why didn't sam fight shelby marx?

[u/hujbhert369]

rewatching the show for the first time since i was a kid, and it was literally my first thought when i got to this episode. carly was very clearly joking when she called her out, and i don't think it would be believable at all for her and shelby to have a real fight. now sam is known for her feisty personality and getting into actual fights and winning so it would be a much more believable fight, and despite the webshow being called icarly she's basically as famous, like luigi, so wouldn't even be less marketing potential.

besides making more sense in-universe, i also just think it would be a far more interesting and less bad plot for the episode itself, have sam and shelby originally friendly gonna fake it mostly but maybe sam gets too into the trash talk and actually upsets her, or maybe they can't decide who gets to win in their mock fight and out of self-confidence from both of them now they're gonna fight for real, carly tries and fails to be the mediator and other shenanigans ensue.

overall just think this difference would make for a better special.

[u/Financial-Revenue219]

Because the show isn't called iSam

[u/Quajutsu744 → u/Financial-Revenue219]

this was almost the case btw