Premise
The series is focused on a pair of step-brothers of opposite personalities. Drake Parker is portrayed as being a popular aspiring musician idolized by his schoolmates and able to court a countless array of beautiful girls with ease, whereas his brother Josh Nichols is depicted as being a nerdy, eccentric, awkward boy with poor luck with dating and popularity. Drake and Josh live in San Diego, California with their odd, misfortunate, geeky father; a weatherman named Walter, their loving mother Audrey, and outrageously manipulative and conniving younger sister Megan. The step-brothers are often positioned in outrageous, typical situation comedy misadventures and obstacles that they are faced with the challenge of overcoming while also handling average teenage situations such as dating and popularity.
A notable running joke on the series is the presence of parodies of various well-known brands or people, including Mocha Cola, a parody of Coca-Cola, Mountain Fizz, a parody of Mountain Dew, Galaxy Wars, a parody of Star Wars (mentioned later in iCarly multiple times), B.F. Wang's, a parody of P.F. Chang's (also mentioned later in iCarly), GameSphere, a parody of the Nintendo GameCube video game system, Pear, Inc., a parody of Apple, Inc., Pintendo GS, a parody of the Nintendo DS, iBot, a parody of iPod, Ghost Monsters, a parody of Ghost Busters, Chuck E. Cheddar's, a parody of Chuck E. Cheese's, and Blaine Darvey, a parody of David Blaine.
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“We have to give ourselves—men in particular—permission to really be with and get to know our children. The premise is that taking care of kids can be a pain in the ass, and it is frustrating and agonizing, but also gratifying and enjoyable. When a little kid says, “I love you, Daddy,” or cries and you comfort her or him, life becomes a richer experience.”
—Anonymous Father. Ourselves and Our Children, by Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, ch. 3 (1978)