He alsosaid on "The Zach Sang Show" that living there was "the next step.". Shame really. Most of the time Rex doesn't like being called a puppet. With Jay's help, Matt was able to construct the character of his puppet, Rex. It's clear that the doctors here are beyond incompetent, so it's not inconceivable that they would allow her to give the extra blood. Among a litany of other questionable behaviors, Sikowitz also commits fraud by using a sports budget for a fake table tennis team to go out to a fancy restaurant with his students. Cat has a very big heart and is arguably the most loving and caring character on the show, but on the other hand she gets distracted easily and can be quitedim-witted. Press J to jump to the feed. He's a ventriloquist who often carries around a scary-looking puppet, Rex, who is somehow suaver than Robbie could hope for. Sure, she gets inklings when people plead with her to stop singing, but no one ever has an honest conversation with her about her talent at a performing arts school. Aside from him, his other friends, Dave and Kurt, aren't featured as well. in prisons they strip search people usually. Hence, fans didnthave much context when it came to understanding why Cat was the way she was. Shortly after this, the elderly man had a stroke and died. While certain elements point in that direction like obsessions, erratic moods, and impulsivity there are realistic and unrealistic ways to address that. Also, in The Wood, Tori and Trina make fun of Robbie's toy. ", The actress acknowledged that though the character seemed simple and daft, one of her favorite things about Cat "was that she never lost her sense of wonder. Characters from TheSlap or other programs, He is one of four main characters, along with. However, they frequently argue because Rex often insults Robbie's friends or does things that gets Robbie into trouble. His grandma was recycled years ago and is now part of an outdoor dining set. "When I was younger, people loved Cat so much I used to pretend to be more like her," the Grammy winner revealed in a 2014 Facebook post. Granted, she makes seemingly out-of-this-world statements to a nurse about a puppet getting hurt and her friend failing to start a tornado, but that wouldn't be enough to cart her off with no further questions. Of the group of Hollywood Arts High School students who made up the main cast in "Victorious," RobbieShapirois by far the most awkward. It takes place a year later, starts during the Sam & Cat episode #KillerTunaJump and finishes after that episode ends. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. The Nickelodeon series about a performing arts high school debuted a year after the success of the first season of "Glee." Other reasons to explain Cat's animated nature could range from potential autism to suffering abuse from her unhinged brother. Rex often says, "You don't know what I got!" However, with all the headway "Glee" made from 2009 to 2013 in displayingLGBTQ+ representation in a TV showaimed at kids, there's really no excuse. Victorious "Hate Me, Love Me" Hayley and Tara No N/A "Freak the Freak Out" Tori Vega: Yes Victorious "Rex Dies" "Forever Baby" Tori Vega, Robbie Shapiro and Rex Powers No N/A "The Diddly-Bops" "Broken Glass" Robbie Shapiro Yes Victorious (bonus track) "Favorite Food" "Victorious" Cast No Victorious "Nose Song" Andre Harris No N/A "You're the . Giving a third pint of blood, for someone as young and petite as Tori, would undoubtedly result in her being hospitalized herself. "These people, they like me, they really like my character from 'Victorious,' they want to see me continue and to succeed; it just felt like a really good boost out of nowhere." However, it might be because he has multiple personality disorder. So what happened to Bennett? Rather than helping Trina foster skills in the many behind-the-scenes aspects of performance she can pursue instead, the school and her friends set her up for failure after graduation by letting her maintain this false stardom mentality. He asked Tori to keep smoothing his ear when she tried to get information on The Bird Scene. Rarely do we ever see Robbie without Rex, or vice versa. Trina can't sing, she can't dance, and she certainly can't act, but that's all she's ever wanted to do her entire life. So how is it that no one sits her down for a serious talk about her capabilities? Im a boy!, Trans Robbie is one of my favorite headcanons, maybe who knows dirty dan wont confirm it tho. In Tori Gets Stuck, she seems to express the most verbal concern for Robbie, but she risks his life to ensure getting Tori's spot in the play. By the end, we weren't too dissimilar. Once Gary apprehends Tori's stalker, he says with a smirk, "Just tell your mom I send her my best." It has been hinted several times that Rex is self-aware as he has moved with no one to hold him. He says "Victorious" changed everything for him. Tori turns on the heart monitor and revives Rex to make Robbie feel better. It's not like children or teens are unaware that cheating exists, but the episode chooses to glorify it. It has been mentioned and implied several times that Robbie wets himself in episodes such as. Cat is shown to be a loving and caring person but is also known for regularly becoming distracted, not taking criticism well and generally seeming a little dim-witted. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. For more information, please see our "[Cat] was a really likable and relatable character that didn't survive solely based off her brother jokes," one reddit user previously remarked. Even Matt Bennett and Leon Thomas III as Robbie and Andre display dynamite singing talent in their few vocal features. With regards to acting, he has guest-starred on Shameless, The Big Bang Theory and Grey's Anatomy, and is also a recurring character on American Vandal. While viewers were starting to get fed up with Cats antics, Ariana expressed overwhelming affection for the role after Sam & Cat failed to receive a second season. On the latter show, he played Howard Wolowitz's (Simon Helberg) previously unknown half-brother Josh. That's why she chose not to kiss Beck, to protect some of the trust that her friendship with Jade had. Distractify is a registered trademark. He is also quite judgmental as Robbie criticizes Cat and other classmates about their "problems" and it clearly shows he has one of those "problems" too. "Victorious" really put him on the map, though. Victorious is now streaming all three seasons on Netflix. The video also contains little behind-the-scenes titbit that offers an explanation behind Cats character and her distracted nature. I don't own this show. Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania totally ignores them. Outside of tech companies, "Victorious" spoofs both "American Idol" and "The Voice" with an in-series show called "American Voice." When Robbie asks why they're being so nice to him, they simply respond "You're letting us". I guess my current difference would be four years of life experience and a new pair of glasses.". "Season 3 and 4 her ditzy side was really overplayed, at the fault of the writing rather than Ariana's acting," the critic continued, "and she just lost her [lovability], turning into a brain dead [redhead] rather than a ditzy one. Robarazzi In the episode Tori the Zombie, he keeps asking others about his performance. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! But he's also generally a nice guy and a bit of a love interest for Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande). The last time they were in the MCU, however, was back in Ant-Man & the Wasp; before Thanos' snap and its undoing in Avengers: Endgame. Jade is horrendously possessive to the point of screaming at Beck any time she sees him so much as talk to another girl, and we're supposed to laugh and say that's just Beck and Jade. Cat's Continue reading When Cat is worried about taking the step from friendship to dating with Robbie, Sam steps in with the voice of experience. Robbie and Trina work the Grub Truck for Festus in The Wood, where Trina upsets Robbie by frying Rex's foot. While this entire premise is cringe-y at best, the worst comes at night when bombs continuously go off outside the hotel, and we're just supposed to laugh as the crew respond characteristically: Jade sleeps through it while Robbie hides in the girls' bed. The subreddit dedicated to the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. There's even an entire episode where Tori's friends ponder how Trina got into Hollywood Arts:We discover that Sikowitz was high on stale coconut milk and hallucinated a mind-blowing audition. Then, there's the Bed, Bath, and the Yonder store. In Sleepover at Sikowitz's, Tori kissed Rex as a way to shut him up, much to his joy. Robbie frequently uses ventriloquism to put himself down and sexually harass the female students at his school. Robbie is shown to be something of a tech whiz, in one episode helping Mamaw with her new computer, and in another helping Tori with her Tech Theatre exam because he had held the school's record for highest score (until Tori replaced him soon after). Connections One of the channels most riveting shows was Victorious, created by Dan Schneider. Robbie tried to win Cat over again by kissing her for the second time in the series in One Thousand Berry Balls, but she ran away before he got the chance to tell her how he felt about her. Along the way, she meets her friends including Andre, a talented musician who becomes Tori's best friend at Hollywood Arts High School. In "Tori Gets Stuck," Cat is thrown into the hospital's psych ward on a staff member's whim, making the process into a joke. We were past the early aughts when it came out it's not like "Victorious" was a '90s show with little precedent for representation in its era. In Beck's Big Break, Cat shows concern for Robbie's nightmares and talks to Lane about them as well as gets Robbie to talk to Lane. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Vegas straight-up leave town whenever their kids are fighting or dealing with a rough situation and they never seem to know or care why their children are out until morning. From problematic to just plain ridiculous, here are the most questionable things we ignored in "Victorious.". He started transitioning with hormones in middle school and when he got Rex, it was to help him practice being a full boy. Perhaps there are still some major leading man roles in Bennett's future. In the Pilot's promo (and original cut of the episode), Rex has a different voice. However, Robbie also showed that he could be a very good friend, often willing to help out, such as when he took a beating from Trina in order to get her a spot back at school in Helen Back Again and when he trained Tori for her Tech Exam in Jade Gets Crushed. Follow Matt on Instagram to see what other projects he's cooking up. When we remove the Tori from "Victorious" for five minutes, other characters can "let it shine," and the show is all the better for it. Cat Valentine is supposedly bipolar. He's a nerd who gets made fun of, even by his friends on a "Throw Back with Nickelodeon" segment, Bennett called Robbie "the punching bag of the show" and "borderline Screech from 'Saved by the Bell.'" One question that still gets asked by fans today is why was Cat crazy in Victorious?. Since he is estranged by his parents and his grandmother. ", "As we grow up we become more and more jaded and fearful of how we come across," Ariana noted. Hey, kids! Wow! However, some of the problematic ways the show tackles adult issues are even more concerning: The show often stigmatizes mental health and glorifies unhealthy relationships and stalker behavior. Starting in season 2, he mostly wears Vans shoes. By using our Services, you agree to our use of cookies. Although Robbie's puppet, Rex, has hit on most girls he sees, he has yet to "make a move" on Cat. Getting shocked by Tori with a car battery in ". Dynasty star Elizabeth Gilliesplayed Jade West, Avan Jogiawas Beck Oliver and Daniella Monet starred as Trina Vega. "Victorious" frames Robbie as the helpless nerd who can't exist without his dummy, but when you peel back the layers of his behavior toward the girls, a much darker picture emerges. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Rex's voice belongs to Jake Farrow, a writer who's worked on many other Nickelodeon shows, including Drake & Josh and iCarly. For example, in Rex Dies, Jade seems to worry about his mental health and actually desires him to be normal, and in The Diddly-Bops, she is the only one who likes his song "Broken Glass". All rights go to Viacom and Nickelodeon. Many fans have debated whether Cat has some kind of undiagnosed mental illness. In The Hambone King, it was revealed that both Robbie's grandmother and Cat's brother sleep on toilets. Although his TV and movie credits aren't extensive,he's played some interesting roles. The character of Cat Valentine was the animated and funniest character in the series. Pretty weird coincidence. Throughout season 1, it was seen that Robbie mostly wore Adidas shoes. We see very little of Cats home life but we know that her brother is quite possibly mentally ill and that her parents arent always as caring as they should be. what if when they did, they found he still looked like a girl in his pants so he was placed on the girl side when he tries telling the guards and declines proving it, he knows what will happen and be judged for and seen to has been born a girl. Even if there was no 'Gibby' and no 'Sam & Cat' the networkstillwould have ended Victorious after its 60-episode run. Forget getting fired: That could lead to jail time. In Ice Cream for Ke$ha, Cat had a dream with Robbie and she got mad at him for letting little kids eat her in the dream. S3, Ep3 11 Feb. 2012 The Worst Couple 7.4 (274) Rate He can be a bit selfish at times, as seen in the episode Survival of the Hottest, when those who are trapped in the car are sharing the water. In Wi-Fi in the Sky, Beck, Andr, and Tori keep trying to kick Robbie out of their webchat. And like "Glee," "Victorious" focuses on the talents of one singer, Tori Vega, while leaving the rest of the characters in the dust. Matt Bennett, who according to IMDb was born in Massapequa, New York in 1991, started acting at around age 13 and had his firston-screen creditsin 2009. In 2016, he released the EP "Terminal Cases," which was inspired by the films of Robin Williams and included the single '"Fisher King." After a lunch mishap, Tori, Andre, Robbie, Beck, Jade, and Cat are forced to spend Saturday in detention. He hits on most girls at Hollywood Arts High School with the notable exception of Cat, Robbie's own love interest. Offers may be subject to change without notice. When Robbie and Rex thought it snowed in Los Angeles, Rex says that he told Robbie that global warming was bogus. Rex Powers is one of the eight main characters of Victorious. Robbie seems to be more tolerant of Cat's behavior, and Cat seems to be the nicest girl to Robbie. Keep reading to find out! I guess my current difference would be four years of life experience and a . If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website. He says what's on his mind and doesn't hold back or beat around the bush. He has trouble interacting with girls, occasionally shows off some tech skills, has major ham boning skills, and can get carried away sometimes with his selfish actions. Nickelodeon has provided a constant stream of entertaining shows to its young viewers across the world for many years now. And Tori said, What about your bat mitzvah money? And he said, It was a bar mitzvah. Andre's grandma went crazy by the death of his parents, and slowly declined mentally after this. And now that the three season-series is available to binge-watch thanks to Netflix, many fans are wondering whether the actor who plays Robbie is really a ventriloquist on Victorious. Even though Victoria was super focused on her career, she found love where she was not expecting it - on the set of "Naomi's and Ely's No-Kiss List." Here's why she seemed unstable. He returned as Robbie in "Sam and Cat" in 2014, and had roles in the movies "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" in 2015. Cat in Victorious might be bipolar In one video uploaded on the YouTube channel Jayniac Jr, fans can see Robbie singing about each character, and while he starts to sing about Cat, he states that she is bipolar. Many people (inside and outside of Victorious) think that he looks like Andy Samberg and sometimes even mistake him for Andy; however, Robbie disapproves of this and does not recognize the resemblance. The series, which ran from 2010 to 2013, centered on aspiring singer Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) as she struggled to fit in with her talented cohort at Hollywood Arts High and attracted millions of fans. Here's all of the reasons why Ca. Additionally, the Nickelodeon series didn't even bother including some "up to interpretation" gay characters or scenes. This is the concluding (and much longer) part of a story begun in my Victorious fic Robbie Gets Crushed. He is annoyed at places that don't sell anything his size, as Robbie has to take him to the. Cat on Victorious apparently has wild mood swings that range between mania and depression. He always says what's on his mind, hits on almost every girl at Hollywood Arts and is one of the eight main characters of the cast of Victorious. Screen name is RockRobster, which could be a reference to the song "Rock Lobster." But this kind of violence is a harsh reality that many countries face, and to use it for comedic value (and a prison dance number when the kids get arrested) is in really poor taste. Victorious Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. In one video uploaded on the YouTube channelJayniac Jr, fans can see Robbie singing about each character, and while he starts to sing about Cat, he states that she is bipolar. Robbie is very shy and becomes uncomfortable around pretty girls. There's no arguing that Victoria Justice displayed a serious amount of talent on "Victorious." He hates it when people call Rex a puppet. It is very little known about the victorious nature or her part of personality that is why she is so cranky. When a girl shows even little or fake (example: stage kissing) signs of affection, he gets nervous and tends to overreact, as seen in The Bird Scene, Stage Fighting, and A Film by Dale Squires. Fans didnthave much context when it came to understanding why Cat was the she... 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