"But um... before we start our meatball war, I wanna say something. On the last iCarly... I told you guys that Freddie never kissed anyone ...and that was really personal and I shouldn't have said it on the show. And for all you people out there who's been teasing Freddie about it, lay off! 'Cause I bet a whole lot of you haven't kissed anyone either... including me. Yeah. That's right, I've never kissed anyone. So if you want to tease someone about it, tease me. Which is a bad idea unless if you live near a hospital!" |
iKiss is the 10th episode of the second season of iCarly and the 35th episode overall. The episode originally aired on January 3, 2009. This was the first iCarly episode to reach #1 on the iTunes TV Shows chart.
The kiss between Sam and Freddie in this episode serves as the setup for the season three episode, iThink They Kissed, when Sam, who was getting a broken tooth removed, accidentally tells Carly about the kiss while disoriented by nitrous oxide. Sam and Freddie also kissed for a second time in iOMG, revealing that Sam is in love with him. It led to an episode called iLost My Mind, in which Sam and Freddie start to date. Although, it is unknown for certain if either of them had these feelings in iKiss, or even in iThink They Kissed.
Plot
Taking revenge after Sam puts a dead fish in his locker, Freddie handcuffs her to Gibby, and a highly aggravated Sam vows to seek revenge against him for this. Later, she and Carly return from seeing "The First Kiss" (an apparently lame teen movie; a parody of She's All That) at the movies. This leads to a discussion regarding when Carly, Sam and Freddie each had their first kisses, and this becomes a catalyst for a sketch on iCarly called, "Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie."
After Sam leaves Carly's apartment to buy some food, she turns back to borrow money from them and ends up overhearing Freddie make a confession to Carly that he has never had his first "real" kiss, disregarding his kiss with his former girlfriend, Valerie, (from "iWill Date Freddie"), which was only "for half a second at school with a bunch of other kids hanging around". To get back at Freddie, Sam unexpectedly blurts out his secret on iCarly, resulting in Freddie feeling completely devastated.
The following day, Freddie is mocked at school about this by everyone from the youngest kids to teenagers to even a teacher (who shouts out, "I am Freddie Benson and I have never kissed a girl"), as he had expected to be. Carly insists on dragging him to school despite his expectations, until she sees the reaction of her peers herself. Freddie then decides to leave school as soon as he can. For the week that followed, he continued to skip school, refused to talk to anyone (even his mom), and missed both of his iCarly rehearsals.
Before the show starts, Carly gets Sam to realize that what she did was wrong and how she hurt Freddie really badly, and even if she did apologize, the damage is already done and that she took revenge too far this time. After this calling out, a very regretful Sam exposes the same secret about herself (the fact that she never kissed anyone) live on their web show, even going as far as threatening the audience if they ever tease him or her again. She later goes and apologizes to Freddie. After her apology, both of them still feel sad about never kissing anyone. They end up kissing each other "just to get it over with", and they promise never to tell anyone about it, not even Carly.
Subplot
Spencer wants to join the Cobras football team, but he doesn't practice. So, Carly makes him push her in a burrow to gain muscles. When Carly sends Gibby to work out with him, he decides to quit the tryouts.
Guest Stars
Trivia
- The episode was part of a brand new iCarly special on Nickelodeon. It aired as part of the "Kisses and Misses Night" at 8:00 PM., followed by the True Jackson VP episode "The Prototype."
- This episode is considered to be the first major Seddie episode.
- Freddie's crush on Carly is not mentioned at all in this episode, which further emphasizes that this is a major Seddie episode.
- This is one of the very few episodes in which Spencer is interested in something other than making sculptures.
- During the scene where Sam and Freddie are on the fire escape, the song playing in the background is "Running Away" by AM, which has lyrics that fit the moment.
- This was the first iCarly episode to reach #1 downloaded video on iTunes.
- The foot was voiced by Dan Schneider.
- This episode had major hints that Seddie might happen in the future, along with iOMG.
- This is the first episode to air in 2009.
- This is the first time Nathan and Jennette have had an on-screen kiss for iCarly. The first as Sam and Freddie in iKiss, the second as Freddie and Melanie in iTwins. They've also had to kiss twice for iOMG as Sam and Freddie, where Dan revealed they shot the kiss two different ways. Then, the one after that in this episode and following twice in iDate Sam & Freddie, twice for iCan't Take It, and three times in iLove You - not counting practice kisses or do-overs. It is also the first kiss for Sam and Freddie.
Allusions
- When Carly says her first kiss was Ben Huebscher, this is a reference to the screen producer of iCarly, Ben Huebscher. His last name is later referenced in iStart a Fanwar (Spencer's alter-ego, Aruthor, is "Defender of the Hoobscher Fyords").
- When Sam states her first kiss is "Buddy Hinton at a Cuddlefish Concert" the writers (or Dan Schneider) could be referring to Buddy Hinton, the boy who made fun of Cindy's lisp on the Brady Bunch. Dan Schneider is a fan of the Brady Bunch, spoofing them in skits (When Bradys Attack, in the background of BlockBlister) in the Amanda Show. (The original Buddy Hinton is shown teasing Cindy because of her lisp in the Season 2 episode A Fistful of Reasons, until Peter steps in and punches Buddy, causing Buddy to land on the ground and get a lisp because of his tooth being knocked loose; Cindy starts to tease Buddy, but Peter stopped her, saying the teasing hurt her, so now it must hurt Buddy too. Ashamed of his behavior, Buddy later visited the Bradys and asked if he could borrow Cindy’s tongue twister book for his new lisp; when Mike and Carol asked him if he’d learned his lesson, Buddy said he did, and even added, “Peter’s got a good left hook”.)
- In the last scene, the song that was playing in the background was previously heard in Zoey 101 in the episode Robot Wars.
Character Revelations
- Carly reveals in this episode that Gibby has a therapist.
- Carly is the first out of the trio to have a first ("real") kiss.
- It is discovered that up until this point, neither Sam nor Freddie have ever kissed anyone.
- Sam reveals that she has never kissed anyone, which means she didn't kiss Jonah, her boyfriend from iHate Sam's Boyfriend.
- Freddie doesn't count his kiss with Valerie from iWill Date Freddie as a true first kiss when talking to Carly, even though it was on the lips.
Goofs
- At the end of the Kelly Cooper: Terrible Movie trailer, the closed captions do not show when the announcer says, "It's really bad."
- Spencer gives $10 to Gibby to take a bus to the place where they were supposed to go running. Gibby can be seen holding the $10.00 before Spencer hands it to him.
Running Gags
To be added
Series Continuity
- Freddie's ex-girlfriend, Valerie, from "iWill Date Freddie" is mentioned in this episode.
- This episode is mentioned in the season two episode "iTwins", then once again in "iThink They Kissed".
- This is the first episode where Sam and Freddie kiss. The next is iOMG.
- Spencer's hair is long in this episode and every episode after this, until iGot a Hot Room, when he gets a haircut.
- Mr. Devlin appears for the second and last time in this episode. The first time was in iPromise Not to Tell.
Quotes
Carly: You handcuffed her to Gibby?! |
[Gibby screams and runs away after being handcuffed to Sam for an extended period of time] |
Sam: Whatever. All I know is, now I can't stop thinking about potato salad! [gets up to leave] Does that little market across the street stay open late? |
Carly: You are gonna start by building up some muscle. |
[On iCarly, a fake movie trailer is being shown that the teens filmed] |
Sam: [after Freddie shows himself to the audience] That was Freddie, who, last week, handcuffed me to a nerd. So, now, guess what?... [pause] Freddie's never kissed a girl. Never. Not once. I heard him say so myself and Carly's a witness. [pause] Okay, later. [walks away] |
Group of Boys: Hey, it's Benson! [all make kissy noises at Freddie, then laugh and leave] |
Sam: Hey, sorry I'm late! |
[on iCarly] |
Freddie: [laughs] |
Related iCarly.com Blog Posts
- Spencer's Blog: My First Kiss
Gallery
See photos of iKiss here.
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References
- ↑ Bowl Games, iCarly and WWE Raw lead weekly cable viewing; Nostradamus no match for SpongeBob TVbythenumbers.com (Jan. 6, 2009)