School at Sea

School at Sea was a study-abroad program for students mentioned in the Season 2 episode, iReunite with Missy. There was a special contest being held at Ridgeway, which would ultimately determine who won the trip.

Freddie was the one who technically won the competition, but chose to give the trip to Carly's former best friend, Missy--when questioned on it by Carly, Freddie claims that he was doing it to protect their web-show, but Carly figures that the real reason he did it was to protect the trio's friendship (particularly Sam and Carly's friendship), since Sam was miserable when Missy kept trying to get rid of her as Carly's best friend and Carly was being tricked and manipulated by Missy. This proved that Freddie really does care about Carly, Sam, and the trio's friendship.

In the end, Freddie admits to Carly that while he doesn't regret what he did, he's mad that Missy doesn't get any real comeuppance for all the trouble she caused other than losing Carly as a friend, which Missy didn't seem to care about, and Carly understands. Carly then reveals that, when she and Missy were little kids (back when they were still friends), Missy used to suffer from seasickness -- but given how excited Missy was about "winning" the School at Sea-contest, Carly and Freddie both figure that she must've overcome her seasickness as she got older.

However, even with Missy out of the picture, it ultimately turns out to be a very good thing that Freddie gave up his chance for the School at Sea-program, because it turns out that the trip is not nearly as glamorous as it's advertised to be -- for example: instead of taking place on some high-end/luxury cruise liner (like what was advertised on the Ridgeway High School's sign-up sheet), the program actually takes place on what appears to be a freighter/cargo ship).

Also, in a nice bit of ironic karma, the end of the episode also shows that, despite Missy being genuinely excited about "winning" the School at Sea-contest and Carly's assumption about her ex-BFF overcoming her seasickness, Missy does still suffer from seasickness (pretty intensely at that). So, Freddie not only sacrifices an experience he really wouldn't have wanted, but he also ends up punishing Missy appropriately, as the episode ultimately ends with her throwing up over the side of the ship and screaming, "Let me off this stupid boat before I-!". She never finishes her sentence as she starts throwing up again.

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 * iCarly Wiki on Fandom