108 Fun Facts About Victorious

What is the name of the school for young performers that Tori attends on Victorious?

Hollywood Arts offers Tori a place on the spot after she stands in for her sister at its big showcase and earns a standing ovation.

Who plays Tori Vega?

Victoria Justice so impressed the show's creator on Zoey 101 that after her third episode he phoned the network to say, 'I've got your next star.'

Which future pop superstar played Cat Valentine on Victorious?

Ariana Grande had to bleach and dye her hair every other week to play Cat, which she said wrecked it so badly that she took to wearing it in her now-famous ponytail.

On which network did Victorious originally air?

Nickelodeon asked the show's creator for a music-based series because, an executive said, young viewers were 'into music, maybe more than ever', and co-produced it with a record label.

Why does Tori sing at the showcase in the Victorious pilot?

Trina's tongue swells from a herb gargle she drank to help her sing, so Andre volunteers Tori, who has heard the song all week in rehearsals, to go on in her place.

What is the title of the Victorious theme song, which Tori sings at the showcase?

'Make It Shine' was later blended with iCarly's theme, 'Leave It All to Me', into 'Leave It All to Shine', which both casts sang to close their 2011 crossover.

What is the name of Robbie Shapiro's ventriloquist dummy?

Rex Powers is Robbie's dummy, and the puppet even hosted the bloopers special 'Blooptorious' alone, introducing himself as Christopher Cane, the actor who plays Rex.

In the Victorious pilot, what does Jade pour over Tori's head during an acting class?

Iced coffee: Jade makes Tori play a dog in an improv scene, then empties a classmate's cup over her, and Tori gets even the next day by kissing Jade's boyfriend in front of her.

Which actress plays Jade West on Victorious?

Elizabeth Gillies plays Jade, and met her future husband on the set: in 2020 she married Michael Corcoran, a composer who co-wrote songs she sang on the show.

Where does Beck Oliver live on Victorious?

A trailer in his parents' driveway: they told him that living under their roof meant living by their rules, so Beck moved into the RV outside to make his own.

Beck Oliver of Victorious is originally from which country?

Canada: in 'Three Girls and a Moose' his Canadian friend Moose visits, and Tori, Cat and Jade compete so hard for his attention that they forget the boys' fundraiser.

Why is Beck's school locker transparent on Victorious?

To show he has no secrets: by school tradition every student must decorate a locker in a way that says something about them, and a see-through door is Beck's answer.

On Victorious, Cat dyed her hair to match which favourite dessert?

A red velvet cupcake, by her own account. Andre calls her 'Little Red', which offends her until he explains that she is little and has red hair, and then she decides it is 'so creative'.

What is Cat Valentine's catchphrase on Victorious?

'What's that supposed to mean!?' is Cat's cry whenever she feels insulted, which is often: she is so sensitive that she hears digs in remarks nobody meant unkindly.

What is the name of the school social network where the Victorious characters post their updates and videos?

TheSlap is the students' network, and it was built for real: fans could visit TheSlap.com to read the characters' profiles and watch their videos.

Which objects cover Jade West's locker on Victorious?

Scissors cover Jade's locker, and her favourite film is The Scissoring, which she brings up to win over a boy that Tori and Cat are chasing too.

What does acting teacher Sikowitz habitually drink from?

A coconut: Sikowitz, the barefoot acting teacher, sips from one in class and likes to arrive by climbing in through the classroom window.

What did Tori do when she first met Sikowitz on Victorious?

Gave him $2, thinking he was homeless: the barefoot, hippie-like stranger then turned out to be the acting teacher of her very first class.

What is acting teacher Sikowitz's catchphrase on Victorious?

'Good Gandhi!' is the cry of the teacher who once held a sleepover at his house as a method-acting test, banishing every student who broke character.

Which actor plays acting teacher Sikowitz on Victorious?

Eric Lange plays Sikowitz, the teacher who throws a ball at students in mid-scene to test whether they stay in character; he came to the role from a recurring part in the drama Lost.

What is the job of Tori's father, David Vega?

Police officer: Tori likes to remind people that her dad is a cop, especially when the creepy Sinjin gets too close.

What strange collection does Sinjin Van Cleef keep?

Teeth of presidents' relatives are Sinjin's hobby, and his locker is just as odd: he decorated it with food he has chewed but never swallowed.

What is the name of Mrs. Lee's Chinese restaurant on Victorious, which later burns down?

Wok Star is Mrs. Lee's Chinese restaurant; she offers to bankroll Jade's play in the episode of that name, and after a 'mysterious' fire she reopens as the sushi bar Nozu.

Which instrument does Andre Harris prefer, though he can play many?

Piano/keyboard is Andre's main instrument; he writes most of the songs Tori performs, starting with the song she sings at the showcase in the pilot.

On Victorious, what makes Andre's grandmother scream 'there's another me on the wall'?

A mirror: Andre's grandmother fears almost everything, and he says the night of the school showcase was the first time in six years she had left her house.

On Victorious, which monologue must every student pass before appearing in a school production?

The Bird Scene has a hidden rule: Tori keeps failing because she asks whether she got it right, and passes only when she insists her performance was good whatever anyone says.

Which song does Robbie write and sing for Cat in 'The Blonde Squad'?

'I Think You're Swell' is Robbie's attempt to cheer Cat up after a boy rejects her for not being a real blonde, but she misses the point and wonders whether to dye her hair blonde.

On Victorious, what did Robbie Shapiro spend his Bar Mitzvah money on?

Leather pants and male make-up took the last of it, so Robbie had nothing to offer when Tori needed money for Jade's play, and he had to correct her for calling it his 'bat mitzvah'.

In the Victorious episode 'Rex Dies', what happens to Rex?

He is sucked into a wind machine that Tori left set to 'suck' while rigging a stage tornado, and Jade talks the others into taking him to hospital so that he can 'die' there.

On Victorious, where does Cat secretly live after her parents move away in 'Star-Spangled Tori'?

The school attic: her parents had gone to Idaho for her brother's treatment, and Cat fled the strict aunt and uncle she was left with, until Jade and Robbie followed her one night.

On Victorious, what does Cat Valentine call her grandmother?

Nona: Cat believed her grandmother had moved to Venice in Italy, until Jade discovered she was in Venice, California, close enough for Cat to move in.

What TV role does Trina finally land in 'Victori-Yes', the last episode of Victorious?

A giant piece of cheese: Trina brags about her hit show, but Tori and Jade tune in to find a Mexican comedy in which children dressed as mice chase her around.

On Victorious, how did the untalented Trina Vega get into her performing arts school?

Her judge was hallucinating: the other teachers had run off to free a student's head from a soda machine, and the one left watching had just drunk something that had gone off.

The first episode of Victorious aired immediately after which broadcast?

The Kids' Choice Awards lead-in worked: billed as a sneak preview, the pilot drew over five and a half million viewers, while the 'official premiere' two weeks later managed about 3.5 million.

Which season 2 premiere became the most-watched episode of Victorious?

'Beggin' on Your Knees' drew more than six million viewers to watch Tori take revenge on a boy who dates girls to lift his grades, humiliating him with the song in front of the whole school.

Which rival network's success with musical franchises led executives to order Victorious?

Disney Channel had turned shows such as Hannah Montana into pop-music franchises, and an executive said the network does best when it follows 'where kids are', so it asked Dan Schneider for a music-based show.

In the Victorious episode 'Stage Fighting', which injury does Jade fake and blame on Tori?

A black eye: Andre discovered the bruise was fake, yet Tori refused to tell on Jade and took the punishment anyway, and a guilty Jade ended up helping her clean the theatre.

The 2011 crossover iParty with Victorious took place at a party in whose new house?

Kenan Thompson's new house was lent for a small gathering while he was in New York, but one mass tweet brought hundreds of guests, and he walked in to find the party in full swing.

In iParty with Victorious, which boy is secretly dating both Carly and Tori?

Steven Carson splits his time between divorced parents in Seattle and Los Angeles, which is how he manages to date Carly and Tori at once.

Which Drake & Josh character turns up on Victorious as the school's new principal?

Helen makes every student audition again to keep a place, and Tori is thrown out until it emerges that an assistant mixed up her name with Trina's.

Who plays Robbie Shapiro on Victorious?

Matt Bennett plays Robbie Shapiro and works his dummy, but the dummy's voice is not his: writer Jake Farrow supplies it, uncredited, to keep up the illusion.

How do Sam and Cat first meet in their Victorious spin-off?

Sam rescues Cat from a garbage truck in the pilot; Sam had been roaming on her motorcycle since Carly moved to Italy at the end of iCarly.

What business do Sam and Cat run in the Victorious spin-off Sam & Cat?

A babysitting service: the idea comes after they end up minding three children Cat's grandmother was meant to watch, and they name it Sam & Cat's Super Rockin' Fun-Time Babysitting Service.

Which fate of Victorious does its spin-off Sam & Cat joke about?

Ending with no proper finale: when the girls' favourite sitcom is axed in Sam & Cat, they ask what kind of network cancels a big hit without one, a dig at how Victorious had just ended.

Which Broadway musical had Cat's and Jade's actresses both appeared in before Victorious?

13 gave both their Broadway debuts in 2008, with Jade's actress as Lucy and Cat's as Charlotte, but it closed after three months; Victorious reunited them a year later.

Leon Thomas III, who plays Andre on Victorious, won a 2024 Grammy for co-writing which SZA song?

Snooze was not originally meant for SZA's own album: Thomas has said it began as a collaboration for a Babyface record, and it went on to win the Grammy for Best R&B Song.

Which soap reboot did Jade's actress lead as Fallon Carrington from 2017 to 2022?

Dynasty, The CW's reboot of the 1980s soap, gave the Victorious alumna double duty: when the actress playing Fallon's mother Alexis left in season two, she played both women for a while.

Which star of another teen sitcom sings on the first Victorious soundtrack, thanks to a crossover special?

Miranda Cosgrove is there because the two casts' theme-song mash-up from their crossover was released as one of its singles; the album entered the Billboard 200 at number 5.

Which Victorious song does Tori perform in disguise to beat two mean girls at karaoke?

'Freak the Freak Out' has Tori pull off her disguise, false nose and all, in mid-song to win a bet for Jade and Cat, and it reached number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, the show's highest placing.

Which Jade and Tori duet earned Jade's actress her first platinum certification?

'Take a Hint' is aimed at two boys who will not stop pestering Tori and Jade at a karaoke night, and it outlived the show: it went platinum in the US in 2022, ten years after it aired.

Which Zoey 101 character did Tori's actress play before Victorious?

Lola Martinez was an aspiring actress herself, and the girl who played her has said that after three seasons creator Dan Schneider found she could sing and dance too and built Victorious for her.

In the Victorious episode 'Tori the Zombie', why is Tori stuck in monster make-up on opening night?

Cat used industrial glue to fix a zombie mask to Tori's face, and the only solvent was at the factory in Bakersfield, so Tori had to start the play as a monster.

Who plays Tori's older sister Trina?

Daniella Monet plays Trina, whose terrible singing is a running joke, yet Monet is a singer in real life and, born in 1989, the oldest of the main cast.

One Victorious episode is a parody of which John Hughes teen film?

The Breakfast Club becomes 'The Breakfast Bunch': the gang spend a Saturday in detention for being late to class, and the film's edgier talk is swapped for arguments about tacos.

On Victorious, Rex is obsessed with the girls of which real Los Angeles neighbourhood?

Northridge girls are a running gag: Rex brags that he will be partying with a couple of them, and the night ends with the pair vanishing along with the wallet that had just paid their bill.

On Victorious, why do Tori's friends pretend to be the school's ping-pong team?

To dine out on its budget: the fake team spends the school's money at a fancy restaurant until Robbie orders caviar they cannot afford, and Tori has to sing for the diners to pay the bill.

In 'Locked Up!', the Victorious gang is thrown in prison in which fictional country?

Yerba: Tori's shoe flies off in mid-song and strikes the country's chancellor, earning her four years in prison, and her friends join her there when their plea for her release goes wrong.

The phones and tablets on Victorious come from which fruit-named parody of Apple?

Pear: the PearPhone and PearPad were reused across the same creator's sitcoms, turning up in iCarly, Sam & Cat and Henry Danger as well.

Which pop star plays a private concert at Tori's house on Victorious after the gang wins an ice cream contest?

Kesha appears as herself once the friends collect every letter of her name from under ice cream cartons. The final symbol costs Tori, Cat and Jade a kiss for a small boy.

Jade breaks a guitar autographed by which music legend while dog-sitting with Cat on Victorious?

Elvis Presley had signed the guitar, which belongs to the boss of Cat's mother. An earthquake then smashes everything else in the house, so the owner blames the tremor for the lot.

The actress who plays Cat on Victorious earned an Oscar nomination for which 2024 film musical?

Wicked cast her as Glinda, a part she wanted so badly that she took acting and singing lessons for months before she even auditioned.

Which actress guest-stars on Victorious as Ponnie, a strange new girl who vanishes whenever Tori's friends appear?

Jennette McCurdy plays her as an expelled former student, real name Fawn Leibowitz, who believes Tori was given her place. McCurdy was already famous as Sam on iCarly.

Which breed of dog does Jade give Beck on Victorious to win him back, only for it to attack his father?

A Rottweiler is the dog Beck has always wanted, so Jade and Tori deliver one to his door. His sleeping father ends up in hospital, yet Beck takes Jade back anyway.

On the Victorious game show Brain Squeezers, who holds Tori down as she tries to grab the prize money?

A sumo wrestler, played by WWE star Rikishi, pins her so firmly that nobody takes home the $10,000. Every wrong answer on the show also earns its players a painful soaking or a knock on the head.

Which breed of dog, a team mascot, drags Tori across a basketball court on Victorious as she sings the anthem?

A St. Bernard hauls her across the floor of a televised game. Before the big night, Tori's only worry had been forgetting the words.

Which real singer does Andre say he ran into in the men's room of a record producer's office on Victorious?

Bruno Mars is in the building when the friends visit producer Mason Thornesmith in the hour-long special Tori Goes Platinum. Andre hurries back to tell Tori, Cat and Jade.

What kind of vehicle finally gets Tori to school on Victorious after Cat finds a 90%-off coupon?

A party bus turns up, driven by Dr. Rhapsody, a nineties rapper with exactly one hit single. Tori had already tried lifts with Beck, Andre, Robbie and Jade, then walked 11 miles.

Tori's actress from Victorious played Janet in a 2016 television remake of which cult musical?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again aired on Fox that October, with the Victorious lead in one of its main roles as Janet Weiss.

Which class do Andre and Robbie join on Victorious to meet girls, only to find every other pupil is a boy?

Ballet looks like a shortcut to romance until the pair learn they cannot drop out without failing the semester. When one girl finally joins, every boy in the room goes crazy about her.

Which procedure has Trina just had on Victorious when her parents escape to Santa Barbara for the weekend?

Wisdom teeth removal makes Trina such a difficult patient that her mother and father use the trip as an excuse not to nurse her. Tori is left in charge.

Which pricey dish does Robbie order at a fancy restaurant on Victorious, leaving the gang unable to pay?

Caviar by the bowl pushes the bill far beyond the money the friends have between them. Tori has to get up and perform live to cover the difference.

Which routine must Andre and Robbie perform on Jade's command after losing a bet with her on Victorious?

The Hammer Dance is their forfeit, and Jade demands it at the most embarrassing moments she can find. The same episode sends the gang to a dangerous underground venue that keeps a real wild gorilla.

What does Cat accidentally wax off Jade on Victorious, leading Jade to shave Cat's head in revenge?

Her eyebrows vanish, and Jade chases Cat around trying to get even. She finally gets her chance when Cat falls asleep in study hall.

Which noisy insect keeps Beck awake in the Victorious Christmas episode until Andre catches it?

A cricket costs Beck his sleep until Andre traps it, explaining that the insects apparently like peanut butter. Beck then hands it to Sikowitz as a gift.

Which creature gets lodged in Cat's ear on Victorious while Robbie is supposed to be looking after it?

A butterfly that Robbie is minding ends up stuck in her ear. He grows desperate enough to ask Andre's grandmother to help get it out.

What traps the Victorious gang in a shop aisle overnight as they wait for a big sale to begin?

Security laser beams switch on around them at Wanko's Warehouse, where they had hidden to be first in line for 80% off. They escape with tubs over their heads to fool the cameras.

Which fast-food chain put Victorious toys in its children's meals in the spring of 2012?

McDonald's packed the toys into its Happy Meals that April. Walmart had already announced a Victorious range of more than 250 products, from lunch boxes to T-shirts.

After her first restaurant burns down, Mrs. Lee reopens on Victorious as the owner of which sushi bar?

Nozu is where Mrs. Lee keeps serving Tori and Jade despite an old grudge: the two once left her daughter hanging from a ceiling during a play.

What must Tori and Robbie chop by the pound on Victorious to work off an unpaid restaurant bill?

Squid, 17 pounds of it, is the price of forgetting a wallet and a backpack on the same night. Robbie then breaks a pile of dishes and is kept behind to massage a kitchen worker's feet.

Which play does Jade write on Victorious, only for her school to refuse to stage it because of its content?

Well Wishes goes ahead with money from a restaurant owner, who then rewrites the script and casts her own daughter. Trina poses as a celebrity to keep the woman away on the night.

Which reality show films Tori and her friends at school on Victorious, then edits calls to fake a romance?

The Wood splices two separate phone calls so that Tori and Beck seem to be dating behind Jade's back. Once the friends see the producers only want drama, they start staging it themselves.

Tori risks losing the lead in the play Steamboat Suzy on Victorious in order to do what for Robbie?

She leaves rehearsals to give him blood after he is taken to hospital, and Jade, her understudy, does all she can to stop Tori getting back. Sikowitz ends up taking the lead himself.

Which pet of a foreign chancellor does Robbie accidentally kill on Victorious, landing all his friends in prison?

An octopus dies just after the chancellor agrees to free Tori, who had been given four years when her shoe flew off in the middle of a number and hit him in the eye.

Why is Tori briefly expelled on Victorious when a new principal makes every student audition again?

A mix-up with Trina's name by the principal's assistant means the wrong sister is thrown out. Tori then stages a fake robbery so Trina can play the hero and win her own place back.

The Victorious April Fools' episode features a cameo by Mr. Belding, the principal from which older school sitcom?

Saved by the Bell lent its head teacher, with Dennis Haskins back in the role, to an episode that also nods to The Amanda Show, Match Game and The Wizard of Oz.

Tori beats a rival at which rhythmic skill on Victorious after sushi is thrown at Robbie mid-contest?

Hamboning turns out to be Tori's hidden talent: she had hamboned with the same rival seven years earlier. Her win makes her the hambone queen.

Kojeezy will only buy Tori and Andre's song on Victorious if it passes a test involving what?

A baby has to hear the song without crying, and this one cries, so the sale falls through. The same episode reveals that Andre's chaotic grandmother is the main reason he writes music so well.

Which actor plays Beck Oliver, the laid-back boyfriend of Jade West, on Victorious?

Avan Jogia moved to Los Angeles in his late teens on a six-month ultimatum: land a role or go back to school. Beck was his first main part in a series.

Sikowitz dares his class on Victorious to go a whole week without what, sparking a boys-against-girls bet?

Modern technology proves hardest for Cat, who has to be held back from her phone. Sikowitz later admits he quietly helped the boys win because he wanted his own side to triumph.

What does Tori give Trina for her birthday on Victorious, only for her ungrateful sister to sell it for $500?

A song, written at Andre's suggestion, was not the material present Trina wanted. The record producer who buys it soon realises she is not the singer he first heard, and Tori records it instead.

Tori lies on her résumé on Victorious and is hired by a film crew to do which job?

A stunt double has to jump 40 feet off a platform, and Tori is too scared, so Beck dresses up as her and takes the fall. When she tries again, Jade simply pushes her off.

Victorious was filmed, like iCarly, at a studio on which famous Los Angeles street?

Sunset Boulevard was home to the studio, where the green rooms were filled with games so that the young casts could relax between scenes.

Where do the Victorious friends go to escape a heat wave, only to spend the day trapped in a parked vehicle?

Venice Beach stays out of reach once a huge camper parks against their only door. Cat, who had stepped out for a moment, spends the day partying with four boys, unaware her friends are roasting.

Which real-life celebrity plays himself on Victorious when Trina steals his camera in the hope of getting famous?

Perez Hilton is sitting in first class on a delayed flight home from New York. Trina takes his camera so that she can make a show of returning it.

The front of the school on Victorious is a digitally altered photo of which real California high school?

Burbank High supplied the exterior, retouched for the screen. The lunch area where the friends eat was really the back lot of the studio, with a car park beside it.

Which veteran actress guest-stars on Victorious as Mona Patterson, chasing Tori, Cat and Jade off with a water gun?

Shirley Jones plays a star the girls believe has died, so they drive south to light a candle outside her house. She is alive, and the candle later sets her home on fire.

Before Victorious, the actors who play Tori and Beck co-starred in which 2009 musical television film?

Spectacular! paired them a year before the series began, with Beck's actor playing a character named Tajid. The two later reunited in the comedy The Outcasts.

Which nickname does Andre give Cat Valentine on Victorious, which she resents at first and then calls creative?

Little Red refers to Cat's dyed hair. Her attention span is so short that her friends distract her with colourful objects whenever they want her out of the way.

Sikowitz, the barefoot acting teacher on Victorious, likes to enter his classroom by which unusual route?

Through a window is his usual way in. His teaching is just as odd, and includes throwing a ball at Cat while she performs, yet it often works.

Which job does Lane Alexander hold at the school on Victorious, where he often settles the students' arguments?

Guidance counsellor Lane also makes the big school announcements and is forever rubbing lotion into his hands. He once handed Tori two weeks of detention over a stage-fight accident.

Jade insists on Victorious that her calm boyfriend Beck Oliver has never once felt which emotion?

Fear is something Jade says Beck has never felt: she calls him unscareable. He is not afraid of her either, and laughed when Andre admitted that he was.

In the Victorious pilot, Tori gets revenge on Jade by beating her at which style of improv scene?

Alphabetical improv leaves Tori and Beck as the last two actors in the scene, so she kisses him in front of Jade, and the feud between the two girls deepens.

Cat Valentine's parents leave Los Angeles on Victorious to be near her troubled brother in which state?

Idaho is where the brother is being treated. Cat is sent to an aunt and uncle who ration her texting and dislike her hair, so she runs away.

Which brass instrument is among the many that songwriter Andre Harris can play on Victorious?

French horn sits on a list that also includes the guitar. Andre co-writes nearly every song Tori performs, and often has her sing backup at his own shows.

Which fictional brand of boots does Trina Vega adore on Victorious, once buying a pair with ten-inch heels?

Fazzini boots were Tori's first idea for a birthday present, until Trina walked in showing off a pair she had just bought herself in a sale.

Which made-up actor supposedly plays Robbie's puppet on Victorious, and hosted the show's bloopers special?

Christopher Cane, himself a dummy, interviewed the cast and claimed he had nearly been cast as Spencer on iCarly. He appears without Robbie throughout.

Andre's actor from Victorious made his Broadway debut at ten as the young hero of which musical?

The Lion King cast him as Young Simba in 2003. He went on to Caroline, or Change and The Color Purple, and was the singing voice of Tyrone in The Backyardigans.

Which illness does Trina really catch on Victorious after rehearsing a cough to play a sick girl?

Tuberculosis strikes just after Trina has been perfecting her hacking and coughing for a role in the school play Steamboat Suzy.