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"Why would you wanna date a Canadian that doesn't know one food bird from another?"
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Car, Rain & Fire
Season 3, Episode 5
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First Aired February 25th, 2012
Production Code 305
Writer(s) Dan Schneider
Jake Farrow
Director(s) Russ Reinsel
Viewed By: 3.73 million
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Car, Rain & Fire is the fifth episode of the third season of Victorious and the 39th overall. It first aired on February 25, 2012.[1]

Plot[]

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Cat, sad after learning that her favorite actress, Mona Patterson, had passed away.

Cat is sad after reading on the internet that her favorite actress, Mona Patterson from I Married My Mom, passed away. Tori, who’s trying to complete her science project with Cat, reluctantly decides to take her to Mona Patterson's house so Cat can honor her by lighting a candle, and they convince Jade, who’s interested in being around the soul of the recently deceased Mona, to drive them.

After driving Cat's brother's convertible towards San Diego through a horrible rainstorm with a broken top, they stop at a gas station only to find a bag of fake feet in the trunk of the car, for which Cat admits her brother is "pretty weird". They drive away quickly after being confronted by a crazy clown who wants a ride. After the treacherous journey, they finally arrive at Mona's home, where Cat leaves a cinnamon bun-scented candle by Mona's doorstep and honors her with a brief speech. Suddenly, the door opens, and they discover that Mona is still alive. Cat had been confused by the headline "Mona Patterson joins The Dead", which was a new TV show. Mona proceeds to spray the girls with a squirt gun to send them off her property.

Later at Tori's house, she and Cat complete their science project of a robot powered by a hamster wheel. Tori's dad tells them Mona’s on the news, and they see a report about a fire at Mona's house. Although the reporters don't know who caused the fire, they know it was caused by Cat's candle and Mona had said something about a "cat with red fur", leading Tori to quickly change the channel and tell Cat "shhhh".

Subplot[]

Beck finds out Trina has been spreading a rumor around school that he asked her out to make other guys interested in her. Beck decides to get back at her by pretending to be interested in her and asking to go to Trina's house to have dinner that night. She attempts to bake a large turkey, which she initially thought was a chicken, but she fails as her dad points out she didn’t turn the oven on, so she shoves it into the microwave. The doorbell rings and Trina opens the door expecting Beck, but André shows up instead, declaring his love for her, to her confusion. When Beck does come, he and André start arguing over Trina, who tries to get them to stop. Later, Robbie arrives with flowers proclaiming his love for Trina. After the boys get into a fight, Trina leaves the room to get her dad to help stop the fight, only to find the boys playing with puppets on the couch when they return. Beck then asks Trina if she's learned her lesson, and they all dance in a circle around her before they run out of the house, revealing Beck asking her out and the rest of the events that happened to Trina had been just an act to teach her a lesson for lying.

Trivia[]

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  • In the original promo for this episode, Cat reads the PadMaps on her PearPad 2 and says that they'll be in San Diego in an inch-and-a-half. However, in the actual episode, this is changed to 63 miles.
  • When David and Trina find Beck, Robbie, and André playing with puppets, Beck has a king puppet, Robbie has a queen puppet, and André has a pussycat puppet. This is a reference to the long-running PBS children's series, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, where the show includes puppets of King Friday, Queen Sara Saturday, and Henrietta Pussycat in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe segments.
  • Beck accuses André of being "anti-Canadian", which references that both Beck and Avan Jogia are from Canada.
  • In the sneak peek, Jade makes a disgusted noise when Mona explained whose wife she will be playing, but in the episode, she just makes a disgusted face.
  • When Trina is in dance class getting herself into position after getting the dance wrong, one of the other dancers is seen subtly breaking character in the background by smirking.
  • Tori changes the channel to an episode of Hungry Girl. hosted by Lisa Lillien (Dan Schneider's wife).
  • Tori did not get her driver's license because she didn’t see an old lady in a wheelchair. This is a reference to Drake & Josh, where Drake almost ran over an old lady in a wheelchair and didn’t get his license due to that. Although Tori actually hit the old lady, while Drake missed, and is later chased by the old lady. It’s also a reference to the fact that Victoria Justice didn’t have her driver's license at the time.
  • This episode was filmed the week of November 7–11, 2011.
  • The title is a reference to the band Earth, Wind, & Fire.
  • This is the least amount of screen time Robbie has had in any episode, appearing only less than five minutes near the end.
  • Rex Powers is absent for the first time in this episode.
  • Shirley Jones from The Partridge Family guest stars as Mona Patterson.[1] In a bit of dark irony, her ex-husband, Jack Cassidy, was killed in a condo fire.
  • The headphones David’s using are Beats by Dre Solo HD in red. Trina was also seen wearing them in Ice Cream for Ke$ha.
  • The car used for the road trip is a 1965 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado and its license plate is 483 PCE.
  • On TheSlap.com, Tori’s the only person who posts an update related to this episode. The only other time this has happened was with Locked Up.
  • The scene with the clown is possibly a reference to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "I, Clownius", where both episodes have a crazy clown forcing three of the main characters to give him a ride from a gas station.
  • As of this episode, Beck has kissed all four main girls.
  • Ending tagline: I had a burrito for breakfast, was it the onions? -Trina
  • When André, Robbie and Beck dance in victory after the fake puppet show, the background music from the nick.com game SpongeBob SquarePants: Dunces and Dragons is used.
  • This episode consists of the ships Catorade and Rodreck, each having their own plots and both the plots having their own twists.
  • After this episode, Jade changes her hair highlights to blue, maybe because her hair got wet during this episode.
  • Cat mentions Mona Patterson's house is in San Diego, the site of Dan Schneider's other show, Drake & Josh.
  • This is the first episode to feature a new backpack for Cat.
  • Trina trying to cook a turkey in a microwave might have been reused from Kenan and Kel when Kenan tried the same thing. Both times they had trouble fitting it in.
  • This is the second episode where making a chicken has been referenced as something to be desired. The first episode was The Birthweek Song with Robbie's Grandmother.
  • The show references famous actor David Schwimmer.
  • This is the second episode (after Freak the Freak Out) where David Vega appears without Holly Vega.
  • This is the last episode David Vega\ appears in.
  • In reality, arson in the state of California can lead up to 3–8 years in State Prison, but the police never found out who caused the fire.
  • According to Liz Gillies, the rain was real.
  • As a result of the highly isolated plots and subplots:
    • This is the first episode where André doesn't interact with Tori, and the second episode (after the previous episode, André's Horrible Girl) where he doesn't interact with Cat or Jade.
    • This is the first of two episodes, the second being Opposite Date, where Cat and Robbie don't interact, barring Jade Dumps Beck and The Wood, in which Cat is absent.
    • This is the only episode Beck appears in where he doesn't interact with Jade.
    • This is the first episode in which Trina appears in that she doesn't interact with Tori. The second is Tori & Jade's Play Date (the following episode) and the third is How Trina Got In.
  • Tori and Beck are the only ones from opposite storylines to interact with each other, albeit a short interaction and their dialogues were overlapping.

Goofs[]

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  • A small candle wouldn’t have caused such a fire, unless it were somehow knocked over or close to any objects. However, due to the rain, the water would have extinguished the fire. Furthermore, it's harder for fire to spread to anything that's soaked in water.
    • The rain might not have continued once the fire started spreading.
  • Given the size of a turkey, it would be impossible for Trina to fit one inside a microwave. However, she might have cut off part of the turkey to make it smaller.
    • But when she takes the turkey out of the microwave, it comes out whole.
  • Trina was shown to be a terrible dancer, but in Locked Up, she could dance very well. She's also a terrible dancer in The Birthweek Song and Helen Back Again.
    • It might be that she actually practiced in Locked Up.
  • When Trina goes, "They're killing each other!", the door’s about to close behind her, but when the boys start laughing, the door is fully open.
  • The reporter wouldn’t be allowed to touch or present the scented candle, it’s tampering with evidence and contaminating fingerprint DNA left behind by the perpetrator. They would be pressed with charges by the police.
  • The episode description on Xfinity TV Guide that says "Trina directs herself and the boys in a play" never happened.
  • Guest star Willow Geer is credited as William Geer.

Running Gags[]

  • Trina saying "Whaaat?"

Episode Promo[]

Gallery[]

Click here to see the photo gallery for Car, Rain & Fire.

Quotes[]

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Fake Feet.

Tori: Why are you all sad?
Cat: How do you know I'm sad?
Tori: Well, you're dressed in sad colors, and you were playing a sad song. Oh, and you're wearing a button that says, "I'm sad, ask me why!"

Cat: Now no one even remembers Mona Patterson or cares that she's gone.
Tori: I'm sure she has lots of fans who care.
Cat: No! On my way to school, I stopped at her star on Hollywood Blvd., and there weren't any flowers or anything! Just a weird man with a hat and some vomit on his pants.
Tori: Yeah, um, listen--
Cat: I gave him a Tidy Wipe, but he ate it.

Tori: What if after school, we drive to her house, and you maybe light a candle and leave it by her doorstep, to honor her memory?
Cat: Can it be a scented candle?
Tori: Sure.
Cat: 'Cause I have one that smells like cinnamon buns.
Tori: Did Mona Patterson like cinnamon buns?
Cat: I don't know, we weren't friends!

Cat: So you'll drive?
Tori: No, I didn't pass my driver's test.
Cat: Why not?
Tori: I didn't see the old lady in the wheelchair. (Cat gasps) I signaled before I hit her!

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Jade and Tori

Jade: I don't know, all I heard was "Hamster, hamster, science, science, Tori's boring, kill me."

Clown: Can I have a ride to your house?
Tori: No! No, we're driving our friend to San Diego.
Clown: When are you going to San Diego?
Tori: Oh, you know…Now!!!!!! Get in the car!!!! (Tori, Jade and Cat get in the car and drive away)

(Trina takes Turkey out of the oven) David: Hey, baby.
Trina: I am furious!
David: Aww. Well, uh…(Trina slams oven shut) Yeah, you should call your mom.
Trina: I put this stupid chicken in the oven three hours ago, and it's still not cooked!
David: Okay, um, couple of things: you didn't turn the oven on, this is a turkey, and uh, (knocks on turkey) yeah, it's frozen.
Trina: Well, what am I supposed to feed Beck?
David: Does he like turkey-sicles?
Trina: Dad!
David: Look, I'm gonna go in the garage and run on the treadmi--
Trina: Noooooo! You gotta help me cook the turkey!
David: Sorry, I can't hear you over the music, even though this isn't playing yet.

(It starts raining)
Jade: Uh ladies, I hate to rain on your parade, but it's raining on your parade.
[Cat opens an umbrella, which goes flying out of the car]

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Tori: Cat, I think I brought an umbrella, do you see it anywhere?
Cat: No, not really…

Jade: Oh my God!
. Tori: (pulls out a bag of feet) What is this?!
Cat: Don't worry, they're not real feet.
Jade: Well, why does your brother have a bag of fake feet in the trunk of his car?!
Cat: I'm not gonna lie, my brother's pretty weird.

Beck: Dude, go.
André: Don't tell me what to do, you-you Canadian!
Beck: OH!!!
Trina: Ok now boys, this isn't very ni--
Beck: (to André) I always had a feeling you were anti-Canadian.
André: So, whatcha gonna do aboot it, eh? Eh? You gonna hit me with a hockey bat, eh? Eh?!

Cat: Be gone, ghost of Mona Patterson! Go to the light!
Jade: Cat, I'm almost sure she's not dead.
(Cat reaches to touch Mona to see if she is alive)
Mona: (smacks Cat's hand away) Don't poke that!

Beck: Trina made chicken for me!
André: Don't you listen to her? She made a turkey! Why would you wanna date a Canadian that doesn't know one food bird from another?

Beck: (through puppet) Trina, have you learned your lesson?
Robbie: (through puppet) About telling lies?
André: (through puppet) Meow!

[Riding in a topless convertible in the rain]
Tori: We've gotta pull over!
Jade: I can't pull over on this freeway, there's no way to stop!
Cat: I'm getting wet!

Tori: How do we put up the top?
Jade: Cat, where's the switch to put the top up?
Cat: (points to the switch) Right there! Under the radio!
(Tori turns the switch, but it doesn't work)
Tori: It's not working!
Cat: I know, it's broken!

(Tori, Cat, and Jade open the car top. Cat giggles)
Jade: What?
Cat: Our car is topless.

Tori: Hey Jade. I thought you were going to breathe in the fumes of Mona Patterson's lingering soul.
Jade: Well it's hard to enjoy when my pants are soggy.

References[]

External links[]

  1. Victorious Season 3 Promo
  2. TVGuide Listing


ved Victorious Episodes
Season One
PilotThe Bird SceneStage FightingThe Birthweek SongJade Dumps BeckTori the ZombieRobarazziSurvival of the HottestWi-Fi in the SkyBeck's Big BreakThe Great Ping Pong ScamCat's New BoyfriendFreak the Freak OutRex DiesThe Diddly-BopsWok StarThe WoodA Film by Dale SquiresSleepover at Sikowitz's
Season Two
Beggin' on Your KneesBeck Falls for ToriIce Cream for Ke$haTori Gets StuckProm WreckerLocked Up!Helen Back AgainWho Did It to Trina?Tori Tortures TeacherJade Gets CrushedTerror on Cupcake StreetA Christmas ToriBlooptorious
Season Three
The Breakfast BunchThe Gorilla ClubThe Worst CoupleAndré's Horrible GirlCar, Rain & FireTori & Jade's Play DateApril Fools' BlankDriving Tori CrazyHow Trina Got InTori Goes PlatinumCrazy PonnieThe Blonde Squad
Season Four
Wanko's WarehouseThe Hambone KingOpposite DateThree Girls and a MooseCell BlockTori Fixes Beck and JadeOne Thousand Berry BallsRobbie Sells RexThe Bad RoommateBrain SqueezersThe Slap FightStar Spangled ToriVictori-Yes
Films and Specials
Freak the Freak OutiParty with VictoriousLocked Up!Tori Goes Platinum
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