IGo to Japan

iCarly: iGo to Japan
File:IGoToJapan.png iCarly: iGo to Japan title card
Written by	Dan Schneider Andrew Hill Newman
Directed by	Steve Hoefer
Starring	Miranda Cosgrove Jennette McCurdy Nathan Kress Jerry Trainor Mary Scheer Ally Matsumura Harry Shum Jr. with Jeremy Rowley
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English Japanese
Production
Producer	Bruce Rand Berman
Cinematography	Dan Schneider
Running time	73 minutes (without commercials)
Original release
Release	November 8, 2008 (Nickelodeon) November 21, 2008 (YTV) April 4, 2009 (Nickelodeon UK)

iCarly: iGo to Japan, also titled as Konnichiwa Carly in Canada, is a 2008 Nickelodeon film that premiered on November 8, 2008 on Nickelodeon. The TV movie stars Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Jerry Trainor, Mary Scheer and Nathan Kress. It is the first TV movie of iCarly, followed by "iDate Bad Boy".

Plot

The team (Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress), along with Spencer (Jerry Trainor) and Mrs. Benson (Mary Scheer), go to Japan when iCarly is nominated for the iWeb Awards. They ride an unsanitary, dangerous freighter aircraft driven by Socko's (Spencer's bestfriend) friend named Freightdog (Don Stark). The plane is filled with opossi bound for Korea and skydive from the airplane so that they arrive in Japan. Eventually, they manage to find the hotel where the iWeb Awards made their reservations, with help from an officer (where Sam takes his handcuffs which is assaulting a police officer). While everyone is resting up from the plane ride, Kyoko and Yuki (Ally Matsumura and Harry Shum Jr.), the stars of a competing webshow, visit them. Kyoko and Yuki give Spencer and Mrs. Benson free passes to a spa, and decide to take the kids shopping.

As generous as their gestures seem, Kyoko and Yuki have their minds set on sabotaging iCarly's chances of winning the iWeb Awards. They trick Carly, Sam and Freddie to the middle of nowhere and drive off, while Spencer and Mrs. Benson are trapped in large seaweed wrap at the spa. Spencer and Mrs. Benson manage to get out of the seaweed traps by Spencer eating his way out. Although they are eventually able to overcome their situations and get to the iWeb Awards, they can't get in because the security guards don't speak English. Mrs. Benson distracts the guards so that they can get in, until the security guards soon find them again.

The guards keep them in their office, and Carly and Sam try to communicate with them. They attempt to act out what happened to them during their trip with comedic effect, and Freddie videotapes them, plugging his camcorder into the iWeb Award screen. The managers soon get to them and decided that they win the award for best comedy. Kyoko and Yuki are arrested for kidnapping, and Carly, Sam, Freddie, Spencer, and Mrs. Benson return to America on what appears to be a fishing boat.

Cast

• Miranda Cosgrove as Carly Shay
• Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett
• Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson
• Jerry Trainor as Spencer Shay
• Michael Butler Murray as Mr. Wilkins
• Andrew Kishino as Japanese Standee
• Ally Mastumura as Kyoko
• Harry Shum Jr. as Yuki
• Mary Scheer as Mrs. Benson
• Good Charlotte as themselves

Production

iGo to Japan was entirely shot on a sound stage in Los Angeles.

Early Viewing

The movie was made available to watch on Nickelodeon On Demand for Comcast customers in October, a month before the expected premiere on Nickelodeon.

Reception

• Newsday rates the movie a B-.

Nielsen ratings

Network	Date	Viewers
Nickelodeon	November 8, 2008	7.83 Million
Nickelodeon	November 10, 2008	4.83 Million
YTV	November 21, 2008	0.32 Million
Nick UK	April 4, 2009	0.29 Million
Nick Germany	October 17, 2009	0.22 Million

External links

• iCarly: iGo to Japan / Konnichiwa Carly
• iCarly: iGo to Japan / Konnichiwa Carly at IMDb
• TV.com's iGo to Japan
• Nick.com's iGo to Japan