Carly has to do a project for green week, so she makes an electric scooter. But, it can only go for 4mph and it caught on fire, so she is given the weekend to make a new project. Spencer brings in a good-looking Science geek named Cal who helps her make a generator for iCarly, and Carly gets an A+. It is then revealed the generator was illegal and Cal was a criminal for buying Uranium, so she has to go on the Root-and-Berry Retreat to get extra credit.
Carly hosts her own home-grown web show, iCarly. She lives with her twenty-something brother/guardian Spencer and produces her Web casts from a makeshift third-floor loft studio. Grappling with adolescence, she never aimed to gain fame as a rising star/underground celebrity to kids. As events unfold in the pilot, it all happens by accident when a teacher puts her in charge of the school talent show. She and her sassy best bud Sam turn the audition process into a show, which Carly's tech savvy smitten friend Freddy tapes - including their hilarious banter and great chemistry - and posts on the Web without telling the girls. The on-line audience clamors for more, and a pop phenomenon blooms, with Carly and sidekick Sam's regular Web casts ultimately featuring everything from comedy sketches and talent contests to interviews, recipes, and problem-solving.