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Main Characters
Sam Puckett
Portrayed by: Jennette McCurdy
A character originating from iCarly, who was part of the main cast. At the end of iCarly, she is seen leaving Seattle and wound up in Los Angeles. She meets Cat in less then stellar circumstances and becomes her roommate, where they start a babysitting business.
- Action Girl: Won't hesitate to get into a scrap.
- Berserk Button: Don't call her "sweet"...unless you're Cat.
- When Dice got kidnapped, she was SO vulnerable, probably for the first time in her life.
- Apparently, cutting her pizza into rectangles or any shape besides triangle.
- Big Damn Heroes: Saves Cat from getting killed in a garbage truck.
- Big Eater: One time Cat goes through her handphone contacts and gets a shock at how many of them are eating places.
- Card-Carrying Villain: In episode 5, she proudly proclaims that she has no heart.
- Cute Bruiser: Every bit as much as in her previous show, taking down full grown men easily and ripping parking meters out of the ground when angry.
- Everyone Has Standards: Even she is horrified at the rival babysitters using children the way they do in "#ToddlerClimbing."
- Hates Being Touched: Not a fan of Cat's insistent hugging of her, but she manages to tolerate it.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Downplayed, as she herself is careless and there are times Cat is the responsible one.
- Karma Houdini: Returns in full force from iCarly. Fan reaction is just as divided as it was in 2007.
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Masculine to Dice's Feminine.
- Pay Evil unto Evil: She sometimes will beat up people who deserve it.
- Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: Rude Hero to Cat's Nice Sidekick.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Basically for Jade, having the same general personality as her (albeit less palbable) that serves as a contrasting foil to Cat.
- Token Evil Teammate: Much like she was in iCarly.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Cat's Girly Girl.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Only towards Cat though, as Dice learned.
- Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
- You Can't Go Home Again: A mild example; She can somehow return to Seattle, but her best friend left, so now she doesn't have iCarly anymore, all of which she dedicated her life to. She also broke up with Freddie, so Sam pretty much has nothing left to do with her life, so she settles in LA with Cat to start a babysitting service and make ends meet.
Cat Valentine
Portrayed by: Ariana Grande
A character originating from Victorious as part of the main cast. For more information on her, see- A-Cup Angst:Cat: When I say Aybra Kadaybra—
Sam: Wait, I thought you wanted me to stop making fun of your A-Bra.
[Cat crosses her arms defensively over her chest and looks hurt]- Unfortunately, Ariana Grande has an A-Cup size in real life (which is what makes the joke funny).
- Berserk Button: Don't ever write her a song and then let her catch you singing it for some other girl. You got that, Robbie?
- Beware the Nice Ones: She's a sweetheart most of the time but if you make her lose her temper it's a scary thing. Particularly epic was her unloading on the creepy dad in "#DollSitting".
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Cat's Simpleton Voice is much more high-pitched and childlike than it was in Victorious.
- Hidden Depths: When Sam and Dice fail to replicate the recipe for Blue Dog Soda properly, Cat announces that she can fix it and two hours later, has made a perfect copy of the beverage without knowing any of the ingredients, just from having tasted the original version. Justified in that she learned culinary arts from her grandmother, so is an expert in any kind of consumable preparation.
- Makes Just as Much Sense in Context: In "#BrainCrush" Cat does a one-girl show as, and about, Baberaham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln if he was female). With a
British accent. - Malaproper: A Running Gag is that she calls things wrong.
- Morality Pet: Like Carly did, Cat serves as an anchor to keep Sam on the side of good, more or less.
- Ms. Fanservice: A cutie with long legs and short skirts. Her Halloween outfit displays some abs. She also displays her pins while playing Honest Abe...ss (complete with beard and whiskers. Strangely, this doesn't come off as Fan Disservice).
- No Sense of Personal Space: Really likes to be close to Sam, also likes to hug her, much to Sam's annoyance.
- Rude Hero, Nice Sidekick: Nice Sidekick to Sam's Rude Hero.
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: She tends to repeat almost any sound effect that she hears, from a doorbell to a ringing telephone.
- The Scream: Has been known to let out a bloodcurdling scream in several episodes.
- Sweet Tooth: Not nearly as bad as Victorious, but it's still there.
- The Ditz: She tends to be very dim-witted much like how she was on Victorious.
- The Tease: Is she ever...
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Sam's Tomboy.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: She had been showing signs of it with her treatment of Dice and episodes like "#MagicATM"; it's been set in stone in "#KnockOut" when she tried to hit a 5 year old just to prove Sam wrong. Even Sam hasn't approved of some of her actions.
Dice
Portrayed by: Cameron Ocasio
Another member of the apartment building the duo live in. Dice is a benefactor of sorts who gives the girls random items he comes across for a price, and occasionally helps them in their adventures.
- Butt-Monkey: Got a nosebleed, denied a drink for no reason, etc.
- Expy: of Deuce, but younger.
- He can also be considered an expy of a younger Freddie Benson. Like Freddie, he is often the butt of Sam's jokes and antics.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: The episode "#SuperPsycho" reveals that Dice is actually short for Diceneo. Though so far, he has never been called or introduced himself as anything different than Dice
- Token Good Teammate: If anything, he doesn't like stealing or doing anything illegal.
- He's in general noticeably the kindest and least aggressive of the main three. Sam beats someone up almost Once per Episode. Cat Took a Level in Jerkass and became increasingly meaner especially towards Dice, though other characters suffer from it too. In "#GettinWiggy", she injures a character so seriously he's hospitalized. Dice is the only one who is never violent towards anyone, not even fighting back when Sam and Cat treat him unfairly cruel.
Recurring Characters
Nona
Portrayed by: Maree Cheatham
Cat's grandmother and former owner of the apartment the two protagonists live in. After a bad incident involving some children, Nona moved to Elderly Acres, an old folks home several blocks from the apartment.
- Cool Old Lady: She's capable of making Sam fall in line.
- Innocently Insensitive: She gave a retired pilot a lollipop as a gesture of kindness, forgetting he lost his tongue in a crash landing.
- Totally Radical: "#TheBritBrats" shows her trying to talk like this. It is both cringe-inducing and hilarious.
Geau Merr "Goomer"
Portrayed by: Zoran Korach
An MMA fighter Dice became the manager of in "#NewGoat". He's not all there mentally, but is shown to be a competent fighter.
- Berserk Button: Don't insult Dice, and really don't insult Dice's beautiful, beautiful hair.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Not so hidden, since he's outright stated in his first appearance to fight for money, but otherwise fits the trope. He was also capable of taking down a group of street thugs who were stealing his mother's purse.
- Dumb Muscle: He may very well be mentally handicapped.
- Genre Savvy: Of all people, Goomer recognized that Gwen and Ruby were the ones who stole Cat's bibble just to turn her against Sam. It's even more amazing, yet made stranger by the fact that Goomer never even met Gwen and Ruby, and had knowledge of the events of "#TheBritBrats," which he clearly wasn't a part of.
- In "#BlueDogSoda, he was smart enough to realize that in order to sell bootleg soda, the heroes would have to keep up with the supply and demand as well as letting the public know about their soda while making sure the law enforcement doesn't. Sam and Cat were understandably shocked by what he said.
- His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Up until "#MommaGoomer," it seemed like Goomer was a nickname. Turns out his last name is Merr, and his first name is Geau (his father was French).
Minor Characters
Melinda
Portrayed by: Christina Hogue
The mother of the children Sam and Cat look after in the pilot.
- Idle Rich: Implied, since she casually hands Sam a hundred and fifty dollars and is pretty laid-back.
Dilben
Portrayed by: River Alexander
A kid in a cape who pretends to be the son of the apartment building's owner. In truth, his father is a salesman of wide shoes for wide women.
- Butt-Monkey: See Rule of Three concerning his capes.
- Dragon-in-Chief: Subverted. He goes around pretending his father owns the apartment, and acting like this trope, but his father is really a shoe salesman.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: Dilben is an unpopular kid who is embarrassed by his father's job, so he pretends to be the son of a landlord to prove he's a big shot.
- Rule of Three: Dilben enters Sam and Cat's apartment three times. Three times does Sam take his cape from him and change his trousers and shirt around on his body.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Claims that he's a big deal around the apartment because his father owns the building, causing him to act smug and obnoxious towards the people living there. However, not only is he an unpopular and annoying kid who doesn't get the respect he thinks he deserves, but his father doesn't own the building at all and actually sells wide shoes to wide-footed women, something that he's embarrassed about.
Butler
Portrayed by: Jake Brennan
A kid whose mother uses him to win texting competitions for her own bennifet. He soon decides to take a dive so that his mother looses.
- Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: The fact his mother named him Butler, only makes the way she treats him even worse.
John Zakappa
Portrayed by: Devan Long
Otherwise known as the Skull Crusher. Another wrestler who rivals Gommer in GoomerSitting. He was also the one who stole Sam's motorcycle in MotorcycleMystery
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Despite his reputation he was at the reciving end of this from both Sam and Cat on two different occasions.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He is good friends with a little person.
- Red Baron: Also known as the Skull Crusher.
PeezyB
Portrayed by: Kel Mitchell
A famous rapper who was mean to Cat. When Sam goes to confront him, PeezyB realizes she has the "Swaggy Spunk", and hires her to be his new assistant.
- Catchphrase: "I'm a genius!"
- Karma Houdini: This is a Schneider show, don't be too surprised. Unless you consider Sam breaking his phone to be karma
Tandy and Bungle
Two robot that works at Bots
- Pinkgirl Blueboy:inverted,Tandy Is Red and Bungle Is blue
Returning Schneiderverse Characters
Melanie
Portrayed by: Jennette McCurdy
Sam's twin sister from iCarly. She is Sam's polar opposite. In Twinfection, she returns to help Sam prank Cat as Sam's "evil twin".
- Ambiguously Bi: Considering she full on kisses Cat on the lips, definitely.
- Not So Above It All: Her acting all primal during the prank as Sam's twin.
Erwin Sikowicz
Portrayed by: Eric Lange
- Genre Savvy: Zigzagged - he has Sam pegged from the moment they meet, but still falls for their ploy anyway.
Stacey Dilsen
Portrayed by: Abbey Wilde
- Characterisation Marches On: Doesn't take long to catch on to Sam and Cat's ruse.
- Speech Impediment: Which passes on to Cat briefly.
Jade West
Portrayed by: Elizabeth Gillies
- Death Glare: Pulls this on some kids to get a table at 'Bots'. Oddly enough, it looks more seductive.
- Odd Friendship: Got along well with Sam almost immediately, and despite Cat's fears.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She's less abrasive than she was in Victorious.
Freddie Benson
Portrayed by: Nathan Kress
- Amusing Injuries
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Came all the way from Seattle just because he thought Sam had been run over by a SUV.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Even Nerds Have Standards: He finds Robbie annoying.
- Momma's Boy: "How did you know I said buttocks?!"
- Took a Level in Badass: Robbie nearly broke his wrist on those abs!
Robbie Shapiro
Portrayed by: Matt Bennett
Orenthal "Gibby" Gibson
Portrayed by: Noah Munck
- The Ditz: He texted Sam and Cat's address to Nora after she told him she wanted to destroy Sam.
Nora Derschlit
Portrayed by: Danielle Morrow
- The Dreaded: Sam is afraid of her. Heck, when she came back into the picture, Sam felt so vulnerable, probably for the first time in her life.
- Homage: Shown working out Sarah Connor-style in prison. Then turns into Buffalo Bill.
- Motive Decay: Previously, she was only a villain because she had no friends, and wanted to fill the void, but in her own dark, twisted way. Now, she's more focused on hurting Sam and her friends and seeks to make Sam scarred for life.
- Not Worth Killing: More like not worth taking revenge on in Gibby's case, even though he foiled her previously. Instead, she forces Gibby to give her Sam's new address and to spread the message of her return.
Nevel Papperman
Portrayed by: Reed Alexander
- Evil Is Petty: Uses Gibby's head replica as justification to split the check three ways.
- Homage: To The Silence of the Lambs, from his Institutional Apparel to the suit and hat after he's escaped.
- Joker Immunity: The real reason he escapes in the end.
Coco Wexler:
Portrayed by: Jessica Chaffin
- Big Eater: A large can of ravioli, which she presumably finished before boarding that plane.
- Crazy-Prepared: Hauls an electric can opener and a car battery just for above can.
- Humiliation Conga: Not only did her husband leave her for her mother, she's boarding that plane to go to their wedding!
- Throw the Dog a Bone: The fact that she made it on board before the lockdown.
