"Oh my god! I gave Harry Styles jungle worms!" |
iGo One Direction (originally titled iGot Jungle Worms[4][5]) is the 2nd episode of Season 5 and the 96th episode overall of iCarly.
Plot
Carly gets sick with Jungle Worms on a vacation. Although she is cured of her symptoms after two days, Dr. Dresdin warns that she might still be contagious. When the British-Irish boyband One Direction accepts an invitation to iCarly, band member Harry gets sick after he drinks from Carly's water bottle. He's still not better after a week and Carly takes care of him. At the Groovy Smoothie, the others are wondering why Harry isn't better after a week. Sam tell the others how Harry is better but just faking his illness because he likes Carly taking care of him. In order to get him to confess, they make up a lie that they want to accept Gibby, a huge One Direction fan, into the band. Harry is so shocked by the idea that he stops pretending to be sick, and One Direction performs their song "What Makes You Beautiful" on iCarly.
Subplot
Spencer finds an exercise machine on the junkyard. It catches the eye of an attractive woman named Justine, so Spencer claims to be a personal trainer in order to impress her. Unfortunately for him, she doesn't want to train, but rather sends her bratty daughter Bethany. Spencer eventually talks to the girl about how she has to be nicer and tries to give her a makeover, but fails.
Guest Stars
- BooG!e as T-Bo
- One Direction as themselves
- Sean Smith as Dr. Dresdin
- Kristi Clainos as Justine
- Chloe Csengery as Bethany
Trivia
- This episode's title originally was iGot Jungle Worms.[6][7]
- On the Nickelodeon USA guide, it uses iGot Jungle Worms instead of iGo One Direction.
- In the opening credits for Season Six, there is a scene where Gibby is dancing in the iCarly studio. This scene was likely filmed for this episode, but was never used.
- This is the first episode in Season 5 to feature the new sequence, which has a few changes to it. Alongside the new clips from season 5, these include:
- Spencer's blowtorch now shines for a moment before the brighter purple-tinted "explosion" into the iCarly logo; the flame is missing and the sparkles are rendered differently; coming out towards the viewer.
- As the "iCarly" logo shines out, the whole sequence is flashed out as the scene of Carly getting blinded by Spencer's lights is played.
- More of the season 3 clips are replaced with the season 5 clips.
- T-Bo is now in the end shot, the scene of him and the iCarly gang eating soup from iApril Fools.
- Intestinal parasitic worms exist, but they are called helminths, not "jungle worms"; that was just made up for the episode.
- One Direction guest stars and performs their song "What Makes You Beautiful". It was confirmed by a tweet from spinorbinmusic on January 26, 2012. [8]
- "We love THE iCarly cast" trended on twitter during production of this episode. [9]
- One Direction filmed their guest appearance for this episode Monday, January 30th, 2012.
- Dan replied to a fan in regards to One Direction's appearance on the show, that iCarly producers did not say Harry was the main focus of the episode.
- Dan said, "...the One Direction guys are good, funny actors. When I booked them to appear on iCarly, I didn't know if they could act or not. I took a chance, and I was thrilled with their work. Also, they were extremely nice, polite, and professional on set. I'd love to work with them again, anytime." about working with One Direction [10]
- In production this was the first episode filmed, but it was aired as the second episode of the season.
- Gibby, Go Gibby, #1DoniCarly, #WelcomeToThe1DFamilyGibby, iCarly, Sam and Zayn, #iGoOneDirection, Watching iCarly, Love Gibby, Jungle Worms and Omfg Harry trended during the airing of this episode.
- This is the second episode to include a new interface design of the webpage scene transition. The transition was originally plain in the first few episodes before becoming colored.
- This episode premiered on the same night that One Direction was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
- It becomes evident that the members of One Direction do not watch iCarly in England, because they did not know about Sam's butter sock.
- This episode aired before iToe Fat Cakes in the UK. iToe Fat Cakes aired on 3 September 2012 in the UK and this episode aired on 16 April 2012 to give more publicity to One Direction in the country they are from.[citation needed]
- At the beginning, Spencer has a short beard, but it is shaved throughout the rest of the episode.
Allusions
To be added
Character Revelations
To be added
Goofs
- When Carly says to the band that they made some "British Sandwiches", while the rest of the band looks confused, Zayn looks convinced.
- They constantly refer to the band being made up of five British boys despite Niall being Irish
Running Gags
- People noticing the hand guns on Carly's water bottle.
Series Continuity
- This is the second time a musical guest has appeared in iCarly. The first was the Plain White T's in iRue the Day
- This is the third time Dr. Dresdin appears, the first two being in iFight Shelby Marx and iBeat the Heat. This is his last appearance.
- This is the 4th episode to show T-Bo out of his Groovy Smoothie uniform. The 1st three were iQ, iStill Psycho, and iApril Fools.
- Gibby still has his head replica from iStill Psycho.
- This is the third episode to start with iGo, the other two being iGo to Japan and iGo Nuclear.
Quotes
Carly: [returning from vacation to find Sam, Freddie, Gibby, and T-Bo partying in the apartment] What is going on here? |
Spencer: Uh... hey guys guess what I got! |
Gibby: Look, I'm just a kid... I'm not a wizard. |
Spencer: I'm already in shape. |
Gibby: [excited over One Direction] Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! |
[To Spencer] |
Gibby: [shrieking like a girl] What?! [then singing] You don't know, you're beautiful. |
Sam: [cheers] Whoo! |
Sam: Quick announcement, I am not currently dating anyone. |
Liam: Something we can do for you? |
Sam: How did he get so sick so fast? |
Carly: Oh! Harry, you need anything before I go? |
Sam: San Francisco! Mah town! Whoo!! [Everyone stares at her] I've never been there. |
Carly: I feel awful. I don't know why he's not getting better. |
Carly: [to Freddie] What do you think, Hot Pants? |
Freddie: I'm sure he was sick, but I think now he's just havin' a good time at hotel Carly-fornia. |
Freddie: I know what might motivate Harry to get out of bed and back on stage. |
Freddie: Do you guys want to hear my idea? |
Related iCarly.com Blog Posts
- Spencer's blog: Spencer's Makeover Magic
Reception
The half-hour episode drew 3.94 million total viewers and ranks as the week’s number-one kids show with total viewers on basic cable and scored the top spot for the week with kids 6-14 (7.1/2.2 million) and tweens 9-14 (7.9/1.6 million).[2][3]
Gallery
See photos of iGo One Direction here.
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See videos of iGo One Direction here.
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External Links
- Listen to One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" here
- Watch the E! News Behind-the-scenes segment of this episode with the band here
References
- ↑ Airdate and Title Change (TVGuide.com)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 'iCarly' Ranks as This Week's #1 Kids' Show on Basic Cable TVbythenumbers.com (Apr. 10, 2012)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cable Top 25: 'WWE Raw,' 'Swamp People,' Womens' NCAA, Masters, 'iCarly' Top Cable Viewership For Week Ending April 8, 2012 TVbythenumbers.com (Apr. 10, 2012)
- ↑ Picture of shooting schedule confirming original name
- ↑ Tweet confirming original name
- ↑ Picture of shooting schedule confirming original name
- ↑ Tweet confirming original name
- ↑ Tweet confirming episode title and One Direction appearance
- ↑ Twitter trend Day of Production
- ↑ Dan Answers Fan questions (February 17th, 2012)