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"Alright, in 10 seconds I'm gonna start breakin' heads!" |
iBust a Thief is the 13th episode of Season 5 and the 107th episode overall.
Plot
After an iCarly webcast, Sam notices her laptop is missing. Soon, she ransacks Carly and Spencer's apartment trying to find it, but to no avail. Freddie gets the idea to access it remotely, so Sam gets the serial number (which she writes on a marshmallow) and they activate the webcam to see an old lady in front of it. They spend the next 11 hours collecting clues to the lady's location, and when they figure out where she lives, they go over there to get the laptop back. Freddie notices the PearBook is blue and not red, like Sam's is. Carly and Freddie check the serial number, only to discover he misread the 4 as a 9. Disappointed that they are never going to find Sam's laptop, they leave. Back at the apartment, Sam gets the clam pizza she left the fridge, and when she opens the box, she finds her laptop in it and awkwardly leaves the apartment. Carly asks Sam where she is going, and Sam responds with "Nothing", and the episode ends.
Subplot
While Sam is searching for her laptop, she hits Spencer in the face with an old lunchbox. Inside, he finds many tickets for Funk E. Fester's he collected fifteen years ago to get their biggest prize, Murray the Magic Dolphin, but then misplaced. When he goes to redeem them, the clerk tells him they are outdated and they now use electronic points. However, he doesn't let Spencer play in the game room without a child.
Since Gibby is annoyed with babysitting Guppy, Spencer takes him to Funk E. Fester's so he can enter the game room. He spends the entire day playing while Guppy tries to kill time, and eventually wins enough points for the dolphin just before closing time.
Guest Stars
- Ethan Munck as Guppy Gibson[3]
- Jean Sincere as Gloria
- BooG!e as T-Bo
- Nick Heyman as Todd[4]
Trivia
- This episode aired one day before Spencer Shay's birthday.
- BooG!e, who portrays T-Bo, tweeted "All good things come to an end...AMAZING opportunity...AMAZING group of people...I grew up on Nickelodeon."
Hungry Girl
- This episode is the penultimate (second to last) episode of iCarly.
- This is the last regular, half hour episode of iCarly to air.
- Dan Schneider voices the announcer for Bitty Big Heads in the introduction during the web segment Hungry Sam in a silly accent.
- The extended version of the Bitty Big Heads cartoon can be seen on iCarly.com.
- This episode aired on Drake and Josh star Josh Peck's 26th birthday.
- Mrs. Benson's voice was heard this episode, but she never appeared in person.
- The Vegetarian Spaghetti Taco was the winning recipe for the Bird's Eye campaign.[5]
- When they show the Vegetarian Spaghetti Taco winner on the screen, the "mmmmm" that is heard is the same soundbite that appears at the end of every episode with the Schneider's Bakery logo.
- Bloopers reveal that they had to do at least two takes of the scene where Gloria bashes Gibby with a lamp [6]
Allusions
- Bitty Big Heads is similar to South Park. This is most likely because Dan Schneider is a big fan of South Park. Also, when Sam hands Freddie the marshmallow, she says "hyah" like Eric Cartman.
- The book that Guppy is seen reading in Funk E. Fester's, Nifty Shades of Beige, is a parody of the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. Judging by Guppy's reaction after reading a page of the book, it probably has similar content.
- There was a Hungry Girl ad on the website Freddie used to find Sam's laptop.
- Funk E. Fester's is a parody of Chuck E. Cheese.
- The Bug Bludgeon game is a Whack-A-Mole edition of the real-life arcade game, Spider Stompin'.
Character Revelations
- Throughout 4th and 5th grade, Spencer used a Spud Monkey lunch box.
- When Spencer was a child, he enjoyed going to Funk E. Fester's because he liked the pizza and wiener nuggets.
- Sam's laptop's serial number is 71281624297-A.
- Sam writes her 4s and 9s similarly.
Goofs
- An "Interstate 295" shield is seen outside of Funk E. Fester's. However, there is actually no Interstate 295 anywhere near Seattle. Several I-295s exist, but they are all on the East Coast.
- Spencer was thirty when this episode took place and he mentioned he won those Funk E. Fester's tickets when was ten. Yet Todd said those tickets are fifteen years old, which would not add up to Spencer's actual age. However, they may have still been using the tickets for five years after he won them.
- Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Gibby were spying on Gloria at nighttime. Spencer and Guppy leave Funk E. Fester's when it closes at 10pm. In the following scene, the gang shows up at Gloria's apartment, but in the outside shot, it is daytime.
- Gloria asks Sam if she wants her kidney back and grasps her abdomen in front on her left side - but kidneys are not located in front in the abdomen, they are located about half-way up a person's back.
- Sam implies that she is Jewish after mentioning that she got her laptop from her Bat Mitzvah. However, in iSam's Mom, she tells the family therapist that she and her mom are not Jewish.
- However, due to her telling Freddie not to inform her grandma about it could imply that she scammed her grandma.
- Freddie misreading Sam's laptop serial number is technically his fault, since he read the 4 as a 9.
- If Sam's laptop was in the freezer for more than 3 days, it would have been damaged.
- On June 1, 2020, the TeenNick airing episode of this started after the commercial break when they are at the Groovy Smoothie. So, the episode was only about 17 minutes, excluding the intro web show and theme song.
Running Gags
To be added
Series Continuity
- Ms. Benson says "what the yuck!?" for the second time on the show, the first time being in the episode iSaved Your Life.
- There is a Pak Rat machine in Funk E. Fester's (first seen in iStage an Intervention).
- This episode marks the last appearance of Guppy.
- However, he reappears in the revival episode; iObject, Lewbert!.
Quotes
Sam: [looking through her backpack] Where's my laptop? |
Sam: That laptop's the only nice thing I've got! It was a Bat Mitzvah gift from my grandmother. |
Carly: [watching Sam rummage through drawers and such] I know you wanna find your laptop, but you're kinda destroying my home. |
Sam: [throws a lunch box behind her, hitting Spencer in the face] |
[A loud crash is heard as Sam breaks down Freddie's door] |
Freddie: Did you tear my apartment to pieces?! |
Todd: No adults allowed in the game room without a kid. |
Carly: Sam doesn't have files, she has piles. |
[Sam hands Freddie a marshmallow] |
Guppy: Happy birthday! |
Todd: Who is that kid? |
Guppy: [To Spencer] I gotta pee! |
Sam: [breaking down a door] I've come to take back what's mine! |
Carly: [To Sam] Hey, where you going? |
Reception
- This episode premiered to 3.374 million viewers.[2]
Gallery
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References
- ↑ Airdate, Title, & Plot
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Breaking Amish', 'Dexter', 'Homeland', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More TVbythenumbers.com (Nov. 13, 2012)
- ↑ Guppy makes a returning appearance
- ↑ Fernsehserien
- ↑ Jennette's Bird's Eye iCarly episode tweet
- ↑ Episode blooper video