The Breakfast Bunch

The Breakfast Bunch is the 2nd episode in Season 3, and the 35th episode overall.

Background
The Breakfast Club is a 1985 movie about a group of teenagers who get stuck together in Saturday detention. This episode of Victorious is a loosley based parody of this film.

Plot
The Vice Principal, Mr. Dickers, gives Tori, Robbie, Cat, Andre, Beck, and Jade detention on a Saturday because Robbie was choking on a pretzel and they were late to a class. He takes away their PearPhones and forces them to sit in the library all day. They ask Mr. Dickers what's for lunch, and he say that he has a plate of tuna. They decided to call Trina and have her sneak tacos into Tori's locker, and Jade wastes no time going over to harass Cat about the fact that she has never eaten a taco and keeps telling her to admit she is a vegan. Tori gets her to stop by threatening to unfriend her on TheSlap. They end up sneaking out to go get the tacos, but they are constantly almost spotted by Mr. Dickers.

Tori decides to distract Mr. Dickers so the others can get back to the library. Mr Dickers catches her while she is singing Make it Shine very loudly and locks her in the janitor's closet, but she escapes through a clearly marked passageway. In the library, Jade accuses Robbie of being vegan because he's not eating his taco, and Cat and Robbie try a taco for the first time. Andre begins to dance while taking off his shirts. They also talk about their parents and question whether or not they will end up like them someday. Tori also reveals that she can shoot a bow and arrow with her feet. After they have a good time dancing in the library, Beck and Andre help Robbie change his appearance by straightening Robbie's hair; when Robbie shows Cat his hair they both appear to "like each other". The Panda from iParty with Victorious makes a mini guest appearance where he/she gives a balloon to Tori at the end of the gang's detention. After detention, they all leave and Cat gives Robbie her chewed bubble-gum, which he then puts in his mouth.

Cast
According to the Season 3 promo, the pictures Dan posted, and various interviews, the cast seems to be mimicking the characters from The Breakfast Club as follows: In the episode Tori and Cat take turns portraying Claire, and Tori, Jade, and Beck take turns portraying Bender.
 * Tori as Claire "The Princess"
 * Andre as Andy "The Athlete"
 * Robbie as Brian "The Brain"
 * Cat as Allison "The Basket Case"
 * Beck and Jade as Bender "The Criminal"

Quotes


Mr. Dickers: Not another word!

Jade: Word.

Mr. Dickers: Okay, West. You just bought yourself another Saturday detention.

Jade: Did I get a good deal on it?

Tori: She was apologizing!

Mr. Dickers: Okay Vega, now you got one!

Tori: Why?

Mr. Dickers: Boom, another one!

Mr. Dickers: Cell phones! Let's have them!

Beck: Why?

Mr. Dickers: Because in detention there are no phone calls!

Beck: What about texting?

Mr. Dickers: No!

Andre: Email?

Mr. Dickers: No!

Tori: Can we play Grumpy Gerbils?

Cat: I love Grumpy Gerbils!

Robbie: I can't get past level 23.

Rex: Dear Mr. Dickers, goodbye from all of us. A puppet..

Tori: A future pop star..

Andre: A musician...

Beck: An actor..

Robbie: A nerd with temporarily straight hair..

Jade: A girl who likes scissors..

Cat: And MEEE!

Rex: Cat, they can't see you, baby.

Cat: Oh, it's Cat! Bye!

Rex: Sincerely, the Breakfast Bunch..Even though we've never had breakfast as a bunch.

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Trivia

 * This episode was supposed to air before A Christmas Tori.
 * In the beginning there is an image of a note book with the word help written multiple times which almost exactly replicated the one in the original movie.
 * A clip from this episode appeared in the Season 3 opening credits.
 * When rehearsing the scene where the gang is running and then changes directions, Liz Gillies and Avan Jogia both slipped and fell.
 * This is the fourth time the whole gang is trapped somewhere (the first three times being in Survival of the Hottest, Locked Up, and Terror on Cupcake Street).
 * Elizabeth Gillies, Victoria Justice and Leon Thomas III talk about this episode in Victorious Season 3 First Look.
 * Grumpy Gerbils is a parody of Angry Birds.
 * Mr. Dickers calls Tori "princess", which is the nickname of Claire, the character she represents from The Breakfast Club.
 * This is the third episode without an opening.
 * This episode could be non-canonical, considering that the characters were acting out of character, and some scenes being too ridiculous for a normal episode of Victorious.
 * Victoria says that Mr. Dickers gives them detention because he has it out for them.
 * Robbie is wearing a shirt that says "Neo Maxi Zoom Dweebie" on it which is what Bender called Brian in The Breakfast Club.
 * They way Robbie and Cat interact in this episode hints that they could have a romance in the future.
 * Jade makes fun of Cat and Robbie because they are vegans. This is ironic because in real life, Liz Gillies, who portrays Jade, is a vegan.
 * If you look closely at the tacos you'll notice that Jade's is a lighter color than the others.
 * When they first talk about getting tacos Robbie says, "Yeah, I love tacos," in a way that kind of suggest that he is a vegan.
 * Jade tells everyone that Cat has never had a taco. This is an inside joke because in real life Ariana has never had a taco which she revealed on Twitter. Then Dan Schneider joked that he was going to write an episode where Cat becomes obsessed with tacos.
 * This episode is filled with references to the movie. For example:
 * Dickers keeps giving Jade multiple Saturday detentions when she talks, then Tori tries to interrupt but the same thing happens to her. In the movie, Mr. Vernon does this to Bender.
 * Cat gives Robbie her gum. In the movie, Claire gives Bender her earring.
 * Robbie says "Chicks can't hold the hot sauce." In the movie, they are smoking, and Brian says "Chicks can't hold the smoke."
 * Beck and Andre straighten Robbie's hair. He asks why they are being so nice to him, and Beck says "Because you're letting us." In the movie, Claire gave Allison a makeover and they said those lines.
 * When Mr. Dickers walks out of the library, Tori shouts, "Forget you!" In the movie, Bender yells "F*ck you!" after Mr. Vernon walked out of the library (this is also an intentional reference to Cee Lo Green's song "Forget You", where the title is a censored version of it's originally explicit title.)
 * Tori runs around singing "Make it Shine" in a ridiculous and loud voice so the gang won't get in trouble. In the movie, Bender ran around singing the same way.
 * Andre does a "run dance" after eating a taco. This is similar to how Andrew ran around dancing after smoking in the movie.
 * The letter left by Rex at the end is a reference to the one left by the kids in the movie.
 * Jade harasses/accuses Cat and Robbie of being vegans. In the movie, Bender harasses/accuses Claire and Brian of being virgins.
 * Cat and Robbie try tacos for the first time in the episode. In the movie, Claire and Brian try smoking marijuana for the first time.
 * Ending tag line: Robbie "It's average."
 * In Tori's Locker there's a photo of Dan Schneider.
 * The panda from iParty with Victorious makes a random appearance in this episode.
 * Beck looked and dressed the same as Bender did in the original Breakfast Club movie.
 * Mr. Dicker's actions toward Tori sometimes borderline sexual harrassment.

Goofs

 * Tori states that she has never gotten detention before, however, she got 2 weeks of it in Stage Fighting.
 * They say they got detention for being late to a class, but in A Film by Dale Squires, Robbie was late to class, in Beck's Big Break, Beck was late to class, and they never got in trouble for it.
 * They state that Cat is a vegan, but in A Christmas Tori, she states she loves Christmas beef. However, considering this episode was supposed to air before A Christmas Tori, she may have stopped being a vegan. Also, Robbie says he's a vegan, but in Cat's New Boyfriend he was eating sausage. Robbie also ate caviar in The Great Ping Pong Scam, although he may not have realized what it was then.
 * In the beginning of the episode, there is a sign saying 'Vote for Prom Queen,' although in Prom Wrecker, Tori finds out that Hollywood Arts doesn't have proms, although they may have started after Tori's 'prome.'
 * Jade mentions the tacos have shredded cheese in them, and Robbie has mentioned before that he is lactose intolerant. Therefore he should not be able to eat the tacos unless he isn't severly alergic to dairy and can only not eat milk, not milk products.

Running Gags

 * Robbie crying and saying that Tori is "so conceited", a parody of Brian from The Breakfast Club.
 * Jade getting suspicious with the others and purposefully harassing Cat and Robbie because they are vegans.