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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]].

 

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.

 

 

In later episodes, Tori is shown to wear glasses when at home and at school, she wears contacts.

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.

 

 

====Rex Powers====

 

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.

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.

 

 

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===

 

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.

 

 

 

===Cat Valentine===

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.

 

In January 2013 in the episode "Star-Spangled Tori", Cat's parents move away to [[Idaho]] to be with her [[mental health|mentally ill]] brother at a [[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".

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.

 

 

 

===Trina Vega===

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

==Recurring characters==

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.

 

 

It was hinted that Holly Vega was having an affair with her husband's colleague, Gary.

 

===Mrs. Lee===

 

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.

 

===Burf===

 

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