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This is a list of characters in the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] show, ''[[Victorious]]''. |
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This is a list of characters from the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] sitcom '''''[[Victorious]]'''''. The series centers on Tori Vega, a student of Hollywood Arts who gets into unpredictable situations with her friends. ''Victorious'' was created by [[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]], who also serves as [[executive producer]]. |
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[[File:Victorious Season 1 Cast Promo Image.jpg|thumb|400px|right| The main characters of ''[[Victorious]]'' (left to right): Rex Powers (Robbie's puppet, voiced by [[Jake Farrow]]), Robbie Shapiro ([[Matt Bennett]]), Cat Valentine ([[Ariana Grande]]), Trina ([[Daniella Monet]]) and Tori Vega ([[Victoria Justice]]), Andre Harris ([[Leon Thomas III]]), Jade West ([[Elizabeth Gillies]]) and Beck Oliver ([[Avan Jogia]]).]] |
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==Main characters== |
==Main characters== |
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===Tori Vega=== |
===Tori Vega=== |
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Tori Vega (portrayed by [[Victoria Justice]]) is a [[sophomore]] and the younger sister of Trina Vega and attends Hollywood Arts, a performing arts high school, along with her. |
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| name = Victoria "Tori" Vega |
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| first = [[List of Victorious episodes|Pilot]] |
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| gender = Female |
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| occupation = Student, Singer-Songwriter, Dancer, Actress |
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| family = David & Holly Vega, Trina (sister) |
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| nationality = American |
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When Trina experiences an allergic reaction to a Chinese herb to try to make her voice sound better, Trina's tongue gets swollen right before a big showcase at school. She is volunteered by Andre Harris to take her place, since she knew how the piece was meant to be performed as well as all the lyrics. Tori performs "[[Make it Shine]]", which is the theme song, and everyone is impressed with her performance, including Principal Eikner, who offers her an enrollment to the school. She accepts it and is admitted to Hollywood Arts. Initially feeling out of place at Hollywood Arts, Tori makes new friends and becomes more comfortable. From there, the show details Tori's journey through school as she gets into unusual situations have differences and adventures with her friends. She is one of the favorite students of her teacher, Sikowitz. |
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Tori Vega is the title character of the show. Tori is 16 years old. Tori attends a performing arts school called Hollywood Arts. She previously attended Sherwood High School. While trying to help her big sister Trina (who goes to Hollywood Arts) with her performance for the school's big showcase, she befriends her sister's partner André Harris (who Trina called Andrew) who quickly becomes her best friend. On the night of the showcase, after Trina becomes swollen as an allergic reaction to Chinese tea (that was supposed to make her sing better). André volunteers Tori to take her place. Nervous at first, Tori goes through with it and puts on an amazing performance. Afterwards the principal offers Tori a chance to attend Hollywood Arts. Tori is nervous at first, but after some assurance from André and her family and a standing ovation from the crowd, she happily accepts. She is depicted as creative, responsible, caring and friendly, though she can be sneaky and revengeful, going as low as to manipulate her friends and family. But she loves helping her friends when they need her. On her first day she meets her other friends Cat Valentine, Beck Oliver, Robbie Shapiro, and "frenemy" Jade West. Tori makes almost all of her friends (and frenemy) on her first day at Hollywood Arts. Tori became Jade's enemy after Tori spilled the coffee on Beck, Jade's boyfriend, and tried to rub it off him, but Jade came in and thought she was trying to flirt with him. Jade then spills iced coffee on Tori in front of the class. She contemplates leaving, but after talking with Andre and Trina, she decides to stay. She gets revenge on Jade by kissing Beck during an improv exercise in front of Jade and the rest of the class. She has frequently tried to make peace with Jade, such as not telling on her when Jade pretends that Tori hurt her, helping Jade get back together with Beck, or when she volunteered to help Jade put on her play after the teachers wouldn't let her perform it at the school. It is shown in the episode The Wood, that Jade and Tori know Spanish, when they smashed up Festus' car and had to carry him in a wheelbarrow. He asked for entertainment so they sang and he told them to sing in Spanish. |
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Tori is portrayed by [[Victoria Justice]]. |
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She is depicted as creative, nice, caring, forgiving, responsible, positive, easy-going, and friendly, though she can be sneaky and vindictive, going as low as to manipulate her friends and family, especially her older sister, Trina, but she will always do the right thing in the end. Tori is shown to care for her friends and family a lot and is willing to help them when she is hesitant to. |
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Tori appeared in all episodes of series so far. Tori will also appear with the Victorious cast and the iCarly cast in iParty with Victorious June 11, 2011. |
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Tori is friends with Andre Harris, Beck Oliver, Cat Valentine, and Robbie Shapiro. She often tries to be nice to Jade and sometimes describes Jade as her friend, even though Jade herself does not. In some episodes, they seem to be moving towards becoming friends, although most of the time, Jade seems to be "frenemies" with Tori. |
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In later episodes, Tori is shown to wear glasses when at home and at school, she wears contacts. |
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She, or another student resembling her, can be seen together with Beck, Robbie, Jade or people resembling them in the ''[[Sam & Cat#Episodes|Sam & Cat]]'' episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help. |
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===Andre Harris=== |
===Andre Harris=== |
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Andre Harris (portrayed by [[Leon Thomas III]]) is a [[sophomore]] and Tori's best friend and mentor at Hollywood Arts. Andre is an aspiring musician who loves to perform and write his songs. He can play many instruments, including the guitar, keyboard, piano, and the [[French horn]], but prefers the keyboard and piano. Andre takes his music seriously and is usually seen playing at all of Tori's performances. He is a talented singer and songwriter, having co-written nearly every song Tori has performed. He also often gets Tori to be a backup singer for him at his performances. |
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| occupation = Student, Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Actor |
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Andre Harris is Tori's musically gifted best friend. He likes to make jokes, but no one (not even Tori) laughs at them. Andre is an aspiring musician, and loves to perform and takes his music seriously. He can play almost any instrument, but prefers the keyboard/piano and can be seen playing at all of Tori's performances. Andre also knows how to play the [[french horn]] and the [[guitar]]. He is also an amazing singer and songwriter, as he has co-written every song Tori has sung. In the episode "The Diddly-Bops" he wrote the song the group sang called "Favorite Foods" and then switched the song into a different one called "Song 2You" and performed it at school which got him a record deal at the end of the episode. Tori and Andre became friends when he is partnered with Trina for the school's big showcase and they instantly became friends. He is one of the main reasons why Tori got into and went to Hollywood Arts, as he was the one who volunteered Tori to perform in Trina's place. When she had second thoughts about going he got the whole crowd to convince her to go with a standing ovation. After Jade spills coffee on Tori thinking she was flirting with Beck, Andre comforted her and when she thought about leaving, he told her she was special, and she belonged at Hollywood Arts. This shows that Andre believes in Tori and supports her. He is also the guy Tori and the others come to for help on anything and he is always willing to listen to and help with their problems. He has a grandmother named Charlotte who is afraid of almost everything, and a cousin named Kendra who is an actor as seen in "A Film by Dale Squires". He is also close friends with Cat, Beck, Robbie and Jade. Many viewers think that him and Tori should become more than friends, because of how close they are. |
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Andre is portrayed by [[Leon Thomas III]]. |
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Andre is shown to be witty and kind and Tori often relies on him for support in her time of need, and he is always there for her, although she is easily distracted at times. Tori often asks him for help or advice. He also likes to make jokes, but none of the other characters find him humorous. |
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Andre has appeared in every episode to date. |
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Andre has [[#Andre's grandmother|a grandmother]] who is mentally unstable. He also has a cousin who works as an actor, and an uncle who is a real estate agent, who once sold a house to [[Kenan Thompson]]. |
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=== Robbie Shapiro=== |
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| name = Robbie Shapiro |
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| gender = Male |
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| occupation = Student, Ventriloquist |
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| family = Sylvia (grandma), Rex (puppet) |
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| religion = Judaism |
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| nationality = American |
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In "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep29|Jade Gets Crushed]]", Andre develops feelings for Jade after they work together on a song for a project for one of Andre's classes and he hears Jade sing beautifully. At the end of the episode, Andre tells Tori that it seems that he is breaking up with Jade, but his former crush on Jade is mentioned again in "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep51|Tori Fixes Beck and Jade]]". |
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Robbie Shapiro is one of Tori's friends at Hollywood Arts that speaks through a dummy, Rex Powers. He is a skilled [[ventriloquist]], and usually prefers to say his true feelings through Rex. Rex likes to make fun of Robbie, and hit on Tori and other girls except for Cat.<ref>[http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/robbie.html Robbie/Matt Bennett (Nickelodeon)]</ref> Robbie can almost always be seen with Rex. His grandmother says he's had Rex since he was little. Robbie treats Rex like he is a real person, and the others join in as well. He constantly tells people that Rex isn't a puppet. Robbie is considered extremely nerdy, shy, and socially awkward. He often complements people on their outfits, regardless of their gender. He is extremely insecure, and is shown to be afraid of those he considers more powerful than him (which is almost anybody). He tends to easily fall for any girl that would give him any kind of attention. His only relative that is ever seen is his grandmother, who he calls 'Mam-ma'. Robbie has a crush on Tori. When he was 7 he supposedly was forced to swallow his toy car. Robbie is portrayed by [[Matt Bennett]]. |
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In "[[List of Victorious episodes#43|Tori Goes Platinum]]", it is revealed by Andre that singer [[Bruno Mars]] is one of his influences to being a musician when he tells Tori, Cat and Jade at [[#Mason Thornesmith|Mason Thornesmith]]'s office that he saw Bruno Mars in the men's room and says that Mars is one of his idols. |
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Robbie has appeared in every episode to date. |
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===Robbie Shapiro=== |
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Robbie Shapiro<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theslap.com/clips/robbie-and-cat-s-bad-news-songs-the-mole?ads=false |title=Victorious - Programma's - Nickelodeon |website=TheSlap.com |access-date=2012-08-15}}</ref> (portrayed by [[Matt Bennett]]) is a [[sophomore]] and is one of Tori's friends at Hollywood Arts. He speaks along with a puppet, Rex Powers, whom he and all others speak to as if it were an actual person. Robbie is a skilled [[ventriloquist]], but he was uncredited for his talent until the episode "Freak the Freak Out". In the episode, Robbie does not understand why he was referred to as a "ventriloquist", which either jokingly indicates that Rex has a mind of his own and is not controlled by Robbie at all or (in a more serious matter) that Robbie suffers from [[schizophrenia]], therefore considering Rex a real person.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/robbie.html |title=Robbie/Matt Bennett (Nickelodeon) |access-date=2011-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105192107/http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/robbie.html |archive-date=2011-01-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is said to have had Rex since he was little and they are almost always seen together. Robbie personifies Rex, which leads to many arguments about Rex's true sentience. He constantly argues that Rex is not a puppet or dummy when told otherwise. Robbie is close to Rex and affectionate towards him, though Rex ridicules him often. |
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Robbie is considered shy and nerdy, but a good, loyal, and honest friend to others. Robbie has a great deal of trouble with relationships and attracting girls. Robbie is also in love with Cat Valentine, which is proven in the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep45|The Blonde Squad]]" in which Robbie writes and sings the song 'I Think You're Swell' for her. The song is about what a great person she is, and how they get along so well, and that she is all he thinks about. She, however, does not appear to get the true feelings behind it, though she does appear to greatly enjoy the song. He is also shown to be the only one who knows Cat's full name, Caterina. He does not seem to have a sense of privacy. His only relative who has ever been seen is [[#Mammaw|his grandmother]]. Robbie is intolerant to gluten, otherwise known as [[Celiac Disease]]. It is revealed in the episode 'Wok Star' that Robbie is Jewish because he spent his [[Bar Mitzvah]] money on leather pants and male make-up. He is also mistaken for a girl in a couple of episodes such as 'Locked Up!', in which he is in a completely different situation in jail in a foreign country. |
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====Rex Powers==== |
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Rex Powers (physically portrayed by a [[ventriloquist]] dummy named Christopher Cane, performed by [[Matt Bennett]], voiced by an uncredited [[Jake Farrow]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Stacey Grant |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2877247/drake-and-josh-victorious-rex-the-puppet-voice-jake-farrow-dan-schneider/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506014328/http://www.mtv.com/news/2877247/drake-and-josh-victorious-rex-the-puppet-voice-jake-farrow-dan-schneider/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |title=Did You Know This ''Drake & Josh'' Star Voiced Rex The Puppet On Victorious? |work=[[MTV News]] |date=May 5, 2016 |access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref>) is Robbie's [[alter ego]], who is a [[Ventriloquism|dummy]] that Robbie carries around everywhere. Robbie has had Rex since he was young. Since Robbie is too shy to speak for himself most of the time, he talks as Rex, using him to voice his actual feelings and thoughts. The others treat Rex as a real person, and both Rex and Robbie dislike it when Rex is called a 'dummy' or '[[puppet]]'. Rex is obsessed with 'Northridge Girls', dumb, talentless and 'easy' girls from a [[Northridge, Los Angeles|Los Angeles neighborhood]]. |
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In "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep14|Rex Dies]]" he gets sucked into a wind machine and is taken to a hospital, even though he is a dummy. Rex is shown to have a huge crush on Tori and constantly flirts with her, though she is annoyed by his affection. Robbie often turns to Rex for advice and insight, though Rex's advice is almost always off-beat. Rex is sarcastic and mean, especially to Robbie, though it is shown that neither can stay without the other. |
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In the first 3 seasons, Rex is always in Robbie's company. In season 4 for unexplained reasons, Robbie is frequently seen without Rex. Part 2 of '[[List of Victorious episodes#ep13|Freak the Freak Out]]' was the first episode not to feature Rex. |
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In 2011, Rex's in-universe actor Christopher Cane hosted a [[blooper]]s episode of ''Victorious'' titled "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep32|Blooptorious]]" in which he interviewed cast members and showed [[outtake]]s from the series. In the episode, Cane is not accompanied by Robbie. He also mentions that, prior to being offered the role of Rex in ''Victorious'', he was almost given the role of Spencer Shay in ''[[iCarly]]'', but was ultimately not chosen in favor of [[Jerry Trainor]], whom he hates for that reason, as well as because Trainor is dating his ex-girlfriend. Cane also hosted a 2011 blooper episode of ''iCarly'' titled "[[iCarly season 5#ep80|iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo]]". |
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Rex later had a guest appearance at the end of the 2015 ''[[Game Shakers]]'' episode 'Tiny Pickles' (Season 1, Episode 5) where he is a truck driver. |
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===Jade West=== |
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Jade West (portrayed by [[Elizabeth Gillies]]) is a [[sophomore]] and is the vicious [[frenemy]] of Tori from Hollywood Arts. She has a [[Gothic fashion|gothic]] sense of style—always wearing dark clothes with eyebrow piercings and different colors of streaks in her hair, and is the long-time girlfriend of [[#Beck Oliver|Beck Oliver]]. She is very possessive and sometimes controlling of her boyfriend and is known to lash out at anyone who she views as a threat to their relationship. She shows very little affection for anyone. |
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In the pilot episode, Jade believes that Tori is flirting with Beck, so she later pours coffee onto Tori's head during an acting class. Tori later gets even with her by defeating her in an alphabetical improv game and kissing Beck as they were the only two actors remaining in the scene. |
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Jade has been known to take obsession in triumphing over any enemies or rivals she may find, and occasionally has been known to take an interest in bizarre, dark, or unusual things that usually would repulse or frighten other people. She has a fascination with scissors, as she is sometimes seen holding scissors and her locker is decorated with them. |
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Jade West is Beck Oliver's girlfriend. She and Tori are "frenemies". She and Tori got off on the wrong foot on Tori's first day at Hollywood Arts, as she thought Tori was flirting with Beck after Tori accidentally spilled coffee on Beck. Jade is shown to be a mean girl, calling people names and snapping at others, though she is shown to be forming a friendship with Tori and being much more tolerant of the others. She and Beck have been together for two years. Despite their opposite personalities, they show that they love each other no matter what. Jade is very territorial and protective of Beck, and gets easily jealous when she sees Beck talking to other girls or girls hitting on him. She has said on her profile video on theslap " If you're a guy, you're probably not cool enough to hang out with him, if you're a girl stay away from Beck." Although considered popular, Jade is shown to be extremely dark and negative.<ref>[http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/jade.html Jade/Elizabeth Gillies (Nickelodeon)]</ref> Despite being a bit cruel, she is shown to be a hard worker and caring to the people she loves the most. She is also an amazing actor and singer, but she is shown to be a very good playwright. Jade frequently wears fake highlights in her hair, usually blue or white, and has two visible piercings on her face, that she got 45 minutes after her mother told her she couldn't. She also has a tattoo of a star on her right arm and another one,although it's unknown where it is or what it's of.<ref>[http://www.theslap.com/clips/jade-s-profile-video Jade's Profile Video (The Slap.com)]</ref> Jade has a fascination with scissors, and can be shown cutting things, such as a trash can and flowers. Her locker is decorated with mini-scissors, and as seen in "Wi-fi in the Sky", her online video chat screen name is "ScissorLuv". Jade is shown to be friends with Andre and Cat, and sort of Robbie and Tori. She frequently mimics Tori with a Southern accent, which Tori always protests she does not have. In season 2 Jade loses all her white and red highlights and only wears blue highlights. It's unknown if her blue highlights are real or fake, most likely they are fake. Also, Jade's hair gets darker going from dark brown to black. It is shown along with Tori that they both know Spanish as they sang for Festus, after they smashed up his car. |
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Jade is portrayed by [[Elizabeth Gillies]]. |
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In "[[List of Victorious episodes#22|Ice Cream for Ke$ha]]", it is revealed that her childhood was a dark and unhappy one, her favorite play toy being a [[hammer]] and [[scissors]], and that she had been raised by an unsupportive and similarly emotionless father and a mother she could not emotionally connect with. She is also seen to be an amazing singer and actress, which are the main talents that got her into Hollywood Arts. In the season 1 episode "Jade Dumps Beck", it is revealed that they had been dating for nearly two years. However, they break up in the episode "The Worst Couple" after non-stop fighting, although it becomes clear that Jade still has feelings for him. After taking some time apart, the two make amends in the episode "Tori Fixes Beck and Jade" when Jade sings a song that is implied to be dedicated to Beck, leading them to admit that they have missed each other and get back together. |
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Jade has appeared in every episode to date. |
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Jade later appeared in the ''[[Sam & Cat]]'' episode "[[Sam & Cat#Episodes|#TheKillerTunaJump]]" where she ends up meeting Sam Puckett and befriending her, whereas Cat had thought that the two girls would kill each other upon first sight due to their similar personalities. It is Sam and Jade's friendship that makes Cat jealous enough to call Freddie Benson to [[Los Angeles]] so that she can flirt with him, resulting instead in Sam briefly becoming Robbie Shapiro's girlfriend. |
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===Caterina Valentine=== |
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| name = Caterina Valentine |
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| series = [[Victorious]] |
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| creator = [[Dan Schneider (TV producer)|Dan Schneider]] |
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| gender = Female |
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| significantother = Daniel (ex-boyfriend)<br> Jason Sikowitz (unknown if there still dating or not) |
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===Cat Valentine=== |
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Cat Valentine is one of Tori's friends from Hollywood Arts. Her real name, Catherina, is said on a video on TheSlap.com, but only her grandmother calls her by it, everyone else calls her by her nickname, Cat. She is relatively friendly and liked by all the students. And, she is not the sharpest tool in the shed. She screams "What's that supposed to mean?" when offended very often, which has become a catchphrase of hers.<ref>[http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/cat.html Cat/Ariana Grande (Nickelodeon)]</ref> Cat often says very random and strange things, which leaves the others confused or annoyed. She likes to mention her eccentric brother in things she says. She is friends with Tori, André, Jade, Robbie and Beck. She has bright red hair, that she dyed to resemble her favorite snack, a red velvet cupcake, to which André nicknamed her "Little Red" which she took offense to at first, but after he explained it to her, she ended up liking calling it "creative".<ref>[http://www.theslap.com/clips/cat-s-video-profile Cat's Video Profile (TheSlap.com)]</ref> In one episode (Rex Dies), she is sent to the [[mental ward]], after Jade suggests she "make friends with the nice lady at the desk" to get her out of the way. |
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Catarina "Cat" Valentine (portrayed by [[Ariana Grande]]) is a [[sophomore]] and is Tori's eccentric friend from Hollywood Arts. She is fun, energetic, and at times oblivious. In a video on TheSlap, she reveals that her full first name is Catarina, but only her grandmother calls her by her full name. It was also revealed by Robbie in "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep45|The Blonde Squad]]" when he yelled "Catarina Valentine, I will not sit here anymore and listen to you talk bad about yourself!"<ref>{{cite episode|title=The Blonde Squad|series=Victorious|network=Nickelodeon|airdate=June 30, 2012|season=3|number=12|time=12:50|quote=Catarina Valentine, I will not sit here anymore and listen to you talk bad about yourself! You're adorable!}} (name spelling via subtitles)</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Victorious - Cat's Random Thoughts #1| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3XvHpbbA3g|access-date=2011-12-07}}</ref> She is relatively friendly and liked by all of the students. She is sweet, naive, bubbly and happy, often unsuspecting of what is going on around her. She has a playful nature and has a very short attention span, so she can easily be distracted with colorful items by the others when they want her out of the way. She can be somewhat of a [[wikt: drama queen|drama queen]] and does not take criticism very well. She often screams ''"What's that supposed to mean!?"'' when offended, which is very often and has become her catchphrase.<ref>[http://www.nick.com/shows/victorious/characters/cat.html Cat/Ariana Grande (Nickelodeon)]</ref> Cat often says random and strange things which leaves the others, especially Jade, confused or annoyed. |
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Cat is portrayed by [[Ariana Grande]]. |
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Cat is also an extremely talented singer and actress, as seen in "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep13|Freak The Freak Out]]" where she sings a duet with Jade, and in the crossover episode "[[iParty with Victorious]]" where she shows a high vocal range. A running gag of the series is Cat often telling her friends or strangers about her brother, who seems to have many unnatural problems, all of which Cat does not seem to find strange or abnormal. She has bright red hair that she dyed to resemble her favorite snack, a [[red velvet cake|red velvet cupcake]]. Andre's nickname for her is "Little Red", which she took offense to at first, but then called it "creative".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theslap.com/clips/cat-s-video-profile |title=Cat's Video Profile |website=TheSlap.com}}</ref> She is occasionally seen carrying stuffed animals. Throughout the series, she has become ditzier and over the top, with a higher-pitched voice and more abnormal conversations. |
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In January 2013 in the episode "Star-Spangled Tori", Cat's parents move away to [[Idaho]] to be with her [[mental health|mentally ill]] [[List of Henry Danger characters#Frankini|brother]] at [[mental institution]] for between six months and two years where the doctors can make sure he receives much mental relaxation and cannot escape and keep him institutionalized. Her parents couldn't take her as it was in the middle of the school year and wanted her to stay in [[Los Angeles]] and sent to her Uncle Walter and Aunt Pearl, while they are in Idaho but according to Cat, they are very strict and mean. They do not like her red hair, they only eat vegetables, they said she cannot have unlimited texting, and they will not let her flush the toilet unless it is "necessary". This caused Cat to run away and take refuge in the attic of Hollywood Arts' BlackBox theater, where her living habits were discovered by Robbie and Jade. After Jade called up Cat's parents, Cat goes to live with her grandmother – who turned out to be living in [[Venice, Los Angeles|Venice, California]] and not Venice, Italy as Cat had initially thought – until her parents and brother return. She refers to her grandmother as "Nona". |
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Cat was absent in the episodes "Jade Dumps Beck" and "The Wood". |
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After ''Victorious'' aired its final season, Cat becomes a co-lead character on the crossover spin-off ''[[Sam & Cat]]'', a sitcom that began airing in 2013 and concluded in 2014. Sam and Cat become roommates when Cat's Nona (portrayed by [[Maree Cheatham]]) goes to live in Elderly Acres. Sam and Cat previously met each other in the 2011 ''[[iCarly]]'' crossover episode "[[iParty with Victorious]]", but neither of them made many contacts. In the spin-off, Sam officially meets Cat after saving her from the garbage truck. The next day, Sam and Cat set up a [[babysitting]] service to raise some extra cash after watching some kids. Sam and Cat's home is stated to be "the poshest apartment in the building". |
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===Beck Oliver=== |
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Beck Oliver (portrayed by [[Avan Jogia]]) is a [[sophomore]] and is Jade's boyfriend. He has been together with Jade for over two years and, unlike everyone else, is completely unafraid of her (even laughing when Andre admitted to being scared of her) and often likes to tease and make her jealous because of her reactions, which he finds amusing. Beck seems to be the only one who can calm Jade down when she becomes angry and has some control over her as seen throughout the series. |
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Beck is seen as soft-spoken, friendly, laid back, modest, open and caring. Although he is shown to get annoyed and even lose his temper, usually by Robbie or Trina, he is normally calm and collected. Because of his good looks and personality, he is possibly the most popular guy at Hollywood Arts and attracts almost all females and girls like Trina, sometimes even older women. He seems to be aware of the effect he has on girls, sometimes using his looks to his advantage. He and Andre are close friends. His school locker is transparent, which is his way of saying that he has no secrets, which is revealed to Tori when she was attempting to find a decorative idea for her locker. He lives in a trailer that is parked in his parents' driveway, being told if he lived with them then he would have to go by their rules, and he stated "my roof, my rules". Beck grew up in Canada before moving to Los Angeles. |
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Beck Oliver is Jade West's boyfriend. In Rex Dies a doctor asks why his son can't be handsome like him and in Jade Dumps Beck the nurse asks if he is in college . He has been with Jade for 2 years, as said in Jade Dumps Beck. It is shown that Beck likes to mess with Jade and make her jealous, but its to see if she still cares.Some people might think that she's just afraid of losing her boyfriend since they've been dating for 2 years. He met Tori on her first day at Hollywood Arts, when she spills coffee on him, and tries to rub it off, which Jade sees, and leads to their dislikeness of each other. Almost every girl likes Beck, even famous, rich ones much to Jade's jealous chagrin, as seen in Jade Dumps Beck. His locker is transparent because he says that he has no secrets. He lives in a trailer parked in his parents' driveway because as he stated "my roof, my rules." He stated in the episode "Survival of the Hottest" that the trailer use to belong to a rapper named Fat Biscuit. In the season 2 opener, Jade mentions that Beck is Canadian. |
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Beck is portrayed by [[Avan Jogia]]. |
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It is shown in "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep21|Beck Falls For Tori]]" and "[[iParty with Victorious]]" that Beck has never felt true terror, nor has he ever been scared by anything, a fact backed up by Jade who calls him "unscareable". He usually tries to keep peace in the group and hold everyone together. Beck breaks up with Jade in the season 3 episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep35|The Worst Couple]]" after getting tired of constantly fighting with her. In the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep42|Tori Goes Platinum]]" Beck tries to kiss Tori, revealing that he has romantic feelings for her, but she rejects him because she viewed it as a betrayal to Jade to kiss her ex-boyfriend. In the episode, "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep50|Tori Fixes Beck and Jade]]", Beck tries dating a girl named Meredith, who wants to do anything he wants, causing him to realize how he prefers dating a girl who "fights back" and "has a big mouth" because it is not easy and that an easy relationship to him is "boring". This causes him to see how much he misses being with Jade and that he loves her, bringing the two back together again. Following this, their relationship is stronger and more stable. |
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In the ''[[Sam & Cat]]'' episode "[[Sam & Cat#Episodes|#TheKillerTunaJump]]", Jade says that the two are still in a relationship. He, or another student resembling him, can be seen together with Tori or a girl resembling her in the episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help. |
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Beck was absent in the episodes "The Birthweek Song", "Tori Gets Stuck" and "Prom Wrecker". |
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Trina Vega (portrayed by [[Daniella Monet]]) is a [[Eleventh grade|junior]]/[[Twelfth grade|senior]] and is Tori's vain older sister, who also attends Hollywood Arts. Trina's allergic reaction to a Chinese herb gargle in the [[Television pilot|Pilot]] episode forces Tori to fill in for her in the school's big showcase, which leads to Tori being offered admission to Hollywood Arts. |
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Trina believes that her natural acting and singing will get her into any doors in Hollywood and make her a global star, while being very oblivious to the fact she has 0 talent. It's revealed that when Trina was an [[freshman|incoming freshman]], Sikowitz was the one who voted her into Hollywood arts, while under the effects of an expired fruit, not realizing she was terrible. |
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Trina Vega is Tori's older sister, who attends Hollywood Arts. In the [[Television pilot|pilot]] episode, Trina was supposed to perform in the big showcase with Andre. After an allergic reaction to a Chinese herb gargle, Tori takes Trina's place in the showcase which leads to Tori enrolling at Hollywood Arts. Trina believes that acting and singing is her destiny, despite her being quite talentless. For some reason, she has been the focus of attention until recently, though she clearly has no talent. She has an attitude of a (wannabe) [[celebrity]], and acts like a total diva, believing everything should be about her, she even said on The Slap she wants to be a movie star "because movie screens make the actors face bigger," and in the pilot episode she threw a tantrum about being partnered up with Andre. Trina is quite selfish and shallow a lot of the time, like in The Birth Week Song, where Tori works really hard on a song for Trina's birthday, but Trina doesn't appreciate it, saying that it's not a real present because Tori didn't pay money for it; in fact, she even sold it to a record producer as she took the credit for writing and singing it. She is often willing to degrade herself to ridiculous extents for fame. Trina is shown to be kind and caring in some episodes though, like in "Tori the Zombie", where she drives 2 hours to help get Tori's zombie mask off her face,although she was late because she stopped for ice cream, or in "Wok Star", where she pretends to be a celebrity to make Mrs. Lee late for Jade's play. On "Begging on Your Knees", she also warns Tori that her class partner and date, Ryder Daniels, might just be using her, so she can be concerned about Tori when she wants to be. When she was younger, she had a bladder infection. |
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Trina is portrayed by [[Daniella Monet]]. |
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Trina's personality shows that she's quite selfish, self centered and shallow most of the time and is portrayed as being extremely difficult to deal with, sometimes even being called a "monster". However, before she was admitted to Hollywood Arts, she was depicted at her audition as a shy, sweet, nerdy girl. |
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Trina was absent in the episodes "Robarazzi", "Beck's Big Break", "The Great Ping-Pong Scam", "Sleepover at Sikowitz's" and "Beck Falls for Tori". |
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Despite Trina's shallow personality, she can be concerned about her sister when she wants to be, and it is shown that she does look out for Tori a lot. Later in the series, she showed some minor character growth, such as in "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep25|Locked Up!]]" when she tries to get Tori out of a Yerbanian prison when she was accused of "attacking" the unnamed Yerbanian Chancellor and showed genuine concern for her wellbeing. Other examples of this are evidenced in the episodes "Tori the Zombie", "Beggin' On Your Knees", and "Tori Gets Stuck". |
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===Rex Powers=== |
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Rex Powers is Robbie's alter ego who is a puppet. Since Robbie is too shy to speak for himself most of the time, he talks as Rex. Rex, of course has no filter and doesn't like to be called a "dummy" or a "puppet". He says whats on his mind and doesn't hold back or beat around the bush. He hits on every girl at Hollywood Arts but claims he never hits on Cat because she is weird, and on Jade because she is scary. In the episode "Rex Dies" He gets sucked into a wind machine and is taken to the hospital (even though he's a puppet). Rex is shown to have a huge crush on Tori and constantly hits on her, although she is annoyed. In "Sleepover at Sikowitz" Tori kisses Rex when he hits on her. Rex is sometimes seen slightly moving or talking when not being held by Robbie, hinting he may not be a puppet. An example is in "The Birthweek Song", Tori is trying to find her sister a present for her birthday and Rex shouts from inside Robbie's book bag,"Just get the girl the massage helmet!". Tori quickly responds by kicking the bag and Rex yells in pain, "Ah, my ribs!". |
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Rex is voiced by [[Jake Farrow]], who is uncredited for the role.<ref>[http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll200/TMC_83/Ariana.png Scan of blog post by Ariana Grande]</ref> |
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Trina also seems to have bad luck, as she often gets hurt. Some examples include: Falling from the ceiling, a wall falling on her, getting hit in the face with flour, and getting hit with a box of shoes. |
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Rex has appeared in every episode to date. |
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By the final episode "Victori-yes", Trina is shown walking around in expensive boots and clothes and boasts about her finally landing a TV role and calls the show she is on "Top Notch Acting". It's later learned by Jade and Tori that show Trina was on was a Spanish comedy. In her show, she is shown portraying a giant piece of cheese being tormented by children in mouse costumes. |
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===Sinjin Van Cleef=== |
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Sinjin Van Cleef is an interesting and questionable student at Hollywood Arts. His locker has his chewed up food on it and he also likes to collect the teeth of past president's relatives. He has a huge crush on Jade, despite her not liking him back, and even goes as far as breaking into her house in Wi-Fi in the Sky. He also says that he is back-up when she and Beck break up. It is unknown how he got into Hollywood Arts, most likely because he does a lot of background work on all of the school's productions and performances, such as audio, lighting and making props. His name is a reference to the popular online game World of Warcraft, and comes from the Boss named Edwin Van Cleef and the horde city Sen'jin Village. He appears almost every episode of the series, except for Stage Fighting and Cat's New Boyfriend. Sinjin is portrayed by [[Michael Eric Reid]]. |
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Sinjin Van Cleef<ref name=VanCleef>Van Cleef - Sinjin's last name is shown on his [http://www.theslap.com/profiles/sinjin-van-cleef profile on TheSlap]</ref> (portrayed by [[Michael Eric Reid]]) is a strange and questionable student at Hollywood Arts. He is nerdy, disturbing, and very weird, often considered stranger than even Robbie or Cat; his locker has his chewed up food on it and he also likes to collect the teeth of past presidents' relatives. He is usually used as a fake date or bribed to fake date someone, including Cat. He usually interrupts conversations with weird comments that do not make sense. He is a fan of [[disco]] music and has a huge crush on Tori and Jade, although both show more irritation than the interest in his presence. Sinjin is skilled in the background work on the school's productions and performances. He is shown to be proficient with audio, lighting, and making props, and is the apparent leader of the technical team. He is also skilled in [[computer science]], to the point of being able to hack into a private [[Server (computing)|server]] to delete an embarrassing picture of Jade in "[[List of Victorious episodes|The Bad Roommate]]". He appears in almost every episode of the series, except for "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep3|Stage Fighting]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#12|Cat's New Boyfriend]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#19|Sleepover at Sikowitz's]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#25|Locked Up!]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#28|Tori Tortures Teacher]], "[[List of Victorious episodes#29|Jade Gets Crushed]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#30|Terror on Cupcake Street]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#33|The Breakfast Bunch]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#36|Andre's Horrible Girl]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#37|Car, Rain and Fire]]" and "[[List of Victorious episodes#40|Driving Tori Crazy]]". It is revealed in "[[List of Victorious episodes#31|A Christmas Tori]]" that he has a sister named Courtney (played by Dominique Grund) who also attends Hollywood Arts. |
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Erwin Sikowitz is an improvisation acting teacher at Hollywood Arts. His habits might be interpreted as weird and his methods are shown to be often very strange, but at times very effective. He often walks around barefoot, and likes to enter the class through the window too. He likes to drink coconut milk, as he says they give him visions. Tori gave him $2 on her first day at Hollywood Arts, thinking he was a hobo. Sikowitz is the one who gave Jade, Beck, Cat, Robbie and André permission to start a fake ping-pong team to make money. He claims to be 34 years old in The Diddly Bops. For some reason he has a disliking for Cat. And he also calls Jade a gank. He appears in "Pilot", "The Bird Scene", "Beck's Big Break", "The Great Ping Pong Scam", "Cat's New Boyfriend,", "Freak The Freak Out", "Rex Dies", "The Diddly Bops", "Sleepover at Sikowitz's", ''Beck Falls for Tori'', "Tori Gets Stuck" and "Prom Wrecker". ''Pilot'' is the only episode where this character is called Mr. Sikowitz. In all other episodes, he is just called Sikowitz. In 'Sleepover at Sikowitz', it is revealed that he has a nephew named Jason, who goes out on a date with Cat, although the results are not mentioned. |
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Sikowitz is portrayed by [[Eric Lange]]. |
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===Sikowitz=== |
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Erwin Sikowitz<ref name=Sikowitz>Erwin - Sikowitz's first name is shown on his [https://web.archive.org/web/20100907195130/http://www.theslap.com/profiles/erwin-sikowitz profile on TheSlap]</ref> ({{IPAc-en|'|s|aɪ|k|oʊ||w|ɪ|t|s}} {{respell|SEYE-koh-wits}}; portrayed by [[Eric Lange]]) is the [[hippie]]-like acting teacher at Hollywood Arts. His habits might be interpreted as weird and his methods are shown to be often very strange (including throwing a ball at Cat while she is performing), but at times very effective. He often walks around barefoot, which is the supposed trait of the hippies. He likes to enter the class through a window and is almost always seen drinking from coconut because, as Jade says, "the milk gives him visions". Tori gave him two dollars on her first day at Hollywood Arts, thinking he was homeless. He also gave Cat, Jade, Beck, Andre, and Robbie permission to start a fake ping-pong team to make money and have a fancy dinner. He claims to be 34 years old in "[[List of Victorious episodes#15|The Diddly-Bops]]". |
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"[[List of Victorious episodes#1|Pilot]]" is the only episode where he is referred to as Mr. Sikowitz. In all other episodes, he is just called Sikowitz. In "[[List of Victorious episodes#19|Sleepover at Sikowitz's]]", it is revealed that he has a nephew named Jason, who went out on a date with Cat, although the results are not mentioned. His catchphrase is "Good [[Gandhi]]!" As strange as Sikowitz is, he is the favorite teacher of Tori, Cat, Jade, Beck, Andre, and Robbie, and is very open and comfortable with them, to the point he says that he is their friend in a few episodes. |
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Sikowitz is regularly seen drinking from a coconut (he once drank fermented coconut milk and had visions during Trina's audition). In one episode when Tori goes to him asking for help, he is hanging upside down from the ceiling, and in another, he stored his grandmother in the corner before slinging her over his shoulder and taking her to the hospital. He has an extremely strange house as revealed in "[[List of Victorious episodes#19|Sleepover at Sikowitz's]]". At the Hollywood Arts Prom, he brought a pile of tires, matches and a bottle of fuel, thinking for unknown reasons that they were going to have a bonfire of tires. |
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Sikowitz appeared in the ''[[Sam & Cat]]'' episode "#MommaGoomer". He is seen teaching his students about backward acting when Sam and Cat come in. Sikowitz scolds Cat for showing up very late with the class being almost over. When the bell rings, Sam and Cat tell Sikowitz that they would like to use his classroom for a charity called "The Salvation Goomers" (which was a cover-up for Goomer claiming to his mother that he is a history teacher). During Goomer's teaching of history to Sam, Cat, Dice, Goomer's mom, and the local shruggers,{{clarify|date=December 2017}} Sikowitz comes in stating that he had gone to Charityosity.com where he found nothing about "The Salvation Goomers". After Goomer confessed to his mother that he is an [[Mixed martial artist|MMA]] fighter, Sikowitz uses an electric shaver to get the fake pit hair off of Dice's armpits claiming that he grew them too soon. In the same series, Cat has a picture of a laughing Sikowitz near her bed in the room that she shares with Sam. |
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===Lane=== |
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Lane Alexander (portrayed by [[Lane Napper]]) is the [[School counselor|guidance counselor]] for Hollywood Arts. Lane is a good guidance counselor, and often helps students with their problems and resolves their arguments, but sometimes can be reluctant at times, asking students "Why Me?". He is usually the one making the big announcements at school. He appears to either hate dry skin or is obsessed with lotion (as seen in "[[List of Victorious episodes#17|The Wood]]"), as he can be seen frequently applying lotion to his hands. He has a nephew named Devon, as seen in "[[List of Victorious episodes#15|The Diddly-Bops]]". Lane is the one who made a reality television series, ''The Wood'', leave the school because it was becoming an issue with the students and disrupting the learning environment. |
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Lane is portrayed by [[Lane Napper]]. |
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He tends to be a bit extreme in his dealings such as when he issued a two-week detention to Tori for a supposed accidental hit on Jade during a stage fighting practice, made Robbie and Trina cover for Festus after accidentally injuring him, and having Tori and Jade take Festus home after unknowingly wrecking his car which was similar to one of the janitors' car. |
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As revealed on his profile on TheSlap.com, Lane's last name is Alexander. |
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David and Holly Vega (portrayed by [[Jim Pirri]] and Jennifer Carta respectively) are the parents of Tori and Trina. David works as a [[police officer]] while Holly's job was never revealed. |
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Tori & Trina's parents who appear in "Pilot", "The Birthweek Song", and "Sleepover at Sikowitz", though their mother appeared in "Robarazzi" and "A Film by Dale Squires", and their dad appears in "Freak the Freak Out". They are shown to be caring and loving parents, but when their daughters get too out of control, they tend to stay out of it and go off doing something else. Their dad is a cop, and Tori and Trina like to point it out at times. Mr. & Mrs. Vega are portrayed by [[Jim Pirri]] and [[Jennifer Carta]] respectively. |
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They were shown to be loving at times, but mostly were neglectful as they were never home and went on lavish getaways without their daughters. When they were there, they often neglected Trina and Tori's needs, and were absent when it came to parental responsibilities. For example, in "[[List of Victorious episodes|Freak the Freak Out]]", Trina gets her wisdom teeth removed and their parents decide to go out of town to [[Santa Barbara, California]] so they would not have to take care of her, knowing she would get violent. Due to these factors, Trina and Tori were the ones who had to take care of themselves since their parents weren't doing so. Tori likes to point out at times that her father is a cop, usually to get Sinjin back off of her, but also to others, especially if someone is annoying her. David Vega works with the LAPD. |
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===Mrs. Harris=== |
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It was hinted that Holly Vega was having an affair with her husband's colleague, Gary. |
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Mrs Harris is Andre's abnormal grandmother. Andre has mention in "Survival Of The Hottest" that his grandmother had lost her mind six years ago. She is shown to almost be afraid of everything including various sensible objects (such as a clock and a mirror). During an interview on a video on TheSlap.com which Andre reads off her crazy text messages, her first name is revealed to be Charlotte. So far, she has appeared in "Pilot", "Wifi-In-The Sky" and "Sleepover At Sikowitz's". |
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She is played by Marylin Harris. |
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Charlotte Harris<ref name=CharlotteHarris>Charlotte Harris - First name "Charlotte" revealed in a video on TheSlap.com. "Mrs. Harris" used by many characters in various episodes. Credited as "Andre's grandmother".</ref> (portrayed by Marilyn Harris) is Andre's grandmother. She is mentally unstable and often paranoid about things. She is shown to be afraid of nearly everything, including various sensible objects such as clocks and mirrors. In the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#9|Wi-Fi in the Sky]]" she gets scared after seeing her reflection in a mirror and screams "Andre, there's another 'me' on the wall!". When she is greeted by new people, she hides behind anything she can find, while simultaneously shouting out "I don't know you!" Andre tells Tori in the "[[List of Victorious episodes|Pilot]]" episode that her coming to see Trina perform "Make it Shine" is the first time in six years that she has left her house. He also mentions in "[[List of Victorious episodes#8|Survival of the Hottest]]" that before she lost her mind, she used to tell him, "Andre, no matter how bad things get, you can always make it better by singing a song". She often snaps at Andre and is possibly the only way she communicates with anyone. In "[[List of Victorious episodes#9|Wi-Fi in the Sky]]", she yells at Andre for "talking to himself" when he was in reality video chatting with Tori, Cat, and Beck then freaks out and punches Andre's computer. During an interview on a video on TheSlap.com in which Andre read off her crazy text messages, her first name is revealed to be Charlotte. She has appeared in "[[List of Victorious episodes|Pilot]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#9|Wi-Fi in the Sky]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#19|Sleepover At Sikowitz's]]", "[[iParty With Victorious]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#40|Driving Tori Crazy]]", "[[List of Victorious episodes#50|Tori Fixes Beck and Jade]]" and "[[List of Victorious episodes#53|The Bad Roommate]]". |
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===Mrs. Shapiro=== |
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Robbie's grandmother who has strong dislike of Cat. She lives with her husband Maury and has appeared in "The Birthweek Song". She is played by [[Renée Taylor]]. |
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===Mrs. Lee=== |
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Mrs. Lee (portrayed by Susan Chuang) is the owner of Tori's favorite Chinese restaurant Wok Star, who volunteers to pay to produce Jade's play in the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep16|Wok Star]]". But things get complicated when Mrs. Lee makes drastic changes to the script and wants to put her daughter, Daisy, in the play. |
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Festus is the guy who works in The Grub Truck. He appears in "Beck's Big Break"<ref>[http://www.theslap.com/galleries/31/slideshow#http://staticassets.www.theslap.com/images/1298506/large.jpg Festus the Grub Truck Guy (TheSlap.com)]</ref> and has a major appearance in "The Wood", when he was injured by Trina and Robbie, causing them to be his replacements. Tori and Jade accidentally destroyed his car, which he had to be carried by them in a cart. He is played by [[Marco Aiello]]. |
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Mrs. Lee returns in the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep36|Andre's Horrible Girl]]", now operating a Sushi bar called Nozu after Wok Star "mysteriously" burned down in an accidental fire. This prompts Tori to ask if she is Chinese or Japanese, which she answers with a smack to Tori's head. She later appears in the third-season episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep41|How Trina Got In]]", making Tori and Robbie chop a pile of squid after they cannot pay their bill. After the bill was worked off, Robbie accidentally breaks some dishes, causing Mrs. Lee to have Robbie work off the damages with one of the jobs being rubbing her chef Kwakoo's feet. She also appears in the fourth-season episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#ep47|The Hambone King]]" where she praises Robbie's [[hamboning]] skills. She has a grudge against both Jade and Tori because they left her daughter hanging from the ceiling. |
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===Jason Sikowitz=== |
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Sikowitz's nephew. He only appears in "Sleepover with Sikowitz", where Tori briefly flirts with him before Cat leaves with him. Jason is played by [[Luke Allen (actor)|Luke Allen]]. |
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She first appeared in Wok Star and Last appeared in The Hambone King. Her daughter first appeared in Wok Star and was mentioned twice. |
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===Cat's Brother=== |
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Although he is never seen, Cat frequently mentions her odd brother who is yet to be named. Several strange things have happened to him, such as eating Cat's charm bracelet, being stabbed in Japan, and being shot by a clown who was their cousin, Jesse. His favourite flavour of ice cream is "Funky Nutblast". |
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===Burf=== |
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Burf (portrayed by Darsan Solomon) is a student who goes to Hollywood Arts and often hangs out with Sinjin. He is first seen in the episode "[[List of Victorious episodes#38|Tori & Jade's Playdate]]", spying on Tori and Jade for Sikowitz so they cannot escape Nozu. He then appears in "[[List of Victorious episodes#40|Driving Tori Crazy]]" when Cat offers him a bag of rags. He also appears in "[[List of Victorious episodes#45|The Blonde Squad]]", and in "[[List of Victorious episodes#42|Tori Goes Platinum]]", when he sends in a video of himself singing for a contest. He also appears in the season 4 episodes "[[List of Victorious episodes#46|Wanko's Warehouse]]" and "[[List of Victorious episodes#48|Three Girls and a Moose]]". |
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! '''Character''' |
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! '''Episodes Appeared''' |
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! '''Total Episodes''' |
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| [[Victoria Justice]] |
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| Tori Vega |
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| 26 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Leon Thomas III|Leon Thomas]] |
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| Andre Harris |
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| 26 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Matt Bennett]] |
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| Robbie Shapiro |
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| 26 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Elizabeth Gillies]] |
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| Jade West |
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| 26 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Ariana Grande]] |
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| Cat Valentine |
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| 24 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Avan Jogia]] |
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| Beck Oliver |
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| 23 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Daniella Monet]] |
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| Trina Vega |
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| 20 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Jake Farrow]] |
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| Rex Powers |
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| 26 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Michael Eric Reid]] |
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| Sinjin Van Cleef |
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| 23 |
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| 26 |
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| Eric Lange |
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| Erwin Sikowitz |
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| 12 |
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| 26 |
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| Lane Napper |
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| Lane |
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| 11 |
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| 26 |
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| Jim Pirri |
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| David Vega |
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| 6 |
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| 26 |
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| Jennifer Carta |
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| Holly Vega |
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| 6 |
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| 26 |
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| Marylin Harris |
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| Mrs. Harris |
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| 4 |
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| 26 |
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| Marco Aiello |
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| Festus |
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| 2 |
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| 26 |
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| [[Renee Taylor]] |
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| Mrs. Shapiro |
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| 1 |
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| 26 |
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| Luke Allen |
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| Jason Sikowitz |
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| 1 |
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| 26 |
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This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. The series centers on Tori Vega, a student of Hollywood Arts who gets into unpredictable situations with her friends. Victorious was created by Dan Schneider, who also serves as executive producer.
Main characters
[edit]Tori Vega
[edit]Tori Vega (portrayed by Victoria Justice) is a sophomore and the younger sister of Trina Vega and attends Hollywood Arts, a performing arts high school, along with her.
When Trina experiences an allergic reaction to a Chinese herb to try to make her voice sound better, Trina's tongue gets swollen right before a big showcase at school. She is volunteered by Andre Harris to take her place, since she knew how the piece was meant to be performed as well as all the lyrics. Tori performs "Make it Shine", which is the theme song, and everyone is impressed with her performance, including Principal Eikner, who offers her an enrollment to the school. She accepts it and is admitted to Hollywood Arts. Initially feeling out of place at Hollywood Arts, Tori makes new friends and becomes more comfortable. From there, the show details Tori's journey through school as she gets into unusual situations have differences and adventures with her friends. She is one of the favorite students of her teacher, Sikowitz.
She is depicted as creative, nice, caring, forgiving, responsible, positive, easy-going, and friendly, though she can be sneaky and vindictive, going as low as to manipulate her friends and family, especially her older sister, Trina, but she will always do the right thing in the end. Tori is shown to care for her friends and family a lot and is willing to help them when she is hesitant to.
Tori is friends with Andre Harris, Beck Oliver, Cat Valentine, and Robbie Shapiro. She often tries to be nice to Jade and sometimes describes Jade as her friend, even though Jade herself does not. In some episodes, they seem to be moving towards becoming friends, although most of the time, Jade seems to be "frenemies" with Tori.
In later episodes, Tori is shown to wear glasses when at home and at school, she wears contacts.
She, or another student resembling her, can be seen together with Beck, Robbie, Jade or people resembling them in the Sam & Cat episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help.
Andre Harris
[edit]Andre Harris (portrayed by Leon Thomas III) is a sophomore and Tori's best friend and mentor at Hollywood Arts. Andre is an aspiring musician who loves to perform and write his songs. He can play many instruments, including the guitar, keyboard, piano, and the French horn, but prefers the keyboard and piano. Andre takes his music seriously and is usually seen playing at all of Tori's performances. He is a talented singer and songwriter, having co-written nearly every song Tori has performed. He also often gets Tori to be a backup singer for him at his performances.
Andre is shown to be witty and kind and Tori often relies on him for support in her time of need, and he is always there for her, although she is easily distracted at times. Tori often asks him for help or advice. He also likes to make jokes, but none of the other characters find him humorous.
Andre has a grandmother who is mentally unstable. He also has a cousin who works as an actor, and an uncle who is a real estate agent, who once sold a house to Kenan Thompson.
In "Jade Gets Crushed", Andre develops feelings for Jade after they work together on a song for a project for one of Andre's classes and he hears Jade sing beautifully. At the end of the episode, Andre tells Tori that it seems that he is breaking up with Jade, but his former crush on Jade is mentioned again in "Tori Fixes Beck and Jade".
In "Tori Goes Platinum", it is revealed by Andre that singer Bruno Mars is one of his influences to being a musician when he tells Tori, Cat and Jade at Mason Thornesmith's office that he saw Bruno Mars in the men's room and says that Mars is one of his idols.
Robbie Shapiro
[edit]Robbie Shapiro[1] (portrayed by Matt Bennett) is a sophomore and is one of Tori's friends at Hollywood Arts. He speaks along with a puppet, Rex Powers, whom he and all others speak to as if it were an actual person. Robbie is a skilled ventriloquist, but he was uncredited for his talent until the episode "Freak the Freak Out". In the episode, Robbie does not understand why he was referred to as a "ventriloquist", which either jokingly indicates that Rex has a mind of his own and is not controlled by Robbie at all or (in a more serious matter) that Robbie suffers from schizophrenia, therefore considering Rex a real person.[2] He is said to have had Rex since he was little and they are almost always seen together. Robbie personifies Rex, which leads to many arguments about Rex's true sentience. He constantly argues that Rex is not a puppet or dummy when told otherwise. Robbie is close to Rex and affectionate towards him, though Rex ridicules him often.
Robbie is considered shy and nerdy, but a good, loyal, and honest friend to others. Robbie has a great deal of trouble with relationships and attracting girls. Robbie is also in love with Cat Valentine, which is proven in the episode "The Blonde Squad" in which Robbie writes and sings the song 'I Think You're Swell' for her. The song is about what a great person she is, and how they get along so well, and that she is all he thinks about. She, however, does not appear to get the true feelings behind it, though she does appear to greatly enjoy the song. He is also shown to be the only one who knows Cat's full name, Caterina. He does not seem to have a sense of privacy. His only relative who has ever been seen is his grandmother. Robbie is intolerant to gluten, otherwise known as Celiac Disease. It is revealed in the episode 'Wok Star' that Robbie is Jewish because he spent his Bar Mitzvah money on leather pants and male make-up. He is also mistaken for a girl in a couple of episodes such as 'Locked Up!', in which he is in a completely different situation in jail in a foreign country.
Rex Powers
[edit]Rex Powers (physically portrayed by a ventriloquist dummy named Christopher Cane, performed by Matt Bennett, voiced by an uncredited Jake Farrow[3]) is Robbie's alter ego, who is a dummy that Robbie carries around everywhere. Robbie has had Rex since he was young. Since Robbie is too shy to speak for himself most of the time, he talks as Rex, using him to voice his actual feelings and thoughts. The others treat Rex as a real person, and both Rex and Robbie dislike it when Rex is called a 'dummy' or 'puppet'. Rex is obsessed with 'Northridge Girls', dumb, talentless and 'easy' girls from a Los Angeles neighborhood.
In "Rex Dies" he gets sucked into a wind machine and is taken to a hospital, even though he is a dummy. Rex is shown to have a huge crush on Tori and constantly flirts with her, though she is annoyed by his affection. Robbie often turns to Rex for advice and insight, though Rex's advice is almost always off-beat. Rex is sarcastic and mean, especially to Robbie, though it is shown that neither can stay without the other.
In the first 3 seasons, Rex is always in Robbie's company. In season 4 for unexplained reasons, Robbie is frequently seen without Rex. Part 2 of 'Freak the Freak Out' was the first episode not to feature Rex.
In 2011, Rex's in-universe actor Christopher Cane hosted a bloopers episode of Victorious titled "Blooptorious" in which he interviewed cast members and showed outtakes from the series. In the episode, Cane is not accompanied by Robbie. He also mentions that, prior to being offered the role of Rex in Victorious, he was almost given the role of Spencer Shay in iCarly, but was ultimately not chosen in favor of Jerry Trainor, whom he hates for that reason, as well as because Trainor is dating his ex-girlfriend. Cane also hosted a 2011 blooper episode of iCarly titled "iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo".
Rex later had a guest appearance at the end of the 2015 Game Shakers episode 'Tiny Pickles' (Season 1, Episode 5) where he is a truck driver.
Jade West
[edit]Jade West (portrayed by Elizabeth Gillies) is a sophomore and is the vicious frenemy of Tori from Hollywood Arts. She has a gothic sense of style—always wearing dark clothes with eyebrow piercings and different colors of streaks in her hair, and is the long-time girlfriend of Beck Oliver. She is very possessive and sometimes controlling of her boyfriend and is known to lash out at anyone who she views as a threat to their relationship. She shows very little affection for anyone.
In the pilot episode, Jade believes that Tori is flirting with Beck, so she later pours coffee onto Tori's head during an acting class. Tori later gets even with her by defeating her in an alphabetical improv game and kissing Beck as they were the only two actors remaining in the scene.
Jade has been known to take obsession in triumphing over any enemies or rivals she may find, and occasionally has been known to take an interest in bizarre, dark, or unusual things that usually would repulse or frighten other people. She has a fascination with scissors, as she is sometimes seen holding scissors and her locker is decorated with them.
In "Ice Cream for Ke$ha", it is revealed that her childhood was a dark and unhappy one, her favorite play toy being a hammer and scissors, and that she had been raised by an unsupportive and similarly emotionless father and a mother she could not emotionally connect with. She is also seen to be an amazing singer and actress, which are the main talents that got her into Hollywood Arts. In the season 1 episode "Jade Dumps Beck", it is revealed that they had been dating for nearly two years. However, they break up in the episode "The Worst Couple" after non-stop fighting, although it becomes clear that Jade still has feelings for him. After taking some time apart, the two make amends in the episode "Tori Fixes Beck and Jade" when Jade sings a song that is implied to be dedicated to Beck, leading them to admit that they have missed each other and get back together.
Jade later appeared in the Sam & Cat episode "#TheKillerTunaJump" where she ends up meeting Sam Puckett and befriending her, whereas Cat had thought that the two girls would kill each other upon first sight due to their similar personalities. It is Sam and Jade's friendship that makes Cat jealous enough to call Freddie Benson to Los Angeles so that she can flirt with him, resulting instead in Sam briefly becoming Robbie Shapiro's girlfriend.
Cat Valentine
[edit]Catarina "Cat" Valentine (portrayed by Ariana Grande) is a sophomore and is Tori's eccentric friend from Hollywood Arts. She is fun, energetic, and at times oblivious. In a video on TheSlap, she reveals that her full first name is Catarina, but only her grandmother calls her by her full name. It was also revealed by Robbie in "The Blonde Squad" when he yelled "Catarina Valentine, I will not sit here anymore and listen to you talk bad about yourself!"[4][5] She is relatively friendly and liked by all of the students. She is sweet, naive, bubbly and happy, often unsuspecting of what is going on around her. She has a playful nature and has a very short attention span, so she can easily be distracted with colorful items by the others when they want her out of the way. She can be somewhat of a drama queen and does not take criticism very well. She often screams "What's that supposed to mean!?" when offended, which is very often and has become her catchphrase.[6] Cat often says random and strange things which leaves the others, especially Jade, confused or annoyed.
Cat is also an extremely talented singer and actress, as seen in "Freak The Freak Out" where she sings a duet with Jade, and in the crossover episode "iParty with Victorious" where she shows a high vocal range. A running gag of the series is Cat often telling her friends or strangers about her brother, who seems to have many unnatural problems, all of which Cat does not seem to find strange or abnormal. She has bright red hair that she dyed to resemble her favorite snack, a red velvet cupcake. Andre's nickname for her is "Little Red", which she took offense to at first, but then called it "creative".[7] She is occasionally seen carrying stuffed animals. Throughout the series, she has become ditzier and over the top, with a higher-pitched voice and more abnormal conversations.
In January 2013 in the episode "Star-Spangled Tori", Cat's parents move away to Idaho to be with her mentally ill brother at mental institution for between six months and two years where the doctors can make sure he receives much mental relaxation and cannot escape and keep him institutionalized. Her parents couldn't take her as it was in the middle of the school year and wanted her to stay in Los Angeles and sent to her Uncle Walter and Aunt Pearl, while they are in Idaho but according to Cat, they are very strict and mean. They do not like her red hair, they only eat vegetables, they said she cannot have unlimited texting, and they will not let her flush the toilet unless it is "necessary". This caused Cat to run away and take refuge in the attic of Hollywood Arts' BlackBox theater, where her living habits were discovered by Robbie and Jade. After Jade called up Cat's parents, Cat goes to live with her grandmother – who turned out to be living in Venice, California and not Venice, Italy as Cat had initially thought – until her parents and brother return. She refers to her grandmother as "Nona".
After Victorious aired its final season, Cat becomes a co-lead character on the crossover spin-off Sam & Cat, a sitcom that began airing in 2013 and concluded in 2014. Sam and Cat become roommates when Cat's Nona (portrayed by Maree Cheatham) goes to live in Elderly Acres. Sam and Cat previously met each other in the 2011 iCarly crossover episode "iParty with Victorious", but neither of them made many contacts. In the spin-off, Sam officially meets Cat after saving her from the garbage truck. The next day, Sam and Cat set up a babysitting service to raise some extra cash after watching some kids. Sam and Cat's home is stated to be "the poshest apartment in the building".
Beck Oliver
[edit]Beck Oliver (portrayed by Avan Jogia) is a sophomore and is Jade's boyfriend. He has been together with Jade for over two years and, unlike everyone else, is completely unafraid of her (even laughing when Andre admitted to being scared of her) and often likes to tease and make her jealous because of her reactions, which he finds amusing. Beck seems to be the only one who can calm Jade down when she becomes angry and has some control over her as seen throughout the series.
Beck is seen as soft-spoken, friendly, laid back, modest, open and caring. Although he is shown to get annoyed and even lose his temper, usually by Robbie or Trina, he is normally calm and collected. Because of his good looks and personality, he is possibly the most popular guy at Hollywood Arts and attracts almost all females and girls like Trina, sometimes even older women. He seems to be aware of the effect he has on girls, sometimes using his looks to his advantage. He and Andre are close friends. His school locker is transparent, which is his way of saying that he has no secrets, which is revealed to Tori when she was attempting to find a decorative idea for her locker. He lives in a trailer that is parked in his parents' driveway, being told if he lived with them then he would have to go by their rules, and he stated "my roof, my rules". Beck grew up in Canada before moving to Los Angeles.
It is shown in "Beck Falls For Tori" and "iParty with Victorious" that Beck has never felt true terror, nor has he ever been scared by anything, a fact backed up by Jade who calls him "unscareable". He usually tries to keep peace in the group and hold everyone together. Beck breaks up with Jade in the season 3 episode "The Worst Couple" after getting tired of constantly fighting with her. In the episode "Tori Goes Platinum" Beck tries to kiss Tori, revealing that he has romantic feelings for her, but she rejects him because she viewed it as a betrayal to Jade to kiss her ex-boyfriend. In the episode, "Tori Fixes Beck and Jade", Beck tries dating a girl named Meredith, who wants to do anything he wants, causing him to realize how he prefers dating a girl who "fights back" and "has a big mouth" because it is not easy and that an easy relationship to him is "boring". This causes him to see how much he misses being with Jade and that he loves her, bringing the two back together again. Following this, their relationship is stronger and more stable.
In the Sam & Cat episode "#TheKillerTunaJump", Jade says that the two are still in a relationship. He, or another student resembling him, can be seen together with Tori or a girl resembling her in the episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help.
Trina Vega
[edit]Trina Vega (portrayed by Daniella Monet) is a junior/senior and is Tori's vain older sister, who also attends Hollywood Arts. Trina's allergic reaction to a Chinese herb gargle in the Pilot episode forces Tori to fill in for her in the school's big showcase, which leads to Tori being offered admission to Hollywood Arts.
Trina believes that her natural acting and singing will get her into any doors in Hollywood and make her a global star, while being very oblivious to the fact she has 0 talent. It's revealed that when Trina was an incoming freshman, Sikowitz was the one who voted her into Hollywood arts, while under the effects of an expired fruit, not realizing she was terrible.
Trina's personality shows that she's quite selfish, self centered and shallow most of the time and is portrayed as being extremely difficult to deal with, sometimes even being called a "monster". However, before she was admitted to Hollywood Arts, she was depicted at her audition as a shy, sweet, nerdy girl.
Despite Trina's shallow personality, she can be concerned about her sister when she wants to be, and it is shown that she does look out for Tori a lot. Later in the series, she showed some minor character growth, such as in "Locked Up!" when she tries to get Tori out of a Yerbanian prison when she was accused of "attacking" the unnamed Yerbanian Chancellor and showed genuine concern for her wellbeing. Other examples of this are evidenced in the episodes "Tori the Zombie", "Beggin' On Your Knees", and "Tori Gets Stuck".
Trina also seems to have bad luck, as she often gets hurt. Some examples include: Falling from the ceiling, a wall falling on her, getting hit in the face with flour, and getting hit with a box of shoes.
By the final episode "Victori-yes", Trina is shown walking around in expensive boots and clothes and boasts about her finally landing a TV role and calls the show she is on "Top Notch Acting". It's later learned by Jade and Tori that show Trina was on was a Spanish comedy. In her show, she is shown portraying a giant piece of cheese being tormented by children in mouse costumes.
Recurring characters
[edit]Sinjin
[edit]Sinjin Van Cleef[8] (portrayed by Michael Eric Reid) is a strange and questionable student at Hollywood Arts. He is nerdy, disturbing, and very weird, often considered stranger than even Robbie or Cat; his locker has his chewed up food on it and he also likes to collect the teeth of past presidents' relatives. He is usually used as a fake date or bribed to fake date someone, including Cat. He usually interrupts conversations with weird comments that do not make sense. He is a fan of disco music and has a huge crush on Tori and Jade, although both show more irritation than the interest in his presence. Sinjin is skilled in the background work on the school's productions and performances. He is shown to be proficient with audio, lighting, and making props, and is the apparent leader of the technical team. He is also skilled in computer science, to the point of being able to hack into a private server to delete an embarrassing picture of Jade in "The Bad Roommate". He appears in almost every episode of the series, except for "Stage Fighting", "Cat's New Boyfriend", "Sleepover at Sikowitz's", "Locked Up!", "Tori Tortures Teacher, "Jade Gets Crushed", "Terror on Cupcake Street", "The Breakfast Bunch", "Andre's Horrible Girl", "Car, Rain and Fire" and "Driving Tori Crazy". It is revealed in "A Christmas Tori" that he has a sister named Courtney (played by Dominique Grund) who also attends Hollywood Arts.
Sikowitz
[edit]Erwin Sikowitz[9] (/ˈsaɪkoʊwɪts/ SEYE-koh-wits; portrayed by Eric Lange) is the hippie-like acting teacher at Hollywood Arts. His habits might be interpreted as weird and his methods are shown to be often very strange (including throwing a ball at Cat while she is performing), but at times very effective. He often walks around barefoot, which is the supposed trait of the hippies. He likes to enter the class through a window and is almost always seen drinking from coconut because, as Jade says, "the milk gives him visions". Tori gave him two dollars on her first day at Hollywood Arts, thinking he was homeless. He also gave Cat, Jade, Beck, Andre, and Robbie permission to start a fake ping-pong team to make money and have a fancy dinner. He claims to be 34 years old in "The Diddly-Bops".
"Pilot" is the only episode where he is referred to as Mr. Sikowitz. In all other episodes, he is just called Sikowitz. In "Sleepover at Sikowitz's", it is revealed that he has a nephew named Jason, who went out on a date with Cat, although the results are not mentioned. His catchphrase is "Good Gandhi!" As strange as Sikowitz is, he is the favorite teacher of Tori, Cat, Jade, Beck, Andre, and Robbie, and is very open and comfortable with them, to the point he says that he is their friend in a few episodes.
Sikowitz is regularly seen drinking from a coconut (he once drank fermented coconut milk and had visions during Trina's audition). In one episode when Tori goes to him asking for help, he is hanging upside down from the ceiling, and in another, he stored his grandmother in the corner before slinging her over his shoulder and taking her to the hospital. He has an extremely strange house as revealed in "Sleepover at Sikowitz's". At the Hollywood Arts Prom, he brought a pile of tires, matches and a bottle of fuel, thinking for unknown reasons that they were going to have a bonfire of tires.
Sikowitz appeared in the Sam & Cat episode "#MommaGoomer". He is seen teaching his students about backward acting when Sam and Cat come in. Sikowitz scolds Cat for showing up very late with the class being almost over. When the bell rings, Sam and Cat tell Sikowitz that they would like to use his classroom for a charity called "The Salvation Goomers" (which was a cover-up for Goomer claiming to his mother that he is a history teacher). During Goomer's teaching of history to Sam, Cat, Dice, Goomer's mom, and the local shruggers,[clarification needed] Sikowitz comes in stating that he had gone to Charityosity.com where he found nothing about "The Salvation Goomers". After Goomer confessed to his mother that he is an MMA fighter, Sikowitz uses an electric shaver to get the fake pit hair off of Dice's armpits claiming that he grew them too soon. In the same series, Cat has a picture of a laughing Sikowitz near her bed in the room that she shares with Sam.
Lane
[edit]Lane Alexander (portrayed by Lane Napper) is the guidance counselor for Hollywood Arts. Lane is a good guidance counselor, and often helps students with their problems and resolves their arguments, but sometimes can be reluctant at times, asking students "Why Me?". He is usually the one making the big announcements at school. He appears to either hate dry skin or is obsessed with lotion (as seen in "The Wood"), as he can be seen frequently applying lotion to his hands. He has a nephew named Devon, as seen in "The Diddly-Bops". Lane is the one who made a reality television series, The Wood, leave the school because it was becoming an issue with the students and disrupting the learning environment.
He tends to be a bit extreme in his dealings such as when he issued a two-week detention to Tori for a supposed accidental hit on Jade during a stage fighting practice, made Robbie and Trina cover for Festus after accidentally injuring him, and having Tori and Jade take Festus home after unknowingly wrecking his car which was similar to one of the janitors' car.
As revealed on his profile on TheSlap.com, Lane's last name is Alexander.
David and Holly Vega
[edit]David and Holly Vega (portrayed by Jim Pirri and Jennifer Carta respectively) are the parents of Tori and Trina. David works as a police officer while Holly's job was never revealed.
They were shown to be loving at times, but mostly were neglectful as they were never home and went on lavish getaways without their daughters. When they were there, they often neglected Trina and Tori's needs, and were absent when it came to parental responsibilities. For example, in "Freak the Freak Out", Trina gets her wisdom teeth removed and their parents decide to go out of town to Santa Barbara, California so they would not have to take care of her, knowing she would get violent. Due to these factors, Trina and Tori were the ones who had to take care of themselves since their parents weren't doing so. Tori likes to point out at times that her father is a cop, usually to get Sinjin back off of her, but also to others, especially if someone is annoying her. David Vega works with the LAPD.
It was hinted that Holly Vega was having an affair with her husband's colleague, Gary.
Andre's grandmother
[edit]Charlotte Harris[10] (portrayed by Marilyn Harris) is Andre's grandmother. She is mentally unstable and often paranoid about things. She is shown to be afraid of nearly everything, including various sensible objects such as clocks and mirrors. In the episode "Wi-Fi in the Sky" she gets scared after seeing her reflection in a mirror and screams "Andre, there's another 'me' on the wall!". When she is greeted by new people, she hides behind anything she can find, while simultaneously shouting out "I don't know you!" Andre tells Tori in the "Pilot" episode that her coming to see Trina perform "Make it Shine" is the first time in six years that she has left her house. He also mentions in "Survival of the Hottest" that before she lost her mind, she used to tell him, "Andre, no matter how bad things get, you can always make it better by singing a song". She often snaps at Andre and is possibly the only way she communicates with anyone. In "Wi-Fi in the Sky", she yells at Andre for "talking to himself" when he was in reality video chatting with Tori, Cat, and Beck then freaks out and punches Andre's computer. During an interview on a video on TheSlap.com in which Andre read off her crazy text messages, her first name is revealed to be Charlotte. She has appeared in "Pilot", "Wi-Fi in the Sky", "Sleepover At Sikowitz's", "iParty With Victorious", "Driving Tori Crazy", "Tori Fixes Beck and Jade" and "The Bad Roommate".
Mrs. Lee
[edit]Mrs. Lee (portrayed by Susan Chuang) is the owner of Tori's favorite Chinese restaurant Wok Star, who volunteers to pay to produce Jade's play in the episode "Wok Star". But things get complicated when Mrs. Lee makes drastic changes to the script and wants to put her daughter, Daisy, in the play.
Mrs. Lee returns in the episode "Andre's Horrible Girl", now operating a Sushi bar called Nozu after Wok Star "mysteriously" burned down in an accidental fire. This prompts Tori to ask if she is Chinese or Japanese, which she answers with a smack to Tori's head. She later appears in the third-season episode "How Trina Got In", making Tori and Robbie chop a pile of squid after they cannot pay their bill. After the bill was worked off, Robbie accidentally breaks some dishes, causing Mrs. Lee to have Robbie work off the damages with one of the jobs being rubbing her chef Kwakoo's feet. She also appears in the fourth-season episode "The Hambone King" where she praises Robbie's hamboning skills. She has a grudge against both Jade and Tori because they left her daughter hanging from the ceiling.
She first appeared in Wok Star and Last appeared in The Hambone King. Her daughter first appeared in Wok Star and was mentioned twice.
Burf
[edit]Burf (portrayed by Darsan Solomon) is a student who goes to Hollywood Arts and often hangs out with Sinjin. He is first seen in the episode "Tori & Jade's Playdate", spying on Tori and Jade for Sikowitz so they cannot escape Nozu. He then appears in "Driving Tori Crazy" when Cat offers him a bag of rags. He also appears in "The Blonde Squad", and in "Tori Goes Platinum", when he sends in a video of himself singing for a contest. He also appears in the season 4 episodes "Wanko's Warehouse" and "Three Girls and a Moose".
References
[edit]- ^ "Victorious - Programma's - Nickelodeon". TheSlap.com. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ "Robbie/Matt Bennett (Nickelodeon)". Archived from the original on 2011-01-05. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
- ^ Stacey Grant (May 5, 2016). "Did You Know This Drake & Josh Star Voiced Rex The Puppet On Victorious?". MTV News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ "The Blonde Squad". Victorious. Season 3. Episode 12. June 30, 2012. Event occurs at 12:50. Nickelodeon.
Catarina Valentine, I will not sit here anymore and listen to you talk bad about yourself! You're adorable!
(name spelling via subtitles) - ^ "Victorious - Cat's Random Thoughts #1". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ^ Cat/Ariana Grande (Nickelodeon)
- ^ "Cat's Video Profile". TheSlap.com.
- ^ Van Cleef - Sinjin's last name is shown on his profile on TheSlap
- ^ Erwin - Sikowitz's first name is shown on his profile on TheSlap
- ^ Charlotte Harris - First name "Charlotte" revealed in a video on TheSlap.com. "Mrs. Harris" used by many characters in various episodes. Credited as "Andre's grandmother".