Carly Shay is the main protagonist of the iCarly franchise. She is also the host of her own popular web show, iCarly, which she produces with her two best friends, Sam and Freddie.
Biography[]
Carly Shay is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her older brother, Spencer Shay, in Seattle, Washington. They live in the Bushwell Plaza apartment building.
and She is also the daughter of Colonel Steven Shay and Mrs. Shay. She grew up in Seattle and attended Ridgeway Junior High School. She is the former best friend of Missy Robinson, whom she hung out with during her childhood, and best friend of Sam Puckett since she was about eight years old. She lived with her older brother in Apartment 8-C at Bushwell Plaza while their father was stationed on a Navy submarine. The whereabouts of her mother is unknown. She is also the best friend and ex-girlfriend of Freddie Benson, who lives across the hallway in apartment 8D. He had a crush on her for many years, which started the day they met. In the final episode of iCarly, iGoodbye, Carly took the difficult decision to move to Italy to be with her father for a period of time ("taking a break for a while").
In "iPilot", Carly takes the blame for one of Sam's pranks and has to oversee people who want to be in the school's talent show as punishment. When Carly, Sam, and Freddie's suggestions are completely ignored, they decide to make a web show named iCarly upon Freddie's suggestion, with the 'i' standing for 'Internet' and Carly's name since she will be the host of the show.
In the 2021 revival, it is revealed that Carly hosted QVC whilst in Italy and hosted college radio while studying theater and media studies. By the events of the reboot, she is sharing an apartment in Seattle with her new friend Harper. After failed attempts to start an internet channel with romantic interests, she decides to restart her iCarly webshow, with Freddie and Spencer assisting her.
After Carly is suddenly single following a breakup with her longtime boyfriend and creative collaborator, she decides to restart her web show iCarly and return to the dating scene. However, she does not have much success in her dating life.[44]
Physical Appearance[]
Carly is a young, slim Caucasian girl with long dark hair, fair skin and brown eyes.
Personality[]
Carly is a nice, easy-going, beautiful, smart, and caring person who would do anything for her friends, although she can be a little capricious and hot-headed at times when she doesn't get things her way, such as in iLook Alike when Spencer refuses to let her go to a wrestling match.
Occasionally, she has to get between her best friends Sam and Freddie when the two argue too much. She gets good grades and usually stays out of trouble, except for when she takes the blame for Sam's wrongdoing.
She is easily grossed out by vermin, the gross videos Sam likes (except in iStage an Intervention, when she wanted to see a guy who could pull his lip down over his chin), or even when Spencer says "bowels" (iTake on Dingo). In iMake Sam Girlier, Sam tells Carly that she is "soft and girly and weak." and in iTake on Dingo, Sam called her "prissy." Carly agreed with this, referring to herself as "the prissiest."
She takes really long showers when she is depressed or needs to think, as mentioned in iGive Away a Car. She sometimes takes chairs into the shower with her.
In iWanna Stay With Spencer, it was implied Carly used to be a sick child. According to Spencer, she has to take vitamins every day and suffers from allergies and asthma although she had her last asthma attack when she was seven years old.
It was shown in iSpace Out and confirmed in iSam's Mom that Carly suffers from claustrophobia and freaks out if she is locked in a small space for a long time. Depending on the situation, Carly can either lose herself and become violent to try and escape or freak out and make strange 'nyahh' noises, although she can handle riding elevators and seems only mildly distressed when Nora locks her, Sam and Freddie in her sound booth in iPsycho.
Possibly her most prominent trait, Carly, unlike Sam, is not tough, and even when furious, she has never physically attacked anyone on-screen (but tackled Freddie in an angry manner in iThink They Kissed). However, rarely, we will see her attacking someone verbally or even physically, such as bullies or teachers, especially when they are troubling her friends, as we have seen in iHave a Lovesick Teacher and iMake Sam Girlier. She was also part of a girl mob (Sam and Shelby Marx) that beat up Nevel in iFight Shelby Marx although Nevel said he wasn't scared of her.
It is shown in iPie and iDo that Carly can sing when she sings Amazing Grace and Shakespeare respectively
Behind the scenes[]
- Although it would be logical to think that her full first name is "Carlotta" with Carly being a nickname because she gets called that several times in the series, in fact, there is no proof in the series or the website that "Carlotta" is her true first name. It is eventually proven false in iStill Psycho when the police send a text to Carly which has the characters' full names.
- Carly claimed to be a Capricorn in iScream On Halloween and on iCarly.com, her birthday originally was said to be January 14, but it was changed to July 24 shortly before the finale of Season 3 (probably to make it closer to the airdate of iGot a Hot Room), which would make her a Leo.
- Carly is the youngest of the iCarly trio (Sam, Freddie and herself), as her birthday is in July and Freddie and Sam's birthdays are in February and April, respectively. Her original birthday before season 4 would have made her the oldest of the trio, so her age as opposed to that of her friends is debatable.
- Carly's only younger counterpart was presented on iDon't Want to Fight, in a flashback showing when Carly and Sam met.
- In iOwe You, Spencer said Carly used to be a Sunshine Girl.
- Her best friend is Sam Puckett
- She and Sam had been friends five years before the episode iDon't Want to Fight. By the end of the original series, Carly and Sam have been best friends for ten years.
- She and Sam have broken up as best friends twice in the series. Once in iDon't Want to Fight, and again in iQuit iCarly.
- Carly had only three boyfriends, Griffin in iDate a Bad Boy, her best friend Freddie in iSaved Your Life and Steven Carson in iParty With Victorious. Other love interests are rarely seen to go past one date.
- The only time Carly has had a boyfriend by the end of an episode is in iToe Fat Cakes.
- In iDate Sam & Freddie, it is revealed that she uses a CPAP to keep herself from snoring.
- Carly's head has nearly been hit twice: in iWanna Stay with Spencer (nearly getting hit with a hammer) and iStart a Fanwar (a fan threw a chair at Carly at Webicon).
- Carly has had three near-death experiences: in iWanna Stay with Spencer (nearly getting hit in the head with a hammer); in iQuit iCarly (almost falling off a window washer platform, along with Sam); and in iSaved Your Life (almost getting hit by a taco truck, but rescued by Freddie, off-screen).
- She loves the band Cuttlefish.
- She enjoys drinking coffee. Spencer always gives her decaffeinated coffee without telling her.
- Carly is fond of Build-A-Bra and Glitter Gloss which are both stores at the Crown Ridge Mall.
- It is mentioned various times that Carly watches and possibly likes the show Full House.
- She is an avid believer in Bigfoot (iBelieve in Bigfoot).
- Carly sometimes pokes people when she wants to get them to focus (iPromise Not To Tell).
- Carly has shown her midsection the most out of any female on the show, due to her wearing a bikini (iHatch Chicks), a red bandanna top in her recurring cowgirl costume, a hula skirt with a coconut bikini top (iSaw Him First), a two-piece mixed martial arts outfit (iFight Shelby Marx), a purple and black plaid blouse (iSpace Out), an 80s costume (iBelieve in Bigfoot), a little bit of her belly in a plaid pink - black cami (iBeat the Heat), and her belly button in a crop top. (ILove Gwen)
- Carly has a bikini with a floral design, skirt bikini bottom, and a g-string in the back. (iHatch Chicks)
- Her great-grandmother gave her a heavily insured diamond-encrusted watch when she died, although it seems Spencer and Carly did not go to her funeral. It came in handy when her room was destroyed in a fire and the watch was destroyed in the fire. It was insured for $82,000. (iGot a Hot Room)
- In iLost My Mind, Carly grabs a set of keys on the way out of the door on the way to Troubled Waters. This poses the possibility that Carly can drive.
- She is shown to have her own Debit card, a necklace that says "Love & Giggles", and enjoy Gummy Hearts in iRescue Carly.
- She is the first person to last a full round against Shelby Marx.
- Carly has had one job in the original series, in iGot a Hot Room at the Groovy Smoothie.
- Caleb predicted that she would be the future Vice President of the United States.
- Her hair was styled differently in the first season.
- Although Carly is the main character in the series, she stopped appearing in new iCarly.com segments at some point due to Miranda Cosgrove's busy schedule. The gang only say she's on camera.
- While Carly has partied with Tori Vega in the crossover iParty with Victorious, this is not the first time actress Victoria Justice has been on iCarly. She also played the CFC champion Shelby Marx in iFight Shelby Marx.
- Carly has commented on Miranda Cosgrove's previous role of Megan Parker in Drake & Josh twice; in iGet Pranky, she complained about Megan being better at pranking than her and in iToe Fat Cakes, she said "Seen it." when seeing a scene from the episode "Peruvian Puff Peppers" on TV.
- Carly, until the episode iRescue Carly was made known, was the only one of the main characters (including Gibby) not to have her name featured in an episode title. Instead, iCarly was used (the webshow's title).
- In the first season of the revival, Carly is 26, which is the same age Spencer was in IPilot, the original series premiere.
- Carly once got a flamingo lawn decoration from Spencer for Christmas, which was a rather poor gift, since Carly has a fear of birds.[42]
- She can't do impressions as shown in iObject, Lewbert!
- Carly still suffers from a fear of small spaces as an adult.[45]
References[]
- ↑ iSam's Mom
- ↑ iBeat the Heat
- ↑ iDate a Bad Boy
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 iParty With Victorious
- ↑ iMeet The First Lady
- ↑ iParty With Victorious
- ↑ iRescue Carly
- ↑ iFauxpologize
- ↑ iNeed Space
- ↑ iLove Gwen
- ↑ IMLM
- ↑ iGuess Everyone Just Hates Me Now
- ↑ iObject, Lewbert!
- ↑ iHire a New Assistant
- ↑ iGot a Hot Room
- ↑ My Summer Job Disaster
- ↑ iNevel
- ↑ iWill Date Freddie
- ↑ iSpy a Mean Teacher
- ↑ iHave My Principals
- ↑ iPromise Not to Tell
- ↑ iHate Sam's Boyfriend
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 iCarly Saves TV
- ↑ iHave a Lovesick Teacher
- ↑ iGo to Japan
- ↑ iRocked the Vote
- ↑ iReunite With Missy
- ↑ iTwins
- ↑ iBattle Chip
- ↑ iHave My Principals
- ↑ iMove Out
- ↑ iPsycho
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 iStill Psycho
- ↑ iSell Penny-Tees
- ↑ iStart a Fanwar
- ↑ iHire An Idiot
- ↑ iRescue Carly
- ↑ IAm Your Biggest Fan
- ↑ IMLM
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 IGuess Everyone Just Hates Me Now
- ↑ iReturn to Webicon
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 My Christmas Gift Dilemma
- ↑ iDo
- ↑ Miranda Cosgrove says iCarly revival will address Sam's absence
- ↑ IBuild A Team
External Links[]
- Nickipedia
- iCarly wiki
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iCarly_characters#Carly_Shay
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