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why is icarly self-contradicting?

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    xiaxia123

    [1]Nov 25, 2010
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    In the episode iGetPranky, Carly and Spencer were watching Drake and Josh. Yet in IStartaFanwar, it seemed as if Drake and Josh and iCarly existed in the same universe when we see Craig, Eric, and Gavin. What is the explanation for this?

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    RomanZolanski

    [2]Nov 25, 2010
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    ^We ASSUME that they were watching 'D&J', but maybe they weren't.
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    saylavee

    [3]Nov 25, 2010
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    Yeah for all we know they could've been watching "Drew and Jerry" Remember that? Lol.

    But there are plot holes in all shows from time to time. And this isnt really a big deal is it?
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    teenj12

    [4]Nov 25, 2010
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    xiaxia123 wrote:

    In the episode iGetPranky, Carly and Spencer were watching Drake and Josh. Yet in IStartaFanwar, it seemed as if Drake and Josh and iCarly existed in the same universe when we see Craig, Eric, and Gavin. What is the explanation for this?


    Simple. Drake and Josh and iCarly don't exist in the same world. Graig, Eric, and Gavin are not Craig, Eric, and Gavin. They are who they are in the iCarly universe.
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    sockstar

    [5]Nov 26, 2010
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    Because Dan doesn't care and isn't concerned with continuity issues like that.
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    teenj12

    [6]Nov 27, 2010
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    sockstar wrote:
    Because Dan doesn't care and isn't concerned with continuity issues like that.

    How is it a contunity issue?
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    1MMfan

    [7]Nov 27, 2010
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    Wow, it's really not a big deal. Craig, Eric and Gavin never mentioned Drake or Josh, so you can't assume that their from the Drake and Josh world. And Dan always makes refrences to his past shows as a joke, so it really don't matter.

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    sockstar

    [8]Nov 27, 2010
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    teenj12 wrote:
    sockstar wrote:
    Because Dan doesn't care and isn't concerned with continuity issues like that.
    How is it a continuity issue?



    Because it places characters from Drake And Josh, which is a fictional TV show in the iCarly/Zoey/Victorious shared universe, into the universe that Drake And Josh is a fictional tv show in! That's a continuity issue.

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    teenj12

    [9]Nov 27, 2010
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    sockstar wrote:

    teenj12 wrote:
    sockstar wrote:
    Because Dan doesn't care and isn't concerned with continuity issues like that.
    How is it a continuity issue?



    Because it places characters from Drake And Josh, which is a fictional TV show in the iCarly/Zoey/Victorious shared universe, into the universe that Drake And Josh is a fictional tv show in! That's a continuity issue.
    Just because those guys "look" like Eric and Craig, does not mean they are in the iCarly universe.
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    sockstar

    [10]Nov 28, 2010
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    Um... didn't they both call each other by their names?
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    teenj12

    [11]Nov 28, 2010
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    sockstar wrote:
    Um... didn't they both call each other by their names?
    'Shrugs'. I just re watched the eppie, its possible they are the same Eric, craig fom D and J, but its possible they are not.
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    Canada_Michael

    [12]Nov 28, 2010
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    You as the viewer are meant to make the connection to the other shows, but the iCarly characters see them as ordinary people. The shows don't exist in the iCarly universe. An example would be the Flintstones episode where Sam & Darin from Bewitched show up, we know they are from Bewitched but to Fred & the gang they are just the new neighbours .

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    LampEC

    [13]Nov 29, 2010
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    Canada_Michael wrote:


    You as the viewer are meant to make the connection to the other shows, but the iCarly characters see them as ordinary people. The shows don't exist in the iCarly universe. An example would be the Flintstones episode where Sam & Darin from Bewitched show up, we know they are from Bewitched but to Fred & the gang they are just the new neighbours .
    Mind blown. If you connect that to how they say Victoria Justice looks a lot like Shelby Marx with the real world you could have a plausible theory for deja vu. ...what...nvm

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    sockstar

    [14]Nov 29, 2010
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    LampEC wrote:

    Canada_Michael wrote:


    You as the viewer are meant to make the connection to the other shows, but the iCarly characters see them as ordinary people. The shows don't exist in the iCarly universe. An example would be the Flintstones episode where Sam & Darin from Bewitched show up, we know they are from Bewitched but to Fred & the gang they are just the new neighbours .
    Mind blown. If you connect that to how they say Victoria Justice looks a lot like Shelby Marx with the real world you could have a plausible theory for deja vu. ...what...nvm


    That would work for a normal crossover.. except that it's not.

    Drake and Josh is a TV show in the iCarly world. Drake the actor/singer showed up on Zoey 101 playing himself, and Zoey 101 is is connected to iCarly which is connected to Victorious.

    What you describe is actually http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CelebrityParadox (ie, that considering that all those shows are connected, that Shelby Marx, Lola from Zoey 101 and Tori from Victorious all exist and all look identical to Victoria Justice, who doesn't exist in their universe.)

    What we are talking about is http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RecursiveCanon
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    jegolas1973

    [15]Nov 29, 2010
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    Don't forget also that ICarly, Victorious, Zoey 101, and Drake & Josh are produced by the same people.

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    Diamondgrl13

    [16]Nov 29, 2010
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    sockstar wrote:
    LampEC wrote:

    Canada_Michael wrote:


    You as the viewer are meant to make the connection to the other shows, but the iCarly characters see them as ordinary people. The shows don't exist in the iCarly universe. An example would be the Flintstones episode where Sam & Darin from Bewitched show up, we know they are from Bewitched but to Fred & the gang they are just the new neighbours .
    Mind blown. If you connect that to how they say Victoria Justice looks a lot like Shelby Marx with the real world you could have a plausible theory for deja vu. ...what...nvm


    That would work for a normal crossover.. except that it's not.

    Drake and Josh is a TV show in the iCarly world. Drake the actor/singer showed up on Zoey 101 playing himself, and Zoey 101 is is connected to iCarly which is connected to Victorious.

    What you describe is actually http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CelebrityParadox (ie, that considering that all those shows are connected, that Shelby Marx, Lola from Zoey 101 and Tori from Victorious all exist and all look identical to Victoria Justice, who doesn't exist in their universe.)

    What we are talking about is http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RecursiveCanon


    Whoa!..ok, you guys are kinda blowin my mind a little bit here..lol
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    _Flutterlight_

    [17]Nov 29, 2010
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    Well if you think of it, technically Carly has a super smart, genius twin of herself running around, because she played that one character on Zoey 101, and Stacey from Zoey 101 made an appearance on the show, signifying the "universes" of the show are the same.

    I'd say the references don't really mean anything. They're like the ages of the Peanuts characters (where Charlie Brown is at least three years older than Linus, yet they're in the same grade, and Sally's in the same grade as Linus, but not Charlie Brown.), they don't really matter.
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    pscf3

    [18]Dec 10, 2010
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    Craig, Eric, and Gavin from D&J appeared in iStart a FanWar, and Carly and Spencer have been seen watching D&J episodes the Storm and Megan's Revenge in iGet Pranky. It's a simple little plothole.
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    teenj12

    [19]Dec 11, 2010
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    pscf3 wrote:
    Craig, Eric, and Gavin from D&J appeared in iStart a FanWar, and Carly and Spencer have been seen watching D&J episodes the Storm and Megan's Revenge in iGet Pranky. It's a simple little plothole.
    There's still little evidence iCarly and D&J are in the same universe.
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    sockstar

    [20]Dec 12, 2010
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    There's another idea now.. that they were watching the Drew and Jerry (iirc) show that ended up being made as a show that Drake And Josh watched.

    Which could mean the 4 shows all exist together, as well as all the actors (since Drake the actor showed up on Zoey 101), meaning you'd have multiple look-alikes of the actors who played them, like 4 Victoria Justice's (Lola, Shelby, Tori and then Victoria herself), and the same for Miranda and Jenette. Lol.

    Imagine 4 Miranda's *drool*
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