50 Fun Facts About Sam & Cat

Who created Sam & Cat, having also created the two Nickelodeon sitcoms it spun off from?

The creator also voiced Tandy, the red robot waiter at the show's restaurant hangout, in recurring appearances.

Sam & Cat was a spin-off of which two earlier Nickelodeon sitcoms?

It was a rare double spin-off, lifting one lead character from each parent show and dropping them into a shared apartment.

Which actress played Sam, the tomboy who arrives in Los Angeles on a motorcycle?

She had already played the character for six seasons on iCarly before the spin-off, and later wrote a best-selling memoir about her time in kids' TV.

Which future pop superstar played the bubbly, red-haired Cat?

Her debut album came out in August 2013, roughly two months into the show's run, and went straight to number one on the Billboard 200.

Rather than take ordinary after-school jobs, what kind of business do the two roommates start?

The full company name was 'Sam and Cat's Super Rockin' Fun Time Babysitting Service', which later got them threatened with a trademark lawsuit.

Sam first meets Cat when she rescues her from the back of what?

Sam had stopped at a food truck in Los Angeles when she saw the girl being dumped in and ran off to save her.

In which Los Angeles neighborhood is the show set?

Sam had been touring the West Coast on her motorcycle after her best friend Carly moved to Italy, and simply stopped there.

Cat's hair is dyed bright red to resemble her favorite snack. What is it?

The actress dyed her real hair red for the role in the early part of the show; she later switched to wigs.

Who played Dice, the neighbor who is always trying to make a buck?

He appeared in every aired episode and holds a black belt in martial arts in real life.

Besides managing a fighter, what unusual modeling job does Dice have?

The gig drives whole episodes: he leaves town for a shoot in Phoenix in one, and lands a magazine cover in Arizona in the finale.

Which veteran soap actress played Nona, Cat's grandmother?

She was billed as 'Starring' in the end credits but not the opening titles, and sat out well over a dozen episodes.

Nona moves out of the apartment to be nearer her friends at which retirement community?

Her move is what lets Sam stay on permanently, and the community becomes the setting for a rigged bingo game and an old-folks gaming addiction.

Goomer, the dim-witted friend Dice manages, competes professionally in what?

He is 27 but acts far younger, and Dice took over as his manager after the previous one called him too dumb to manage.

What is the name of the restaurant where robots Tandy and Bungle wait tables?

Bungle, the blue female robot, was voiced by Lisa Lillien, the Hungry Girl food writer who is married to the show's creator.

On what date did the series premiere in the United States?

The creator had wanted a March launch right after the Kids' Choice Awards, but the network preferred fall; June was the compromise announced by the two stars on Twitter.

How many viewers watched the pilot episode on its US debut?

The second episode a week later dropped to 2.6 million, and only the big crossover special ever topped the premiere.

Which episode was the most watched of the series, beating even the premiere?

The one-hour special drew 4.8 million US viewers on January 18, 2014, and is counted as two episodes in production but one for airing purposes.

After strong early ratings, Nickelodeon doubled the initial 20-episode order to how many?

The doubled order was announced on July 11, 2013, and became a headache: the network later blamed the huge order for the production hiatus.

How many episodes of Sam & Cat were actually broadcast?

Thirty-six were produced, but two were merged into one hour-long special, so only 35 aired.

What do all of the show's episode titles begin with?

Titles were written as camel-case social-media tags like #TheBritBrats and #MyPoober, in keeping with the show's texting-era setting.

On what date did the network confirm the show had been cancelled?

A promo had already told viewers only two episodes remained; the network said the last four episodes of the doubled order would never be made.

The series finale aired four days after cancellation as a lead-in to the first ever what?

The finale, #GettinWiggy, ended with Cat sitting in an Arizona jail while Sam decided to keep Nona around as a dream roommate.

What is the title of the show's theme song, performed by Backhouse Mike?

Backhouse Mike, real name Michael Corcoran, also scored the creator's other Nickelodeon shows and Disney's Shake It Up.

Which award did the series win at the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards?

The win came at the same ceremony its co-star skipped, citing unfair treatment by the network, weeks before the show went on hiatus.

At the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards, Grande won which award for the show?

It was one of eleven Kids' Choice blimps she has collected, the latest coming in 2025 for the film Wicked.

Per Jennette McCurdy, what was the show's original title, with Sam as a school counselor?

She revealed the original plan in her 2022 memoir, adding that the redevelopment into a joint spin-off happened after she was already attached.

McCurdy claimed which episode was shot without Grande because of the singer's music commitments?

In that episode Cat is trapped inside a defective magic box for the entire runtime and ends up bumped out of the car on the way to a theme park.

What is the title of McCurdy's 2022 memoir that discusses her time on the show?

It sold out within 24 hours of release and spent more than 60 straight weeks on the New York Times paperback nonfiction list.

Which album did Grande release on August 30, 2013, while the show was airing new episodes?

The doo-wop-flavored record debuted at number one with 138,000 first-week copies, and its rising success was among the reasons cited for the show's end.

A decade after the show, Grande played which character in the two-part film Wicked?

She auditioned five times for the part and was credited under her full birth surname, Grande-Butera.

Which former All That star played Peezy B, the rapper who makes Cat cry at a music video audition?

Sam storms in to get revenge but ends up hired as the rapper's assistant instead, leaving Cat to babysit alone.

Which Laverne & Shirley stars reunited to play the feuding creators of the 1970s puppet show Salmon Cat?

The episode's apartment buildings were named Feeney Villas and DeFazio Arms after the duo's old characters, and the theme song's opening parodied their show's.

Which British YouTube-famous cousins played the con-artist babysitting clients Gwen and Ruby?

The pair, discovered on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, appeared in the third and eleventh episodes and swindle Dice out of $500.

In #TheBritBrats, Cat trades away her bicycle for a tin of what fictional popcorn snack she craves?

She receives a tin of cotton swabs instead; the con is undone with a rigged bingo game and a fake police raid at the retirement community.

Stacey Dillsen and Coco Wexler, who both appear in the series, came from which Nickelodeon show?

Coco is found moping at an airport because her ex-husband Carl has just proposed to her mother.

In #Twinfection, Sam brings her twin sister to Los Angeles from boarding school. What is the twin's name?

McCurdy played both roles, reprising a dual part she first did in the iCarly episode 'iTwins'.

In #Lumpatious, the girls get which real-life governor's spoof to say the made-up word on video?

The character was credited only as Governor Jenkins, and the dictionary the girls had to satisfy was the Oxnard English Dictionary.

Why is Blue Dog Soda, the girls' favorite drink, banned statewide in #BlueDogSoda?

The gang responds by secretly bootlegging the recipe, until the government agent chasing them turns out to just want a babysitter.

Which Happy Days alumnus played Officer Kelvin, the policeman who arrests Cat in #MagicATM?

The officer falls asleep at the wheel during a car chase, and Sam catches a criminal wanted in three states, netting a reward that covers the stolen cash.

In the Halloween episode #DollSitting, the girls are hired to babysit a creepy doll called what?

The twist ending reveals the doll really is the client's daughter when it comes to life as a little girl.

The girls stash their babysitting money in a container disguised as which fruit?

In #MyPoober a young client launches it into the sky inside a toy rocket, and the gang has to chase it to a graveyard.

In #BrainCrush, Cat stars in a play as a British, female version of which US president?

The play was titled Baberaham Lincoln, and Sam had to hire dojo kids to smash the audience's phones so anyone would watch it.

What gift-swapping holiday does Cat invent so she can give and receive presents from everyone?

Sam's present to Cat gets mixed up with one meant for Goomer, and Cat retaliates by regifting a stained, dirty pillow.

Goomer's mother believes her son has what respectable job instead of fighting?

The girls stage a fake class at Cat's performing-arts school with the barefoot teacher Sikowitz, until Goomer beats up three purse-snatchers and wins his mom over.

Which school, carried over from her original series, does Cat still attend?

Her eccentric acting teacher Sikowitz, who never wears shoes, drops in for #MommaGoomer.

In the crossover with Freddie, Jade and Robbie, what does Sam volunteer to jump on her motorcycle?

Dice won the dangerous fish by gambling with a 'dirty skipper', and Freddie and Robbie both end up in the tank and then the hospital.

In #SuperPsycho, which old iCarly enemy do the girls consult in a hospital to help find the escaped Nora?

He is laid up with Porcupox, a disease that somehow comes from a porcupine, and the episode ends with him escaping to have dinner with Gibby.

Nora Dershlit's prison break in #SuperPsycho is aided by her pet. What animal is it?

The bird is named Maurice, and Nora ends up shoved down a well by Sam after boasting about two years of prison workouts.

In #WeStealARockStar, Del DeVille is sued for how much over an eight-second guitar riff?

The riff Cat played on Andre's guitar turned out to resemble a 1979 hit by the fictional band Monkey Dew.

Who played Freddie Benson, Sam's ex-boyfriend from Seattle, in the crossover special?

Cat lures Freddie to L.A. by lying that Sam has been in an accident, then flirts with him to make Sam jealous.