The essential episodes of Victorious
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Victorious — each pick states its reason.
- 01
In the series premiere of this comedy, Tori Vega (Victoria Justice) is invited to attend a top-notch performing-arts high school after she steps in for her ailing sister during a talent showcase. She accepts, but fitting in proves challenging.
- 02
Jade accuses Tori of injuring her during an acting exercise. Elsewhere, Robbie misreads his on-stage kiss with Trina.
- 03
Tori composes a song for Trina for her birthday, and then Trina angers Tori by selling the song.
- 04
A bad makeup job has Tori looking like a zombie on opening night of her first lead performance.
- 05
Robbie's video news blog has grown stale, so Tori suggests he liven it up with videos of his classmates' everyday lives. This works until Robbie gets carried away and faces backlash. Elsewhere, Cat develops an online-shopping addiction.
- 06
The gang heads to the beach to cool off during a heat wave and then gets trapped in Beck's RV, and Cat may be the only one who can rescue the group.
- 07
Tori and Trina's flight home gets delayed, so a stressed-out Tori attempts to work on a group project for school via video chat. Meanwhile, Trina runs into Perez Hilton (appearing as himself) on the plane.
- 08
Tori learns that her friends are on a table-tennis team, yet they know very little about the game. So Tori decides to uncover the truth by spying on their closed-door practices.
- 09
Jade and Cat lose a competition at a karaoke club because it was rigged for the club owner's daughter to win.
- 10
Robbie's puppet gets severely damaged, and his pals see this as a way for Robbie to let go of Rex. However, Tori's unsure if saying good-bye to Rex is really what's best for Robbie.
- 11
The gang accept a last-minute job to sing at a children's birthday party, and a video of their silly performance may cost André a music deal.
- 12
A handsome classmate asks Tori to sing a duet with him, but Tori is hesitant to agree to it because of his bad reputation.
- 13
Tori and her pals serve detention on a Saturday.
- 14
The kids hide out in a store on the eve of a sale to avoid the store's expected long lines.
- 15
The students are challenged to give affirmative replies for one week.
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