourite color is brown because it´s the color of gravy, she hates people the most and wants to be an invisible ninja when she grows up.

In iWill Date Freddie, Carly states that Sam doesn't lie. But, in IRocked the Vote, Sam says, and proves by examples to Spencer, she is an expert liar. Although Sam might have learned to lie over the course of the episodes, leading to her becoming an expert liar in iRocked the Vote.

In iWon't Cancel The Show, Sam has to go to juvie and never appears in the episode (Originally Freddie was going to visit her, but Jennette had to go to hospital during taping so the scene/s were cut.)

Relationships with the other main characters

 *  Carly Shay : 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. Nowadays, they share a close friendship that some fans even think of as (platonic?) love (see: Cam Relationship).
 * Regardless of one´s personal opinion, it´s a fact that Sam and Carly can rely on each other when they are in serious need of help (although Sam needs Carly´s help more often than the other way around). Carly occasionally acts as a mother figure and is the only person who can control Sam´s agressive and at times criminal personality merely by talking to her. As evidenced in IChristmas, Sam would be in a juvenile detention center if she didn´t have Carly as a moral support (see: Cam Friendship).


 * Freddie Benson : The relationship of Sam and Freddie has developed a lot over the course of the show. At first, they were constantly teasing and insulting each other and Sam even suffered from "withdrawal symptoms" when she didn´t insult him for half-a-week. She once paid $5 an insult eight times ($40) to insult him. Later on, they grew to accept each other, although they kept up their mutual teasing. Over the second season, their relationship developed to a "frienemy" state. Although she still frequently teases him, she also knows she can rely on him when she needs help. In IKiss, she said she wouldn´t stop pranking him, but would apologize once in a while. Freddie approved of that (since he is used to Sam making his life miserable) and right afterwards, they shared a kiss (the first one for both of them).
 * Many fans wish for Sam and Freddie to end up together (see: Seddie).


 * Spencer Shay : Spencer and Sam are good friends, and whenever Carly isn´t available, Sam enjoys hanging out with him. Occasionally, they seem as close as siblings, possibly making the Shay family a replacement for Sam´s own dysfunctional one (see: Spam).

Family
Sam is of Italian, British, Scottish, Welsh, Native, and Mexican descent because her grandmother, J'Mam-maw, is of Italian and Mexican descent, and her father is of Welsh, British, Scotish, Puerto Rican, and Native American descent. She has a lot of relatives that are in prison and parole. Her only relatives that are known not to be in jail nor on parole are her cousin Greg Patillo and her sister Melanie. In iPromote Techfoots she mentions that she has an uncle who is a lawyer, although he got arrested.
 * Sarah Puckett (mother)
 * Mr. Puckett (father)
 * Melanie Puckett (twin sister)
 * Aunt Maggie (aunt)
 * Judy Puckett (aunt)
 * Morris Puckett (uncle)
 * Cousin Garth (cousin)
 * Greg Patillo (cousin)
 * J'Mam-maw (grandmother)
 * Sam's Grandfather (grandfather)
 * Carmine Puckett (uncle)
 * Uncle Buzz (uncle)
 * Annie Puckett (cousin)

Boyfriends
Mentioned in "IHate Sam's Boyfriend". He broke his leg when Sam pushed him out of a tree. Afterwards, he "rudely dumped her." (quoting Carly)
 * Frankie Merkin (2004)

Carly hooked them up after she saw how much Sam liked him. When Jonah tried to kiss Carly, Sam dumped him by "wedgie-bouncing" him live on iCarly.com for more than two hours (IHate Sam's Boyfriend).
 * Jonah (2007)

Although they never actually dated, in iWin a Date, Sam was forced to go on a triple date with Reuben to help Gibby impress the girl he liked, Shannon. Although Reuben liked her, Sam didn't return the affection, found him weird, and couldn't understand a word he said. She manages to drive him away by saying, "And I'm sitting here with an Australian Eskimo with ointment all over his bumbleberry!". According to one of Sam´s blogs at iCarly.com, "You´ve got ointment all over your bumbleberry!" means "You´re gross!".
 * Reuben ( one date in 2007 in the episode IWin a Date )

Mentioned in "ISaved Your Life". Sam originally didn't like Moseby and threatened him when he kept flirting with her. When he signed her up to the Bacons of the World Club, she thought she was in love with him, but found out she only loved the foreign bacon he got for her. For this reason, along with not actually liking him, she broke up with him.
 * Eric Moseby (Noseby Moseby) (2007-2008) (two years prior to "ISaved Your Life")

She went out with him when Carly was also going out with him in iSaw Him First, which brought tension between the girls, as they couldn't decide who should date him. They later vowed they won't ever compete over a boy again since it'll ruin their friendship.
 * Shane (2008)

In the episode entitled, iMake Sam Girlier, she and Pete go on a few dates. Then, it is supposed that she broke up with him a few days later, although it never was shown on-screen.
 * Pete (2009)

Enemies

 * Ms.Briggs
 * Nevel Papperman
 * Mr. Howard
 * Jocelyn
 * Missy
 * Tasha in (iNevel)
 * LeAnn Carter
 * Lenny
 * Wade Collins

Trivia

 * Jennette McCurdy played Trisha Kirby, a minor girlfriend of Dustin Brooks in Zoey 101- another Nickelodeon show by Dan Schneider, creator of iCarly.
 * She has also played a role on True Jackson VP as "Pinky", the mean and popular girl in school.
 * Jennette McCurdy's role as Sam Puckett from iCarly was referenced in the Nickelodeon game show Brain Surge, where she and Nathan Kress co-starred.

Twitter Role Play Names

 * @ItsSamPuckett
 * @QueenHamPuckett

Quotes

 * Oh, come on! Having a miserable life's not all bad. Sometimes my mother laughs...
 * I spent it (when Sam owes Carly and Freddie money in iOwe You)
 * What makes you think I've got a problem?! (when she's stabbing a can of lentil soup with a screwdriver in iWas a Pageant Girl)
 * That wasn't careful.
 * Mine was with Buddy Hinton at a Cuttlefish concert...in a port-a-potty....
 * Gibby's WAY worse than a dead fish!
 * Carly! Carls! Carlotta! Carly!
 * Hey, hey, hey! What up, what up, what up?!
 * Well, me starvin's not gonna help him! (in iSaved Your Life when Spencer questions Sam's taco)
 * I'm Sam!
 * And scream at the sky...
 * C'mon! Who wouldn't wanna go out with THIS!? (pointing to Carly's duct-taped mouth, in iSpeed Date)
 * Mama plays to win!
 * Mama KNOWS her Fat Cakes
 * Boogy Bear, Boogy Bear 2, and Boogy Bear 3- The Return Of Boogie Bear
 * What?! Nobody asked you, and you turned ME down?!
 * Who's you?! (in iSpeed Date when she tries to get Gibby to go to the dance with her)
 * If you were a country you would be Elslava Dork!
 * I'm gonna check the fridge.
 * Soon you'll be able to lie and feel nothing at all.
 * Okay, what did you eat for breakfast? A big bowl of crazy flakes?
 * Because i'm a lovable person!
 * You know what? You are so right. And I'm sitting here with an Australian Eskimo with ointment all over his bumbleberry!
 * I could get my face in the same book as the world's fattest priest! Oh my gosh, I would die!
 * It's actually a good place to put french fries.
 * No, 90 pickles! Yes 90 degrees!
 * Oh, I got kicked out of the cafeteria for slapping Gibby with a piece of pizza.