First I'd like to introduce our new student Tori and I'd like to thank
Tori for her generous gift of $2 which she handed to me outside this morning
not necessary but much appreciated why'd you give him two dollars I thought he was homeless
in the first season of the show Tori's character is supposed to be new to everything because of
this she's often the one asking questions about things that the audience has to learn in order
for the plot to make sense in each episode this is called an audience surrogate because most of
Tori's dialogue in the first episode is purely based on reacting to things happening to her
rather than her actually initiating things it's hard to get a feel for her character
in the first season that is if we look at who Tori is at the beginning of the show compared
to the end of the show she almost seems like a completely different person now I know we can
easily chalk this up as writers still getting a feel for who each character is if you don't
believe me just look at what Jade wears in episode three but remember we're going to treat these like
real people in real situations to put it simply Tori goes from a naive kind-hearted girl with
a few hints of a more vain and egocentric nature to a girl that feels obligated to
prove she's better than everyone almost never apologizing to the people she hurts along the
way the reason why I think this is actually quite amazing is because it doesn't come out of nowhere
going back to the first episode did Tori just happen to be enrolled when a new year of school
is beginning did she just leave her old school what happened to her friend in there moldy food
project earlier in the episode Tori's kind of an opportunistic thinker in her debut huh she kisses
Beck knowing full well that he's dating someone else and that that person he's dating is in the
room right in front of her now follow me here this might be a stretch but what if Tori Vega's
character was actually a commentary on how fame can go to a person's head sure she already had
these jerkish moments but she had a sweet side to balance things out but as the show progresses
and the more popular she becomes Tori loses that sweet nature and all that's left is well that jerk
hey what you doing calling my mom to tell her I want to go back to my old school why cuz I don't
like having black coffee in my hair then I'll get you some cream and sugar everything will be chill
Andre is one of the characters that changes the least as the show goes on instead what
the show does is dive into the insecurities that someone as calm and easygoing as he is
could have buried deep down I think Andre is at his best when the episode isn't about him
I know that sounds strange but hear me out a lot of Andre centric plots are usually about
some music company that wants to sign him or that he's trying to impress or maybe there's
some new girl that he started dating but that's about it which is such a shame because of all
the characters on the show he's probably the most versatile he plays various instruments through the
show's run he writes his own and apparently other people's music in the show too so why
is it that I enjoy him most when he's not doing any of those things of all the characters Andre
would probably be the most fun to just hang out with he's serious when he needs to be and he's
funny when he needs to be he's always helping his friends when they need him and he even lets
them get the glory most of the time he might be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to his music
but it never gets out of hand he knows how to dance he knows how to act what more can I say
the man is black you're Tori right uh-huh you were so awesome in the big showcase oh thanks
my name's Cat like the animal what's that supposed to mean nothing I love cats me too they're so cute
Cat where do I begin in season 1 she's written as this ditzy bipolar girl but by season 3 she's
a completely different person trading out any sense of being a teenager in favor of becoming
almost like a toddler unlike Tori who I'd argue gradually transformed into a different character
Cat's transformation just kind of happens what caused this well what if she took medication to
help her bipolar problems and one of the side effects was having this ever-present sense of
euphoria or maybe she took something from her brother that she wasn't supposed to just two
theories of mine anyway one thing I think people usually forget about Cat is that she
has these small moments of being smarter than she's usually believed to be but then there's
this line and you really wanted a date to the prom last year but you didn't get one
did you did Cat fail and have to restart a grade she even confirms it later it's true
does does her brother have anything to do with it whether it be season one Cat
or season three Cat or Sam & Cat Cat Cat is the cute bubbly one in the group that
mixes this array of childlike innocence with a vigorous teenage lust for boys and candy ew I'm
going to hold off on saying too much about Cat's character for now but I will say this
I understand why she got the spinoff will you guys be cool him be cool haha you're a demon
given the nature of the show at times it can be easy to forget that Rex is a puppet being
controlled by Robbie rather than a separate character entirely which means every negative,
hyper-sexualized, and at times off-putting comment Rex says is what Robbie is thinking all those
comments and insults Rex directs towards Robbie are actually self-deprecating comments based on
his insecurities Robbie through Rex expresses how he doesn't see himself as cool which I think
is very interesting if you look at Robbie you can get a feel for what kind of character he's
supposed to be your stereotypical nerd but as the series progresses Robbie probably goes through
the most visible change than anyone else he never completely drops his dorky quirks but he becomes
more confident and this shows most when he stops carrying Rex around in later episodes what I find
most interesting about Robbie though is the fact that from the get-go he doesn't see himself as
cool and yet he hangs out with the cool kids later we meet two characters names Sinjin and Burf who
are considered too weird for our main cast but then why keep Robbie around it seems Robbie is
just cool enough for the characters to keep him in their friends circle but then why keep Jade around