ICarly: iFight Shelby Marx
Encyclopedia
"iFight Shelby Marx" is a 2009 two-part episode of iCarly
. It stars Miranda Cosgrove
, Jennette McCurdy
, Nathan Kress
, Jerry Trainor
, Reed Alexander
and special guest star Victoria Justice
.
) is the CFC's youngest female fighter and one of the best. Sam loves her for her skill and fighting power, Freddie loves her because she is super-cute, but Carly had not heard of her until now. Shelby easily defeats her opponent and becomes the youngest female champion. Meanwhile, Spencer begins taking an experimental medication to get rid of his allergies. Although the medication is effective, it comes with a long list of side effects, including itching, sweating, dehydration, short-term memory loss and muscle spasms, which will plague him throughout the episode.
The iCarly group shows clips of the fight on their next webcast and Carly jokingly challenges Shelby to a fight. The next day, Shelby shows up at the apartment and accepts Carly's challenge, having seen a reedited version of Carly's show. However, she is not angry or out for blood. Shelby's manager thought an exhibition fight would be good publicity for both Shelby and Carly. Also, Shelby promises to go easy on Carly. Carly agrees, but is still scared because she does not want to get hurt.
Several days later, at a press conference promoting the fight, Carly takes Sam's advice and tries trash-talking to get Shelby riled up. This works too well and Shelby is agitated. A fight breaks out and ends with Carly falling onto Shelby's special guest, her sick grandmother, Edith. Unfortunately, Shelby saw it as Carly tackling Edith. Enraged, Shelby vows to not go easy on Carly as promised.
Terrified that Shelby may actually kill her, Carly decides to cancel the fight, even making an announcement on iCarly. This makes many of her fans think she is a chicken
and uncharitable since the fight was going to raise money for charity. Unable to deal with the pressure, Carly apologizes to Shelby and explains that it was an accident when she tackled her grandmother. Shelby understands and the girls reschedule the fight. Once again, Shelby promises to go easy on Carly.
When Carly's rival, Nevel Papperman, hears about the fight, he sees it as an opportunity to watch Carly take a beating, but since the girls have made peace, he would have to get them mad at each other again. Stealing audio from iCarly, he edits footage of a conversation between Sam and Carly, making it sound like the girls intentionally planned for Carly to tackle Shelby's grandmother. The next day, Nevel shows the footage to Shelby. Shelby is again enraged, and vows to make Carly suffer.
At the fight, all seems to be going well until for no apparent reason, Shelby punches Carly right in the face. Carly realizes that Shelby is out to get her and clings to her leg out of self-defense. The referee cannot call a foul because he does not know if the move is legal or not. As soon as the fight ends, Carly lets go of Shelby and runs from the ring screaming. Shelby later confronts Carly and demands an explanation to the footage she was shown. Carly does not understand until Shelby says that Nevel showed her the footage and everything becomes clear. Carly and the others saw Nevel sitting in the stands prior to the fight. She sends Freddie to find him. Once the spectators have left, Freddie drags Nevel back into the ring, where he is confronted by Carly, and Sam, and Shelby. They force him to confess that he tricked Shelby and he screams for his life as they exact their revenge.
The movie ends with Shelby appearing on iCarly to announce that she and the iCarly cast are now friends.
, iCarly Awards, and iLook Alike. The DVD also includes the pilot episode of Big Time Rush
, Big Time Audition. This is the first iCarly DVD to not be released as a season boxset.
ICarly
iCarly is an American sitcom that focuses on a girl named Carly Shay who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends Sam and Freddie. The series was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer. It stars Miranda Cosgrove as Carly, Jennette McCurdy as Sam, Nathan...
. It stars Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her career began at the age of three, where she participated in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock...
, Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy
Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy is an American film and television actress and country pop singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly...
, Nathan Kress
Nathan Kress
Nathan Karl Kress is an American film and television actor. A professional child model and actor since the age of three, he is best known for his role as Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly.-Early life:...
, Jerry Trainor
Jerry Trainor
Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor is an American actor, comedian and voice actor, widely known for playing Spencer Shay on iCarly. He is also known as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh and the title character, Dudley Puppy, on T.U.F.F. Puppy...
, Reed Alexander
Reed Alexander
Reed Alexander is an American actor best known as Nevel Papperman on iCarly.- Career :Alexander has recurring roles as the villain Nevel Papperman on Nickelodeon's iCarly....
and special guest star Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice
Victoria Justice is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious...
.
Plot
Sam and Freddie come over to Carly's apartment to watch the Shelby Marx fight on TV. Marx (Victoria JusticeVictoria Justice
Victoria Justice is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious...
) is the CFC's youngest female fighter and one of the best. Sam loves her for her skill and fighting power, Freddie loves her because she is super-cute, but Carly had not heard of her until now. Shelby easily defeats her opponent and becomes the youngest female champion. Meanwhile, Spencer begins taking an experimental medication to get rid of his allergies. Although the medication is effective, it comes with a long list of side effects, including itching, sweating, dehydration, short-term memory loss and muscle spasms, which will plague him throughout the episode.
The iCarly group shows clips of the fight on their next webcast and Carly jokingly challenges Shelby to a fight. The next day, Shelby shows up at the apartment and accepts Carly's challenge, having seen a reedited version of Carly's show. However, she is not angry or out for blood. Shelby's manager thought an exhibition fight would be good publicity for both Shelby and Carly. Also, Shelby promises to go easy on Carly. Carly agrees, but is still scared because she does not want to get hurt.
Several days later, at a press conference promoting the fight, Carly takes Sam's advice and tries trash-talking to get Shelby riled up. This works too well and Shelby is agitated. A fight breaks out and ends with Carly falling onto Shelby's special guest, her sick grandmother, Edith. Unfortunately, Shelby saw it as Carly tackling Edith. Enraged, Shelby vows to not go easy on Carly as promised.
Terrified that Shelby may actually kill her, Carly decides to cancel the fight, even making an announcement on iCarly. This makes many of her fans think she is a chicken
Cowardice
Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of justice, cowardice in the face of combat is a crime punishable by death...
and uncharitable since the fight was going to raise money for charity. Unable to deal with the pressure, Carly apologizes to Shelby and explains that it was an accident when she tackled her grandmother. Shelby understands and the girls reschedule the fight. Once again, Shelby promises to go easy on Carly.
When Carly's rival, Nevel Papperman, hears about the fight, he sees it as an opportunity to watch Carly take a beating, but since the girls have made peace, he would have to get them mad at each other again. Stealing audio from iCarly, he edits footage of a conversation between Sam and Carly, making it sound like the girls intentionally planned for Carly to tackle Shelby's grandmother. The next day, Nevel shows the footage to Shelby. Shelby is again enraged, and vows to make Carly suffer.
At the fight, all seems to be going well until for no apparent reason, Shelby punches Carly right in the face. Carly realizes that Shelby is out to get her and clings to her leg out of self-defense. The referee cannot call a foul because he does not know if the move is legal or not. As soon as the fight ends, Carly lets go of Shelby and runs from the ring screaming. Shelby later confronts Carly and demands an explanation to the footage she was shown. Carly does not understand until Shelby says that Nevel showed her the footage and everything becomes clear. Carly and the others saw Nevel sitting in the stands prior to the fight. She sends Freddie to find him. Once the spectators have left, Freddie drags Nevel back into the ring, where he is confronted by Carly, and Sam, and Shelby. They force him to confess that he tricked Shelby and he screams for his life as they exact their revenge.
The movie ends with Shelby appearing on iCarly to announce that she and the iCarly cast are now friends.
Reception
The special premiered to a total of 7.9 million viewers, the channel's second highest ratings for the year behind the following special, iQuit iCarly. It has received positive reception from both fans and critics.Cast
- Miranda CosgroveMiranda CosgroveMiranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Her career began at the age of three, where she participated in television commercials. Cosgrove's film debut was in 2003, as Summer Hathaway in School of Rock...
as Carly Shay - Jennette McCurdyJennette McCurdyJennette Michelle Faye McCurdy is an American film and television actress and country pop singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Sam Puckett on the Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly...
as Sam Puckett - Nathan KressNathan KressNathan Karl Kress is an American film and television actor. A professional child model and actor since the age of three, he is best known for his role as Freddie Benson on the Nickelodeon television series iCarly.-Early life:...
as Freddie Benson - Jerry TrainorJerry TrainorGerald William "Jerry" Trainor is an American actor, comedian and voice actor, widely known for playing Spencer Shay on iCarly. He is also known as Crazy Steve on Drake & Josh and the title character, Dudley Puppy, on T.U.F.F. Puppy...
as Spencer Shay - Victoria JusticeVictoria JusticeVictoria Justice is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer. She debuted as an actress at the age of 10 and has since appeared in several films and television series including the Nickelodeon series Zoey 101 and Victorious...
as Shelby Marx - Reed AlexanderReed AlexanderReed Alexander is an American actor best known as Nevel Papperman on iCarly.- Career :Alexander has recurring roles as the villain Nevel Papperman on Nickelodeon's iCarly....
as Nevel Pappermann - Noah MunckNoah MunckNoah Bryant Munck is an American actor and comedian. His roles include Gibby Gibson in iCarly and Bobby Sinclair, the junior lawn-mowing entrepreneur in the TruGreen commercials.-Early life:...
as Gibby Gibson
DVD
iFight Shelby Marx was released on DVD on March 30, 2010 and the box features three other iCarly episodes, iDate a Bad BoyIDate a Bad Boy
"iDate a Bad Boy" is a 2009 two-part episode of iCarly.-Plot:Carly and Spencer become upset when their new neighbor, Griffin, steals the motorcycle that Carly bought for Spencer in iPromote Techfoots. Spencer lets Griffin off the hook, but then Carly becomes upset...
, iCarly Awards, and iLook Alike. The DVD also includes the pilot episode of Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...
, Big Time Audition. This is the first iCarly DVD to not be released as a season boxset.