The Great Ping Pong Scam

The Great Ping Pong Scam is the 11th episode of Victorious. It was previously scheduled to air on September 24, 2010, but was rescheduled to October 1, 2010. It has the song Tell Me that You Love Me.

Plot
The episode starts out as Tori Vega asks Robbie Shapiro, André Harris, and Cat Valentine to go hang out. They respond that they can't as they are on the Hollywood Arts ping pong team. Tori wants to join, but Jade West is the captain, and doesn't allow her. Lane Moorefield tries to straighten things out, so she gets a chance with help from TheSlap on her phone. She plays against everyone including Rex Powers, but due to Jade's hatred for Tori, she doesn't pass.

Tori later makes a deal with Sinjin Van Cleef in the janitor's closet to make something to hide in- a soda machine. She spies on the others, who appear to be playing Twister the whole time. Tori is discovered as Beck's soda doesn't come out. Tori then gets busted.

Tori knows something's up now. Andre and the others explain:

''Two years ago, Jade, Cat, Beck Oliver, Andre and Robbie discover a ping pong table in the lounge. Cat wants to go to a very expensive resteraunt (most likely Maestro's), but it's too expensive. Jade thinks of a scheme to make a fake ping pong team, take 1500 dollars, and use it to go have the dinner they want. Erwin Sikowitz, however, thinks it's too devious, as the superintendent might fire Principal Ikner if the team doesn't win in the big championship. So, the plan is to go to dinner using the $1500 the school has, and then use the rest to buy a trophy.''

So, really, it's fake. Tori's allowed on the team as they go to "the big championship", which is really just dinner at Maestro's. Everyone dresses nicely except Tori, who catches some people's eyes. Robbie, apparently likes caviar, and gets a big bowl of it. The bill comes to Sikowitz, and it's $1300, including $600 for caviar. Sikowitz sneaks away as a customer is disappointed that there's no live music. Tori borrows Jade's dress, and Tori and Andre perform Tell Me that You Love Me.

Trivia

 * Mr. Sikowitz's van is a 1972-74 Ford Econoline.
 * This is the first episode to focus on 'secrets'.
 * Trina is credited but does not appear in this episode.
 * While Tori hides in a fake soda machine to spy on the rest of the group, the game they are playing is a parody of Twister.
 * The two arcade games in the rec room, Rock Demon and Fast and Fabulous, are parodies of Guitar Hero and The Fast and The Furious respectively.