Sam and Cat

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***Sam & Cat*** is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It is a crossover and spin-off/sequel series of the shows *iCarly* and *Victorious*.

The series was picked up for a 20 episode season on November 29, 2012. It began production in January 2013 and premiered on June 8, 2013.[1] The first season was doubled to 40 episodes on July 11, 2013.

At the Nickelodeon upfront meeting with advertisers on March 13, 2014, Nickelodeon programming president Russell Hicks stated that *Sam & Cat* has been renewed for a second season and producer Dan Schneider told Adweek that it was for 20 episodes. However, as of, other Nickelodeon sources stated that an official decision has yet to be made if the show will be renewed. After airing 33 episodes, Nickelodeon released a promo stating two episodes remained to air. Nickelodeon later confirmed the cancellation of the series due to a multitude of issues, including an alleged salary dispute between McCurdy and Nickelodeon, rumored feuds between Grande and McCurdy, the leak of provocative photos of McCurdy, Grande's rising music career, as well as their desires to pursue other projects. The final episode aired on July 17, 2014 as a lead-in to the 2014 *Kids' Choice Sports Awards.*

## Plot

iCarly star Sam Puckett (Jeanette McCurdy) moves to Los Angeles after her best friend Carly moves to Italy, and she meets famous VICTORiOUS star, Cat Valentine (Ariana Grande), after Cat ends up into a trash truck. When Cat invites Sam to her house to take a shower, they meet Cat's Nona (who was previously mentioned in VICTORiOUS) who wants to move to Elderly Acres. They later start a babysitting buisness and Sam becomes Cat's roommate, and now they go on wild adventures like babysitting two kids, one who always asks questions, and one who always hugs someone.

## Opening Credits

### 1st half of Season 1

I'm never that far

No matter where you are

Believe it

We can make it come true

We'll do it our way

No matter what they say

'Cause no one's gonna do it for you

Ooh, ooh, yeah

But I-I-I-I, I'll never say never

As long as we keep it together

Er-er-oh

If you're living a dream

And you know what it means

Then you can't

Let 'em change your mind

It's the life that we choose

And we still break the rules

But it's all gonna be just fine (just fine)

Yeah we all gonna be just fine

You and me, we gone be just fine

### 2nd half of season 1

I'm never that far

No matter where you are

Believe it

We can make it come true

But I-I-I-I, I'll never say never

As long as we keep it together

Er-er-oh

If you're living a dream

And you know what it means

Then you can't

Let 'em change your mind

It's the life that we choose

And we still break the rules

But it's all gonna be just fine (just fine)

Yeah we all gonna be just fine

You and me, we gone be just fine

## Cast

### Main characters

* Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett
* Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine
* Cameron Ocasio as Dice Corleone
* Maree Cheatham as Nona

### Recurring characters

* Zoran Korach as Goomer
* Dan Schneider as Tandy (vocal role)
* Lisa Lillien as Bungle (vocal role)
* Nick Gore as Randy
* Ronnie Clark as Herb

### Returning characters

* Eric Lange as Erwin Sikowitz
* Jennette McCurdy as Melanie Puckett
* Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen
* Jason Gibbs as Woody
* Elizabeth Gillies as Jade West
* Nathan Kress as Freddie Benson
* Mary Scheer as Marissa Benson
* Matt Bennett as Robbie Shapiro
* Noah Munck as Gibby Gibson
* Reed Alexander as Nevel Papperman
* Danielle Morrow as Nora Dershlit
* Jessica Chaffin as Coco Wexler
* Jeremy Radin as Carl
* Jerry Trainor/Matt Little as Crazy Steve

### Characters

#### Samantha "Sam" Puckett

Sam Puckett (Jennette McCurdy) is a 18 year old from the hit 2007 series iCarly. She is friends with her roommate, Cat Valentine, an 18 year old from the Teen sitcom, Victorious. She is also friends with Freddie Benson, after he returns to the series, and later becomes friends with Jade West, Cat's old friend from the same series, VICTORiOUS and Robbie Shapiro from the same series. Sam tends to be the opposite of her best friend; while Cat is the level-headed one, Sam is argumentative, hot-tempered, sarcastic, stubborn, and at times intimidating. Sam used to sleep on the couch after moving in with Cat, since she moved in before Cat's Nona moved out, so Cat still shared a bedroom with her Nona. Sam is a bit of a bully, her main targets being young people and people who wrong her. Sam is also a trouble maker and extremely lazy, and as a result she often gets in trouble with Police and other important people. She had moved from Seattle, causing her to Home-school, but she really just watches TV. She has been proved to be a very good liar in many episodes, and even taught Cat to lie in one episode. She has had many boyfriends, her last known one being Freddie Benson. They broke up in the iCarly episode iLove You, though Sam is still proved to like him after getting Jealous that Cat was going out with him. It is revealed that Sam was banned from Arizona in the series finale.

#### Catarina "Cat" Valentine

Catarina "Cat" Valentine (Ariana Grande), is a sensitive 18 year old drama queen from the 2010 teen sitcom, VICTORiOUS. She tends to overreact and is extremely emotional, but she is pretty good friends Sam. She is quirky, somewhat dim-witted and loyal. She is also friends with Jade West, a main character from her home series "VICTORiOUS" who later reappears in the series. She is a brunette but dyes her hair to a red velvet cupcake color.But in real life, she wears a red wig. She is seen as eccentric and random. A running gag for Cat is that she often gets offended by people even when they are not trying to be nasty, and she reacts by saying, "What's that supposed to mean?!" Her favorite foods are cupcakes, candy, noodles, and potatoes. In the episode #JadeFreddieRobbie, she reveals she had a crush on Robbie and they dated once. Also that Jade and her are working in a project

#### Diceneo "Dice" J. Corleone

Diceneo "Dice" J. Corleone (Cameron Ocasio), is a smart, slick, cool 12 year old. He is Sam and Cat's best friend and neighbour. He likes magic and inventing gadgets. In #Pilot, it is revealed he knows iCarly, the webshow in the hit 2007 series iCarly, and he knows Sam Puckett from this source. He is a fan of iCarly and Justin Bieber and has met Justin Bieber also revealed in #Pilot. He has cut hair of celebrities. He as brown, curly hair and normally wears hats. He hates it when Sam messes with his hair. He is smart. Despite his young age, Dice is a manager of a wrestling champion, Goomer (who later appears in Henry Danger). Though he likes gadgets and money, he thinks friends are more important. He and Cat travel to Arizona in the series finale.

#### Gieux "Goomer" Merr

Gieux "Goomer" Merr is a dim-witted but strong, goofy 27 year old wrestler, and is a client for Dice, though he later quits and becomes a bodyguard for Del DeVille. He is a former client for Dice and his best friend. He is also Sam and Cat's best friend and a patient for Sam and Cat's fun time rockin' babysitting service. He is strong, as his two jobs are as a bodyguard and wrestler. He is also Frankini's assistant. He has a goat as a pet. It is revealed that he knew Sam before meeting her from her webshow, iCarly which was a webshow in the hit 2007 series, ICarly. He is tall, funny, has short hair and a beard. He later appears in the 2014 hit comedy series "*Henry Danger*" as an assistant for Frankini. He says that he use to hang out with Frankini's sister, meaning that Cat and Frankini are possible siblings. This rumour may be true, connecting the Sam and Cat verse, (containing VICTORiOUS, iCarly and Drake and Josh) to the Dangerverse.

#### Nona

**Nona** is Cat's grandmother and former roommate. She's friends with Goomer, Sam and Dice. She's always around when Cat and Sam need her, but with her new life at Elderly Acres, she can party all day and meet new friends, which keeps her happily busy.

## Production

Nickelodeon, Dan Schneider, Jeanette McCurdy and Ariana Grande confirmed the series, which is a crossover spin-off of both series Victorious and iCarly.

Nickelodeon had cancelled the series later in 2014

## Trivia

* This is the first live action crossover series created by Dan Schneider and *Nickelodeon*.
* This is the only crossover to be a standalone series
* Shows with only 1 season are unsuccessful, but due to it getting more than 25 episodes, it was successful
* *Sam & Cat* is the third series created by Dan Schneider (*The Amanda Show*, *Victorious*) to be canceled by *Nickelodeon* without a proper finale. It would later be followed by *Game Shakers* in 2018, as a result of Schneider's departure from Nickelodeon.
* Episodes usually premiered on Saturdays at 20:00 in the United States, and Monday or Friday in the early evening elsewhere.
* This is the fourth Nickelodeon spin-off behind *Rugrat's* "*All Grown Up*" (2003), and "*Angelica and Susie Pre-School Daze*" (2005) and *Jimmy Neutron's* "*Planet Sheen*" (2010).
* This is the second time characters of *iCarly* and *Victorious* meet in a crossover after the crossover special "iParty with Victorious" but the first time in its standalone series.
* According to Ariana, episodes are filmed on Thursdays and Fridays.
* After the announcement for the show was made, fans of *Victorious* expressed dismay because they thought that the creation of this show was the reason for the cancellation of *Victorious*, although the creator for both shows has since stated otherwise.
* In the *iCarly* series finale iGoodbye, Sam is seen at the end driving away on a motorcycle, symbolizing the transition to her new show.
	+ However, she is wearing other clothes at the beginning of the pilot.
	+ Oddly, her clothes in iGoodbye are seen at the beginning of #FavoriteShow, on the sofa-bed.
* According to Ariana, the show is similar to *Drake & Josh* and *Kenan & Kel*, shows Dan Schneider produced previously.
* The show's premiere date, June 8, 2013, is also National Best Friends Day.
* Goomer is Cat's best friend, who later appears in the live action series *"Henry Danger"* saying he use to hang out with Frankini's sister, this could be Cat, revealing that Frankini is Cat's weird brother
	+ This may connect the Sam and Cat-verse to the Dangerverse
	+ But iCarly was a TV show in Henry Danger
	+ He is revealed to be gone to jail, this may be Frankini doing villain-ish acts
	+ Cat's brother moved to Idaho with his parents, he could have later moved to Swellview
* Jennette and Ariana did not sing any proper songs in the show, but they were rapping in #BabysitterWar, and sang some other small songs.
* *Sam & Cat* is inspired by classic 1970s sitcoms.
* *Sam & Cat* is the second Dan Schneider show to be filmed completely at Nick on Sunset, excluding *Victorious*. *iCarly* was filmed there seasons 1-4 and consisted of 5 seasons, *Drake & Josh* was only filmed there seasons 1, 2 and 4, and *Zoey 101* wasn't filmed there at all.
* Every main character of this show has a nickname: Sam for Samantha, Cat for Catarina, and Dice for Diceneo.
* Every main character of this show has a weird family member: Sam's mom Pam, Cat's brother and Dice's aunt Aunt Fergene.
* This is the first Schneider show with two title characters in which the title characters aren't named after their portrayers. *Kenan & Kel* are named after their portrayers, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, *Drake & Josh* are named after their portrayers, Drake Bell and Josh Peck.
* Despite being cancelled early, *Sam & Cat* is one of the most well-known Nickelodeon sitcoms.