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==Main characters==
*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 Beck Oliver, Cat Valentine, Robbie Shapiro, and is close to Andre. 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#Episodes|Sam & Cat]]'' episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help.▼
===Tori Vega===
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.
*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. Robbie is considered nerdy, shy, and “socially awkward”, 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 (physically portrayed by a [[ventriloquist]] dummy named Christopher Cane, performed by [[Matt Bennett]] and 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/ |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]]. 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 [[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 favour 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.▼
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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.
Tori is friends with Beck Oliver, Cat Valentine, Robbie Shapiro, and is close to Andre. 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#Episodes|Sam & Cat]]'' episode "#MommaGoomer", as Sam and Cat go to Hollywood Arts in order to ask Sikowitz for help.
===Andre Harris===
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 [[#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]].
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]]".
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.
===Robbie Shapiro===
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Robbie is considered nerdy, shy, and “socially awkward”, 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.
====Rex Powers====
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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.
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.
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 favour 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]]".
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===
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.
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 '[[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.
Jade later appeared in the [[Sam & Cat#Episodes|''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===
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.
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 [[#Cat's brother|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. Through 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 [[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".
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===
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 "[[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.
In the [[Sam & Cat#Episodes|''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===
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.
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]], Schwitz 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 "[[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 well being. 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==
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