58 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.