Freddie Benson

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Fredward Benson
iCarly character
First appearance "iPilot"
Created by Dan Schneider
Portrayed by Nathan Kress
Episode count All
Information
Nickname(s) Freddie
Species Human
Gender Male
Age 13 (2007-2008)-14 (2008-mid 2009)
Date of birth February 4
Occupation Student
Family Miss. Benson (mother)

Fredward "Freddie" Benson is a fictional character from the popular television series, iCarly. He is played by Nathan Kress. Freddie has a crush on Carly and frequently asks to date her.

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[edit] Character Information

Freddie is the producer of the webshow with Carly and Sam. In the first episode,[1] Freddie videoed his two friends Carly and Sam making fun of their teacher, Ms. Briggs (Mindy Sterling).

He also has a great-great grandfather who ran a circus group called the "Fencin' Bensons" and became obsessed with it. He forced his son to learn, his son's son was forced to learn, and Freddie's mom was forced to learn, and in the episode "iFence" was shown to be an excellent fencer. She was afraid that Freddie would end up like his great-great grandfather, so she didn't let him fence until Carly and Freddie talked her into it.

[edit] Freddie's Mother

Freddie's mother, Ms. Benson (Mary Scheer) is extremely rude, exceedingly overprotective, embarrassing, and nosey. She often embarrasses Freddie in front of Carly and Sam and occasionally in front of his schoolmates. Freddie loves his mother, but he thinks she is trying too hard to be a good mom.

Examples of Ms. Benson's overprotectiveness and embarrassment:

  • Makes Freddie sleep on the floor so there is no chance he'll fall off of his bed [2]
  • Frequently gives Freddie tick baths. (She claims that they hide in leg hair, even though he has none.)
  • Scolds him about his posture and even has a rule about it: "You won't get respect if your back's not erect." Sam finds this rule funny and spits her drink in Freddie's face and laughs.
  • Signs herself and Freddie up for mother-son synchronized swimming lessons.
  • Prohibits him from eating fruit because she's afraid of Freddie being allergic to fruit.
  • Makes him sign a paper saying that he shampooed twice after he showered.
  • Won't let Freddie use a fork because she is afraid that he'll stab his tongue.
  • In one episode, it was mentioned that she freaked out when Freddie spilled a drop of mustard on his church pants. Carly finds the term 'church pants' very funny.
  • She also searched everywhere for cloud block when Freddie was afraid of getting a 'cloud burn'.
  • She ony gives Freddie an $8 allowance because she's afraid he'll "buy a bus ticket and leave her".

After "iFence", many fans believe that she is no longer "overprotective" of Freddie.

[edit] Personal life

Freddie is the technical producer of iCarly. In the pilot episode, [3], Freddie agrees to record the talent auditions that Carly and Sam were forced to hold, but he accidentally recorded the girls making fun of Miss Briggs' "crazy, pointy boobs". Freddie was jealous of Carly's crush, Jake Krandle (Austin Butler), who was performing on iCarly, but Freddie is delighted when he discovers Jake is a terrible singer. Freddie fixes his voice so Carly kisses Freddie on the nose for fixing everything.[4]

Freddie once helped Carly and Sam search for 6 baby chicks, before it was too late. Carly and Sam found the last chick in their elevator behind the window. Freddie pushed the bottom button on the elevator, and although Carly and Sam hurried to get the last chick, the chick from the window was gone. Freddie made himself guilty, until time was up. Spencer, who was stuck in the heating duct the entire time, coughed up the last chick after the kids pulled him out.[5] Once, Carly and Sam had an argument because Carly gave Sam a one-of-a-kind iCarly T-shirt, which Sam traded for tickets for a Cuddlefish concert, which Carly really wanted to go to.

In an online poll, Freddie revealed that most voters picked "Carly and Sam are both acting dumb and they should just make up and be friends again."[6] Freddie and Sam made a bet once over the meaning of the acronym MPEG. Freddie thought it was "Megapixel Electronic Gallery", but Sam knew it was actually "Moving Picture Experts Group". They bet that the loser would get a tattoo of the winner's face. Of course, Freddie lost and got a tattoo of Sam's face, much to Freddie's mom's disgust.[7]

Freddie once helped Sam, by not letting Carly leave, because she was their best friend, after ruining Carly's interview.[8]

Freddie hates Sam, as shown in a variety of shows.

[edit] Enemies

  • Nevel Papperman (Reed Alexander)
  • Miss Francine Briggs (Mindy Sterling)
  • Zeke (Eric Nelson)
  • Valerie (Carly Bondar)
  • Lewbert
  • Doug Toder
  • Sam Puckett

[edit] References

  1. ^ "iPilot"
  2. ^ iCarly.com
  3. ^ "iPilot
  4. ^ From episode "iLike Jake"
  5. ^ From episode "iHatch Chicks"
  6. ^ From episode "iDon't Wanna Fight"
  7. ^ From episode "iStakeout"
  8. ^ From episode "iMight Switch Schools"

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