Trina Vega

"But I would have been AMAZING!"

- Trina in Pilot

Trina Vega (Daniella Monet) is Tori Vega's older sister and one of the main characters in the Nickelodeon TV series Victorious. Trina is Tori's older sister by 1 year and she's in the senior class at Hollywood Arts. Even though she usually has good intentions and truly cares for Tori, Trina is materialistic, conceited, egotistical, and truly believes that stardom is her destiny. Unfortunately, while she behaves like an A-List star, she possess the actual talent of a much lower grade. Nonetheless, she has managed to somehow get into Hollywood Arts.

She claims nothing scares her due to the fact that she's seen her grandmother completely naked, as said in Tori the Zombie. In Survival of the Hottest, Trina showed her selfish side when she refused to share her water with the others while they were all trapped in Beck's RV. Trina may be likable, but she is not an easy one to approach, or rather, she's not an easy person to get along with.



At some point, Trina ended up getting into Hollywood Arts. She got paired up with André Harris for the Big Showcase at Hollywood Arts and was supposed to perform Make It Shine. She practiced with André for about a week, but when it was time for her official 15 minutes of fame, bad luck struck. Trina had found a Chinese Herb Gargle recipe online that would help her sing better, but when she gargled it, she had an allergic reaction and her tongue swelled to such a large size that a doctor had to be called in. The doctor told Trina that she wouldn't be able to perform that night, so Tori ended up performing "Make it Shine" in her place.

Trina once wrote a play and Robbie ended up reviewing it as a comedy instead of a regular play. Ironically, everyone who ended up coming to see her show ended up enjoying it because of it's "comical" nature.



Negative qualities
Trina showed her ungrateful side in The Birthweek Song, in which she didn't consider the song (You're the Reason) that Tori sang for her an actual birthday present because Tori didn't pay any money for it, much to Tori and André's (the writer of the song) dismay. She was also shown to be very annoying and harassing when she kept bothering Perez Hilton after he took back his camera that she stole from him. Trina to some extent thinks she is popular but it is shown throughout most of the show that she isn't. In "Survival of the Hottest" she invites herself on a beach trip that Tori and her friends are planning and everyone (including Tori) protests. Later in the episode, when they all are trapped in Beck's RV and heat escalates, she complains by asking "Why did you invite me here?" Everyone bluntly reminds her that she invited herself and they didn't want her to come, Jade even going as far to shout "No one likes you!".

Gags
There are several running gags about Trina. She is easily angered, even when people aren't trying to offend her. She'll often remark, "I am so upset!" Another running gag is that she gets jealous when people are more talented than she is. For example, in the Pilot, she implies that André is an average piano player when he is really very accomplished. Even though Trina finally tells Tori that she was great at the Big Showcase, she adds, "I would've been AMAZING!" implying that she believes she can do better, despite her apparent lack of vocal talent. She is also easy to anger when someone tells her that she isn't as talented as she thinks she is, the review for her play was only positive because she forced Robbie to write it like that.

Trivia

 * Trina often is shown treating Tori like a baby. For instance, she touches Tori's nose when Tori says not to.
 * Her address is reference to creator Dan Schneider. S(South)- Schneider, Street name- James, Dr(Drive)- Dan (Schneider's full name is Daniel James Schneider).
 * In Pilot, Trina had black hair, but in later episodes, she is seen having dark blond highlights.
 * Trina has been absent in more episodes than any other main character. She was absent in Robarazzi, Beck's Big Break, The Great Ping Pong Scam, and Sleepover at Sikowitz's.
 * Trina is often seen to have a bad attitude towards other people like Robbie.
 * In Freak the Freak Out, she attacked Robbie, Beck, and Andre using what looked like martial art moves. It is possible that Trina knows some martial arts. Also, Daniella Monet, the actress who plays Trina, said that she takes martial arts during an interview with Popstar! Magazine.
 * Trina hates peas, as seen in the movie, Freak the Freak Out.
 * Trina seems to hate taking medicine, as seen in Freak the Freak Out.
 * Trina happens to be flexible. She was seen tumbling down the stairs, causing her to land in a split (Freak the Freak Out), and then again when she was attacking Perez Hilton (Wi-Fi in the Sky).
 * Trina is depicted as being a very bad singer; Daniella Monet, is in fact, a good singer, who was one of the background singers in Make It Shine and sang Leave It All To Shine very well (iParty with Victorious).
 * Trina claims that she can never be scared after she's seen her grandmother naked, but in one of TheSlap.com videos, Tori scares her 7 times.Ixbkicihfki.jpg
 * Trina's butt somehow freaks out Beck and André, which is strange, seeing how most boys would have found it attractive. Tori laughed when she shook her butt in front of the computer screen.
 * Trina has shown minimal interaction with most of the main characters.
 * Trina is a brunette, with brown eyes.
 * According to Tori in A Film by Dale Squires, when she was six they went to the mall at Christmas time Trina had a bladder infection and she peed all over Santa Claus.
 * Although Trina's meant to be in high school, Daniella Monet is actually one of the oldest cast members, as she's 22.
 * Whenever Trina buys a pair of jeans, she buys them a few sizes too small and stretches them out at home.
 * Although Trina is not very popular, she seems to attract quite a bit of male attention from the 'losers' of the world, most notably Robbie and Lendle. However, she once attempted to go out with a boy who ditched her halfway through their date and went to extremes to avoid her, and when she offered to kiss a pre-teen boy in Ice Cream for Ke$ha, he rejected her.
 * Trina could be good at something else, that isn't singing or acting.
 * In Tori Gets Stuck, Trina gets tuberculosis.
 * Trina sleep sweats, as documented in Ice Cream for Ke$ha.
 * Trina has a crooked toe.
 * In the episode The Wood, Trina auditioned to be in a reality show but got rejected by the producers.
 * Trina had to babysit Lane's Friend's Children in iParty with Victorious, but didn't do a very good job.
 * Her singing skills are starting to improve. Since she sang in iParty with Victorious and sung in Locked Up although they kept her mic off.
 * She is also starting to get closer to Tori's friends.
 * In iParty with Victorious at the party she wears an outfit similar to Kairi's in Kingdom Hearts II.

Tori Vega
(1994-present; Sister) Trina's relationship with her sister seems to be pretty good. Trina is supportive of Tori, and vice-versa. As seen in the Pilot episode, when Tori wanted to quit Hollywood Arts, Trina convinced her to stay, because she was great at the talent show. But being as self-centered as Trina is, she quickly replied, "But I would have been AMAZING!" In "The Birthweek Song", their relationship became strained when Trina didn't appreciate Tori's song. It is shown in Freak the Freak Out that Trina is a little afraid of Tori despite being the older sister, as Tori threatens her twice in the episode. The first time Tori tries to hit Trina with a camera. The second time Tori threatens to take Trina's wisdom teeth out herself and she runs from Tori. (See: Torina)

Andre Harris
(2010-present; Frenemy) Trina was André's partner in the annual talent showcase. Trina often calls André "Andrew" or "Andy" and ignored the fact that he wrote the song she was singing, claiming no one ever cares who writes a song. André seems very tolerant of this, though. They seem to be on good terms. Being partnered up with Trina is also how André met and quickly became best friends with Trina's sister, Tori. (See: Trandré)

Robbie Shapiro
(2010-present; Frenemy) Trina's relationship with Robbie could be considered complex. According to her in Stage Fighting, she greatly dislikes Robbie. After they kiss for an audition, he constantly pesters her with flirtatious advances to no avail, but eventually leaves her alone. They have been shown to get along well on some occasions though. Trina and Robbie are seen to be friends since she lets him feel her feet and lets him get his feet smoothed. Robbie also vomited in Trina's bag after he drank fish tank water in Survival of the Hottest. In The Wood, Robbie and Trina work The Grub Truck for Festus (after hurting him), where Trina fries Rex's foot, upsetting Robbie. Later, though, they take part in pelting the students with food together. She even did some backup dancing and "noises" in his Slap music video for the song Monkey Woman. (See: Tribbie)

Cat Valentine
(2010-present; Good Friend) They never interacted with each other until Tori the Zombie, since they were assigned to work together to retrieve an antidote for Tori when she had a zombie mask stuck in her face in Tori the Zombie. Using that episode as a basis, they seem to be on good terms. They seem to be friends, despite Trina getting annoyed with her ditsy personality. She even asked for her phone number in Survival of the Hottest to call her when she left and hugs her when she gets them out, a hint that she cares for her. In The Diddly-Bops, after Cat asks everyone to do another Diddly-Bops performance, and they all agree not to do it, Trina agrees to be the hamburger of the Diddly-Bops and is seen walking away with Cat. (See: Catrina)

Jade West
(2010-present; Enemy) They have had no interaction, or at least, not a friendly one. Jade dislikes her a lot. In Jade Dumps Beck, when Trina gave her a flier, Jade crumpled it up and stuffed it down her shirt and bra. In Birthweek Song The Birthweek Song, Tori asks what to get her for her birthday and Jade says "Talent." In Survival of the Hottest, Jade says to Trina that "Nobody likes her" twice. They're not on good terms, and seem to be enemies. Jade is also one of the  few  characters to talk about Trina's lack of talent. It's pretty clear that Jade prefers Tori to Trina (See: Trade)

Beck Oliver
(2010-present; Acquaintance) Trina and Beck don't interact that much in the series. The basically only notable interactions are in Survival of the Hottest, when Trina made an impulsive comment on Beck's RV, which she eventually regretted. In Freak the Freak Out, Beck, André, and Robbie took care of Trina while Cat, Jade, and Tori were at the Karaoke Dokie. (See: Brina)

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