Bottom of the Bakery #3: iPear Store Rant [iCarly]

Welcome to the third episode of my new show where I look at bad episodes of shows produced by Schneider's Bakery (iCarly, Sam and Cat, Victorious, Henry Danger and possibly Drake and Josh).
Today I take on an episode that bites off a little more than it can chew.
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[@GrandCorsair]

I'm pretty sure what the fire department is doing is illegal. It has to be.

[@shwahgamer]

It is, but you have to remember this is television: you can't use too much logic here. Even when you really need it. It might actually make the episode make sense!

[@AnvilPro100]

Especially when you consider that Spencer and Carly live in an apartment building

[@GrandCorsair]

Even if they lived in a house that would be insanely dangerous. The fire could spread to trees, even a building close enough or if there is a wind that carries the embers.

[@SuperGamer61499]

***** well honestly if they lived in a apartment and yet they wouldn't help anyone else for one guy in that apartment well what about the others you inconsiderable douches

[@jbucktheman]

It very much is

[@cartoonswim2740]

Actually, in Drake and Josh, Megan called them boobs on a regular basis, and for some reason Nick was fine with that.

[@PIEGUYRULZ]

Boob as an insult has always been okay apparently. In this case though they were specifically referring to the body parts.

[@DiehardtNG10]

***** Carly talked about a teachers boobs

[@codyssmith73]

Squidward tentacles Now that's true. First episode.

[@DiehardtNG10]

***** hey PIEGUYRULZ

[@cartoonswim2740]

***** If you ask me, it's a lot cruder to use that as an insult than to refer to breasts literally, as any kid who knows what boobs are will think about the literal meaning of the insult. It's also arguably very demeaning towards women. But I guess Nick's censorship policies have been out of whack these past few years, just look at what SpongeBob's been able to get away with when other shows like Korra have to fight to get adult content past the censors.

[@chewythechuchu4458]

Poor Freddy. You're like the squidward of icarly. The writers seem to assume that because bad stuff is happening to you specifically that makes the joke funny.

[@MalescoM]

Megward Benson the Wizard

[@MysticWolfMagic]

@Mairead Malesco Yes!!! Best comment!!!

[@benpooler5965]

At least with Squidward, he was a real jerk in the earlier episodes... Not in the new ones though, where he just gets bean on for no reason (Maybe they just expect you to know that he wasn't very nice a few seasons ago?). Whereas Freddy was a nice character who never did anything to deserve it. People getting hurt is funny only when they deserve it.

[@rachitaghose1663]

chewy the chu chu Actually, Freddie was being the douche in the episode. Sam/Freddie's relationship was just like season 1. Ignore the season 2,3 and 4 eps all together lol

[@billybarnett9518]

I thought Sam was the douche honesty....

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

Here's something really stupid: This video was in my subscriptions box, and I clicked on it, as usual. Apparently KZbin blocks videos with suggestive words in them instantly in Safety Mode. I had to turn my safety mode off for the suggestive word, "pear." Man, KZbin is stupid.

[@PIEGUYRULZ]

Huh. That is pretty dumb. I can't say I've ever heard of the word pear being used suggestively.

[@MysticWolfMagic]

I actually have heard the word pear used suggestively. It was in Markiplier's play through of Paranoiac.

[@benpooler5965]

Shh... Just listen to it... "pear..." "pear..." "...pear..." If that doesn't get you going then nothing will.

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

SHUDDAP OR IMMA PEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AAABattery24]

I swear, a meme will start from this. This will be the next 7.8/10 Too much water.

[@theviewer6889]

It would have been better if at the part about the fires the fireman had said "18 fires" and then when the person asks "Like in what, a year?" The fire department guy turns and says "In a week"It wouldn't have been that funny but at least it would have made the reason slightly more justified

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

yeah, that at least would have worked

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

I thought it was kinda funny

[@TitanXecutor]

Well when you put it like that, it makes you think why they would allow him to stay in that apartment

[@sdougl047]

It still wouldn’t have justified the actions of the fire department, but it would have been funny and it would have at least been an attempt to justify their actions.

[@ToxPhy]

I think Dan handles male characters better when the show has a male title character and vice versa. The closest exception is Victorious, where I feel Andrè is handled pretty well, meanwhile Cat is...well, Cat.

[@christheleavittman7080]

Henry Danger?

[@starrymaniac5127]

@@christheleavittman7080 Yeah, that's another exception, Henry is kind of bland and even a bit of a jerk too. I feel like Jasper would've been a better title character, he seems so much more outlandish and energetic, and does a lot of weird but goofy things as well. He's far more interesting than Henry to me. I could see a cool dynamic of Captain Man thinking Jasper was pretty annoying, but over time warming up and goofing off with him as well. That would be cool too!

[@gracekim25]

Well that aged well 😅

[@pgj1997]

How about the Sam & Cat episode #MagicATM *Cat:* WE LEARNED NOTHING!

[@cutiepuppy4427]

I would really like to request "The Breakfast Bunch" episode from Victorious. It is a grand example of how not to do parody.

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

31st like

[@growingupwithdisney]

I hate that episode, The Breakfast Club was basically all about breaking the stereotype/facade that people put up in school. The Breakfast Bunch had potential to dive into the characters in Victorious. But instead they kept them all two-dimensional which is a shame because Victorious has so many different characters that had potential to get deeper

[@Stoolhase]

Having bad endings is one of the main problems of Sam & Cat. This show had at least 10 episodes out of 35 with plots not wrapped up.

[@pranavrao6370]

StuckInaBox and GettinWiggy are the biggest offenders of such

[@sdougl047]

And First Class Problems.

[@liamdude5722]

You watched ten episodes of Sam and Cat? I couldn't make it past two

[@BlaineK]

They used the actual PearPhones in Victorious as well. There was a whole SUB-PLOT in one episode about Tori's phone breaking down.

[@TitanXecutor]

Yep. In an episode where Beck and Jade fought non stop. Not a fan of that one

[@MeNowDealWIthIt]

0:58 "I will be taking on [the seddie story arc] very soon" 2 years, 9 Bottom of the Bakery episodes, and 9 Bizarro Bakeries later..

[@tazzreviews1578]

Dan Schneider is the TV equivalent of Frank Miller. His shows were good at first, then he fell into the loony bin.

[@ThedudenamedK]

Henry Danger = All Star Batman and Robin

[@tazzreviews1578]

Exactly.

[@TheAirBear2000]

Oh God, what's going to be Holy Terror?

[@WillBassman]

The same can be said about Seth MacFarlane in my opinion.

[@asiabrown99]

+ThedudenamedK true

[@Lauren_210]

You know what's funny? I feel like the iCarly episode "iQ" was their attempt at trying to mimic the Drake and Josh episode "Smart Girl". The only difference is that Drake and Josh did it a whole lot better. In "Smart Girl", Drake was the guy who was trying to impress the intelligent girl since he's not the most brightest one out there, but after explaining to Michelle what he was trying to do, she confessed to him that she liked him for who he was. She didn't care that he wasn't as smart as she was, but she still liked him. In "IQ", the roles are reversed in which this time, it's the girl who's trying to impress the guy since she isn't as smart as him, but Kyle flat out dumped Carly after she told him that she isn't as smart as he was. The fact that he told her earlier that if a girl is not intelligent like he is does not sit well with me. I am an honors student like Carly is and I'm a very nice person, but I'm not Harvard smart like Kyle is, and Carly clearly wasn't either. That just makes Kyle look like a really shallow person.

[@JD-od6jh]

Late reply but to add to this; Not only was Kyle incredibly shallow he was extremely pretentious aswel. Spewing around fancy words just for the sake of sounding smart is about the most idiotic thing you can do. In my opinion iCarly ran for way too long, and clearly they were fresh out of ideas. Becoming more 4th wall breaking where that was never part of the humor in iCarly. Honestly, looking back as someome not meant to be the target audience, I only find myself enjoying Spencer just because Jerry Trainor is such an gifted slapstick comedy actor. I always felt like Trainor is like the Jim Carry of TV series.

[@Lauren_210]

JD Kyle’s intelligence was really over the top. That’s not how people talk. With how much anxiety Carly had over preparing for a date by studying another language, he definitely was not the right person for her. He seemed very closed off and someone that is not easy to open up to given how much of hard time she had trying to tell him the truth. While Carly herself has been shallow in the past or even after that episode, I honestly don’t get as to why he was so put off by her stunt as if she committed infidelity. Yes, being dishonest is bad, but Carly wasn’t a stupid person or dumb by any means. She was smart and does really well in school, but she knows how to properly socialize, has manners, and communicates like a real person does. Also, what does Kyle constitute as “intelligence” in a girl, let alone in a person? The reason why the same premise worked so much better in the Drake and Josh episode was because Michelle was a more believable intelligent character. She was not shallow to Drake and did not have super high, anxiety inducing expectations for Drake, and she was so much more likable and what you want to see in a person you like. It’s great that she forgave Drake for his stunt with the academic bowl and told him that she liked him for who he was as an individual, which is a good way of teaching kids to be themselves. Her intelligence wasn’t so over the top. Sure she mentioned things like “Talk about your Pavlovian nightmares” (which I actually get now given that I majored in psychology in college 😂), but she still spoke and asked questions like a person would in everyday life and was really nice. She only talked intelligently for the first 5 minutes of the episode and then spoke normal for the rest of it (and her intelligent dialogue in the first scene at the movie theater wasn’t that difficult to understand).

[@lukesmith720]

Is it me or does Carly have a godawful taste in boys?

[@IAMJIM196]

I personally think the fire department giving up on him would've been a funny one-off gag as a follow-up to the fact that he's always causing fires - I see it as the RIGHT kind of dark humor for a show like this, the fire department giving up on someone due to their incompetence. However, the fact that it becomes violent and it's basically the entire plot of that portion of the episode is really stupid and ruins any kind of potential it could have had.

[@JoeVGaming]

I agree with you on this one I felt bad for Freddy on this one. And the fire department can't just stop going to his house or else spencer might sue the fire department.

[@Lauren_210]

Spencer would have an advantage with suing the fire department because he would be able to have connections with his former law school and possibly get a lawyer from such connections.

[@JoeVGaming]

@@Lauren_210 that would of actually made a good episode

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

After hearing this review, I want to throw this episode ON THE GROUND!!!

[@SuperLordGaming]

I'M AN ADULT!!!

[@apenguinwearingatophat5847]

WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M STUPID???

[@a_can_of_soda]

I'd recommend tearing apart iSell Penny Tees (did I spell that right?). That episode portrays child labor for comedy, and there's a stupid ending.

[@maxmeidl4909]

The only redeemable thing was Spencer’s B plot

[@gracekim25]

Oh yeah 😅

[@LotteYanson]

Things I liked about this episode: - Gibby’s plot was actually kinda funny to me. I enjoyed seeing the worker go progressively more insane every time Gibby didn’t want a case. I actually laughed out loud when he said “yeah but does it scream GIBBEH!” and the worker replied “I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!” or whatever. Although there is one negative about the Gibby plot I’ll point out later. - Spencer beating the dude who was trying to molest Carly was actually really satisfying to see. I love moments where Spencer shows that he truly cares about his sister. Things I didn’t like: - Boob jokes? Really? Thankfully it was just the one scene but still. Cringe af. - Freddie torture. Why is it that this show loves to throw Freddie under the bus? Seriously, he’s literally written to be the laughing stock of the group for no reason. And now that he finally has a job he loves Sam just has to ruin it for him to spite him. Given that she quits as soon as he’s fired I interpreted that as she only got that job to either get him to quit or continue to torment him at work. - Fire department is out of line here. You pretty much echoed all of my complaints about that so I’ll just leave it there. - The problem with the Gibby plot is that in my opinion, it works very well as a sketch on a show like SNL or something. A show where there is no real plot except for some comedy sketches. But to be a subplot of an episode with no resolution other than the dude having a breakdown when Gibby has no money just does not work. It takes away from the actual plot of the episode. In my mind the episode could have been better if it only had two plots. Freddie’s job at the Pear Store and Spencer as a firefighter. That could have given more time for motivation explanations for Sam and more time for fire department hijinks with Spencer. Maybe have him have some misadventures actually going to fire scenes and eventually realizing “wow. This job isn’t as easy as I think it is. Maybe I should be more careful and not cause so many fires.” The Pear Store plot would still probably suck but at least one would be good

[@OfficialCyaned]

Ah, an Apple parody... I'm going to assume that the Simpsons did better.

[@Dipper723]

SarahandAshley Yep kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX2Vl6arl6ZlY8U

[@Lauren_210]

LOL I watched the clip and that was kinda funny. I don't even watch the Simpsons and they did do it better. xD

[@CitpostShentral]

SarahandAshley Futurama did it the best

[@reapingsoul543]

+The S.E.A. Funny, I was about to say the same thing.

[@elizabeth5561]

The Spencer plotline could've worked of they basically confiscated all of his electrical stuff to prevent more fires. Now Spencer has to convince them to let him use electrical components for his projects.

[@ChikoCheez]

If you wanna see an episode that ends abruptly, see ithink they kissed. It literally just ends like it feels there is a scene missing.

[@wariolandgoldpiramid]

***** iOMG intentionally ends with an OMG moment / plot twist

[@HissinSpit]

How does it end? I think I know what you're talking about, but I can't quite remember.

[@ChikoCheez]

HissinSpit It ends with Carly, Sam, and Freddie tied to a chair thanks to some prisoners, who leave them there. They talk about their issues in the most rushed way possible and then the chair falls and the episode ends.

[@HissinSpit]

Oooooh! Yeah, now I remember it! Yeah, that was weird. I always thought there really was a scene missing there because it just...ends. That whole scene didn't even make much sense; it was like the writers were trying to make it comedic because it's a sitcom, but the scene was supposed to more serious, but they didn't want to answer any questions about the kiss to, I guess, leave you hanging...I don't know. It was like a mashup of way too many tones.

[@RyanStorey1231]

ChikoritaCheezits That was actually funny. Freddie: "Well, you do realize we have to call the police, right?" Prisoners: "Yeah.... But first, do you got any duct tape?" *cuts to next scene with Carly, Sam, and Freddie taped to a chair* Freddie: "Why did you tell them where the duct tape was?" Carly: "I don't know.... I was trying to be helpful!" Sam: "Oh, you helped them alright..." Carly: "It's Freddie's fault! When you see prisoners escaping, you don't just announce that you're going to call the police." XD

[@lukerbom12]

Didn't want to watch this at first because I actually really liked iCarly...oh wait, this is Season 5? Carry on.

[@PIEGUYRULZ]

Don't worry, I'm only covering the terrible stuff here. I agree, earlier iCarly is pretty good.

[@lukerbom12]

Yeah. I never hated the later seasons or anything, but I had just lost interest at that point. However, I watched one of the earlier episodes a while ago on TV and I just thought "Wow, this was pretty funny."

[@theletsplayking1702]

Season 1 Good Season 2 Meh Season 3 Meh Season 4 ScumBob Season 5 Good

[@lukerbom12]

For iCarly? Hm. I would probably say: Season 1: Good Season 2: Good Season 3: Meh Season 4: iScummy Everything after I didn't see much but it pretty much ranges from Meh to Scum. Except for iStill Psycho, nothing really stands out to me.

[@fentanylfrog8403]

I like how you show a bakery food to represent an episode's flaws.

[@taylornoren642]

Carlys ending teaches kids that’s what happens when you invite a random stranger to your house

[@KingYoshi93]

Ah, I really liked the scene where Spencer threw out the creepy boy. It was probably the best scene of this episode. But it really bothered me that it wasn't clear to me WHY the boy had been acting like that. Such a plothole.

[@AAABattery24]

I nominate "The Birthweek Song" from the show Victorious. Spoilers below! ...screw it, the episode sucks anyway. Tori's sister is a pretentious douchebag. She celebrates the week her birthday is on. Why? She feels she's too special to get as much celebration as everyone else and wants more. Tori makes up an entire song for her birthday present, and she doesn't accept it because it's not physical. Wow, what a butt. She then sells the rights to the song and even claims that she was the singer. And near the end when the purchaser finds out who did sing it... well I forget what the end was, I haven't seen the episode in like a year. But it's awful, trust me.

[@lunad27]

I think it ended with Tori getting stuck in the recording booth while everybody else went to get food. Though, I'm too lazy to go watch the ep and see, so I may be wrong. XD

[@tiffanyb94]

Trina was always my least favorite character on Victorious. She's so annoying.

[@benpooler5965]

Luna D Tori was the one stuck in the recording booth? It should have at the very least been Trina, that would have made me feel better about the episode.

[@lunad27]

Ben Pooler If I remember right, yes. I know- I was pissed it wasn't Trina suffering.

[@benign_canine3423]

Luna D Yes, Tori was trapped in the recording booth while the people recording her left to get celebratory coffee... They also turned off the lights on their way out.

[@crazytankxd5758]

This episode sums up every single thing wrong with modern Nick. - Mistaking cruelty and stupidity that borders brain damage (what's a beverage?) for comedy - Torturing the most sympathetic character to extreme ends - Erasing any rational thought and common sense in order to make jokes and give the Megward of the week more torment - Making the most annoying/sadistic character the winner even when they do nothing to earn it - Throwing in filler to try and mask the lack of a story (Gibby plot should not be in) - Side characters that exist for no other reason than to torture or be tortured

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

Icarly is nottt modern nick. In 6 years it will be almost 2 decads old same with victorious so thats dumb

[@spongefan155]

So SpongeBob Before 9B?

[@gracekim25]

@@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81 you did see when the comment was posted, RIGHT?

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

@@gracekim25 my comment was 7 months ago 💀 and yeah I just realized that lol... I was dumb back then

[@sdougl047]

Post- 2010 Nickelodeon

[@spencergage95]

Wait a minute, when you have 4 plots together, aren't you supposed to tie them all together at the end? This reminds me of this Futurama episode where everyone got 300 bucks and there were multiple plots in the episode...except in the end they all met together and enjoyed a meal, so everything sort of got tied in together. Here, nothing was tied together, and having multiple plots and one location doesn't seem to count to me.

[@AIRJORDAN2387]

Keep in mind the episode in question "Three Hundred Big Boys" had about eight plots. I'm going to repeat EIGHT PLOTS. And they all converged at one point and they all had closure. He'll even Bender lampshades before the episode ends. I mean C'MON DAN!!

[@AIRJORDAN2387]

*Hell. Damned autocorrect.

[@benpooler5965]

I'm not sure why but it was honestly one of my favourite episodes of the show. I found it quite interesting and it was one of the first episodes I watched.

[@spencergage95]

I wouldn't say it was my most favorite, but it immediately comes to mind when I think of an episode where they had a bunch of plots that they combined.

[@4n1ck2cali95]

Anybody remember "22 Short Films About Springfield" from the Simpsons? That was pretty decent.

[@Demeech]

Dude, iSell Penny Tees is WAY worse

[@bbgunp]

wait was that the episode with the Child Slavery thing?

[@abandonedaccount1643]

bbgunp that's iSell Penny Tees...

[@nickelodeonfan9820]

Demeech yeah

[@SumTr011]

Over 2 years later... Still waiting on that, "Bottom of the Bakery: The Seddie Arc".

[@gracekim25]

I don’t think it’ll happen 😅

[@Prollan06]

@@gracekim25 yes

[@gracekim25]

@@Prollan06 huh?

[@Prollan06]

@@gracekim25 I also don't think that

[@gracekim25]

@@Prollan06 oh well he did a video about it

[@MysteryHipster]

Really loving the Bottom of the Bakery series, keep up the good work!

[@Surgemaster2012]

I noticed how much the later seasons of iCarly (more particular seasons 4 and 5) basically have nothing to due with the webshow. I mean in the newer iCarly episodes the show was more about the characters either doing random things, or their personal lives. So really what was the point of having the main premise of the show, just to ditch it after a while? I mean seasons 4 and 5 really just shoehorned in the webcast at the beginning of an episode, only to not talk about it again. The webcast in those seasons just felt forced in or rushed just for the sake of getting another plot in, they felt so much in the background that it basically wasn't related to anything. Not to mention it just felt there just to say "oh yeah it's about a webshow right?" It also doesn't help that most of their web content were just reused from previous skits they already done. Like the cowboy and the idiot farm girl skit. Not to mention a lot of the later episodes are boring. Outside of iStill Psycho and a couple of others. I also hate how bad Carly got in the later seasons too. Sure in the first two seasons she was a bit bratty when it came to Spencer having his rare moments of being a assertive parental figure, but she still was okay. I only ever remember her being shallow once or twice. (mostly infamously iDate a Bad Boy) But after season 2, she grew and unlikable personality. She was pretty much shallow in just about every episode and her nice nature seemed either more of a facade. Like times when she didn't agree with someone's actions she'd just snap in a very mean-spirited way. It's part of the reason iShock American was so bad, Carly, Sam and Freddie go way to far with their criticisms toward Gibby. Or how overemphasized her girly nature is used. In the end Freddie and Gibby ended up being the only likable characters left on the show. Freddie was relatable and was a genuinely nice person Freddie also just has the most interesting traits to me. He was only bad in the Seddie arc, which was awful! Gibby may have turned stupid once he was a main character in comparison to earlier episodes where he was more weird than stupid. He was actually kind of smart. But despite that change he had more character other than being known as that kid who walks around shirtless.

[@gimmefeedback]

"They're still on their own. Fire departments not gonna come. Which is just-great." His exasperation is hilarious

[@kylecampbell565]

Do the the theater thug (Drake & Josh)

[@williamwhite2568]

Kyle Campbell Worst episode of the show.

[@JackSledgeIV]

I always hated iCarly for making Freddie just a punching bag for laughs and Sam and Carly were constant Mary Sues where they got away with everything it makes me hate this and that Fred episode even more

[@irishhuskie2585]

Jack Sledge IV Sam was never a "Mary Sue." She was just an over-aggressive, psychotic b**** who almost never got consequences for her actions because...comedy? Yeah, there's a reason why she's one of my most hated characters of all time.

[@travistouchdown9895]

rushfan2596 She's a Jerk Sue, rather than a Mary Sue.

[@irishhuskie2585]

pichu 22 I can't. I haven't seen any of the new shows.

[@The4everreival]

I agree, and in fact I think it's the main problem with ICarly, and it's one reason why Sam is one of my most hated characters in all fiction.

[@helpmegetto10kwithnovideos81]

@@The4everreival what’s your take on jade west? 😳

[@jeffynation5304]

The fire deportment made it out alive

[@FunnymanTimmy]

I once again nominate ISaved Your Life for two reasons: 1. It's the episode where Mrs. Benson starts to hate Carly. Oh yeah she hates her just because SHE WAS WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND FREDDIE PUSHED HER OUT OF THE WAY JUST SO CARLY WOULDN'T GET HIT BY A MEXICAN FOOD TRUCK. (IT'S LIKE SHE THINKS CARLY WAS WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON PURPOSE JUST SO FREDDIE COULD GET INJURED.) I also hate how she has NO CONSENT for how Carly feels sorry for what had happened. it's like she's thinking "Oh she's feeling sorry... I shouldn't care". 2. THIS AND SEVERAL EPISODES BEFORE IT ARE THE REASONS THE SEDDIE STORYLINE SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED!!! ...Wait a minute I just thought of something else. DID MRS. BENSON WANT CARLY TO GET INJURED OR POSSIBLY MAIMED?!?!?!?! Yeah Mrs Benson, Carly really DESERVES the mistreatment you give her.

[@solarmotionstudios3065]

The problem is that she's a stereotype of those parents who care for no one else but their own kids. There are other people like that who care so much about their kids that they blame other people for their own injury if the person got injured on their behalf xD

[@kylecampbell565]

Mrs. Benson I believe said "It should've been you" to Carly

[@paulwebb2078]

I'm pretty sure that's meant to be an allegory to victim-shaming for certain other topics... Or just victim-shaming in general.

[@FunnymanTimmy]

Perhaps you're right, It's just I hate how Carly is treated horribly when she literally did nothing wrong. (yes she was walking in the middle of the street, but didn't Sam say it was because of another reason why she did that? So Mrs. Benson is completely wrong to judge Carly.)

[@philipcentola6021]

Ha. Pieguyrulz did this on bizzaro bakery

[@miatoon]

.........Actually, Victorious was the one who took the whole Pear thing too far, as starting with season two of the show, all Dan Schinder shows started to use the new design up until Sam and Cat.

[@ZbJeeBies]

another episode in which freddie does something or has something great and sam ruins it "just because" (in this case, getting hired where freddie works and basically sabotaging him). and they want to say they were in _love?_ you've got to be fucking kidding.

[@miatoon]

A few episodes you should review are: The Breakfast Bunch *(Victorious)* Theater Thug *(Drake and Josh)* iGo to Japan *(even though I don't think it's bad)* *(iCarly)* Every episode of Henry Danger

[@devindude1]

Is there a lot of complaints towards iGo to Japan? I mean, I can understand it has some flaws in the episode. But was it actually a bad episode?

[@miatoon]

devindude1 In my opinion, no, but I just wanna hear his thoughts on it.

[@miatoon]

Also, another recommendation. iGetBanned from iCarly *(it's airing on Nickelodeon right now)*.

[@fantom5894]

The Breakfast Bunch was one of the worst Victorious episodes. Much worse than Brain Squeezers, which was actually funny in a slapstick, Three Stooges sort of way.

[@gracekim25]

I admit I sort of remember this episode. I do feel guilty whenever the laugh track plays ever time Sam would force anyone to the ground or harm Freddy 2021

[@taylornoren642]

At least that part of the episode teaches you not to invite boys randomly to your house

[@sang6799]

PGR(On Seddie):Which I will be taking on VERY soon.... 2 years later: not here yet

[@dmancluster2631]

6:01 Honestly if they just had an episode where Spencer gets sued for having too many fires it would probably be way funnier. Besides, Spencer did go to law school for three days didn't he?

[@antman525]

That's an even better idea 😄

[@sdougl047]

That would have made for a better episode, and it would have been more realistic than the fire department not putting out his fires.

[@kartoonfanatic]

I'm starting to realize that a lot of Dan Schneider's later shows have, well, endings that feel lame or just unfinished. Even a lame ending is better than one that feels unresolved completely. A lot of these suggestions I'm hearing in the comments sound great for this kind of review show Pieguy is doing, although I feel like there should be a clear distinction between Schneider's Bakery episodes that are considered 'bad' for being repetitive, cliche, unfinished, boring or insulting to the audience, and between episodes that actually present a bad moral, a botched moral, or an unrealistic scenario to kids or preteens to take away. For example, you could say that iPear Store is rant worthy just because it's clearly all over the place and uses unfunny running gags to make up the entire episode. However, that little bit Pieguy pointed out about Carly's downplayed almost sexual assault is bad only depending on how you look at it: If they're trying to tell girls in a gentle way to not be stupid, to, oh--NOT BE LIKE CARLY--and not bring strange boys up into their rooms on a first date, then that would work! THAT would be a worthy take away lesson! Alas, Carly is our never-wrong main character who since the 2nd season seems to be played up to be like a freaking innocent little angel or something, and as such, it sounds like they play this scene up for laughs. I think Schneider's shows wouldn't be so insulting if they didn't treat everything like a joke, especially in iCarly, which confuses when things should be dramatic and when they should be funny all the time.

[@Lauren_210]

I think Victorious is much worse than iCarly and they are guilty of having these type of tropes in their episodes all the time. For example, in Tori Gets Stuck, Jade tries her best to get Tori to miss the play at school and what does she do to get revenge on her? She seeks into her medical records so that she ends up sending her flowers that she's allergic to (in which she does it knowingly). Jade just committed assault on Tori. Then, she goes to the hospital with Tori to visit Robbie before his operation and he needs blood for the surgery. The doctor just takes Jade's word that Tori has the blood she can donate for Robbie's procedure and addresses that she did look through her medical records. Jade sneaks by the doctor and places Tori's first pint of blood onto the food tray so that it's lost. Tori ended up having to donate the second pint, but Robbie drops it accidentally. She returns back to the play, but she's not feeling good due to her donating a third pint for Robbie. Jade gets NO kind of consequence for what she started and gets off the hook! What a bitch Jade is to Tori. >.

[@kartoonfanatic]

Lauren210 Wow, I wasn't actually expecting Victorious to have such intricate plots. O_O Even so, that is... pretty awful. Straight up. Not even just morally bad, that's just pitiful writing. That's the kind of writing I'd expect to see in a modern Nicktoon. Sorry, I kinda gave up on Victorious after I saw the promos. iCarly had a decent first season but started to fall quickly after that, but Victorious looked like it was trying wayyyy to hard to be the next Hannah Montana, and if were that obvious, then it's a failure from first concept.

[@Lauren_210]

kartoonfanatic I like Carly for its first three seasons, but I found the other three seasons to be uninteresting. Season four was meh, but seasons five and six were boring. The series finale was nice though and it did make me cry. I hate how there's no justification as to why Jade hates Tori so much. I don't understand what Tori has done to make Jade hate her with such a passion as to where she has tried to harm her on several occasions. In the first episode, Tori spilled coffee on Beck accidentally and Jade got back at her by spilling coffee on her head during class on her first day. The next day, she got back at Jade by kissing Beck during an acting scene. Ever since, Tori has not done anything to mess up Beck and Jade's relationship nor has done anything to Jade. Tori is nice to her friends and tries to help them when they need her, but Jade still hates her. Tori, Andre, and Beck were the only characters I pretty much liked in the show since they were tolerable. I'm a girl, yet I found the guys much more likable than the girls, which is pretty annoying. The other three female leads were unlikeable. -_-

[@kartoonfanatic]

Lauren210 Understandable, on both major points. I can't judge the male characters too well, though I can't say the serve as good role models. However I can say that most female leads I'm seeing on Nick nowadays are either excessively dim witted or cruel.

[@tiffanyb94]

I wasn't aware pear cupcakes were a thing until this video. ~the more you know~

[@lunad27]

Neither was I, but now I want one. XD

[@isaacargesmith8217]

If avocado ice-cream exists I wouldn't be surprised that pear cupcakes exist.

[@tiffanyb94]

I will say one positive about this episode: Spencer beating up on that creepy guy. He's a good brother :)

[@fsaenz0125]

Yeah later ICarly seasons are MORE flawed than ever and I can understand why the went downhill when it start to focus less on its main premise

[@Caryn-jl4yx]

I like how your Bottom of the Bakery videos teach me about cooking AND live-action storytelling, and I loved the leftovers segment! Keep it up, Pieguy!

[@FrozenUSA]

This show really did derail from the original premise. When it was first being advertised the viewers were told that it would be the first interactive show that wasn't a gameshow. Viewers could submit their own videos to the iCarly website and if they were deemed good enough they would be featured in an episode. They even had an episode called "iCarly Awards" to celebrate the best of the clips of the web show that viewers sent in. By the third or 4th season the show was less and less about the web show and more about the relationships between the characters and Spencer's stupidity. When they did talk about the web show it was to underscore the fact that these are teenagers who are famous all over the web and they can wield their influence to do or say anything to anyone. For example, they use the web show to out a guy who was dating both Carly and Tori (iParty With Victorious) as a total douche. Also they used the web show to publicly apologize for Gibby's wardrobe malfunction (iShock America). While I did like the show up until Sam and Freddie got together, which IMO is holly disappointing since I was shipping them from bout the middle of the second season, I think the show really missed the mark in more ways than one towards the end of its run and at least it went out on a high note ratings wise and wasn't just abruptly cancelled like Victorious or Sam and Cat was. Also I am looking forward to the day when you actually do a video discussing Sam and Freddie's relationship in depth. I was all for it until the episode in which Sam finally admits she has a crush on Freddie. I felt that moment was extremely forced and not in keeping with the kind of person we all knew Sam to be up to that point. I do however, like that she immediately checked herself into a mental hospital because that was the only way she could explain her feelings (it didn't hurt things any that there was an amazingly funny guest appearance from Jim Parsons as well). Everything that happened from the time Sam checked herself out of the mental hospital to the time that she and Freddie decided to break up seemed really unrealistic. They were kind of sort of friends before they dated, but going from more like enemies to a couple without pure and genuine friendship in between (with the exception of one or two times) just doesn't make sense. Then once they do break up, other than one or two mentions by Sam that Freddie is her ex, they continue on with the series as if they had never been a couple in the first place. I would have liked more of a Big Bang Theory style post breakup episode (in that episode Penny and Leonard are trying to keep things civil for Sheldon's sake since he is friends with both of them but in the end they treat him like he's their child and he's caught in the middle of his parent's divorce) where Sam and Freddie can't decide either one of them should leave iCarly because it would be too awkward for both of them to still be on the show. This would put Carly and Gibby in the middle and they would have to choose sides as to who they agree with more. One would pick Freddie and the other would pick Sam and a big fight would erupt with the outcome being that the show needed to take a brief (several episode) break until Sam and Freddie can sort out their feelings. In the end things would be back to normal but not until Sam and Freddie have a serious heart to heart and come to a conclusion that works for everyone. The way it was actually done was horrible and in an ideal world former couples would be able to do exactly the same things and be around each other the exact same amount of time without all of the romantic stuff getting in the way. It just doesn't work like that and I would have liked to see more emotion from both of them regarding the end of their relationship than what we got.

[@lakituscamera1508]

Loving this series of yours. Thanks for reviewing this piece of crap episode that didn't make any sense. If I can make any possible requests, the worst episode of Drake and Josh I can remember is Peruvian Puff Pepper and the worst episode of Victorious I can remember is....actually, anything from season 4 was terrible, if that made it any easier....

[@anyakathryn6822]

You deserve so much more subscribers,

[@flamingredsky4850]

+Bearly “Galaxy Gaming” Hana Yeah, definently

[@spongebobplushiestuff8612]

Bearly Hana Like more than pewdiepie

[@pittafterhours]

Please make more "Bottom of the Bakery". I really love this format!

[@taylornoren642]

Yeah the Sam and Freddie plot of this episode really always got on my nerves

[@taylornoren642]

The only funny line from this episode is I’d say buy that case!

[@yumamukami6091]

I'm glad you made another one I love these.

[@tmatsa]

you missed the fact that Gibby STOLE the phone case in the end

[@nascarfanatic2425]

Two constantly reoccurring problems I had with iCarly was A) Freddie getting tormented physically, mentally, and/or emotionally, and B) Sam being horrible and/or intolerable to the point where she becomes a blank check to do whatever, she is never subject to consequence, and just not making sense. So if you can imagine, episodes like this and iMeet Fred are among my most hated episodes of the entire show when BOTH of these problems are the main premise.

[@CometMasonTrucker]

Many laughs were had! By the laugh track.

[@KingYoshi93]

If Carly has a thing for nerds, then why isn't she with Freddie? ;-;

[@williebelcher9303]

I don't know I was one of many who thought they were gonna be together I guess the guy doesn't always get the girl

[@joltionunivers]

Dude I first started watching you back in 2010 after I saw your Pokemon Black and White unboxing. Keep on going because you give great content and you are an awesome guy.

[@Freezeflame22]

I would like to request u do the episode of Sam and Cat "The Killer Tuna Jump" (I don't know if that was the actual name). Back when that aired, I still kinda liked S&C, but this was where I believe it got bad. The main problem with this episode was Cat. At first, she gets jealous because Sam made friends with Jade, so, in order to make Sam jealous, she phones up Freddy and says that Sam got injured. Freddy comes because he's worried, but then Cat starts flurting with him, and they spend the day together. Sam finds out, gets angry, and then she gets Robby, Cat gets pissed, even though she did the exact same thing, and for the next part Cat just acts like a spoiled brat and Sam acts like a rage-a-holic. Cat locked Sam in the cupboard because she was going to jump over deadly tuna, and Cat goes in her place. It ends on one of the most infuriating endings, as Freddy and Robby end up in hospital, while Sam & Scat get off scott-free. I hate how the guys who were just being used by the girls to make each other jealous got injured at the end, even though I dislike Robby, yet the two who were being immature bitches don't suffer any consequences. Especially Cat. Sam could be excused since she obviously had no idea that Cat would be upset about it, being the bully she is, but Cat was the one in the wrong, especially by telling one of Sam's friends that she was injured in a car accident. When the advertisement keeps having Sam saying "I'm the mean one", the later episodes change my mind on that. Who would you pick, the stereotypical teenager who's kind of a bully, or the whiny bitch who whines and complains whenever something doesn't go her way. Exactly.

[@eli-is]

FreezeFlame22 And PieGuy, the bizzaro should be another good crossover like Henry Danger's Danger & Thunder.

[@niceldiquit820]

I would pick neither and go with a non option Jade, as much as she annoys me at times, girl is pretty badass in a good way plus she didn’t even have to do much in the episode and yet she still stood out out of all the characters in a scene.

[@zvgamingandstuff7633]

@@eli-is that episode would literally be no different if you cut out the thundermans entirely

[@thatoneguy609]

This is my favorite series of yours, can't wait for the next episode! And by the way, you can do any episode of Henry Danger. They're all terrible.

[@iancuneo8293]

It really is a scary feeling getting forced down. Like one time my aunts brother was playing around and then shoved my head under water for like 30 seconds

[@nascarfanatic2425]

This episode was terrible, but here's the really sad part: IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE. Remove the 3 sub-plots, put more focus into the main plot about Freddie, have Sam show remorse for her actions, and have a positive play out in the end. Heck, they could've even did a little resurrection of Seddie in this episode, and it would've worked. The one episode I wouldn't have minded seeing a Seddie moment, they refused to put one in. The Bizzaro Bakery alternate to this episode did it perfectly.

[@DarthJoshReturns]

You know, people tend to call "The Big Bang Theory" 'Nerd Blackface.' Well, if TBBT is Nerd Blackface, Dan Schneider burns crosses on their front lawns.

[@HissinSpit]

This episode actually sums up why I started disliking this show. The whole concept of the show (with them doing a webshow every week) seems to have been forgotten about after a couple seasons. It's almost like the writers got so caught up in the main characters' drama, and then they remembered the webshow and tied that in slightly by having the characters discuss ideas for it at some point.

[@carlygould9157]

Actually, interestingly pigs don't actually sweat. It's the reason why they roll around in the mud; so they can cool themselves.

[@dubbzy92]

Seddie was a horrible couple

[@Lauren_210]

Definetely agree.

[@dubbzy92]

Lauren210 I don't know why so many people liked them

[@Lauren_210]

+Joey Weems I find it so ironic that before the Seddie storyline took over those 4-5 episodes, they had the Fanwar episode, which was about how people were shipping Creddie and Seddie (and Dan Schneider making fun of media obsesed fans who take the ships too far). That episode even had Carly making a speech about how their web show is about "pointless, stupid comedy" and not about relationships, yet later in the show, Seddie was all it was focused on. 😐

[@dubbzy92]

Lauren210 even worse was the episode where they found out Sam loved him. Like wtf? There was no buildup to that at all xD

[@Lauren_210]

I feel that if she had gotten together with Brad (giving her a serious relationship this time instead of the one she had way back in season 1), it may been better and given her some character development to become a better person and to stop being mean or sarcastic all the time to people. To be honest, they seemed cuter for each other than her and Freddie. Brad also could have been a good influence for her too.

[@MrPatters]

Which only begs the question, was there a Pear Steve Jobs? And a Pear II Computer in the 1980's?

[@HunterWorldv2]

Pieguyrulz? How have you kept this bakery open? The 3 things that have come out of this thing look like not even my dog should eat them, I don't even have a dog, that means AIR CANT EAT THIS!!!!

[@PIEGUYRULZ]

Hey man, it's not my bakery! It's Schneider's bakery.

[@OfficialCyaned]

***** Expired products for a reasonable price. I'd prefer mine homemade.

[@billyweed835]

Does that mean they can't go stale?

[@Tramtrapper09]

Nick's the number 1 costumer, what do you expect, they don't care about quality

[@austinhoward9052]

Hate to be that guy, but air can't eat anything.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Great review!

[@NaiaKirra]

This is fantastic. I loved iCarly when it was running but going back and thinking on it...it was very sub-par and sometimes horrible. But these reviews crack me up.

[@trentc2392]

I just watched this episode and I laughed throughout the whole thing because of how hilariously pathetic it was lol

[@halationmaster9224]

"I will be taking that on *very soon..."* >Waits three years

[@transgenderz]

i love this new series you put up pieguy. are you actually a baker?

[@Freezeflame22]

Wow....I think you actually managed to convince me on this one :D

[@jeffynation5304]

Sam quits her job because the boss was hard on Freddie

[@ihaveanamenowbutitsnotvery1937]

When you watch all of these videos in a row and eventually the intro sounds something like "hehgaiis pagarulz here"

[@lunad27]

Geez- this episode's implications are just awful! BTW, I love the food references in this series- I don't know why, but I just do. I can't wait for ep 4!

[@clowncandycreations]

// 9:28 is the most cutest face I have ever seen omfg, I cant breathe.

[@AnvilPro100]

Nice video dude, you should do "Josh is Done" from Drake and Josh. It's premise makes sense, Josh wants to cut Drake out of his life entirely after so many mishaps, but when actually done it just becomes a depressing episode. It's basically just watching how awful Drake's life becomes without Josh and how awesome Josh's life becomes (Which doesn't make much sense if you think about it), the episode is just sad.

[@fentanylfrog8403]

Wasn't that episode supposed to represent how you can't have the good without the bad?

[@fentanylfrog8403]

Anson Guan For me anyways.

[@Lauren_210]

I feel the same way. It's not awful, but it's my least favorite episode because of how depressing it is.

[@fentanylfrog8403]

Am I the only one who didn't find the episode THAT depressing?

[@blizzardwizard6067]

Anson Guan I thought the episode was really good

[@sonicboomers122]

Pig don't sweat. That is why they roll in the mud.

[@BagelGabe]

Pieguy, the Kids Choice Awards voting is up! You should do another voting video!!

[@DomiNathanSports]

I know what episode you should review and it's from icarly and it had Jimmy Fallon in it and Gibby's Pants fell on Live TV. I think it was called ishocktheworld. By the way Pieguyrulz I enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work. Man there is a lot of terrible episodes especially the over hyped icarly special iGotoJapan.

[@PIEGUYRULZ]

DomiNathan Sports Oh yeah I'll get to that one soon.

[@destroyergames5985]

***** whoo whoo

[@sdougl047]

Which one, iShockAmerica or iGotoJapan

[@sdougl047]

Not to mention about the Spencer subplot, the damage caused by the fire raging out of control will amount to millions of dollars

[@MrBWhite88]

Well, if you do Drake and Josh, what episode would even come to mind as bad? The only episode I didn't like was Peruvian Puff Pepper, but even that had some legitimately funny moments in it. Other than that, I can't think of any bad Drake & Josh episodes.

[@NoriakiCuckyoin]

I honestly think that was a really solid show, probably the last good thing Schneider ever produced.

[@MrBWhite88]

I couldn't agree more.

[@ChunkyCorgi28]

I agree almost completely except the theater thug I like the first half but the second half is very repetitive and I believe the ending is bad for josh to which is stupid but other than that I binge watch the show every other month

[@danitabori]

Tingle ‌ Do you consider Zoey101 bad too? Or do you not count it, like most people?

[@NoriakiCuckyoin]

Danitabori Eh, I never really cared for it.

[@OctoJoey]

I'd kinda like to see you review some of the bad episodes of Drake and Josh such as Battle of Panthatar and Megan's revenge.

[@OctoJoey]

***** Steered Straight? I thought that episode was really good.

[@OctoJoey]

***** On the contrary, Blaze had a good reason to think Drake and Josh were criminals, having found them handcuffed in the back of a police car, and later in the episode the other criminals started questioning whether or not they were real criminals.

[@OctoJoey]

***** Okay, yeah, that one was bad. It was repetitive, malicious and gave up on its ending.

[@HissinSpit]

***** It's also one of those episodes where a character gets punished over and over again, despite doing absolutely nothing wrong. -_-

[@HissinSpit]

***** Yep, pretty much. Poor Josh.

[@sdougl047]

This is a Freddie torture episode.

[@FrozenUSA]

The thing that most people have to know going into any Dan Schneider show is that he will never use actual product names or TV shows or movies. They will sound A LOT like things that exist in the real world (i.e. Pear products, Moca Cola, Wahoo Punch, Build a Bra store, etc.) but either it costs too much for him and his team to get the rights to put the actual products in the shows or they are just too lazy. It was cool and interesting at the beginning like in Drake and Josh and Zoey101 but by the time you get to iCarly and Victorious the "joke" starts to wear thin. There seems to be only like two people who are mentioned by name repeatedly in his shows that are from real life and they are Ryan Seacrest and David Schwimmer, for some unknown reason. The only time that other real life people will be mentioned on a show is because they are making a guest appearance in the episode (Gary Coleman, Plain White T's, Jimmy Fallon, Perez Hilton, just to name a few). This particular episode of iCarly really wears the whole Pear products thing quite thin and by the end of the episode I'm wishing these pear products would just go away. Now I'm not sure if Pear products are used with any regularity in the newer Schneider shows Henry Danger or Game Shakers, but I'm guessing they might be.

[@alextheblueman-reviewergam9655]

FrozenUSA this show has an unhealthy obsession of bringing up Ryan Seacrest and I've hardly heard of the guy.

[@apenguinwearingatophat5847]

Pigs don't sweat. In fact, the reason they roll in mud is actually because it cools them off, which is what sweat does for humans. Mud is also a natural sunscreen, which is good, because they burn easily as well. The more you know.

[@CaptainBZarre]

There's an episode of Henry Danger that also has multiple plots that don't really have to do with the show, called "The Secret Gets Out". It's made even more painful by the fact one of the plots dates the show in the early 2010s and is never mentioned again. Ugh.

[@SeaStarTea]

Not the worst episode but you basically outlined some of the major problems with the later seasons pretty nicely.

[@nickelodeonfan9820]

iPear store is a terrible episode of iCarly and it’s a rip off of the episode from Drake & Josh “Movie Job” witch is executed much better

[@Ruuuuune]

i like the puns with the tv show names

[@RealNerdStreak]

you should review the theater thug episode from drake and josh, that episode pisses me off so much.

[@nicksgottalent]

Ideas for Bottom Of The Bakery 1.Henry Danger(Various Episodes) 2.ICarly:I Lost My Mind 3.Victorious:Victori-Yes 4.Sam & Cat:SalmonCat

[@Drakkona123]

Are those last two seriously just puns on the show's name? Wow... that already sounds stupid.

[@nicksgottalent]

More: 5.ICarly:IShock America 6.ICarly:IDate A Bad Boy 7.Victorious:The Slap Fight

[@nicksgottalent]

Yeah. That was bad too. When Spencer is actually be responsible for once, Carly doesn't care and goes to the Mixed Martial Arts Stadium. When Spencer comes to get her, one of the people that fight there beats up Spencer. Did he really deserve that?

[@Drakkona123]

Nicholas Jackson To be fair, the next iCarly webcast after that was an apology to him.

[@Lauren_210]

Drakkona123 I know right. How much lazier can you get with episode titles? -_- BTW, love your Edward Eric icon. Fullmetal Alchemist fan myself! :D

[@flychick8652]

Wow. I like/love the pie metaphor.

[@elijahblechman8633]

its like a live action Animated Atrocities

[@taylornoren642]

The only good thing about the Gibby plot is where the guys like you want ol woodys opinion I’d say buy that case! I admit that was pretty funny but the rest is yeah not comfortable

[@ismaellovera4767]

For some strange reason this was recommended under country music...I don't even listen to country

[@yumamukami6091]

+Ismael Lovera pieguy makes the best music