iParty with Victorious

"iParty with Victorious"
iCarly and Victorious episode
Episode no. Season 4
Episode 81–83 (iCarly)
Directed by Steve Hoefer
Written by Dan Schneider
Produced by Dan Schneider
Joe Catania
Featured music "Leave It All to Me"
"Make It Shine"
"Number One"
"Give It Up"
"Leave It All to Shine"
Cinematography by Michael Clifford
Production code 311–313[1]
Original air date June 11, 2011 (2011-06-11)
August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27) (uncut version)
Running time 90 minutes (approximately)
69 minutes (without commercials)
120 minutes (uncut version approximately)
86 minutes (uncut version without commercials)

"iParty with Victorious" is a 2011 crossover television movie of the television series iCarly and Victorious. Although it is a crossover between the two series, the movie only counts as an iCarly production. It premiered on Nickelodeon June 11, 2011, though it premiered theatrically in Los Angeles on June 4, 2011, and was released on DVD on August 30, 2011 as part of iCarly's season 3 DVD.[2]

The crossover's theme song mash-up, "Leave It All to Shine", premiered on May 22, 2011 on Nickelodeon and was online (YouTube) on June 7, 2011. The movie was watched by 7.3 million viewers. It also marked Kenan Thompson's brief return to Nickelodeon. iParty with Victorious was released on the third season DVD of iCarly and on the second volume of the Victorious first season DVD. The normal length version was released on both DVD sets.

Plot

Carly (Miranda Cosgrove) (iCarly) is dating a boy named Steven Carson (Cameron Deane Stewart), who divides his time between his divorced parents in Seattle and Los Angeles. Every other month, Steven goes off to Los Angeles, where he is dating another girl named Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) (Victorious), who attends Hollywood Arts, a high school for the performing arts. Robbie Shapiro (Matt Bennett), a socially awkward friend of Tori's, posts a picture of Steven and Tori online, which Carly stumbles upon. She initially denies the fact that Steven is cheating on her, but Sam (Jennette McCurdy) seeks to prove it is indeed true. She finds Rex, Robbie's ventriloquist dummy, has tweeted about a party held at Kenan Thompson's house, in Hollywood.

Spencer (Jerry Trainor) drives the group to Los Angeles, where Carly, Sam, Freddie (Nathan Kress), Gibby (Noah Munck), and Spencer visit Spencer's ex-girlfriend, Monie (Jen Lilley), who happens to be a skilled make-up artist, and receive disguise makeovers to avoid being noticed from iCarly by others. They then head off to the house of actor and comedian, Kenan Thompson, where Andre Harris (Leon Thomas III), another friend of Tori's, is hosting a party that they suspect Steven and Tori are attending. The iCarly members enter Kenan's party house during the party and split up in search of Steven. Spencer, meanwhile, relaxes in Kenan Thompson's jacuzzi and meets Sikowitz (Eric Lange), Beck (Avan Jogia) and Jade (Elizabeth Gillies). Much to her chagrin, Carly eventually catches Steven and watches him kiss Tori, before she admits Sam is correct about Steven cheating on her. Sinjin Van Cleef (Michael Eric Reid) another student at Hollywood Arts falls into the jacuzzi when a surfing machine malfunctions.

The iCarly members remove their disguises, and Tori walks in and immediately recognizes them from iCarly. After explaining Steven's actions, Carly and Tori devise a plan to humiliate Steven for revenge. Steven is lured into a closet where he thinks he will make out with Tori. Instead, when he enters the closet, he finds himself on an iCarly webcast with Carly, Sam, Kenan, and Tori, who reveal to iCarly's one million audience members Steven had been dating both Carly and Tori at the same time. Steven becomes embarrassed and leaves. Then, Sam beats Rex in a rap battle. Later, the iCarly cast joins Tori and her friends in karaoke, where they sing "Leave It All to Shine", a cross between the iCarly and Victorious theme songs.

Production

Dan Schneider has confirmed that because of the success of the film, he decided to give Nickelodeon an uncut, 2-hour version of it which contains material the production team edited out after filming. It aired August 27, 2011.

Victoria Justice appears in iCarly for the second time for iParty with Victorious. The first time she appeared in the series was in a previous television special iFight Shelby Marx.[3] Sam also comments that Tori Vega looks like Shelby Marx, who was also played by Justice. Also making return appearances are Leon Thomas III (the first time he appeared in the series was in "iCarly Saves TV"), Daniella Monet (the first time she appeared in the series was in a previous television special iPsycho), and Lane Napper (the first time he appeared in the series was as Ernie, Sam's dancing instructor in "iWas a Pageant Girl").

The crossover special also marks Kenan Thompson's brief return to Nickelodeon. Thompson previously starred in the Nickelodeon shows, All That (which Dan Schneider has previously worked on) and Kenan & Kel.

The opening sequence only features clips from the "iParty with Victorious" episode, but there are some snippets of regular iCarly episodes before the episode title appears. Victoria Justice is credited with the iCarly cast in the opening sequence while the rest of the Victorious cast are credited during the in-show credits. Kenan Thompson is mentioned during the ending credits.

While in Kenan Thompson's house, "The Joke Is On You" by Niki Watkins, "Give It Up" by Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande, performed in the Victorious episode "Freak the Freak Out", and "Number One (My World)" by fictional Ginger Fox was played.

Crossovers after "iParty with Victorious"

This is actually the first of four crossovers between both iCarly and Victorious. The second and third crossovers occur during each shows' April Fools Day specials, both of which debuted on March 24, 2012. At one point in the Victorious April Fools special, "April Fools Blank", Tori is seen coming out of the elevator and into the living room of Carly's apartment, where Spencer is sitting on the couch. Meanwhile, in the iCarly episode "iAprilFools", Carly, Sam, Freddie, and Spencer appear in Tori's living room sitting next to Robbie, who is actually a transformed version of Gibby. Sam also sings a line from "Make it Shine". The Nickelodeon series Sam & Cat (a spin-off of both shows) acts as the permanent fourth crossover, with Sam and Cat living as roommates and starting a babysitting service. Freddie, Robbie, and Jade make special return appearances in the Sam & Cat hour-long special "The Killer Tuna Jump", and Gibby made a special appearance in the Sam & Cat 45-minute special "Super Psycho".

This is also the first of three times that Jennette McCurdy has been involved with Victorious; the second was when McCurdy guest starred as "Crazy Ponnie" in the Victorious episode of the same name, and the third time was reprising her role of Sam on Sam & Cat.

Cast

iCarly cast

Victorious cast

Guest stars

Reception

"iParty with Victorious" received mainly positive reviews from critics. Verne Gay of Newsday gave a positive review, suggesting iParty with Victorious and Knuckles featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series may be the biggest event of the Summer 2011 and noting the scene depicting a guy in a panda costume chasing Kenan Thompson was hilarious.[4] Carl Cortez of Assignment X praised the episode but also gave a slightly more critical review. He believes "the mechanism for verifying Carly’s boyfriend is cheating is a bit of a stretch". He reacted positively to how the times spent with the characters of iCarly and Victorious are evenly distributed. Overall, he finds the episode to be "enjoyable nonetheless" and gives it a grade of B−.[5] This crossover aired during the 2011 NBA Finals and 2011 Stanley Cup.

The movie did well in the ratings, drawing 7.3 million viewers,[6] and was the top-rated cable program for the week of June 6–12, 2011.[7]

"Leave It All to Shine"

"Leave It All to Shine"

"Leave It All to Shine" cover
Promotional single by Miranda Cosgrove and Victoria Justice from the album Victorious
Released June 10, 2011
Genre
Length 2:11
Label
Writer

"Leave It All to Shine" is a song performed by Miranda Cosgrove from iCarly and Victoria Justice from Victorious for the crossover episode "iParty with Victorious". The song is a mash-up of the shows' theme songs, "Leave It All to Me" and "Make It Shine".

Development and release

The song was written by the same three people who wrote the original "Make It Shine": Dan Schneider, Michael "Backhouse Mike" Corcoran, and Dr. Luke. The song officially premiered on May 22, 2011 and a video was released on June 11, 2011, the day the crossover premiered. The song ended up on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number twenty-four. The main vocals on "Leave It All to Shine" were performed by Cosgrove and Justice with background vocals provided by the rest of the casts of both shows as a part of the crossover episode. The song can also be heard on the first soundtrack from Victorious.

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[8] 24

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States June 10, 2011[9] Digital download Nickelodeon, Columbia Records

See also

References

External links

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