Creddie

Creddie is the het ship between Carly Shay and Freddie Benson from the iCarly fandom.

Canon
It is not known exactly how and when Carly and Freddie met, however Freddie fell in love with her at first sight and declared himself asking her to become his girlfriend. Carly, however, has always politely refused and the two have managed to become friends anyway.

Season 1
Freddie often shows total adoration towards Carly, Freddie, rushing to pick up something from her, looking through the peephole of his house to see her return home (the two live opposite each other). These things might seem creepy, but Carly doesn't seem too bothered and tries to get Freddie to forget about his crush, but he seems to be able to accept that she only wants him as a friend. Carly has to film auditions for the school talent show and when her brother can't give him his, he borrowed his camera from Freddie. The guy then brings her a lot of audiovisual equipment (he is a huge tech enthusiast)

Freddie then immediately gets into an argument with Carly's best friend, Sam, as she teases him and decides to leave, but Carly quickly convinces him to stay.

In a moment of hiatus, Freddie shoots Carly (and Sam, but only because he was close to her). By mistake, the brunette also uploads the video of the two of them online, making fun of a teacher and getting a lot of views.

At the request of Carly and Sam, Freddie deletes the video, but the success was such that Carly decides to start a webshow and Freddie proposes the name "iCarly" for the webshow, and proposes to take care of the technical part. At the end of the first episode, the three (plus one of the guests of the day) give each other a group hug.

The trio is still celebrating when they discover they've gotten 37,000 hits. Then they throw a party to celebrate the event.

When Sam criticizes Carly's spaghetti, Freddie defends them by saying he likes them that way, probably so as not to hurt the girl's feelings. He is also the only one who is enthusiastic that she cooked them, a sign that he has faith in Carly. Carly then approves of Freddie's plan for more views. Freddie, however, quietly agrees to work with Spencer, Carly's brother as well as with Carly herself. Carly also shows that she doesn't like Sam and Freddie.

Sam and Carly's attempt fails miserably and Freddie, certain of winning the race, claims to be sorry only for Carly (the losers will have to pay a pledge). Carly later admits that Spencer and Freddie's idea is great and the brunette thanks her.

For the next installment of the show, the group gets footage from fans, but thousands arrive and are forced to spend hours watching videos. As they watch the videos, Carly and Freddie mostly agree with the ratings. When Carly and Sam are impressed by a cute boy's dance, Freddie becomes jealous. Eventually the trio falls asleep on the couch and everyone has dance-related dreams. Freddie dreams of beating the guy who impressed the brunette in a fight and getting a hug from her. In reality Carly fell asleep leaning on Freddie's chest.

When Freddie gets involved in a fight, Carly stops her and saves him. She however she thrilled by a gossip, she forgets about him and she runs away, while she was helping him to his feet.

Freddie is jealous when Jake, an attractive boy, visits Carly and tries unsuccessfully to stop him from entering the house. However, he doesn't seem to be too angry. Later Jake offers to sing about iCarly and Carly accepts. When he finds out that Jake is good at a lot of cool things, Freddie is downright angry and very happy, finding him terribly out of tune (sounds good, but he has a horrible voice). Unable to cancel the performance and not wanting Jake to look terrible on the web, Carly begs Freddie to fix his voice on the computer. Freddie doesn't want to know, but accepts in exchange for a kiss. Carly initially refuses but then accepts to give him a peck on the nose.

Eventually Freddie's gesture is further rewarded, as Jake reunites with his ex Stephanie, having believed that he and Carly were a couple.

Seeing an episode of the show, in which Carly risks getting hurt by Spencer, Carly's grandfather decides that her granddaughter is not doing well with her older brother and believes she would be better off living with him in Yakima. Carly's father abroad on business agrees and Freddie is very sad and angry. Upon departure, Freddie refrains from crying hard and hugs Carly tightly. Later he even comes to hug her leg.

Eventually the grandfather changes his mind and a very happy Freddie hugs his leg as well.

Carly is interviewed by Nevel one who runs a hugely popular site that talks about what's interesting on the web. Nevel is actually a little boy attracted to Carly who kisses her (on the cheek) treacherously. When he finds out Freddie gets angry, even though he seems interested in imitating him.

On Halloween, Freddie's mother makes her son a witch costume. When she sees him, she Carly tries hard not to laugh in his face and when Freddie says she promised to put the costume on the show, she Carly comments that she feels sorry for him. The two discover that there is a mystery surrounding apartment 13 B of their condo and Carly decides to shoot the iCarly Halloween episode there. Freddie objects, but in the end he lets himself be persuaded. The trio is terrified of some strange happenings in the apartment, which turns out to be still inhabited, but no one makes fun of anyone else for being scared. Despite the bad experience, when Carly proposes to spy on a very bad teacher of theirs as the topic of the next episode, Freddie and Sam like the idea.

While they spy on their teacher, Freddie frightened by a bee enters her house. Carly follows him and to avoid getting caught, the two hide in a closet. Freddie tries to take advantage of the fact that they are alone in a small space, but annoyed Carly replies that this is not the time to be cheesy. Freddie then proposes to wait for the woman to leave the room and then run away, but Brigs starts to exercise. Both are later baffled and disgusted by Brigs' obsession with Randy Jackson. Eventually they get busted because of Freddie, but Carly doesn't blame him.

When a girl considers Freddie cute and Sam comments offensively that it's impossible and Carly forces her to stop. This girl, Valerie accepts Carly's offer to go out with him, and Freddie asks Carly, "Won't you be jealous?" before accepting. Carly prevents Freddie's mother from ruining the date and prevents Sam from increasing Freddie's nervousness and spying on him. But when the blonde spies on the brunette using the webcam, without him noticing it, Carly agrees to spy on her friend even if she says it is wrong. Freddie and Valeria start dating and Carly initially seems happy for Freddie. But Valerie decides to do a web-show herself and convinces Freddie to leave iCarly to work with her. The brunette is upset and summoned Sam tries to make him change his mind. Freddie and Valeria start dating and Carly initially seems happy for Freddie. But Valerie decides to do a web-show herself and convinces Freddie to leave iCarly to work with her. The brunette is upset and summoned Sam tries to make him change his mind. Carly initially agrees with Sam when she tells her friend to leave Valerie, but soon after she admits that it's only fair that Freddie wants to help his girlfriend and not the two of them. Even though he's clearly sorry and embarrassed, Freddie appreciates Carly's behavior and at least finds her and Sam another technician. The show goes awful, and Valerie also suggests that Sam come and work with her. Carly gets furious knowing that Valeria is just taking advantage of Freddie and she tries to warn him. But the boy doesn't believe her. When Valerie tries to ask Freddie to get Sam to come and work with them, he realizes her friends were right and leaves her and the show.

Freddie however refuses to go back to iCarly, because he declares that Valerie was right in saying that he is not deemed important to the show. Distraught Carly says that she has always recognized the importance of her contribution, and Freddie admits it, but he also demands an acknowledgment from Sam and the brunette forces the blonde to give it to him. When after hugging young Benson, Sam smutks him, Carly appears distraught. Carly and Freddie decide to break the record for the longest online broadcast, which means broadcasting continuously for more than twenty-four hours and eight minutes. This involves a lot of effort, which Freddie is ready to make for the brunette. Carly mentions Freddie from the start of the show and credits him with a gimmick in keeping her and Sam awake. Carly also allows Freddie to talk about technology during the show, as he so much wanted to do (after an initial refusal). Eventually due to bad luck, the team doesn't break a record, but beats one Spencer making them take their guinness photo with him and Carly and Freddie pose close together.

Nevel sabotages the site by infiltrating Freddie's computer and since they should suspend the show, until he can resolve the situation and a famous band, should play iCarly, young Benson decides to give Nevel tit for tat, sabotaging his site. When Freddie is attacked by Nevel's grandmother after the trio infiltrates his home, Carly and Sam rescue him. Sam, following a fortuitous circumstance, manages to change Carly and Freddie's grades for the better. The two are strongly opposed and work together to remedy. Unfortunately they are discovered and almost arrested, managing to get away only thanks to a lie, made at the last moment. Interestingly, they react the same way and behave like a married couple under these circumstances.

Later they both feel guilty and get angry at the blonde. Out of guilt, Carly doesn't sleep a wink at night and the next day Freddie notices that she looks awful. Carly sarcastically comments that it is a pleasure to hear and the brunette apologizes immediately, but she tells him that it is not important. Worn out with remorse, Carly decides to confess everything to the principal, and to her surprise she discovers that Freddie has already taken the blame, but then Sam decides to confess.

At one point Carly comes to tell Sam that he should be kinder to Freddie, prompting her to bet to pay him five dollars for every insult. Carly sends an email to Harry Joiner, a famous sculptor, Spencer's idol (also a sculptor), to come and see his work. But the man finds them amateurs and Spencer falls into depression, so she decides to stop being an artist and become a dentist's assistant. The brunette feels very guilty about what happened and thinks she has ruined her brother's life. Freddie struggles to comfort her and hugs her, refusing to let her go, until the girl nudges him. Despite this, Freddie continues to try to console Carly.

During one of their usual verbal fights, Sam squirts some cheese in Freddie's face and Carly takes it out of his hand very angry. The brunette often tends to defend Freddie from Sam; this proves that despite her being her best friend, she doesn't tolerate him mistreating Freddie, a sign of how important young Benson is to her.

Soon after, Sam has a crush on an acquaintance of Freddie's, Jonah and Carly ask the brunette if he believes in love at first sight. He enthusiastically replies yes, but the brunette tells him that she was referring to Sam and Jonah, and she asks him to get the boy to ask Sam out. Freddie initially refuses, but Carly manages to convince him, almost immediately. Sam soon becomes completely obsessed with Jonah and neglects everything else, including iCarly, which bothers both Carly and Freddie. Freddie takes the opportunity to try to hook Carly, but she cuts him off immediately, annoyed.

Soon after Jonah tries to kiss Carly and she hides him from Sam, confiding in Freddie. Freddie gets very angry and is downright jealous. He inadvertently calls her his girlfriend, but Carly doesn't take it. When he's not paired with Carly for science research, Freddie is upset. When his partner starts tormenting Freddie, Carly saves him. When Freddie fears he accidentally caused the death of one of the chicks that Sam and Carly raised for the science project, Carly comforts him by saying it's not his fault.

Later Carly and Sam have a bad fight. Freddie continually shows that he cares about Carly and her feelings about her and defends her from Sam. Obviously he's on her side. Carly listens to him when Freddie tells her and Sam to make up, but then they start arguing again. Freddie makes Carly and Sam unfold and pulls their hair if one interrupts the other. However he only throws them at Carly once and over at Sam.

An expensive private school offers Carly a scholarship thanks to her fame and Freddie is shocked and sad that Carly can change schools. He and Sam go out of their way to make sure she doesn't get admitted. Carly, for her part, is torn: part of her wants to go to school, but another part doesn't want to leave her friends, including Freddie. When she finds out, Carly gets angry and Freddie and Sam confess their sabotage to the principal and the girl forgives them.

Freddie begins to practice fencing, showing a great natural talent and becoming obsessed with it, even starting to pay less attention to Carly. When the girl tells Mrs. Benson that her son is fencing, she forbids him. Carly did it more because Spencer was obsessed too, and when she realizes that Freddie was upset, she apologizes sorry, even though the boy doesn't seem to be mad at her. Carly then tries to get Mrs. Benson to let Freddie practice the art of the sword. Carly later tries to stop Sam from making Freddie pay a pledge on one of their bets. A TV producer decides to bring iCarly to TV and Carly's first question is what the role of Freddie will be. In short, the meddling on the show leads Freddie to resign, and soon after apologizes to Carly unlike Sam who didn't care about being fired. After learning that her friend Gibby has a crush on the girl named Shannon, Carly says, "It must be terrible to love someone who doesn't love you back" and at that point Freddie looks at her sadly and young Shay apologizes.

Carly decides to fix a date for Gibby, playing iCarly's dating game with Shannon. However, the results make her end up with Gibby who, on the other hand, has understood that Shannon likes Freddie. The latter tries to console his friend, telling him that he is in love with another, but Carly tells him again that he is not loved back.

Eventually Freddie is persuaded to do a group date (he and Shannon, Carly and Gibby, Sam and a guy named Ruben), in hopes that Shannon will stop courting him. During dinner, Carly and Freddie talk almost exclusively with each other.

One of the teachers, Miss Ackermann, is dumped by her boyfriend and begins to let off steam on the students. When she unfairly berates Freddie, Carly stands up for him. Shortly after, the professor begins to hang out with Spencer, but she turns out to be so obsessive and intrusive that he dumps her too, so she starts abusing the students again, especially Carly and this time it's Freddie and Sam protesting. Fortunately, Carly, Freddie, and Sam are able to show on the internet that Ackermann has illegally downloaded music from the internet and have her arrested.

Season 2
Both Sam and Carly have a crush on Freddie's friend Shane, and Freddie seems pissed off by it. He later tries to get Carly to give up and Sam to become Shane's girlfriend, so that he has more chances with the brunette. Freddie then helped Sam try to win the challenge she and Carly had organized (the first to receive a kiss from Shane, she would be the only one who could go out with him). Eventually Shane, annoyed by the immaturity of the two friends, refuses both. iCarly qualifies for an award as the best comedy show on the web and the team will have to travel to Japan for the awards ceremony. Full of joy Carly, she hugs Freddie who as always does not want to let her go. Freddie's mother doesn't want to send her son to Tokyo, but in the end Carly manages to convince her, proposing that she go with them.

When they arrive at the hotel, Carly and Freddie are taken for a honeymoon couple. Freddie smiles smugly, but Carly gives him a slap. When Carly and Sam then make Freddie share a room with his mother, the boy announces that he hates them. Carly then tries to get Freddie to stop a fight. After a while she succeeds and when the boy takes a kick, she looks worried.

When the holiday season arrives, the tree created by Spencer goes up in flames and destroys the gifts bought by Carly, who wishes Spencer to be normal and an angel decides to grant her wish. In the new world, however, his life is completely different and Carly, among other things, has also lost Freddie: the young Benson in fact, has resigned himself to the fact that Carly only wanted him as a friend and now he is dating an unbearable girl. Carly seems upset that Freddie doesn't love her anymore. In fact, Freddie doesn't even seem to consider her his friend anymore. Once she understands the lesson, Carly's life returns to the same as ever and she is overjoyed and hugs Freddie and all her loved ones tightly.

When she finds out that Freddie has been playing a joke on Sam, Carly worries about him and later tries to calm her friend down.

When they start talking about it, Carly becomes interested in who Freddie's first kiss was and he tells her he has never kissed anyone to the brunette's surprise. This means that Freddie is more comfortable telling Carly his secrets and that he trusts her enough to know that she won't hurt his feelings or tell anyone his secrets, and Carly does what she can to console him, promising that she won't tell anyone. Carly thinks it's sweet that Freddie has never kissed anyone, and she doesn't laugh at him or seem to think he's weird. This implies that she cares about him and his feelings.

Unfortunately Sam finds out everything and says it about iCarly and the brunette is shocked and scolds her friend. Everyone starts making fun of Freddie and Carly stays on his side and tries to force him as much as she can. When Freddie is impressed with the looks of some girls, Carly looks jealous. When Freddie criticizes a web star, saying he doesn't find his videos funny, he begins to get bullied. Carly initially defends him, saying that he only expressed her opinion of her, but when she is bullied she too gets angry. Carly starts dating a guy named Griffin and Freddie is very jealous. Carly tries to avoid slamming it in his face too much, and Freddie tries unsuccessfully to imitate Griffin's way. But Carly is shocked when she finds out that Griffin collects small stuffed animals. When she talks to Freddie about it he cheers, glad that Carly's new boyfriend has this childish and awkward hobby.

Sam's twin sister Melanie comes to town, but Freddie who has suffered some pranks from Sam and Carly, doesn't believe it and thinks they are making fun of him again. He even comes to believe that Spencer is involved. Convinced of exposing her, Freddie asks Melanie to go out with him. Carly doesn't seem happy with that, maybe jealous. She later tries to convince him several times that he will be dating Melanie.

Maybe she did it because Melanie has a completely opposite personality to Sam's and similar to Freddie's and unconsciously worried that Freddie might be interested in her. When she later discovers that Melanie and Freddie have kissed, Carly looks very surprised.

Carly looks pissed off again when she discovers that Freddie is feeling attracted to a wrestler their age, Shelby Marx, even though she doesn't immediately show interest in him. Shelby later decides to do a performance round against Carly, after she mentions her on her show and Carly accepts. Freddie cheers on Carly, showing that he loves Carly more than Shelby. Freddie also appears worried about Carly.

Season 3
Sam: You know that kid, Freddie?

Carly: Yes, I know Freddie.

Sam: We kissed.

Carly: What?

Sam: ''Me and Freddie kissed! You know ...''

Carly: YOU AND FREDDIE REALLY KISSED!?

- Carly learns about Freddie and Sam's kiss. Sam has to go to the dentist and to calm her down they give her exhilarating gas, so when they are left alone, Sam completely numbs, confesses to Carly that she kissed Freddie.

The brunette is shocked and she immediately talks to her brother and as soon as he points out that Sam may have been delirious due to the stupefying effect of the gas, Carly clings to the hypothesis.

Carly: Did you and Sam kiss? TELL ME!!

Freddie: NO!

Carly: Did you and Sam kiss?

Freddie: ''OK yes, it's true ... Sam and I kissed.''

Carly: Oh, my God!

Freddie: ''I was bummed about never kissing anyone, and I was out on the balcony and Sam came out ... she said she never kissed anyone either and we ended up kissing!''

Carly: OH, MY GOD!

- Carly extorts the truth from Freddie

As soon as she is alone with Freddie, she sprays him with compressed air saying that so he noticed her (the boy was turned and was listening to music with headphones, so he hadn't noticed that Carly had entered the room) and the girl afterwards a little bit of it that Sam said the two of them were going to kiss. Freddie looks embarrassed and tries to change the subject, but his friend doesn't give up and insistently asks if he and Sam really kissed. The young Benson first tries to leave with an excuse, then even to run away and in order to extort the truth from him Carly comes to attack him. Freddie, however, with her surprised by her gets the better of her, but in the end he decides to admit that he kissed Sam. Knowing that the two had their first kiss, Carly is even more bewildered. She is clearly jealous.

The brunette continues to pester the two friends with questions, even pretending to know the duration of the kiss and if they enjoyed it. Carly would like to go to a prom with a guy named Nate, but when she invites him he has already accepted another girl's offer. Freddie receives invitations, but doesn't respond hoping for an invitation from Carly, but she quickly declares that she doesn't intend to go to prom with him. Sam launches an ad on iCarly to get the brunette a date. Hundreds of people answer and so Spencer, Sam and Freddie have to make a preselection by creating a speed date system. Freddie in order to prevent someone Carly might really like from meeting her, only lets the worst guys through. Eventually Carly manages to find a date and Freddie accepts an invitation. Both dates go awry and Carly seems more interested in Freddie than her date, so much so that she chases the boy away. When the two are left alone, Freddie decides to step forward and persuades Carly to give him a slow. As they dance, Carly comes to rest her head on Freddie's shoulder, with her dreamy gaze and they both look very happy. Interestingly, when they think about taming Lewbert, Carly and Freddie have the same daydream in which there is only them, despite talking there is Sam with them. Carly later tries unsuccessfully to stop Mrs. Benson's meddling when they embarrass Freddie and is genuinely sorry for him.

Eventually Freddie, exasperated by his mother's way of doing things, goes off to live alone in a closet in the building. Unlike Sam, Carly tries hard not to offend her new (and horrible) arrangement. Although Carly is much more polite than Sam, she tends to be much kinder to Freddie than to other people.

When Marissa tries to blame Freddie's decision on Carly, he defends her. After a bad fight, Carly and Sam decide to stop working together. Unlike Sam, however, Carly makes sure that Freddie wants to continue collaborating with her, which the boy accepts. When Sam expecting Freddie's help says he has the same rights as young Shay over him, she retorts that that's not true and that Freddie is in love with her. Later the brunette declares that Freddie must be the one to choose who he wants to help, probably certain that she chooses her as in fact it happens. When Sam attempts to bribe him, Carly scolds her, but then does the same.

When Carly is in danger of being hit by a van, Freddie runs in front of her and pushes her away saving her and being hit in her place. This implies how deep her feelings are for Carly, as he was willing to lay down his life for her.

Obviously Freddie's mother doesn't like her son risking her life to save Carly, but Freddie forces her to be nice to the girl when she visits him.

Carly: You know, everyone at school's saying you're a hero.

Freddie: I don't feel like a hero.

Carly: Well, you are one. To me.

- Carly expresses her gratitude to Freddie. Carly returns to visit Freddie, but he's showering and as soon as his mother comes out he falls and can't get up. Carly goes to help him and then she kisses him. The two continue to kiss for more than half an hour. Soon after, Carly and Freddie become a couple.

Carly: I thought you wanted me to be your girlfriend since the first day you met me.

Freddie: I have ...

Carly: Well, I'm standing here with my lips all glossed up, and you're treating me like I'm your icky cousin Amanda.

Freddie: Amanda is disgusting ...

Carly: Freddie ...

Freddie: ''Okay. You know how you've always said you like me? But you don't like me that way? You know, the good way?''

Carly: Yeah, but that was before ...

Freddie: Before I saved your life?

Carly: ''Okay. So?''

Freddie: ''Nothing's changed. I'm still the same Freddie, and your still the same Carly.''

Carly: But I love y-

Freddie: ''You love what I DID. You loved that I risked MY life to save YOURS, but, I don't think you're IN LOVE with me. You just think you are.''

Carly: So you don't want me to be your girlfriend?

Freddie: ''No! I do! But ... I think we should wait a while. 'Til I'm out of this cast and this whole hero thing wears off. And then if you still want to be my girlfriend, then I'd be really psyched about it.''

- Freddie breaks up with Carly

Soon after though, Sam tries to convince Freddie that Carly doesn't really love him, but has only developed some sort of hero worship after he rescues her. Freddie doesn't listen to her at first, but after a while he realizes that the blonde has got it right. Eventually young Benson breaks up with Carly by explaining why. This implies that as much as he loves her, Freddie wants her to love him honestly.

Some time later Spencer makes up for a date with a girl Alison, who, however, has to look after a cousin of Freddie's age and Spencer manages to persuade Freddie to accompany him by arranging a double date. Freddie initially refuses, possibly because he doesn't feel ready to date someone again after breaking up with Carly. Shortly before, Carly had been persuaded by Sam to participate in a beauty pageant. Both initially refused and both immediately understood that in the end the other would be convinced as a sign of how well they know each other. However the date goes wrong: Fred ignores the girl and talks and plays with Spencer, suggesting that he doesn't care about the other girls anymore, only about Carly.

When Freddie and Carly meet their friend Gibby's girlfriend Tasha, they are both incredulous and when Freddie says he'd like to go out with her, Carly looks annoyed. Tasha stumbles and falls on Freddie, Gibby sees and persuades himself that young Benson tries to cheat the girl and challenges him to a duel. Carly is sure that Gibby would get the better of a fight with Freddie, but she unlike Sam she tries to make him understand in a kind way. Carly then convinces Sam to try to make Gibby understand that nothing has happened between Tasha and Freddie. Carly appears concerned about the impending fight and is happy when Freddie manages to make Gibby understand what happened.

Young Benson appears jealous when Carly seems to find a guest boy on the show attractive. Then the trio rehearses to go to space (a billionaire wants us to send them to record iCarly seeing it as a great commercial) and the last is to be locked together in a room for thirty-six hours. When he believes that an animal has entered the simulator, Freddie immediately thinks of waking Carly, not Sam, despite the latter being the strongest of the trio, a sign that he wants her next to him when he thinks something is wrong.

When Carly has a claustrophobic fit, Freddie is worried about her and tries to calm her down, but Carly yells, "Shut up, Freddie!" and Freddie is shocked and visibly hurt. The group misses the unique opportunity to go into space, precisely because of Carly, but Freddie doesn't take it out on her. When the Bigfoot mania explodes, Carly is convinced of the existence of the creature, while Freddie is certain it is just a legend. Carly picks him up for it, but only once, but he doesn't seem to care much and later she doesn't seem upset that he doesn't believe it. When she is certain she has found the Bigfoot, Carly squeezes Freddie's wrist for reassurance.

Fanon
Creddie is one of iCarly's three most popular ships, and has a strong rivalry with Seddie. In the original series finale, Carly kisses Freddie before leaving for Italy, and many considered this a formalization of their relationship. There are videos and fanficti ons dedicated to this ship.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Carly/Freddie tag on Fanfiction.net
 * Carly/Freddie tag on Fanfiction.net

Trivia

 * Interestingly, both Carly and Sam ruined each other's romantic relationship with Freddie.