IWin a Date

iWin a Date is the 24th episode of the first season of iCarly.

Plot
In order to help Gibby get a date with his crush, Shannon, who is much more interested in Freddie, Carly makes up a dating segment in iCarly. After Shannon and her friends Selene and Julia accept Sam's invitation to join them in iCarly Sam and Carly make preparations to make sure Gibby chose Shannon instead of her friends. But when only Shannon appears without her friends (they went to see Girly Cow on Ice instead) Carly and Sam become their replacements. Sam later sneaks out downstairs to eat a bowl of cold chili thus leaving Carly and Shannon as the lone contestants. However, much to her suprise, Carly gets chosen by Gibby instead of Shannon. At school, Carly sets Sam up with Reuben (a friend of Gibby's) and Freddie with Shannon for a triple-date with her and Gibby so that she won't be alone with him during the date. During the date they try to make Gibby be like Freddie to get Shannon interested in him but to no avail. The date ended with a shirtless Gibby dancing on the table with another girl while the trio leaves the restaurant. Meanwhile, after Spencer gets a bad experience from a blind date Carly suggested he try using an online dating site. Spencer ended up posting various videos on it with humorous results.

Trivia

 * Shown as part of an "iCarly Double-Date Night," followed by the episode "iHave a Lovesick Teacher."
 * For one of his dating website videos, Spencer goes for a "natural" approach and records a 9-minute tape of himself eating cereal, with no dialog. This may be a reference to one-time Democratic Party presidential hopeful Mike Gravel who became an Internet sensation in 2007 for posting a campaign video to YouTube that consisted mostly of him staring at the camera without speaking for several minutes, throwing a rock into a pond, and then walking away.

Quotes
Freddie: [holding up a bunch of love notes] These are love notes. Carly: Uh-oh, from Shannon? Freddie: Uh-huh! And try taking a test while she's staring at you like this! [makes flirty poses while smiling suggestively, imitating Shannon] Carly: Please never make those faces again. Freddie: What's it gonna take to make Shannon understand? I don't wanna go out with her!

Carly: Now, what did you break with the baseball? Spencer: Nothing... Carly: Did you kill our goldfish? Spencer: Yes... [walking out the door] I think he wanted to die. Carly: That fish had hopes and dreams.

Carly: Shouldn't there be a law that says my dessert can't way more than me?

Reuben: [to Sam], There's my raspberry soccer ball!

Sam: [replying to Reuben], Speaking of crazy flakes, it's YOU!



Shannon: [speaking to Freddie], I love cheesecake, its like my favorite dessert ... Carly: Gibby invented cheesecake! Gibby: No, I didn't! Carly: Well, someone had to!