History Series / Victorious

* OffTheShelfFX: The slingshot seen in "Opposite Date" is actually a part of a slingshot stuck to [[http://maxforcetoys.com/products/guns/maximizer-60/ this thing]] ([[RealityIsUnrealistic which could probably have made that shot without it]]).

** Cat in "Jade Dumps Beck" and "The Wood"
** Trina in "Robarazzi", "Beck's Big Break", "The Great Ping-Pong Scam", "Sleepover at Sikowitz's", "Beck Falls for Tori", "Jade Gets Crushed", "Opposite Date", "Cell Block" and "One Thousand Berry Balls"
** Beck in "The Birthweek Song", "Tori Gets Stuck", "Prom Wrecker" and "Who Did It to Trina."

** BloodlessCarnage: On the other hand ([[IncrediblyLamePun heh heh]]), the arrow that goes through Melinda's hand was particularly clean, yet she's wheeled into an ambulance.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Jade towards Beck. {{Justified|Trope}} as Beck has shown receptiveness to the advances of other girls.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Music/ArianaGrande [[WordOfGod said that Cat lives in her head with "Fairies and Cupcakes"]].

* ConcertEpisode: The episode "Ice Cream for Ke$ha" is this,which revolved around the cast trying to win a contest in order to get a private concert from ''Music/{{Kesha}}''.

** They made sure to bring up that [[spoiler:Andre once had a crush on Jade]] during "Tori fixes Beck and Jade."

* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack School]]/InformedDeformity: If you're anything like Robbie, Sinjin, or the Quartets, people are going to treat you like shit. Sure, Tori and Andre are portrayed as nice people, but both didn't even bat an eye in rejecting the Quartets, whose audiences in "Beggin' On Your Knees" look bored during their performance.
** [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Country]]- Yerba. '''''Never''''' go there, unless you like civil war, secret police, kangaroo courts, far below sub-standard living conditions, and deadly insects.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: ** "The Gorilla Club":

* FanService: "Survival of the Hottest" has equal-opportunity fanservice, showing the male cast shirtless and the female cast in their bikinis for the majority of the episode.

** The main character is half-Latina (as is her sister), Andre; is black, Robbie is Jewish, and Beck is Indian. The only two main white characters are Jade and Cat. It's a rare example of the trope being pulled off very tastefully, and it doesn't seem forced or unnatural – it probably wasn't even intentional.

*** Beck's part Canadian, so that might count even though he's not [[CanadaEh stereotypically Canadian]].

** Robbie is Jewish, but he seems to be white as well.

* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Two examples, Cat's extremely [[TheDitz ditzy]] brother being TheGhost variant is regularly referred to either through Cat's random BlackComedyBurst or NoodleIncident anecdotes with no relevance to the plot or through text messages. Cats is an example of sanity compared to her brother who once painted a 'part' of his body purple for a job interview (he didn't get it) and got Jade 12 gallons of real blood for her play.

* HumiliationConga: ManipulativeBastard Ryder Daniels is given one by Tori and all the girls he's gone out with just so he could use them to get himself a good grade and then breaking their hearts directly afterwards. Tori sings "[[TheVillainSucksSong Begging On Your Knees]]" in front of the whole school, her friends and Ryder's ex-girlfriends keeping him onstage and revealing his manipulative ways to the entire school and giving him a well-deserved humiliation. To top it off, another group sing "You just got served" at him directly afterwards.

* IronicEcho: In ''The Great Ping-Pong Scam:

* {{Kawaiiko}}: Surprisingly, Jade in ''iParty With VICTORiOUS'', as the [[{{Fanservice}} blue swimsuit]] she wears seems cute, modest, and quite out of character for her. Perhaps [[HiddenDepths she's not as hard-boiled as she lets on...?]]

* LargeHam: Trina. The character in-universe, not Creator/DaniellaMonet. Sikowitz has his moments, too.

** [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Kathryn Janeway]].

** Vice Principal [[{{Jerkass}} Dick]]ers.

* MsFanservice: All the girls take turns at this but Cat seems to embrace it most often and hardest. Speaking of Cat, she doubles as a non-naked variant of InnocentFanserviceGirl. (Well she is childlike innocent...)

** Tori starts going through this in "Ice Cream for Ke$ha".

* ScaryBlackMan: That security guy in Stage Fighting, until it starts getting played for laughs.

* SeriesContinuityError: In ''Robarazzi'', Jade mentions having had tuna fish for lunch. Later, in ''The Wood'', she says she hates tuna fish. Tuna fish ''did'' prevent her from getting laid, though, so it's possible she changed her mind.

* SexySantaDress: Both Cat and Jade [[http://www.nickutopia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Victoria-Justice-Ariana-Grande-Liz-Gillies-A-Christmas-Tori.jpg wear one]] while [[spoiler: singing Andre's Christmas song]] with Tori.
* ShesGotLegs: The girls in this show ''really'' have a thing for short shorts. The temperatures in California and the popularity of said shorts do somewhat justify this, but it still draws the eye. Cat and Trina in particular can often be seen in them.

* ShoutOut: A pretty strange one; in ''Tori Goes Platinum'', after tasting the fake British snack bibble, Jade describes it as having a [[NewSpeak good mouthfeel]].

* SiblingYinYang: [[IJustWantToBeNormal Tori]] and [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Trina]].

* SpoiledBrat: Again, Trina. Her parents give her ''a week'' to celebrate her birthday, and she doesn't believe a non-tangible gift counts as a present because "it costs nothing."
** This is somewhat subverted by the fact that her parents are borderline abusive towards her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In one episode where the gang has to make a video for a school project, only to get distracted by their social media followings. Eventually, they manage to pull themselves together and try to finish their project, thinking they can still get a good grade. Turns out, putting off a project until the last minute doesn't produce the best results.

* TitleDrop: At the very end of ''Sleepover at Sikowitz's''. See the quote at the top of the page.

* TookALevelInBadass: ''Both'' Vega sisters, along with Cat, had taken several levels (Trina first, in "Helen Back Again", Tori and Cat in "The Gorilla Club").

* TorturePorn: The entire Brain Squeezers game show.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: ''Beggin' on Your Knees'' took this to extreme levels. The trailer alone gave away ''ALL the key points'' of the episode. The over-promotion of Victoria's song of the same title that ran several weeks before the episode aired made it worse because the TakeThat plot is on the lyrics much like a Music/TaylorSwift song.

** And now we have the trailer for One Thousand Berry Balls. It spoils the whole subplot of the episode, including the Cabbie kiss.

* TruthInTelevision: The yoga in an extremely hot environment that Tori mentions Trina doing in "Driving Tori Crazy" is more or less [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Yoga Bikram Yoga]].
** Mrs Lee, a Chinese woman, owning a Japanese restaurant is a case of this -many, if not most, of the Japanese restaurants in the United States are Chinese owned.

* UnEntendre: A large number of them.

* WhamLine: In ''Wok Star'':

* WorkOffTheDebt: The boot of the episode "The Squid and the Coconut."

* WorldOfSnark: Big time, with Andre and Jade being at the top.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Lampshaded when the two characters who chose identical twins for a play were Andre and Beck.
* [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents Amazingly Embarrassing Grandparents]]:

** Robbie's grandmother criticized him on a video chat while he was trying to do a computer presentation for still brining his puppet to school and asking him how to get on the internet.

* AmbiguouslyBi: As it's seemingly becoming the norm with Dan Schneider's shows, nearly every main character fits this trope somewhat. Tori and Jade push the ambiguity the hardest, though.

* ArousedByTheirVoice:
** Jade made Andre fall for her with just her singing in "Jade Gets Crushed"
** Jade again in Tori and Jade's playdate, while she's counting during Take a Hint

* [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny Attention Deficit Yay, Food!]]: Cat

* AttentionWhore: Trina. All she wants is attention, and she'd do anything to get it.
* AutoErotica: Beck tried for this, but Jade wasn't in the mood. Probably for the best, seeing how there was a guy with a camera in the backseat.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Tori Vega, Cat Valentine and Jade West to name a few. The lead actress's real name, Victoria Justice, is probably the coolest sounding of all of them.
* AxCrazy: Ponnie. She tried to drive Tori crazy and then murder her.

* BaseOnWheels: Beck's trailer. It's surprising that it hasn't been used more often. This may be because they're traumatized from getting trapped in it.

* BatmanGambit: Cat and Jade make Tori look hideous in "Freak the Freak Out" as they knew Haley and Tara would pick the least attractive person to sing. Tori then shows that she is not only a good singer but also not even unattractive.

%% * BettyAndVeronica: Jade and Tori to Beck's Archie.

** If Rex is just a way for Robbie to speak his real thoughts, this may apply to him.

* BeYourself: The Aesop of "The Blonde Squad." [[spoiler:Subverted as the guy would still rather be with a blonde - [[SpoofAesop but at least he was nice about it, right]]?]]

* BigBad: Usually appear in specials, Hayley Fergunson and Tara Ganz in ''Freak The Freak Out'', The Yerbanian Chancellor in ''Locked Up'' and Mason Thornsmith in ''Tori Goes Platinum''.

* BilingualBonus:
** The last BadNewsInAGoodWay song ("Tori and Jade's Playdate") is in Spanish.
** There's apparently a Spanish version of the recurring song "Forever Baby" ("The Wood").

* BollywoodNerd: Averted, an Avan Jogia specialty.

* BunnyEarsLawyer:

* ButtMonkey: Robbie. [[OnceAnEpisode every episode sees him either injured, insulted, or otherwise shown in an unfairly negative light]]. For example in "Helen Back Again", he buys Sinjin's bike and [[spoiler: Helen promptly runs over it with her car]], but only '''''after''''' he pays for it.
** Trina, Sinjin, sometimes Cat, and Tori to a certain extent. Lampshaded in "Tori Gets Stuck" where Jade complains about being cheated and humiliated. Sinjin tells her that it was something to get used to and Robbie nods in agreement.

* CallBack:
** Most of the music played at the party in ''iParty With Victorious''. Included in the mix: "Number One" by [[Series/{{iCarly}} Ginger Fox]], which was also featured in ''Freak The Freak Out'', "Give It Up" by Jade and Cat, "The Joke Is On You" from ''Wok Star'' and the [=iCarly=] episode ''[=iGet=] Pranky'', and "The Queen of White Lies" by The Orion Experience, which appeared at the end of ''Stage Fighting''.
** Also in ''iParty With Victorious'':
-->'''Sikowitz:''' Do you see the little children?\\
'''Spencer:''' Yeah.\\
'''Sikowitz:''' Fantastic.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: While usually averted (especially with Tori), Jade gets this in "Tori Gets Stuck" at the very end by not being allowed in the play.

* CasanovaWannabe: Rex. Yeah, the ''puppet'' goes around flirting with women.
* CassandraTruth: Cat tells Robbie she can't go to Prom with him because [[GirlfriendInCanada she has a date, who happens to be from another school]]. Robbie doesn't believe her, but it turns out he does indeed exist.
** "Crazy Ponnie" is about Tori trying to convince the others that Ponnie is a real person (and later, that she is trying to sabotage her) but they all believe Tori is losing her mind. Tori was telling the truth.

It is a major part of the Series/NickVerse due to a major crossover (and a subsequent [[Series/SamAndCat spin-off]]) with ''Series/{{iCarly}}''. During its run, it was highly well-regarded by fans for having a large batch of well thought out characters, excellent songs, and some great laughs.

* AbusiveParents:
** Robbie's mom moved out at some point, but moved back in for a time during "Locked Up!". When asked about her return home, Robbie says that she's "giving him another chance", implying that his mother left to get away from him.
** [[ParentalFavoritism The Vega's are also borderline abusive towards Trina, though they adore Tori]]. Or at least, it initially appeared that way; as the series progressed, their adoration for Tori noticeably declined, skewing more toward apathy.
* ActionGirl:
** This seems to be what Trina actually does best, as she appears to make up in physical strength, agility and fighting skill, even when drugged up to the gills ("Freak The Freak Out") what she lacks in singing ability. Also, in ''Locked Up!'', while Jade and Tori discussed turning Trina's mic off for the first performance, they didn't seem to mind having her dance with them.
** Also, in "Freak The Freak Out", Tori had to tie Trina up to control her, and later, Beck, Andre and Robbie could barely keep her under control.
** In '"Helen Back Again", Trina is seen practicing martial arts. Which becomes a ChekhovsSkill later in the episode.
* {{Action Survivor}}s: '''''Everyone''''' in "Locked Up!", where they're trapped in and have to escape a scary foreign prison.
* AdultsDressedAsChildren - Well more Teenagers Dressed As Babies. In ''Helen Back Again'', Cat is slightly dressed (and acts) like a baby.
* AffectionateParody:
** "The Breakfast Bunch", to ''Film/TheBreakfastClub''.
** In "April Fool's Blank" to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and the 70s game show ''Series/MatchGame''.
** ''The Hambone King'' to ''{{Film/Rocky}}''.

* AlphaBitch:
** Jade is an AlphaBitch with the usual set of FreudianExcuse tropes that count as 'character development' for that archetype. They make her slightly more bearable and believable as the character who flip flops between antagonist and protagonist depending on the episode plot. If the plot requires a Alpha Bitch-like antagonist, Jade is more than capable.
** Tara and Hayley from "Freak The Freak Out" play it straight.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Sinjin's game show in "The Worst Couple" receives an in-universe OrwellianRetcon when he has to replace all the contestants with better-looking ones (ie. the gang). This brings to mind the Chinese dating game show ''Fei Cheng Wu Rao'' (adapted from the Australian ''Take Me Out''), where all the remaining girls were replaced as part of an overhaul in the wake of controversy over revealing how much the guys were making on national tv.[[note]]One girl saying "I would rather cry in a BMW than laugh on a bicycle" actually became a meme.[[/note]]

* TheUnfairSex: From the fandom, not the show itself. In "Tori Goes Platinum", most of the fandom was outraged when Beck tried to kiss Tori (who, as he points out, isn't even really Jade's friend), even though he immediately backed off and apologized when she rejects him. However, when Jade pursues and makes out with Moose, Beck's friend since kindergarten, despite him making it clear to her that he wasn't interested, almost none of the fans complained.

Not a fantasy, just remember me\\

* GooGooGetup: Doug the Diaper Guy.

* FailedASpotCheck: When a reality show cuts together two seperate unrelated phone conversations of Tori and Beck to make it look like he is cheating on Jade, the night sky can clearly be seen through the window behind Tori, but Beck's half of the conversation is during the day.

* CharacterShilling: In terms of musical ability, Tori falls into this, being depicted as an amazing singer, but Cat and Jade arguably have far more impressive vocal talents, which undermine Tori's depiction as the amazing superstar.

* CharacterShilling: In terms of musical ability, Tori falls into this, being depicted as the most amazing singer the world will ever see...while the show also stars Cat and Jade, whose more impressive vocal talents are occasionally shown and undermine Tori's depiction as the amazing superstar.

* CharacterShilling: In terms of musical ability, Tori falls into this, being depicted as the most amazing singer the world will ever see...while the show also stars Ariana Grande and Liz Gillies, whose more impressive vocal talents are occasionally shown and undermine Tori's depiction as the amazing superstar. Indeed, both Grande and Gillies had Broadway experience before the show, and Grande, not Victoria Justice, turned out to be the biggest musical star to come from the show by a long shot.

** Jade went out of her way to keep Tori from playing the lead in "Tori Gets Stuck." The biggest part of this was leafing through Tori's medical records and exploiting them to make her donate ''two'' pints of blood in one night (Jade purposely misplaced the first pint). RuleOfFunny, since you'd be advised to wait eight weeks to recover after donating one pint (never mind the ''third'' Tori ended up donating, which was Robbie's fault and might have been life-threatening had [[RealityEnsues the show treated it more realistically]]).

* RealityEnsues:
** Unlike other Dan Schnieder shows (or kids shows in general), this show actually acknowledged there are legal repercussions for hitting someone. Such as Rex threatening to sue Tori if she punched him in "Robarazzi" or Tori lying to save Cat from getting in trouble for hitting Tori in "Cat's New Boyfriend"
** In "Brain Squeezers", Jade checks into the game show under Tori's name by using a fake school ID that is laminated, and the real Tori didn't bring any identification of her own.

* KaraokeBondingScene: In "Tori and Jades Play Date", Tori and Jade are both having a miserable time on their forced "play date" and are trying really hard to get along despite their differences. Eventually, two obnoxious boys start to bother them, and won't take "no" for an answer. In a desperate attempt to drive them away, they agree to do some karaoke together, singing the song "Take a Hint"- not only does it (temporarily) fix their problem, but it also ends up being what makes them bond, with the last scene of the episode showing them getting along really well.

** A common theme in Dan Schneider shows: this show has Jade. In the "Stage Fighting", she gets away with framing Tori, whose stuck with a bad grade, detention, and virtually being publicly humiliated, despite it still looking like Tori did anything by accident. While Tori intentionally does not report Jade when she learns she was set up, Andre knew and should have at least told someone.

** [[CinderellaCircumstances The Vega's are also borderline abusive towards Trina, though they adore Tori]]. Or at least, it initially appeared that way; as the series progressed, their adoration for Tori noticeably declined, skewing more toward apathy.

[[caption-width-right:350:L - R: [[TheCharmer Beck]], [[Characters/VictoriousJadeWest Jade]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Trina]], [[Characters/VictoriousToriVega Tori]], [[TokenBlackFriend André]], [[Characters/VictoriousCatValentine Cat]], and [[TheChewToy Robbie]].]]

** Mr. Sikowitz, pronounced [[WikiWalk Psycho]]-[[CrazyAwesome Wits]].

** ''Attention Wanko's Shoppers, you're shopping at Wanko's.''

* CasanovaWannabe: Rex. Yeah, the puppet, who goes around flirting with women.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In "The Gorilla Club":

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Jade gets the most character development of anyone on the show after Tori, and is the character with the second most focus plot-wise. The two’s rivalry is a through line throughout the show from the first episode to the last, and their dynamic is the only one that really changes. Said rivalry also drives the plot of several episodes and gets more focus than their other relationships. Even when not directly involved with Tori’s plot, Jade often gets the B plot, usually through her relationship problems with Beck.

[[caption-width-right:350:L - R: [[TheCharmer Beck]], [[DeadpanSnarker Jade]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Trina]], [[TheHero Tori]], [[TokenBlackFriend André]], [[GenkiGirl Cat]], and [[TheChewToy Robbie]].]]